So I’ve been doing pretty high frequency, low volume training on this cut. Very frequent deadlifting and benching. Sets of 4 usually with high rep accessory sets using compound variations. Borrowing the training methodology from Yury Belkin. No accessory work, just more sets and volume as he described haha.
Dropped about 10 pounds, leaning up nicely, I can already tell the midsection is tightening up. I want to get down to 198 and build back up from there.
Strength really hasn’t disappeared. Reps just feel slower but I still seem to be holding on. Hit 295x10 close grip a few days ago, so that’s a big indicator that I’m still doing good.
Hit 585x4 on my squat a week ago and I dropped two reps, so not great… but I don’t got a belly to bounce off of haha.
Super busy, moved in with some family about an hour away, but got out of the ghetto and in a much safer area. I also got fired from my job, which was also the reason we had to be forced to move in with family. it’s a shame that work places still drug test after an injury, so been out of work since that last update, door dashing for right now just to get some sort of income in.
Rejected from quite a few different places but still searching around.
Currently I go to Planet Fitness (yeah I know.) since they offer the cheapest plan at 10/mo, every single other gym in the area is around 40/month. About as good as I can afford right now but it’s better than nothing haha. Every now and then I’ll get a day pass to a better gym for a big lift
The most recent photo taken about a week ago. Numbers are atrocious haha, 585 for a triple on deads, haven’t even touched bench and squats are rough too at 495x5 barely. The ramp up and peak will definitely be slow whenever I can get stabilized again with work and finances but at least I’m holding on to something
Edit: okay I should say that they aren’t too terrible… Can’t stay peaked forever
I can only hope. I’m glad my family had a spare room, pretty much the entire basement is ours (bathroom, bedroom and a small mini kitchen but no stove) for 500/mo. Pretty much always making food for us and the kids. Being here in a much safer, cleaner and beautiful area has done wonders to stabilize our life regardless if I’m out of work or not. It was horrible for those first few weeks.
My girlfriend is still working and got a raise, so thank god at least one of us still is bringing something in. I don’t know if it’s a slow work season or what, but I’ve been rejected from around 9 different places already, still trying to apply to everything I can.
5 hours of paperwork. But glad to finally got one. Mainly going to be using it on our extended exploration trips, way deep in the woods or sketchy city areas when urbexing, glad to have something more than just a knife haha.
Used the money from my trade in, had a rifle for awhile that I was sitting on. Really what made it take so long, but happy that headache is over
Neutral Grip Lat Pulldown
150x12
160x12
170x12
180x10
Plate Loaded Hi Row
3x20 tempo
So Sumo Deadlifts don’t aggravate my back too much. Seems to be just a regular conventional deadlift that fucks with it. Really wanted to go heavier but I kept it held back, 500x10 felt really, really good considering I’m just getting back into the swing of things. Main goal was not to have my back hurt and I achieved it.
Also I started a new job at wendy’s. Shit pay but free food at least.
Usually I just steal all the grilled chicken and baked potatoes, it’s good enough for me. Especially the potatoes, we have entire boxes of them at the end of the night so I just take like 10 home lol.
I’ve got another interview for a different place on monday though, the pay is still really shit here, bad enough that it doesn’t justify me staying long, nor the free food tbh.
A few guys from the gym started an armwrestling team and we meet up at one of the houses, investing in an armwrestling table or two. A few of them are practicing for the state championships.
I’ve never armwrestled before but they showed me what they do, we pulled a little, and I honestly fell in love with it, so i’m just going to be doing this on bench days lol. I’m just plugging in an accessory over time, i’ll be adding more into it as I get acclimated.
Lying Leg Curl / Seated Leg Curl Superset
80x20 / 90x20
80x20 / 90x20
Cable Pullthroughs
170x20
200x20
200x20
Raw squat feeling very good. Plan is 545x5 bare knee and beltless before I start training with a belt and wraps again. Sumos felt slow, but wasn’t expecting it to be great after the squatting lol.
RIR for squat felt to be about 3. RIR for Sumo was about 4.
I should also note that I’ve been training and steadily building up volume for the last 4 weeks… This would be W4D2.
I usually don’t like logging the first few weeks going back into a routine just because a lot of it is mundane and going through the motions. Alot of compound only days and slowly plugging in my accessories as the loads build up
