-In the last two weeks, I’ve gone from a weight of 290 to 272lbs. The weight loss has been visibly noticeable. Ordinarily, this is cause for concern. However, my strength levels have remained stable, and my diet is well thought-out (300g of protein/day, ~120g carbs through veggies and Surge/day). Part of the weight loss could be fluid/glycogen, part is probably that I changed scales, and hopefully the bulk of it is actual fat loss.
I’m not going to change scales or drop my water/glycogen, so whats important is what happens from here on out.
No cardio 'cuz pressed for time. Working out at Metroflex tomorrow. Am excited.
Front Squat: 225-285. 5 sets
Back Squat: 285-345. 6 sets
Deadlift: 345-415. 5 sets
Prowler: 90lbs, 50ftx2
First day at MetroFlex. First, these guys need mwoar business. I was the only one there except the two guys that work there, Ryan and Scott. Second, these guys have more Strongman equipment than God, so if you’re looking for a new powerlifting/Strongman gym, I think its only $40/month right now. SouthWest Houston, close to Hillcroft and Westpark. Third… great atmosphere. Hard rock, heavy rap, some classic rock, floor is cluttered with weight and equipment, walls are tagged up with inspirational quotes in Hebrew, Arabic and Japanese, and no one bitches when you yell and scream. Good shit. You should come.
Not enough time to play with Prowler. Also, was raining. Will do more next time, and following times. Also, need more weight, I think, or more distance. 50ft was like nothing.
Metroflex Houston sucks for pulldowns. The seats literally come up off the ground when you pull down too explosively. There’s a bunch of hammer strength machines for rows, but for vertical pulling, nothing’s really cutting it. And that’s a pretty huge bummer right there.
Forgot reverse flyes and ab rollout. Still left at around 6:30.
Prowler was fun, but the set-up/take-down is getting annoying.
Left hand hurts to grip because of ripped callus. Left shoe finally bit the dust, probably due to some over-eager prowler-ing. :(((((((
Front Squat: 225-285. 5 sets
Back Squat: 285-345. 6 sets
Deadlift: 345-415. 5 sets
Reverse Flyes: 2x6x50’s.
Prowler: 4x50ftx180lbs
Really didn’t wanna be in the gym today. Felt slow at the beginning, but pushed through, and after the front squats, didn’t feel so bad. Also, ‘Cemetary Gates’ kicked in, which is a badass song.
Prowlering in tennis shoes rather than wrestling shoes is win.
Doing pretty much anything in wrecked wrestling shoes is not a win. I should quit that pretty soon. Get a new pair or some glue or tape or something.
We’ll see if Power Snatch is good replacement for pulldowns. One of the trainer’s suggests that the pulldown seats aren’t bolted to the floor because they don’t need to be: its not an exercise you do for power. Since I do, that means management won’t ever care. So, power snatches.
Power snatch is better than power clean because PCing requires a warm-up of the shoulders and wrists to be able to catch in clean position. Snatch doesn’t. Which means I can actually get through 8 sets of snatching in maybe 15-20 minutes, where it’d take me half that time just to warm up if I was PCing.
Front Squat: 225-295. 5 sets
Back Squat: 295-345. 6 sets
Deadlift: 345-415. 5 sets
Felt tweak in right shoulder. Not big. Just a tweak. Felt during drive home.
Someone was taking pictures in gym tonight. Not sure who. Magazine cover? Dunno.
Squatting stance is moving out from hip width to shoulder-width. My depth isn’t as great, but my power is increasing. Today, 345 felt great, felt right, felt right at the tip of what I could move as fast as I can.
I yell, grunt, and scream after I rack the weight. Not always, and not always loudly, but I do it. Even when I don’t notice I’m doing it. It’s fun.
2-arm Ropedowns are superior. Felt more body involvement, more ‘dominance’ feeling after set gets finished. Move from wide grip to narrow(er) grip as weight gets heavier.
Tweaked shoulder felt uncool during bench, so cut it short and didn’t push. Started feeling uncool during ropedowns so got my sets in and jetted.
[quote]pch2 wrote:
The very idea of the park sounds lovely. No snow must be nice.
I hate it when weird dreams mess with a whole day. [/quote]
No-snow is nice until you realize you could be getting in your GPP by having a snowball fight. Which itself is nice until you realize you’re not twelve anymore. I suppose all places have their pros and cons.
[quote]pch2 wrote:
The very idea of the park sounds lovely. No snow must be nice.
I hate it when weird dreams mess with a whole day. [/quote]
No-snow is nice until you realize you could be getting in your GPP by having a snowball fight. Which itself is nice until you realize you’re not twelve anymore. I suppose all places have their pros and cons.[/quote]
I’m just lusting after a landscape not completely covered in white. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.
Prowler felt like nothing. So I made it my bitch more than usual. I blame it on the power-snatches. Whatever the fuck it was, my nervous system was amped, and I was dancing and bouncing about the gym.
Pullups are mostly for extra back volume. They’re not something I’m trying to get better at, anymore.
Need a timer. My post workout meal (pictured above… several posts above) is getting its veggies cooked too thoroughly because I keep forgetting they’re there.
Front Squat: 225-285. 5 sets
Back Squat: 295-345. 6 sets
Deadlift: 365-415. 5 sets
Prowler: 4x50ftx180 (on black asphalt, not grey).
Right shoulder. Still feels tweaked.
Right side in general just feels like it too k more of the strain from today. Shoulder AND hip/legs. Even though spotter said weight looked evenly distributed.
Need more weight on prowler. 180 too easy. Add another 45. Especially the black asphalt.