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[blut wump]

Follow-Up Weigh-In

I must have gotten up around half a dozen times to pee during the night and am feeling less bloated today so I decided to add a weigh-in.

125.2 Kg - 275.4 lbs (today)
126.8 Kg - 279.0 lbs (yesterday)

How's that for cutting?

I don't know whether I've mentiond before that, while some muscle growth is always welcome, I'm not particularly looking to add to my weight. Some weight gain is expected but I really have no use for spurious bloat. Within that constraint, I just want to advance my lifts.

 

[Cynical Simian]

Hmm...you might want to take a few seconds each morning for a daily weigh-in. That'd make it a bit easier to judge what's actual gain/loss and what's just a fluctuation caused by sodium/carbohydrate intake or bodily functions.

Thanks for clarifying your aims regarding weight gain; I'd been wondering about that.

 

[blut wump]

I always weigh after "bodily functions" have transpired and before eating although there's no telling how much water and coffee has passed through by then.

I'll do more-frequent weigh-ins from now onwards.

 

[blut wump]

Week 4 Day 1

A pretty good workout. No complaints.

Squats felt like hard work. 130Kg is a 5x5 PR.

I wasn't sure whether I'd get the last set on bench. When it came to the last rep I reckoned I'd likely get and there were people around to bail me out if it failed. I added 5Kg to the close-grip back-off sets. 122.5x5 PR

Rows: not a lot to report. The last set was hard work and I really didn't know whether I'd get the top set. Maybe because of that I pulled extra hard and I felt my form was solid. I was looking through my first ever run of the 5x5 and have 122.5 as my top weight at this stage. That was before I knew about Pendlay rows, though, and the form was not acceptable by more recent standards. 112.5x5x5 PR.

I got all five sets on the abs 5x5 with 5Kg today with the dip after the hold so I guess that's another PR. I'm not looking forwards to 10Kg on my head for these.


Total time around 1hr 45mins.

Weight in Kilos. Previous weeks in orange
ATF Squat
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x4, 100x3, 110x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x5, 115x5x5
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x4, 115x2, 125x5 for 3 sets, 130x5 for 2 sets, 100x10
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x4, 115x2, 130x5x5 (PR), 100x10
Bench
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x5N, 90x5S, 100x5W, 110x5W
20x10N, 40x10S, 60x5W, 70x5W, 80x5W, 90x5W, 105x5W, 115x5W, 80x10x2 NN
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x5W, 90x5W, 100x5W, 110x5W, 120x5W, 80x10 for 2 sets NN
20x10N, 40x8S, 60x5W, 80x5W, 90x5W, 100x5W, 110x5W, 122.5x5W (PR), 85x10 for 2 sets NN
BB Row
20x10, 60x5, 70x5, 80x5, 90x5, 100x5
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 85x5, 95x5, 105x5
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 100x5, 110x5, 60x15
20x10, 60x5, 75x5, 90x5, 100x5, 112.5x5 (PR)
Needsize Abs
0x5x5
5x5x5
5x5x5
5x5x5
Hypers
4x12
4x12
4x15
4x15

 

[Jim Ouini]

Nice workout. Seems a little easy for Week 4. Maybe you're just not the drama queen type

BTW, are you beginning to feel loaded up now? IIRC, you're going to deload a week, then get back after it.

EDIT: NM, just saw your above post

 

[blut wump]

Nice workout. Seems a little easy for Week 4. Maybe you're just not the drama queen type

BTW, are you beginning to feel loaded up now? IIRC, you're going to deload a week, then get back after it.

I'm not sure what you mean by easy in this context.

I was working at or very near my limits, I think.

 

[Jim Ouini]

I'm not sure what you mean by easy in this context.

I was working at or very near my limits, I think.

Just the way you typed it: 'Squats - hard, PR. Bench, wasn't sure, PR' No, 'OMG' or 'JEEZUS'

Anyway, it's good stuff. Congrats on the PR trifecta.

 

[blut wump]

Just the way you typed it: 'Squats - hard, PR. Bench, wasn't sure, PR' No, 'OMG' or 'JEEZUS'

Anyway, it's good stuff. Congrats on the PR trifecta.

Maybe that should tell me that I'm not feeling loaded.

I might have had a shade more to offer on the squats but I never felt confident enough to up the weight unlike last week. The bench and rows would probably have failed with more weight.

I could go back and edit in a few expletives and epithets for colour. Sorry for having a boring workout. We're not going to sell any popcorn on this one.

 

[blut wump]

I need to decide this week whether to deload next week and try to run a three-week loading period before going to an intensity phase or find some other plan or combination. Last Saturday was the completion of my third week and I'm planning to run for 8 plus the three weeks of ester breakdown.

I've been thinking of:
4 weeks loading - 4 weeks - I'm now in week 4
1 week deload - 5 weeks
3 weeks loading - 8 weeks - last shot at end of this week
deload leading into Intensity - 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

I'm currently wondering whether to make the first (current) loading phase last another week into next week, which will push the rest back one week and my last shot would then be between the maximum effort weeks of the second loading phase. This means that I'd be deloading during the second week after my last shot which is when I'd be running HCG. It's really a question of meshing going back to natural test and pushing hard on triples while trying to get the most out of my time on exogenous test.

If I went for that then the scenario would be
5 weeks loading - 5 weeks - I'm now in week 4
1 week deload - 6 weeks
3 weeks loading - 9 weeks - last shot at end of second week
deload leading into Intensity - 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Of course, the other scenario is to deload after this week and then run another four-week loading phase but without an easy first week.

I can wait until I get to the end of this week and then decide whether I feel loaded.

Any comments appreciated.

 

[nelmsjer]

I've only just skimmed the last 10 or so posts (checking in from Australia!), but it looks like you've got all PRs. My vote is to keep going until you miss PRs for 2 weeks in a row. Either way, best of luck to you, and keep pushing!