Weight: 179.4 (regular) Looks like it's not a fluke. We will see what happens this week though. Lot of shyt to do at work and at home. Slightly stressing.
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Weight: 178.0 (regular)
Workout: Rode for 80 minutes last night. Life shyt is stressing me out though. Not gonna be able to work out at lunch probably for the whole week so shyt's already out of whack. But we will put in twork at home. Thing that sucks though is eating. Might have to fukk with tea or coffee and stretch the feeding window out. Then again I'm so busy I might only have time for lunch this week, if that.
Ride went well though. shyt was meditative. Stress relief. Looking forward to that peace in my workouts this week. Probably gonna have to miss one ride since I won't be able to ride Thursday most likely, and I don't want to ride Friday night AND Saturday morning. I'll do a fasted ride Saturday morning. Might do some loops outside for a change.
Workout: Rode for 80 minutes last night. Life shyt is stressing me out though. Not gonna be able to work out at lunch probably for the whole week so shyt's already out of whack. But we will put in twork at home. Thing that sucks though is eating. Might have to fukk with tea or coffee and stretch the feeding window out. Then again I'm so busy I might only have time for lunch this week, if that.
Ride went well though. shyt was meditative. Stress relief. Looking forward to that peace in my workouts this week. Probably gonna have to miss one ride since I won't be able to ride Thursday most likely, and I don't want to ride Friday night AND Saturday morning. I'll do a fasted ride Saturday morning. Might do some loops outside for a change.
Weight: 180.8 (regular) 
I think after these long rides I lose a lot of water and then gain it back. Still, damn near 3lbs in a day? We'll see what happens tomorrow. Yesterday was a weird food day as well... I was under target but I didn't have my shake. I had to do a bag of chips and some peanut butter (immediately after I made my only cooked food pledge 
). I did get a bag of carrots and sweet peppers for work though.
Workout: Hit upper body last night at home. Actually went really well. The pump was crazy (maybe that's what that 3lbs was about). Got legs for a late lunch today. 3x8x265
I think after these long rides I lose a lot of water and then gain it back. Still, damn near 3lbs in a day? We'll see what happens tomorrow. Yesterday was a weird food day as well... I was under target but I didn't have my shake. I had to do a bag of chips and some peanut butter (immediately after I made my only cooked food pledge ). I did get a bag of carrots and sweet peppers for work though.Workout: Hit upper body last night at home. Actually went really well. The pump was crazy (maybe that's what that 3lbs was about). Got legs for a late lunch today. 3x8x265
Carrots are going to save this diet
Now whenever I look at the big bowl of candy behind me.... reach for those carrots. I hope the sweet peppers are good. Gonna fukk with raw broccoli and cucumbers too.
Now whenever I look at the big bowl of candy behind me.... reach for those carrots. I hope the sweet peppers are good. Gonna fukk with raw broccoli and cucumbers too.
Weight: 179.8 Back on track. We will see what the rides tonight and either tomorrow or Saturday morning do.
Workout: Hit legs. 3x8x265 went up relatively easy on squats, but was a little challenge on RDLs. Been bending my knees a little too much on those, not getting my stretch. I feel like I need to get some ham curls in too. My hamstrings are weak AF compared to my quads.
Thoughts: Tried the leverage squat machine. The one at my gym is kind of heavy I want to try the Bodysolid one before I buy it though. I think I could get used to it but out of the gate it didn't feel great.
*EDIT* Side note, the vascularity in my quads last night was
I need to learn how to flex my left quad as good as my right.
Workout: Hit legs. 3x8x265 went up relatively easy on squats, but was a little challenge on RDLs. Been bending my knees a little too much on those, not getting my stretch. I feel like I need to get some ham curls in too. My hamstrings are weak AF compared to my quads.
Thoughts: Tried the leverage squat machine. The one at my gym is kind of heavy
I want to try the Bodysolid one before I buy it though. I think I could get used to it but out of the gate it didn't feel great.*EDIT* Side note, the vascularity in my quads last night was
I need to learn how to flex my left quad as good as my right.
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Thoughts: I just saw some veins on my inner upper hamstrings 
Weight: 179.4 (regular) A little weird. I rode for 1hr yesterday, I usually see a decent drop from that. Hope I'm not fukking stalling again I did have some fried ramen yesterday which had a good bit of soy sauce (sodium).... so I could be holding some water. It does look that way in the mirror.
