Buckfever's Journey

8/1/2021

8.9 mile run @ 1:33

Bench

135X10

150X10,10,10,5,4,5,4,5,4,6

T-bar rows

70X10

95X12X5sets

1 minute rest


2 mile walk.

Weight: 182.6

Notes:
Run was on a hilly course we named the course from hell. Had not done it in years and had it in my mind to work up to it. Happy to get it in. Need to lose 5 lbs, but for next year I'm going to shoot for 182. I think that if I do a more serious weightlifting program which includes Squats and deadlifts and keep the reps in the moderate 6-10 rep range I think I can sustain that weight. I honestly feel pretty tight right now.

I would like to be in better shape overall, but I did the books through the end of July and it looks to me like we're doing 50% more work than normal. I don't imagine that it's sustainable but I think it explains why we don't have the energy to go after the workouts as we'd like to. Also I think that gives a perspective that given the Covid created circumstances we're not doing so bad on the workouts.

8/4/2021

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest

Pullups

BWX4X6sets

Curls

65X10,10,10,8,7,7,7

1 minute rest

BW: 181.4

Notes:
Slept in till 9:40 today, severely sleep deprived. I need to handle that. Just need to handle a few tweaks with a little discipline and we can get this thing rolling pretty good.

8/5/2021

Bench

135X10
155X10,10,9,6,5,5,5,5,6

T-bar Rows

95X10
105X15,15,10,10,10

1 minute rest


1.35 mile Run/walk

Notes:
Work ended at 3 today, so I got a little work in.

I had an interaction today with a client. We inhabit the same circles. Now I'm not single but I still get a lot of attention and he hates that I do and he thinks that I shouldn't, that he should be getting the attention but he doesn't. We go back aways and when I was younger I got all the attention and he didn't and it just infuriates the fuck out of him. On the one hand he likes me but on the other hand he can't help but continuously insult me.

It motivates me. I believe in the power of constructive alliances, I believe in an abundance mentality. And that toxic interaction today inspired me to become the best athletic version of myself and expand the pie!

I think the workouts are going great, I especially like that I am working out pain free.

8/6/2021


3 mile run followed by 3 mile Run/Walk

Overhead Press

45X15

65X12

95X7,6,5,4,4,4,4

CG Bench

135X12,10,8,7,7,7

1 minute rest

1.35 mile run

Notes:

Morning run was a cluster fuck. I'm helping someone with their training and that someone decided that it was a good idea to smoke 3 cigarettes last night and that proved to be a disaster in humid conditions. So I decided to run an additional 1.35 miles this afternoon to make up for the poor effort of the morning.

Right shoulder feels completely healed and it feels great to be able to go just a little bit heavier. Feels like I'm turning the corner, just got to keep up the hydration and the sleep and stick with the meal plan.

8/8/2021

20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 43:30

1.35 mile run


Pullups

BWX5,5,5,4,4,4,3,3,3

Curls

70X10,10,10,7,7,7

1 minute rest

Notes:

30 days to go final push for the beach body.

8/11/2021

20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 42.5 minutes


Bench

135X10

155X10

165X10,5,4X6sets

T-bar Rows

95X10

120X8X7sets,9

1 minute rest

1.35 mile run

Weight: 182.8

Notes:
Slept 10 hours again. It's crazy how hard that 1.3 mile run is after the hill. Burned out fast on the Bench at 165, we'll have to stay there for a while and grab reps. Off for three days, all I want to do is sleep and workout.

8/12/2021

3 mile run @ 31:06

Pullups

6,6,5,4,4,4,3,3,3

Curls

75X8,8,8,6,6

1 minute rest

Weight: 181.8

Notes:
Felt out of it today. Day 2 of three days off, Tuesday night slept 10 hours, last night 9:45, I don't know man sleep deprivation is not good. Calves look smaller without the calve raises, I hate that.

8/13/2021

20 flights on the sledding hill ~ 41 minutes

Overhead press

45X10
65X10
95X8,7,5,5,5

CG Bench

135X10
145X8
155X5,4,3,3,3

Weight: 181.8

Notes:

Weight is drifting down but I need to eat a little less. Slept 29.5 hours in three days, going to make it a point to sleep in on my days off and get to bed earlier overall.

8/15/2021

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 40 minutes

Bench

135X10
155X10
170X6,5,4X6sets

T-bar Rows

95X12
120X10
132.5X8X5sets

1 minute rest

Weight: 182.6

Notes:
Felt weak as fuck. The next three weeks are going to suck.

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Originally Posted by Buckfever

Felt weak as fuck. The next three weeks are going to suck.

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How are your T levels? Hows your sleep?

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Originally Posted by Altered Beast

How are your T levels? Hows your sleep?

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Pretty sure it's the cut, and my age.

Are you cutting a little too hard? How much of a deficit are you in? Getting enough fats?

