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LOG# 82

Speed for squat

The percentage I used which was 60%, comes from a squat max of 400lbs, I’m not there yet, but I like progressing with “heavier” weights on speed days to up the 1RM. So if you’re wondering why the math is off according to my personal maxes that’s why.

245lbs 8x2

There wasn’t really a work up because my flexors and back felt great.

Secondary work:

Leg press calf raises: 225 4x10

Lower back extensions: 195lbs 5x6

Leg extensions: 135lbs: 6x5

Prone leg curl: 55lbs 3x10

Smith machine box squats: 135lbs AMRAP(~50 reps)

I realized a couple of things lately:

The first thing being that the reason my legs are so huge compared to the rest of me is because I train them fairly heavy with more reps like I would if I’m training a smaller weaker muscle with lighter reps that needs to be brought up.

Second thing being I’m constantly willing to test maxes in a more structured way with upper body, a lot more readily than I am willing to text maxes for squats

Which brings me to the third thing I realize, which is that I think my squat max is a hell of a lot higher than I think, but I’m a lot more cautious with squat maxes than anything else and I’m not sure why, so…

I’m going to try a bit of an experiment, I haven’t been using any pre workout for almost two months because I was getting extremely used to it, with multiple brands, I’m also going to up my calories and eating frequencies for maybe another week, sleep my ass off since I have nothing due this week, take one of the extremely strong preworkouts I have shoved in the back of my pantry and test out a squat max right at the beginning of everything. Simply because I…have this…feeling. Ya know?

As far as deads go, they go up according to frequency. Haven’t been training deads? Don’t expect numbers to go up.

Bench wise, the Westside training rotates bench a lot within the week so I have no choice but to train bench, and the strength gains progress almost in a linear fashion for me, even on extremely tired and shitty days. So no complaint on that aspect.

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ONE PUNCH MAN!!!

Love this show

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On a more personal note, hubby apparently has been watching me like a professional creeper again, without saying anything so I just catch him staring me down, so me being caring, I always ask what’s up, or is he okay, and he finally breaks down, and just bombards me with questions, however I’ve noticed he’s actually been doing some research because the questions aren’t completely dumb to me this time.

Here’s a short list of some questions he asked me that I remembered:

  • What’s a 5x5 program?
  • how much should I eat a day?
  • what’s IIFYM?
  • what’s Westside training?
  • what’s creatine?
  • what’s high/low bar?
  • what’s does progression involve?
  • why are your quads so big?
  • how can you weigh that much and not be huge?
  • what are macros?
  • how do I recomp?
  • how strong can I get?

He got irritated because the answers I gave him were along the lines of “yea”, “no”, “I guess”, “it’s a…”, “I find that stupid”, etc…

I can spout all of what I know to him, write it down, etc, but it’s his body and if he hones it accordingly, he will know a hell of a lot more about its capabilities than I ever could. I’m just happy I got him walking semi regularly. He’s always using my body as a focal point and I constantly tell him not to because 1) he’s an entire foot and 2 inches taller than me 2) he’s a guy and I possess a vagina 3) he has 200x more testosterone than I ever will have 4) he eats less than I do 5) he doesn’t train like I do 6) he works 40+ hours a week, and I do a different type of mental work (school) 6) his proportions are different (long legs, in comparison to his arms, long torso, and narrow shoulders), so his progress will be different than mine.

He’s been seeing his trainer pretty frequently but he just automatically wants to be hauling heavy shit around. And seeing as how he’s almost as clumsy as I am, that’s just not gonna be a good thing.

Just by looking at his proportions he will be better off doing BB work and Calesthenics for maybe 2-4 years, and then if he wants he can start doing PL or Oly stuff.

And the very last thing I mentioned to him went back to the fact that he’s a dude and I’m a girl. I also told him that my progress isn’t all that simply because I’m an intermediate. And my progress revolves around the capabilities of estrogen producing, bouncy chest creatures (females). Of course we are hella strong too, but our chemical make up is different. His potential is off the charts once he starts realizing that, in the aspect of penis wielding creatures (dudes).

I feel stupid for not giving him the answers that he wants, but in the world of training nothing can ever be solely tracked on paper, or electronics. Most of this comes from Bio feedback, how you look, how you perform, etc. So I hope he’s not too mad at me lol

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LOG # 83

You could just call this “playtime” for big ass adult-children. Lol.
A lot of folks forget that me and my husband are still essentially kids. Both of us are only 22, and as such we like doing “22 year old things”.

