Monday, February 17, 2020
Very Delayed Post
I know I'm very behind. I've continued to workout as much as I can. I've been to three funerals, celebrated a wedding anniversary, and continuing my pushups while checking in fairly often. Pushups are still to send good vibes to my friend fighting pancreatic cancer.
I have had three massage therapists tell me my left side of my back looks "bigger" (either developed or inflamed) on the left side. The first two were students. The last confirmation came from a very experienced therapist. Her assessment is the my left trap, and left hip (I can't remember the exact muscle she told me) are constantly engaged and that has also weakened the right side. A friend gave me a book on rebalancing and I'll be going into that soon.
I'm still intending to go to the April 25 NASA NM meet. So I have continued to try and build strength. Instead of trying to catch up to several weeks of workouts I'll share my last heavy lifts and try to get back on track.
My best squat set so far is 225lbs for a set of 4. On the 1 rep calculator that gives me a 254lb max estimate. For bench press my max is 191 for a set of 3 (I realized one of the plates was 11lbs instead of 10!). That gives me an estimated max of 208lbs. For deadlifts it has been 255lbs for a set of 4, with the estimated max on that being 288. Interesting to me is that it is hard to get my gym deadlifts close to competition level. For bench and squat it seems like I lift more in gym than in competition. I'll have to figure out what that's about. It could be because of working out fasting, or maybe because deadlift is at the end of a competition day. Not sure how to figure that out.
My best squat at the last competition was 102.5 kilos (226 lbs), my best bench was 90 kilos (198lbs), and my best deadlift was 135 kilos (298lbs).
Here's my goal range for the April meet:
Squat - 105k/231lbs - 112.5k/248lbs
Bench - 92.5k/204lbs - 97.5k/215lbs
Deadlift - 137.5k/304lbs - 145k/320lbs
KEEP GRINDING!!!
I have had three massage therapists tell me my left side of my back looks "bigger" (either developed or inflamed) on the left side. The first two were students. The last confirmation came from a very experienced therapist. Her assessment is the my left trap, and left hip (I can't remember the exact muscle she told me) are constantly engaged and that has also weakened the right side. A friend gave me a book on rebalancing and I'll be going into that soon.
I'm still intending to go to the April 25 NASA NM meet. So I have continued to try and build strength. Instead of trying to catch up to several weeks of workouts I'll share my last heavy lifts and try to get back on track.
My best squat set so far is 225lbs for a set of 4. On the 1 rep calculator that gives me a 254lb max estimate. For bench press my max is 191 for a set of 3 (I realized one of the plates was 11lbs instead of 10!). That gives me an estimated max of 208lbs. For deadlifts it has been 255lbs for a set of 4, with the estimated max on that being 288. Interesting to me is that it is hard to get my gym deadlifts close to competition level. For bench and squat it seems like I lift more in gym than in competition. I'll have to figure out what that's about. It could be because of working out fasting, or maybe because deadlift is at the end of a competition day. Not sure how to figure that out.
My best squat at the last competition was 102.5 kilos (226 lbs), my best bench was 90 kilos (198lbs), and my best deadlift was 135 kilos (298lbs).
Here's my goal range for the April meet:
Squat - 105k/231lbs - 112.5k/248lbs
Bench - 92.5k/204lbs - 97.5k/215lbs
Deadlift - 137.5k/304lbs - 145k/320lbs
KEEP GRINDING!!!
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Good for you for keeping up with your workouts as obstacles get in the way. A true sign you're in it to win it, in it for the long haul, and just simply badass. :)
I went out of town for a few days, after working a few 12-13 hour days. Made it back to the gym today after 9 days off. I hadn't done that in a while. More than anything feeling proud that I didn't make a big deal of it, no freaking out. LMAO
As always, well done on the lifts! You continue to improve. That's all that matters, no? Best of luck prepping for NASA NM. I'm sure you'll do well.
Now that there's so little meat in the freezer, I'm second guessing the decision to go vegetarian for a while. Trying to eat low calorie and high protein is not so easy when not consuming meat, or lots of protein powder. I'm sure I could do it, but have lost some motivation to give it a try. I'm probably gonna scale it back a little by continuing to eat much less meat than usual, and revisit the idea in a few months. I'm considering lowering my protein intake a little, making it easier to eat less calories. I've been eating more than I need to, to feel satisfied, just to reach protein goals.
I'm looking forward to eating some fresh food from my lasagna garden. That's what Bernadette Torres calls it. :) I'll set up the cardboard and wood chips sometime in the next few days.
Keep Grinding! :)
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I went out of town for a few days, after working a few 12-13 hour days. Made it back to the gym today after 9 days off. I hadn't done that in a while. More than anything feeling proud that I didn't make a big deal of it, no freaking out. LMAO
As always, well done on the lifts! You continue to improve. That's all that matters, no? Best of luck prepping for NASA NM. I'm sure you'll do well.
Now that there's so little meat in the freezer, I'm second guessing the decision to go vegetarian for a while. Trying to eat low calorie and high protein is not so easy when not consuming meat, or lots of protein powder. I'm sure I could do it, but have lost some motivation to give it a try. I'm probably gonna scale it back a little by continuing to eat much less meat than usual, and revisit the idea in a few months. I'm considering lowering my protein intake a little, making it easier to eat less calories. I've been eating more than I need to, to feel satisfied, just to reach protein goals.
I'm looking forward to eating some fresh food from my lasagna garden. That's what Bernadette Torres calls it. :) I'll set up the cardboard and wood chips sometime in the next few days.
Keep Grinding! :)
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