Used Endurox R4 and cytomax cocoa bean flavor protein I got on sale at GNC for peri-workout and post-workout mix, with organic brown rice added after workout.
So my fucking idiot pothead friends went streaking in the freezing weather, caught the flu, invited me over to watch “Life After People” without telling me they had the flu, and invited me to sit with them cramped together on the bed in their shitty little dorm room without telling me they all had flu.
I now have the flu. Fuck. FUCK. Do I train tomorrow, Sunday, and/or Monday or try to focus my body’s efforts on fighting this stupid shit? Fuck.
I squatted while sick…guh. I also had to basically sprint to class on my bike today so the legs were burnt out by the time I got to the gym. I’ll post more later.
Bit the bullet today…sadly realized that my futile attempts at repping 185 aren’t improving my bench, so I dropped it down and pushed these tiny numbers out.
It should be noted that I started supping Beta Alanine almost a week ago. I’m pretty sure It’s given me at least one more easy set in most lifts, and my hill sprints literally seem almost half as strenuous, and are done in far less time. I might need to start using a weight vest!
Ran several 200’s every day over the weekend, and ran 4x 400s yesterday, but sprained my ankle a lil bit. none too bad, it feels stable when I put my MT ankle wrap on it.
Flat Bench
6x 170
5x 175
5x 175
4x 170
Incline DB Bench Press
12x 45
10x 45
7x 45
Plate-Loaded Row Machine
8x 90
10x 90
8x 90
Plate-Loaded Rear Delt Row (same machine, horizontal handles)
I also just bought some longjack(LJ100). I’m hopeful, as the literature on this stuff looks good for otc total test and free test boosting. Any thoughts?
Was out of town for the weekend and thereby was forced to lift in the shitty YMCA…gah i can’t lift with so many fat dweebs telling stick boys how to improve your bench by doing pullovers…and soccer moms yammering about the photo collage they are making of their little hobby babies.
Bench
14x 135
12x 135
12x 135
French Press
9x 20
9x 20
9x 20
Chins
8x bw
8x bw
8x bw
8x bw
I drowned out the dull roar of cardio machines and hissing cable curl flex monkeys with the last of the mohicans soundtrack on my ipod and it seemed to help me pump these out. epic soundtrack.
they felt great today. I really felt like i had a couple left in the tank, and i cut my rest intervals down to about a minute
Upright row
10x 95
10x 95
10x 95
I decided to try out deadlifts today, nothing heavy though, just had my partner film me so i could see how my form was. it was not great. i need to learn to keep the load on my ass instead of my erectors. any tips would help. i’ll post vids later.
On a dietary note, I noticed that the nutrition info on beef and pork and such says that only about 7 out of 17 grams of total fat are saturated fat with 0 grams trans fat. I was under the impression that all animal fat, save for fish fat, was saturated by nature…is this not true? Are there some healthy animal fats?
I’ve been lifting on a serious, almost uninterrupted (save for one surgery) basis since August 2007, so yeah I’m pretty new. And that’s welcome news about the dynamic rows, 'cause I feel a lot less guilty now.
I’ll try to fight the urge to switch from a standard 5x5 two-day split until I hit some legitimate plateaus. I think my off days are completely mental. I can predict when it’s going to be a gratifying lift because a)my spotter isn’t with me, and b) I’m in the gym early, before the mongos arrive.
I try to eat enough, but not too much. If you’re interested, this is a spreadsheet I designed to calculate my approximate requirements for clean mass building and fat loss without strength loss.
Link: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...A5F1AD7F135F66 . I think it’s kinda clever. If you want to see just what I eat on a daily basis, plug in 190 pounds, 74 inches, and 20 years old for my stats, activity level 1.6, and body type 1 (for endomorph). It might already be plugged in.
Most fats come from tuna in sunflower oil, salad with olive oil, walnuts or pecans, and soybean oil-based mayonnaise. Just add spinach and broccoli to 3 or 4 of those meals and that’s my macronutrient intake.
I’d say I can’t wait for Sunday’s lift, but I’m embarking on a 7-day cruise to the Caribbean. this will be rough…I don’t enjoy drinking like I used to because I know how it impedes my training. However it’s spring break and I’m going to the islands with my sister (a party girl) and I don’t want to be an asshole.
Honestly I could have just as decent a time going dry on this cruise. I can still get island twat and soak up the sun. Maybe I’ll drink when we embark on Sunday, rehydrate Monday morning and try and get a workout in then and on Thursday.
