Hit back squats. 3x8x255. It felt.... OK. More bouncy than I like, but I never felt out of control, and of course the platform was great. Just sat down and got up, damn near felt like my back wasn't involved at all. Really weird. Gonna need time to relearn the movement this way.
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Lol seems like the scale moves 2 days after I eat. Weighed in at 191.4, but I had like 1200kcal yesterday to cover the Tuesday nite massacre. I bet my weight will drop tomorrow.
Plan for tonight and tomorrow is to ride tonight.... wanna hit 18-20 miles. Then tomorrow night hit an upper body party. Over the trip gonna use wifey as weights for quasi Zercher squats and weighted knee push ups. Maybe bent rows too lmao. They do have a Golds gym in town but we will see about all that.
Plan for tonight and tomorrow is to ride tonight.... wanna hit 18-20 miles. Then tomorrow night hit an upper body party. Over the trip gonna use wifey as weights for quasi Zercher squats and weighted knee push ups. Maybe bent rows too lmao. They do have a Golds gym in town but we will see about all that.
Got the bike back. STI shifters 
Rainy AF here though so I got on the trainer. Tried to up my pace a little bit from ~11MPH avg; did a little over 13 for an hour but I had to take a break in the middle 
When I get back I'm def gonna vary it up if I can. Do 1 long slow ride, 1 day of either intervals or hill sprints, and if I have anything left a short but fast ride. Looking to bring up squats too so managing it all will be interesting. I want to get back up to 8x295 on back squat like before, 40lbs to go
Rainy AF here though so I got on the trainer. Tried to up my pace a little bit from ~11MPH avg; did a little over 13 for an hour but I had to take a break in the middle When I get back I'm def gonna vary it up if I can. Do 1 long slow ride, 1 day of either intervals or hill sprints, and if I have anything left a short but fast ride. Looking to bring up squats too so managing it all will be interesting. I want to get back up to 8x295 on back squat like before, 40lbs to go
Hit UBP. Didn't go well. 3-4/10. Going to have to limit carbs to after workouts and rest days. Had a bowl of cereal for PWO and felt sluggish as fukk. Still feel kind of sleepy. High key I think I might be overdue for time off and all that anyway. Feel a little beat. Can't remember the last time I legit took a week off. fukk it
Hit some calisthenics and front squats down here in Peru. Felt pretty good. Hoping I can come back without missing a beat
Lol
190.0
Trip basically did no damage. I worked out twice, just light body weight circuit shyt. I am hoping I can jump right back into my routine once I feel 100% again. I'm just tired.
Did a lot of hiking this trip and I want to incorporate that in. Really going to step my cardio game up now. I like hiking a lot, didn't realize that before.
Thought about the new routine, and I'm gonna give it a try. Basically have 2 fixed full body days, and then freestyle on the 3rd and maybe 4th day. I will probably make the 3rd day a high volume low intensity upper body day, just to blast my arms and get more volume in. The full body days will alternate with heavy and light days on my big 4 (bench, squats, shoulder press, chins). Then I will try and do 3 days of cardio. I might switch and do my cardio at work... bring my bike into work, ride for half an hour or so, shower and go back to work. Just use the gym for the shower and lift at home. Should be interesting. But yea I'm gonna give the full body routine a try either tomorrow night or Wednesday.
190.0
Trip basically did no damage. I worked out twice, just light body weight circuit shyt. I am hoping I can jump right back into my routine once I feel 100% again. I'm just tired.
Did a lot of hiking this trip and I want to incorporate that in. Really going to step my cardio game up now. I like hiking a lot, didn't realize that before.
Thought about the new routine, and I'm gonna give it a try. Basically have 2 fixed full body days, and then freestyle on the 3rd and maybe 4th day. I will probably make the 3rd day a high volume low intensity upper body day, just to blast my arms and get more volume in. The full body days will alternate with heavy and light days on my big 4 (bench, squats, shoulder press, chins). Then I will try and do 3 days of cardio. I might switch and do my cardio at work... bring my bike into work, ride for half an hour or so, shower and go back to work. Just use the gym for the shower and lift at home. Should be interesting. But yea I'm gonna give the full body routine a try either tomorrow night or Wednesday.
