December 8th, Friday - Everyday training streak broken, very light bench workout, new opportunities

 08.12.2023

Nice day. Yesterday wasn't as nice - it got fused with Wednesday as I could not sleep. I got enough rest and felt okay until the end. I was a little jumbled, but I functioned alright, even focused enough, still under influence of caffeine. At home, I indulged in carb-based snacks and fell asleep until late at night, thus breaking my actual every day training streak (even though some days were utterly light). Well, some sacrifices have to be made when you pursue new, satisfying opportunities. So, I enjoyed it still. Played some BG3 at night. My mind, my internal images and my nervous system have gotten reset after this 44 hour long day and I felt very blank inside of my head. Later, I slept a little during the day, gave a lesson, had two coffees and gave another lesson - it was all okay.

Writing. I've been trying to balance out the volume between two separate arcs. It's exactly like The Sims and like playing two different households, lol. I have a few ideas about stretching arcs in the future - some of those ideas are even old. Not willing to share anything yet! 

I've been having rather poor Thursdays and Fridays recently. Such low energy after my good deadlifts, eh? It used to be more even when it was just 4 times a week.

Coffee's doing its thing today. It's not perfect. I'm not feeling great. Just a light one today, perhaps.

Workout

I've grown too muscular and it's not a pleasant thing - I don't like it when my muscles hurt so much when I try to flex them deep (my lats, in today's case). Well, I guess it's kind of a humblebrag, eh? hehe. So, I'm just some basic mobility moves for bench - intuitively, I feel that doing some very light bench today would be a good choice.

Bench press

20 and 50 for many reps

Irritated nose and throat. Gasses all around. No one cares. Alright.

70 for 15 - feels okay. I don't know how far I need to go today. It's not a serious workout today. I don't feel quite optimal. It's wavering, as usual.

80 - 2 sets of 15 - feels nice. Just something.

Some squat stretches

Calf raises - 2 sets, intentionally did not count reps, just feeling it

I'm glad cause I ain't upset about everyday training streak thing. Yeah, it was fun to keep maintaining it, but it's a psychological things - kinda like manipulation, it's meaningless. Same was as RDROnline and ESO and Fallout 76 try to keep manipulating you to play every day - it doesn't matter, it's a cheap trick. The overall fun matters.

But, of course, as I mentioned before - everyday (general) training matters and you can pull it off very easily. And specific barbell training can stay to be 3-4 days a week. Don't forget that!