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[WED]

Fuck I'm missing days posting, but still lifting. Cardio and steps have been absolute shit this week. Crushed at work.

Week 12 Day 4
Stalling out a littl on Chest Press, but making som small bumps in other exercises.




Week 12 Day 5
Good leg day. Got another 5 weeks and hope to top out at 225 on pendulum squats.

 

[WED]

Week 12 Day 6

Good workout in the AM then my son decided to fall face first into a coffee table and we were off to the emergency room for a few hours . 3 stitches. Took the needle numbing like a champ.

Said to me "Daddy I hate needles". I'm just over here thinking to my self about pinning every day, morning peptides/L Cart, and some evening Growth.

Sunday Rest day. Got 10 hours of sleep. Been really fucking tired lately and taking 15 minute naps during the day. Seemed to happen last time I went off cycle to TRT. IDK if it is my body just adjusting to lower test dosages. Played Soccer/Tee Ball in the back yard. Weather is fucking amazing. Going to go on a walk with the fam later and grill some steaks

 

[Halfi]

Hope the kid heals up quick

 

[WED]

Hope the kid heals up quick

Thanks. He's a trooper. Seems normal, but will have to miss a week of ju jitsu practice which he'll be bummed about

 

[Halfi]

Thanks. He's a trooper. Seems normal, but will have to miss a week of ju jitsu practice which he'll be bummed about

I regret not getting into ju jitsu when I was younger. That shit looks fun. I use to box but man, ju jitsu just looks way funner

 

[WED]

I regret not getting into ju jitsu when I was younger. That shit looks fun. I use to box but man, ju jitsu just looks way funner

I wish there was good club wrestling around me, but there isn't. It's all out in the suburbs. But this is a close second

 

[McPriimate]

Coffe table chin scars are a right of passage. Hope he heals quickly and is back to ju jitsu as fast.

I slept noticeably more like the second and third weeks after coming off last cycle. Maybe it’s a thing lol. Probably just need rest after pushing hard is my guess, but if you listen your body tells you what it needs.


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[WED]

5 Weeks Left

Week 12 Day 1 - Push

Get a rep on the 1st/2nd, then fall off on the rest.

45 minutes of Cardio then abs

 

[WED]

Week 12 Day 2 - Squats felt heavy as fuck today. Realized I didn't wear my weight lifting shoes once my workout ended, idk if that as it.

 

[WED]

Week 12 Day 3

Continue to feel a pure mind muscle connection with my back movements, especially lat pulldowns. I started pulldowns at 295 going to failure around 13-14 reps.

Back day has become my favorite and possibly the most tiresome.

 

[WED]

God Damn it Planet Fitness, why do you have to disappoint me

One hack squat and of course some dude is lay on his stomach and doing good knows what...and he's taking forever

 

[dcdogz]

God Damn it Planet Fitness, why do you have to disappoint me

One hack squat and of course some dude is lay on his stomach and doing good knows what...and he's taking forever

theres always only 1 hack, when i dont need it nobody wants that heat. When i need it, theres someone on it.
at least i always see them doing actual hack squats.

 

[WED]

theres always only 1 hack, when i dont need it nobody wants that heat. When i need it, theres someone on it.
at least i always see them doing actual hack squats.

He went to the bathroom for like 7 minutes but let his water bottle "near" it. Fully unloaded, so I just hopped on and started warming up.

He came out and said he was still using this, bruh I've done 4 warm up sets in the time you've been doing whatever.

I ask "you want to work in" and he declined and went to the leg press.

Sorry, not totally sorry. Was def open to working in together

 

[nm156]

Planet fatness... Isn't that the gym that has pizza day during the week and kicks you out if you grunt or drop a weight?

 

[WED]

Planet fatness... Isn't that the gym that has pizza day during the week and kicks you out if you grunt or drop a weight?

They've changed a bit, but yeah. Need it for traveling

 

[WED]

Week 12 Day 4

 

[WED]

Week 12 Day 5.

