This endurance training really does work. I took a hike, and normally Im breathing pretty heavy since its a steep hill. Not this time, pretty easy, although I did stop to pick some wineberries to eat. I have a lot more energy, I’m happy I’m doing this.
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Next weeks training:
| Week 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| W2D1 | SE 3 circuits x 30 reps | |
| W2D2 | 30 minute run | |
| W2D3 | 40 minute ruck | |
| W2D4 | SE 2 circuits x 30 reps | |
| W2D5 | Recovery | |
| W2D6 | 40 minute run | |
| W2D7 | Rest |
Looking forward to it.
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Im going to start a challenge. No looking at my physique whatsoever. No looking in the mirror, not really any looking in the shower, nothing. I might shower in the dark. I will do this until Dec 31 (Hopefully), and then compare.
Im doing this because I want to be shocked. If I look every day il gonna look the same. I want a shock factor.
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Great to see you getting after it still dude. It’s been touching watching how dedicated you are.
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PM snack
Granola bar
Protein granola bar
1 oz mozzarella
25 wineberries (by far my favorite type of raspberry)
----Total: 441 Kcal, 23g fat, 44g carbs, 19g protein
Dinner:
5 tortillas
5 oz ground chicken
5/4 cup shredded cheese
1 oz cotton candy
1/2 cup homemade blueberry ice cream (It tastes more like vanilla than blueberry. Still good though)
1 cup grape juice
----Total: 1646 Kcal, 74g fat, 201g carbs, 76g protein
DAY TOTAL: 3298 Kcal, 149g fat 350g carbs 180g protein
AP Score results are in!
I got a 4! (means ‘very well qualified’ ,equivalent to a, A-, B+,or B- in a college course. Im happy. I think next year I will study.
I should start thinking about what colleges I want to go to.
These are the 2 options I have so far for a job that I’m thinking of having that I will base where I go. Also, whats the difference between college and university?
- Some sort of chemist or physicist,
- A personal trainer
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Universities have post graduate degrees, while colleges only offer undergraduate
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July 7th W2D1 SE Day
Breakfast:
2 eggs
1/4 cup shredded cheese
1 bagel
1 tbsp butter
1/2 cup cottage cheese
2 strawberries
1/3 tbsp honey
----Total: 757 Kcal, 37g fat 65g carbs 40g protein
Assignments:
Sew on one row of blanket Done
Link 1 handful of chains Done
Work on equipment stand Done
Look at universities/colleges Done
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Lunch:
1 cup blueberry icecream
4 Danish butter cookies
4 oz ham
1 oz mozzarella
A few chips
1 Packet protein oatmeal
----Total: 1005 Kcal, 48g fat, 99g carbs, 46g protein
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Ate a chocolate pop tart for a snack. Yuck 
. Not eating that again. I cant believe people actually eat that crap.
Currently doing SE workout. Definitely needs work, been awhile since I’ve had a tough workout. Chest strength seems the weakest despite being one of my more developed muscles. Size is not strength, after all.
Anything I could replace dips with? I can barely do like 12 for the first round of the workout
Finished todays workout. I have the strength for alot of the exercises, stamina is what needs work. makes sense though. When I was training for size before, I wasn’t doing exercises for time or back to back. I was just doing sets to failure with rest breaks. Over time it’d’t’ve decreased my stamina due to under use. Glad I’m doing this now.
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Absolutely! This is the benefit of periodization.
For the dips: are you able to hop to the top of the rep using your feet? If so, I’d consider using that as a middleground on the dips. Over time, try to have fewer and fewer reps where you need to assist yourself to the top.
Absent that, I’d consider something along the lines of a close grip push up with either hands or feet elevated. Hands elevated will be easier, feet elevated harder, but both will change the angle of the push up.
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are you able to hop to the top of the rep using your feet?
Yeah, that’s a good idea. Just doing the negatives will be better than nothing.
Do the first one as a full-time job and the second one as a side hustle.
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Oh no: not just negatives. Use it to boost you through the start of the concentric: like a push press. Not all the way through, like a jerk.
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Ah I get it yep.
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Dinner:
4 pieces french toast
2 tbsp butter
5 mini breakfast sausages
5 oz scrambled eggs
1 cup orange juice
----Total: 1456 Kcal, 96g fat 98g carbs 49g protein
DAYS TOTAL: 3709 Kcal, 195g fat, 343g carbs, 147g protein
Less protein than I should have gotten but oh well. Im still essentially within my calorie limit because I did a bunch of woodwork making the stand for the rocks. I just need to add another support beam, and add something to hold the wooden barbell and wood dumbbells I’m going to make. Should be fun for tomorrow.
I think Ive finally decided on my career. A Chemist, as the main job, and on any extra time I have I can be a personal trainer. (If I cant fit this in, oh well. As long as I can get my own training in, and with tactical barbell’s shorter workouts it should be a good fit)
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Tomorrow is a 30 minute run. I can do it.
One thing that helps me push through the pain is to focus on the pain at the moment. You can’t feel the pain that was, and you can’t feel the pain yet to come. You can only focus on the pain that is, because you can only feel the pain that is now. If you can endure the pain now, you have endured all the pain.
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I applaud your ambition, but also don’t hold yourself to decisions made before you have a fully formed prefrontal cortex. You have lots of time to sort this out. But chemistry is an excellent field of study.
Great mentality on the running! Running is so much mkre mental than it is physical.
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July 8th W2D2 E day (100th post on this log, also)
Today I will be running for 30 minutes. I got this.
Assignments:
Finish the equipment stand
Sew on one row of squares
Link one handful of copper links
Clean room
Clean Garage
Excited for today. Lots of energy. I decided it was best to wake up 30 minutes earlier, that way I have about 30 minutes of extra time to use before I have breakfast.
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