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Lol!Originally Posted by Cylon357
Did you though lol?
Let me recap:
"I picked up some weights and then set them down again"
"I did some other things as exercise"
"Sometimes, I thought I might puke, but (so far) haven't"
"I did some drugs, most of which were legal(ish)"
Some encouraging words from other members
That's it. In the immortal words of Peter Griffin:
"I just saved you two long, boobless hours"
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Bench day, baby!
I wasn't really feeling it, but man, once I got started I was on fire.
Barbell bench, got my previous 6 rep weight for 10 good reps. I was like "da fuq did that just happen?" And yeah, it did!
I super setted close grip bench 2x10 with ezcurl bar curls, 2x10. Then moved on to skull crushers supered with dumbbell curls, same sets and reps.
2x10 super light dumbbell flyes, 2x10.
And that wrapped the with portion in this bench day of week 3. I was stoked!
3/4 mile walk to warm up, 2 miler for LISS at the end, then protein, shower and some football!
What's that? The Washington Commanders and the Chicago Bears? Yeesh! Eh, maybe they will be evenly matched...
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BTW, the blood work I had drawn is mostly in. I'm just waiting on the E2 sensitive test to come in before I post up in the HRT section. Spoiler: everything looks pretty damn good, except DHT and AST. The AST is only 2 points over range, but that DHT is still up over 200. I know that is from the testosterone cream, but ... you know what? I'll babble all about that when I post up after the bloods are in.
I would be willing to bet that my E2 is low. I kind of feel a little less libido, and maybe my knees are a bit creaky. Low dose Mast and proviron both working on the E? We will see when that last blood test comes in!
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Holy guacamole, Mexican restaurant Batman! My E2 came in at 3. That's not a typo, it came in at three. More details when I post bloodwork up later...
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I swear, the first time I glanced at this I honestly thought, damn I’m jealous; I really crave a good Mexican restaurant & guacamole right now - all I had was chicken and raw vegetables yesterday!
Check out Mr. Anti-Estrogen man! Is that going to be a new Marvel superhero?
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Ha, no, that actually was not on purpose. I'm guessing the combination of the proviron and masteron beat my estrogen into the dirt.
But also, now I want a good taco or 14...
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Blood work posted up here
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Damn you're all healthy and shit.
Doctors won't even tell me what's wrong with me they just say "bunch of stuff".
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You know, I'm pretty close. That DHT has to come down, so I'm dropping the cream in favor of the needle. That ought to trend PSA down some too.
Dropping the Mast and the proviron should bring my estrogen back up.
I'm modifying diet slightly for the AST, and adding tudca, though that minor blip was likely because of a week of eating and drinking too damn much. Dropping the proviron might help here, too.
Just tell them, start alphabetically, doc, I can take it! They charge by the visit, not by the hour, so you will get your money's worth out of that one!
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My doctor came in last time reading a clipboard and said it was "time for a prostate exam".You know, I'm pretty close. That DHT has to come down, so I'm dropping the cream in favor of the needle. That ought to trend PSA down some too.
Dropping the Mast and the proviron should bring my estrogen back up.
I'm modifying diet slightly for the AST, and adding tudca, though that minor blip was likely because of a week of eating and drinking too damn much. Dropping the proviron might help here, too.
Just tell them, start alphabetically, doc, I can take it! They charge by the visit, not by the hour, so you will get your money's worth out of that one!
Before he could look up I had my finger in his ass.
He said "WTF IM THE DOCTOR!"
I said yep you are important! I'm glad you weren't afraid to ask.
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I'm using this the next time my doc is like "time to take a look at the prostate"!
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Deadlift / back day today.
Would have been just back day, but I realized I hadn't done deadlifts in about a month. Did 4 sets conventional, and 1 lighter set sumo. Hell, all my sets were light, relatively speaking.
On to barbell rows 2x10, super setted with chin ups, 2x6. No real rhyme or reason the the super setting, just looking to get through it.