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Originally Posted by Cellardweller

Are you cutting a little too hard? Probably

How much of a deficit are you in? Not sure just following a meal plan that has me drifting down slowly

Getting enough fats? Almost certainly not

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And also still catching up on sleep based on the fact that I am being woken from a hard sleep everyday by the alarm clock when normally I wake up just before.

It's just three weeks and I need to do this now and deal with the strength loss.

I am never going to do a bulk again, 10lbs is too hard to get off now.

A lot of it has to do with work being as heavy as it has been and it looks to remain so for the foreseeable future.

This prompted me to look at the Macros and fats are low but so is protein. I'm going to replace the fruit at the end of the day with a protein shake.

Like today!

Actually I just used Myfitnesspal and put in all the food in the meal plan and I'm ok on fat but I'm way low on protein, 41 grams short on a 2000 calorie meal plan.

8/17/2021

Tried to have the protein shake sometime after dinner and it just wouldn't go down. I do like it as a coffee shake so maybe for breakfast? I'll try tomorrow.

8/20/2021

3 mile run

Bench

135X10
155X10
175X4,4,4,4

Pullups

4,4,4,4,4

Overhead press

45X10
65X10
95X7,5,5

T-bar Rows

70X12
95X12
120X8,8,8

CG Bench

135X12,8,6

Curls

45X10X5sets

1 minute rest

Weight: 181.2

Notes:

Did archery before the weights so I was pretty wiped. Weight has been 181.2 the last 2 days, so need to push through now.

8/21/2021

Morning weight: 180.4


Finally broke through the plateau, just 3 more lbs to go. I want to get this over with so I'll keep the activity levels and volume of work high.

8/22/2021

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest.

8/25/2021

Archery - 60 arrows

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest

1.35 mile run

Bench Press

135X10

155X10,5,6,5,4

Pullups

6,4,4,4,3

Overhead Press

45X10
65X10
95X8,5,5

TBar Rows

70X12
95X12
120X11,8,8

CG Bench

135X12,8,5

Curls

50X12,12,12

Notes:
Slept in and felt behind it all day. Got to the sledding hills at 12:30 and it was 91 degrees out. Was surprised that I was able to finish it. Was pretty wiped out by the time I got to the weights but at least got something in.

8/27/2021

Archery

Running up and down hill ~ 37.5 minutes

3.5 mile walk

Notes:
I decided to skip weights today because with all the archery I didn't want to overwhelm my shoulders which have been feeling great. I'll put the weights back on this Sunday. For the run I went to the hill and did the side hill which is twice as long but not as steep. I need to get some cleats to be able to run the same hill as the Chicago Bears do. It's too steep to do with regular gym shoes. It's nice to hit the hill and run it and forgo the vest once in a while.

60 arrows id be done lol.

Good work.

8/29/21

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 40 minutes

Archery - 60 arrows

3 mile walk

Bench

135X10,10,10,10,8

Pullups(deadhang)

3X7sets

Overhead Press

45X10

65X10,10,10,10,8

1 minute rest

Weight: 181.8

Notes:
Bodyfat readings heading in the right direction. Just keeping the activity level up. I want to put on some size, joints are feeling good, I'll switch to that in a few weeks.

8/30/2021

Morning weight:

180.4

Bodyfat reading: 18.8% I'd like that down to 17% so one final push here and then switch to putting on some size.

8/30/21

T-bar Rows

70X10
95X10
120X10
130X10
140X7,7,7,7

CG Bench

135X15,10,7,5,6

Curls

55X10
60X10X3sets

1 minute rest

Notes:

Plan is to get started on putting on some size next week Friday, so I'm going to start going a little bit heavier from now.

Heavier is good! Sounds like GAINZ to me!

9/1/2021

Archery

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 39 minutes

Bench

135X10

155X10,10,6,4,4

Pullups (dead hang)

4,4,4,4,4

Overhead Press

65X10

95Xx10,4,4,5,5

1 minute rest

3 mile walk in the sun grabbing some vitamin D.

Notes: My mind is already shifting towards packing on as much muscle as I can @ 182. Just noting the archery in the notes as it does impact the lifting. I did shift it up though to doing the archery first and then driving to the hill and doing the lifting later giving me more time to recover from the archery.

9/3/2021

Archery

1.5 mile walk

4.15 mile run

T-bar rows

95X20
120X12
132.5X10
120X10,8,7,7,7

CG Bench

135X18,12,7,5,6

Curls

65X10,10,8,7,6

1 minute rest

Notes:
Might be it till after the long weekend.

9/3/2021

Archery

Ran Hill 10 times ~ 35 minutes

Bench

135X10
155X10
175X5,4,4,3
135X12

Pullups
5,5,4,4,4

Overhead Press
65X10
95X8,6,5

9/7/2021

T-bar Rows

95X10
120X15
145X7,7,7,7,7

CG Bench

135X10
155X8,8,8,6,5

Curls

65X12
75X7,6,6,6,6

10 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest.

