Finally got that fried chicken I’d been wanting yesterday… was a bit underwhelmed. Interesting that abstaining from cravings makes some of those foods taste less tasty than I remembered - I am coming to realize that “dieting” is more a struggle of mind over hunger for me.
1 more week of maintenance eating (much appreciated since I’m starting up Fortitude Training), and I’m back to the cut!
On the bright side, you still ate protein.
I always get my protein in. I’d rather be in a surplus just to make sure my protein intake is on par
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Absolutely!
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@anon6371718, have you been tested for Sleep Apnea? Even mild it can cause shitty sleep. I use a C-PAP, life changing man…
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When I get home tonight I’ll send a pick of what I have. I had those masks as well and they suck.
Dave
This set up is great. Just nose pillows and most will keep their mouths closed because your getting the air directly up the nose. It’s very comfortable and with the hose connected on top you wont get then pulling of the mask effect. Hope this helps…
I’ll probably have to go out and get one on my own because the VA is pretty bad at this stuff, but this is much more like what I was hoping for when I said “nose only” over the phone lol.
I’ll see what I can find - thanks for the help!
3/10/22 - planned off day
I still have it in me to hit the gym today but it’s a scheduled off day… May incorporate some lightweight sled pushes in the future for these days.
I deal with VA as well, pain in the ass at times…
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Weekend Update:
Have to call off the 4th day of training; between OT, meal prep, and school (which has been a total time suck), I didn’t have the time to get that 4th workout in.
To correct this repeating issue, I will be doing my training Monday, Tuesday, weds off, Thurs, Fri, sat sun off. If I have the time, I will try to get in some light pump work or cardio on the weekends so I don’t go 2 days off in a row, but this is being optimistic considering how time-consuming school has been.
3/14/22 - Fortitude T2D1W3
Started diet today, 2,000cal daily goal for the next 2 weeks. Macro goals as follows: [200g protein | 55g fat | 175g carbs]
Back Squats (loading)
10x45 + 3 BW Jump Squat
10x135 + 3 BW Jump Squat
8x225 + 3 BW Jump Squat
3x315 + 3BW Jump Squat (potentiate)
10x315 + 3 BW Jump Squat
10x315 + 3 BW Jump Squat
Single Leg DB Romanian Deadlift (loading)
10x70 (potentiate)
8x140 (each leg)
8x140 (each leg)
Lower back was cramping so badly I had to end the session. I was unable to do: Hip Thrust, Cable Flyes, Cable Rows, Lateral Raise, Hammer Curl and CG Bench.
I will need to change my exercise selection for Loading Sets, Squats and SS RDL are too much for my lower back to handle. Might replace back squats with heavy front squats, and use either leg press or hack squat for my T2D3 Quad Muscle Rounds.
One thing you can do, that I do, is pair exercises that are tough on the back with exercises that basically have no back involved.
So here:
With squats, you could pair the CG bench with squats and use similar rest times that you would use for each exercise. So if you were resting 5 minutes between sets, now you would get 10 minutes between squat sets instead of 5. That can help a lot with back pumps / cramps. Lateral raises, cable flyes, and hammer curls would also work here, but I believe the CG bench is the best choice (I have paired this exercise with deadlifts before). You may even be able to reduce rest times a bit with different muscles being used for each exercise. Instead of 5 minutes between sets, you could probably get away with 4 minutes without impacting strength.
I have considered it but my mistake was doing this at the commercial gym instead of my own gym… For whatever reason, gyms have been unusually busy the last few weeks so I didn’t have the equipment needed to do that.
If and when I get around to bringing back squats into the mix again, I will have to be smarter about training organization so I could do more stuff like you have mentioned.
Yeah, it can take up more equipment for sure.
In that case, perhaps do the lateral raises. Still gives you a bit more time between squat sets.
My go to exercise to pair things with is chin ups. Just need a pull up bar for that and my gym has lots of those. I don’t pair it with deadlifts anymore though. I feel it negatively impacts the deadlifts. I am fine with it for squats though.
I’m not opposed to doing other stuff along with the squats, it’s just going off program (I started up Fortitude) and I don’t really think the juice is worth the squeeze. I don’t really care about chasing PRs anymore; I did powerbuilding for a long time and just don’t think it’s in the cards for me to keep going that route anymore. I still plan to lift really heavy, just veering away from some of the exercises that seem to be ruining the rest of my training sessions.
Channeling Mike Israetel’s Stimulus:Fatigue ratio vibe.
