The meet is scheduled for the weekend of May 22-23. Right now, the director expects the men to compete on Sunday, but there is a chance it could be on that Saturday. My wife and I reserved a room starting that Friday, so I’m good either way. It’s the same hotel we stayed at last time, on the other street from a Planet Fitness (with massage beds), and in a room with a jacuzzi again. That made a huge difference in how fast I recovered from that last meet.
I weighed 210.2 lbs yesterday morning. That number seems inflated. Even though the tooth extractions reduced my eating, I only worked one day in the previous nine. I went back to work today, so I expect that to go down a little by the time I hop on the scale Wednesday morning.
Sun. 1/24/21 - A1: lower body + pecs & rear delts (changed the extras from biceps & triceps)
Calf Press & Stretch - on horizontal leg press
Press: 100/25 - both legs
Press: 100/12 left + 15 right + 3 left
Stretch: 100/30 second left + 30 seconds right
Stretch: 205/60 seconds both
On Smith machine exercises, the weights listed are just the plates. The + is for the bar.
Smith Machine Squat
bar/10
90+/8
180+/5
230+/5
280+/5
330+/3
380+/5 at 9 RPE - started using belt
360+/5 at 9 RPE - sucking for air
320+/7 at 9 RPE
Smith Machine Split Squat - rear foot on floor
90+/10 left, 10 right
90+/10 left, 10 right
First time doing these. Didn’t feel too heavy, but wanted to focus on technique. Breathing hard.
Smith Machine RDL - each foot on a pair of 25’s; started each set from the top with a negative
90+/10
180+/10 - started using Versa Gripps
270+/8
270+/8 at 7.5 RPE - lower back was feeling it, so I used my belt on this set
I stop the reps on RDL’s just before lockout to keep stress on the hamstrings.
Alternated sets on the final 2 exercises. Not quick enough to call them supersets.
Pec Deck Machine
70/15
90/12
105/10
105/10 at 9 RPE
Rear Delt Machine
70/15
90/15
105/10
105/10 at 8 RPE
Done in 1 hour 25 minutes.
After I got my stuff out of the locker, I sat for a few minutes and used my rescue inhaler. By the time I finished squats, I figured I would need it. By the time I finished split squats, I felt like I could have used it then. I was afraid to use it and continue training, only to find myself back at square one and needing it again. So I paced myself and pushed through. I don’t know if that was a good idea or not, but it worked yesterday. Ate well, slept okay, and didn’t feel like a train wreck today through a 10.5 hour day with 7.5 miles of hiking. God willing, I can get back to the gym tomorrow.