Workout: Like I said, rode last night, and also hit upper body for lunch. Standard stuff.
Thoughts: The veggie snacks are so key... staying on target is absolutely a breeze. Everything is prescriptive at this point, just plug and play. Not crazy about how lumpy progress is though; I feel like on previous cuts things were a lot more consistent. But the trend is pretty damn good. Biggest thing is my strength to body weight ratio is up like crazy.... lb for lb I'm 12% stronger (though that's with 40% less volume). And to be fair, looking at last year vs this year side by side, aside from that stall I think the pace is similar. I dropped 19 over 13 weeks last year, this year taking out that vacation I've dropped 14 over 10 so far. And again since I tightened up the diet the pace has improved. Feeling OK.
I did have some fried ramen yesterday which had a good bit of soy sauce (sodium).... so I could be holding some water. It does look that way in the mirror.Workout: Like I said, rode last night, and also hit upper body for lunch. Standard stuff.
Thoughts: The veggie snacks are so key... staying on target is absolutely a breeze. Everything is prescriptive at this point, just plug and play. Not crazy about how lumpy progress is though; I feel like on previous cuts things were a lot more consistent. But the trend is pretty damn good. Biggest thing is my strength to body weight ratio is up like crazy.... lb for lb I'm 12% stronger (though that's with 40% less volume). And to be fair, looking at last year vs this year side by side, aside from that stall I think the pace is similar. I dropped 19 over 13 weeks last year, this year taking out that vacation I've dropped 14 over 10 so far. And again since I tightened up the diet the pace has improved. Feeling OK.
Weekend report:
Weight: 179.0 (Saturday regular), 177.2 (Saturday post ride), 180.8 (Sunday regular), 177.8 (Sunday post sweating over my car for 2 hours in the sun)
Up and down weekend.... went over on Saturday at a friend's BBQ but I'll call it a refeed. I think I sweat out most of the salt today.
Workout: Rode for 90 minutes yesterday morning and hit upper body, then hit legs today. Regular shyt. I did film stuff for my channel so I'll start putting that together this week. I think I will do uploads every week.... 2 progress updates a month, and maybe 2 recipes or technical things a month. Footage looks pretty good, but it's a little dry.
Weight: 179.0 (Saturday regular), 177.2 (Saturday post ride), 180.8 (Sunday regular), 177.8 (Sunday post sweating over my car for 2 hours in the sun)
Up and down weekend.... went over on Saturday at a friend's BBQ but I'll call it a refeed. I think I sweat out most of the salt today.
Workout: Rode for 90 minutes yesterday morning and hit upper body, then hit legs today. Regular shyt. I did film stuff for my channel so I'll start putting that together this week. I think I will do uploads every week.... 2 progress updates a month, and maybe 2 recipes or technical things a month. Footage looks pretty good, but it's a little dry.
Weight: 180 flat (normal) Got into some Cheez Its last night They were reduced fat though 
Workout: Hit heavy BB bench today. Got 5,6,6x225 and it felt decent. I do think only BB benching once a week is going to be the key though. I think I can do 230. Good to know that dips actually translate and help me keep my push strength without hurting my shoulders. Hopefully the muscle confusion will lead to more gains.... right babe?
They were reduced fat though Workout: Hit heavy BB bench today. Got 5,6,6x225 and it felt decent. I do think only BB benching once a week is going to be the key though. I think I can do 230. Good to know that dips actually translate and help me keep my push strength without hurting my shoulders. Hopefully the muscle confusion will lead to more gains.... right babe?
Weight: 180(regular) 
Workout: Hit 265 for 3x9 on squats and a little less on deads. Forgot my straps at home Squats felt light but I think I might have got an easy bar. I felt damn near bouncy today.
Thoughts: Got hit with some new chest DOMS.... feels good to bench again. I think next week I will go for 3x6x230. Really hoping that varying my push motions will keep my shoulder happy and let me make more progress on bench. I am also switching from low cable rows to bent over rows and dumbbell rows for my horizontal row movement.
Workout: Hit 265 for 3x9 on squats and a little less on deads. Forgot my straps at home
Squats felt light but I think I might have got an easy bar. I felt damn near bouncy today.Thoughts: Got hit with some new chest DOMS.... feels good to bench again. I think next week I will go for 3x6x230. Really hoping that varying my push motions will keep my shoulder happy and let me make more progress on bench. I am also switching from low cable rows to bent over rows and dumbbell rows for my horizontal row movement.
