Jord - tackles inertia

[Jord]

I'm disintegrating. It was fun at first but now it is a little alarming. And this is with skipping cardio this past week with my cough. I'm working on getting a doctor's appointment to follow-up. 

 

Weeks Left	Monday	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun		Average #	Avg Calories	Net Avg per MFP
19	May 29	190.6	189.6	189.2	188.4	188.0	188.4	187.8		188.9	2047	1805
18	June 5	187.2	186.4	185.0	184.4	185.0	184.0	183.8		185.1	1992	1896
17	June 12	182.4

[Urgan]

Losing weight because you're sick is definitely not ideal. Here's hoping you find an answer quickly.

[Jord]

43 minutes ago, Urgan said:

Losing weight because you're sick is definitely not ideal. Here's hoping you find an answer quickly.

 

It wouldn't be so weird if I was missing calories, but I'm not. I've been eating normally. Or worse than normally because I ate a cup of ice cream yesterday. 

 

Someone brought in red velvet cake today and at this point I might as well eat some. 

 

 

[ixaera]

14 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

It wouldn't be so weird if I was missing calories, but I'm not. I've been eating normally. Or worse than normally because I ate a cup of ice cream yesterday. 

 

Someone brought in red velvet cake today and at this point I might as well eat some. 

 

 

 

Healing is extra work, plus I'm sure your body is going through more fluids than normal, too!

FEEL BETTER

(I totally typed this as FOOD BETTER as a mistake what is my brain doing today)

[Urgan]

29 minutes ago, ixaera said:

 

Healing is extra work, plus I'm sure your body is going through more fluids than normal, too!

FEEL BETTER

(I totally typed this as FOOD BETTER as a mistake what is my brain doing today)

 

Are you sure this was a mistake??

[Jord]

Mid-week report!

 

Cough is improved but not eliminated. Started z-pack antibiotic on Monday. Weight is sort of back up. Things are behaving as normal! 

 

My weight goes up 2-4# between the 14-24th of the month, So this is business as usual. 

 

On the plus/minus side I think the antibiotic gut side effects set in today, so weight may level out before the 24th. 

 

Weeks Left	Monday	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun		Average #	Avg Calories	Net Avg per MFP
19	May 29	190.6	189.6	189.2	188.4	188.0	188.4	187.8		188.9	2047	1805
18	June 5	187.2	186.4	185.0	184.4	185.0	184.0	183.8		185.1	1992	1896
17	June 12	182.4	183.0	183.6	184.6					183.4

 

Also, found this and it is great. 

 

[Jord]

Still please with my weight. Holding steady at what would be normal around this time of the month and where I want to be training wise. I believe my maintenance is around 2300, so i'm just about there. Although to be honest I was aiming more for 2000 and ended up with a 2200 average. I'll leave my MFP settings be (at 2000) as long weight continues to hold. 

 

As a reminder I want to be in the <185# weight class for my first meet next year. 

 

Weeks Left	Monday	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun		Average #	Avg Calories	Net Avg per MFP
19	May 29	190.6	189.6	189.2	188.4	188.0	188.4	187.8		188.9	2047	1805
18	June 5	187.2	186.4	185.0	184.4	185.0	184.0	183.8		185.1	1992	1896
17	June 12	182.4	183.0	183.6	184.6	184.6	183.8	184.2		183.7	2203	2031
16	June 19	184.6

 

Only 16 weeks until my 5k, time to get my ass in gear! 

[Jord]

We are sort of between challenges and I haven't consistently been posting workouts, so here is one from Saturday. I had a tight schedule and I start a new program today, so this one is a little short.

 

Saturday Morning Workout

Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 6:12 AM

 

Squat

Set 1: 45 lb × 5

Set 2: 65 lb × 8

Set 3: 65 lb × 8

Set 4: 65 lb × 8

Set 5: 65 lb × 8

Set 6: 65 lb × 5

 

Bench Press

Set 1: 45 lb × 5

Set 2: 55 lb × 5

Set 3: 55 lb × 5

Set 4: 55 lb × 5

Set 5: 55 lb × 5

 

Trap Bar Deadlift

Set 1: 155 lb × 2

Set 2: 155 lb × 2

 

The trap bar at the local gym is weird and I should not have tried to go right to full plates after no DL for 8 weeks. So that's all I could do and my quads were hella sore by the end of the day. 

