Only Warm

This workout was pretty pathetic. My diet has been off since Christmas (though some minor fasting efforts have been made, it’s a losing battle) what with the enormous amount of “Eric, actually doing shit other than lifting.”

I probably wouldn’t be losing any apparent strength at all if I had a more voluminous workload. Stalling may occur, sure, but since it’d be less weight…

…I probably wouldn’t EVER feel good about myself. So, whatever. One bad day, two bad weeks, three weeks until I need to be pretty for an audition.

Workout for Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Deadlift

1. 135lbs. x 3 ~ double-overhand
2. 170 x 3 ~ d-o
3. 240 x 1 ~ left-under; felt fucking HEAVY and my form was falling apart already
4. 285 x miss ~ left-over; got maybe an inch off the floor
5. 280 x miss ~ l-u; considered making this a warm-up only day, lifted too much with my back/not enough leg recruitment.

Another thing: I wish I’d not eaten pre-workout. I had four BBQ chicken thighs maybe four hours prior, with some beans. Was definitely feeling it sloshing around/compacting with the lifting effort. Hard to concentrate when I think I might shit my pants. I just get so excited.

Incline Bench

1. 45lbs. x 5
2. 45 x 5
3. 50 x 5 (oops, phone call!)
4. 70 x 3
5. 90 x 2

I got under the workset of 105 and I barely budged it up off the hooks. I didn’t bother pulling it free. Warm-only today. Sad!

Pulldown

1. 75lbs. x 5 (did two extra reps because I wasn’t really “saving” anything for a workset)
2. 95 x 5 (three extra, same story)

Lateral Raise

1. 45lbs. x 5
2. 60 x 5 (two extra)

Body Weight: 172.5lbs (didn’t bother testing bodyfat, wasn’t fasted, too much food besides that still processing)

START: 9:55AM
STOP: 11:04AM

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Butthurt Workout

Seriously? It was one more set of deadlifts than usual, and my glutes are WAY too sore.

I wanted to do some kind of extra work so I could offset some of those extraneous carbs I’d been eating. I probably put on a legitimate pound or two of fat recently. Not going to know for sure until after I drop all this water weight.

Which I’ll have to do in short order for this modeling audition I have on Saturday. This Sunday, however, marks 15 weeks until my goal date is reached. I have to look my best by this date. For two reasons: it’s the first major event in my town, and it marks the beginning of summer.

I am NOT wasting another summer dieting. Fuck that. I don’t care how awful I think I look on the day: May 30, I stop dieting, and get a loaded fucking hotdog at the flea market.

If I’m still 156lbs. @ 16.8% bodyfat, and all the weight I lose is fat (unlikely, but it’s the numbers I have to work with): I could lose one pound a week and get down to 146lbs. @ 11%BF or so in ten weeks.

If I get to 12% or so, that’s roughly 7-8lbs. lost. That puts me about 5lbs. away from 9% and five weeks to do it.

THE BEST ASSUMPTION: I don’t know where the hell I’m at, but I’m going to diet in a moderate way for ten weeks, then five weeks out from goal I’ll go completely batshit intense and lose as hard as I can.

• February 14 – April 25: 10 weeks of moderate dieting. 10-20% caloric deficit or somesuch; twice weekly workouts.
• April 25 – May 30: 5 weeks of severe dieting. Up to 30% caloric deficit; workouts x5/wk. The same workout setup, but likely to have more cardio involved.

I really highly doubt I’m going to get to single digit before summer hits. Oh well. I think I’ll have to live with getting to 12% and living with it for a while.

Click for the workout!- ~ Wednesday, February 10, 2010-

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