My training log and thoughts

30.09.2025 Woke up feeling happy. Haven't slept better in ages. Nutrition mediocre. Muscle not as sore as yesterday. Had some instant coffees, a couple. Very thirsty, drinking a lot. Curls 2 kg dbs - 2 sets 6 kg dbs - 2 sets 17 kg ez bar for 1 set 37 kg ez bar for 10 47 kg ez but using wide grip, so it's straight - 4 sets of 8, pretty strict 8 reps feels like an optimal range for this weight not to overload muscle or, especially, my connective tissues. They're more flexible - not just mobile, mind you - than they used to be but I still gotta be really careful. I like that I can do that strict and with the straight grip. Arms have been looking huge. Bicep, at least. Right one. Just today, in the mirror. Might be a t-shirt effect. The only way, I said it before, is heavy curls. What I just finished doing it close to heavy curls. But I'm dealing with tissue issues. Successfully, Thank God. But it takes time. Patience. Thankfully, I don't need patience since the things ...

 So I was listening to Lost Horizon - Highlander and heard a familiar meme sound, the fancy flower metal singing! I love it. I've had this song in my playlist since 2014! Before it was cool 😏 Mercenary - Horizon Lost Horizon - Highlander (The One) Fatal Violence - 85 - 87 - Ashes Tell No Tales - Terror On The Horizon Lost Horizon - Perfect Warrior Dissection - Black Horizons They all sound strangely similar, Dissection is the only one sticking out 😁 Actually, scratch that, even they got that flower power in them 🎤In the second half of the song, more so! I sure was quite the power metal fiend! That Mercenary band is more metalcore though, of course. When you look at it up closer, only Lost Horizon is power metal. 29.09.2025 That was yesterday. Enjoying self after that OHP and Squat. Now it's been less than 48 hours but we are doing it. Not gonna too much about how I've been feeling, but when I slept I slept well and ate well too. Enjoying writing, really chaotic and aimle...

 27.09.2025 Mediocre day. I feel above average now. I've been having some mood and sleep problems. But nutrition very good. Writing. Not sure what but I'm writing. Workout 20 for 20 50 for 10 50 for 10 70 for 5 90 for 5 95 for 5 nice, very strict 100 for 5 100 for 5 good 110 for 4 and a half rep stuck at lockout; and another similar rep. You need to press more often if you wanna avoid this. I have my sides, my obliques twisted a little differently right now from how my arms and shoulders are used to it. And... I'm also doing an excessive "forward" press, as per usual, lol. And my right wrist has been hurting; I would say it might have been pulling exercises that stretched it from how it needs to be in press but it's the wrong blame-shifting - cause my wrist would have stayed right if I'd done more overhead lifts, more frequently. I've been having occasional un-evennesses in OHP. It's very unusual for me. That's because I'm now training it w...

 25.09.2025 Light workout. Enjoying reflecting on the book, thinking I might write a tiny bit tonight. Curls 2 kg dbs - 2 sets 6 kg dbs - 3 sets of 20 Skier flys (not flies) - bent forward, dbs travel in a long arc from the front until complete lat flexion - a lot like straight-arm bent over rows 6 kg dbs - 1 sets of 20. Nice lat pump Rings, floor supported pullups 2 sets of 15 - made it strangely hard for myself, my arms are burning lol. Second one even worse! It's crazy. I've been eating well! On second set I removed all leg use by putting my knees against the wall, so it was kinda like reverse knee pushups. Now I gotta "generally" compare it to normal pullups. Subjectively, empirically. Pullups 1 set of 15 - kinda ugly, some heaving in the end but not too hard, good speed of reps. My upstairs pullup bar is very narrow, thus overhand grip is kinda not-nice looking. But that, I believe, doesn't mean the exercise is invalid. I really wanna share my book with someo...

 24.09.2025 Blood meridian, all that scalping shit - it's exactly like them fucking sparrows in china, or snakes in india under british raj. Fucking british. Or like mouse tails in vietnam, except in that case mouses were left to live. Isn't that all funny, real funny? I've been a mess, I've been borderline ill. Brain feeling inflamed although i know there is no such thing as brain inflammation. I wanna train, I've been feeling like shit and training is the only way to fix it. I've been obsessed with my book, in my head, thinking nonstop all the while feeling lowered energy. It's not fair to assume I've been like that cause I set PRs, no no. When I failed at my DL I burned up, now I set a couple rep prs in bench and squat and apparently I'm a limp piece of fish. No way. I've been getting angry. Interesting. Need it. I need more. I'll have what I'm having. I wanted to tell you about the book. The book I've been obsessed with. It's ...

