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Guinness5.0
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LOL - they were, but I just got a call from the airline and they are delivering my luggage tonight. Man, that's a relief.Jim Ouini said:I hope your oly shoes weren't in your luggage
G5.0 vs. Gravity: The Neurotic Ramblings of a Man on a Mission
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anotherbutters
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Man, I feel like my schedule's out of whack and I only went from London to Manchester for the weekend 
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Protobuilder
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i'd been wondering what happened to you . . . LoL Welcome back.
Guinness5.0
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Week 9
TUESDAY
Phase 2 -- Custom DF program
Week 4 of 4-week volume phase
I almost don't want to post this...
Squat
worked up to 365x2
-I woke up early to lift today. I don't think that that's the only reason that today sucked - I've woken early to lift and done great in the past. Hopefully it's just all the goofy stuff from last week and all the fun new stress
I'm under. Plus, I used the gym in my apartment complex, and I could swear that the floor was not level - it felt like I was leaning backwards a little the whole time. Ugh.
Inc. BB Press
warmups, 225x4, 185x10
-Damn. 225 was supposed to be a warmup on the way to 255. I guess fatigue really IS cumulative.
BB rows
225x5x2, x8
-By this point I'd pretty much accepted that this workout sucked.
I'm strongly considering doing one more workout this week and taking a week off. This is ridiculous - no way, no how should I be this beat up unless the travel and stress is hitting me harder than I'm willing to acknowledge.
TUESDAY
Phase 2 -- Custom DF program
Week 4 of 4-week volume phase
I almost don't want to post this...
Squat
worked up to 365x2
-I woke up early to lift today. I don't think that that's the only reason that today sucked - I've woken early to lift and done great in the past. Hopefully it's just all the goofy stuff from last week and all the fun new stress
I'm under. Plus, I used the gym in my apartment complex, and I could swear that the floor was not level - it felt like I was leaning backwards a little the whole time. Ugh.Inc. BB Press
warmups, 225x4, 185x10
-Damn. 225 was supposed to be a warmup on the way to 255. I guess fatigue really IS cumulative.
BB rows
225x5x2, x8
-By this point I'd pretty much accepted that this workout sucked.
I'm strongly considering doing one more workout this week and taking a week off. This is ridiculous - no way, no how should I be this beat up unless the travel and stress is hitting me harder than I'm willing to acknowledge.
blut wump
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Chill out on the stress.
Even as little as a week out can negatively hit your weights. If you couple it with sleep shortage and generally high stress levels then it's almost guaranteed. After a week away from the gym, I'll spend a couple of workouts to ramp back up. Then again, I'm quite venerable.
Leaning backwards is good, it puts the weight onto your heels.
Maybe not.
Even as little as a week out can negatively hit your weights. If you couple it with sleep shortage and generally high stress levels then it's almost guaranteed. After a week away from the gym, I'll spend a couple of workouts to ramp back up. Then again, I'm quite venerable.
Leaning backwards is good, it puts the weight onto your heels.
Maybe not.
BiggT
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Traveling across time zones can wreak havoc on the body.....not necessarily in day to day walking around life, but if you're in the middle of a training cycle, it can ruin progression of lifts. Plus, a move, new job, and sales is a high pressure job nonetheless.....I'd say it's all normal.
Guinness5.0
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**UPDATE**
Just thought I'd post in here so nobody thinks I quit or died or something. I'm taking this week off in order to get acclimated to my new lifestyle. I am working a TON and with the move and the travel, my sleep has been awful. So I've sworn off caffeine (other than what's in my morning green tea) and I am commiting to getting a solid 8 hours a night, and most importantly on a set schedule. I feel better already, having slept like a hooker after nickel night this weekend. I imagine I'll be dying to hit the weights again next week.
Not sure what I'll run. I may do a week or two of HST-esque 15's just to reinforce healing/conditioning.
Also, my next roommate (I seem to be bouncing around quite a bit lately) wants to put a power rack, bench and weights in his basement. So my dreams of a home gym will soon be a reality, albeit in someone else's home
Just thought I'd post in here so nobody thinks I quit or died or something. I'm taking this week off in order to get acclimated to my new lifestyle. I am working a TON and with the move and the travel, my sleep has been awful. So I've sworn off caffeine (other than what's in my morning green tea) and I am commiting to getting a solid 8 hours a night, and most importantly on a set schedule. I feel better already, having slept like a hooker after nickel night this weekend. I imagine I'll be dying to hit the weights again next week.
Not sure what I'll run. I may do a week or two of HST-esque 15's just to reinforce healing/conditioning.
Also, my next roommate (I seem to be bouncing around quite a bit lately) wants to put a power rack, bench and weights in his basement. So my dreams of a home gym will soon be a reality, albeit in someone else's home
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