Did front squats, 2x8, but had to force it, even with light weight. On to a sort of non stop triset for calfs: barbell raises, 2x30, raises, no weight off a block, 2x20, then single leg raises off the rack arm 2x15.
2x15 kettlebell swings wrapped the weights.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, 1.5 miles for LISS, shower, protein and now grilling some steaks!
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Steaks just finished
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Yesterday had an over head press day to wrap week 3.
Barbell overhead press to start, duh! Got my work sets, then went for a little extra and it was not to be that day. It's ok, I got my numbers.
Dips were next, like 4x10 un weighted.
Did overhead tricep cable extensions, kind of like standing skull crushers. 1x10 with both hands, then 2x10 single arm. Super setted that with alternating dumbbell curls, 3x12 to 15.
Moved on to super sets of dumbbell laterals 2x10, with rear cable laterals, 2x10.
That wrapped the weights.
Moved outside and did...
2 minutes hammer swings on the tire
1 minute rest
6 rounds, and the progression typically looked like this:
8lb sledge 8 to 10 swings left, then the same to the right
Double 4lb hammers, one in each hand, 8 to 10 alternating swings
40lb slam ball over head slams on the tire to finish the round, anywhere from 5 to 8
I hit peak heart rate more than once. See, this is one of those instances where I was like "bleck ull garble must not puke or pass out!" And so far, so good.
3/4 mile walk to warm up and the same to cool down. Shower, football (Buffalo at KC) and The Wife made some chicken pesto penne pasta that was most excellent!
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Thanks for burning some energy for me as well. KC vs. Buffalo AND tasty chicken pesto is indeed most excellent!
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Easy full body workout in this deload week. I took the opportunity to workout with The Wife. She has been doing well getting in cardio 4 mornings a week, and wanted to do something weight bearing. So, I just had her do what I do by and large, just with lots less weight.
BTW, she despises exercise, but does it anyhow. I am the other way: I like it and I do it because I like it. She was like "am I done yet?" about a half dozen times before we got through lol! It's all good though!
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Another super easy full body workout to wrap up deload week.
Nothing of interest to report there.
BUT I did order some stuff for the rack.
6 ft of 1.5 inch ID black plumbing pipe
Landmine attachment that connects to the rack upright
Linebacker landmine attachment
The last two are self explanatory, but the first one might need a bit of 'splaining.
My goal is to use the pipe as a pivot point for landmine work when I want it to be higher, like if I want to do calf raises or overhead presses.
Eh, you know what? I will take some pics over the weekend. That will be a lot easier for all of us!
Oh yeah, had ground turkey tacos tonight. DAAAAMMMMNNNNN that is some good stuff!
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I will post up action pics later, but for now, here is the pic of the iron pipe in place as a pivot for landmine work, with the idea that the barbell coming out of it can rest on a barbell laid across the front uprights of the rack. Well, actually, I will probably use the front barbell as a fail safe position and use jhooks as the starting point.
Eh, better pics will make it more clear. I did paint all but the last foot of each end with rustoleum primer, then with plastidip. I MIGHT use this as a fat barbell, but we will see.
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Squat day, Jack, to kick off the next 3 week cycle!
Jack and Jill went up the hill...
Ah dammit, sorry! My mind wandered for a minute. Where was I?
Oh yeah, squat day!
Barbell squats to start it off. I eventually worked up a little heavier than I have been going, just a little heavier, and kept it at 5 reps. I moved down to my previous 11 rep weight and hit that for 10... that was all in the tank for today. 6 total sets, maybe 50 total reps.
Barbell rows for the back. I really like doing those after either dead lifts or squats as the low back is already ready to go. 3x10 for the win.
Then I tried to setup the thing-a-ma-bob with the pipe pictured above. Short story: gonna need to monkey with it a bit. Did not use today, but it is coming.