 22.09.2025 I've been feeling mediocre. Doing something wrong. Sleep okay though. Nutrition mediocre. Annoyed, irritated. It's a cycle, it's not unusual. I've been doing something wrong. Small things, I think, excesses. Possibly not eating enough. The robusta is not great either. I wanted to have a workout today but I didn't have energy right away. I woke up, had a 35/420 of that robusta, pondering whether I like it or not, felt insane irritation. Empty stomach, and I ate some vegetables too. You'd think I'd be more sane after eating vegetables. I am, but only now, after sleeping a bit more. Mosquito keeps trying to get into my ears or nose. Workout L-flys / full range flys 2 kg dbs - 2 sets of 10/10 Some weightlifting shoulder stretches with light rubber. Full range flys 6 kg dbs - 2 sets of 20 - pretty hard today somehow One arm press 21 kg db - 2 sets of 10 It's crazy how shit I feel today. Almost everything is okay but I'm out of energy. Might be...

P.S. I HAVE BEEN MISSING OUT SO MUCH BY NOT WRITING AFTER TRAINING! GUHH! MUST ALWAYS CREATE WHEN BLESSED! ✝✊🔨⚡  19.09.2025 *** Well, it's technically 20th - shortly after midnight 😁 I ain't been feeling that well after that coffee abuse and morning deadlift, but I got better. Light workout Curls / full range flys superset 2 kg dbs - 2 sets of 20 6 kg dbs - 3 sets of 20 Drag curls / OHP superset 17 kg ez bar - 2 sets of 20 Lat pulls Very light rubber - 2 sets of 20 Chinups - the "heavy" exercise of the day 6 sets of 4 - experimenting with pause in between reps, standing on the floor. Interesting. It's harder for barbell exercises if you do it. But in pullups it might be harder cause it makes every rep full range. But you don't have to hang, can let the blood in. I'm keeping it easy by doing low reps and more sets. Don't do pullups against the wall with a boner, heh. Squats 6+6 kg dbs - 3 sets of 10 20.09.2025 Put em together. Nice day, sleep moderate...

 19.09.2025 Interesting day. It's going well, I've done some nice writing. I decided not to train past midnight and change a little - I started my session at 6 am. Weird, isn't it? Workout Deadlift 20 bw 20 for 20 70 for 8 120 for 8 160 for 8 203 for 8 - first rep overhand, rest straps 240,5 for 8 - very nice, a PR, although I admit I've done it lazily. I did two reps, took a break to chalk up better, then smooth enough, took a break before 8th rep, didn't bother lowering it. Still nice! Not dying for breath and liver wasn't hurting... at least at first 😁 Just as I thought about it it started hurting, really pumped with blood. Is that what liver pain is, just a pump? I gotta learn to enjoy it then 😁 Just so we're clear, my intuitive plan for today was 240 for 3 sets of 8 and 260 for 3 singles. Mirroring my "New Program" I just finished (two sessions ago). I gotta admit, I feel super strong today. Those 8s though, they're quite something lol. ...

 16.09.2025 Feeling mixed. Didn't sleep great, but ate well. I slept okay. It's possible I slept well but I just don't feel great inside of my head. Hmm. I prefer to sleep better. It's just that today and yesterday I didn't sleep very good, but two days ago and before that I did. I function okay, but not perfect. Reviewing yesterday's scene, but not writing yet. I might be in a perfect mood to write the scene I've been imagining - not quite light-hearted. Workout Warmup - some, getting distracted for about an hour as I finally write and edit - better than yesterday Overhead press 20 - Ressort warmup 50 and 70 95 for 5 - lovely and casual. I think all the high-rep "cardio" I've been doing is doing me some good; head's not blowing up, BP is chill... Must continue doing more high rep stuff! Some more, at least. 105 for 2 sets of 3 - kinda can't get my shit together, too much experimentation! Darn this stupidity! 105 for 5 - got my shit tog...