My training log and thoughts

 30.11.2023 Kind of a nice day. Feeling very calm. Not much is happening. That thing I talked about earlier, the new opportunity? Cancelled. No big deal. Hey, it felt like something was happening, at least. That felt good. Fulfillment. But I'm just gonna stick to being calm and, I guess, ascetic to a small degree? I ain't been feeling like I need a lot of stuff. And, it is, of course, not exactly correct, but, oh well, it's less than what I used to want back in the day. Woke up feeling a little thirsty. Not hungry. Decided to go for coffee right away. Yesterday was not a very fatiguing workout. I experimented with hip position on the last set, as evident from yesterday's video. That was interesting. Matt Venna helped me to change my mindset with one of his videos - cause when techiqnue changes it's not a big deal. That guy is a quintessential powerlifter, which means he is deeply flawed, but at least he knows some stuff about what he's doing. Alright, I don'...

 29.11.2023 Nice day. Woke up early again (at the alarm). Slept strange. Fell asleep shortly after midnight yesterday, woke up, went back to sleep. The temperature's been making me feel weird. Worked, had one coffee. One moka. 20 grams, double ground, but it tasted mediocre. Make one with 16 grams, once ground - it's better. Strange. Maybe you lose the taste if you grind too much. That makes sense. Week 9, Session 1 - 4 sets of 6 with 75%. Just 240 kgs. Well, never disrespect the seemingly light weight. I'm getting back into it. I got mini-sick on Sunday, had a shotty Monday, Workout Putting on clothes and equipment for warmup Deadlift 70 for 8 120 for 6 feels nice I tell you 160 for 6 overhand grip, and not just overhand, but more like fingertips, flexing em up and down 200 for 6 - one rep overhand, five with changed mixed grip (right underhand) 240,3 for 6 - not bad, first rep was slipping in my hands cause I applied liquid chalk and it was still wet. Wore straps on the ...

 28.11.2023 I felt kinda ill yesterday. Today's better. Woke up with my alarm, couldn't go back to sleep, cooked a large breakfast, could only eat a small part of it, felt like sleeping again, but I remembered how sometimes it goes away after a 20 minute nap. It did so. Good days, honestly. I don't write about when hard stuff happens. Well, I do, but not as much. Sometimes I even conceal things, heh. Some things that would be stressful to me later. Anyway, today felt nice and is feeling nice. I had a conventional 17 gram brew. Tastes awesome. But it's the only one I'll have today. I'd like a nice bench workout. Nothing too hard, just eights with a heavy enough weight. It's off the program. I have better luck in the first half of the program. Workout Some warmup Bench press 20 for 35 50 for 20 70 for 20 - nothing feels painful and creaky today. Thank God! 100 for 20 - nice, felt easier than last time. Still kinda struggled in the end 100 for 20 - easier, slig...

 27.11.2023 Nice day. Didn't sleep very nice. Nervous, pain in my leg from wrong squatting. Took a lot of different pills. I don't normally do that. Well, just to be clear - I took two melatonins and one painkiller pill (nsaid) last night, as well as my vitamins. It bothered my throat, I kept feeling like they're stuck in there. In general I felt alright. Ate too much nasty stuff. Too much sugar. Had fewerish repetitive dreams, unpleasant. Woke up before the right time a few times, then it got cold and I had to add pressure in the heater. Took a caffeine pill when I "finally" woke up, then gave a lesson - downstairs, for once. In the last few months I've developed an incorrect habit of giving lessons only from my room, while there are nice spots downstairs. During and after the lesson my stomach kept hurting. It's sort of obvious it must have been the pain pill, just like aspiring that gave me lesions in 2017 (they healed). Ate a little, it helped. Now I...

