Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Axle press: 130 x 5
Chin-ups: 5
10 rounds in 11:25

Dips
20, 20
Super-set with chin-ups x 15, 10

Behind-the-neck press
50 x 20

Band pull-aparts
20

Lateral raises
15lb kbs x 12

30 second chin-up 

Minimal rest times, just barely enough to muster the energy to go on. Sore all over from the crazy weekend training. Even lifting 130 overhead felt heavy.
Last night:

Reverse hyper leg curls
5 plates x 50, 40

50 Kettlebell swings with 50lbs

Hanging leg raises
15, 15

Dead hangs
15 secs, 15 secs

Jackknives
15, 15

Also forgot to mention: that night where I did 150 curls and 150 skullcrushers, I also busted out my old Captains of Crush grippers and mindlessly squeezed the Trainer (misplaced the #1 somewhere) for around 8 minutes while I watched TV and did a few partial reps with the #2. Blew up my forearms.

Should also document what I'm doing with the way I'm eating. I had it in my mind to go back down in weight after my meet - well, that didn't happen. I'd had my break from laboriously eating so much and I felt fresh, so I've been taking advantage of the holidays and eating to grow a little again. I think I'll be done living like this right after Christmas, but it's really up to whatever I feel like. I have my first doctor's appointment as an adult in January so it'll be interesting to see what my health markers are with this obscene diet.

I used to make a point to cut weight in winter and gain weight in summer as a personal form of social defiance. In 2005, the rep at GNC asked if I'm cutting weight "to get that beach bod" which started it all because I was an edgelord back then - scratch that, because I AM an edgelord - and I thought that question was lame as hell. But it's just way more manageable to eat this much when it's cold out. This past summer, all that laborious digesting on top of the extra bodyweight had me constantly sweating bullets in the office; conversely, it feels really good to be eating big and indulging in holiday traditions and foods when my weight goals align and the weather is cold.