Which sucks more, step ups or split squats?
Split squats
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Which I have to do today
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I am finally starting to like split squats after doing them everyweek for weeks now. I find the level of suckiness on these is directly related to how long m rest periods are between sets. If I rest under 1 min they are horrid. If I rest a little longer (2 mins) then I still get a great pump but they are nowhere near as bad.
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Todays training
10x10 seconds bracing 90/90 superset with wide stance air squats
Shoulder distraction and SuperD double band thing
Wide stance squat
2x12x281 lbs
Split squat
2x10x66 lbs
Pendlay row
3x8x176 lbs - I sandbagged this hardcore, but whatever. I’m pretty tired, work has been busy as
Band good morning
50 reps - 2x25
Lying leg raises
3x20
All up an hour and 10 minutes
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Woke at 263.9 lbs, looking a little less bloated.
Still using the CPAP every night. Getting between seven and 10 hours depending on the day and what’s going on.
Getting closer to that 170. Will you have a big push towards the end of the year ?
No, not at all. That would just be (extra) fat. Right now I’m pretty happy, I can get my lifting belt tighter than I have been able to since August or so which I take as a measure of not so much extra fat compared to muscle. If I push over the next month that’ll probably go out of the window for no real extra muscle.
Given I’ve got a meet on 23 February, if I can be reliably above 265 lbs by the I’ll be happy.
Fair enough mate sounds like a solid plan. I am about 2kg down on this time last year but no idea whether I’m less fat!! I will have look back in my log and see if I can find an old fafsique pic from last year.
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You definitely look more jacked than I’ve seen.
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Woke at 264.6 lbs, looking similar to yesterday.
Almost forgot to do conditioning but didn’t quite. Went to the old bit, because that’s where we were.
12x30 metre sprints up 10 degrees and walk back. First couple of runs were 50-60 per cent, the rest 75ish. First five felt hard, then got into a sort of rhythm.
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Woke at 263.7 lbs, looking similar to yesterday.
Ended up not training today. I was heading to the gym when I called Mrs KO to check in and see how she was going and I found out munchkin had been very, very insistent that he wanted me to pick him up from school instead of Mrs KO. Which pissed me off, because as soon as I heard that I couldn’t bring myself to not pick him up, which meant I skipped training.
It’s nothing, all I’ll have to do is train Tuesday through Friday but I got a bit annoyed with myself because I let that make me skip training; while I’m also annoyed with myself for being annoyed with myself because I’m pretty sure it’s a good enough reason to skip training.
I can be really fucking stupid sometimes.
It’s also the time of year, I dread the holidays because I don’t know what to do with myself for two weeks. Gym hours are limited, which I can deal with because some extra recovery will be great given I’ll be peaking from mid January. When it combines with no work though, I’m basically at home all day with Mrs KO and munchkin and within a couple of days I’m mostly just trying to control my temper because I do NOT deal well with inactivity.
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That made me chuckle a bit. Lol. Bring them out to the park or something?
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That’ll be one option. In a lot of ways I am very ill suited to being a family man.
By how much you endearingly call your kid munchkin, maybe you’re just being a little too hard on yourself?
Oh, don’t get me wrong. They mean the world to me, but while my wife can happily spend time home doing nothing but family stuff I just don’t know what to do with myself.
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I am the same as you Mark. Unless I take them out somewhere it’s very hard for me to deal with the kids all day long. By Sunday evening I am looking forward to go back to work. This then makes me guilty for not wanting to be with the kids. They make me frustrated which makes me shout which makes me guilty which makes me angry which makes me shout etc etc it is a vicious circle that can be hard to break at times.
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I’d feel exactly the same man, and I’d do exactly the same as well. Don’t beat yourself up over it. The little rugrat wanting to spend time with me is worth more to me than any lifting session.
I don’t remember having whole weeks off with nothing to do though, I think that would drive me crazy. I don’t think it would be a good look for me.
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