Our Physical Fitness

[Scribe]

Legs.

Real good.

Hack at 500 still, but working g on extra reps.
Calfs, so neat thing I saw, if you want to work the outside, go with your toes pointed in. Best Calf set so far.
RDL, same same, my arms are the limiter.
Squat, felt good, bit of hip tightness.
Extension, up 5 lbs, 255.
Curl, up 5 lbs, and more reps, solid.

The grand finale, press, got all my plates up there +40 lbs, 11 reps.

The shrieking coming out of the muscles is something.

Rest tomorrow.*

* Other than morning vacuum and nightly walk.

 

[Mannahnin]

Wednesday night squeezed in a decent session between work and D&D.

• Smith inclined barbell bench 100x12, 100x11, 100x8 +85x6 (comparable to last three set workout)
• Seated dumbbell inclined curls 30x8 (pause) +27.5x5, 30x6 +22.5x4R, 3L and 3 slow eccentrics L, then 30x4 +25x2 +20x3R 2L. Hadn't done these in a couple of months because I was using a machine for biceps curls. My rep count is lower than it used to be, which is discouraging, but OTOH I'm also down under 168 again right now and I've been sick. I just wanted to try these out and see how they felt. Been kind of missing free weights.
• Overhead shoulder press machine 50x8 +40x4, 50x6 +40x4, 40x12. A little down from the last time I did three sets.
• Rear delt flies 70x20, 80x16, 80x16. Up 2 reps, up 1 rep, up 1 rep from last time.

I also slept pretty badly the night before, so I'll take this. Feels good to power through and hit the workout despite headwinds.

Still having this little bit of congestion sucks. I just want my breathing to be completely clear! At least my sleep is generally good when I make myself get to bed early enough and do paper reading instead of screens beforehand. My body seems to want more sleep than it has in years. I used to have trouble sleeping more than 7 hours, but lately I can get 8 (if I leave myself the time) and my body wants even more. Not sure if this is just good sleeping conditions (cool room, blankets, comfy bed, humidifier), or part of my lingering illness or both.

Going to keep plugging at it and not expect anything in particular by way of gains until I feel like I'm completely over the illness, sleeping well, and can make myself eat a bit more. I know switching around exercises like I've been doing the last few sessions is non-optimal, but I can try a focused disciplined mesocycle again once I have the other factors more lined up.