LiE's Log Part 2

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Looks pretty good! I imagine that because you've eaten this much in the morning for some time your body now expects/demands it.

It also depends on what time you wake up. When I was working in London I was up at 6, so I'd have 3 meals by the time I'd get to 10.30am.
 
So this is a pretty simply thing to put together, but some may find it useful. This is one of my favourite meals, chicken and sweet potato mash.

Here's how I cook the chicken, pretty simple really.

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Start by trimming off the nasty bits and putting into oven dishes.

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Cover both sides in Nandos spice.

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Pour some olive oil over each breast on both sides then rub it in. This will ensure the spice sticks to the breast and doesn't burn in the oven. Cook in a preheated oven at 200 for 25mins.

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I put 3 breasts in 1 tub ready for the fridge and 2 in another tub for freezing and eating later in the week.

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Done.


Now sweet potato mash, again nothing fancy, but worth showing people how easy it is.

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Put your sauce pan on the scales and zero it, then as you peal the sweet potatoes you can see how much you have. I aim for 1kg, which is 200g per day mon-fri.

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Next chop them up about 1inch thick and boil them.

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When the knife slides in easily and falls out they are done.

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Drain off and then mash.

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Separate into tubs for storage.

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I will reheat them for 2min 30s in the microwave before eating and have with 25g almonds.

Macros
Cals: 549
Protein: 58g
Carbs: 44g
Fats: 17g
 
Had just under an hour to train tonight so got some squats and paused bench in. Wasn't feeling triples on the paused bench, not sure why, so did a couple doubles.

Squats were pretty bad. Realised after I'd finished that my stance was too narrow this time which was loading my knees. After paused bench I went back into the squat rack and did 2 sets of paused squats with the correct stance, much better. I think I'll take the rest of the week off for legs, they are feeling pretty fatigued.

Squats
70x10
85x8
100x5
130x4
150x5 - easy
160x5 - weight was fine and went up quickly, but I was fatigue quickly too.

Pause Bench

BARxlots
60x5
80x3
100x3
120x1
140x2 - nice long pause.
140x2 - 2nd rep was pretty slow but not stalling.

Paused Squats
120x4
120x3 - felt good, but still struggling to fire glutes out of the hole.
 
True. I really need to structure my training a little better, but it's hard at the moment with no car. Fingers crossed that won't be an issue later this week.
 
Deads
80x10
110x8
140x6 - may have been 7, lost count.
170x3
200x5 - 5th rep I was fatiguing so it was harder to recruit the muscles to keep it tight. That's the main reason I didn't do a 2nd set of this.

Weight Chins - Neutral Grip
BWx6
20x4
30x3
40x3
50x2 - lol wut?! 2nd rep was a grind but the guns held out.

DB Rows
50x15/10
50x10/10
50x10/10

Foam rolling. Mother of god my right lumbar is super tender. Also my legs made me shed a small tear, so painful.

Couldn't hit decent reps on the rows due to the chins.
 
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So here's what I'm thinking for tonight. I'd love to do some squats, but I did decide to give them a little break this week.

Pause Bench
OHP
Facepulls
Dragon Flags
Plank
Pallof Press

Shoulder/chest mobility.
 
haha need to work on that core strength! I can only manage 80% ROM on dragon flags and about 5-6 reps in a set, so brutal. I think I also get funny looks when I rock up and do planks and each set is about 20 seconds, and the guy next to me is doing his 'plank' for 5 minutes. I'm sure they must think I'm some rookie, if only they knew the irony.
 
Decided to do some singles tonight on the paused bench.

Pause Bench
BARxlots
60x5
80x3
100x3
120x1
140x1 - flew up.
155xf - almost got it, just couldn't lock it out.
150xf - caught the catchers, need to work on this as it happens often because I'm high up the bench.

100x10 - no pause, just wanted to bash these out.

Overall power is good, just need to keep plugging away and work on not hitting the catchers.

OHP
60x7 - surprisingly little power after doing bench.
60x7
60x5 - lol

Facepulls
Dragon Flags - 6,6,3 died on the last set (video coming later)
Plank x2 - tired now.

So next week I'll do a dedicated chest day and try and get 140x3 paused and do some regular bench press.
 
I've done 150 paused. I wasn't really planning to do singles today but I just fancied it. Going to carry on with triples next week and see if I can get 140.
 
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Tough training session tonight, just couldn't get things going.

Squats
80x6
80x8
100x5
120x3
140x3
160x1
170x3 - I was hoping for 5, but just didn't happen. Did 160x5 last week without a problem.
150x5 - not too bad after doing the 170.

Deficit Bulgarian Split Squats
20x10 x3

RDL
80x10
100x8 - grip wasn't playing ball today
100x8

The DBSS highlighted something very interesting, and that is that my left leg is quite a bit weaker than my right. The right leg smashed the DBSS out, but the left leg struggled.
 
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