Woke at 256.4 lbs, looking similar to yesterday.
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@koestrizer this wasn’t lethargy, more a case of my hands are shaking a little more than I’m comfortable with. I suspect it’s part of the adapation to a different kind of training. My whole upper back is still really sore.
On the plus side, my mate Adam said I can come train with him at his home. Next week owards it looks like I should at least be able to train bench.
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Oh I misread this
as you just not feeling like training
Well, you didn’t misread it. I didn’t feel like training, the reason being I felt beat up. If it had been regular training I would have skipped it and rested for sure. With the lockdown I’m conscious that I need to develop the pattern of training at home so I gave it a shot.
I think I underestimated how much I’d need to adapt to five days a week even with mostly bodyweight.
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I’m giving myself a rest today. My traps are sore, my shoulders are sore and my abs are sore.
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I am sure you deserve it Mark. Enjoy your rest and stay safe mate.
Deserve. Sure lol.
It’s been a big week at work too and I’m working tomorrow as well. Chances are I’ll train tomorrow
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You deserve the break.
If you’re still on a deficit diet, that could play a role in the not feeling it
It could, for sure.
It kind of all falls into place though. This week the first couple of days I started getting through in fewer sets, so arguably worked harder. That dug into recovery. All week work has been busy and I’ve been working on a small project that we install tomorrow. So I worked extra hours over the week. Then of course a caloric deficit.
No wonder I feel tired.
It’s all good.
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Add to that all the mental fatigue from listening to the news !
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You listen to the news?
Social media is as close I get. A brief look tells me people are still contemptible idiots for the most part, so it isn’t like the world is going to be appreciably different
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I don’t read or watch news. But right now I have 300 people at work who will ask me questions based on what they saw last night on the news or Facebook. Watching a little news prepares me for the new levels of idiocy I experience every day.
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Makes sense you’d need to keep up to date.
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I choose to be oblivious.
“Did you see ______?”
“Did you hear the story about ______?”
Me: Nope.
Meanwhile (probably in America)…
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You interact with 300 colleagues on a daily basis? What work are you in? That sounds like hell.
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Woke at 257.7 lbs, looking similar to yesterday.
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More to keep in the habit of it than anything, after what turned out to be a full day of work:
Pullups
1x4
2x3
Pushups
1x12 with with dead stop on floor
1x13 touching floor but no stop
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Woke at 256.2 lbs, looking similar to the usual. Which means still fat, but not bloated.
I think I need to take another look at this in home training. On paper the AFSAPs are a good idea, but in reality doing the same day twice or three times a week trying to push reps is probably pretty stupid. What I noticed last week was that the first time I did the upper and lower days I did progress. Then later in the week, went backwards. Turns out bodyweight work can be hard to recover from when you’re fat. Who knew?
Going forward, I’ll keep one of each day. Once a week they will be absolutely fine and provide a decent stimilus to maintain muscle. I’ll do them earlier in the week too, like Monday/Tuesday. Wednesday is probably a good candidate for shoulder/upper back day, then Thursday a lower and Friday upper again.
So
Monday
KB swings 100x70 lbs AFSAP
Goblet squats 50x70 lbs AFSAP
Reverse hypers 50
Lying leg raises 50
Tuesday
Pullups 1x4, 4x3 etc
Pushups supersetted with pull aparts 50 AFSAP
Band lateral raises 50 AFSAP
Diamond pushups supersetted with band rows 50 AFSAP
Wednesday
Facepulls 100
Pull aparts 100
Rear delt flyes (there’s bound to be a way to do these with bands) 50
Front raises (to overhead) 50
Thursday
Goblet squats 50x70 lbs
Split squats 50
Reverse hyper 50
Lying leg raises 50
Friday
Pullups 1x4, 4x3 etc
Pushups against bands 50
Band rows 50
Diamond pushups 50
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All of the above, of course, is dependent on how things go at my buddy’s gym on Tuesday. If it all pans out I end up training as normal. Next best is a couple of days a week where I bench and squat one week and bench and deadlift the next; and make up the remaining two days at home.
I think single arm will be the best option. You could do bent over or standing. Stop before you retract your shoulder blade and you can smoke the rear delts. I’ve been doing a drop set or rest/pause on my final set. It burns so good.
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