 26.11.2023 Lovely day. Slept okay, woke up cold again, some plans cancelled, worked, ate plentifully. Had three mokas already. Hmm. It's about to run out on Wednesday, by my approximation. I did heavy OHP exactly a week ago. Yesterday was not a very easy session. I also did bench and light-medium OHP on Tuesday and Thursday. Hmm. I guess today might be another proper time for a light workout. I expect to have full CNS power tomorrow, provided I don't damped it today. Have some plans this week. New stuff to do, hopefully. Should be a lot of fun. It will be Week 10, Session 2. Big weights in OHP - tomorrow. Today I straight up wanna work on my legs more. It's good. Also, free me from lactic acid. Yeah, I have a few nice things in mind. Made a moka rebrew again. It tastes bad now 😂 Workout Some upper a lower body warmup, some of it even intense. Squat variations, gentle stretches, lower body moves. The warmup took a while - I was writing. That felt okay. Squat 3 sets of 10 -...

 25.11.2023 So, one month to western Christmas. I get to celebrate it twice, hehe. Not for any reason beside that I want to. Frankly, I remember we just forgot to switch our calendars in the early XXth century, and it was all planned, it just didn't go through for no reason. So, my last session was off the program. Maybe I just wanna reset the whole thing again. Since 200 is defo just too light. Week 1, Session 1 with maxes being 220-240? I can see myself doing that. Just 150 kgs for 4 sets of 8, making sure to keep it all easy. And if we really want we jump back in there. Yes, let's go through with this. Budget coffee exporation - I've re-brewed the second moka I had today. It's about the same as when you rebrew the conventional pot. A bit of a papery smell and taste. But it's good, I believe, for when you want just a little more and don't want to make a third one. Workout Warmup - lower body moves, gentle shoulder stretching with a pvc pipe Squat 50 for 8 100...

 24.11.2023 Monday - Saturday. It makes a lot of sense, cause it's exactly how I planned it. So, today we're not gonna squat, but we are going to have a light workout. It's a really nice day. Woke up much earlier than normal. Tried to go back to sleep, but couldn't. Worked, ate, fell asleep again just a little. Flying dreams. Woke up, had a conventional brew, worked, just finished a moka. Want more. Ah. Well, lucky for me I miscalculated and I'm actually not finishing my moka, but only started it. I have almost two full cups (small coffee cups, admittedly), cold but still very savory. Alright. We're not gonna fool around too much. Yesterday we stressed our shoulders and pumped our bicep. Today we'll focus a little on lats and even less on legs, just priming them up for tomorrow ever so slightly. It's a nice sort of a split, if you will, believe it or not. Lats, bicep and legs. Workout Warmup - rubber pulls, double folded two sets with both arms, one set ...

 23.11.2023 Lovely day. I woke up early from cold. Strange how easy it was. That's cause I got enough sleep on Tuesday, perhaps. Tomorrow might be difficult. My natural high is continuing from yesterday. Feels great. Had a lovely caloric breakfast, not very varied in nutrients, but there were healthy fats. Napped for a while. Did something important in preparation for what I was supposed to be doing. It was difficult for me, I was procrastinating for a while. An insight into other people's mind. I sound like a very old man on the phone. Hehe. Or like a very intrusive person. Thank God it's not as bad as it used to be. Natural high, I love it. I think there was a Hammerfall song, I might have even had it on CD when I used to love power metal a lot. I loved the idea, the beautiful clear image that the conventional power metal provided. Nowadays I'm a mushroom man. Today is supposed to be Week 10, Session 2 - 4 sets of 2 with 87,5% . Hmm. Could be reasonable. It depends. 1...

 22.11.2023 Nice day. Something about today feels right. There are still some issues, but let's be real - they're all surface issues, don't really require a lot of attention one way or another. I'm being kynical. Slept well enough. Maybe even too much - I didn't need as much sleep after yesterday. A good thing, I only had a small conventional pot brew yesterday. Today I'm feeling right. That feels good. Week 8, Session 2 - 2 sets of 3 with 80%, 3 sets of 1 with 87,5%. Interesting. I've been hooked onto all the First Amendment / anti-police content on youtube lately. This is all so exciting and stressing me out a little. Yeah, I know, culture wars and all, divide and conquer. I'm being affected by a movement not really meant for me. America is quite the wonderland, I tell you. Motherland is too, but in different ways. I've been in a bit of a moot enjoying my writing, a little uninspired. It's a part of the process. Life goes in waves. One step at ...