 

Military Press

Set 1: 45 lb × 5

Set 2: 45 lb × 5

Set 3: 45 lb × 5

 

Lat Pulldown

Set 1: 20 lb × 10

Set 2: 27.5 lb × 10

 

 

[Jord]

Saturday I went waaaaay overboard on snacks. My salt was about 3x usual and my best guess being honest on calories was 3500. I weighed myself on Sunday but didn't record it. It was about 186 around 7 am, couple hours later than normal. And then today my weight is back almost to normal. Maybe my body need a refeed? *shrugs* 

 

Last week's average does include that big day on Saturday. Net avg is high because I didn't get in any cardio. This week is prep for camping trip this weekend, so it may be another week before I get in cardio. I'll try to do a little at the end of each lifting session since I'll not have time on a separate day for it. 

 

Weeks Left	Monday	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun		Average #	Avg Calories	Net Avg per MFP
19	May 29	190.6	189.6	189.2	188.4	188.0	188.4	187.8		188.9	2047	1805
18	June 5	187.2	186.4	185.0	184.4	185.0	184.0	183.8		185.1	1992	1896
17	June 12	182.4	183.0	183.6	184.6	184.6	183.8	184.2		183.7	2203	2031
16	June 19	184.6	184.6	184.0	184.4	184.4	184.8			184.5	2304	2203
15	June 26	184.8

Plan for this week: 

Monday: BB Club

Tuesday: Laundry

Wednesday: BB Club

Thursday: meal prep for feeding 30 people this coming weekend

Friday: BB Club and more food prep, leave for camping

Saturday: no planned exercise but I'll be on my feet most of the day

Sunday: volunteer to help where needed to burn calories 

[Jord]

Monday BB Club

Monday, June 26, 2017 at 5:15 PM

 

Suitcase Carry

Set 1: 35 lb × 1

Just part of my warm up but I try to keep track of which weights I'm using from time to time. 

 

Squat

Set 1: 45 lb × 5

Set 2: 65 lb × 3

Set 3: 85 lb × 5

Set 4: 85 lb × 5

Set 5: 85 lb × 5

 

Bench Press

Set 1: 45 lb × 5

Set 2: 55 lb × 5

Set 3: 55 lb × 5

Set 4: 55 lb × 5

Set 5: 55 lb × 5

Feels kind of embarrassing to be back to doing baby bench. But he does have me adding 5+ pounds per week and retesting in 7 weeks, so I'll get there. 

 

Hip Thrust (Bands)

Set 1: 8 reps

Set 2: 8 reps

Notes: green and black bands

 

Pallof Press (superset with step ups) 

Set 1: 0 lb × 10

Set 2: 0 lb × 10

Notes: yellow sport cord

 

Step Ups

Set 1: 0 lb × 6

Set 2: 0 lb × 6

 

Tricep Push down (rope) 

Set 1: 35 lb × 10

Set 2: 35 lb × 10

Set 3: 35 lb × 10

 

Rowing

Set 1: 5 min

Notes: 875 meters

 

Farmers Walk

Set 1: 70 lb × 2

I haven't done any kind of work like this in about 7 weeks. My forearms were burning! This was two 35# KB. I plan to keep doing farmers walks at the end of each session to work on grip/ doubles as cardio. Normally I would enter this as two sets x1, but takes up less space this way. 

 

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I got home and at my post workout cereal (I drink whey protein on the way home). And I was supposed to eat 150 more calories but I just wasn't hungry and couldn't make myself eat it. Which was a weird feeling. But I do need those calories, so I'm transferring them over to today, and I can have them if I find myself starving, which I usually am the day post-workout. 

[.TIFF]

Farmer walks are a special kind of pain for sure, but they helped me a lot with my deadlifts since my grip was where I faltered the most.

[Jord]

6 hours ago, TiffanyD said:

Farmer walks are a special kind of pain for sure, but they helped me a lot with my deadlifts since my grip was where I faltered the most.

 

It was weird. My grip was fine but my forearms were on FIRE. Clearly the farmers walk is addressing at least that weakness. Grip does need work but probably forearms are just weak from my post-surgery lifting lull. 

