I felt off on the 23rd and woke up on the 24th (Christmas Eve) feeling awfully sick and that lasted over Christmas. So I did my best to rest up as best I could and fight off whatever was making me ill. So this workout was my comeback workout to get back into things and […]

Okay, cycle 5 ended on the week of Christmas. While I have more time, I know in this week that coming up there will be a big gap where the gyms will be closed and I’ll have plans. So I decided rather than jump into cycle 6, I’m going to do a few inbetween workouts […]

Deload day again, this will be my last deload workout before starting my new exercise cycle. Front Squat and Bench Press day… Front Squat: Set 1) 5 reps @ 120lbs. Set 2) 5 reps @ 120lbs. Set 3) 5 reps @ 140lbs. Bench Press: Set 1) 3 reps @ 115lbs. Set 2) 3 reps @ […]

Despite a power outage at the gym and low energy, I made it through an other workout. Bench Press/Deadlift day… Bench Press: Set 1) 5 reps @ 115lbs. Set 2) 5 reps @ 115lbs. Set 3) 5 reps @ 135lbs. Deadlift: Set 1) 3 reps @ 205lbs. Set 2) 3 reps @ 205lbs. Set 3) […]

I started a deload due to a lot of personal life stress (job situation) and just found it hard to focus, so felt like the best thing was just deloading. I also needed time to completely rework my plan, which I’ll detail in it’s own log. Deadlift/Front Squat day deloaded… Deadlift: Set 1) 5 reps […]

Just laying down the law about chest day, the final day of my deload cycle. So far my deload accomplished a lot. It helped me recover my body, speaking a couple days after it’s over now I feel real good, capable of carrying through to my vacation. Plus it taught me a lot about form, […]

Okay today is back day, and I’m continuing my deload cycle so lower weights. This was a very fun and effective exercise day today, and despite the lower weights I still felt every exercise really engaged me the right way. I could probably even work out at these levels and still get good gains, honestly. […]

Okay today was dev day, and I’m continuing to practice my deload cycle by lowering weights across the board. It was a big day as I wanted to focus on squat development, lats and traps from the previous week’s workout. First, squat development… Back Squat (high bar): 5 sets of 5 reps @ 145lbs. Slow […]

To continue my deload cycle, I did arm day. Arm day was pretty fun all said and I got a great pump, despite the lower loads. I focused a little more on biceps this time, as last time I did triceps more. Remember if you read this that I don’t log my warm up sets, […]

Okay this is the start of my deload cycle. I’m backlogged (again) in workout logs but I feel I should leave a few comments on the deload. The first day of my A deload cycle (for those of you who don’t know) is a period in a workout plan where you deliberately do a lighter […]