Plant Fitness Day. Some Big jumps from 9 weeks ago when I lifted at a PF. (Week 3 vs 13)

Hack Squat subs for Pendulum when at PF

 

[WED]

Week 13 Day 6

Busy day. Played golf in the morning, haircut, then a birthday party. Didn't lift until the afternoon and only had one quality meal in breakfast, but had a solid lift.

Sunday is a rest day. Supposed to rain, but hoping to find a break for a long walk

 

[WED]

Week 14 Day 1

Final count down is on. 4 weeks left. Feeling a lil sad, but then looking forward to 2 months of not pinning daily.

Push Day
Really hoping to get 225 on Inc Press before the sessions out. Weight up on a bunch of other lifts and steady progress.
Abs at PF after drop off then incline walked 12 inc @ 3mph for 30 minutes. 40 minutes during a call and another walk tonight. Should land around 17,000 steps

Zero lifts missed over the last 13 weeks has been a good streak. Wish my diet was as on point

 

[WED]

Week 14 Day 2

I've been struggling with my diet on leg days. IDK why all of a sudden. I limited cardio today to hopefully help. Only walked once, but fuck at 8pm I was starving. This was after a "high" calorie day too.

 

[WED]

Week 14 Day 3

Good pull days continue. Had to go in office so steps were pretty limited. Took another nap when I got home from work before dinner. I feel fine waking up at 5. Getting 7 hours of sleep pretty consistently. Skipped my morning workout today (Thursday and going to lift mid-day when I have a break). So got 9 hours of sleep and trying to catch up a little to see if that helps.

Pretty sure I've decided to move to a UL PPL in 3 weeks when my cycle is done. Think at 45 I need that 2nd day rest vs 6 straight.

 

[McPriimate]

Curious how you like the UL PPL split.

I just went from PPLPPL to a 3 on 1 off 2 on 1 off (still PPL but just do whatever is next after the rest day) for the same reason. At 57 and doing a lot of other stuff (mostly skiing hard - 43 days on the hill so far), I needed just a bit more rest, too.

Was wondering if PPL UL would be better. Guessing it’s a six of one thing but looking forward to hearing how you like it


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[WED]

Curious how you like the UL PPL split.

I just went from PPLPPL to a 3 on 1 off 2 on 1 off (still PPL but just do whatever is next after the rest day) for the same reason. At 57 and doing a lot of other stuff (mostly skiing hard - 43 days on the hill so far), I needed just a bit more rest, too.

Was wondering if PPL UL would be better. Guessing it’s a six of one thing but looking forward to hearing how you like it


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I've done it before and mostly liked it, the problem is Upper days can just get pretty long unless you really limit your exercise or maybe super set something.

I'm debating doing LPP rest LU so my upper can be Saturday morning where I have a little extra time vs 60-70min. Or I'm just going to do 2 chest and 2 back exercises. Science based guys claim it's enough and the total weekly volume will be fine paired with 6-8 sets on the Push/Pull Days and hitting the 10-12 in a week. Just a mindset thing.

I've also debated doing UL Rest and just repeating it and having a Back Focused Upper Day and a Chest focused Upper day doing 3 on the "focused" then 2 on the non-focused. Basically do 2.5 frequency over a 7 day period. IDK....probably over complicating things a bit

 

[WED]

But, contrary to being fucking tired constantly right now....I'm consistently having people asking "jeez, how much are you working out" and to the point where I'm getting slightly self conscious about it. At a client yesterday and they made a comment, then someone else came into the office and made a comment "I wasn't sure if this was your body buard"

I was on the stair mill and some random guy walked up and ask me what I did to get my legs to look like that.

A woman/mom cat called me as I was picking up my son and said "You have nice legs"

The crossing guard at my son's school asked me what my diet is and how much I'm eating.

IDK why, but it is almost always black people especially in public.

 

[McPriimate]

But, contrary to being fucking tired constantly right now....I'm consistently having people asking "jeez, how much are you working out" and to the point where I'm getting slightly self conscious about it. At a client yesterday and they made a comment, then someone else came into the office and made a comment "I wasn't sure if this was your body buard"

I was on the stair mill and some random guy walked up and ask me what I did to get my legs to look like that.

