1hr autobelay, 40 minutes bouldering. Was super beat up even before I began.
Monday, 11th of November 2019 (2019-11-11)
Nutty’s Program Session 51
BACK SQUAT 5x3-5 (ss: Ab Wheel 5x10). Changing things around a bit here
6x3@100-115
My thoraic spine was giving me shit even with just 60 on the bar so I couldn’t really deliver anything substantial today. For reference, this workout would have been 6-8@100 but I want to explore some higher intensities. Had to rely on my belt this session. Got called out on depth, so I
did a few sets as box squats at a lower weight than 115. So, I’ll be doing a few weeks with boxes and start of at 110. No hip pain. I’ve started doing yoga sessions before bed (courtesy of @isdatnutty) and on my first one something popped in my hip.
RDL 4x10-12 @ 100 (ss: BW Bulgarian Split Squat - 4x12).
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12, was intent on doing these at 90 but I was too lazy to claim any 5kg plates.
GHR 4x12-15 (ss: Back Ext - 4x12-15)
In a hurry, beat up, and someone was doing bodyweight squats in the GHR.
Uhm, yes and no. It’s super welcome if I get it. I’ll @ people when I am requesting it actively. I started recording for that reason but now it serves the same role as progress pictures in a sense. I clearly need to work on my bracing, among other things.
Single-arm DB rows 5x10-12 @ 34kg (ss: DB OHP Press 4x12 @ 14kg / hand).
Got nowhere near all my reps on either exercise
Push-ups/Curls/Face pulls
Uhm, so I’m continuing to stall on stuff. I’ll upload my calories as a first stab at that but I might have to backtrack a little. The stalling started before my Nebido shot which I had Monday. Two weeks ago I was at 12nmol/L which is very low so I’d like to wait this out a bit before I backtrack on the weights.
For reference, @isdatnutty what do you do when you continue stalling out? Sleep okay, caloric maintenance/surplus, stress fairly low.
I would start with eating more food. If that doesn’t help, then it’s time to take a deload. If that doesn’t help then it’s time to switch the set rep scheme. You can go a few weeks of working up to a top set and then some back off sets. I would just try 1 thing at a time to see what’s going on. Each time I’ve stalled it’s usually been a lack of recovery for the most part or my body just needing a quick break. How many weeks are you into the program? I deload every 8-10 weeks for a week so maybe that’s all you need too. Double progression beats you up pretty good.
It’s not across the board, but I’m starting to stall more often than I have since I started. Just the last week or so.
Going to start adding more food, and if that doesn’t work do a deload. Last deload was 4 weeks ago but I think I overdid the assistance work when I couldn’t go as hard on the main sets so I think I’ll change the way I deload next time.
Yes, I hate that idea with a passion. I’m a creature of habit. What I do is what I keep on doing.
How do I explain this…?
Contrived example: If the motivation was there to do so, I could change my entire way of living around to optimise my way of living for playing the guitar. But, then I’d probably stop wholesale with the fitness thing. I can laser in on one thing very well, and do very poorly in a structure with things that conflict with one another.
Training is the only hobby I have that keeps me well in the long run. All the important things, such as eating clean, getting adequate sleep, breathing fresh air, etcetera. support my training (and recovery) so there is a very positive feedback loop.
Before I was a systems engineer I worked as a graphic designer, and then that was well-served by undersleeping as it inhibits the mechanism that goes “this is probably not a good idea” and stimulants + depressants was how I maintained that.
Meaning, if I take a week off, and fill that time with something other than exercise, that is probably a very easy way for me to fall into something that lies in conflict with my goals.
I know this sounds stupid, and the future wherein I have kids and am no longer at the center of things myself scare me but then if anything I’d optimise for being a good father and so it’ll probably work out alright regardless. Home gyms seem cool anyway.
@Chris_Colucci can we mortals create tags? I want to tag my log with #metric to provide a context for my numbers. I tried editing my first post but I just get a search bar and “clicking” the plus when my search yields no results seemingly does nothing (on mobile though)
It should be a “Search or Create” bar. Basically type your tag into that field and then click ‘Create’. It’s not coming up in a search because, unsurprisingly, nobody’s used that tag before.
I must be blind as a bat because I cannot see the option to create, even on the desktop. Or, is it that I already have two tags and there is some limit?
I absolutely get your mindset. I’ve often used the mantra in many areas of life “if I miss [insert important thing here] for a good reason, I’ll miss it for a bad one” because I know myself well enough to know that to be true. Do you feel like your deloads do their job?
