Uncomfortably Fat
“Bulk until you aren’t comfortable in your own skin, then cut.” I have not been bulking with a goal, I simply have been overeating to motivate myself to train. After…
Category: body
My First DXA Scan
Some notes about my condition going into the scan: Fasted for approximately 14 hours before the scan. Small dinner of one (1) enchilada, and had fasted for the majority of…
Core Measurements
Being sick made it real uncomfortable/cold just having my shirt off, so I just got the measures in the middle to get an idea of what’s going on with my…
Preparing the Week
I spend much of my work weekend sitting alone, thinking about training stuff. This coming week should be the first week that I’m back on a 5-day Nuckols-Bulgarian schedule. First time with…
December Strength
Setting up my training for the foreseeable future in a Bulgarian manner, it seemed prudent spit up some numbers to work from. The first number is the estimated 1 rep…
Yohimbine Fasted Cardio Experiment
I’m a fan of fasted training, not because I believe in any scientific basis to it, but because when I’m fasted I’m focused. I want to get stuff done, and…
Measurements 02
I’m starting another cut, this one just for the month of October. I’ll see if I want to continue from there. The last “weigh in” occurred in July and I’ll…
Bench Every Day: Week 3 – The Dead Elbow
This week was a plague of left arm not working. Monday Bench Press 50×5 55×4 85×3 95×2 100×1 110×1 115×1 @ 4RIR Lots of warm-up sets because of the weekend…
THE FIRST PLATE
I’m still fresh from my “victory” of achieving a 1pl8 bench in under a month. 1pl8 is netspeak for 135lbs: a 45lbs. bar and a 45lbs. plate on either side….
Bench Every Day: Week 2
I didn’t keep my workouts logged on my phone, because it spared my battery better to not be swapping apps… and because seeing what I did last time wasn’t doing…