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Summary: Didn’t all fit. 1750 cal, 132 protein, 142 carbs, 68 fat, 84 oz water. Good on calories. Not enough protein or carbs. A little high on fat. Perfect amount of water. With Thanksgiving coming up I am going to try to control my food intake, but I can’t promise anything. I love Thanksgiving.
Tuesday – Quads, Back, Calves
Front Squat – 145x3x9
Bent Over Row – 145x3x9
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x3x20
Standing Calf Raises – 355x3x20
Daily “Selfie” – This my Iowa’s Strongest Man T-shirt that I purchased at the Quad City Strength and Fitness Expo. I hope to maybe compete in Iowa’s Strongest Man someday. I am also wearing my Elitefts Strong(er) Lever Belt. I might have to get another one. I have lost so much weight that I don’t really have a way to make it smaller anymore.
Summary: Again, it didn’t all fit into a screen shot. I was good on calories. Low on carbs and protein. Perfect on my fat intake for the day.
Monday – Chest/Arms
Dumbbell Bench Press – 30x3xx9
Incline Bench Press – 135x3x9
EZ Bar Curl – 75x3x9
Close Grip Bench Press – 175x3x9
Shoulder Complex – 5x3x9
Daily “Selfie” – This is one of my Big Iron Nation T-shirts. This is in support of Shawn Frankl’s Big Iron Gym (and to a lesser extent the Big Iron Compound in Omaha, NE). One of my favorite shirts because it is great for training in, but also looks nice to wear out.
Well, for the first time in a month or so I actually got down to Shawn Frankl’s Big Iron Gym. My purpose for having an extra session was to see where my max sumo deadlift was. I have recently switched from conventional pulling to sumo style just to shake things up a bit. While in the last strength block I felt that I was getting tons of back work between conventional deadlift and lat accessories, but hardly any direct hamstring work. This hypertrophy cycle I have programed sumo deadlift and stiff leg deadlift to directly target my weak hamstrings. Hopefully this will get me out of this deadlift “funk” I am in. After pulling 523 lbs at the meet last April I haven’t been able to even budge 495 lbs conventional style. When I maxed on sumo style I stalled out at 495 lbs as well. Some of the guys think it is just a mental obstacle now. I am unsure. All I know is that I can use 475-485 lbs as my training max and that I need to figure out whatever it is that is halting my deadlift progress and destroy it.
I ate so much that I couldn’t get the entire thing in a screen shot. The daily totals are: Protein 120 out of 204g, Carbs 204 out of 233g, Fats 98 out of 65g, Calories 2233 out of 2330.
Summary: Still not enough protein. Good on Carbs. Way too much Fat. Still under my total Calories for the day. The church breakfast was just way too good to pass up.
Sunday – Quads/Upper Back/Calves
Front Squats – 135x2x10 (felt really good today)
Straight Arm Pulldowns – 50x2x10 (really starting to see size added to my lats)
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x2x20
Standing Calf Raises – 315x2x10
Daily “Selfie” – This shirt used to have sleeves…just like most of my shirts. This was our Summer Beer League Volleyball T-shirt. It says Kicking Mass (church mass not bulking mass) & Taking Names. The team was put together by my wife for the Catholic church where we are parishioners. Playing volleyball counted as my cardio (once a week, lol).
Summary: Too many calories, carbs, fat, and not enough protein. Seems to be my go-to combination when I don’t prepare ahead of time.
Friday – Chest/Arms
Dumbbell Bench Press – 30x2x10
Spot0 Press – 135x2x10
Preacher Curl Machine – 70x2x10
Standing Skull Crusher – 50x2x10
Wrist Curl/Extension – 12x2x10 (used FatGripz to make it harder)
Daily “Selfie” – This is my Quad City Strongman T-shirt. I bought this at the Quad City Strength and Fitness Expo this summer. I hope to compete in strongman/powerlifting/MAS at this competition in the future.
Summary: Low on calories again, but still feel good. Carbs, fat, and protein all low when you don’t eat enough. I need to make more time to eat. Weighed in at 233 lbs though today. Goal is to hit 225 lbs by Christmas.
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