2022, December 14th, Deadlift - Wednesday and walking

 14.12.2022

Nice day. Not much. Slept little, woke up late. Nutrition - less than decent (45/100). A little upset about some things. Realising I might have entered a "psychological shell" once again, judging by the changes in my lifestyle. "Distracted" yesterday and on monday, gaming too much at the wrong time, bad sleep, and the biggest evidence is ordering takeout. Need to change it. How? Take a walk today, perhaps. Not very busy today. Gonna do my DLs. So, I'm supposed to 210 for 5 and go from 230 to 240 in 5 sets of 4. Interesting.

I remember thinking something else about my psychology. Something smudgy, don't remember. Something about being able to take on things even when I'm not ready. Wondering about the weights and if they apply. Because, for example, in need less warmup in some exercises. Usually warmup never warms me up enough and the first working set is actually the last set of the warmup. When my body actually activates and lifting becomes easy. I think it wouldn't make sense for your body to be able to "activate" easily. Because you enter a state of increased expendature when you're ready to do things. So it's reasonable it takes a warmup. Perhaps that's how running should be as well. I've not been running for a few days now. The weather is pretty warm, but there is a lot of fluffy soft snow outside. So, you can't have any kind of fast running. But you can still run or at least walk, realistically.

Today I'm having a coffee with a hamburger. Pretty weird. I think it's a better way to make coffe taste better, compared to having something sweet with it.

Workout

Short lower body warmup

Deadlift

20 - 50 - 100 - 140 for 8

180 for 5

210 for 5

Got a call, just inquiring. They said they'll call back and I assumed they'll do it soon, but they didn't. Perhaps tomorrow?

230 for 4 kinda hard

230 for 4 okay I guess, decent tempo. Sat in a chair and felt too damn lazy. I know that a good full workout is very taxing. So tempted to cut the volume. It would be reasonable. Back in the day - before I grew a brain - I'd assume doing 2 sets of 4 with 80% would be enough. Heck, I'd probably do 4 sets of 2 instead. I mean, it's 80%! So close to a hundred! But no, this is really not enough volume. It's in my interests to push myself harder. At least when I'm actually working towards a goal of sorts.

230 for 4 decent, except I mistakenly shortened the first rep too much - lifted it just above my knees. Did the rest properly.

230 for 4 - nice, hard, RPE 8-9, managed to it well and walk a few short steps to rack it. That helped me to quickly unload the plates, pinching them.

Oh well. What else is left? I don't feel greatly fatigued. I think I will break in my new tourist boots. I'm not gonna run, but I think what I'll do is still going to count as some pretty heavy cardio. I'll walk! I'll do some speedwalking and see if I manage to make it faster than my average speed of 6 km/h. Over one kilometer. Then I'll have some nice tea. Let's go! 🥾

Walked a kilometer. 10:07 on the clock. Well, hehe. I should be happy I'm capable of keeping up speed like that, 50% above the supposed average walking speed.

It's not too late. Nice night. Feeling good. Some of the issues I mentioned earlier seem/feel resolved - to a degree, at least. Other similar issues pop up in my "paranoid" brain. I see the so called "paranoia" as evolutionary advantage. It makes sense for overly wary people to survive more succesfully. But, of course, that borders cowardice. And cowards are - judging by the general population - have a roughly 50% chance of passing a coward gene (is such thing exists and it's not a misconception by me). I have to judge my own judgement if I want so feel objective. There is not enough judgement, of course, and this is not a scientific journal. Although I have no doubt that some physical culture researcher could use this blog in a scientific study, considering the consistency of info I provide in here - how I feel and what I do in the gym. I tag running days with "cardio", just so we're clear.

Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes (Anupul, Bamban, Tarlac) in Sitio Gurol-Gurol, BarangayAnupul, Bamban, Tarlac - accessed from and connected by the Bamban Bridge, Mabalacat, Pampanga-Bamban, Tarlac Road (MacArthur Highway) section of MacArthur Highway or Manila North Road.