I’m still on track as far as diet / weight loss is going. I’m still around 185 lbs. Basically I’ve been eating clean (dieting) throughout the workweek and then eating whatever - frozen burritos, pizza, McDonalds. Even though my weight is steady I feel like I’m still getting leaner - which is good.
Training - Training has been going well. I’ve been trying to do back and chest twice a week - but there’s been a couple times where I’ve felt a little over trained. So, I’m taking an extra rest day this week (today). But, I think it also might have been because of a lack of hydration - sometimes I don’t drink enough water on the weekends - I’m trying to make sure I get more water everyday now. For the most part I think the two times a week for those body parts has really helped.
This month - This month will be a mess. With our wedding, honeymoon, and moving into a new house all this month I will be trying to stick to my plan - which shouldn’t be too hard to do. However, I’m also preparing for June 1 - which will be the start of my hardcore dieting.
Did heavy bench today. I got 335 fine, but failed with 355. I’m hoping to get 350 or 355 at the meet. Then we hit back with a variety of complex and simple machines.
Went over to the North Gold’s Gym today to do some deadlifts (this gym allows deadlifting, the South Golds Gym doesn’t) - however this one doesn’t allow cameras¿ Anyway - all we did was deadlift so here were my sets:
- 135 x 5
- 225 x 5
- 315 x 5
- 365 x 5
- 385 x 3
- 315 x 5 (standing on plates)
- 315 x 5 (standing on paltes)
I was able to use my new belt that Zack bought me to deadlift and it felt great. I’m glad I got that before the powerlifting meet.
Good workout today.
Dumbbell Curls - 10,8,6,4 (worked up to 60’s, but they were too heavy)
EZ Bar Curls - sets of 7
Machine Curl
Seated Side Laterals (I also did some light dumbbell curls in between)
Dumbbell upright row
Cable side laterals
Cable front raises
I haven’t really felt up to par lately for some reason. I felt pretty sluggish while benching today. Here were my sets:
- 135 x 10
- 225 x 8
- 245 x 5
- 275 x 5
- 295 x 5
- 295 x 4?
- 245 x 7
Next, we did incline. I was feeling better by this time. We did a 10-8-6-4-2 set/reps and I worked up to 215 for 2. Next, we did stop-at-the-bottom dumbbell presses. I worked mainly with 85#’s here for sets of 7. We finished with various machines and cables.
Still trying to change things up a few weeks before the powerlifting meet. So today we tried to do 4 x 10 on squat. Here were my sets:
- 315 x 10
- 315 x 10
- 315 x 12
- 315 x 12
I guess this means I should be able to lift more as a max - for some reason I can’t lift heavy as well. This pretty much finished us off, but we did some leg curls too.
Went over to Jobe’s for a pretty much worthless workout. Did deadlifts today - not sure what the problem was but I wasn’t feeling very good and started sweating a lot… 315 was heavy, 365 I could barely do. I took a break while my bro went heavy. Then I started again at 315, then 365, then 405. Still heavy, but those felt much better than the first time. Then I did some rack pulls. That’s it… it sucked.
Today we hit back… We did lat pulldowns to the back, bent over rows, one arm T-Bar rows, wide grip seated cable rows, narrow grip pull downs, Hammer Strength pull downs, and another seated cable pull down cross over.
Neither one of us really felt any of those exercises that good. Back must be tired from bench.
Mixed it up today and the rest of this week. We have 4 weeks left until the powerlifting meet. Benched today… I did 225 for 17 reps, 8 reps, 8 reps, and 7 reps… then 135 for 17 reps… all to failure.
Then we hit dumbbell decline bench for sets of 12, machine flyes for sets of 10, and a variety of cable flyes.
We finished up with some triceps on the cables.
I really liked this workout… I felt really pumped. I can’t wait until powerlifting is over and this becomes a normal workout.
Went over to Jesse Jobe’s garage to train today while my brother trained strongman. I hit shoulders and a little bit of bi’s. Shoulders was good… I shoulder pressed with an axle 200 Lbs for a couple sets of 5. I did some Arnold presses, cable side laterals, rear laterals and upright row. It was a good workout.