That almost looked like a proper session. Nice to see mate.
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8.25.19
Woke at 208.2 lbs.
I found myself wondering why I’m restricting calories again lsst night. At the very least, I need to allow for a high carb day on the weekend (which means a high calorie day, too). At most, I could can this whole thing.
Pros for continuing a deficit:
- I’ll hit 205 and be sub 12% body fat
Cons:
- I’m hungry (duh)
- I’m healing and hopefully growing now that I’m using my right arm more (that’s tough in a deficit)
For those of you who have followed me awhile, you know I always battle with my body image. I can see great reasons to eat more - healing, satisfaction, and the fact that no one cares if I get leaner. In addition to that last one, it won’t help me did anything better than I can do it now.
I think the answer is obvious… And here I am, still struggling with it. Stupid brain.
My hip is doing great. I have constant tightness in the area still, but no pain work movements. I’ve continued doing some of my PT exercises through the summer.
Right? It felt good. I think I might stick with pushups for my chest press for a bit. It felt good and I can really focus on proper scapula movement.
Deadlifts were deadlifts and, therefore, glorious.
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Quite a bit late commer to your log and I know you’ve mentioned you have a sweet tooth, but ever considered upping protein sources and lessening fat instead if you want to eat more? That way, yeah you limit carbs but still get to eat some sweets of choice. Just a thought
Glad to see you working both arms!
Where them face pulls though? I feel they’re really good for shoulder health
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I struggle to eat enough protein the way it is. I’ve ditched chicken for the most part. I’m running round two of my experiment with cholesterol (I suspect the chicken does something to me that causes my body to create more cholesterol). Increasing my red meat consumption also increases fats.
I can still play with this carb cycling at maintenance. I’m alternating between 2250 calories with 20% carbs and 2700 calories with 50% carbs. I can do the same thing with 3000 calories per day.
I’m scared of them. I still have quite a bit of pain in my shoulder when I flex the shoulder and elbow at the same time. It’s the same reason I didn’t do any overhead pressing. I’ll try again later this week.
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What is this challenge? I’m intrigued. Not that I’m allowed to do it with this ADD challenge.
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I think what you’re doing here is really valuable. Trying to find a way that works for you to stay lean enough to keep you happy and full enough to keep you happy. The only way is to experiment, which is exactly what you’re doing.
And failing! I decided to go with 2900 calories Mon-Sat alternating high and low carbs. Sundays will be 2600 calories with a goal of 35% carbs (splitting the difference). Well, my wife made banana bread this morning and I’m at 2400+ calories and it’s not even time for dinner yet.
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I think he mentioned doing 10 reps with 225 EMOM until failure. Sounds fun, right?
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When’s this going down?
Anytime, anywhere
Do you feel you would agree with this?
Just was catching up on your guys’ logs. Noticed the connection there.
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I think that’s debateable. You seem to stay pretty lean, and you also seem to eat/drink a pretty decent amount of things that keep you happy.
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Well tbh I don’t know shit about nutrition so I’d like to see the results of your experiment too with regards to what cholesterol levels you’ll get
Hmm…what about Y raises on an incline? Starting out with no dumbbells held of course
I genuinely think that sounds fun. One of my favourite sessions since restarting was a Dan John EMOM deadlift challenge for 30mins. Tedious? Yes, but oddly satisfying at the end
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8.26.19
Woke at 210.2 lbs. I went over my goal calories for the day yesterday. My wife made rice noodles and threw in some veggies and tofu to make an Asian style stir fry. It was good and I had two helpings even though I had zero calories left. Oh, well. Maintenance for the win?
I haven’t noticed a correlation for me, but I can understand it. I think the amount of fluid in our joints can rise and fall with our nutrition. If a guy is cutting then things can dry out.
I was 240 lbs last year when my hip problems resurfaced.
I did Y raises with cables Saturday. Form is a battle because I’m supposed to depress my scapula as I raise my arm. I’m struggling with that at the moment.
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I’m beginning to worry about being able to start the HIIB programs on September 10th. I’m doing well with certain pressing movements but I don’t think I can do muscle snatches, overhead presses, or anything in that ballpark.
I have a pinch when I raise my arm. I just looked at the typical rehab protocol for my surgery (biceps tenodesis) and it actually goes out to 20 weeks. I was under the impression that I’d be good to go back to normal at 12 weeks (which is in two days).
I’ll talk to my physical therapist tomorrow morning to get an idea about some realistic expectations. I’ve had a lot of pain the last two nights which has made sleep miserable. I’ll have to confess to her what I’ve been doing and see if it’s too much. The good news is that I think deadlifts were fine so I can finally start doing those again.
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Maybe a different program would suit you better for now?
I still have two weeks to keep getting better - and I do notice improvements every week. I’m itching to train with a purpose, you know? I’ve been waiting for my follow up appointment on the 5th and been equating that day with my return to normal. As I get closer, it’s seeming like that may not be the case. And that sucks.
I can keep doing what I’m doing. I have no real direction or progression. I’m just going in and wearing myself out. I’ve just psyched myself up so much that it’ll be really difficult not to follow through with my plan. Hell, I even created a challenge for it. How pathetic would it be that I couldn’t follow through with my plan for my own challenge?
I’m not going to do things that could hurt me. I just need to figure out where I am. My last shoulder surgery was a lot different than this one and I was pretty much free to do whatever I wanted at the three month mark. I had no pain or limitations. This time is different though.
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Your challenge was to do a set program for the rest of the year. Some of the dudes does something and switch after a meet or something and knows what to do.
You could just do whatever HIIB days you can do, if any, then do rehab the others.
THEN when you can lift, you can go full HIIB. I would consider that within the challenge rules.
As far as nutrition go a bit lower on protein, we have found out we can’t build much muscles, why struggle eating a lot of it.
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