Weight: 
I forgot to weigh myself this morning.
Workout: hit my upper body alternate. I don't think these barbell rows are gonna work unless I do them off the ground. I upped the weight to do hit 5-6 reps and my lower back was
I'm trying to hit that lower lat X-mas tree region. Other than that, OK workout, except for the little Honduran chick who tied up two pulleys to superset lat pull down variations 
I need to find a good alternative ab exercise as there's only one rack in the gym I can use for it.
I forgot to weigh myself this morning.Workout: hit my upper body alternate. I don't think these barbell rows are gonna work unless I do them off the ground. I upped the weight to do hit 5-6 reps and my lower back was
I'm trying to hit that lower lat X-mas tree region. Other than that, OK workout, except for the little Honduran chick who tied up two pulleys to superset lat pull down variations I need to find a good alternative ab exercise as there's only one rack in the gym I can use for it.Weight: 177.2 (regular)
Workout: Hit upper body yesterday and rode last night. Ride went pretty well, hit 15 miles relatively quickly. I think I was holding a lot of water. Taking a break tonight and then doing my fasted ride and volume upper tomorrow.
Workout: Hit upper body yesterday and rode last night. Ride went pretty well, hit 15 miles relatively quickly. I think I was holding a lot of water. Taking a break tonight and then doing my fasted ride and volume upper tomorrow.
Weight: 177.2 (regular) 
That's a pleasant surprise. Should bring down the average nicely. Doing my fasted ride now.... looking forward to see where I'm at when I'm done with it.
Yesterday was a weird day.... all I can say is thank God for raw veggies. I work for a grocer and we had an all day meeting yesterday. Free lunch as well as snacks on snacks on snacks. So I indulged. Had my shake to stay somewhat on point with protein but I was still definitely way under my ~180g target. So when I got home.... no full dinner. Just had like 100kcal worth of sweet peppers, and I closed the feeding window at like 6PM. Looks like my strategy worked, I was expecting some damage.
Speaking of grocers.... Walmart low key really has the shyts brehs. Aside from my pre-cooked chicken cordon bleus, they have some good steamable carb meals. I tried these:
And they were really good. Cheap too! Like $1 a serving. You put half of this with half of one of their rotisserie chickens, you have a solid ~800kcal ~50g protein meal with vitamins and antioxidants and shyt for like $3. shyt is very macro friendly.
Thoughts: I started recording videos for the channel but it seems a little dry. I speak very corporate I hope to put something together soon. I will probably do one training vlog a week and throw in some cooking stuff and rants in between.
That's a pleasant surprise. Should bring down the average nicely. Doing my fasted ride now.... looking forward to see where I'm at when I'm done with it. Yesterday was a weird day.... all I can say is thank God for raw veggies. I work for a grocer and we had an all day meeting yesterday. Free lunch as well as snacks on snacks on snacks. So I indulged. Had my shake to stay somewhat on point with protein but I was still definitely way under my ~180g target. So when I got home.... no full dinner. Just had like 100kcal worth of sweet peppers, and I closed the feeding window at like 6PM. Looks like my strategy worked, I was expecting some damage.
Speaking of grocers.... Walmart low key really has the shyts brehs. Aside from my pre-cooked chicken cordon bleus, they have some good steamable carb meals. I tried these:
And they were really good. Cheap too! Like $1 a serving. You put half of this with half of one of their rotisserie chickens, you have a solid ~800kcal ~50g protein meal with vitamins and antioxidants and shyt for like $3. shyt is very macro friendly.
Thoughts: I started recording videos for the channel but it seems a little dry. I speak very corporate
I hope to put something together soon. I will probably do one training vlog a week and throw in some cooking stuff and rants in between.Workout: Strong ride today. 17 miles, 1:28, >1000kcal. Now I'm gonna see how long I can hold off on opening the feeding window. Told my wife we could go out for something to eat.... I'm thinking BBQ so I can get a half chicken with something. If not I'm gonna grab a rotisserie at Walmart.
Weight: 177.8 (regular) Was holding hella water. Longest piss ever
Workout: Hit legs. 9,9,10x265. A little heavy but manageable. I am starting to feel it now though. Might be time to stop adding weight to the bar and just focus on strength maintenance + weight loss.
Workout: Hit legs. 9,9,10x265. A little heavy but manageable. I am starting to feel it now though. Might be time to stop adding weight to the bar and just focus on strength maintenance + weight loss.