Notes:
Weights - felt strong today but weak on the hill with the vest. Let's see if we can put on a little size.

9/12/2021

20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest


9/13/2021

Weight: 181.8

Notes:
Been busy with other stuff and will be for a while.

9/26/2021

20 flights ​on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 40 minutes

Archery

Bench Press

135X10

155X5X5sets

135X8

Pullups

3X7sets


1 minute rest

Weight:183

Notes:

Over the last week and a half I spent 3 full days in the field, which involved long hikes over treacherous terrain, traversing ravines, crossing rivers, climbing up and down trees, trimming limbs, clearing out vegetation l the days when my body would start cramping so I couldn't continue. Also involved was falling a lot and getting banged up something fierce. I am not anywhere near recovered, but at least we got started back up today. I do have to help a friend with similar this Friday but it should go better from hear.

My time in the field really revealed to me that I need to do more weight lifting and specifically more work. I wanted to do more today but I just didn't have it.

Prepping the property for deer hunting?? Got your game cams up?

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Originally Posted by Altered Beast

Prepping the property for deer hunting?? Got your game cams up?

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Originally Posted by Buckfever

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You have 26 game cams???? Wow!!

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Originally Posted by Altered Beast

You have 26 game cams???? Wow!!

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It's a different game when going after a specific target.

9/29/2021

Archery

T-bar Rows - deadstop

70X20
80X15
90X8

Overhead Press

45x20
55X16
60X12

Curls

45X20
55X12
60X8

CG Bench lockout

115X15,8,6

1 minute rest

Weight: 184

Notes:
Couple things different. On the T-bar rows I saw a video of Arnold doing T-bar rows and he was on a block and bringing the weight down to touch the floor with each rep. So that's how I did those. On the Bench I am locking out each rep.

When I was younger I did a program where I did only 2 sets. The first set I would shoot for 20 and the second for 12 and when I got that I would go up ever so slightly. I would do quite a few movements though and put on some decent size. Of course back then I was much stronger so we'll see if it is any effective for me now but I was to give it a go. I'm going to try and add the bench and chin up next time as well.

At some point I need to get back to the gym and add the squat and deadlift and calves and abs.

10/3/21

DB bench

30X10
40X10
50X10
60X10X4sets,9

Pullups

4,4,3,3,3,3,3

DB overhead press

25X10
30X10
35X12,9,7,9,9

T-bar rows
80X20,15

CG bench

115X10X5sets

Alt DB curls

30X10X5sets

10/8/2021

DB Bench

40X10
50X10
60X10
70X10,10,7,7,7

WG Pulldowns

100X10
120X10
140X10
160X6X5sets

DB Overhead press

30X10
40X7
35X10X3sets

WG Machine Rows

55X10
70X10
85X7X5sets

Tricep pressdown

60X10
70X10X3sets

Curls
40X10
50X10
60X8X3sets

Notes:
Been doing a lot of archery mostly. Work has been brutal again for some reason, but being understaffed is a big factor. Going in an hour early and leaving an hour later, wears you out even if the days are successful. Got to do something for legs.

10/15/2021

Archery

1.35 mile Run/Walk

Bench
135X10,10,10

Pullups
3,3,3

Overhead Press

45X10
55X16

T-bar
70X20
80X20

CG Bench

115X14,8
I feel
Curls

45X20,12

1.35 mile Run Walk.

1 minute rest between sets

Weight: 182

Notes:
Spent a lot of time in the field this year and ramping up on the archery. Shooting archery better than I ever have and the work in the field was excessive because I had let it go for too long and it's square now, but it has come at a cost of feeling out of shape and I've got just a couple of weeks here to get some workouts in before I take a good month off.

I've got my daughters pups for the weekend so I'll be doing a bunch of these 1.3 mile run walks with them which they just love. Definitely back on the hill on Sunday, going to try and get a bunch of those in before the break.

10/17/21

Archery

DB Bench

40X10
50X10
60X10
70X15

WG Pulldowns

100X10
120X10
140X17

CG Pulldowns

120X17

Hammer Incline

20X10
50X20
70X20

WG Machine Row

70X15

Rear Delt Machine

55X16

Machine Preacher

70X20

DB Overhead Press

35X11

Curls

50X13

Tricep Pressdown

65X11

Alt Dumbell Curls

30X6

Seated Tricep Machine (Like a dip)

70X20

Abd Crunch

20X30

1 minute rest

Superset push pull.

Notes:
Just feeling that the work capacity is way down. I don't like the Machine row, I'm going to substitute the Hammer low row next time. It's not the movement but the way the weight loads through out the movement doesn't feel right. I like all the other movements. Although I think I like overhead press with the fixed bars better.