Big Backs & Strong Pulls 2018: Week 1

I couldn’t be more pleased with this first week.  I have felt like a giant wet turd the past 5 weeks and had little motivation to train at all.  Having a program in front of me, that I am writing,…

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Nutrition Update

The good news is that I dropped about 2lbs last week.  I really had no idea what to expect.  The numbers were pretty close to what I had done before, except the timing was totally different. One thing I have…

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Hypertrophy 2018: Week 4 of 4

HT18.W4.D1.0814 Bench: 5×5 @ 205# Banded face pulls: 5×10 DB incline: 4×7 DB pullovers: 4×8 DB shrugs: 4×10 HT18.W4.D2.0815 BB upright rows: 4×10 @ 155# DB rear laterals: 4×10 @ 15# BB RDLs: 4×8 @ 205# Seated DB shoulder press:…

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Hypertrophy 2018: Week 3 of whatever

I have really hit a mental block with this training cycle.  I believe that on certain days, some of the big lifts start off with a volume and weight that is beyond me so mentally I tap out from the…

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Nutrition update

I have done a somewhat halfway decent job at tracking macros these days.  I will do great until dinner and then hit this mental wall where tracking macros becomes this horribly mundane and tedious task that I refuse to do. …

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