LOL My Bloods Strike AGAIN!!!
I had to buy some local test to get me by but to be sure it was solid I had my total test tested. I guess the test is good because they are sending my labs to Mexico City and refuse to release my results to me LOOOOOOOL!!!
My wife just got off the phone and they are all super concerned. Sofi was all like no it is for “medication” etc and they were all like HE IS GOING TO DIE!!!
Still startling to me that people dont recognize what test injections would look like in bloods.
Plot Twist: I am preemptively being banned from Mexican Nationals 
As long as I am in here I have been putting this off but here is…
2017 in Review: A History of Fails
-Impatient
This is the big one and we could stop the list here tbh. I rushed to come back from injuries and this just prolonged them. I also competed 3 times in 16 weeks. This was kind of the driving motivation for me to force this.
Going forward…luckily there are no competitions near Torreon and I am not testing/competing for a long time.
-Squats and Deads
Blunt force is how I am wired and what got me to where I am. The mistake was too much volume and intensity that at my prior strength levels these percentages and methods worked great.
Going forward…when the weights get heavier I will go to less frequent high intensity. Frequency is kept high with undulating intensity.
-Split and Back Training
I adjusted my split from Lower Pull Push to Lower Push Pull to have a more normal life (which obviously I didn’t take advantage of) and my back training still took the hit. I didn’t train it heavy enough and it shows in how my upper back is rounding in heavy squats and deads.
Going Forward…back to that golden split and I am bringing back heavy rowing and going to smash!!
Side Note: The difference in these splits seems minimal but they are huge. With Pull before Lower you have to keep pulling lighter for max performance on Lower day. Back then gets weaker and lifts suffer. I treated Pull day like a throwaway day and it showed more than anything in my Squats.
-Competing 3 times in 16 weeks
This doesn’t need much of an explanation but this BURNED ME OUT!!! More mentally than physically because I adjusted my training as needed.
Going forward…long offseason with much lighter weights and less strict programming (for the random fun workout).
-Deadlift Specificity…not enough singles work (or any) so I will add a bunch more of that.
-Supps
3 Comps running together in 16 weeks my cycle became a bit prolonged and jumbled tbh. My dosages were also not great for PLing.
Going forward…more defined cycles and SIMPLE!!!
What I Got Right:
-I added 204 pounds to my total last year.
-I made decent adjustments on the fly to combat programming flaws.
-Bench, my bench prep was pretty on.
-Diet, I have found a lot of ways that work for me to do what I want to do with my body and my physique has been consistently better every month (until December).
-MOST IMPORTANTLY I LEARNED A SHIT TON!!! 2018 is the year of the Millhouse.
