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Oblivian's Adaptations

Nice PRs!

I feel bad about telling you that you might have been overtraining a while ago. Great work, and way to keep you mind in it and drive through the ruts.
 
Thanks guys.

ljcsov: It'll come. Bench has been a bitch for me to work on. I went 6 months without a PR and then shortly after I went another 8 months without a PR! If you keep having trouble, I'll post what has worked for me in your log. Basically, it involves devoting A LOT more time to bench and bench specific movements. It's frustrating as shit.
 
LSD Run
3.5 miles
*Kept it short since it was a couple hours prior to lifting

Warmup Before Lifting
Jump Rope: 5 minutes
Power Cleans: 135 lbs x 5 x 3 sets

Deadlift (5/3/1 Cycle 5 Wave 2)
225 lbs x 5 (DOH warmup)
325 lbs x 3 (DOH)
375 lbs x 3
420 lbs x 3

Overhead Squat (1RM attempt)
95 lbs x 5 (warmup)
135 lbs x 3
155 lbs x 2
175 lbs x 1
205 lbs x 1 (+5 lbs PR)


Push Press (DELOAD)
135 lbs x 5
155 lbs x 5
175 lbs x 5
 
Very weird day of lifting. I stayed home from work today (played hooky), and I thought I'd get some PR's. I think I'm going to set my PR's this week and start bulking next week. This was split up into two lifting sessions with only one lift per session. Bodyweight was at 174 lbs this morning.

Warmup (Session 1)
Jump Rope: 10 minutes

SOHP (5/3/1 Cycle 5 Wave 3 + 1RM attempts)
95 lbs x 5 (warmup)
140 lbs x 5 (5/3/1)
160 lbs x 3 (5/3/1)
190 lbs x 7 FAILS! (*I was so fucking close, but 7 attempts is ridiculous.)
175 lbs x 3 (5/3/1 +5 lbs PR - BW is 174, so this was excellent for me)

Warmup (Session 2)
Jump Rope: 10 minutes

Bench Press (5/3/1 Cycle 5 Wave 3 + 1RM attempts)
135 lbs x 5 (warmup)
180 lbs x 5 (5/3/1)
205 lbs x 3 (5/3/1)
252.5 lbs x 3 FAILS! (*again, so close)
230 lbs x 2 (5/3/1)
 
Wow, it feels like I haven't updated forever. I relapsed on the booze. It had been 2.5 years, and for some reason I decided to drink one day. That turned into a 2 day binge with calling into work, and then a day full of anxiety attacks. Ridiculous.

Anyways, my binging is pretty hardcore if I do it, and I don't really eat during the time I'm drinking. My weight is at 169 lbs right now. I'm going to do the Bas Rutten Cd's tonight and get back on track. I'm back at work today and trying to get in gear. I can't believe I fucked up, but it's time to move forward. I told them I was really sick with the flu at work, and when I got to work my coworker said, "Man, you look pale and don't look good at all."

I was scheduled to try to hit PR's on Squat and Deadlift this weekend, but I don't know how that's going to go. I'm going to start bulking next week regardless.
 
Damn man, that sucks to hear. Are you done now or are you thinking about alcohol now?
 
fennway4414 said:
Damn man, that sucks to hear. Are you done now or are you thinking about alcohol now?
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I'm done. Booze is fucking brutal on me. I can't really describe it, but it's like crack to me. I'm not just talking about the addictive quality, but it's like speed to me. I keep drinking until I blackout and then it's over. I didn't do anything too bad, but I feel really guilty and full of anxiety. Everything is fine at work and my wife forgives me, but it's a scary thing. It feels like I was on a 2 week binge, but it was only 2 days.
 
Thanks WL. I don't know what the fuck got into me. I try to make light of most situations, so that's what I'm trying to do with this. I'm making more of a big deal out of it than my wife, which is shocking. The problem is that once I drink one day, I'll have such a hangover the next day that I want to drink. Yesterday I did not drink, and it was rough. I feel a little bit rough today, but I think that's more due to the shitty nutrition for the past 3 days. Anyways, all I can do is move forward now.
 
Oblivian, I'm not much of a religious man, but you will be in my prayers. Addiction sucks, and I'm pulling for you.
 
Oblivian--

It sucks you hit this bump, but shit it fucked you up for two days and you sound like you're back on your way. I'm glad you bounced back bro, stay strong and don't fuck up again.

love,

snitz
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Oblivian said:
Wow, it feels like I haven't updated forever. I relapsed on the booze. It had been 2.5 years, and for some reason I decided to drink one day. That turned into a 2 day binge with calling into work, and then a day full of anxiety attacks. Ridiculous.

Anyways, my binging is pretty hardcore if I do it, and I don't really eat during the time I'm drinking. My weight is at 169 lbs right now. I'm going to do the Bas Rutten Cd's tonight and get back on track. I'm back at work today and trying to get in gear. I can't believe I fucked up, but it's time to move forward. I told them I was really sick with the flu at work, and when I got to work my coworker said, "Man, you look pale and don't look good at all."

I was scheduled to try to hit PR's on Squat and Deadlift this weekend, but I don't know how that's going to go. I'm going to start bulking next week regardless.
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That sucks man. You seem to be getting over it OK, that's good.

Lifting heavy and eating a lot=All-purpose therapy. Get to it. Good luck.
 
That sucks, Oblivian, but it sounds like you're back on track. You're too dedicated to training too much to relapse on that stuff for any decent amount of time. You know if you do you'll just throw that all away, and from your consistency and determination (which is especially clear in your videos, which motivates me regularly) it's clear that's not something you're willing to do. Besides, everyone knows squats>beer.
 
likkuid said:
That sucks, Oblivian, but it sounds like you're back on track. You're too dedicated to training too much to relapse on that stuff for any decent amount of time. You know if you do you'll just throw that all away, and from your consistency and determination (which is especially clear in your videos, which motivates me regularly) it's clear that's not something you're willing to do. Besides, everyone knows squats>beer.
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Massive +1 on this.

Your videos serve as a constant reminder to myself that I could be working harder.
 
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