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Stepped on the scales at home before showering today and it read 81.8kg. Gym weight with shoes, clothes, 2 meals is consistently around 85-85.5kg.

Have been carb cycling, where around the bench workout day, i ramp the carbs up the day or two before, and keep it up for a few days after, then taper off carbs til the next bench day (~10 days later). The idea is to eat enough carbs around bench to allow progress but the rest of the time i'm leaning out. On paper it should work, in reality it shouldn't, but let's see.

Need to mentally dial it in to go for the bench day, thinking weds, going to try for 8 sets of 7 with 70kg, since 8x8x70kg is too big a leap from last time's 7x7x70kg (with failed last rep).

suprisingly, got whole body doms from that bench session, i didn't do anything else (for a while too) and today my right hamstring is still tender (cramped on the last rep), glutes, abs, and ofc shoulders, chest etc.

I reviewed video which i took of the last set and i noticed my lower body is kinda shaky. will try to get that down next time. enjoying training again, upper body will prob give me the best returns, in life terms, i wish i had done it earlier, i might look like i lift sooner. can't wait to get big!

wonder how long it will take to recover, hopefullly not as long as last time, but that itme i was doind daily training and i dont think that's as effective for upper body.

Wed (18/7/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training:
BW:


OHP 8x40, 6x50, 6x52.5, 7x50
DB OHP 6x20, 8x17.5, 12x15
Chin 3x2xbw

Notes:
Assistance to bench ..

Sat (11/7/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training:
BW:


BS 8x20, 8x40, 8x50

Notes:

This is interesting stuff. Nicotine is very powerful. i tried it because of a stupid gimmicky diet which claimed it increases ANP which  can get u ripped fast lol lol. but i found i could stop it cold turkey without a problem. I kind of was looking forward to the challenge of crazy bad withdrawals just to say i beat them but i never had any. but from what ive read, the way of taking it is more important, if you smoke it or vape or whatever, it hits you straight away, which is what you get addicted to, that instant feeling, kind of heroin i guess? but even then, i feel the lozenges work pretty quickly too, obviously not as quickly. not sure of the science behind it. still, i'm sure smoking it is what makes it addictive though. i'd use nicotine again for performance but the idea of smoking anything just repulsive. wonder if there are other classes of recreational drugs which would be not as addictive if you took them another way.

Fri (26/6/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training:
BW:

BS 8x40, 8x60, 8x75, 8x90
Run ~ 2.5km

Notes:
Weather was good and i couldn't resist going for a run along the beach. was pretty nice, should do that more often (i know i always say that but)

need to start logging again, got too occupied with exams to keep up logging but i tried to train once a while. now im going to get back into it again, hoping to get my upper body program on track.

Wed (10/6/2020)
Daily Activity: 
Daily Training:
BW:

BS 8x40, 8x60, 6x75
BP 6x55, 6x72.5, 7x77.5, 10x70

Notes:
Got a bench in! made progress. doing abbreviated workouts while in exams. but i have to share some news with my squats. i bought a pair of reebok (crossfity) type lifting shoes last year, at the time i was lifting seriously so i didn't really try them except the first day when i got them i swapped them on during my regular daily squats and i noticed they were squishier and i didnt think they were as good. well this time around i was thinking of sparing my normal shoes from wear and tear by swapping to the reeboks. and imagine my suprise when i found it made my squats feel better, my knee feel wonderful and my form became much improved. it was almost as my old shoes had worn out in a way which put a great deal of stress on my right knee .. and just not using them fixed that instantly. really cool stuff. also i found i was never really squatting right in the first place, my core was engaged but not fully in a way it should be. the upshot of it is that on video my squats now look like acole's .. amazing transformation. downside is im a newbie again, now using 70-90kg for worksets but it's okay