Tuesday 6/16
Squats 5 x 5 x 315. Done
I had to take a light day last Tuesday. I’m not sure what happened, but something turned a corner with the diet and my energy and strength and even mental attitude took a precipitous nose dive. After my first warm up set at 135 I knew that nothing good was going to happen and I didn’t even attempt anything hard.
Thursday 6/18
- Press 5 x 5 x 175.
- Pull Ups: 5 sets to failure
- Pulldowns 3 x 12
- FacePulls 3 x 12
Light day on Press today too. Same feeling as on Tuesday. Even the first warm up sets felt heavy and I knew there was no point in doing anything heavy. Pec is feeling very tender as well so I just pressed today and avoided anymore pec work this week. Body is going through some sort adjustment period right now with calories and body weight continuing to drop. Not sure if its hormonal or what, but this feels like a very bad bout of overtraining. Decided to not even deadlift on Friday as planned. Just gonna give the body a break from heavy stuff.
Saturday: 30 mins sled pulling.
Monday 6/23
Feeling a little more energetic today, but still weak overall. Tried to push through to some heavier weights today and not settle for a light day. Performance was okay, but everything felt heavier than in week’s prior
- Bench Press: 1 x 345 (pause), 1 x 355 (pause), 1 x 365 (tounch n go), 1 x 355 x 2 sets (paused); 2 x 3 x 335 (all paused reps)
- Floor Press (thumbs distance from smooth; all reps paused) 6 x 3 x 315
- Dips 4 x 10
- Lying Tricep Ext w/ DBs: 5 x 10-12
Tuesday 6/24
Bodyweight now at a low for the cycle of 208. Officially down 34 lbs from the start of the diet. Of course today was a super low calorie day with only 3 meals. Love when that day falls on heavy squat/deadlift day.
- Squat 1 x 455, 1 x 465, 1 x 475, 1 x 455, 2 x 430. Everything felt slow and shitty. Did not have 500 in the tank today. Hoping it will be there on meet day. Been hitting 495 consistently the whole training cycle, this was the first day it wasn’t there. Nathan assures me it will be come meet day. He’s usually right.
- Deadlift 1 x 315, 1 x 405, 1 x 455, 1 x 500.
- Speed Deadlift 10 x 1 x 315 + doubled mini-bands. 60 sec rest between sets.
