Owlie Takes Flight

i have a solution for your ‘programming’ needs.

oly lifting.

lol. my recommendation for anything is ‘oly lifting’ pretty much. :open_mouth:

Thats GREAT that the PT’ing is going well for you…

I don’t see what you see as far as fat loss goes. you look Incredible!!!

I’m not good at figuring macro this and that and counting calories, etc. If that works for you, then whatever you have been doing to gain that muscle(lucky!) I would slowly take it down and maybe add some moderate form of cardio a few times a week?

et merde - finally someone who isn’t afraid to gain and you don’t keep us informed but now that you’re “losing the fluff” we will get the play by play.

Next time I demand more info on the bulkin process.

Still glad to have you around Owlie-Girl :wink:

lol mainy, its really not that exciting. I basically just eat more carbs and train with higher volume and more maxing(even if its just partial ROM stuff) but I promise to keep it up with the logging next time!!

Yesterday’s leg day:

squats: 135x8x3
RDLs: 135x10x3
stiff legged dumbbell deads: 45x15x2
hyper extensions: 20/18/16
good mornings: 30 lbs x12x5

Then went to play softball an hr. I am terrible

Today: abs and cardio. My IT band and lower back are real real tight despite foam rolling every day. Don’t know whats the problem.

Yesterday

dumbbell rows
40x10
50x10
60x10

bench press

95x15/12/11

chin ups-6/5/5 turrible

dumbbell bench
30x20

lateral raises
10x15x4

dumbbell overhead press
20x16

ummm I think that was it yea

Today:
rest and Indian buffet. stuffed

My cheat meal this weekend was two rolls of sushi instead of 2700+kcals(rough but probably pretty accurate estimate) worth of Indian food. Yay for progress!!!

Damn I become such a puss when I start a cut. My deadlift is really really weak now (compared to where it was a year ago) and I KNOW I need to bring it up but I keep making excuses for not deadlifting because my kcals are so low.

Time for a plan.

Keep one higher cal/higher carb day in there to make sure that I keep after the deadlift and keep going for bodyweight or rep PRs even if I can’t produce some all time PRs. Here is an ultra humiliating video of me doing 210lbs for a hard rep. I didn’t want to post this, but here’s hoping it will keep me accountable. I guess my form is pretty good though.

Ok let’s try this again

I hear you. When I’m low cals and carbs I grey out while deadlifting. (Well, once I put the bar down, anyway).

Lol I like that, grey out. I’ve heard brown out before but I think I like grey better. It sounds a bit less fecal.

In training news this week I did

Yesterday:
Bench press: 120x9
wide grip bench 85x12x3

A lot of other chest and tris stuff I can’t remember

intervals on the stairs

Today:
Deadlifts:
165x10
205x6

Rdls
115x8x4
dumbbell press
30x12x2
35x6

barbell curls
40x12x3

Ha ha, I brown out when I eat too much fibre.

Chest and tris today. EXHAUSTED…from work? mebbe…school starts soon. I think I just need a change of attitude.

incline press
65x15x2

bench press
110x8x2

dumbbell press
30x20
30x15x2

flys
12x15x2

triceps pressdowns
60x15x3-BLECH

overhead dumbbell extensions
10x15x2

20 min incline tread

Right now I am taking 3000mg fish oil, 2000mg CLA, 1000mg Tryptophan, calcium, and a men’s multi (iron makes me constipated), and 5mg melatonin(as needed) all before bed. The PW Q&A reminded me I should probably start throwing my creatine back in. I’m making slow, steady progress towards my fat loss goal. bf around 16% as measured by calipers and handheld device. Whether this is accurate is not too relevant to me. I just want to make sure it keeps gradually going down. I’m sick of my weight fluctuating so much. Just gonna gradually bring it down to my comfort zone 120lbs and then hold steady there.

i’d triple your fish oil.

or quadruple.

split it up with your meals, tho.

Tanks CBeezy :slight_smile: I just bought some in bulk from costco so I will give this a shot.

Well I really had a SHITTY attitude today. I was sooo discombobulated. I trained my back which is usually my favorite day by far, but there was complete failure to get a good lat pump which is much discouraging. I almost cried, but instead I just pouted on the step mill for 40 min…

I guess not every day can be a perfect training day. Gotta dig deep and find some more motivation.

Here is my crappy back day

Assisted chins-50 lbs assistance
15x3

regular chins-3…what? sad but true

cable rows 70lbsx15x2

circuit of:
push press/w dumbbells 20x15
bent over dumbbell row 40x10
rear delt flys 5x15

^x3

thennnn
face pulls
60x2

single arm cable row
40x15x2

dumbbell curls
15x15x2
10x15
all manner of pulley curl variations, by now I was super discouraged…

for teh back pumpz, complexes are usually great, as are holding at the peak for 2 seconds or so.

You were exhausted two days ago and still did a pretty big workout. It’s likely some of that tiredness carried over to today.

Tuesday shoulders:
standing press
barx12x2
65x8
75x8x3
65x10

supersetted with chin ups
7/7/5-gradually getting my ability back

dumbbell press
25x12x3

supersetted with b/o dumbbell rows
55x10x3

lateral raises and rear delt flys

75 for 8 is pretty good going, combined with the chins.
Glad you are getting back in there.

So I had my boyfriend write my training program again. Every time this happens I can never complete the workouts. Either he is an asshole and writes things that are literally impossible or I’m not working hard enough. Maybe a little bit of both. Anyway, here is what I agreed to try. It’s in two week blocks:

Monday

squat volume
5x5, 6x4, 4x6, 3x10-15 (same reps per set tho)

bench volume
5x5, 6x4, 4x6, 3x10-15 etc

deadlift
a set of 5-10, set a PR every time

biceps low rep volume
(straight bar curls 6x4, 5x5, 4x6, etc)

wednesday

legpress
1 continuous set of 15-20, doesn’t need to be super intense, just get blood in legs

overhead press
a few heavy sets

chins and pullups
aim for 50 total BW chins/pullups

triceps
whatever sounds fun

abs
whatever sounds fun

friday

squat
1 high rep set to failure (12-20)

bench
1 set to failure (1-8 reps)
dont undertrain, if you do triples, do like 3 sets

db rows or other horizontal pulling
high rep sets

hamstrings
whatever you can manage

biceps high rep rest paused set
aim for 15-20 first set, 30+ reps total (all 3 sets)

Monday

squat volume
5x5, 6x4, 4x6, 3x10-15 (same reps per set tho)

overhead press volume
5x5, 6x4, 4x6, 3x10-15 etc

deadlift
a set of 5-10, set a PR every time

triceps low rep volume
(whatever for 6x4, 5x5, 4x6, etc)

wednesday

legpress
1 continuous set of 15-20, doesn’t need to be super intense, just get blood in legs

bench or incline press
a few heavy sets

chins and pullups
aim for 50 total BW chins/pullups

biceps
db curls, hammer curls, whatever you want

abs
whatever sounds fun

friday

squat
1 high rep set to failure (12-20)

press
3x3, 4x2, go very heavy. set a PR. if you think you can hit a new single PR, go for it and then do a backoff set

db rows or other horizontal pulling
high rep sets

hamstrings
whatever you can manage

triceps high rep rest paused set
aim for 15-20 first set, 30+ reps total (all 3 sets)

I kind of immediately messed it up by benching on a Sunday, but here is what I got for Wednesday:

leg press: 3 plates and a chipx20

overhead press: 80x5x3

chins:
5x5
4x3
3x3
1x1
only 47 total
Then I ran outta time cuz I had to get ready for a client. Oh well, I’m gonna give this a run but I’m feeling pretty pessimistic about it…