The Battle Chef's Log

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	KB Clean	4x8	8	8	8	8
A2	V. Jump	4x3	3	3	3	3
B1	Squat	70	x5	5	87.5	x5	5	105	x5	5	122.5	x3	3
		140	x3	3	157.5	x3+	4	140	x3	3	122.5	x3+	4
B2	Ab Roll Out	8x3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
C1	Assisted GHR	4x5	-	5	5	5	5
C2	Farmer's Carry	4x40'	90	y	y	y	y
D1	Reverse Hyper	4x6	45	6	6	6	6
D2	Ast. Split Squats	4x6	-	6	6	6	6

 

 

Despite training very late in the day after an "interesting" shift, my squats were on FIRE tonight.  Finished everything in 1 hour 15 min.  EVERYTHING.  Took the pooch on a 1.5 km hike before and after training, too.  

 

I had an amusing encounter at the pharmacy today. There's a new pharmacist who used to work out West with diabetics, and was much more knowledgeable than the local yokels.  I learned that type 2 diabetes along with my medication means my blood sugars never really get "low", they just stabilize.  It seems I have been shooting myself in the metaphorical food by eating the amount of carbs I had been.  I went into this training session on little more than a few pieces of fruit and a scoop of protein powder.

I bought a glucose meter to help me figure out what/when/why my sugars spike around certain foods and activities.  She was showing me how it worked and proceeded to break 3 lancets on my fingertip, even though the mechanism was at it's strongest setting.  Who knew a lifetime of manual labour made your hands tough?  You know you're dealing with a longtime medical professional when I take out my pocket knife in a joking attempt to draw a little blood from my hand and she sternly said "That is NOT recommended". XD

[ladyofthebog]

I like this lady! And 

[The Battle Chef]

ALSO I WISH TO ADD

 

The Ab Wheel should be renamed SATAN'S SPHINCTER.  That is all.

[The Battle Chef]

22 minutes ago, ladyofthebog said:

I like this lady! And 

??????

[WhiteGhost]

Woohoo for gains and more knowlegde!

 

6 hours ago, Rusk said:

She was showing me how it worked and proceeded to break 3 lancets on my fingertip, even though the mechanism was at it's strongest setting.  Who knew a lifetime of manual labour made your hands tough?

At one point in my life I was working construction and had to go in for some blood work. The nurse tried all of my fingers (and thumbs) multiple times and couldn't get a single drop of blood.  In the end he had to prick my ears to get anything  

[The Battle Chef]

I have not been this sore from training in a very long time... D:  I need to be more suspicious of good squat days.

 

Could barely press an empty bar, tried doing some stretching but that was a no go as well, so I had a nap instead.  

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	Sandbag-Shoulder	4x8	6	6	x	x
A2	Broad Jump	4x3	3	3	x	x
B1	Deadlift	95	x5	5	117.5	x5	5	142.5	x5	5	165	x3	3
		190	x3	3	212.5	x3+	3	190	x3	x	165	x3+	x
B2	Ab Roll Out	8x1	1	1	1	1	1	x	x	x

 

 

Still frikin' sore from earlier.  Humidity is at 100%, everything in the gym is damp.  Friggin' gross.  Took the dog for a long walk instead of finishing the day.

[The Battle Chef]

Had a bad fall yesterday, hard to walk right now.  Taking the day off.

[The Battle Chef]

With the help of some friends and only a minor disfiguring injury, I have my gym floor 100% covered in stall mats.  AND even though it's kinda cramped, I gots me a dedicated lane for (short) yoke walks and farmer's carries.  Considering how disgustingly humid and rainy it is, at least I'll be able to use the damn yoke now.  Also installed a dehumidifier, since the other day the ENTIRE INTERIOR was wet with condensation.  

Training day tomorrow.  Yay.  Just need to sweep up now...

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	KB Clean	4x8	8	8	8	x
A2	V. Jump	4x3	3	3	3	x
B1	Squat	70	x5	5	87.5	x5	5	105	x5	5	112.5	x5	5
		130	x5	5	147.5	x5+	5	130	x5		112.5	x5+
B2	Ab Roll Out	8x2	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
C1	Assisted GHR	4x5	-	5	5	5	x
C2	Farmer's Carry	4x40'	95	y	y	y	x
D1	Reverse Hyper	4x6	50	4	4	4	x
D2	Ast. Split Squats	4x6	-	4	4	4	x

 

Did what I could yesterday.  I'm giving a lower carb diet (125-150 g) a try for the next 4 weeks to see if the diabeetus reacts favourably to it or not.  

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	Cardio Rowing	4x300m	y	y	y
A2	High Toss	4x3	3	3	3
B1	Press	47.5	x5	5	60	x5	5	72.5	x5	5	77.5	x5	5
		90	x5	5	100	x5+	6	90	x5	5	77.5	x5+	5
B2	DB Row	8x5	52.5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

 

 

Not a whole lot of go in me today.

[WhiteGhost]

That gym is looking sweet.  

