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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4830 on: November 14, 2019, 09:29:46 am »
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Thursday
BW:82.4kg (Day 11/21)

BP 3x70, 3x76, 3x76, 3x76, 3x75, 3x75, 3x75
Dips 2x12xBW

Back has been MESSED up a whole week. It's equal parts dieting, not eating enough protein, not stretching abs enough and general stiffness / malaise.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4831 on: November 15, 2019, 10:32:36 pm »
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Saturday
BW:82.2kg (Day 13/21)

BS 6x85, 6x93.5, 6x87.5
Run 2.78km in 18:31 (@06:39/km)

Feels like the scale has hit a hard brake around 82kg considering i broke it early in the first week im not sure what to make of it all but nevertheless ive leaned out noticably. However this is also accompanied with the usual sense of dread of 'damn why did i get so fat .. and there is nothing left there except skin, bones and fat'. To make matters worse ive got a holiday in ~10 days and im not lean enough to stop cutting but i do better mentally being heavier.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4832 on: November 17, 2019, 02:46:32 am »
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Sunday
BW:81.9kg (Day 14/21)

I've decided a new training goal, try to dribble a ball for 10hrs per week. Thinking min 15mins/day and some days i'll do it for a couple of hours. Not saying i want to play basketball again but im done trying to be a rec league lebron, i only really enjoyed playing a guard and i think im a natural PG because i love to create for others and im a pretty decent passer and can usually hit the right person at the right time when i see the opportunity. My friend told me to work on my handles so i guess that's what im going to do next!
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4833 on: November 17, 2019, 09:10:17 pm »
+2
Monday
BW:82.2kg (Day 15/21)

BS 6x40, 6x62.5
OHP 6x50, 3x53.5, 5x3x52.5
Chinups 3x5xBW (cheated the last couple of reps)

Last week of cuttin, here we go! According to my watch im averaging 6hrs of sleep per night. Would like to improve that now that ive checked the numbers, it's as bad as I thought.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4834 on: November 18, 2019, 09:48:04 pm »
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Wednesday
BW:82.0kg (Day 17/21)

Leaner but heavier. That's all haha.

BS 6x87.5, 6x95, 6x90
Run - 3.75km
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4835 on: November 20, 2019, 08:44:26 pm »
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Thurs
BW:81.0kg (Day 18/21)

Finally got that big scale change. Going to finish this week strong, it's been very miserable.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4836 on: November 22, 2019, 10:11:59 am »
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Friday
BW:81.3kg (Day 19/21)

BS 6x62.5
BP 3x70, 3x76, 3x77.5, 4x3x76
Dips 8x5kg, 8x2.5kg, 8xBW
Neck 3x12
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4837 on: November 22, 2019, 09:02:33 pm »
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Saturday
BW:81.1kg (Day 20/21)

Kind of adapting to low carbing. I'm considering taking creatine early but my plan is to wait til later. I do think creatine is THE killer supplement now having tried without it. It doesn't just give rapid increases in performance and size - but training with creatine long term is where the real gains lie. Most studies probably don't take that into account though. It allows you you to consistently train and recover better and over an extended period of time, it really pulls you away. Similar argument prob for preworkouts like caffeine. I managed to get by on 100mg of caffeine per day when i was training hard but i could have gone the other way and approached 800mg like KF to really get the most out of my organism.  Nevertheless for now im going to stay off creatine and will be tapering off caffeine to between 0-100mg, come end of cut.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4838 on: November 24, 2019, 07:37:51 am »
+3
Sunday
BW:81.3kg (Day 21/21)

BS 6x90, 6x96, 6x90

Every rep was brutal. Need carbz soon halp. Was thinking of going for a run but didn't in the end. Feeling a bit beat up. Ending the cut with a refeed on the next workout.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4839 on: November 26, 2019, 08:13:52 am »
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Tuesday
BW:81.2kg (Day 22/22)

OHP 6x50, 3x53.5, 4x3x53.0, 3x53.5
Chinup 5x5xBW(cheated the last reps tbh, when did i get so bad at chins)
 
Well that will do it. Another successful cut and i know that because i went from 2D to 1D. Going to add some carbs, water and food weight and hopefully will fill out a bit for the holiday next week. Got pretty bad anxiety / depression through this cut, that was the hardest part, hunger wasnt an issue, nothing else really just felt really miserable. If i cut again im thinking maybe the 2nd week of Jan? Not sure, will see.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4840 on: November 26, 2019, 10:43:59 pm »
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Wednesday
BW:81.2kg (Day 0/0)

Post refeed only weighing 81.2kg is surprising. But i'll take it. I think Dec will be a write off for training b/c i'm away from wednesday and i come back mid Dec then get my wisdom teeth removed. Depending on how that goes recovery wise, my goal will be just to keep myself in the same sort of shape i am now and pick up from there when im back to 100%. Tapering off caffeine starting today, going from 600mg/day to 200mg today, and 100mg tmr.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4841 on: November 30, 2019, 10:20:38 am »
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Friday
BW:81.2kg

BS 6x92.5, 6x97.5, 6x92.5
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4842 on: November 30, 2019, 10:22:06 am »
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Saturday
BW:82.2kg

BS 6x47.5, 6x70
BP 6x67.5, 3x76.5, 3x77.5, 3x78.5, 3x78.0, 3x77.5, 3x77.5
Incline DBBP 3x6x22.5
Dips 6 sets (6-8 reps)
BSS ~ 6 sets of 8
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4843 on: December 02, 2019, 07:19:54 am »
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Monday
BW:81.0kg

Last squat session (next workout will be a recovery one so it doesnt count) tonight. Kind of daunting .. the big 100kg. lmao. BuTiUsEdToWaRmUpWiTh150kg (shutup no one cares i know). It's hot but im going to try get in a run as well. Lets see how we go.

BS 6x95, 6x100(*PR)!, 6x95
Run - 5km - 31:04 (*PR!)

a couple of star prs ... i'll take em. So hard but feels good after the fact.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4844 on: December 15, 2019, 10:39:40 am »
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Sunday
BW: 81.8kg

BS 6x70, 3x90, 1x100, 0Fx120
OHP 6x50, 3x52.5, 6x50
BP 6x70, 1x80, 5x72.5, 6x70
Chin 3x5xBW
Dips 3x10xBW
Neck 2x20x10kg
Run - 5km ~ 32min

Quick workout before getting my wisdom out tmr. Hoping recovery doesn't take too long and i dont detrain a lot more than i have already. Lets see.
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