Breaking up my workout a little bit. Hit bench/chins/arms on lunch, gonna hit squats/hams/shoulders tonight or tomorrow. Some days I might do it all at home. Just keeping things flexible. Plus breaking it up that way will let me get more volume in if I want.
Lunch workout was meh. Stomach has been all fukked up since I got back and I'm a little jet lagged. I am thinking lower rep stuff will have to take a back seat for a while. I couldn't hit bench x 6 but I got through a set of 195x9 no problem. So I am going to keep things 9 reps or higher until I feel better again. Hopefully I will be able to recover this weekend.
Lunch workout was meh. Stomach has been all fukked up since I got back and I'm a little jet lagged. I am thinking lower rep stuff will have to take a back seat for a while. I couldn't hit bench x 6 but I got through a set of 195x9 no problem. So I am going to keep things 9 reps or higher until I feel better again. Hopefully I will be able to recover this weekend.
Second half of the workout did not go so well
I need some time to get used to front squats again. Upright rows were also basura. I have to drop like 10-20lbs on both of those. Still feeling a little jet lagged too. I think once my energy gets back up I will be back where I was. Prob wont be good again until next week. Gonna do a ride tomorrow. Should be fun with the new parts but I might still feel like shyt.
I need some time to get used to front squats again. Upright rows were also basura. I have to drop like 10-20lbs on both of those. Still feeling a little jet lagged too. I think once my energy gets back up I will be back where I was. Prob wont be good again until next week. Gonna do a ride tomorrow. Should be fun with the new parts but I might still feel like shyt.
Weather is not looking great, we will see what happens. I would really prefer to ride outdoors vs the trainer but I'm getting it in either way.
Got out though I wish I had got out earlier. Only hit about 7 miles though I had a decent pace. Love the new shifters. Don't even have to think about it. Just go.
Riding chopped a good 4lbs or so. Was weighing in around 191-192 earlier in the week, down to 187.6 or so. I had to be holding a lot of water. Looking a lot leaner. Calorie intake is up too, I think I have been doing like 2200-2300. With cardio helping my water balance keeping weight in check should be easy. I'm gonna start keeping a daily log of my weight as well to get that running average going.
Slight problem is I hit front squats Tuesday, rode yesterday, and am supposed to hit squats again tonight. I think I am going to push them off to the weekend. Other thing I have to make sure to do is do back squats when I'm fresh, then follow with front squats since back squats are much heavier. Either way today I'm definitely doing some upper body work.
Riding chopped a good 4lbs or so. Was weighing in around 191-192 earlier in the week, down to 187.6 or so. I had to be holding a lot of water. Looking a lot leaner. Calorie intake is up too, I think I have been doing like 2200-2300. With cardio helping my water balance keeping weight in check should be easy. I'm gonna start keeping a daily log of my weight as well to get that running average going.
Slight problem is I hit front squats Tuesday, rode yesterday, and am supposed to hit squats again tonight. I think I am going to push them off to the weekend. Other thing I have to make sure to do is do back squats when I'm fresh, then follow with front squats since back squats are much heavier. Either way today I'm definitely doing some upper body work.
Hit some upper body stuff at lunch today. Gonna try and squat tonight and hit some upright rows.
Figured out why I am dragging ass. All last week, and early this week, I have been having a cup of coffee in the morning. I didn't today, and the workout was a little rough. Even now I still feel a little tired. Other thing is getting up at 6AM for work is wrecking me. I was getting an extra 2-4 hours of sleep on vacation. Hopefully this weekend I can sleep in and reset.
Figured out why I am dragging ass. All last week, and early this week, I have been having a cup of coffee in the morning. I didn't today, and the workout was a little rough. Even now I still feel a little tired. Other thing is getting up at 6AM for work is wrecking me. I was getting an extra 2-4 hours of sleep on vacation. Hopefully this weekend I can sleep in and reset.