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	Sandbag-Shoulder	4x8	5	5	5	x
A2	Broad Jump	4x3	3	3	3	x
B1	Deadlift	95	x5	5	117.5	x5	5	142.5	x5	5	155	x5	5
		177.5	x5	5	200	x5+	5	177.5	x5	5	155	x5+	x
B2	Leg Raise	8x3	3	3	3	3	x	x	x	x

 

 

Did what I could.

 

Tomorrow I'm going to be checking my blood sugars before, during and after to see how out of whack they go.

[The Battle Chef]

B1	Bench Press	57.5	x8	8	70	x5	5	85	x5	5	92.5	x5	5
		105	x5	5	120	x5+	8	105	x5	5	92.5	x5+	10
B2	Barbell Row	57.5	x8	8	70	x5	5	85	x5	5	92.5	x5	5
		105	x5	5	120	x5+	8	105	x5	5	92.5	x5+	5
C1	Assisted Dips	4x8	-	5	5	5	x
C2	Lat Pull Down	4x8	85	8	8	8	x

 

 

My sugars only went from 8.4 mmol/L to 7.5, so nothing major or dangerous there.
 

Guess I'm just under-eating beforehand.

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	KB Clean	4x8	8	8	8	8
A2	V. Jump	4x3	3	3	3	3
B1	Squat	70	x5	5	87.5	x5	5	105	x5	5	130	x5	5
		147.5	x3	3	165	x1+	3	147.5	x3	3	130	x5+	5
B2	Ab Roll Out	8x2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
C1	Assisted GHR	4x5	-	5	5	5	5
C2	Farmer's Carry	4x40'	97.5	y	y	y	y

 

 

Eating a bit more, including a few pieces of fruit half hour prior, and taking longer rest between sets seems to have helped today.  I capped it where I did because tomorrow is the "wonderful" inventory day and it's going to be a long one.

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	Cardio Rowing	4x300m	y	x	x	x
A2	High Toss	4x3	3	x	x	x
B1	Press	47.5	x8	8	60	x5	5	72.5	x5	5	90	x5	5
		100	x3	3	112.5	x1+	4	100	x3	3	90	x5+	10
B2	DB Row	8x3	55	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

 

BLEH.

That is all.

[WhiteGhost]

How is your hand doing?  Are you back to 100% yet?

[The Battle Chef]

18 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

How is your hand doing?  Are you back to 100% yet?

It's still a piece of shit in the context that I drop a lot of things unintentionally.  But it's not causing me pain or numbness any more and the scar tissue has broken up to the point where I hardly notice it any more.

 

Grip heavy training isn't an issue any more. Tomorrow I should hit farmer's walks with 100#/hand.

 

Thanks for asking.

[The Battle Chef]

Warmup	Mobility	Yes	y
	KB Halo	2x6	6	6
	Prying Squat	2x5	5	5
	KB Armbar	2x6br	6	6
	Glute Bridge	2x8	8	8
A1	Sandbag-Shoulder	4x8	6	6	6	6
A2	Broad Jump	4x3	2	2	2	2
B1	Deadlift	95	x5	5	117.5	x5	5	142.5	x5	5	177.5	x5	5
		200	x3	3	225	x1+	2	200	x3	3	177.5	x5+	6
B2	Deadbug	8x6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
C1	Assisted GHR	4x5	-	5	5	5	5
C2	Farmer's Carry	4x40'	100	y	y	y	y

 

Sick and tired of being sick and tired.  Today was a grind.

 

In cheerier news, spring is always late in my area but it's in full swing today.

Spring peppers were in full chorus early this morning.

I watched the resident fox play with some barn swallows (there is a surplus of groundhogs, rabbits, muskrat and other rodents in the area so he wasn't bird hunting)
Big fat ol' bumblebees buzzing around looking for flowers.

Majestic eagles soaring in the sky.

Groundhogs screaming at everything that moves by them.

Trees are starting to bud finally.

Farmers are spreading manure on everything so the dog is happy.

[The Battle Chef]

Summer sucked supremely.  Need a hardcore respawn.  Got to the gyn for the first time since early June.

 

4x6 KB press at 16kg

4x8 lat pull down at 100#

1.5km hike with the dog.

 

I have zero focus or drive fitness-wise apart from "general health".  Right now if I show up and get something done I am calling it a win.  

[Sloth the Enduring]

Welcome back.

[The Battle Chef]

2 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Welcome back.

Thanks.  I'm trying.

[WhiteGhost]

14 hours ago, The Battle Chef said:

Right now if I show up and get something done I am calling it a win.

Right now that totally IS a win.  Glad to see you back  

[The Battle Chef]

Workout today provided by work.  Received a 150+ piece food order, boxes and buckets ranging from 20# to 70#, all checked, carried, loaded and rotated.  Good enough for me!

[The Battle Chef]

Today is going to be a rehash of Friday, just worse.  Inventory day.  Pick up and weigh everything in the goddamned building for 8-10 hours nonstop.  DEADLIFT ALL THE THINGS.