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The 1st postworkout meal was sweet potato and chicken breast. I'm going all in on the clean eating as you can see..

KF what do you think? Day's food intake.

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Well i did it; that was the last volume workout in the 120s. Next week will do 20 sets of 5x130kg which is a nice milestone b/c it will also correspond to 1.5xbw for volume. Btw the scale didn't register but i was around ~85.5kg today which is just short of 1.5xbw so i was a bit annoyed to read 86kg but who cares really. Like not tryna give TMI but just trust me on this, I know im closer to 85kg than 86kg in reality.

My game plan from here on is to give myself a fighting chance of surving the journey to 140kg volume worksets. Going to get rid of any extra stuff. Will prob put upper body weight lifts on maintenance. Do only the essentials (1 brief sprint workout, 1 brief jump workout) and not do any stupid fasted walking/cutting and go caffeine free on rest days to save my CNS. Probably stop doing any deadlift variants or back extensions unless i feel up to it. I'm going to struggle to get 10k units of activity but that's ok. This is temporary and once ive made 140kg a setpoint for volume, i can focus on conditioning and bodycomp and get some nice athleticism out of it.

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BW: 85.7kg (PR)
Activity:
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 19/19, 0/1, 1/1, 0/1, 3/3

Proper rest day today to gear up for tomorrows volume with 5x127.5kg. Oh and this is the lowest ive weighed in a while. Actually believe it too cos all skinfolds etc are smaller and i look leaner. My concern is that with the time im going to spend specialising on squats, i may get fatter. But have to be vigilant. I'm ok not getting any leaner while accumulating squat strength, i just dont want to get fatter while doing so. That's much less unclear.

Fucking hungry today. Ive eaten all my daily intake for the day and im still starving. If i wasn't gifted with these genes for storing fat i'd def go to town on some icecream or something

It's okay to eat the occasional dirty carb up .. the saturated fat fills out (the intramuscular triglyceride fat of) muscles better and you look better the next morning. That's what the bodybuilders claim anyway lol.  Great job on the cut. I think you should take a maintenance break and make a new bodyfat% setpoint. You can always cut more later down the line but making this stable is important for keeping the fat off later down the line. Always the part i struggled with tho.

It's a reunion

I had a lot of aches and pains until i increased fat intake (among other measures) which i think improved T levels which lead to less aches and pains all round. But not sure if that would apply in your case

BW: 86.5kg
Activity:
Misc:
Diet Compliance: 14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 19/19, 0/1, 2/2

Back on the diet, woke up feeling okay. Need to get my shit together and get some solid training in today!

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BS 2Fx142.5

BS 4x137.5(PR), 2x137.5

Notes:
Wanted to +2.5kg the 3x140 PR i set last time. Failed the 3rd rep though, similar failure mode to the 160kg for those who saw that on my insta. Gna go back for 2nd session latre tonight but i feel week today. I think i messed up during this week and it's cost me. First mistake was a stretch i did on tuesday which is best done with a partner. My back hasn't felt right since. 2nd i messed up reading this stupid daily squatting literature (hello training ADHD) which led to me explore the stupid idea of a training minimum (i picked 120kg). I shouldnt have done those doubles with 120kg during the week, they achieved nothing and didnt allow me enough rest to be fresh for PRs today. So disappointed with that. But anyhow

also, we should really move this thread to the http://www.adarq.org/strength-power-reactivity-speed-discussion/ subforum

lmk.

good call, yep happy for that!