Man I am getting 1-2'd right now
Caffeine withdrawal and I also just realized I was having breakfast over the trip too. I'm fukking starving and I had like 2600kcal yesterday. Body really needs time to reacclimate
Legs are still nuked from the ride. Admittedly I did go pretty hard. Couldn't even warm up on front squats last night so I just banged out 5 sets of upright rows and called it a night. Been seeing some folks just make a list of shyt to hit during the week and playing it all by ear. I don't know if I can or even need to be that flexible, but I am kind of liking playing things a little more loose. Legs are absolutely nuked so I am gonna chill... maybe do a really light ride? Just gonna do upper body stuff this weekend and let my legs recover.
Caffeine withdrawal and I also just realized I was having breakfast over the trip too. I'm fukking starving and I had like 2600kcal yesterday. Body really needs time to reacclimate
Legs are still nuked from the ride. Admittedly I did go pretty hard. Couldn't even warm up on front squats last night so I just banged out 5 sets of upright rows and called it a night. Been seeing some folks just make a list of shyt to hit during the week and playing it all by ear. I don't know if I can or even need to be that flexible, but I am kind of liking playing things a little more loose. Legs are absolutely nuked so I am gonna chill... maybe do a really light ride? Just gonna do upper body stuff this weekend and let my legs recover.
188.8
I shyt you not, I went to bed last night at 8PM and woke up at 8AM this morning. I feel a lot better. Sleep is no longer an issue. Still so-so on the no breakfast/no caffeine thing but I think I will be able to get back up this coming week. Legs feel perfectly fine so I'm gonna throw some front squats and ham curls in with the shyt I do today, and I will probably do a long-ish slow ride on the rollers tomorrow.
I shyt you not, I went to bed last night at 8PM and woke up at 8AM this morning. I feel a lot better. Sleep is no longer an issue. Still so-so on the no breakfast/no caffeine thing but I think I will be able to get back up this coming week. Legs feel perfectly fine so I'm gonna throw some front squats and ham curls in with the shyt I do today, and I will probably do a long-ish slow ride on the rollers tomorrow.
Hit a full body workout. Man that shyt took a long time. I did the math and my whole workout with rests and everything should only be about an hour. Took like an hour and a half. Gonna set up a full workout timer in my phone. Went somewhat OK. Was feeling a little overheated and I only managed 2 sets of 8x205 on front squats. But I think I can get used to it.
I tried shoulder press with a regular barbell. Wasn't too bad. Would probably be able to move decent weight with my seat rather than standing. I will try that next time. I didn't realize I had room in the cage for the chair.
One thing I'm thinking about.... now that wifey can squat, we really don't need the leg press. We just use it for her to do banded glute bridges. But I want to move her to barbell hip thrusts. If I can convince her to do those then I might sell it. That space would come in handy.
I'm feeling a little DOMS but I know that will pass. Truthfully I feel like I could ride tonight but I'm not going to get greedy. I'd rather put my full time and effort in tomorrow.
I tried shoulder press with a regular barbell. Wasn't too bad. Would probably be able to move decent weight with my seat rather than standing. I will try that next time. I didn't realize I had room in the cage for the chair.
One thing I'm thinking about.... now that wifey can squat, we really don't need the leg press. We just use it for her to do banded glute bridges. But I want to move her to barbell hip thrusts. If I can convince her to do those then I might sell it. That space would come in handy.
I'm feeling a little DOMS but I know that will pass. Truthfully I feel like I could ride tonight but I'm not going to get greedy. I'd rather put my full time and effort in tomorrow.
Rode in the garage. Got about 13 or 14 miles off. Felt great. Had a good pace and when I got off the bike I was not out of breath or anything. It was like a brisk walk. Couldn't get my HR monitor to work though. Have to work on that.
Net calories today are gonna be like 2700. Pretty reckless day calorie wise. ~1000kcal worth of brownies and saltine crackers
Weighed in at 187.8 this morning
Net calories today are gonna be like 2700. Pretty reckless day calorie wise. ~1000kcal worth of brownies and saltine crackers
Weighed in at 187.8 this morning