5/13/2020
am
20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest
pm
Deadlifts
135X20X10sets
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5/13/2020
am
20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest
pm
Deadlifts
135X20X10sets
5/17/2020
60 minutes on the Elliptical with the 20lb vest, highest incline, hardest resistance.
Pushups with the 20lb vest
20,12,8,8,8,8,10,8,8,10
Overhead Press
50lbsX14X5set,10X5sets.
Notes:
We're back on a 4 day work week so doubles on the days off and we'll try and grab something on the shorter workdays. Plus, if it ever stops raining, thinking a 2 mile walk after dinner.
We've been having some rain ourselves! I tend to like it because it makes everything seem cozy when it's darker out and cool, but I need my Vitamin D too =)
This week the highs are in the mid 90's. So already in triple digits for the heat index. Summer is here! Probably just had last cool front Friday. That storm hit HARD! Geez.
5/20/2020
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 40 minutes on the hill.
Deadlift
140X20X10sets
3 minute rest
Yesterday morning weight: 183@16.2 bodyfat ; new goal weight: 178.32
Notes:
So far I've lost 4.2lbs on this cut but 1.65lbs of it is muscle so that lowers the goal weight by that much. Thinking 3-4 more weeks. Don't know when they open the gyms up again but really want to be off the cut by then. Back at work, but work is choppy. Some days are extra long, other days are just the mornings but I'm happy to have work. I volunteered to work the morning of Memorial day and the full day on Saturday. They'll be plenty of time for extra workouts. Was very happy to rehire staff. There are so many secondary effects, so I'll take as much work as they'll give me. Plus it's a new world with new protocols for containment, so it's good to get everyone accustomed to it. And quite frankly it's good for me to be back at work because I think I was over training.
5/22/20
Thurs
45 minutes Elliptical
Fri
60 minutes Elliptical with 20lb vest
T-bar rows:
95X20,20,20,15,12,12,11,11,11,11
Curls
45X20,15,12,10,10
1 minute rest
Notes:
Even though the work schedule is markedly reduced, the Covid related stuff that we have to do is really eating up tremendous amount of time. From training, to modification of facilities, to implementation of protocols, meetings and meetings, it has been incessant. I really pushed it yesterday and finished the second of an extensive training module. I have to work a full day today and Saturday night I want to have some fun.
But tomorrow I want to put it back on the training.
Feeling you on the COVID stuff. Seems like we just got the tents right at the ER, the right processes in place and now everything is changing again. They believe the tents are causing fear and now have to come down. So entirely new triage processes and clean/ contaminated areas will be created. Every day is different
5/24/2020
Yesterday 1.4 mile walk
Today
20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest
1.4 mile walk
Pushups with 40lb vest
12,10,8,7,6X6sets
Overhead press
45X15X5sets
Notes:
Definitely lost some strength on the cut, going to increase the load slightly to try and hang on while I finish this cut.
5/25/2020
3.5 mile walk
Something.
Something is better than nothing! Resting up today myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckfever
5/26/2020
Couple short walks ~ 4.4 miles total.
5/27/2020
60 minutes on the Elliptical with the 20lb vest, highest incline, hardest resistance.
Deadlift
145X20X10sets
3 minute rest
Notes:
Morning weight 182.8. Something reset on my bodyfat scale this morning and the BF reading jumped to 18.1%, I tried the different settings but couldn't figure out where I had it so I'll probably go with this and just figure I need to get down to 173ish if I really want the 14% bodyfat. Not so sure I want to get that low, but we'll see I'm kind of on a roll now and the gyms are still closed for another month so we'll continue.
There’s always the mirror and how your clothes fit
That's right, I just want the fat behind the obliques trimmed. What ever that is, that's the goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cellardweller
5/29/2020
60 minutes on the Ellitpical with the 40lb vest
T-bar rows
125X10X5 sets; 7X5 sets
Curls
50X10X10sets
One minute rest.
Notes:
For some reason been having an ok time with the meal plan. Buddy picked me up this morning and we drove out to the archery range. Wore masks in the truck for the ride there and back, was really good to get out of the house, recreate and socialize a little.
5/31/2020
20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 41 minutes
Notes:
So yesterday my wife and I drove up and visited a friend. My wife quit drinking last August, so I rarely drink now. Anyway I had a couple glasses of red wine as my friend is a big wine guy. When in Rome....
As I'm coming down the last flight on the sledding hill today I develop the faint aura of a migraine coming on. I really got hammered with this one and wound up in bed and sleeping for 3 hours. Thing is the last time I had a migraine was when I visited my son in March and I had some red wine with dinner and the next day when we worked out I developed a migraine. It was also the last time that I had a drink. Some migraine patients anecdotally report the association with red wine, but research is apparently inconclusive as to whether it is the red wine or simply alcohol. Apparently migraines take multiple inputs coming together to elicit the trigger. I rarely drink but I am not inclined to do away with it all together, but maybe the put aside the red wine.
No double workout today, maybe try and make it up tomorrow.
6/1/2020
Morning weight: 180.6
Feels like I'm losing muscle at a faster clip, hard part of the cut.
Migraines are typically caused by either stress or dehydration. Plus it could be altitude sickness?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckfever
I can’t have red wine either. I have gout and it’s probably from all the canned tuna I ate in my 20s. So I can’t smash a can post work out anymore and I can’t drink red wine. Not even a sip. Those things trigger me, but all the other stuff they say I can’t eat I eat tons of. Weird.
