Post Bachelor Party

Spent the weekend eating and shooting at stuff with pistols/shotgun and eating.

Spent Monday sleeping it off.

Tuesday I got a half-volume partial depletion in before going to the dentist and getting my mouth raped.

I think tomorrow I’m going to sleep that off.

So I have to get this in now before I pass out.

Workout for Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Starting Weight: 172lbs.
BF%: 18.4%

Preworkout Supplements: Ephedrine/Caffeine (25mg/400mg), washed down with 12g Purple Wraath in 1 cup of water (fucking awful going down, but the grape Jollyrancher burps are ACE!)

Start Time: 8:55AM

Strength Work

Bench Press

1. 45lbs x 5
2. 45 x 5
3. 55 x 5
4. 75 x 3
5. 95 x 2
6. 110 x 4 (increase)
7. 100 x 5 (increase)
8. 85 x 8 (increase)

My goals for the last set was lower, but I decided to just go for eight so I could increase all three sets next workout. Huzzah.

Incline Bench

1. 50lbs x 5
2. 90 x 2
3. 100 x 5 (increase)
4. 90 x 6 (increase)
5. 75 x 9 (increase)

Same story.

ChinAss (Weight: 174)

1. 44lbs x 5
2. 44 x 5
3. 99 x 3 (DAMN IT)
4. 129 x 3 (didn’t lose a rep thankfully, and I probably could have made the fourth that I wanted, but I left it at that and will increase next workout)
5. 114 x 5 (increase)
6. 94 x 9 (increase)
7. 85 x 12

One of these days, I’m going to load my chins properly, and it’s going to MATTER! Ugh.

Strength Finish: 11:05AM

Volume Work

Block One

Leg Press: 6 x 15 @ 60lbs
Leg Curl: 4 x 15 @ 45lbs
Lateral Raise: 1 x 15 @ 20lbs

Ten minute break.

Block Two

Lateral Raise: 3 x 15 @ 20lbs
Calf Raise: 3 x 15 @ 30, 30, 45lbs
Bicep Curl: 4 x 15 @ 5lbs
Pushdown: 4 x 15 @ 22.5lbs

8 minute break.

Block Three

Crunch Machine: 4 x 15 @ 35lbs
Calf Raise: 3 x 15 @ 45lbs

5 minute break.

Block Four

Cable Twist: 4 x 15 @ 30lbs

Volume Finish: 12:35PM

Body Weight: 174lbs

Cardio “Work”

Stationary Cycle: 35min, 6.62miles, level 2

30 minute break, then Yohimbine/Caffeine 15mg/400mg

Stationary Cycle: 35min, 7.08miles, level 2

Cardio Finish: 2:34PM

I was having trouble walking before I did the cardio, so I opted out of doing the treadmill in favor of something where I wouldn’t have to support my own weight.

Didn’t take any insulin until around 4:30PM.

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Dentist Lifts

Had a dentist appointment today.

That, coupled with my ride leaving in the afternoon rather than in the morning (not angry about this, I made great use of the extra sleep) cut down my lifts to two moves in less than an hour.

Workout B for Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Weight: 171lbs.
Body Fat: 18.1% (about 31lbs.)

Start: 1:25PM
Finish: 2:08PM

Deadlift

1. 135lbs x 5 (Right hand over)
2. 140 x 3 (right over)
3. 160 x 2 (left over)
4. 200 x 3 (right over) ~ increase
5. 170 x 4 (left over) ~ increase

• Next time I’ll do deadlifts with one grip straight through the warm-ups, then alternate it for the working sets.
• I need to balance better. I think I put too much weight on my right leg.
• Feeling it more in my lats now. Kinda nice.

Lateral Raise

1. 35lbs x 5
2. 55 x 3
3. 75 x 2
4. 100 x 3 (stay)
5. 90 x 3 (stay)

Tomorrow I’m going to do a 24-hour fast. I’ve been ping-ponging in my head between doing Eat Stop Eat and LeanGains and I’ve decided to just do both. I have my designated feeding periods (3-11PM), but I’ll have that be at maintenance and derive my caloric deficit from twice-weekly daily fasts.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, this was the first workout that was preceded by a scoop of Purple Wraath in water. Dear god. If this is some of the better tasting BCAAs out there… and it smells pretty righteous too. Leaving it in my closet until I need it. Totally stank up my cereal cabinet for a few days there…

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Workout for Friday, August 6, 2010

I went out to my cabin after I went to the gym on Friday, so I didn’t get a chance to upload my workout.

I don’t really remember what I was going to rant about so this is going to be pretty bare-bones.

Workout for Friday, August 6, 2010

Weight: 167.5lbs
Body Fat %: 16.2%

Start: 10AM
Finish: 12:09PM

Bench Press

1. 45lbs x 5
2. 45 x 5
3. 55 x 5
4. 75 x 3
5. 95 x 2
6. 110 x 1 (the second rep was horribly dirty and the third didn’t reach lockout, obviously staying)
7. 95 x 5 (increase)
8. 80 x 7 (increase)

I’m not horribly concerned. My chest is probably still pretty fucked from the depletion workout that I over-volumed on. I felt pretty fucked yet from that coming into this workout. I don’t know how I’m going to sort out my B workout just yet, but at the time what I knew was that I wasn’t ready to be doing deadlifts and I didn’t have time to sort out an alternative program aside from the one I had readily available.

Incline Bench

1. 50lbs x 5
2. 90 x 2
3. 100 x 4 (one less than what I was going for, stay)
4. 85 x 7 (increase)
5. 70 x 8 (increase)

ChinAss (bodyweight = 172)

1. 42lbs x 5
2. 42 x 5
3. 72 x 5
4. 87 x 3
5. 107 x 5 (this pissed me off, I really have to keep the work set on the same line in my notebook as the exercise name)
6. 127 x 3 (fortunately I didn’t lose a rep over it, stay weight)
7. 107 x 5 (increase)
8. 87 x 7 (increase)
9. 77 x 9 (increase)

Overall this exercise went pretty well, though I was ready for a nap by the time I finished here.

Stationary Bike

3.17 miles, 22:11

Level 1 intensity. Just too tired to go the distance this day, really.

Notes

I’m pretty solidly 20lbs away from being 5% bodyfat. I mean, of course I should be taking these measurements as dry as possible. But I’ve started my proper LeanGains-inspired fasting protocol on Sunday (August 8) and I’ve gotten my yohimbine and BCAAs in the mail, along with complimentary fat caliper (“free gift” for spending an excessive amount of money on supplements.) On Tuesday I’m going to take measurements with both the bio-impedance meter at the gym, as well as taking a skinfold measurement of my gut.

There’s a three-site measurement method with the calipers as well, but having tried to measure my chest on my own made me realize I only measuredly care about the fat loss around my navel, so, that’s what I’ll be pinching.

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