Did calf raises, just grabbed a couple of 60s and did calf raises off the block. 3x20'ish or so.
Leg extensions semi-super setted with leg curls 4 sets of each, progressively heavier 8 to 15 reps.
Hip thrusters off the bag, 3x10 with a little heavier weight.
No HIIT, but I did jog a half mile, walk 2 minutes, then jog another half for something resembling LISS (though I did hit peak heart rate towards the end, so maybe not entirely LISSy either).
Now, chilling and The Wife is making some shrimp penne pasta, very much like the chicken version she made last week.
I WOULD watch football, but I think tonight's game will be... not good.
But life IS good, y'all!
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Bench day today!
Barbell bench is my jam right now, went a little heavier than last week. Did my 10 rep weight for 5 as a warmup, then went up some more and hit a triple. A nice, solid triple, none of that "oh, damn I arched my back so far I'm doing decline bench press on a flat bench!!" stuff. Then dropped to my previous 5 weight and got a good 8.
Dips, no weight, but a variety of grips. 5x8-10
Dumbbell overhead press, 3x8. My shoulders were a bit fatigued from the bench and dips, though they weren't the primary targets.
Skull crushers super setted with bicep curls, 3x12-15 on the skull crushers, 3x10-12 on the curls.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, same to cool down. I did LISS yesterday (2mile fasted walk).
Tomorrow is an off day, but I may sneak in some LISS. I have deadlift / back day Thursday, and probably HIIT after that, so maybe tomorrow should be just a complete off day.
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BTW, this is one of the new landmine setup dealies I got. This one bolts to the rack and was on sale, so I struck. There is a knob on the bottom to hold the barbell in place. I will probably remount it so that the knob is on top, because I always get "righty tighty, lefty loosey" messed up unless I'm looking straight at the nut / knob in question.
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Back day, girls and boys!
Was not feeling it. I mistimed my meals but eh, I got in there and got some stuff done.
Deadlifts, just 3 sets to warm things up.
Then I set up the landmine thing and did like a total of ten sets of rows. That was "fun".
Moved to front squats, 3x6 with light weight. Also did 3x6 pullups.
3x15 kettlebell swings just to get the heart rate up.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, same for LISS and cool down.
Food, shower, football now.
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Overhead press day yesterday, boo-ya!
Barbell over head press started things off, after warm ups, did 8, 6, 4 on my work weight. TBH, I was really just looking to get 1x8 out of it, so the 6 and 4 rep sets were bonuses. Dropped weight and did another 8 to 10 reps with that.
Dips were next, ended up doing no weight, but 5x8 to 10 with various grips. Worked in a couple of sets of pushups off the handles during those dips, 15 reps each set.
Shrugs were next, 3x15. Nothing special there.
Tricep pushdowns 3x15, super setted with dumbbell curls, 3x10.
Kept the cable setup and did 3x10 reverse delt flyes, super setted with dumbbell lateral raises, 3x10 as well.
2 sets of cable flyes finished out the weights, 10 reps each.
HIIT (and yeah, I'm going to go ahead and call it HIIT today) consisted of:
2 minutes hammer swings on the tire
1 minute rest
2 minutes shadow boxing
1 minute rest
2 minutes hammer swings
1 minute rest
2 minute run
1 minute rest
2 rounds of that, so a total of 8 work rounds (16 minutes). 16 minutes doesn't sound like much, but damn, my heart rate was peaking a time or two.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, 3/4 mile to cool down and life was good.
Had a party last night (not a Halloween party), had some good steaks, pasta, salads and a bunch of stuff. Slept until 11am and feeling fine now.
F*cked that diet up, but it's all good, Jack! Life is a marathon, not a sprint, despite our aversion to cardio.
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Slept till 11 ?!? Damn, one hell of a party!
Hell yeah it’s a marathon, YOLO!
