I don't know about strong, I feel I could lift a lot heavier if I could eat everything in sight I'm hoping I can progress a little further but I doubt I'm going to get very far until I finish this cut (approx. 8 weeks left).
Squat form has improved, particularly over the last week. I noticed I haven't been using my legs enough. I've been squatting using my back like a half a good morning. I've changed this, kept my back straight and really feel it in my quads.
Similar for deadlifts. I wasn't using my legs enough putting too much pressure on my lower back. Yesterday I started the deadlift by pushing the floor away from me and the weights fell up. I can deadlift a lot more than I currently am but I'd like to continue progressing slowly so I can practice my form.
Cable crunches ss w/ press-ups
31.25kg 15/15/15 / bw 10/10/9
I don't know what happened with my bench. The 40kg warm-up set felt really heavy. I may use some dumbbells for a couple of weeks and see how that goes.
CGBP
Bar 8
30kg 8
40kg 8/5/8 - My wrist didn't feel right on the second set.
Ez bar curls
16kg 8
23.5kg 8/8/8
I'm switching back to 3 sets on Thursday. The workouts feel awesome but I'm not eating enough to sustain them and I'm not recovering fast enough between sets. I've been struggling to stay under 1,900 kcals every day since I started 5 sets.
Instead I'm going to add a 30min cardio session on the end of my workouts and concentrate on getting the remaining weight off.
I forgot to add I've switched to RDL as my hamstrings are too tight for conventional deadlifts at the moment. The RDL's definitely loaded my hamstrings and activated my glutes this morning
2.5 miles run on the treadmill. I'm following a couch to 5k on the treadmill so I'll be adding 30 mins cardio to the end of my workouts while I'm still cutting.
I had to do RDL's first as both power racks were being used. I assume my CNS was fatigued doing RDL's first as my energy was lacking on the squats, OHP and BOR.
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