Today wasn’t too great.
Eh. Oh well.
Sept 6 W2D6 Strength Day.
Today we had a yardsale. 3 neighbors and our uncle set up on our street. I made $18 from selling some of the stuff I made.
I got from my uncle a few things. atleast 100 super tiny mugs (like an inch in size), a set of boyscout silverware, and a playboy mug (that my pop-pop got when he traveled a bit up north)
Eh.
Breakfast:
2 eggs
2 protein waffles
3 breakfast sausages
2 oz mozzarella cheese
1/2 tbsp butter
----Total: 738 Kcal, 50g fat, 30g carbs, 42g protein
Snack: crap
1 bag gardettos
1 chocolate chip muffin bar
----Total: 380 Kcal, 16g fat, 56g carbs, 6g protein
Need 1882 Kcal and 152g protein.
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Lunch:
1 can tuna
1 tbsp lemon juice
----Total: 146 Kcal, 3g fat 1g carbs, 26g protein
Need 1736 Kcal and 125g protein.
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Did my workout.
Bench:
95 x 8
115 x 6
125 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 2 (Forearm pain)
Ive identified the cause; the bar being slightly off center from my chest. I tested it out but doing an archer pushup, yep, it hurts some. When I fixed the form, it helped. Couldn’t get it to be right with the last set though
Pullups
5
5
5
5
5
Squat:
95 x 8 (this felt SUPER LIGHT. It normally does feel light but it was a “didn’t even feel like i had anything on me” lightness)
115 x 6
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5(the squat rack with the 2.5s was taken up, so i couldnt do 170. I didnt have enough plates to do 175, so I did plates with 45’s, 10’s, and 10lb kettlebells on each side)
175 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
These felt good, no pain
Did a bit of shoulder mobility stuff. External rotations 10lbs x 8 reps each side
DB shrugs with 50lb dumbells,
Protein shake:
1 scoop protein powder (in water. Wasnt great. Using milk, and cooling it down alot, tastes like melted icecream, just a bit thinner)
----Total: 180 Kcal, 3g fat, 6g carbs, 30g protein
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Dinner:
5 oz shaved steak
2 tortilla
1 spoonful sauce
some banana pepper rings
14 chips
2 chicken sliders
1 bagel
1/4 cup cheese
1 chocolate chip muffin bar
----Total: 1673 Kcal, 60g fat, 198g carbs, 86g protein
Days total: Net: 2996 (gross 3116 Kcal), 133g fat, 290g carbs, 190g protein
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September 7th. W2D7
Rest day today. Not that I did much to warrant it really…
We played the powerball lastnight. Well, were set for life now! We won 4 dollars! … 
since we spent 10 dollars, we lost 6 dollars. Oh well. Worth a shot
Today’s assignments
Wash shower (Done)
Write down all projects im doing in a notebook, then write the projects I want to do.
Breakfast:
2 waffles
3 eggs
1 tbsp butter
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup protein granola
3 cherries
----Total: 841 Kcal, 42g fat, 75g carbs, 45g protein
Il clean the shower now.
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Cleaned the shower earlier. Then had lunch
1 fries chicken breast
1 fries chicken wing
1 small vanilla cake donut
1 cup milk
----Total: 861 Kcal, 44g fat, 62g carbs, 55g protein
We rarely get donuts, and we only get one of those donuts, so I decide to have it.
I went metal detecting. Nothing great. Didn’t really do it seriously though, just a little bit down the trail.
I think Im going to just relax for a bit. Il work on writing down my projects while I am doing so.
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Never actually ended up doing that. Oh well.
Forgot to carry the rock today. And yesterday too I think. Need to remind myself.
Snack:
1/2 cup chocolate granola
1 cup milk
1/2 oz cheese
8 grapes
----Total: 341 Kcal, 15g fat, 40g carbs, 14g protein
Dinner:
3 oz kielbasa
1/2 cup rice a roni
1/8 cup beans
1/8 cup peas
----Total: 586 Kcal, 22g fat, 76g carbs, 21g protein
Days total: 2629 Kcal, 122g fat, 251g carbs, 135g protein
Need 371 Kcal, and 65g protein. Not getting all my protein today probably, but I will try to get most of it with a protein shake. Pro-tip: Do not use a blender for a protein shake. It foams it up and it takes up more volume. Not good when you dont want it in the first place.
Protein shake:
2 cups milk
3/4 scoop (after getting to the bottom of the shake, there was a thick sludge of a bit of the protein powder. I’m not sure how much of the protein powder actually dissolved.)
----Total: 379 Kcal, 12g fat, 28g carbs, 39g protein
I got 173g protein today. Eh. Could be better
I want to dress in all white. And I want to dress very loosely. I don’t want to have any of my bodily form shown. My parents I’m sure wont allow that, or at least wont buy stuff for that. I could buy something like that though I’m sure. I think I will. I will need something else for working out in though. Normal clothing perhaps.
