Our Physical Fitness

Evaniel · Monday at 6:32 PM

Scribe said:
173 this morning. Whole weekend of Renos, I'm running to set up a storage unit to store my stuff, and then I'm gutting my kitchen this coming weekend.

Sleep was bad, wife is sick, but we will see how the workout goes.

That you're balancing all of this and persisting is impressive!

Scribe · Monday at 7:00 PM

Evaniel said:
That you're balancing all of this and persisting is impressive!

Oh there will be a reckoning, we can only burn both ends for so long.

Scribe · 2026-03-24T00:16:31+0000

Upper, in the books. 1 more rep on Bench, cleaner Pec Deck, and back continues to improve. So, winning.

Carbs yesterday and today, Arms and Shoulders on Tuesday this week.

The only way out, is through boys. Smash this week!

Mannahnin · 2026-03-24T01:37:07+0000

Mannahnin said:
Wednesday 3/18: Had to get over a motivation hump, but made it in.

Smith inclined barbell bench 102.5x14, 102.5x12, 102.5x9 +97.5x3, 97.5x10 +95x4 (same, +1 rep, same, +2 reps). Trying to focus a little more on keeping the chest high, seem to be grinding out a tiny improvement.

Machine biceps curls 72.5x21, 72.5x19, 72.5x19 (+1 rep, +1 rep, +1 rep) I thought I hadn't progressed at all last time, but I looked at my notes again and I think last time I actually advanced this by 2.5lbs, so that's something. Onward.

Triceps press machine: 130x28, 130x22 +120x6, 130x20 +120x5. (-2 reps, +2 reps & -1 drop set rep, -1 drop set rep) Slight regression, but I had this on lat pulldown day before (benches were all full so I pivoted from the seated lateral raises today), and I think I've got more overlap on triceps with the bench press. Went to genuine can't-finish-the-rep failure here but kept my form strict. No shoulder pain.

Sleep wasn't great Tuesday night but a bit better last night. Will go back either tonight or tomorrow.

Friday night 3/20:

Lat Pulldown (narrow): 125x17, 125x12 +110x4, 125x10 +110x5 (from last time: +5lbs across the board, -4 reps, -2 reps & -1 rep on the drop set, -2 reps & +1 drop set rep).
Seated dumbbell lateral raises 20x15 +17.5x5, 20x12 +17.5x6, 20x12 +17.5x5. Compared to last time +3 reps & -1 drop set rep, better form/full reps, drop the partial reps & -1 drop set rep but better form.
Machine shoulder press: 50x15 pause +5, 50x15 +40x3, 50x14 +40x4. Pretty comparable to last time, really just brought that back based on what machines were available and how my body was feeling.

Monday night 3/23:

Smith inclined barbell bench 102.5x15, 102.5x12 + 97.5x4, 102.5x12 +97.5x3, 97.5x10 +95x2 (+1 rep, +the drop set, +3 reps, -2 drop set reps). Trying to focus a little more on keeping the chest high, still grinding out a little improvement.
Machine biceps curls 72.5x22, 72.5x18, 72.5x19 (+1 rep, -1 rep, same) No real progress here. Try again next time.
Seated dumbbell lateral raises 20x16 +17.5x5, 20x12 +17.5x5, 20x12 +17.5x45. Compared to last time +1 rep, -1 drop set rep, same. Tiny progress. Form maybe a little better.

Over the weekend was up late both nights and slept late, and had multiple commitments eating up my time. Couldn't make time/motivation for the gym but I did get some pretty good rest.

Scribe · 2026-03-24T03:02:20+0000

Mannahnin said:
Couldn't make time/motivation for the gym but I did get some pretty good rest.

I think thats more of a win than I still likely understand.

Scribe · 2026-03-24T16:28:00+0000

174, large dinner, lean day today.

No renos last night, but I'm going to finish paint prep on the bathroom after my workout tonight.

Slept better, only woke up once, but early meetings so it's a bit of a wash.

I did get a bunch of formatting done in my Shadowdark work, I want to finish one of my mini adventures this week if I can make the time.

Tues, Arms/Shoulders, Clean/Paint Prep, Lean.
Wed, Legs, Finish Paint? Carbs.
Thurs, Break, shift stuff out of main floor in prep for weekend work. Lean.
Friday, Upper, Shadowdark and Carbs.
Saturday, rip out ceiling in kitchen, clean up. Arms and Shoulders, Lean.
Sunday, hopefully break.

Life is simple when you have no time?

Scribe · 2026-03-25T00:39:17+0000

Arms/Shoulders.

It was fine, but I've come to an epiphany in the shower.

"Scribe...if someone was going to find a way to put on muscle AND get leaner...it would have been done by someone not you."

So I'm going to have to debate a bit here if I just increase calories or cut them again and try and lose another 5ish pounds. I dont know. Maybe I'll go get a Dexa and see where I'm at post diet.

Scribe · 2026-03-25T04:08:49+0000

Was in a funk, didnt realize why, got up, and I have a knot between my shoulder blade and spine, from my pull downs, I was really squeezing to finish off the workout and its tweaked for sure.

So I ate a bit more, as I need it to repair I dont have time for an injury currently. Not a sharp pain, but man is it ever stiff already.

Mannahnin · 2026-03-25T14:05:45+0000

Tuesday evening 3/24:

Lat Pulldown (narrow): 125x17, 125x12 +110x5, 125x11 +110x5 (from last time: same, +1 rep on the drop set, +1 rep). Will keep grinding on this slightly heavier weight.
Triceps press machine: 130x35, 130x25 +120x6, 130x20 +120x6. (+7 reps, +3 reps, +1 drop set rep) A little progress. Still plugging. Hitting this rep range I should probably move up weight again, but I want to avoid that shoulder strain I was getting before.
Rear delt flies: 90x17, 90x15, 90x15 (+1 rep, +1 rep, +1 rep). Challenging. May want to move this back to the chest/biceps day, and move the lateral raises to this slot.

Struggling a little with getting to sleep on time. I think it's revenge bedtime procrastination, just trying to get a little more quiet time to myself.