DEADLIFT
185 x 3
275 x 1
345 x 1
375 x 1 x 5 sets Not fun tonight. My lats are sore and it felt like they were going to rip loose from the insertion point. This is only day three of the official program but I can tell I’ve been doing it for a week. We’ll see how it feels in another week or two. I might have to alternate or drop squats if it beats me up too much. Tomorrow is Daily Dose and clean pulls after conditioning and abs.
Woke at 239.6 lbs. I broke the 240 threshold but it’s not very satisfying. As I fattened myself up I was hoping I could fall back to 235 or 230 and be leanish (around 12% BF). I don’t think that’s going to happen. I’m beginning to worry that all of this was a waste of time and I’ll end up back at the same weight with the same BF. We’ll see.
The worries have been experience in the past but I didn’t commit to gaining for nearly as long as I did this year. Hopefully by sticking with it I allowed some new muscle to develop and “mature” and it will stick around. My stomach looks terrible LOL! It’s not big but I have plenty of loose skin to grab. It’s weird. And I know it will take awhile for my body to absorb that so that it tightens up a bit. I might have something to bring to the T-ransformation Challenge after all.
Know the feeling, I have so much skin to grab onto. When I cross my arms I have skin folds near my armpits and when I crack my neck you can see wrinkles in my neck. Horrid!
I went to hang up the keys to my patrol vehicle and a third shift sergeant told me I had to go back to work because we they were under staffed. I got off at 1945 instead of 1700 which pretty much destroyed my evening. I forced myself to do my daily dose at home but abs and conditioning will be missed. This is why my conditioning never gets better. I struggle to complete solid workouts on work days.
You are correct. But my desire to not get off schedule on the daily dose outweighed my desire to do nothing. The workout took 15:30. I guess it’s easy to tell I value deadlifts because I skipped everything else and forced that.
Woke at 238.8 lbs. I expected to be down today because I didn’t eat much yesterday, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if it didn’t happen because I ate late.
I’m supposed to go to the gym on my lunch break (which usually has to be in the morning before it gets busy), but I’m not ready yet. Hopefully I get time to sneak down there.
Tonight I’m going to my first ever boxing matches. My co-worker and friend is fighting so I’m going to support him and see if he’s as good as he says he is. There are 10 or 11 fights total including a heavyweight match. It was initially going to be a title fight but for some reason that changed. I don’t really care. I don’t follow boxing so I don’t know who’s who or what’s what. My buddy sent me a photo of him with Sugar Ray Leonard yesterday. He’s calling the fight. I think it’s televised but I have no clue what station it would be on.
That’s exactly the strength of the daily dose program - do the most important lifts and move on with life. I also think deadlifts are the ideal exercise for daily dose. ActivitiesGuy’s strength (and perhaps lack of injuries) are testaments to that.
Not a chance! I don’t like to get hit in the face. I have considered taking up boxing for training purposes but I’d have to pay for a new gym, lift less, and do it in the evenings when my family is at home. I’ll stick with my current setup for a while. The Y watches my kids for me while I train. I won’t find that at a boxing gym.
They have two heavy bags but they don’t look heavy enough. People use them and they fly all over the place. I need some training before I do that in public. I can’t imagine how awkward I’d look because there’d be no rhythm or coordination.
I’ve never been a skilled runner, even before my injury. Instead of running, I’ll do light barbell lifts, mixed with calisthenics. In fact, my favorite workout is a modification of a workout I read on sealfit.com. Perhaps reading their workouts will give you a fresh take on conditioning.
Well, I made it to the gym but I don’t really know what I achieved. My shoulder hurt like hell on what was supposed to be a warm up set of OHP. I did what I was supposed to do but I was really just going through the motions for the most part.
OHP
115 x 4 x 6 sets (supposed to be 4 x 8)
INCLINE REV CABLE FLY
20 x 10 x 4 sets
CABLE ROW
150 x 15 x 3
CABLE FLY
70 x 10 x 3 sets
My shoulder popped on OHP. It felt like it was going to slip on rows. And it popped multiple times on cable fly. Not a good day. These lunch break sessions are garbage. I might have to figure out a way to work around these and train at a different time or just plan on Saturdays being rest days.