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I have stuff I want to do, so, Wont type out everything I had. I did eat pretty ok today, unhealthiest stuff was fried chicken for a snack and a small glass of coca cola with my dinner.
Total: 3124 Kcal, 114g fat, 304g carbs, 222g protein
Ran a mile today as a test during strength. 7:34. Slower than when I did it the start of last year which was 7:21. I am almost 30 lbs heavier (was 131, now 158), so I say Im still have a decent time. I felt good when running, I was running at a good speed, and the last 1/8 of a mile I sprinted, that was a workout.
I also did bench press 1rm since we have to do our maxes now. I thought I did 185lbs (felt pretty easy), so I went to do 195. Then when my strength teacher went by he pointed out it was a 35 lb bar, not a 45lb bar. I never ended up doing my “195” (185), and I only was able to do 175 for 1 rep.
Stupid 35 pound bar! Why does it even exist??? If you cant do a 45lb bench press, you shouldn’t be doing it at all! I think if it was a 45lb bar I might have gotten 185. I was feeling strong, but I think the finding out it was a 35 kinda psyched me out a little bit. Oh well.
Same 1RM that was calculated before… 
I am only 3 weeks in to operator so I shouldn’t have expected to be lifting any more.
Have to carry my stone.
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That’s an outstanding outcome dude! A 30lb gain with only a 13 second drop is awesome.
It’s a woman’s bar. The diameter is smaller than a man’s bar, because they tend to have smaller hands. It allows them to have a better grip on weightlifting movements (snatch and clean and jerk). It also benefits the deadlift, but wasn’t intended for that.
Yeah, but you set this after running a hard mile. And depending on how hard that 175 was, you may have still progressed.
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September 9th W3D2 HIC/GC day
Will be doing a GC workout today. Almost forgot to do it but then I remembered.
Breakfast:
2 eggs
3 oz ham
2 cherry tomatos
1/2 cup cottage cheese
3/4 cup granola
4 cherries
----Total: 574 Kcal, 26g fat, 44g carbs, 43g protein
Lunch:
1 wrap with turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato
1 slice honeydew
1 orange/tangerine juice box
----Total: 523 Kcal, 18g fat, 56g protein, 34g protein
Snack:
1 fried chicken thigh
1 potato
1/2 tbsp butter
1/8 cup peas
----Total: 466 Kcal, 20g fat, 47g carbs, 24g protein
Need 1437 Kcal and 99g protein still. Will be after my workout.
Will now do GC 2
Scratch this. I feel my shoulder popping when I do this, and I don’t like that. So I don’t know what to do. My left calf has been hurting for the last few days so I don’t want to do really any sprints or running, or anything that would involve my calves much… I don’t know what to do. I have to get my workout in today somehow.
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Can you do bodyweight squats? Or how about a squat thrust? Performing them on intervals of 90 seconds on/60 seconds off for 5-10 rounds would be something.
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I could do squats. From what Im seeing squat thrusts are burpees without the pushup, so I could probably do that, I’l have to test out to see if my leg will be grumpy if I jump a bunch. That would probably work good.
Legs are fine with it. I think I can do that workout.
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Yeah, when in doubt, do something that sucks and makes your lungs want to jump through your throat. Getting up off the floor/level changing is frequently an effective way to do just that.
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I finished round 2. Definitely getting my heart rate up, but man my legs are burning. Can’t keep up all the way with the full 90 seconds, about 30 seconds in I have to rest for a second or 2, then do some more, and then take a second or two, til I’m finished with that.
Half way through round 3… nope. My calf is acting up I heard something and that didn’t sound good.
I got a bit of a sweat though, and heart rate is elevated.
Also, not related but I forgot to mention. I got to arm-wrestle 2 of my friends today. Pretty easy. The one lifts a bit, and he has a little muscle, and the other does jiu-jitsu. I still won both of them though, lol. Might be why my shoulder was clicking on my pullups.
My calf is REALLY not happy with me. It hurts pretty good now, Not even moving it.
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Well…
I cant walk normally now.
I have to limp now.
That noise I think was something ripping/tearing a bit. Thats what it sounded/felt like.
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!
Im not going to be able to squat now 
Pain isn’t as bad now… I know the injury is still there. I feel it even if it doesn’t hurt.
I have it iced now, with a layer of paper towel between the pack and my skin. Its fastened with a self-adhesive bandage. It will do. Needs more paper towel
I will let it rest while I search online for herbs that might help it heal (I am anti-pharmacutical for the most part. Vaccines (other than the COVID one) I’m ok with, just not drugs.)
It feels better now. We will see how it feels tomorrow.
In a way, I hope it actually does hurt a little. That way I KNOW if I can’t do squat and running. I want it to heal fast though.
I think I need to do more stretching after strength workouts.
I need an actual cool-down routine I can do, that can help with recovery.
Any suggestions?