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I turned the light out a 1am and had consumed... not a large quantity of alcohol, but not a small amount, either. Maybe the equivalent of 3 mixed drinks, so my sleep wasn't perfect, but it seemed to really get good around 4am and I slept like a log.
According the the fitbit, I burned a little over 3k calories on Saturday, what with the HIIT, walking, weights etc. I normally burn about 2800 on days that I do weights and HIIT together, so that was a particularly strenuous day!
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That’s some righteous expenditures there!
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Squat day tonight, on Halloween. Oooh Scarey BOO!
Barbell squat, kept it moderate, 10, 8, 6 for my work sets.
3! 3 work sets of squats ha ha ha! #TheCount
Damn, that's the wrong vampire. Or maybe the right one, IDK.
Anyhow...
Then I set up the bad mamma jamma you see below.
I did 3 sets of front facing squats, then a couple of rear facing hack squats, then like 3 sets of calf raises. The calf raises were fire, ladies and germs!
Pulled off the linebacker squat thing and did land mine rows, 3x10 with a narrow grip, then added an attachment on the end and did one arm rows, 1x10 each side.
Leg curls, 2x10, then leg extensions, 1x12. Did that twice, so 4 sets of curls, 2 sets of extensions. Rationale being that the quads are probably beat up pretty good, while the hammies could use the extra attention.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, no cool down or HIIT today. I was wiped.
This is the thing that will cause me (that sweet) pain. I just need to get used to it, and figure out how to secure it well.
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Bench day, Jack-a-lopes!
And Jill-a-lopes, too, I suppose. Though lets be real: the Jill-a-lope is even more elusive than the Jack-a-lope. Still, better safe than sorry...
Work sets were 2x8 with my previous 10 rep weight. That's ok, I probably could have got 10 and then been done. I'll take the extra reps.
Did some close grip bench presses super setted with tricep kickbacks, 2 sets each, 2x8 on the close grip, 2x10 (each arm) on the kickbacks. Eh, I gave them a shot.
Setup the cable for sort of a chest high pull to do reverse delt flyes and calbe flyes. 3x10 of each I think.
Moved to the landmine setup and did one arm shoulder presses, 2x8 each arm.
Can't remember what else there was. 3/4 mile walk to warm up, 3/4 mile to cool down and as LISS.
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I took yesterday off, just because I was feeling bleah, but made up for it today with the postponed back day.
Deadlifts started us off, really just to warm things up. 4 total sets, kept it light, 6, 6, 5, 5. I've never been a fan of high rep deadlifts, the sloppy form that comes as you get tired has some potentially dire consequences, IMO.
Moved to barbell rows, 10, 6, 6, 8. The 6 rep sets were with a bit heavier weight than I normally use. And I have said many times that I love deadlifts followed by barbell rows, so I was a happy camper.
Setup the cable deal and did lat pull downs, 4x12. Two sets with a wide handle, 2 sets with a narrow handle. I was really feeling it in the lats, with the rows and the pull downs. I WANT TO BE SORE!!!
Did 3x6 front squats, then 3x30 calf raises. That was it for the weights.
LISS/MISS consisted of 2 minute runs, 1 minute rest for 8 rounds. I got to run outside, so that was cool. About 3/4 mile walk to cool down.
Now fixing to cook some salmon and other stuff. Should be tasty!
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Overhead press day. I have gotten to where I do not like doing back to back weight workouts, but this let me get back on track, schedule wise.
Over head press to start, 3x8 work sets.
Skull crushers super setted with ez curl bar curs, 3x12 on crushers, 3x10-12 on the curls.
Trifecta of lateral raisers, rear delt raises, and dumbbell flyes. 3x10 of each.
3 sets of hammer swings to be something like HIIT, but I was beat from yesterday, so that was all I had today.
About 2 mile walk for LISS to wrap things.
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Squat day to kick off week 3, by your command.
The F? By MY COMMAND, mf'er!
Anyhow...
