Weighins, and new kick

Because I'll have to start putting this down somewhere, soon

Weighed in at 175lbs on Feb 5th, and 177.2 on January 29th.

Also learned Armada in Capoeira today.

So I've been doing Capoeira lately

It's fun, and I'm already getting a lot better.

I've been learning a lot and I've been getting in better shape over it. I've also been getting a lot better, fast. It's quite cool actually. The first day I came to class I was doing the au (cartwheel) with a lot of power, no finesse. Now I've been able to use more finesse instead of power to get me over.

Break time is a time of meditation

I took six weeks off or so, just kept getting burned out. It happens.

I train hard. I push myself. My nervous system gets burned out and that's just what happens. It's why there's a deload every so often, where you go at less intensity sometimes.

Taking a six week break is an even more awesome deload. Not only did this give my CNS time to recover, but it gave me time to think. I found out over my break that I should probably be deloading every third week as opposed to every fourth. This might explain why I just get burned out over time (since a deload is supposed to prevent that). Taking the six weeks off allowed me to do a fresh restart, as well. It allowed me to drop enough weight that I could get all my reps in and not feel like I was losing progress. I want to start hitting my reps all the time in the hopes that I can keep going up in weight in a more predictable manner.

It also allows me to drop weight to change my form. I want to widen my bench press grip to hit the pecs more.

I'm also going to try to drop down to 160, again. I ended up getting back up to 180 and now I'm down to 176, so cutting out sugars and getting back into the gym should work out. We'll see.

Capoeira starts monday. Dance classes have already started.

Weighin + workout

Did my last workout for the week before I start my deload, which I'll just be taking the week off again because hey, it's the holidays.

Weighed in at 177.0 with a 39" waist on wednesday, and 175.0 with a 39.5" waist on thursday, which means i've lost a few pounds and some size to my waist. (wednesday weighin was because wednesday felt like thursday, and not weighing in on thursday didn't feel right, haha).

week 7 : day 19: 11/15/10

Deadlift:
315x5
315x5
315x2
315x2

Bench:
160x4
160x3
160x2
160x2

Pullups:
4xbw-30
4xbw-30
2xbw-30
2xbw-30

Bodyweight of 179

One more of this workout and then I deload. So looking forward to breaking the 315 barrier for deadlifts.

Weighin

Decided to go on a cut. Weighed in a few days ago at 177.2lbs. Friend convinced me that I'd look pretty ripped if I was actually all muscle at my weight and now that I have measuring tape and can actually do more measurements besides the mirror, I think this is a good idea.

So now I just get to eat less, cut out junk food, pretty much, I guess.

I guess a goal weight could be 155-160 or so.

Aesthetics aside, if I was 160 I'd totally end up benching my weight, squatting 1.5x my weight, and deadlifting twice my weight, which is a pretty big milestone.

Week 6: day 18: 11/12/10

Squat:
245x5
250x5
255x4

Press:
115x4
115x4
115x3
115x0

T-bar Rows:
165x5
170x3
170x3

Dropped a set of squats and rows to get out of the gym faster, this is a one-time thing as I had other commitments to attend to.

I am almost as a strength level of 1xbw for bench, 1.5xbw for squat, and 2xbw for deadlift. Starting to feel good about the work I've put in over the last year or so. Switched to t-bar rows because the ROM is just a lot better.

Bailed on the weight with the squat at the end of the last set. I was upright, just couldn't get it over the hooks to set it down. Started feeling tired of having 255 pounds on my back so I just let it go. Luckily, the guards are pretty sturdy and were able to take the force of it all. Made one hell of a racket though.