Monday, March 11, 2024

Deadlifts
555 x 1, 3

Dumbbell Romanian deadlifts 
125s x 20 (shrug at top of every rep)

Ab wheel
10

Untimed plank while watching a DBZ AMV

Felt a little rundown and like I was lacking pop. The first single was a grind. Second set I dialed in and just berserked it up without much trouble. No missed reps either!
 Quite a few days to update about. First, RIP Akira Toriyama. Dragonball Z and Bruce Lee are THE 2 influences that got me into working out and martial arts as a kid. I remember a kid in my high school Japanese class telling me I should watch "real" anime, yet here I am 20 years later (after enjoying and favoriting plenty of other series) still watching and being influenced by DBZ.

Enjoyed an amazing 3-day weekend in Capitola for a friend's birthday getaway. Did this just before leaving Thursday:

Squats
320 x 20

Reverse hyper leg curls (single leg)
3 plates x 20

Skullcrushers
50s x 3 x 8-10

Seated curls with the 50s and 35s

Actually stayed fairly on-point with my diet, except allowing myself a cheat day on Saturday. Food throughout the trip was awesome. Aside from my hotel can of tuna, every meal was a 10/10. 

Breakfast on day 1: Ribs with shrimp and artichoke salad and a cappuccino



Once parked at the hotel, we didn't drive for the entire stay because the beach was about a 20-minute walk. Got a lot of walking back-and-forth done as a result.

Came back fairly early on Sunday and trained the bench press.

Bench press
Up to 340 x 1 
Switch to 2-board press: 355 x 2
315 x 4

Bench press
280 x 6
250 x 8 (close-grip)
225 x 10 (close-grip)

Lying dumbbell rows
115s x 3 x 12

Finally, this morning I hit 30 burpees before work.