 

How do you executive your farmer walks? Timed or distance? 

[Urgan]

11 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

It was weird. My grip was fine but my forearms were on FIRE. Clearly the farmers walk is addressing at least that weakness. Grip does need work but probably forearms are just weak from my post-surgery lifting lull. 

 

How do you executive your farmer walks? Timed or distance? 

 

Not weird at all. Holding a sword up is most taxing on the forearms, which is just a static version of carrying something, right? Holding things at any distance from the body is brutal. 

[CourtnieMarie]

16 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

It was weird. My grip was fine but my forearms were on FIRE. Clearly the farmers walk is addressing at least that weakness. Grip does need work but probably forearms are just weak from my post-surgery lifting lull. 

 

How do you executive your farmer walks? Timed or distance? 

my forearms have been on fire after doing focused grip work, definitely makes sense.

 

i know you were asking Urgan but jic you want moar opinions, i count my steps for farmer's walks. so i look super crazy silently counting steps to myself while i walk around the gym with big dumbbells. (PLEASE NO ONE TALK TO ME OR I WILL LOSE COUNT)

[.TIFF]

4 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

It was weird. My grip was fine but my forearms were on FIRE. Clearly the farmers walk is addressing at least that weakness. Grip does need work but probably forearms are just weak from my post-surgery lifting lull. 

 

How do you executive your farmer walks? Timed or distance? 

 

When I was training for the farmer hold I did both because they both help you out overall.  And yes the forearms burning happens and is completely normal, what's really fun is when you hand just stops working even when you have 10 feet or second to go.

[Jord]

On 6/27/2017 at 2:52 PM, Urgan said:

 

Not weird at all. Holding a sword up is most taxing on the forearms, which is just a static version of carrying something, right? Holding things at any distance from the body is brutal. 

 

There is that one strongman thing that Brovatar Korra was talking about where they hold their arms out and hold chains for as long as they can. PHEW. This is why I could never be a hairdresser. 

 

On 6/27/2017 at 2:59 PM, CourtnieMarie said:

my forearms have been on fire after doing focused grip work, definitely makes sense.

 

i know you were asking Urgan but jic you want moar opinions, i count my steps for farmer's walks. so i look super crazy silently counting steps to myself while i walk around the gym with big dumbbells. (PLEASE NO ONE TALK TO ME OR I WILL LOSE COUNT)

 

I like this idea! Because pretty soon I'll be trying out weights where I can't make it all the way across the turf. Normally I just count laps up and down the indoor turf. Plus I like anything that makes me look like a weirdo in the gym. 

 

On 6/27/2017 at 6:48 PM, TiffanyD said:

 

When I was training for the farmer hold I did both because they both help you out overall.  And yes the forearms burning happens and is completely normal, what's really fun is when you hand just stops working even when you have 10 feet or second to go.

 

Clearly I need to push myself harder! 

[Jord]

Wednesday BB Club

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 5:30 PM

 

Suitcase Carry

Set 1: 35 lb × 1

 

Deadlift

Set 1: 95 lb × 5

Set 2: 105 lb × 5

Set 3: 115 lb × 5

First deadlifts in 7 weeks! He had me start at 95# which was super easy and said I can ramp up at the pace I want even if it exceeds what he had written down. He just wasn't sure how I would feel post-recovery. Next Wednesday I'll jump up to 135#. I have trap bar deadlifts on day 3 of 3 for my program. I'll see how that goes on Friday. 

 

Incline Bench, 1 Arm

Set 1: 20 lb × 8

Set 2: 20 lb × 8

Set 3: 20 lb × 8

I loved this one! you only hold a DB in one hand, so your other arm is empty and it challenges your core. It turns out to be a great anti-rotational core exercise as well as single arm work. I might not hate arm work after all. 

 

Lunge (Dumbbell)

Set 1: 10 lb × 5

Set 2: 10 lb × 5

Notes: Walking reps per side

Technically I used the mini sandbags which I think go up to 30#, but eventually I will switch to DB. This is my first time adding weight to lunges. Next session will be 15#. 

