Saturday 25th - Forced light session, mistakes

 25.06.2022

Weird day, kind of. Not too bad in the end. Worked a tiny bit. Slept. Had breakfast at 4AM. Now it's almost 8PM and I'm not too hungry. It was a large one (frozen rice mix with some pork). Slept all day. I think I'm coming out of my "bender" which started roughly last saturday. What is it about? You can guess. No, I don't drink or take drugs. Only caffeine. I realised this night I cannon blame caffeine for delayed sleep. It might be a contributor, but ultimate I'm the one who's making a decision to continue standing in front of the computer, pressing the pleasure button, just like the mouse in the experiment anecdote.

I feel good, thank God for that. Hope He will have mercy on me. I hope I ain't been doing too much bad stuff, but I know it's probably more than I think. Hmm.

Been tryna clear up space on my SSD. Pretty hard. Deleted a lot of training vids. Apparently most of the fall 2021 my training was so shit xD And it's becoming kinda shit now, after being satisfied with the deadlift gains. Hmm. I think, realistically, it's best when I have one goal in my mind. Until June 1st it was deadlift, now it's supposed to be push press. It's getting better. Pushpress is a more rare exercise. I still wish to develop some Olympic weightlifting athleticism, even with my bar. I got two rekt bent bars. The old one wasn't just bent, but pretty much spiral. Bent in multiple places and different angles.

I like the red flag. I'm appropriating the red flag and the red color in general. It's now my flag, he he. Just kidding. What I'm saying is - we are who we are, we have complex past. Don't let the vile degenerates drag us down. We're gonna be fighting evil wherever and whenever. Let us not stop!

Not sure what I should be lifting today. I feel like I can do pushpress. I feel like I have enough energy. I'd be going from 115 to 128, doing 4 sets of 3, just like I've done not long ago. Seems feasible.

I've been re-watching some of my training footage from november 13th, 2021. Apparently my grip on pushpress was kind of better than now. It's a shame I fell ill in late november and january too. Well, at least now I have some kind of immunity, I would hope. Oh man, that bacterial tonsillitis was a really unique experience, he he. Like a weeklong trip. Not that I know what a trip iы, but my brain definitely felt inflamed.

9PM. had another pot of coffee. Definitely feeling ready to push. Maybe I'll even try to do more weightlifting stuff today. Should be awesome. If only I had mats or something. Could try the axle. That would be quite a hassle. Old time lifters didn't bother with the good bars. Vlasov didn't. He was strong. I'd like to believe he didn't juice. Would like to. Died not long ago. Whined in his book a lot, instead of inspiring. Just like this blog, he he. You have to let your whines out somewhere. Best do it here than annoy someone in person. Well, statements like are extraordinarily depressing. I wanna complain about a lot of things. I'll hold it for later, or perhaps never.

Workout

Overhead press

50 - 2 sets

70 for 4 - agreed with myself to make today a light technique/support session

Some stretching with the big rubber to bend my right arm and rotat cuff drills.

Push jerk

50 - 6 sets of 4 - satisfying. Did a few overhead squats in the last sets. Not quite nibmle, but getting there. I just need more discipline.

Today I simply did not eat anything besides a bit of a sugary product with coffee. That 4AM "breakfast" was actually a yesterday's supper.

Conclusion: must eat as close as possible to a workout.

Sleep? I have a plan for it. I will relaqx today and that'll help me wake up earlier tomorrow, same on monday. The real struggle will occur on monday night. I'll need to force myself to relax. Last monday was almost right, but I drained more energy than I should have. Discipline, I really need it. Can't blame coffee for everything, as I've been noticing.

Random pic of the day - View of New York taken during ISS Expedition 14.