So we moved all the furniture to one side of the apartment, put in mouth guards (he still has some disposable ones from his Martial Arts training he did in highschool), taped our knuckles, tied up our hair, and had a good old fashion sparring match.

Rules:
No crotch shots
No boob shots
No nut shots
No biting
No scratching
No hard head shots (open palm only)
No bitching

This went on for three entire hours. Occasional water break, and some smooching. I’m not as weak as I think I am because I’m able to brace fairly well. Kelby bruises easily whereas I do not, so I’m going to have to explain that I sparred my mother-in-laws son because I needed to get some form of cardio/aerobic work in.

He got me good on my left shoulder towards the top area, and managed to hit both hip flexors two separate times, and the back of my neck (apparently it’s wide open because I’m that short), he also got 2 open palm face shots which sent me into “nah fuck that” mode, so I’m gonna feel this in the morning.

Scores for meeeee:
Two piece combo delivered to the chest, triple threat slap combo on left side of face (he literally leans right where my left hand is, in without blocking), tried to clothesline him but I’m too short, and since I’m short and I have full access to basically anyone’s abdomen, I landed countless gut shots lol. And I got in one superman ass punch which was amazing because as soon as I punched him he farted lol.

Highlights:

Since I’m a southpaw, and he’s not, I take a mirror stance naturally when setting up, so we both let rip simultaneously and clashed fists, and cracked the living hell Out of our knuckles. Yea…smooth.

The remainder of the spar sesh was grappling and knocking over furniture lol. But I had fun and was sweating and out of breathe and he had fun too.

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LOG # 83

Speed bench:

155lbs

8x3

Also coupled a semi-speed deadlift today

225lbs

6x3

Secondary work:

Seal rows: 100lbs

Compound rows: 80lbs

Pec. Chest flys: 2x10

Back extensions: 190lbs 5x5

Hanging leg raises: 5lb ankle weights, 4x10

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sigh

As much as everyone says I’m not, the only thing I’ve been thinking about lately is how fat I think i have gotten. In all honesty it’s literally on my stomach, and back. Everywhere else got its shit together, and looks great (espeacially my butt), but my back and stomach couldn’t give two fucks. It’s leaving gradually (I’ve been keeping morning progress pics), however it’s weird. For every 1-2 pounds of muscle I put on, it’s like I put on 1-2 pounds of fat give or take. The MISS type cardio and aerobic activities I do have helped keep this down, but I’m thinking I might need to walk probably twice on rest days. One walk in the morning one at night. We will see.

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More music

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The beat drop isn’t until like 1 min into it

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This is most likely related to diet. Extra walking won’t be anywhere near as effective (if at all) as getting your nutrition in check.

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Ugh…''tis true. Blegh. Hopefully when school lets out in about a month I’ll get my diet in check again. This past week I’ve been eating damn near anything that isn’t remotely poisonous.

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I wanted to answer some of these :smiley:

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LOL thats my macros tomorrow or sunday.

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:joy::joy::joy::joy: the steroids comment made me cackle lol

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And I’m like 40% jelly because you can eat whatever and it’s just like extra N02 for your body. Grr. Guys and their…advantages lol

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Ha, not this one. I am in the jelly boat.

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:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: jelly boat

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LOG # 84

40 min treadmill walk

I’m not used to walking stationary so when I got off the treadmill and started walking out of the gym I got a giant rush of vertigo. My head was spinning and I was super nauseated, and my eyes kept doing this side to side thing. Drank some water and sat down and was fine after 10 mins.

Probably going to stick to outdoor walking.

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LOG # 85

Heavy deadlift day

Max out sumo

Warm up: 10 min walk

Work up: 135, 195, 225, 250, 275 ( went for 295 missed it, on the lockout, broke the floor though).

Secondary:

Seal rows: 200lbs 3x7

Compound row: 100lbs 3x8

Hypers: body weight, 3x7

SLDL: 135lbs 3x5

Arch back GMs: 185lbs 4x6

Hanging leg raises: 4x8

Box squats: ~20in box, 185lbs, 2x10

Battle ropes: 5 mins

Drank a C4 preworkout and had immediate jitters meaning I’m probably not going to sleep tonight since I drank it so late in the afternoon. Beta alanine gives me static tingling skin feeling. Tons of sweating and more energy than usual so that’s a plus.

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@BOTSLAYER

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