 

Bent Over Row (Dumbbell)

Set 1: 25 lb × 10

Set 2: 25 lb × 10

Set 3: 25 lb × 10

 

PUPP W/ Shoulder Taps

Set 1: 3 reps

Set 2: 3 reps

Push up position planks with shoulder taps. I also like these. What is happening to me. 

 

Farmers Walk

Set 1: 44 lb × 2

 

Sled Push/Pull

Set 1: 45 lb × 2

 

Clamshells (Banded)

Set 1: 10 reps

Set 2: 10 reps

Notes: green band

 

Gonna aim for 1 grip and 1 bootay accessory at the end of each session. Sticking with farmers walks for a while because they double as cardio but I may later try out pinch plate grip work. 

 

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Plan for this week: 

Monday: BB Club

Tuesday: Laundry

Wednesday: BB Club

Thursday: meal prep for feeding 30 people this coming weekend

Friday: BB Club and more food prep, leave for camping

Saturday: no planned exercise but I'll be on my feet most of the day

Sunday: volunteer to help where needed to burn calories 

Thursday evening goals: 

organize cooking supplies

finish washing dishes

clean out old food from the fridge

boil 30 eggs

pick pea pods 

[Urgan]

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

boil 30 eggs

[Jord]

3 hours ago, Urgan said:

 

I'm not looking forward to it at all. -__-

 

THIS JUST IN. Adding to my plans a hike on Monday. It's been too long. 

[CourtnieMarie]

20 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

I'm not looking forward to it at all. -__-

 

boiled eggs are the best/easiest camping protein though so i feel ya! i'm going to try the pressure cooked method next time i have to do a batch.

[Jord]

Food has gotten a tad out of hand with the combination of camping, leg pain, and travel.  I'll be logging my food here for the next week. We are going to another event this weekend that we are travelling for. And unfortunately limited cell reception part of the time. I'm going to attempt to keep a written log of what I eat in the notes section of my phone this weekend so I can later report here.

 

Breakfast Today: 

chocolate protein

pb&j

peanut butter crackers 

blueberries 

[Urgan]

The out of control fooding is real this week. Bad news after broken appliance after broken sleep. We are bigger than our circumstances. 

[Jord]

Thursday

Lunch: mini chicken shwarma with side of potato chips, small salad

Dinner: steak, small potato with a dab of butter, 1 slice of bread, steamed green beans, cheesecake 1 slice, ice cream 3/4 cup (pretty terrible)

 

Friday: 

off to a bad start

Breakfast: egg and cheese bagel and a scone

gonna have a salad for lunch though to balance it out

 

I'm basically bulking right now, especially with not being able to lift... I'll have to go on a small cut next week or the week after for a short period of time. 

 

It should get better next week though. When we get back from this weekend trip I'm going to do meal planning and actually buy groceries. 

[CourtnieMarie]

not terrible! you are tracking and seems like at least eyeball measuring your stuff. it's not terrible if you enjoyed it <3

[Jord]

ooookay, got to my goal and then I had a bunch of serious medical stuff happen in July and I am now 7# up. Some of it is bloat but definitely some major fat going on. I couldn't exercise and I wasn't tracking well. 

 

I started a cut this week with RedStone who is helping keep me accountable. I'm starting at 2100 this week and will lower it 100 cals per week going as low as 1800 to lose the weight. But I also can exercise again so I'm hoping I can lose around 1# a week without having to get that low. Goal is 183-185, same as usual. 

 

I'll start posting my charts here again next week. 

 

There is still a chance that I might need surgery, but it is small and perhaps in the future. Either way, I need to be tracking and eating better so the weight stays stable. 

 

Strategy: 

Week 1: July 31: stay under 2100 calories, avoid desserts, can have alcohol only on Saturday 

Week 2: Aug 7: stay under 2000 calories, look at macros, limit desserts

Week 3: Aug 14: calories TBD, start working to hit macros

 

As we speak someone dropped off free bagels at work, which i'm going to resist. I already ate my lunch sandwich and I'm going to eat up my bag of steamer veg in a few minutes. I brought half a chocolate/peanut butter protein bar as dessert because I always crave sweets after lunch. If that works I may start doing that daily on work days. 

 

ALSO, I'm in between birth control so there are some weird things outside my control and we'll see what happens when I start a new one later in August.