6/3/2020
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 41 minutes.
Deadlift
135X10
185X10
225X10
275X5X5sets
225X20
Notes:
Hands weren't ready for the 275 but it'll be better next time. 180.6 this morning so we're hovering lower, but man I'm losing size and don't like it. I need to get back in the gym, still looking like not before the 27th. My enthusiasm for the cellar is waning. Staying on the cut and will go heavier where I can.
6/5/2020
60 minutes on the Elliptical with the 20lb vest
T-bar rows
125X15,12,12,10,10
Pushups
42,28,16,12,12
Notes:
Went to the archery range this morning and that soaked up some time so the rows and pushups were cut short
What kind of Bow are you shooting? Hoyt, PSE, Obsession, etc?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckfever
MathewsQuote:
Originally Posted by Altered Beast
Nice! So many archery companies out there these days! Seems like every hunting show each host of the show has a different bow sponsor, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckfever
6/7/2020
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest
Overhead press
50X20,15,12,12,12,10X5sets
Curls
50X20,16,8,8,8
Notes:
Tweaked my lower back but hopefully it's better by Wed for deadlifts. I really need to put a wiggle on the cut, times a wasting. My BF scale is acting funky again so just got to go by the visual and how the Inzer fits. There is one more notch on the belt, which I actually added and I've never been able to get to it, so I think that would be a good goal to slim down my waist to fit that notch.
6/10/2020
20 flights on the Sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 43 minutes
Deadlift
185X20,20,15,15,15,13,12,10,10,10
3 minute rest
3 mile walk.
Notes:
I'm stuck. Been hovering at 180.2,180.4 and I really don't want to eat less so just tight to the meal plan and I'll try and grab some walks to burn a little extra.
Just discovered Ted Nugent uses a Mathews bow. Noticed other show hosts do as well! Just thought I'd point that out =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckfever
6/12/2020
60 minutes on the Elliptical with the 20 lb vest
5.25 miles walking
Notes:
I've been hitting the archery range every Friday morning and there's only so much the shoulders can take. I really need to hit the upper body hard on Sunday.
6/13/2020
Morning weight: 179
Notes:
Really trying to hammer the cut now as it's looking more and more like the gyms reopen on the 26th and I've definitely lost some size especially on the upper body. Some from the cut, but some from the limited ability to push the muscles. I'll do what I can starting tomorrow in the basement to up the load.
6/14/2020
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 39 minutes
Pushups
20X5 sets, 12X5 sets
T-bar rows
125X15
70X20X9sets
1 minute rest
3.4 mile run/walk
Notes:
Morning weight was 179 once again so that's good but I'm feeling frustrated by the limited movements that I can do at home for the upper body. So with that in mind I've decided to hammer the reps and just work on the endurance so that I can bring a high level of fitness to it when the gyms finally open back up.
6/16/2020
4.3 miles walking
6/17/2020
Yesterday:
4.3 miles walking
Today:
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~ 41.5 minutes
Deadlift
190X25,20,16,15,15,13,12,10,10,10
3 mile walk
Notes:
Morning weight 179.6, 4 out of the last 5 days have been under 180. The kids rented a place on the beach by the dunes for a long weekend in August. I plan on having the best shape there. #boysofsummer #sixpackabs
6/18/2020
Yesterday 1.3 mile walk
Morning weight: 178.6
Today 1.3 mile walk
6/19/2020
4.3 miles walking
Pushups
20X5sets, 12X4 sets,9.
1 minute rest.
Notes:
Been shooting archery on Friday morning, so been dogging it on Fridays.
Morning weight: 178.4
6/21/2020
3 mile walk
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest~41.5 minutes
Suoerset
t-bar rows
75X20X10sets
Pushups
20X6sets,17,16,15,15
1 minute rest.
Happy Fathers day!
6/24/2020
20 flights on the sledding hill the the 40lb vest
Deadlift
205X20,20,15,12,12,11,10X4sets - 3 minute rest
3 mile walk
Notes:
Morning weight: 177.6 college weight 174 maybe we go there? Gym opens friday, I've lost muscle, upper body needs work. Really want to go twice a week and hit the whole upper body. I have some reservations, we'll see.
6/25/2020
Morning weight: 177
Notes:
I reset the body fat scale and it has me at 17.7%, I'm also at the lowest notch now on my weightlifting belt. I don't want to go below 174, I need to lose a little more fat but I've lost too much upper body mass. I'm quite sure that I can put on 3-4lbs of muscle back on. Since I've been back to work I've kept up the lower body work but the upper body has lagged. I'll decide tomorrow on the gym. I'm hesitant but at the same time, I'm not waiting for a cure for Covid before getting back in there.
On 4/26 you were 187. Dropped 10 lbs, nice work.
6/27/2020
3 mile walk
6/28/2020
20 flights on the sledding hill with the 40lb vest ~41:20
Pushups
BWX30,20,18,16,15
T-bar Rows
85X20X5sets
Overhead Press
45X12X4sets
Curls
45X15,15,15,12
5 miles walking
Notes:
Right shoulder did not like the overhead press, so I'll just stick with the bar and buildup the reps. I decided against the gym for now. Seeing the second wave reminds me just how contagious this virus is and I have so much to catch up on at work that I think I'll put it off 6 weeks and see if the numbers climb here in IL now that they've reopened things. I'm going to just do the 4 movements twice a week and try and make the most of it.
Keep putting in the work! No excuses because you're training at home =)