5/13/22
Sleep: about 8 hours
ANS Recovery: -7.1
Weight: 217.4lb
Woke up HUNGRY so I slammed a half-dozen eggs to start the day off right.
Made some great dad-gainz this morning when I outfitted my daughter’s butterfly exhibit with hardbacker flooring and some butterfly-friendly plants, then gave the butterflies a bigger house… Just waiting for them to lay eggs and it’ll be like a butterfly explosion (they lay like 500 eggs at a time). The wife and kiddo will be happy, but I can’t promise that the pug will avoid eating any of them. #PugLife
Conditioning
Prowler Challenge Day 2 10 x 40yd prowler sprints with 90lb
(Completed in 15m 35s)
Wasn’t overly inspired this session and all overhead stuff felt wonky, but I did the work and I’m glad I did.*
Wife’s friend made Thai/Chinese food yesterday and I went to town on it because I have the self restraint of a puppy; was bloated as hell all day but I’d do it again. #NoRagretz
5/17/22 - 5/3/1 Periodization Bible Day 2 Slept okay, almost 7 hours, but poor quality. Better day at work but was swamped most of the day and the support they sent me doesn’t know the system and is clueless on how to do what she needs to do - at least in the scope of my area.
Good session, quick too. Had to skip on quad extensions because it was taken and i was running out of time. Went easy on hammy curls; couldn’t afford to risk how bad the DOMS were last week.
Off to class and to get back on diet (now that there’s no more leftover asian food)
Daughter fully graduated from level 1 to level 2 in gymnastics - where she is the youngest by at least 3 years. I told the wife that this is a result of her catching 90%+ of MY genetics, which she was not amused by…
No weights today but plan to hit day 1 of Prowler Challenge + ab work
5/19/22 - 5/3/1 Periodization Bible Day 3
Sleep: about 6.5 hours, decent quality - wanted more
Weight: 218.4lb
Was doing some soul searching today, trying to figure out how to stop procrastinating and actually start working towards my goals. Didn’t come up with anything great. Need to work on this.
@rugby_lifting short term: to get a bit more lean and sustain a 6 pack that doesn’t require lighting features to be visible. Also to improve cardio, sleep and my relationship with food, all while keeping my GPA over 3.5 Long term: sustain a FFMI >30 (arbitrary) while being 6 pack lean. Eventually i will do a test cycle to see what my response is, but have no intention of blasting regularly. If i happen to be a hyper responder, i would consider competing - but that’s not for at least another year (after graduation and moving).
I also want to fix my sleep and be more consistent from day to day. I’ve been considering going on TRT and low dose HGH for some time to help with both of these (along with other symptoms). I heavily scrutinize everything i do (which is super unhealthy) so i haven’t come through to an actual decision yet, but I’ve been leaning towards TRT for a bit now.
Couldn’t manage squat numbers, despite doing 365x5 multiple times in recent history… having trouble staying consistent on squats. Super setted Shrugs with Hammer Curls.
Talked to the woman; i will be starting TRT - if it’s the wrong call, i will deal with whatever fallout that may be. Contacted Defy and waiting for a call back.
5/23/22 - 5/3/1 Periodization Bible Day 1
Sleep: 5h 37m (okay quality)
ANS Recovery: +2.0
Weight: 219.2 Holy fucknuggets work was stressful today. I need a raise.
Good session, OHP did well but midsection got all shaky during my rep PR. Will have to address this at some point.
Officially waging war on homeostasis starting today… Curing my laziness by turning the snooze button into my enemy. I cannot afford to be the procrastinator i know i am any more.
Got in touch with Defy today and will be getting labs done soon with an appointment following shortly thereafter. Will have to take some “before” pictures to compare.
5/25/22 - 5/3/1 Periodization Bible Day 2
Didn’t get home until midnight last night so i took the day off. Got bloods taken in the AM for TRT so i should have results in about a week.
Nobull trainers showed up today so I’m overdue on the prowler challenge… got some makeup work to do. Parents coming into town this weekend; may impact training a bit (havent seen then in about 2.5 years).
Good session, met my reps and then some. Might call an audible and change my assistance work to be done in Rest-Pause form instead (inspired by @davemccright).
5/25/22 Prowler Challenge Day 3
4x40yd @ 90lb (60s rest)
3x40yd @ 90lb (90s rest)
3x40yd @ 90lb (120s rest) Finished in 20mins total My lungs broke after the 4th round so i kind of just suffered my way through it afterwards… may need to add 30s to all programmed rest periods but we’ll see. Got a pretty big exertion headache after this.
Sorry for me being 531 nazi but with a correct training max you should never be able to do just 3 reps in 90% week… 7-8 is actually normal way for it to go… Week 1 is around 10, week 2 is 7-8 and week 3 should be at least 5.
Haven’t trained since last entry. Partially due to parents being in town but moreso because i came down with some cold/flu immediately after overextending myself on prowler work… lungs did not approve.
Anyways, I’m back to work today and will be training later. Having thoughts of bailing on 5/3/1 temporarily so i can keep progressing on my cut. All the failure training, LP, or peaking programs are wreaking havok on my sleep, hormones and dietary urges. I want to come back to 5/3/1 but it’s not agreeing with trying to cut.
I’ve found a similar thing when trying to push LP. LP I think is my minds default programming when I am lazy. I just see what I did last week and try to add weight or reps. This works a few weeks, then I start to get worn out, the workouts become intimidating, and I get more fatigue.
I’ve found undulating programming to work well for me in regards to recovery. If I am feeling worn out, usually that means the next workout is a speed / explosive day, and that isn’t as taxing on me. I get to recover a bit more and then I am good.
If you want, I can paste in what I am doing (I have it in an excel). It is a bit hard to understand though haha.