A woman/mom cat called me as I was picking up my son and said "You have nice legs"

The crossing guard at my son's school asked me what my diet is and how much I'm eating.

IDK why, but it is almost always black people especially in public.

Can’t argue with results (and who wouldn’t like those comments?).

Working out like an animal is also great - right up until it isn’t

You’re absolutely right about mindset, though. My wife (who is a beast in her own right) has been commenting with some concern on how much I work out of late, and it’s been tough to prioritize appropriate rest. But when it got to the point that I wasn’t able to ski the way I usually do from fatigue, it was a lightbulb moment.

For me (everyone’s different), I think I’m going to just shift what my focus is to manage fatigue (like more maintenance on legs, prioritize upper body) and add the extra rest day during the season. Then go ham in the gym once I’m off the mountain. I’m not a real bodybuilder, just an old hack tryna look better and be stronger, so for me the step back makes sense, but I get why it’s mentally tough.

I texted my wife from the gym the other day that I misread my plan and I had “a stoopid rest day ”. She was like, who gets mad at a programmed rest day?!? We’re often our own worst enemies (or said another way, our super powers are often our kryptonite)


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[WED]

Can’t argue with results (and who wouldn’t like those comments?).

Working out like an animal is also great - right up until it isn’t

You’re absolutely right about mindset, though. My wife (who is a beast in her own right) has been commenting with some concern on how much I work out of late, and it’s been tough to prioritize appropriate rest. But when it got to the point that I wasn’t able to ski the way I usually do from fatigue, it was a lightbulb moment.

For me (everyone’s different), I think I’m going to just shift what my focus is to manage fatigue (like more maintenance on legs, prioritize upper body) and add the extra rest day during the season. Then go ham in the gym once I’m off the mountain. I’m not a real bodybuilder, just an old hack tryna look better and be stronger, so for me the step back makes sense, but I get why it’s mentally tough.

I texted my wife from the gym the other day that I misread my plan and I had “a stoopid rest day ”. She was like, who gets mad at a programmed rest day?!? We’re often our own worst enemies (or said another way, our super powers are often our kryptonite)


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I wish I had that secondary sport that could take me away from lifting some.

I grew up surfing and get 2-3 surf trips a year. I'm missing 1 next month b/c I wanted to focus on finishing this cycle and post cycle strong. I'm going in May with the fam, so should be good.

 

[McPriimate]

I wish I had that secondary sport that could take me away from lifting some.

I grew up surfing and get 2-3 surf trips a year. I'm missing 1 next month b/c I wanted to focus on finishing this cycle and post cycle strong. I'm going in May with the fam, so should be good.

I’d say it’s tough balancing skiing and lifting, but talk about a first world problem…

Finish the cycle strong and then mog all the other surfers on the trip


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[WED]

Week 13 day 4 - Push Day.

Creeping up a lil by lil. Some extra sleep helped. Didn't really nap or crash at the end of the day. Son has an "asynchronous day" today so now school. Used that as an excuse to sleep in a little more. Got 9.5-10hrs in feel good. Wonder how much DLS is impacting this too. Didn't think of that until today.

 

[WED]

Week 13 Day 5 -
Extra sleep seems to be helping. No mid day naps nor a crash EOD. Fucked up my Leg Curls and increased from a Planet Fitness machine weight vs my home gym. Felt heavy, but wasn't too bad and had good-ish form. Might drop down 5 or 10 next week, felt like I was missing that bottom contraction.

 

[dcdogz]

Felt heavy, but wasn't too bad and had good-ish form. Might drop down 5 or 10 next week, felt like I was missing that bottom contraction.

i hate when this happens. i always wonder, man those sets felt kinda shit, should I lower the weight and toss in an extra good set, or just wait until next week.
i usually end up waiting until the following day, unless it really felt extra fucked up.

happened alot more when i first started a program, doesnt happen no where near as often, unless im gym hopping then ill do the extra set, or stop with in a few reps and adjust more quickly.