The real key is to just judge everyone with cheaper **** as poor, and everyone with more expensive items as a wanton spendthrift.

It works best when you feign confusion when they point out you have $200 shoes and 50c straps. Or say things like "Wouldn't need to spend all that money on a belt if you just had decent technique".

the real key is to just judge everyone, at all times, for everything they do, while you yourself do a worse job than sisyphus.

it's not your fault

Of course not, it's all the other *******s'.

True.

And we all have a right to believe that.

Proud to live in a blameless society where we can all be victims together.

8/8/17: Wk3 Day 2

DB Incline:
45s x15, 15, 12, 13

DB Rows:
70x15x3, x13

Lying Leg Raises: 12, 10, 10, 8

Seated DB Curls:
15s x15x4

RDL:
275x6
275x8x3

8/10/17: Wk3 Day 3

Press:
135x1 @6
155x1 @8
145x3x8 @7.5, 7.5, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 8.5, 9, 9.5

Squat:
315x1
295x6x3 @7, 8, 8

Short rests on all squats.

8/11/17: Wk3 Day 4

2ct Bench:
185x1 @7.5
195x1 @8.5
180x2 @7.5
185x2x4 @8, 8, 8.5, 9

Larson Press:
115x10
125x10x2

DL:
405x1 @7
435x1 @8.5
405x3x4 @7.5, 8, 8.5, 8.5

Thoughts on the Larsen press? Seems kind of fps to me, but then I suck at lifting, so who cares what I think.

seems pretty FPS but I suck enough at it that I should prob see what I think when I'm actually high-functioning lolsentistic. I should prob just close-grip bench or something.

Meant to mention my left shoulder is sorta jacked but both press and bench felt fine. Feels a lot better after deadlifting actually. Felt like I strained something in my front delt or in one of the rotators. Exhibited pain mostly when doing a front raise type motion, like putting my hand to my ear. I think the DB rows caused it tbh. Sometimes I shrug up instead of back near the top.

8/13: sunday weighin

Weight: 216.2
BF% (navy): 25.5%

Weight is too low. Avg for week 1 was 220.8 and week 2 219.7. I played poker late last night and skipped a meal so artificially unfed/dehydrated and all that. Also I got absolutely rekt in the 20/40 stud game, worst session on record despite a goatish level game to be in.

Expect to weigh in tomorrow a.m. closer to 218-219 cuz I had a big irish breakfast this morning and i'm drinking some beer today.

Training wise I wasn't sure if I wanted to do 3 or 4 week mini cycles. Was going 4/5/3 for mini cycle but realized back-to-back it's basically 3/4/5/3/4/5 which is fine I guess. Other option is to a 4th week of 6s.

Think I'll do 4s this coming week and we'll see how this 3 week cycle goes.

Might sub out DB Rows for this cycle. I'll give them a go on Tues but if it feels weird I'll do something else.

let's call this a deload week

8/17/17: wk4 day 3
Press:
135x1 @6.5
145x1 @8
125x6 @7
130x6x2 @8.5, 9

Squat:
315x1
275x6

got to gym late cuz I was working in the a.m. and I have a 10a.m. meeting I'm going to be late for.

This week has been a disaster. Started with Sunday. Took my dad to Irish brunch for his birthday. Had a couple GUINESSes. nbd. Got home. Had a bunch more beer. Stayed up too late watching GoT. Didn't do my food prep. Decided to punt the workout. That cascaded to basically eating garbage and having a couple beers a night for 3 more days. So dumb. No excuses. More YTF/MLYLT in me than I'd like to admit.

The only positive is despite eating poorly, I did keep cals fairly in check and I've stayed around 219 as expected.

Just living that 5* High Life imo.

Listen we can't all spend fortunes on God tier sugar water and fake the funk on our untappd mr I only drink 4.5s and up.

had to cut today short due to getting to the gym late. I was up at 5:30 but I had some GI issues and I didn't get to the gym until 7:45. I'll bench tomorrow and maybe throw in some squats depending on how I feel.

8/18/17: Wk4 Day 4

DL:
405x1 @6.5
455x1 @8.5
405x6 @8

well, despite feeling like I might **** my pants the entire time, I crushed these. The work set felt silky smooth.

8/19/17: wk4 makeup day

Bench:
185x1 @6
205x1 @7.5
225x1 @9.5
175x6x3 @7.5, 7.5, 9

Last set just ran out of steam. I felt pretty crappy at all day and hadn't eaten since 830am so not a shocker really. I was surprised the singles felt so good.

2nd cycle. Changed a couple things but nothing major.

8/21/17: Wk1 Day 1
Squat:
315x1 @6
345x1 @7
375x1 @8
335x4x4 @7, 7.5, 8, 8.5

Bench:
185x1 @7
200x1 @8.5
175x4 @7
180x4x4 @8, 8, 8, 8.5

Not bad. Bit of discomfort in my upper left arm. Banded shoulder dislocations and facepulls between all bench sets.

So sweaty.

8/22/17: Wk1 Day 2
DB Incline Bench:
55s x10 @7
65s x8 @8,
65s x7 @8.5
65s x8x2 @8.5. 9.5

2nd set of 65s was weird for some reason.

T-Bar Row:
140x8, 8, 6
105x10

Sets at 140 (just plate weight, using dreaded 35s) were not loco approved. 105 was. This is kind of a dumb exercise, prob cuz I suck at it. Every limp dick who lifts does this exercise with like 6 plates. I suck.

RDL:
275x6 (warmup really)
315x8x3 @7, 8, whatever

God this exercise is brutal. I recorded first two sets. I probably have a little more knee bend than ideal but nothing crazy and it's not like if I drive this movement to 405x10 it's not going to give me steel cable hammies and 550 deadlift.

MBN to be able to take DB incline bench sets to 9.5 without snapping your **** up.

How exactly would you snap your **** up? Either you finish the rep and you're fine, or you don't and lower it back down to your chest.

I just always felt like I was hurting myself when I pushed db incline too hard. Like I couldn't stabilize the DBs safely or something. Might be related to the shoulder issues I've been having. Might be because I suck at form.

all of my RPE ratings are based off proper form. Like 335x4 @8.5 on the squat is really a 6 if I just let it get sloppy and bust out 10 reps with aggressive rebounding, unbalanced load, etc.

and i suck so bad at pressing it's not like I can must more reps with worse form.

I'd also say DB incline feels like about the safest pressing movement I do, other than maybe just the pryesss. I don't do any BodyBuilding stuff like flair elbows and keep the bells horizontal and make it some hybrid press/fly movement. I tuck a bit and approach a neutral grip near the bottom, then internally rotate as I approach the top.

I should try this. Neutral and underhand grip stuff seems to be way friendlier to my shoulders. Prob gonna try underhand bb rows too.

Yup.

8/23/17: Wk1 Day 3

GPP: 7mins of various chins and curls with bandz
Airdyne: 25 mins, 6.9 miles, avg RPM ~58, heart rate 112 at the end.