Work sets were 12, 9, 6 with the same weight that I did 10, 8, 6 with the week before. I call it progress.
And holy guacamole, man-bat, the word for those sets, with the weight I chose is "breathing squats". Yeah, that's two words but you get the point. MAAAANNNNNNNNN, huffing and puffing don't describe it. It was a toss up if my CV system would give up before the muscle did, and it was too close to call.
So, of course, I'm shooting for 1x20 with that weight by the end of January, MAYBE end of December, but we will see. Somethin' broke in my head, I reckon.
Did some various grip pull ups and chin ups 5x6 total. Between sets, I worked on setting up the linebacker squat dilly-o and kept slack time to a minimum.
Did 3x6 linebacker squats facing forward, followed by 3x30 calf raises off the block with the same setup. I imagine that I would have more in me IF I didn't kill myself with squats before hand, but eh, that's how I roll, Jaques!
Setup the bench and did 4x10-12 on leg extensions, super setted with 4x10-12 leg curls. REALLY focused on feeling the curls. Probably going to be all locked up by Wednesday, but that is part of This Thing We Do.
Because apparently my brain REALLY don't work right, I did 2x20 kettle bell swings. At this point, I was well past concern about puking, so I decided to just do it. "Just Do It"... hey, that's pretty cool. Someone should make that a catch phrase or ad slogan or something.
I got in almost a mile walk to warm up, but did not get my cool down walk because of Nicole bringing the rain. That bitch, you know she is just a real unt-kay. Like Ian wasn't bad enough, that uck-fay ut-nay. Anyhow, it's just as well, I guess. I did not need the LISS as I was huffing and puffing during the workout, and my shirt was soaked.
I did get my yoga stretches in, though, so that my reduce some of the Fred Sanford'ing that is surely coming my way. I mean, I can dream, right? I know I'm probably going be all stiff legged, gotta sort of slide onto the toilet to poop, type of sore, but goals, amiright??
Th th th th th that's all, folks!
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Bench day, dudes and dudettes!
Started with barbell bench, worked up to 3, 2, 9, 6. 3, 9 and 6 rep sets were with the same weight, the 3 repper being a warm up. 2 repper was a bit more weight than I have been doing and even a year ago was my 1 rep max. So, progress!
Dips were next. 8, 8, 5, 10. No weight on sets 1 and 4, 25 on set 2, and 50 on set 3. I really wanted 6 on that set, but got to the bottom on 5 and was like nope. I'll take it all the same!
Skull crushers, super setted with ezcurl bar curls, 3x8-10 each. I did add some weight on sets 2 and 3 for some variety and additional stimuli, it seemed to work well.
Dumbbell laterals to finish, 2x10.
MISSy HIIT or HIITy MISS or just plain MISS was 8 rounds of 2 minutes shadow boxing, with footwork, 1 minute rest between rounds. I did not hit peak heart rate, but stayed about equally in fat burn and cardio zones.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, same to cool down and for LISS.
BTW, Nicole has taken her a** on down the road. Good riddance to that itch-bay!
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Back day today woo hoo!
Did pullups and chinups to start, 2x8 with palms facing at 45 degrees, medium width, 2x6 narrow parallel grip, then at the end of the work out 2x6 wide parallel grip. No weight, but I'm trying to get back to doing 10 easy before adding weight in again.
Did reverse hypers and hypers with no weight, 3x10 each. This was to warm the low back for....
Barbell rows! 2x10 light to warm up, 2x10 medium weight work sets. I really focused on pulling the arms back and getting full muscle involvement.
Shifted gears to 3x6 light front squats, then rigged up the line backer setup to do calf raises, 3 sets, 30, 25, 20 because the calves were fired up!
Tried something a little new to me: standing single arm cable pull downs. I was feeling it, oddly, like in the middle part of the back, towards the spine. Anyhow, 2x10 each side. Did face pulls, 2x10 and that wrapped the weights (except for those last two sets of chins mentioned previously).
