Perrin Aybara's Journey to an Elite Powerlifting Total

[Perrin Aybara]

@Logan44551

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Skipped accessories because I was just short on time. Almost maxed my hours of service and just hit a random gym in the middle of the day. Still kinda sick and didn't sleep well last night either. Weight didn't really feel heavy today, but also didn't move as well as it has been later. Got a 375x1 board press coming up on Thursday I'm looking forward to because it'll be the most I've handled on bench in awhile.

 

[Worf]

When do you start the new job?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

When do you start the new job?

I don't know, I'm still waiting to hear back. Getting a little worried. If this one doesn't work out I'm going to keep applying to places within a few hours of here.

 

[MindlessWork]

I don't know, I'm still waiting to hear back. Getting a little worried. If this one doesn't work out I'm going to keep applying to places within a few hours of here.

Hoping for a job that's closer to you?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Hoping for a job that's closer to you?

Well, my current job is less than 15 minutes from home, so extremely doubtful I'll find anything that close. Looking for more money/benefits, home every night, and little to no required overtime, within 3-4 hours from where I live currently. I'm willing to move obviously.

Mostly I just want more money and a more consistent schedule. Like Monday I worked 11 hours, yesterday almost 14 hours, today will probably be around 4 hours, tomorrow I don't have a clue, could be 2 and could be 14. It's just hard to make appointments or plan anything with a schedule like this.

 

[MindlessWork]

Well, my current job is less than 15 minutes from home, so extremely doubtful I'll find anything that close. Looking for more money/benefits, home every night, and little to no required overtime, within 3-4 hours from where I live currently. I'm willing to move obviously.

Mostly I just want more money and a more consistent schedule. Like Monday I worked 11 hours, yesterday almost 14 hours, today will probably be around 4 hours, tomorrow I don't have a clue, could be 2 and could be 14. It's just hard to make appointments or plan anything with a schedule like this.

I hear you and to me most trucking jobs don't have guaranteed hours unless you only do local deliveries.

 

[KL8209]

Well, my current job is less than 15 minutes from home, so extremely doubtful I'll find anything that close. Looking for more money/benefits, home every night, and little to no required overtime, within 3-4 hours from where I live currently. I'm willing to move obviously.

Mostly I just want more money and a more consistent schedule. Like Monday I worked 11 hours, yesterday almost 14 hours, today will probably be around 4 hours, tomorrow I don't have a clue, could be 2 and could be 14. It's just hard to make appointments or plan anything with a schedule like this.

I don't blame you bro. Having an insane work schedule eventually caused me to lose my damn mind.

I didn't care about it at the time because I was getting good pay and it just worked out fine. Then over a few months I was getting mildly irritated with the unpredictability of it. That turned from being mildly irritated to getting annoyed after about a year. A second year in and I was finally saying fuck this every single day. It got to the point where I was just flat out done and took the first job that was a straight 7am-330pm with lower pay until I could find something better.

I've had a few jobs that drove me to insanity after a period of time lol

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I don't blame you bro. Having an insane work schedule eventually caused me to lose my damn mind.

I didn't care about it at the time because I was getting good pay and it just worked out fine. Then over a few months I was getting mildly irritated with the unpredictability of it. That turned from being mildly irritated to getting annoyed after about a year. A second year in and I was finally saying fuck this every single day. It got to the point where I was just flat out done and took the first job that was a straight 7am-330pm with lower pay until I could find something better.

I've had a few jobs that drove me to insanity after a period of time lol

I don't mind working hard, I work my ass off right now. I just don't like working long hours. There's just not enough hours in the day to do everything that needs done. I guess I'm kinda picky about my time.

 

[MindlessWork]

I don't mind working hard, I work my ass off right now. I just don't like working long hours. There's just not enough hours in the day to do everything that needs done. I guess I'm kinda picky about my time.

Yes you need your training time as well as time to rest and have fun.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Yes you need your training time as well as time to rest and have fun.

Exactly.

 

[KL8209]

I don't mind working hard, I work my ass off right now. I just don't like working long hours. There's just not enough hours in the day to do everything that needs done. I guess I'm kinda picky about my time.

Absolutely. I've had both where my schedule was not only insanely long days but also totally random and widely different day to day.

It started chipping away at my sanity not being able to plan anything as simple as groceries because by the time I was done working, the stores were closed. Could only do it for so long (2ish years) before I wanted to go postal and didn't care what I left for and just ended up leaving. Obviously it's different if there's not much opportunity in the area.

Some work schedules are brutal and eat away at you tho.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I'm still feeling a little sick and work has been rough this week. Everything moved okay, but just didn't feel 100%. Can't complain though as I think that's the most I've pressed since the meet in October.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

 

[MindlessWork]

Bet you wish you can pull that much, lol.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Bet you wish you can pull that much, lol.

Meant to post that in the powerlifting corner. Kinda don't like this thread being stickied.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Easy stuff today. Was in and out in under two hours. I guess I'm taking shorter rests between sets since the weight isn't feeling heavy.

 

[Btcowboy]

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Easy stuff today. Was in and out in under two hours. I guess I'm taking shorter rests between sets since the weight isn't feeling heavy.

I have been tracking time this week on Sheiko as I was worried about 2hr plus workouts. I have been 1hr to 1hr 20 mins. Maybe the month of BB style at 5000 feet helped i dunno

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I have been tracking time this week on Sheiko as I was worried about 2hr plus workouts. I have been 1hr to 1hr 20 mins. Maybe the month of BB style at 5000 feet helped i dunno

It's mostly been 2 hours to 2 1/2 hours so far for me. I think this is the first one under 2 hours. During the week I'm coming in after full days of moving furniture and on the weekends I'm lifting with my buddy and we talk a lot, so both probably contribute to longer workouts. Plus I'm used to never rushing and resting a few minutes between sets anyway. Everything was so light today I didn't feel like I needed much.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Also got a new blood pressure cuff today. My cats chewed up the hose on my last one and I hadn't been tracking it lately. Yesterday when getting my DOT physical my blood pressure was pretty high. Might've just been a fluke and I've been sick all week, but wanted to keep an eye on it anyway.