It’s been interesting not having carbs during the day. I thought I would experience a huge different in energy and fullness, but I’ve been eating so many fruits and veggies that I’ve been feeling full and satisfied without the gross bloated feeling. Then when I load up at night on pasta/potatoes/rice/whatever, it doesn’t matter how full or sleepy I feel because bed is just around the corner.
I think I missed it in your log, but are you still toying with intermittent fasting?
Not really. I don’t really understand how that works with muscle gain. I once saw an interview with Dr Schoenfeld (on here) and he summarized the research on protein. 40 grams every four hours kept protein synthesis going. 40 grams was better than 20 grams but no one has compared 40g to 60g.
With that information, I can’t help but wonder what happens when you fast. I’ve started putting off breakfast til about 9 or 10 (depending on my training plans) but that’s just to give me a chance to stay within my calories. I can easily eat four times from 10 to 10. If I start early then I’m more likely to overeat.
Yeah, that’s interesting to consider. Seems very suboptimal with regards to muscle building.
I think the “optimal” (if there is such a thing) approach is carb cycling or calorie cycling. Low carb and/or low calories on non training days and normal eating on the others.
I just can’t seem to do low carb. I can’t. It kills me. I get this insatiable hunger and it won’t subside until I eat some carbs. Today I felt a little weak and irritable after lunch because all I had was chicken and mixed veggies. I survived the day but I’ve been grouchy all evening. It’s not worth it.
28/04/2020
Running
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I’m contemplating pulling a page from CT’s book and structuring three strength days around full body work with a loaded carry and upper back work at the end, and a fourth “light” day of fluff n’ pump work.
Reason being, I love strength work, and I love pump work, but I cannot bring myself to do them in the same session. Every time I do something gets half-assed. This might be a solution, because I’ll have three days to focus on my big movements, and the fourth day allows me to get my inner bro out, as well as be minor recovery due to flushing blood through various muscles.
30/04/2020
Running
01/05/2020
Kroc’s 1000 rep arm workout (modified)
Notes:
Umm, because it sucks.
I’d forgotten about that! There’s actually a ton of workouts I’ve found over the years that I’ve always wanted to try but just never did, for no real reason. Maybe I’ll have to give this a shot.
What do you think this would look like?
I did it with the barbell once. I paced myself horribly and got in what felt like a few squats a minute towards the end. Sticking with it though would definitely add some leg mass, plus I’m sure it would help endurance.
Darn…now I want to do that but I’m also doing my modified version of the Litvinov workout twice a week and I want to deadlift also. Four leg days a week seems excessive when I’m not really chasing leg size.
That arm program always looked nuts. Eat up!
You beat Kroc’s press, didn’t you? Maybe arm size is next?
I’m finding myself more and more in this boat lately. Kept carbs low-ish for a few years and did intermittent fasting, then blew up when I stopped. Got slightly fatter but gained a lot of muscle for my training age. Now, when I try low carb, I just feel exhausted, pissed, and weak 
I’ve decided enjoying my life is more important than looking like a physique model.
Truer words were never spoke.
Nothing too fancy. Something like a heavier push or pull exercise, then maybe an arm exercise for lower reps, and finally another arm exercise that utilizes some type of intensity technique (rest pause, drop set, etc etc). The next week would be back to Kroc’s arm workout, then the following week would be similar to the initial workout. Kroc suggests not running the 1000 rep workout every week, and after doing it I can see why. It would beat you up pretty fast if you did it every week.
I don’t really have a way to chase much leg strength (in the pure low-rep sense) right now, which is why I’m leaning this way. I always liked timed stuff too. Anytime I have a workout that says “you’ve got X-amount if time, do as much as possible” I thrive on it.
I’ve always gotten a good push of motivation on these types of things as well. You can tell when you’ve sandbagged and the shame is immense.
02/05/2020
Running
Notes:
This is gold. 
I feel like he could be my running partner.
He definitely likes a slow pace these days, haha. Sometimes he doesn’t know when to slow down though; he was basically semi-feral until someone fostered him and was eventually adopted by my wife and I. Sometimes that competitive “survival” nature pops up and he overdoes playtime or wrestling his larger brother.
04/05/2020
Broad jumps
Squats
BW leg extensions
Prone band leg curls
10 min push-up AMRAP
Notes:
@jackolee did this and got pretty far into it.
Pretty sure I’ll never do it, it looks miserable. Do it.