Zepheads Log V.2

The last two days I worked so much I didnt have time for anything, but I ate decent food, but not enough of it. Today is

10:00 AM
Smoothie with
1.5 scoops protein powder
1.5 cups of frozen fruit
half a cup of orange juice
a third of a cup of plain Greek yogurt
some light whipped cream

1:00 PM
4 whole vegetarian eggs
4 egg whites
some diced up ham steak
2 pieces of cheese

1 large whole wheat blueberry pancake

4-8pm I’m working a short shift. I’ve gotta figure out what I’ll be eating before I leave

Tonight I’m eating
8:30 PM
2 chicken breasts
cup of wild rice

10:30PM Protein shake

Trying to find new stuff to do. Barbell overhead presses are out because they make my elbow pop. I might go back to the hammerstrength shoulder press. For back, I’ve been stagnant on the hammerstrength lat pulldown so I’m switching to pullups and reverse grip lat pulldowns, the combination is giving me extremely sore forarms while lifting, but once I build up my strength there I should be able to do higher volume. I’ve lost about 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I weighed at 215 this morning, I’m probably going to try to go down to 200. I’m not concered about my abs, I just want to get rid of my belly, and have a little bit more definition. I’m hoping that I can continue to move up in weights while doing this, I think it’s completely possible.

Squats were really weak today. I should have went to bed earlier.

ATG Squats:
barx5
135x5
185x5
225x3
275x1
315x5
225x10

Glute hams
mex30

Ab work

I lifted in between classes, so I had to make it quick

Food:
8:00 AM
4 whole eggs, 4 egg whites
a packet “healthy oats” oatmeal

12:00
Turkey and cheese sammich

3:30
2 servings plain greek yogurt

8:30
2 chicken breasts, side to be determined, either salad or veggie stir fry

10:30 Protein shake

I need something to snack on for more calories, this isnt enough.

Today:
Bench press
barx10
135x5
185x5
225x1
245x4
The spotter helped me push out two more reps after I hit 4 by myself
135x15

Hammer strength incline press
90x10
140x10
140x6

Cable curls
I worked up to the second highest weight
for 2x10 and one set of 65 for 10 after with really slow reps

Pred on these, I love this movement, makes me so sad they dont have a bigger cable stack

Cable tricep extentions
single arm:
20x10
30 2x10

Both arms
worked up to 72.5 for 4x10
I did these with an explosive concentric, and a really slow controlled ecentric, it felt really good that way

Hammer curls
25x10
40x10PR
40x7
40x6

12 minutes of cardio, I want to work up to half an hour at least 3 times a week.

My big movements have taken a hit since dieting,But a lot of my smaller movements feel stronger. I’m adding another workout to my week now to get more volume on legs, also going to switch to higher volume on bench press

Food:
Breakfast
package of turkey bacon
potatoes O’brien
a little bit of ham steak
an egg, and an egg white

Post working out:
16 OZ sirloin tip steak
sweet potato fries

Post work
6 turkey cheddarworst
spring mix, no salad dressing or croutons

Before bed
half a jug of plain Greek yogurt (ran out of protein, but it’s on it’s way)

I didnt eat the best today, but I needed a day away from chicken breasts.

Starting weight 225
Current weight 215
Goal: 200

Today was my extra workout. Still not sure what I’m going to be doing here every week, but it’s a day I can experiment with new lifts I suppose

Good morning squats
barx10
135 5x10
This was really humbling. I am still sore in the legs from Tuesday, but I was one sweaty motherfucker after this

Split squats
me 3x10 each leg

ATG squats
barx10
135x10
185x10
225x5
I wanted 225x10 but my form was so broken after five I decided not to continue, I’ll probably do this first next week

Some crunches leg raises

5 minutes on some inclined eliptical thing. It was a lot harder than the one I usually do I went as hard as I could

Stationary bike 15 minutes

My knees don’t like cardio so I’m building up the volume over time

Food:
8:00 AM
4 Eggs, 4 Egg whites
Small bowl of granola

12:00
chicken breast
wild rice

3:30-5 workout

5:30 Half a tub of plain Greek yogurt.

9:oo
a pound of whatever meat I decide looks good at the grocery store and some salad

10:30
prob gonna grab a pre-made protein shake somewhere and have that before bed.

Crazy day. I’m like out of food, so It was hard to eat enough.

HS shoulder press
90x10
140x10
180x10
200x5

Pullups
mex8
mex6
me x4

V handle pulldowns
50x10
70x10
80x4
70x10

Experiementing with new lat movements, these are in kilos

Lateral raises
25x10
35x10
25x10 perfect form
25x16 perfect form

Hammer strength rows, doing each side seperately
45x10
70x10
90 2x10

Eliptical 2 miles in around 18:40 iirc I’m really gonna be working on my conditioning.