3/4 mile walk to warm up, a good fast paced 2 mile walk for LISS at the end.
Tomorrow brings HIIT after over head press day to wrap week 3. Will I survive? Stay tuned to find out!
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Over head press day, amigos!
Barbell OP started things out. I got sets of 4 and 3 with my previous 2 to 3 rep max.
Went straight to dumbbell curls, 4x10, supered with pushdowns, 4x12.
Dumbbell laterals with the 20s, 3x10, focusing on feel.
Cable reverse delt work, 2x10, supered with cable flyes, 2x10. Wrapped with dumbbell flyes, 2x10.
About to walk a bit for LISS. No HIIT today, but maybe I will sneak in a session in the deload week, which starts now!
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I also had blood work done on Friday. This would be about 6 weeks on just 125mg Test C from Pharmacom and 750-800iu hcg per week. No creams, no orals, just those two things. About 3 weeks ago, the libido was kicking, but kind of tamed down a bit lately. Still good, just not "I'm gonna f*ck a hole in the wall!" type. I suspected the E has come up a bit much, BUT today got partial results. Hematocrit and hemoglobin both are slightly over range, so blood donation is in my near future. I will post up more in the HRT when I get the blood work in completely.
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Aww, yeah! It's Saturday night and Cylon is BACK!!!
Squat day to kick off week 1 of the new 3 week cycle.
I got 14, 10, and 6 for my work sets with my previous 12 rep weight. Will I get 20 by the end of the year? IDK, probably not but maybe. Not being negative, just looking at the data. Anything after the 14 rep set was gravy, anyhow, but I'm counting it all.
Chin-ups medium / narrow grip palms facing me at a 45 degree angle, 2x8, then wide grip neutral hand position, 2x6.
Barbell calf raises, 30, 25, 25 off a block.
Leg extensions and leg curls, 3x10-15 on the extensions, 3x10-12 on the curls. I went heavier on the curls to keep the hamstrings awake and so they wouldn't feel so neglected.
Seems like I am missing an exercise, because I had right at an hour in the workout. No dawdling between sets either, so maybe I am forgetting something, or maybe time flies when you are inflicting self pain.
MISS with intervals
3 minutes run on treadmill
1 minute rest
3 minutes on the climber
1 minute rest
3 rounds so 18 total work minutes. I did intervals on all but the first set. My normal jog / run speed is 6 miles an hour (10:00 pace) but my intervals were at 8 miles an hour (7:30 pace) and 9 miles an hour (6:40 pace), maybe a total of six intervals, only one at the fastest pace. I did interval work on the climber, but it doesn't really tell me much. I can tell by my effort, breathing and sweat. Anyhow, I didn't die in any of this, though I did hit peak heart rate a time or two during the intervals.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, 1/2 mile to cool down. The Wife put together some turkey burgers (yeah, we like that Costco ground turkey) and I cooked them on the grill. Man, good damn stuff!
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Bench day.
Barbell bench. Worked up to 3 work sets of 8, 6 and 4 with my current working weight. I got 9 reps the week before, maybe I had it in me again, but I did do the additional 2 sets, so I more than made up the volume. Dropped weight and did 2 wide grip sets, 8 reps each.
Kept the weight the same and did 2x8 narrow grip, super setted with dumbbell curls, 2x12. Then did skull crushers, 2x10, super setted with ezcurl bar curls, 2x8.
Did 3 sets of light overhead presses with the dumbbells, 12 reps each. Side laterals with the same weight, 2x10, then finally dumbbell flyes, 2x10.
About 3/4 mile walk to warm up, almost 2 miles at the end for LISS. No HIIT tonight, but I am playing some LISS followed by some shadow boxing tomorrow, lets see how it plays out.
