I wish my wife could cook like you. I was the cook and that has gone out the window. I drink a lot of my meals now.
Tues., 9/29. 223.4#.
Squat: 45x...,..., 135 x 10, 225 x 5, 305 x 5,5,5, 275 x 5,5. Jeez. Why are these so hard? They should be easier than this. I need a scapegoat - Oktoberfest. All the hops in the beer must have unbalanced my estrogen. Yeah. Plus, all I had to eat was a giant doughnut, chicken salad, and three hot dogs.
supersetted with Chins: 3,2,2,2,2.
Broiled salmon and root veggies with miso buerre blanc. It's parsnip season!
I wish my wife could cook like you. I was the cook and that has gone out the window. I drink a lot of my meals now.
Awww. Flattery will get you nothing. For the right bottle of whiskey, though, I could put on a wig.
Disclaimer: the miso buerre blanc is my wife's provenance. I've tried it a few times, but she's the one who really knows how to make it.
Disclaimer disclaimer: My wife is also the inspiration behind almost all the recipes, and the main reason I learned anything about cooking in the first place. Left to my own devices, I'd still be boiling eggs, frying sweet beef, and screwing up mac & cheese.
Suggestion: Get (your wife) a subscription to Cook's Illustrated. I got this for two years, and it was like having Rip and Sully teach me how to cook. Very science-based, practical, and step-by-step. They did such a great job teaching me the hows and whys, I can apply the principles I've learned to any recipe.
Nothing wrong with a liquid diet, though.
Fri., 10/02. 220.6#.
Squat: 45x..., 135 x 8, 225 x 5, 315 x 2, 335 x 1, 360 x 3. Yes, this was hard. rep 3 was verrry sticky. I got it, though. So, 380 for a single next week - woohoo!
Deadlift: (power clean 135 x 2) 225 x 5, 315 x 1, 375 x 4. I consider this improvement.
We meet up with some friends at the new German restaurant. Schweinshaxen! Spätzle! Ach Ja!
Sat., 10/03. 221.4#. Yes, this is my makeup date for Thursday.
OHP: 45x..., 65x..., 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 5, 155 x 3, 160 x 1, 165 x 1. Slowest rep ever. Almost did the second layback, but talked my triceps into pushing me out of the sticking point - a long, awkward conversation. Held it at lockout until I got bored, then resisted it all the way down. Mmm, negatives.
Mon., 10/05. 220.2#. Garlic mashed potatoes. Stand back, and a little upwind.
OHP: 45x..., 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 5, 155 x 4. progress. Love holding that last rep at lockout.
132.5 x 5,5,5,5,5. These are all pretty awesome. Keeping the elbows forward not only puts less stress on the shoulders, it also helps get the body under the bar as the bar passes overhead. Somehow.
LTE: 60 x 15, 15, 15. Fuck those triceps. Fuck'em all to heck.
Cream of mushroom soup with black bean noodles, spicy sausage and broccoli. Finished season 5 of Justified. Hol-ee Shee-it. Wife wants a "What Would Boyd Do?" shirt.
Tues., 10/06. 220.6#.
Squat: 45x..., 135 x 10, 225 x 5, 275 x 3, 310 x 5,5,5. rep 4 of set 3 was uuuugly. Somehow, I lost the groove/tightness/my marbles and came wayyy out forward (yes, back is sore today). It was so ugly, the nearest powerlifterbro went into instant-spotter-high-alert behind me. I nailed that last rep, though. Dropset-well, actually a back-off set: 275 x 8.
A pound of sweet beef with pineapple and cinnamon, followed by yardwork instead of the salt-soak & roll-out I had planned, followed by scrambled eggs and leftover black bean noodles, followed by about an hour of nauseous moaning "why did I eat all that?" and burping myself to sleep while trying not to yarf. #suboptimal recovery.
Thurs., 10/08. Oops, forgot to weigh myself. Entire training session negated.
OHP: 45x..., 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 5, 155 x 2,2,1--,2. That's what I got.
Bench: 45x..., 95 x 10, 135 x 5, 155 x 5, 175 x 5. Unsure if I should include benches in my tonnage records. Well, I guess so, why not? Bench helps the press, and vice versa.
Cable Tricep pressdowns or whatever: 100 x 12, 12, 12, 12. These do NOTHING FOR M- wait, no, I feel a pump. Cool.
Eggs, eggs, eggs.