Thursday, January 18, 2024

Will edit the formatting of this later as I wrote it in notepad and pasted. 

Whole body is still sore from the heavy previous weekend followed by boxing, which worked my quads and shoulders pretty good. I previously did Muay Thai at a bodyweight of around 200-210 lbs, depending on the season. I'm definitely feeling the extra weight at 225 now, hence the sore legs.


Went out and did a full-body deload session yesterday.


Incline bench:

135 x 10

185 x 10

205 x 6


Kettlebell military press

50s x 8


Chin-ups: 4 x 12


GIANT SET

SSB front squats: 60 x 20

SSB back squats: 60 x 20

Kettlebell swings: 50 x 50


Quads had that familiar pain that told me better to go easy on the loading tonight and focus on depth and contraction instead if I want to squat heavy on the weekend.


I'm thinking I'll keep this arrangement, going from 4 lifting days a week to 3. I can still go crazy on the weekend, then focus on bodybuilding technique and form during the weekday for recovery.


Diet has been gradually ramping down this week. Nothing drastic, but not eating so much past the point of full. Last full meal of the evening is also no-carb unless I happened to lift right beforehand.