Saturday... 2/25/12
my day in review...
'off' diet day
breakfast
large organic whole wheat belgian waffle
2tbs organic 100% maple syrup
4 slices turkey bacon
preworkout bsn ignitor shot
postworkout
2tbsp twinlabs liquid aminos
medium bowl organic whole wheat pasta, organic beef and organic tomato sauce
5oz bacon wrapped filet
lunch
6oz sausage
2 whole wheat hot dog buns
2oz shredded mozzarella
1tbsp hot mustard
snack
2 scoops chocolate muscle milk
1cup 2% milk
dinner
huge shrimp burrito w/rice beans salsa sour cream etc
late snack
4oz organic beef patty
1oz shredded mozzarella
will eat one more meal before bed... maybe some almonds and milk?
todays workout and all notes...
bench
warmups, 5x135, 2x185, 2x205
work
3x225
1x245 very hard, was 3x250 a fluke?
4x225 felt strong but lost form on 3rd rep
3x225 having a hard time finding my groove...
4x225 feels heavy, having a hard time planting my ass into the bench and getting any leg drive...
2x3x225
25x135 PR on reps... note i dont go for high reps very often
15x135 flat back and feet on bench...
incline
10x135, stopped at my sticking point about 3 in above chest
incline fly
10x25lb plates
barbell curl
12xbar
15xbar
plate pullover
12x45
i think im becoming overtrained... not from my lifting but from work... today was my only day off this week, tomorrow i go in and i will have 68 hrs for the week... im on my feet and lifting all day, upwards of 60,000lbs a NIGHT... that is an average of 2500 cases i lift, averaging at least 25lbs... many well over my height...
i think my bench progressed a LOT when i was taking a lot of time off, and its just depressing to it all go down the toilet because of my job... but i have to work for my family so there is no other option right now...
i should have stopped my workout today when the weights felt heavy, but what is done is done...
im considering taking off monday at work, tues is my regular day off and they cant tell me to come in tues if im not there monday, and i have plenty of sick time...
im going to work on eating more, and im already looking leaner in the mirror... and maybe cut down to pressing once a week... my entire shoulder griddle is sore as all hell tonight... maybe go an extra day of legs instead because they feel fine, and NO back work because its getting torched at work...
last year during this contest we were not so busy and i was getting in a manageable 50hrs a week... this summer is when it got so busy, and that is when my lifts were suffering as well... then since the holidays ive been using a lot of vacation days and some sick time, and whala, my lifts all skyrocketed...
i guess my job is good because it keeps me well conditioned (you would all probably die if you saw what ive been getting away with eating since the last contest)... but it sure does make it hard to get bigger and stronger... i guess less will have to be more...