VenomousCoffee's Training Log

[Barkadion]

But no squats for 5 weeks.

[VenomousCoffee]

Tuesday 2/5
E session, 60 minutes on the rower

[VenomousCoffee]

Wednesday 2/6
Operator, last day of block
DL 475 3x1
Squat 425 3x1
OH Press 205 4x1

[VenomousCoffee]

Thursday 2/7
Off

Friday 2/8
Off

End of block. Base building starts Saturday.

[Barkadion]

Thursday 2/7
Off

Friday 2/8
Off

End of block. Base building starts Saturday.

Good luck with BB!!

[VenomousCoffee]

Thanks, Bark. I'm actually looking forward to it and hoping for some good results. When I first started TB and did BB (which was last mid-July to mid-September) I didn't get as much from it as I should have for a few reasons. I was in terrible cardio shape but also very muscular, so I didn't realize how bad my overall fitness situation was--especially by TB standards. Being 42 years old and 5'9, 250 lbs of mostly muscle, and trying to do regular jogging for the first time was extremely rough. I also kept lifting while doing the cardio base building, thinking I was more fit/ready/etc. than I actually was. But, I made a ton of progress on my aerobic levels in those two months and thought, in mid-September, that I was now "fit." And then I started doing the HICs from TB2 and learned otherwise.

But now my aerobic fitness is much, much better than before TB (to compare, on Tuesday I did 60 minutes on the indoor rower and felt like I'd warmed up for a workout, while before TB I'd have felt winded and worn out after 15 minutes at the most). I'm also hoping/planning to drop some mass with all this E I'll be doing and all the heavy lifting I won't be doing (I gain muscle very easily, even, I swear, from GC 1). I'm optimistic that after this round of BB I can get those HIC 1-10 from "fatass struggles" to "regular struggles."

(This post ended up being much longer than anticipated.)

[Barkadion]

Thanks, Bark. I'm actually looking forward to it and hoping for some good results. When I first started TB and did BB (which was last mid-July to mid-September) I didn't get as much from it as I should have for a few reasons. I was in terrible cardio shape but also very muscular, so I didn't realize how bad my overall fitness situation was--especially by TB standards. Being 42 years old and 5'9, 250 lbs of mostly muscle, and trying to do regular jogging for the first time was extremely rough. I also kept lifting while doing the cardio base building, thinking I was more fit/ready/etc. than I actually was. But, I made a ton of progress on my aerobic levels in those two months and thought, in mid-September, that I was now "fit." And then I started doing the HICs from TB2 and learned otherwise.

But now my aerobic fitness is much, much better than before TB (to compare, on Tuesday I did 60 minutes on the indoor rower and felt like I'd warmed up for a workout, while before TB I'd have felt winded and worn out after 15 minutes at the most). I'm also hoping/planning to drop some mass with all this E I'll be doing and all the heavy lifting I won't be doing (I gain muscle very easily, even, I swear, from GC 1). I'm optimistic that after this round of BB I can get those HIC 1-10 from "fatass struggles" to "regular struggles."

(This post ended up being much longer than anticipated.)

All good!!

[VenomousCoffee]

Saturday 2/9
E session, 30 minutes on the rower
SE work, 3x20

[Walker377]

Good luck with the BB. I remember before starting TB I looked at BB and was nervous about not doing weights for so long but the big SE weeks killed me and had me retching. It’s deceiving!

[VenomousCoffee]

Good luck with the BB. I remember before starting TB I looked at BB and was nervous about not doing weights for so long but the big SE weeks killed me and had me retching. It’s deceiving!

Thanks! And trust me, after today I am terrified about week 5.