Medicine:
I find myself working nights for the last week +. I loathe nights... rather, I loathe what it does to my sleep schedule. I have extreme difficulty sleeping when it's light out, so juggling the constant micro-sleeps that I end up doing all night between work and the scattered naps during the day is constant and fatiguing. The work I do at night is more "damage control" than anything else. Sure, I do a few consults, get a bit of work done for the day team, but it's more about "limping through" until the day team comes back on. Little joy or fulfillment with this work. Highlight? Rocking slacker radio loud as shit in my call room.
Lifting:
Test results: Total 1365 @ Bodyweight of 248.
Squat: 455- here's where I (re)injured my quad... and my failed 600lb deadlift...
Bench: 355
Deadlifts: 555 (new 1RM)
Total 1365 with a raw deadlift PR 30+lbs lighter than I have been since I quit fighting professionally.
My body is a bit wore down from the last couple months of heavy lifting without a true deload. As such, I have acumulated a couple injuries. My left shoulder is tender to any external rotation; making getting under a bar, doing overhead presses, etc. damn near impossible. My quad tendon(rec fem origin) is also really bothering me. This just so happens to be the same one that I tore a few years ago. Makes squatting anything over 135 pretty painful in the right anterior hip. I'll be rehabbing this as well as my shoulder for the next couple weeks while I kick up my conditioning work to help press the weight loss.
Once rehab is progressed:
I find myself switching to a "Boring but big" 351 variant template running front squats as deadlift accessory, and deads as squat accessory. OHP as accessory for bench (Either Kettlebell or barbell), and Close grip bench as accessory for OHP...
Additional plans include a 100pullup per upperbody session target, as well as a constant 20-30min of conditioning (heavy bag, jump rope, sled push/drags, barbell complexes, etc).
Coach and I agree that for my current goals, I will likely be sacrificing at least some strength to drop to a bodyweight of the 230's, and then build from there.
Diet:
Current weight 254
Coach changed the diet plan. Intermittent fasting is out, and reverted to my ace in the hole if I stall. 300g protein/100g fat/ 75g carbs periworkout only.
Back to locking this down with elimination of dairy, sugars, and other less than ideal macro sources.
17 September 2013
02 September 2013
Gone, but not forgotten.
After a brief hiatus from updates, I'm back.
Medicine-
I'm getting further and further disenchanted with the state of modern medicine. It is often overly depressing to encounter terminal cases in which the family won't accept the inevitable outcome. Combine these depressing factors, with working too many hours, being understaffed, etc. It's difficult to keep morale high when you're working all day and seemingly getting nothing done.
Diet:
Weight: ~255
I've been a bit relaxed on my dieting considering work has taken an exorbitant amount of time and food prep has been a bitch. I have done my best to reach my protein intake goal of 250-300g/day. Pair that with restricting my carb intake, and I have not gained any weight, and actually have lost a bit... all while maintaining/gaining strength during the prep and peak phase for my meet.
It's easy to lose sight of progress, as it is very slow, but as my coach pointed out: In the last year I've dropped 10% of my bodyweight while getting stronger and building muscle...
I've switched over to Grass fed beef (bought a side of beef: Grass fed for $3.00/lb processed/vacume packed), Omega 3 eggs, eliminated the vast majority of bullshit from my diet. Though I do need to get another 20 loaves of sprouted grain bread from Trader Joes... At least for the next few months I should be able to keep the diet in check with decent food-prep.
Lifting:
I had planned on doing a meet on Sept 7th, but work has put an end to that. I'd say my last 2 months have been a waste, but after talking with the coach, I'm going to do a "mock" meet. this upcoming week when I have a day off... At least we can reset my maxes and see what progress has been made.
Openers are extra conservatively planned at: 405 Squat, 315 bench, 465 deadlift. Goals are ~550/365/550
Even my conservative numbers, while they aren't my lifetime maxes (too many knee surgeries), are at or higher than they were a year ago... at 30 lbs heavier.
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Updated progress photo: April-August
Medicine-
I'm getting further and further disenchanted with the state of modern medicine. It is often overly depressing to encounter terminal cases in which the family won't accept the inevitable outcome. Combine these depressing factors, with working too many hours, being understaffed, etc. It's difficult to keep morale high when you're working all day and seemingly getting nothing done.
Diet:
Weight: ~255
I've been a bit relaxed on my dieting considering work has taken an exorbitant amount of time and food prep has been a bitch. I have done my best to reach my protein intake goal of 250-300g/day. Pair that with restricting my carb intake, and I have not gained any weight, and actually have lost a bit... all while maintaining/gaining strength during the prep and peak phase for my meet.
It's easy to lose sight of progress, as it is very slow, but as my coach pointed out: In the last year I've dropped 10% of my bodyweight while getting stronger and building muscle...
I've switched over to Grass fed beef (bought a side of beef: Grass fed for $3.00/lb processed/vacume packed), Omega 3 eggs, eliminated the vast majority of bullshit from my diet. Though I do need to get another 20 loaves of sprouted grain bread from Trader Joes... At least for the next few months I should be able to keep the diet in check with decent food-prep.
Lifting:
I had planned on doing a meet on Sept 7th, but work has put an end to that. I'd say my last 2 months have been a waste, but after talking with the coach, I'm going to do a "mock" meet. this upcoming week when I have a day off... At least we can reset my maxes and see what progress has been made.
Openers are extra conservatively planned at: 405 Squat, 315 bench, 465 deadlift. Goals are ~550/365/550
Even my conservative numbers, while they aren't my lifetime maxes (too many knee surgeries), are at or higher than they were a year ago... at 30 lbs heavier.
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Updated progress photo: April-August
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