Tuesday, October 24th - Just bench, medium-heavy, low intensity and volume, battling self

  24.10.2023

Nice day. Yesterday was a total blaster. Even my neck is fatigued somehow (might have been the pillow). Felt great. Today felt nice too. Slept deeply, I'd rate it 74/100, maybe more. Ate well, at least 65/100. Not too much. Having one oldschool brew with 18 grams of beans and around 250 grams of water. Smooth. Works strangely fast and good, like I'm very young again (The caffeine, that is).

I remember when I wasn't much of a coffee drinker, back in 2011 and I tried it, the instant coffee. It was fascinating. Like having that unbridled energy after sleeping for 12 hours quietly and undisturbed. But, of course, it's just a way to exert more control over your CNS. Obviously, it can be done very unwisely.

Been re-reading the book a lot, remembering. Editing, mostly small edits. Not writing somehow.

Today is pretty late. I'd like to do bench. Thinking of 130-140 for 4 sets of 3 - mirroring the OHP. Smart? Maybe. Is it silly to mirror? Not necessarily (although it feels like abuse of overly direct thinking).

I feel a little less hazy and confused, in fact, way less, but right now, when I'm trying to explain what I mean, it's not exactly there. Caffeine is a small part of it, yes. Lack of skill is more prevalent. But one thing I learned in life is that when you feel confused like that it's better not to think how to adapt your stream of consciousness so it'd be easier for the reader to interpret, but rather dump it on your audience while you have it. There's a chance they'll be able to decrypt it with similar algorithms, similar to the ones you have in your brain.

Now I want a second coffee. I just want a tiny, tiny hot little cup of nice coffee. How do I do that? I think I'll 5 grams of beans over 50 grams of water.

***

Poured a bit more than fifty grams, it ended up almost exactly one small cup. Good. And... it's gone.

Alright. Time to warm up.

Workout

Warmup - wall pushups, dumbbell flys (not flies), playing acoustic, ez bar presses, angled pushups, putting on clothes.

Bench

20 for 10

50 for 10

100 for 10

120 for 5

125 for 4

130 - 2 sets of 3

50 for 20

All nice. Pecs were just a little creaky, overall good. Mind not so good, especially as I have to battle my mind. It's down to, uh, 85 I think. Normal. Now I'm calm. Thank God for that. Pray for me, even if you're an atheist.

Random pic of the day

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/The_Revenge_of_Tarzan_-_4.jpg

But also, I decided to use an alternative one - this one

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