gain 25lbs & get stronger

[solitaire]

Weekend cardio:

Saturday
7 x 3 mins on heavy bag, 45 secs recovery.
Was feeling pretty crappy and beat the hell out of the bag. Cathartic.

Sunday
Roughly a 10km run. Doing a race next Sunday.

***

Well, I am back in work now after having a holiday of just over a week. My mood has been pretty poor. My appetite had also been rubbish. I have emailed the hospital to chase up an endocrinology appointment I am supposed to be getting and I had a thyroid blood test last week.

Anyway ... this morning I got up into the garage:

Press
53.5kg x 3
This was supposed to be a new 5RM, but that just wasn't going to happen. Quite happy to have got a triple.

I should be going to the gym at lunchtime. It would do me good. We'll see.

***

Went to gym. Crappy session.

Squat
125kg: should have been new 5RM attempt. Did one rep and that was all I had in me.

Dips
12.5kg 3 sets of 8.
This was about the only bit that went well.

Bench
Should have been trying for a new 5RM at 80kg. That was just not going to happen.
I did 2 sets of 5 at 70kg and then one set of 5 at 60kg.

Anxiety levels very high today.
One thing about living with biploar disorder for the last few years is that I am getting a lot better at recognising that the bad times do pass.
I am going to adapt my training a little until things are better. I may aim for some "sets across" sessions instead of setting myself up for failure with these hard 5RM targets.

[solitaire]

This morning:

7 x 3 mins on heavy bag, 45 secs recovery.

Thinking of getting out for a run at lunchtime.

[Chris McCarthy]

Anxiety levels very high today.
One thing about living with biploar disorder for the last few years is that I am getting a lot better at recognising that the bad times do pass.
I am going to adapt my training a little until things are better. I may aim for some "sets across" sessions instead of setting myself up for failure with these hard 5RM targets.

A very sensible plan - there's little to be gained (and a lot to be lost) by trying to force something if it just isn't there that day.

[solitaire]

Thanks Chris. I will keep trying to do something.

UPDATE:
Did a 40min run at lunch-time.

[solitaire]

Brief session in the garage this morning.

Press
46kg: 5 sets of 5.

Deadlift
105kg: 3 sets of 5.

Just keeping things ticking over.

[solitaire]

Anxiety levels coming down a bit today. Had quite a few jobs to do and wan't feeling good earlier so I decided not to go to the gym. I am hoping I may feel a little more normal next week.

Did manage to press 46kg for 5 sets of 5.

Kickboxing last night. Good session. Am keen to do some sparring again soon.

[solitaire]

On Saturday I did my usual Heavy Bag session.

Sunday, my SO and I did the Wilmslow 10k. We were aiming to do it in about an hour and our time was 59 mins and some seconds.

Today was my daughter's birthday, so I didn't get into the garage.

Forgot my log when I went to the gym. Some guys were monopolising the squat rack so I started with.

Bench
70kg x 5 x 5

Dips
12.5kg on belt. 3 sets, think I got 6 or 7 each time.

Squat
100kg: 3 sets of 5

It was a bit of a lacklustre session, but I feel better for having got in there and done something. Hoping to be on better form for Friday.

[solitaire]

This morning: 7 x 3 mins on heavy bag with 45 secs recovery.

Planning to run at lunchtime.
***
Did 40mins. Managed to cover a little more distance than last Tuesday.

[gymbeam]

How many days a week are you training, including everything else you do?

Your activity level seems much higher than mine and it was something I was questioning about my own, although my lifts are lower than yours.

Good progress man and thanks for doing it in kg's!

[solitaire]

Thanks for the comment, gymbeam.

The cardio varies a lot - I've recently stepped it up a bit again because I want to get a bit more in condition for kickboxing & I was feeling a bit fat. I don't think I can tolerate putting much more fat on my belly, so I may have to accept that I won't be making such great strength gains.

This is sort-of what I aim to do each week, but I don't always get every session in.


Monday
Strength train.

Tuesday
Heavy Bag session (am) & run at lunchtime.

Wednesday
Limited weights session in my garage.

Thursday
Kickboxing

Friday
Strength train.

Saturday
Heavy bag session & sometimes a run too.

Sunday
Run - usually about an hour, unless training for longer distance.

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This morning

Press
46kg: 5 sets of 5.

Deadlift
105kg: 3 sets of 5.