I may start logging again.
Then again, I may not.
I unplugged from a lot of shit that was distracting me and wasting time to fix up my life.
In the past that usually meant wasting more time feeling sorry for myself, in this situation, I actually fixed my life.
Training has gotten amazing and things have improved for me quite significantly.
Anyway, pre-intro aside, let’s get into the nitty-gritty:
I am 123 lbs/ 5’0 and I have adopted a Mike Israetel training philosophy/creepy obsession. I even have one of his shirts! “No bad reps”.
I try to take most of my sets to around 2 reps in reserve or failure depending on the type of exercise i.e.: shoulder press machine I do until I can’t do no mo’ whereas squats I do until around 2-3 RIR.
I like to keep my exercise selection simple instead of trying to do 5 million different things super-setted as fast as I can.
I focus a lot on keeping the eccentric portion of the lift slow and getting into a full stretch and full deep ROM with whatever movements I am doing.
I also try to extend into a deeper ROM with my ass training because Mike said so.
I do sumo stance squats, elevated split squats, elevated sumo deadlifts, elevated stiff-legged DL, etc. and strength is NOT the priority in any of the movements I do.
Improvement in some way is, but not strength. I am solely focused on building muscle at this point, and oh boy, is it ever exciting! Every workout I have gives me such a sense of accomplishment. I forgot how rewarding lifting could be, I just had to figure out the “why” again.
Why am I doing this? WELL BECAUSE I HAVE TO!
Yes…but why?
Now I have goals that have nothing to do with being emotionally unstable, LOL!
How lovely it is.
I completed a certificate program in emergency communications dispatch because my heart fell in love with the idea of it. I passed the criticall test with the police department and I have a job interview on Thursday with them. I also took a bunch of courses through the Canadian police knowledge network so that I could go into my interview with confidence.
I bought new pants.
I also have started trying to figure out how to structure diet/training when I start with 12-hour shift work because I don’t want to limit my gainz with a messed up sleep schedule and weird meal times.
I have a test with the RCMP as well, and their shift work is like 2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off, which sounds GREAT.
With the local PD it’s a little more all over the place, but they have a much faster hiring process, so at the end of it, I might feel safer just going with them and not waiting around for the RCMP.
Speaking of waiting around… I was accepted into the military the day before my birthday.
He called and said I could come that night to do my enrollment ceremony. Really caught me off guard and I am not sure what I will even do about it. The RCMP is a LOT of OT and I couldn’t do the military on the side. With the PD, I dunno… I feel like I’d prefer to keep myself available for shortages in the com centre than be tied up with other obligations.
I told him I needed to think about it. Oh, shit! I just realized I threw away the calendar of August with his telly number on it, HAHA. Hmm, did I take that out?
No… YES!!! I Took it out!! I have no number now!
Ok well, I am distracted now.
Anyway,
Hope everyone is having a fantastic time in training and in life! Maybe by this time next year, I will be a nice muscle-blob of progress!
ta ta!
. The one thing that I don’t do that Dr. Mike would be displeased about is weighing myself. I don’t want the scale to mess with my head, but I am confident I’m making progress.