Didnt get any sleep last night, I went home for the weekend, slept on my friends mini chair. I finally cheated and ate some pizza. Felt pretty shitty afterwords.

10AM
Breakfast skillet, potatoes, eggs, pork sausage, onions

12:00
3 eggs, 4 egg whites

5:00
1 pound chicken breasts 1.5 cups wild rice

9pm
20oz sirloin tip steak, as much spring mix as I can eat

11pm
As much greek yogurt as I can eat. I miss my protein powder. :frowning:

Squat
barx10
135x5
185x5
225x3
275x1
315x1
335x3
225x10

335 form sucked, I had sore hammies going in to the gym today, but I had to squat today. My knees caved in.

Glute hams
me 3x10 working on perfect form

Leg extentions
90x15 each leg
150x20 both legss

Ab pulldown
70x10
85x15
100x5
85xfailure

Hanging leg raises
mexfailure

2 miles on eliptical in 18:10

Food:
11:00
3 eggs, 3 egg whites
18 slices turkey bacon

1:00
garden salad

3:00
Lifting

5:00
1 pound chicken breast 2.5 serv sweet potato fries

8:00 PM
1lb pork or beef havent decided yet
veggie stir fry

10:00
Greek yogurt and berries smothie

looking good, been a while!

[quote]bignate wrote:
looking good, been a while![/quote]

Thanks man, how are you holding up?

Today:
8AM
Lady Alice Apple

9:00
Workout

10:45
3 eggs 4 egg whites
Turket bacon
Some spinach

4:00
Chicken green beans, brocolli maybe some greek yogurt

8:30
Red potatoes, green beans, onion, carrots with turkey italian sausage stir fried
10:30
either protein shake or greek yogurt depending on if protein comes today.

Gym
Bench
barx10
135x5
185x5
225x1
245x5 +1 from last week
135x17+2 from last week

Hammerstrength incline press
90x10
140x10
160x10 PR+20
160x6

Cable curls
57.5x10
65x10
72.5x10
85x7
72.5x6
65x10
Weaker on these than last week, but I pred my first two lifts so I’m not sweating. Elbows pretty sore at this point, probably from using new lifts for back

hammer curls
25x10
40x7
40x6
Weak on these too, but arms were rediculously pumped.

[quote]zephead4747 wrote:

[quote]bignate wrote:
looking good, been a while![/quote]

Thanks man, how are you holding up?[/quote]

about 90% pain free for the first time in 6 months, gaining strength a wee bit but mostly just maintaining, dropped down from 270 or so to 225 over this past summer, thats the biggest change.

Today:
8:am
Lady Alice Apple

8:30 Gym

10:00
Potatoes Obrien
Pork sausage
egg whites

12:00
2 chicken breasts
spring mix
coffee

2pm Work

5pm
Plain Greek yogurt

8:30
Off work

9:00
Either steak or pork steak
Green beans
Carrots
Red Potatoes
Olive oil

11:00
Protein shake
2 fish oil caps
melatonin

Gym:
ATG squat
barx10
135x10
185x10
225 2x10

GM Squat
135 5x10

3 miles on Eliptical, forgot to remember my time.

Resetting my 5/3/1 down to 315 for my top set instead of going for 345 next cycle. I gain better on higher reps.

[quote]bignate wrote:

[quote]zephead4747 wrote:

[quote]bignate wrote:
looking good, been a while![/quote]

Thanks man, how are you holding up?[/quote]

about 90% pain free for the first time in 6 months, gaining strength a wee bit but mostly just maintaining, dropped down from 270 or so to 225 over this past summer, thats the biggest change.[/quote]

Thats good man. I’m dropping some chub too. Down to ~213 right now and gaining/maintaining. I really want to push my weights higher, but I need to lose some chub in the process. I’m not looking for abs so much, but I’m sick of having a belly. My old ankle injury is coming back so I’ll have to do something about it. Otherwise I’m in decent shape too.

[quote]zephead4747 wrote:

[quote]bignate wrote:

[quote]zephead4747 wrote:

[quote]bignate wrote:
looking good, been a while![/quote]

Thanks man, how are you holding up?[/quote]

about 90% pain free for the first time in 6 months, gaining strength a wee bit but mostly just maintaining, dropped down from 270 or so to 225 over this past summer, thats the biggest change.[/quote]

whats the injury from and hows it aggrivated if you dont mind my askin

Thats good man. I’m dropping some chub too. Down to ~213 right now and gaining/maintaining. I really want to push my weights higher, but I need to lose some chub in the process. I’m not looking for abs so much, but I’m sick of having a belly. My old ankle injury is coming back so I’ll have to do something about it. Otherwise I’m in decent shape too.[/quote]