@Stormblessed It is really hard! I noticed my weekly time is going down a lot but every now and then I just get caught binging literally anything on my phone (especially if I’m tired)
@Simo74 You are right. I was looking at what I was doing at this time last year and I’m a lot stronger (like my old squat max is now something I can do for repeat singles with a decent amount of easy) and a lot more muscular so the foundation is being laid
@rugby_lifting Thanks! I’m going to start getting in contact with people this week about getting started!
@T3hPwnisher I think that’s the big dumbfounding thing for me. I’ve done hard hypertrophy protocols and they’ll make you feel tired and a little run down but feast is like being bound in a cars trunk going down a street with nothing but potholes. It’s a different kind of beating the shit out of you. That said I’m going to finish out the feast because I have 1 week left. The amount of visual physique change is crazy though
Notes:
Gym drama has already started. I told no one I was leaving the previous gym except the owner. The dude I use to train and occasionally hangout with is all like “you don’t talk to me anymore. We use to be like best friends and you’re leaving the gym. What’s going on?” We weren’t like best friends. We trained together and hung out a few times but he’s half of the reason there’s so much drama at that gym. It’s mainly because all he has in life is the gym (he’s 30. He doesn’t own it) but I do not ever want that to be the case for me
To the above. That means the gym owner’s talking about me. Which is funny because is never had anything to say while I was there…
I got into the gym today. I had no interest in lifting like at all. Which is weird because I typically enjoy doing it
With that being said, I’m just taking today off too for a mental and physical break. I took like 2 30 minute naps today which is weird because I don’t nap. I have no idea when the last time I took a full deload week off. So in the grand scheme 2 days isn’t anything
I think it’s time to switch gears into some rep style work instead of all this heavy shit
I had just been waiting until comps came up and wanting to move to taking it when I feel like I need it because programming them felt like they were too often. It feels like I need it lmao
The weird thing with deloads, is that when you program them every 4th or 5th week you never feel like you need one. When you don’t program them you end up really needing one. Maybe think about adding them as a tool to help you recover and improve over time. Now you are a bit younger than me so maybe you don’t need one every 4th week. But you could program one every second cycle. If you are worried about training too easy then you can always do a heavy deload where the weights are still high but the reps are very low.
There are lots of ways to do a heavy deload but here is an example of what I was doing:.
If I was running a 5 week training block (4 weeks plus deload), My swuat program would look something like this.
Week 1 - 3 sets of 5 - 120kg
Week 2 - 4 sets of 5 - 130kg
Week 3 - 4 sets of 5 - 140kg
Week 4 - 5 sets of 5 140kg
Deload 3 sets of 3 150kg.
Then next block
Week 1 - 3 sets of 5 - 125kg
Week 2 - 4 sets of 5 - 135kg
Week 3 - 4 sets of 5 - 145kg
Week 4 - 5 sets of 5 145kg
Deload 3 sets of 3 155kg.
All supplemental work and accessory work, I would drop the weight back a bit from the previous week and do less volume, this is where the body can get the recovery it needs.
So the deload actually ends up being the heaviest week of the bock but less than half the reps of week 4. This did 2 things for me,
It made deloads a proper challenge and it kept me focused.
It makes week 1 of the next block move really fast. Which feels great and gives you confidence for the next session.
That makes a lot of sense and seems like something I’m interested in. It’s funny too because I think most of my deloads end up becoming heavy deloads because I’ll just feel like shit hit the main lift and call it
4 rounds (15 min):
5 pushups
5 lying leg raises
10 hands to toes/reach to the sky
10 OH claps
20 atg squats on toes
5 situps
10 supermans
5 chins
1 min walk on toes
Front of hip pain: sign post, frog stretch, and 90/90 with IR work clear up the front hip pain (TFL region)
Been doing lots of BW work and KB stuff throughout the past 2 days so it’s hard to track but it’s been happening. Definitely feeling reloaded after a deload
This is a neat little program based on training montages from the 80’s. I thought this was going to be way too easy and I even messaged Jamie Lewis to ask if the weight was too light. He said no and holy shit he was right. First 3 rounds were easy but the last 3 I was gulping for air.
This was really fun and I feel really good writing this out. Going to do a running conditioning session tomorrow
Now the reason for this is because it’s famine and I had watched Time Cop over the weekend. @FlatsFarmer The youth is still watching the classics lol
I would say I’m pretty mobile and flexible so I tried to do a high kick (yes it was after the movie). I can but not with ease. The old martial art stretching (we had a wall that was like 2x4’s at various heights with ropes attached to them to stretch legs/groin. @T3hPwnisher might know what I’m talking about) would be good for opening my hips laterally like that. Hell I might build one
I’m also really proud to say I’m learning moderation at parties. I guess it’s part of getting older haha
I went full cheese mode and had this playlist going during it:
I’m honestly at a loss for that stretching device you’re describing, but awesome to see you moving through this program. Was the goal to do 6 rounds as fast as possible, and you got it in 45 minutes, or did you have 45 minutes to do as many rounds as possible?
