Should’ve snuck some Mac and cheese in there.
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1/18/23 - Jordan Peters Full Body A2
Weight: 210.3lb
Recovery: 68% (4h 37m slept)
It’s been too many days since i last trained. Feeling better today so maybe I’ve started adapting to the Sema lethargy.
+12mins Hyperbed Tanning
- Hitting 25 reps on leg press made me want to vomit. Increased 5 reps from last go only because I didn’t want to do high reps next time.
- Made a wannabe Oly lifter leave his platform by Strict Pressing his Clean Press… sorry not sorry. (My OHP is garbage).
Saw a group of chubby thirty-somethings set the squat rack safeties so high they couldn’t hit 45deg ROM… needless to say, they used a bar pad and ‘squatted’ 365 without the threat of touching the safeties or breaking a sweat. That was entertaining/disappointing.
Software Engineer interview tomorrow. I’m sure I’ll sleep peacefully tonight.
Food
Cal: 2177
P: 165g
C: 188g
F: 87g
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go crush it
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Hope all goes well. Remember to relax in the interview with deep breaths and always answer the question they ask.
You’ll smash it!!!
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You got this!
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Everything go well dude?
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Honestly not sure lol.
Hiring manager said she’ll speak to her team and see if anyone has the capacity to take on someone in need of training… so it went goodish? Honestly hard to tell, but i got some good information out of it for sure.
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Hopefully, they can find a spot for you. If not, interview practice!
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A few days behind, have been logging weight and food via MFP.
1/19/23 - Rest
Weight: 211.8lb
Food
Cal: 1953
P: 173g
C: 46g
F: 119g
1/20/23 - Jordan Peters Full Body
Weight: 212.0lb
- Highlighted section performed 1/21/23, Leg Press was so demanding I couldn’t finish the workout.
Food
Cal: 1953
P: 196g
C: 194g
F: 63g
1/21/23
Weight: 212.0lb
Food
Cal: 1657
P: 162g
C: 126g
F: 60g
+15min walk (afternoon)
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Glad you got some good information out of it.
Is it true the tech job market is in the pooper right now? I’ve seen lots of Tiktoks talking about it. Recent grads are apparently getting screwed over.
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Sounds like it is, but I’m betting most of the same kids complaining on TikTok don’t carry the type of clearance I do, and don’t already work for the company I’m currently in.
My fallback is to go Information Security, which I also carry the clearance to make worthwhile.
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IIFYM at it’s best… lol
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1/22/23 - Rest
Weight: 211.6lb
Food
Cal: 1675
P: 217g
C: 68g
F: 52g
Swapping out rice for Barley because I’m an old fuck and aiming for lower glycemic index carbs.
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Week in Review
Weight Avg.: 211.5lb
Weight Lost (from last week’s avg): 1.3lb
Avg Cal: 1948
Avg Protein: 178g
Avg Carb: 135g
Avg Fat: 78g
^math says I should be down about 2.2lbs, scale doesn’t match. May need to adjust course, but will wait another week before doing so.
*will adjust activity, not caloric intake if any adjustment is needed.
Sleep quality seems to have leveled out a bit, so back to a mere ‘subpar’. Hunger still remains a stranger, libido is doing okay.
- Semaglutide at .5mg/wk split dose E3.5D
- Test C at 180mg/wk split MWF (tired of stabbing myself every morning)
- L-Carnitine at 600mg MWF
- Vit D at ~21,000iu/wk MWF
^will be messing around with NPP and Test dose to help reduce acne. Once NPP dose is dialed in, will swap out for pharma prescribed Deca; NPP only being used as a risk mitigation tool. Aiming for lowest possible test dose without side-effects as I’m clearly sensitive to DHT, plan to use Deca for all other TRT benefits (but without the DHT, Estrogen, and hopefully acne). Expecting some water weight gain, goalpost may adjust from 195lb due to this.
Back definition is coming in for sure, have been introduced to new arm, shoulder, and neck veins this week - all signs of a fatty leaning out appropriately.
Gathering supplies for a blast in July timeframe, if everything goes as planned for the cut and maintenance phase.
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1/23/23 - Jordan Peters Full Body A1
Weight: 211.4lb
Recovery: 56% (5h 28m slept)
+12mins Hyperbed Tanning
- Shoulders were toasted after Incline DB and Seated DB OHP… wasn’t sure I’d be able to finish after that tbh.
- IDK if it’s the deficit or low carbs or what, but this is the 3rd or 4th workout in a row I really struggled to finish. Will make sure i actually hit my calorie goal instead of undershooting it.
+8min walk after brekkie
+8min walk after lunch
Food
Cal: 2227
P: 240g
C: 210g
F: 45g
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Meant to post last night before bed.