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Got in some LISS and MISS today with a walk run combo, 1 minute walk, 2 minutes run. 6 rounds of that. Next up, and I mean right up, was 3 rounds of 2 minutes shadow boxing, 1 minute between rounds.
Nothing fancy but got the heart rate up.
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Back day today!
Not deadlift, back day.
Started with pulldowns 6x12. 2 sets wide grip, 2 sets medium parallel grip, 2 sets narrow grip.
Went to landmine rows, 6x10 to 12. I really started feeling it when I dropped the weight and focused on squeezing the lats back. Dropped weight and did one set each side of one arm rows.
Front squat, 3x6 to 10. I did one light 10 rep set, then 2 heavier 6 rep sets.
Barbell calf raises off the block, 30, 25, 25. Fire!
Setup the low cable deal and did standing rows from the low pulley, 3x10, with the medium parallel grip bar. Not sure I like those, but let me get back to you tomorrow.
3/4 mile walk to warm up, same to cool down! Had a turkey burger (goddang, those things are tasty), not chilling.
BTW, still waiting on the rest of my blood work to come in. I think that little bit of mast I was running doinked my liver numbers a bit, but I retest with the doc in about 6 weeks. Taking some oral glutathione and tudca to see if I can get those back in line. Anyhow, for the first time since starting H/TRT, my SHBG was mid range (30). I will post that up too... I am betting that my testosterone numbers come in high, but we will see.
Life is good!
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Overhead press day, peeps! "Peeps" as in people, not peeps as in those marshmallow candy things. But you know what, don't let me tell you how to identify. If you feel like a small, yellow, squishy sugar based candy, you be you!
Barbell overhead press to start things. You know, I KNOW this lesson, but sometimes I need to be reminded: if you want to lift heavy, don't dick around with too many warm up sets. I got my warmups in, then instead of doing ANOTHER semi work set, jumped straight to my target weight for the day.
In other words, quit flirting with the weights and get to work!
Anyhow, I got 2x6 with the weight that I had been getting 4 and 5 reps with. First set of 6 was good, solid reps, doable but definitely challenging. Second set of 6 was a bit more challenging and not quite as tight a form. Still much better than what we see a lot of times, but I like to keep form nice and clean.
Dropped down to a lighter weight for a couple of sets of 10 to get some reps in.
Moved to dips, but man was not feeling it today. I actually faltered on one of the sets and nearly fell forward. On to other things...
Shrugs, loaded up the kettle bells with as much as they would take (60lbs each) and did sets of 20, 18, 18, 15. The first and last set were conventional reps, normal speed up and down. The 2 sets of 18 were 6 normal speed, 6 fast but clean, then 6 slow with a 2 second hold at the top. That was toasty.
Did skull crushers, super setted with dumbbell curls. 3x12 of skull crushers, 3x12 dumbbell curls.
45 minutes, short, sweet and intense at times.
HIIT was
2 minutes hammer swings on the tire
1 minute rest
2 minutes hammer swings on the tire
1 minute rest
2 minutes jog
1 minute rest
3 "super rounds(?)" of that, so total of 12 minutes with the hammer, 6 minutes with the jogging. Still, that hammer thing... Dang, huffin' and puffin'.
1/2 mile walk to warm up, same to cool down.
Went to some friends house for Thanksgiving. Ate too much, but not too too much. Also, did not drink. My AST was slightly elevated on my recent blood work (almost certainly due to Masteron use) so I don't want to stress the liver unnecessarily right now. And ugh, let me tell you about this oral glutathione liquid that I am using right now.... smells like.... damn, man, I don't even know how to describe it. Kind of rotten eggs meet kombucha. It does not TASTE that bad, surprisingly, but that may be because the smell preps you for worse. Also, I took the full dose (4ml) yesterday.... about 4 hours later when I pooped, it smelled exactly like the glutathione. Like damn, that was fast.
TMI? Sure why not?
Please enjoy the rest of turkey genocide day aka Thanksgiving!
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