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I forgot to mention, the first person who saw me after a while said "youve got so skinny!", i shrugged it off. Then by the time the 9th person told me the same thing, i think i need to do something bout this shit.. lol. hopefully after i come off this cut, go to maintenance calories i'll look bigger .. and then there is creatine gains down the road too. Maybe. But it does motivate me to kill it in the weight room more than ever.. i need to look bigger so i get the first 'you look huge' comment since i gained 30kg back in 2009.

Dunks ~ 15
Shitload of 3pt shots
Game of 21
Full court game

BW: ??

Notes:
Well dunking makes no sense to me. I started off barely landing 1hand dunk ... missing most of them. And then something clicks later down the workout and i can dunk pretty good. If i was a pessimistic sort, i prob wud have gone home after that disappointing starting. So weird. THe game was ok, im just getting frustrated with being underperforming because im eternally on a caloric deficit or low carbing or both. We won the game btw but i missed 3 FGs, one was a putback (not dunk just a tip) which rolled out, then i had a backcourt steal and layup fastbreak, which i somehow missed, shud have gone for the dunk but i never think to, went with the safe layup and i have no idea how that didnt go in. Had a 3pt attempt which just rimmed out. Lol. Luckily i got some clutch blocks to save the game at the end, otherwise it was a shitshow performance from me. My friends joke that im an elite rim protector but when im on, i actually do a good job protecting the rim..

notes to self, after day 21, end this stupid cutting and just maintain <80kg while getting stronger, fitter, etc.

I shot more 3s yesterday than i have in the entire 12 months before. Im a better 3pt shooter than i thought. But during the 21 game, i missed almost every single atttempt where the shot was off the dribble. However, catch and shoot and i hit like 3 in a row. So i need to practice shooting with a guy in my face (easier said than done). my mechanics change too much.

but im super excited to reinvent myself as a shooter and defense specialist. That's my game.

It's day 4 of eating clean .. so far so good. I find once i get through day 3 thru, im almost on auto pilot which is good. It's the first couple of days where i have to work the will power. Now staying the course til day 10, then i'll add in eggs and toast to meal 1, before maintaining that for another 10 days. By day 21 i shud start to resemble myself in acceptable shape.

I just wanna make a note in passing, as of yesterday ive started taking the train to work. Which is weird cos you're next to sick/coughy ppl .. and that's a bit disturbing .. but .. i walk i think about a km from the parking lot to the the train stop, then about half a km to the train stop to work. Over a period of weeks it shud add up to a bit of fat loss.. which is cool. Nothing amazing, just something. I lost my fitbit on sunday otherwise i cud measure it in terms of steps.

BS 3x3x120(LPR), 3x2x120
Track w/o
OHP 4x57(LPR), 4x57.5(LPR), 3x57.5, 0Fx60, 2x6x50
CURL 3x6x45 (LPR)

BW: 80.7kg

Notes:
Surprising that i cud squat okay. was expecting my erectors to nope out but they were fine. I didnt have more than 3 sets of triples in me though and the doubles were rmish. But progress is progress. Saturday i'll go for 6x3x120kg. Will stick with this weight til ive mastered it for 6x6 then work up towards 130kg.

i did longer bounds .. like 15m or osmething. my sprint work cap is improved, managed to progress to 6 intervals of 20s on and 25s rest. so i sprinted for 2 minutes. Need to do better though, performance falls off around the 3rd one.

what else, im thinking of introducing bhts back and plyos but not sure if it's a good idea or a bad one. i guess i dont have to do everything all at once. but what wud i swap out later down the line? not sure.

So jealous, my waist is ..idk, prob 36" but im sitting at 81kg unlike your 92! That program looks crazy. Looking forward to following your progress!

Quote from: maxent on June 26, 2016, 11:24:35 am

Contn:

Sprints x 4
dips 2x8

then as i was waiting to get my breath back after sprints, contemplating driving to the bball courts for pickup, my phone buzzed and she asked what i was doing and i said blah and then she said there's this movie. and I just had the best date of my life. so yeah, nothing makes sense anymore. but i'll take it. surreal

Not surprising at all!  I'm a scientist - I don't believe in most superstition or magic... 

But perspective is magic.  Notice how she called you when you were doing you (American saying - you were working out and becoming beast) rather than at home moping about your situation with her.  Your perspective and your outlook can be heard if your voice...  Sure it's probably not really magic... Probably if your feeling self pity she hears it in your voice and subconsciously feels some need to ask you something like "oh did I leave my necklace in your car? Oh no? Musta been another guy then."   Instead she here's your lactate filled voice and asks you to the movies... 

However if it's not magic who cares, it's far too complicated to try and model as anything else but magic, and it kinda kills it and makes it seem no fun anyway to try and think about why perspective matters, but it does.  Positivity, the benefit of the doubt, and acceptance go a long long way in matters of the heart.

I think you were right that left to my own devices, i overplan the shit out of things and the build up all but destroys the chance of a natural organic time together. So it kinda worked out well that she just asked last minute and we winged it. I thought i have to plan things down so it goes smoothly, which is true i think, you have to make an effort to have a good time, but i can learn smoething from this, that planning is good but so is spontaneity, given my tendency to overthink things.

 

Contn:

Sprints x 4
dips 2x8

then as i was waiting to get my breath back after sprints, contemplating driving to the bball courts for pickup, my phone buzzed and she asked what i was doing and i said blah and then she said there's this movie. and I just had the best date of my life. so yeah, nothing makes sense anymore. but i'll take it. surreal.

mutumbo, youre not wrong. that's how i met my ex last year. she was introduced to me by someone. adarqui .. awwy .. cant wait til you go to your first one, will expect you to log it .. !


ok next week, starting monday im eatinf chicken breast and oatmeal for at least 10 days. im making too many false starts, have to see thru this thing until the scale reads a consistent 79.0 or less. Then i can go maintain if i like.

Had a great time last night. Life isn't too bad right now! Am sore as fuck in the erectors, glutes and hamstrings from yesterday. But will still train. I think i need to, after the excesses last night haha. Then rest day monday.