Road to pure alphaness and a 1,600 total

[Brandaddy]

I'm going to change my weight update to the morning when I wakeup. Figured since I'm fairly regular and drink basically the same amount of liquids every day my morning weight should be pretty consistent.

Weight today was 195.6

Blood pressure is still a little bit high. It measured at 128/78 yesterday. That was probably 30-45 minutes after the gym though. Needless to say, I'm not too concerned about it.

 

[Brandaddy]

Workout today was,

2x8 db bench
4x8 Lat pulldowns
4x8 t-bar rows
2x8 seated db press

SS
1. 4x8 Preacher curl
2. 4x8 weighted dips

SS
1. 4x10 hammer curls
2. 4x10 skull crushers

SS
1. 4x15 arm blasters
2. 4x15 french press

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was 195.2

Technically after a cup of coffee and a good BM it was 195.0. Lol.

Gonna do some squats and bench after work today. Will update later with the exact sets/reps/weights

 

[Gbro]

A .2 lbs bm is not a "good" one. You need to drop at least a pound for that status. Preferably two.

 

[Brandaddy]

A .2 lbs bm is not a "good" one. You need to drop at least a pound for that status. Preferably two.

I put in there I just got done drinking a cup of coffee. Which is actually a 20 fl.oz tumbler. So it was just shy of a 2lb bowel movement....

 

[Gbro]

<alphaness restored>

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight today was, 194.0

Workout last night was,

3x7 atg squats @ 350lbs
3x7 3 second paused bench @ 275lbs
2x8 leg extensions
2x8 leg curls
4x8 calf raises
4x15 calf raises

 

[Brandaddy]

Weight this morning was 194.2

On a side note. I realized I really hate cutting. Lol. Muscle wise I'm still basically the same size, but my lack of endurance in the gym is embarrassing. Plus, I like those surprises of being a little stronger every time i go in the gym. Lol. That's definitely not happening right now. As long as I stick to it though, it should only take another 4-6 weeks though. Then if I'm 183lbs and get my strength back up to the 1,450+ range I'd be an absolute animal.

 

[franchise24]

Yeah sucks dropping weight. Maybe try carb loading on your heavy days.

 

[theprodgicalson]

Weight this morning was 194.2

On a side note. I realized I really hate cutting. Lol. Muscle wise I'm still basically the same size, but my lack of endurance in the gym is embarrassing. Plus, I like those surprises of being a little stronger every time i go in the gym. Lol. That's definitely not happening right now. As long as I stick to it though, it should only take another 4-6 weeks though. Then if I'm 183lbs and get my strength back up to the 1,450+ range I'd be an absolute animal.

do you have any meets or testing coming up?

 

[Brandaddy]

do you have any meets or testing coming up?

No, not for a few months. I assumed if I can float around 185 for a couple of months it should give me enough time to at least regain my strength, but preferably set some PRs. Lol

 

[Brandaddy]

Yeah sucks dropping weight. Maybe try carb loading on your heavy days.

I was going to do that once I got down to weight. At this point I'm just trying to be really strict with it so I can get down there asap. Weighing all of my food, not cheating at all, etc.

 

[franchise24]

I was going to do that once I got down to weight. At this point I'm just trying to be really strict with it so I can get down there asap. Weighing all of my food, not cheating at all, etc.

Cool.

 

[Brandaddy]

Workout today was,

3x4 deadlifts @ 45lbs
3x3 bench @ 285lbs
3x8 lat pulldowns
3x8 seated cable rows
4x8 lateral raises
5x10 preacher curls
1x30 db curls
3x15 db curls
1x30 db curls
3x15 db curls
4x10 tricep pushdowns
1x30 tricep pushdowns
3x15 tricep pushdowns
1x30 tricep pushdowns
3x15 tricep pushdowns

 

[Perrin Aybara]

3x4 deadlifts @ 45lbs

That cut is really taking its toll on you, huh?

 

[Brandaddy]

That cut is really taking its toll on you, huh?

Lol. Yeah. Felt so weak I only did the bar!

No, it was supposed to say 455. Lol

 

[franchise24]

That cut is really taking its toll on you, huh?

Lol. Yeah. Felt so weak I only did the bar!

No, it was supposed to say 455. Lol

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[Brandaddy]

Weight this morning was, 194.2

Going to be doing some lighter squat triples after work.

 

[Brandaddy]

Workout was,

4x5 atg squats @ 375lbs
4x15 leg extensions
3x12 leg curls

Then I skipped calves.... again. Lol. As you can see, I apparently forgot that I was actually doing sets of 5 and not sets of 3.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

What are calves?