1/22/22 - DoggCraPPL Legs
Slept about 7 hrs, not super motivated to work out. Scored a ton of nice steaks for a great price at the grocery store, so looks like steak is on the horizon for me!
1/23/22 - Rest (planned)
1/24/22 - DoggCraPPL Pull
AM Circuit:
Ab Roller x10 (bodyweight)
Plate Shrugs x10 (45lb)
Supenation Curls x8 (30lb)
2 Rounds
Slept well, 5hr 39m, natural wake ~30sec before alarm went off. Used the extra time to get in a quick circuit.
Scale weight: 218.2
Noticable ab definition changes, seeing muscle separation in my quads, glutes, hams and visible shoulder veins. Sincerely appreciating the work I’ve put into this cut.
1/24/22 - DoggCraPPL Pull (continued)
Have you tried wearing elbow sleeves/knee sleeves? You know, the kind people use to stay warm around a joint.
What’s the rationale here?
I don’t use or have sleeves so no, but I don’t think it’s worth my time… majoring in the minors.
It’s an activity factor for weight loss, more exercise=more daily calories burned. I also watched my weight loss stop when I went onto DoggCrapp. I kept the rest pause and heavy exercise selection of DC training though
Disagree here. A $30 pair of knee sleeves has resulted in my knees never being sore. Used to be almost every squat session I had sore knees that day and maybe the day after. No more of that.
Elbow sleeves I am kinda meh about. Can’t really tell if they help or not, so I only use them for heavy presses.
I have seen some use their knee sleeves on their elbows for zercher squats. Just gives some padding.
This makes sense, but I haven’t needed them yet and I don’t want to use them until I actually need them. I get the feeling its’ one of those things you don’t need until you use, then you can never not use them.
I’m talking about sleeves, not wraps. There’s a big difference. I’m just talking about wearing the sleeves in the crook of your elbow so it’s less uncomfortable during Zerchers
That’s a fair point, and if I find a need to start up with zerchers - I will probably get them. The Zercher squat is just kind of a nuance exercise compared to back squats or front squats. If I burn myself out on BOTH front and back squats, then I could probably justify doing Zerchers again. In DoggCrapp style, I’ve programmed only the heaviest movements into my current programming so Zerchers likely wont make that list anytime soon.
It’s not like they aren’t a good exercise, they are just tertiary to back/front squats.
1/25/22 - skipping
Bringing wife in for surgery tomorrow and it’ll be a really early morning. Might be able to lift tomorrow but not worth it for today. Tired as hell today anyways.
Going to treat myself to a couple slices of pizza 
1/26/22 - skipped
1/27/22 - skipped
1/28/22 - DoggCraPPL Push
increased on every exercise, solid session. Back on track
Had some weird nerve pain going through my right leg yesterday, went from the outer part of my calf to the top of my hamstring. Went away overnight, never had it before. Anyways, I skipped my leg day yesterday because of it - loaded down with schoolwork for today so idk if I’ll be able to get any exercise in. Will be good to go tomorrow though.
Sciatic nerve maybe? You been bending or sitting a lot? Or anything out of the ordinary?
Wasn’t doing too much out of the ordinary, but I did a fair bit of resistance stretching yesterday and it feels 90% better. I think sciatic is the only nerve that fits the bill, but I’ve never had sciatic pain before. Anyways, I’m going to keep training as usual and reach out on here in a panicked state if shit goes sideways 
1/31/22 - DoggCraPPL Legs
slept well, 7h 49m. Was going to do Pull today and called an audible and did legs (like I was supposed to lol)
I’ve been experimenting with my diet a bit, trying to go lower on carbs and higher on fats - honestly I just find myself overeating on fats and still being hungry. Going to stick to the original macro portions intended (moderate carbs and fats with protein at 1g/lb bodyweight).
No training for today, the unilateral DB carries from yesterday ruined all the little muscles in my hips I never think about. Needless to say, I’m thinking about them now, and every time I move my legs.
If you are experimenting, have you considered having high carb days on training days and low carbs on off-days?
Haven’t gotten to that point yet, but it’s something I’ll consider if/when I get there. So far I’ve noticed steady weight loss and scale weight so long as my carbs/fats stay roughly the same, but my scale weight is all over the place when I change up my carb intake. Overall I’m still losing weight, but it’s hard to convince myself of that when scale weight varies ~3lbs daily. When carbs and fats are steady, scale weight fluctuates ~1lb daily. Just easier to keep track of. Also, better digestion that way, at least for me.
