5/3/1 Week 2, Day 1 (Bench) (yesterday)
Sorry I haven’t been around to all the logs much, I was trapped in Dasher’s basement.
So last weekend was the tits - went to visit a couple of my best buds in baltimore where we basically drank beers, watched football and played Gears of War 3 all weekend. We did make it out to the bar where I got accosted by a 55yr old for the second time in like six weeks. She walked up to me and asked “do you want a shot for my birthday?”.
Then - no joke - she grabbed the bottom of my shirt with one hand and reached all the way up it to my chest with her other hand. Then she was talking so uncomfortably close to me that I kept backing up (which didn’t stop her from leaning back in)… it was so egregious that during a 2-minute conversation I had moved a solid 15 feet from my friends.
My buddy was pissed I didn’t accept it and use her to get us all free drinks…apparently I’m not a “team player”. A man’s gotta survive though.
Also, typically on binge weekends like this I lose a few pounds (U mad?) because I can only eat like half of my usual calorie amount. I physically can’t eat huge meals and I won’t ask my friends to stop for food 6-7 times. But for some reason I weighed in over 228 on Monday morning which is my heaviest yet. 7lbs away from my year-end goal, though some of that will come off this week I’m sure.
Health note… I start on meds today for lyme disease… it is a tough diagnosis, the only way I’ll know if I have it is if the meds make me sick, which means they’re killing it off. I’m ok with that I just hope I don’t have to take days off from the gym and/or lose 10lbs again.
Also, DJHT suggested I could raise my alarmingly low cholesterol (HDL of 39) by doing conditioning work. I fucking hate cardio but I guess this means I’ll start playing bball consistently once a week and add in a day of sprints at the park down the street as well. Ask me to do long bouts of SSC and I will kill you.
Workout:
A1) Bench
105 x 5
135 x 5
160 x 3
-work sets-
185 x 3
210 x 3
240(3+ ) x 6… wanted 7 but I’m ok with this. Bench apparatus sucked, it was too soft and didn’t provide a solid base for my upper back. Probably cost me a rep.
A2) Yates Rows
135 x 12
160 x 10
185 x 8 (PR 10lb)
Chins… 5 sets between sets of B) and C)
B) DB Bench
85 x 11
90 x 6 PR fucked up my setup lol
90 x 7
C) Close Grip Bench
165 x 11
175 x 8 (PR 10lb)
175 x 8
D) Kroc Rows
65 x 12
90 x 21 PR
E) BB Curls
90 x 8
90 x 6
90 x 8
Kept a good pace. Didn’t have time to cook my own food when I got back Sunday night so probably had 5000+ calories and 500+grams of carbs from shitty meal sources.
