Turning into a meathead- mid life crisis

[coachcalande]

Stuck to my plan. Did indulge in some adult beverages but reduced food intake to account for that. Started this morning off with whey coffee and an omelette that was 700 cals and 100 G protein.

Looking forward to squats and leg press tomorrow as I’ve been on a tear there. I might need to squat in sneaks as my ankle is bothering me and figure there’s something related to heavy leg press in my moccasins.

[latverian41]

Stuck to my plan. Did indulge in some adult beverages but reduced food intake to account for that. Started this morning off with whey coffee and an omelette that was 700 cals and 100 G protein.

Looking forward to squats and leg press tomorrow as I’ve been on a tear there. I might need to squat in sneaks as my ankle is bothering me and figure there’s something related to heavy leg press in my moccasins.

Good show.

About to throw.my shake in the blender as well.

Hope everyone makes their gains or cuts today.

[coachcalande]

3200 cals, 430 G protein. The experiment continues.

Let’s see how it goes with legs and arms day today.


Weight up to 260 this am.

[coachcalande]

Todays menu

Whey coffee
Bacon and eggs, whites
Chicken breasts
Whey coffee
Cheeseburgers

[coachcalande]

Hit 405 squat x2 today.

On a complete tear lately. The boost in protein % is definitely helping me.

https://youtu.be/ZWUSJRozOfY

[coachcalande]

Squats
405x2
Then three back off sets with 315

Leg press gained a rep now 13 total plates for 9
The last three sets there were 5-5-4

Did leg ext, leg curls, calf raises and about 8sets bis, 8 tris.

[coachcalande]

Today 3200 cals, 385 G protein and May have a small shake before bed to top it off at 415 G. We will see. Dinner was a bit early and not all that large.

[coachcalande]

3100 cals, 440 G protein.

Let’s see how the next couple of lifts go as I am getting over that illness.
Tomorrow is chest/back/shoulders for me,

Looking forward to it. Training is so boring without GAINZ and so interesting when gaining.

[coachcalande]

262 today.

My guess is that the meds and the holiday salt intake have bloated me a bit. I feel ok so no worries. Maybe I’m bulking a bit and I’m fine with that providing I’m gaining muscle and strength, not fat and water.

The purpose of all this protein is to build lean body mass…so LFG!

Having steak and eggs for breakfast again today.

[coachcalande]

Lift was decent. While bench press results were not good, everything else seemed stronger.

I should probably limit chest to 8 sets awhile and see if I make better progress as my pec tendons and shoulders are feeling it a bit.

I’m out of whey protein so I’ll need to get to the store one of these days. I’m good with meats and eggs. Every once in awhile I want to add carbs back in but remind myself of the health benefits I’ve seen.

[coachcalande]

Guess I’m bulking…4050 cals, 460 G protein today. *shrugs*

Embrace the GAINZ and enjoy the added reps and weights.

I’ll be back to more leaner proteins in the morning.

[coachcalande]

3000 cals, 400 G protein

Looking forward to my lift tomorrow! LFG

[coachcalande]

260 this am.

It’s legs/arms day. It’s very cold so probably will have the knit hat on for a bit in the garage. Gotta decide which to train first today.

Having whey coffee now..wish there weren’t freaking sugars and carbs in everything.

Todays menu will be similar to yesterday I’d say.

Whey coffee
Egg white, turkey and cheese omelette
Chicken breast
Hard boiled eggs
Probably tuna


Lift was just squats and leg press. I warmed up and tried a 415 squat. Depth was ok but had another inch to go I think. I dropped to a nice pretty single with 405, then two sets of five at 315.

Leg press felt tough after that with just seven reps at 13 plates. Pressed for time, two sets to go.

[coachcalande]

260 this am.

2700 cals and a whopping 400 G protein yesterday.

I had a good lift yesterday. The squat strength is real and the leg press is putting mass on my legs. I’m bombing calves regularly now with pyramids between sets of bis/tris. I added weight to all of my arm movements and I feel it today.

I’ll be mimicking yesterday’s meals today trying for that 400 G protein mark at under 3000 cals. I like that.

[coachcalande]

Took in 2800 cals and 410 G protein

This makes me happy. I feel like a tank.

[coachcalande]

260 again today.

I’ve definitely been feeling bigger and stronger. Today is chest, back, shoulders day. I had a rough nights sleep but I’ll train the best I can. My appetite is huge again today as I’d considered cooking ground beef at 2 am. I’m having whey coffee now. The whey has a bit of carbs that drives my carb count up a bit each day but it also drives up my protein and as long as I’m not gaining fat and am gaining muscle and strength, I’ll not change a thing.

Today I’ll definitely focus on all of the same lifts as usual and do my best to reach 10 reps so I can increase training weights. That’s the formula I’m using…10 perfect reps means increase the resistance. I’d made gains for years using 8 as my marker.

Todays menu:

Egg whites cheese/ham omelette
Hard boiled eggs (8)
About 14 oz chicken breast
Whey coffee or yogurt and whey
10 oz Ground beef

Should hit 400 G protein and be right around 3k cals

[coachcalande]

Workout done. Doubtful that I made any gains. Felt like stayed the same on all chest stuff…did well on back. Shoulders aching a bit. No upright rows.

[coachcalande]

3200 cals, 456 G protein

A couple of adult beverages.

Looking forward to legs on Sunday. Contemplating deadlifts….been awhile.

[coachcalande]

Todays foods:

1- whey coffee, egg whites, ham and cheese
2- whole eggs (8)
3- Greek yogurt with whey
4- two cans tuna
5- whey coffee
6- steak?

[coachcalande]

Grocery haul/food prep on a rest day is a win:

Eggs
whites
Greek Yogurt
whey
tuna
chicken, turkey, beef, pork, ground meats
cheese
veggies

walk in the house, bake a pan of meat.…store in protein bin

[coachcalande]

Excellent lift yesterday

Squats
Warmups 135x8, 225x3, 315x1

Work- 415x1, 415 x1, pause squats 315x5,5,4

Leg press 13 plates 8,5,5,4

Leg ext, leg curls 4x each with 140 lbs, AMRAP plus partials

In the afternoon I did maybe 4-5 sets each of bis, tris, calves

[coachcalande]

Omelette
Chicken breasts
Hard boiled eggs
Steak
Whey coffee

This is what I really enjoy and it works.

[coachcalande]

Decent abbreviation workout this am. Daughters bday so kept my training short so we could celebrate before school.

Bench 4x 5-6 with 275
Incline bench was incredulous as I gained two reps hitting 225x10, 230x7,7,6

Rows and narrow pds for back 4x6-10 reps

Seated press 165x9,9, 7, 7

[coachcalande]

3600 cals
485 G protein

[coachcalande]

263 this am. On the gain train.

1- medication boosts appetite
2- gains fuel enthusiastically eating more and training heavier
3- no cardio
4- sugars in Greek yogurt/whey mix

I’m good with it as long as I am building muscle and strength.

[coachcalande]

Great lifting today.

Arms this am
Close grip bench/ez curls
Pushdowns/conc curls


Legs and calves this afternoon
5 sets pause squats
Hit 13 plates x10 on leg press, did 4 sets
Leg ext, leg curls, calf raises four sets each

[coachcalande]

I hate giving up strength.

That said I have given up some through age, weight loss and injury over the years.

Today I trained chest, back, shoulders.

Used free weights on bench 275x5-4-3-3-3, then incline 235x6-6-5-5, then flat fly and incline fly
For back, pulldowns, narrow pds, rows…4 sets 6-10 reps to failure

Seated OHP sets of 3-5 reps at 185
Side lateral raises, just ignored the pain and did them.