1/24/23 - Rest
Weight: 209.8lb
Food
Cal: 1997
P: 203g
C: 205g
F: 39g
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1/25/23 - Jordan Peters Full Body B1
Weight: 211.8lb
Recovery: 68% (4h 59m slept)
+12mins Hyperbed Tanning
- Incline Flyes went downhill. Going to say this is due to lingering soreness from A1.
- Poor kid on the Hack Squat thought 3 plates was my working weight when i was still warming up… his warmup was just the 25’s. I felt a little bad.
- Got to watch the boat shoe bros from last week fail a squat on 4 plates, re-rack, then fail it a second time. I guess stupid doesn’t learn quick.
Energy/mood doing well today. Moving to a new TRT Clinic (Matrix) so I can spend less for the same thing.
Food
Cal: 2007
P: 192g
C: 152g
F: 74g
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Didn’t track macros yesterday - still could, I just didn’t feel like it (the best reason, I know).
Jumping ship on the Jordan Peters Full Body experiment - only had 2 sessions left. Couldn’t manage more than 4x per week, most weeks at 3x… need more training days and daily activity, so shorter sessions with added cardio are the answer. Will be moving over to a PPL split that is 90% the same as Jordan Peters program, close enough to call it such. I made a couple small add-ins and removed an exercise or two so I can run it more than 3-4 days per week.
Still fighting with the scale, so I’m adding in 15mins daily cardio. Deficit says I should be down nearly 2lbs at this point, scale has stayed same, same, same, then climbed at 2,000cal/day or less. Bastard.
Program to look like:
Push 1
Incline DB Bench 2x6-12
Incline Flye 2x15-20
Seated DB OHP 2x6-12
DB Lateral Raises 2x15-20
Weighted Dips 2x6-12
Cable Pushdown 2x15-20
DB Triceps Ext 2x6-12
Pull 1
Kroc Row 2x6-12
Lat Pulldown 2x6-12
Trap Shrug 2x6-12
EZ Curl 2x6-12
Hammer Curl 2x15-20
Rear Delt Flyes 2x15-20
Legs 1
Hack Squat 2x6-12
Quad Ext 2x15-20
Trap Bar RDL 2x6-12
Ham Curl 2x15-20
Single-Arm DB Carry 2x -
Push 2
Machine Incline 2x6-12
Incline Flye 2x15-20
Machine OHP 2x6-12
Machine Lateral Raises 2x15-20
Weighted Dips 2x6-12
Cable Pushdown 2x15-20
DB Triceps Ext 2x6-12
Pull 2
Kroc Row 2x6-12
Lat Pulldown 2x6-12
Trap Shrug 2x6-12
Hammer Curl 2x6-12
EZ Curl 2x15-20
Rear Delt Flyes 2x15-20
Legs 2
Leg Press 2x6-12
Quad Ext 2x15-20
Trap Bar RDL 2x6-12
Ham Curl 2x15-20
Zercher Carry 2x -
Warmup sets at:
-50% WWx5
-75% WWx3
-possibly 90% WWx1 if it feels needed
All sets to failure.
All reps will be performed with 3-second negatives.
Progression to next higher weight when at or above top of rep-range.
Back down set at 50-75% WW for 6-12 reps after WW set on all heavy exercises.
Starting 15mins Cardio daily, not higher than HR Zone 3.
Goal is 5-6x per week weight training.
Diet to stay mostly the same food intake-wise, splitting evening meal - half at lunch, half at dinner. Add veggies if hungry after dinner. No more forcing in carbs to meet calorie goal; if I’m meeting Protein and Fat goals and not hungry - no more eating.
Gym in a few.
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1/27/23 Jodan Peters PPL Push 1
Weight: 212.7lb
Recovery: 79% (6h 4m slept)
+15mins Stationary Bike at lv10, Cardio Zone 3
+12mins Hyperbed Tanning
- Had to reduce weight on Cable Pushdown.
- Session took about an hour with cardio added. This was the goal, now let’s stick to it.
Food
Cal: 2187
P: 260g
C: 131g
F: 63g
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1/28/23 - Jordan Peters PPL Pull 1
Weight: 210.3lb
Recovery: 92% (8h 4m slept)
+Forearm work
+20mins Cardio Zone 3 a la powerwalking (lol)
- Home gym workout this time. It is becoming evermore apparent that I need heavier dumbbells and more plates.
- Saw the first hint of Brachialis separation, so that was nice. Also saw my shoulder/bicep vein travel all the way down to my hands.
- I have a sneaking suspicion the weight drop today was due to sleep… Thibbs wrote once about cortisol replacing fat in a deficit, so the scale may not drop at all until stress levels get better.
Food
Cal: 1997
P: 203g
C: 192g
F: 43g
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