Post Apocalypse Review.

Boom. We're still Here. No end of the world, no WWIII. Christmas was wonderful, enjoyed he time home with my Family. Had a big turkey fry with friends, couldn't have asked for a better day. Training has been going really well. Didnt record last week cuz well..life happens. Got busy with Holiday shopping and the usual BS that comes along with.

Been holding really strict to CARBNITE. Timed Christmas dinner with Carbnite and it was marvelous ate ggod food and beverage to my hearts content.


Deloading this week. Trained DeadLifts today but nothing Devastating. 135 X 5, 225 X 5 and 315 X 5. Nothing Crazy. Did three sets of ABz and 5 sets of 10 GHR situps. Funny thing about those, I researched those on youtube and discovered I was doing them completely wrong. Derp right? Did them correctly tonight and fuck me running my legs are smoked. Good stuff. So much for deloading....


Theres a lot going on in the world rght now. The mass shooting in CT broke my heart. Its easy to say "ya we need moire guns in school' but the truth is if you're  a parent you dont want your kids raised in that type of environment. I am all for educating and teaching kids about Firearms across the board. The more educated they are the less likely an accident will happen involving a gun. Endeth the rant.


Looking forward to some serious progress composition wise- I think I have this Carbnite thing licked. I just have to be careful of trying to shortcut shit and load up on shitty calories. As long as I manage to keep my back healthy and free of pain I'm looking forward to some serious PR's this spring. I think Ive been programming right on the nose. Usually my last set w/ 5-3-1, I'm knockin down reps in the 12-15 range with a few left in the tank. Next week when I program I'm not going to MAX out. I usually find myself doing that out of pure curiosity after every cycle. Not this time. At the moment I dont plan on Maxing until the spring. If I had to have a "resolution" for the new year it would be not to Max until spring. Just keep running cycles and upping the weights by increments.

I have decided I want to do a meet. That's right a Powerlifting meet. I know Ive said before I have no desire to be a powerlifter but something Paul Carter from Lift-Run-Bang said resonated with me. "Maxes dont count unless its at a meet" I'm sure I paraphrased the fuck out of that but the point is I would like to get my name and numbers into the books, somehow some way. If I dig it cool, If not- fuck it back to the gym it is. We'll see. My buddy Adam is doing a Body Building competition in Waikiki this summer, If there is a correlating Powerlifting meet around the same time I would love to do it. More to follow on that. Until then I remain-


Front Towards Everyone.

Training for Saturday. Press

Press

Bar X 10, 10, 10

95 X 3

125 X 3

145 X 10

Db Bench

55 X10,10,10,10,10


And that's it. Not very productive at all. Press went well. Much better considering I haven't trained it in two weeks.

Training. Squat.

Chins

5 x 4

Squat

135 X 10

225 X 3

265 X 3

295 X 10

Ab Routine

Lunges

5 trips, 25 meters up and back.


Decent day today. Back felt OK  just kinda weak. No knee issue today- probably from walkin to the gym it was warmed up properly.Nothing spectacular to report.

Today was an extremely dark and shitty day. 20 Children killed in Connecticut by some Psycho. my thoughts are definately with the families of the victims. Love the one you're with.....

Training. Deadlift.

Deadlift.

245 X 3

280 X 3

315 X 6

Seated cable rows

150 X 10,10,10,10,10

Lat Pull-downs.

150 X 10,10,10,10,10

Neck Harness

4 X 25.


Shitty, shitty, shitty day. Didn't wear my Belt yesterday morning and felt my back round a little bit. Being inspired as of late by guys who lifted in the 70's I shirked the belt. Bad idea. Combined with the fact I had my back thing last week. Not wise. I walked away feeling worse. No training today, went XMAS shopping for the little one. Gonna pick it up tomorrow. Start leave next week and that- as Ron Burgundy would say- "The Balls".

                                                                That's about how it feels..

Training. Bench

Chins.

5 sets of 3

Bench

135 X 20,15,10

175 X 3

200 X 3

225 X 11

205 X 15

Db Bench

5 X 10

AB Routine.

Good training today. Felt a little stiff wit hthe chins. Only did one set. Bench felt great. Tweaked the setup a little bit. Worked great. Overall feel pretty good. Back still feels stiff. Not too bad. Boxing tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

Recovery.

Took it Light this week. WAY light. By ligh I mean I havent trained since last mon. I feel pretty good. Lower Back is a bit twitchy but I think thats residual. I basically sat down and programmed this week based off what I should have done last week. Easy enough. We'll see how it goes.


The heavy bag is up at Martinez- I'm kinda pumped about that. The feeling of mobility and athleticism I get from doing Wendler's Bodyweight template is nice. Im going to add on that with some boxing thrown in fro good measure. Nothing heavy- just bag work, jump rope and speedbag thrown in for fun. Speaking of Boxing Congrats are in order for Juan Marquez for his 6h round KO over Manny Pacquiao. It is painfully obvious who wanted it more and settles ALOT of questions.


Thats all for tonight. Watched Dark Knight Rises last night- I NEVER get tired of watching that movie.

Tomorrows Monday Motherfuckers. Lets get to it.

Training. Bench.

Bench Press

175 X 3

200 X 3

225 X 11

Chins- 5 sets of 4 before Bench/ 5 sets of 4 after.

Db Bench Press

85 X 10,10,10

AB Routine.


It is absolitely safe to say I feel like Hammered Dog shit. I got my training in this morning at about 0530. Went very well. However.....

                                                          ..And now for the rest of the story......

Had my RFA today. Not sure what it stands for but in a nutshell the Docs burned out some sour nerves that were being pesky in my Lower back. Bad news is it's temporary. No way in hell i'm getting this done again unless i'm out. Everything from my hips down feels FUCKED..SORE. Best description is that I tried to do Max Good Mornings for singles ALL DAY. It doesn't help that I squatted yesterday so my legs feel extra special.

Anyway enough of this Panty-waist Bullshit. Ill be fine. It's life. Shit Happens. This week may be iffy But next week Ill be back to Training. This week may be "Fun" work. Cables, Dips, Chins, Curls for the Girls..We'll see. For those that folow this Blog. Thank you. I do this for me first, but its cool that someone (all 5 of you ) care enough to read each week.

On the up and up..Dark Knight comes out tomorrow on DVD. How fucking cool is that. And I have quarters for three days AND!!! Tomorrow night is Carbnite. IT IS ON SON.


                                                FRONT TOWARDS EVERYONE.

Training. Squat

Squat.

135 X 10

205 X 5

245 X 5

275 X 10

Dips

5 sets of 10 before/ after squats

Farmers Walk

5 trips.


Simple day. I usually don't train on Sundays. No religious reasons its just usually one complete down day training wise. Had a Migraine that could kill a small child yesterday, so I came home from Admin took off my boots and crashed for about 3 hrs. IT SUCKED! But ya that was my weekend. I have minor surgery tomorrow morning. The Docs at tripler are going to burn out some nerves in my lower back so I dont know how Im going to respond to that training wise. I do know Im going to probably take it light this week. It's all going to depend on how I feel.

I do know Im going to rip out a stellar Bench training day tomorrow morning. I'm going to 8th TSC Gym in the AM prior, so if my back is fucked after this at least I got one last good session lol. Til next time.