We have awhile back. It’s been awhile. I might need to be slow about progressing into this type of thing for long term training. Also, why would I move away from what is working currently. Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy.
I don’t think doing squats and deads four times a week is a good idea. I tried The Daily Dose of Deadlift for a bit and added squats to it. It was too much and it only took like a week to figure that out. And that was just 3-5 reps at 75% every day.
Also, I prefer to go heavy, light, medium if I’m changing intensities from day to day. So your Monday would be heavy squats, Tuesday would be light, Thursday would be medium, and repeat.
You really just need to run SGSS. Write out the weights for every session and stick to it regardless of how you feel. Your constant urge to work yourself into the ground is definitely your weakness.
Worth spring allergies in full season, and you being around students all week, I’m not completely surprised you’re sick again. Illnesses are weird nowadays. A couple decades ago, they’d hit for a few days then be gone for another half year or year. Now, they linger and return. It’s weird. Hang in there and do what you need to to recover fully.
For training, I like your idea of every other day lifting. That’s the traditional power lifter method, anyways. Here’s a relevant quote from CT:
"Volume and frequency are inversely related.
The more frequently you train, the less volume you should do at each workout… that is, if you want to build muscle or strength. So the basic principles for natural lifters are:
Train each muscle frequently, ideally 3 times per week to trigger protein synthesis more often.
Keep volume low to allow for the greater frequency.
Rest up Hog.
Being in a school builds your immune system well, but then bam, your hit with all sorts of crap again. We’ve got Influenza ripping through our school,plus some sort of gastro.
I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. I’ve been sick more this year than any in the last seven. I can’t seem to break free. It is on a monthly revolving cycle.
I got 15-20 hours of sleep the first day, around 15-18 on day 2, 8-12 last night with a nap or two today. I’ve been able to get a half a protein shake down today. Saw 264 on the scale this morning. I’m down 6 lbs
I may appear like a cry baby with all this sickness and tweaks, etc. but I haven’t been healthyin a long time. And yeah this bug is the worst I’ve had in a long time. I missed school today (we had a track meet and I’m the only bus driver). I drove to a taco truck this afternoon to try spark the appetite some.
Today’s food:
2 scoops w water
Coffee
2 scoop w fruit smoothie (was only able to drink half)
Now I’m eating some street tacos