Rev’s Gym

I weighed in this morning @ 223.5. Considering all that I ate after weighins Friday night I’m pretty happy at only a 4.5 lb gain, especially with all of the water weight in flux due to dehydration and creatine load/deloading. But, now it’s back to the norm: eggs and coffee, tuna, salad and a protein, tuna or shake, sandwich post workout, protein and veggie, protein and veggie, bed.

This week I’m just going to focus on rehabing my lifts and body post meet. I’ll do my normal lifts, but I think I’ll lower the top number a bit, at LEAST on the accessory work. Today will be squats, hams/glutes/quads, and abs.

The meet today went great! ADAU Power Day push-pull event.

Bench went 335, 345, and pr @ 360 for first.

Deadlift went 485, 510(pr), and 540 (2 red lights).

I’m STOKED!!!

Well, it’s weigh-in day for the meet. I weighed in this morning @ exactally…

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… 220. My weight class is 220. So, by weigh-ins tonight I should be just under and sitting pretty for the meet

I’m honestly looking forward to not having to drink so much water today. I really, REALLy need to get some better magazines in the bathrooms if I’m going to be spending that much time in them lol.

I’m still feeling pretty strong: no noticable drain or strength loss. I’ll rehydrate tonight a bit, but It looks like I won’t have to even do a sweat. I’m definitely going to stick to the small doses of protein every 2 hours and extra water (just not THAT much). That’s been great.

So, here was yESterday:

Thursday:  222                  Water:1111

1.)    2 eggs, 3 whites, 1.5 strips bacon, supps, coffee 6:30

2.)    2 scoops whey, 9:30

3.)    10 oz ham, 2 slices bread, 2 T mustard, 12:00

4.)    4 chicken nuggets 3:30

5.) 12 wings, 6 C salad, 4 T blue cheese dressing, 4 cherry tomatos, 3 hard boiled egg whites, 16 oz iced tea, 5:00

So that’s 1955 calories, 60 carbs, 106 fats, 200 proteins.

Well, I’m tired of water (lol), but so far so good. I weighed in this morning (Thursday) @ 222. I’ll eat normally today and cut the water back to 1 gallon (now distilled rather than tap) and really cut out sodium today. Then nothing after 7pm tonight till weigh-ins tommorrow night @ 5:30 except coffee in the morning and enough water to take my supps.

Yesterday was like this:

Wednesday: 224                  Water:            11111,11

1.)    Coffee 5:30

2.)    2 eggs, 3 egg whites, 1 strip bacon 6:30

3.)     supps, coffee 7:00

4.)    1 can tuna 9:30

5.)    15 oz ham, 3 slices bread, 1 T pb, 12:30

6.)    1 coffee, 1 can tuna 3:15

7.)    8 oz chicken, ½ C corn, 6:00

8.)    8 oz chicken, 8:00

9.)    ¾ C pineapple 9:00

Which is around 1,819 calories, 75 carbs, 50 fats, 256 proteins

So far so good! I dropped 4 lbs the first night and another 1.5 last night, so 4 to go by Friday evening. Wednesdays are traditionally a good day to drop for me too as they seem to be steadily busy with moving from morning till 9 or 10 pm. I’ll have to prep my meals for today though and fill the water jugs.

Yesterday was like this:

Tuesday: 225.5lbs                      Water:11111,11               
     1water=34 oz

1.)    2 whole eggs, 2 egg whites, supps, coffee. 7am

2.)    1 can tuna 9am

3.)    4 C lettuce, 2 black olives, 8 oz chicken breast, 2 T blue cheese dressing, 4 oz mozzarella, 32 oz unsweetened iced tea, 12:00

4.)    1 can tuna 3pm

5.)    2 cups salad, ½ Tomato, 6 oz ground beef, 5 black olives, 4 T salsa, 2 T lite sour cream, 6pm

6.)  9 oz ham, 2 slices toast, 1 T ground mustard

7.) 5 psyllium husks

So, totals were something like:    1,801 calories, 49 carbs, 77 fats, 218 proteins

Thought I’d document what I do the week of a meet diet and weight wise.

*1 Water = 34 oz’s.

** 1 US gallon = 128 US fluid ounces

***Supps = 1 multi, 3 grams fish oil, 3 grams flax oil, 1 niacin, 500 mg Vit. C, nose spray and 1 lortadine

It’s here! It’s meet week. It’s in the ADAU so it’s completly raw and drug tested: Singlet, socks, shoes, smiles. The push-pull is saturday and openers are set at 335 bench and 485 DL in the 220 class. Looking to hit 360 and 510.

So, being meet week, I normally don’t lift. But…

Kim’s workout partner bailed today due to post vacation blaw-de-de-blaw-blaw. Kim turned to me last night and asked "Would you work out with me tommorrow?" This is HUGE as she normally hates working out with me. Deal was I had to do Amy’s workout, times, and weights. lol, ok. So today was some awesome time with my wife and a very very very very very light deload.

I’m also water loading now and just began trying psyllium husk last night. I’ll let you know how the weigh-ins go.

Wow! Meet is a week earlier than I had planned! Turned out I was using a calendar from the beginning of the year that was updated right after I printed it. Old meet day was the 25, new day is 18th!!!

So, openers are being set:

Bench: I’m going to open conservativly @ 335. I doubled 340 yesterday, but it’s only an opener and I want to nail it. So, tentatively I’m going to shoot for 335, 350, 365. Old meet pr is 350 from three years ago. Havn’t cracked over 335 in a meet since, but I feel GOOD about this one. Thanks God!

Deadlift: Don’t know yet, as I set these tommorrow. I’m hoping to open @ 485, but I’ve never tripled that before. My old meet pr is a 505 third attempt that I got in December after missing it due to grip (first time EVER) on my second attempt.

Tentative plan is 485, 505, 520

Weighing 222 right now, so I’m right where I want to be for 220 class. Now to just do well during Holy Week

Just changed back to a 5×5 base for my workouts and reincorporated direct ab and bicep accessory work. I try to hit these at the very least right before/during spring to prepare for strongman event work outside. I’m really amazed by how much my 5×5 has gone up after 4 months of 5×3.

    Also, I’ve been trying an old diet plan: Eat healthy. Lol, I know, what a revelation.  I’m simply eating lots of veggies, fruit, and protein. I’m drinking lots of water and a little coffee or tea/green tea. I’m greatly limiting anything with corn, wheat, or sugar. I’m trying (ala susan powder) not to eat anything white (cheeses, creams, bread, pasta, potato, white rice, etc.)

  Not the traditional no carb/low carb diet as this one allows any fruit or veggie, etc. . But I’m feeling pretty good on this.

I’ll be keeping updated on my bodyfat progress through the charts here as I’ve removed all of my progress pics. It was brought to my attention by a caring congregant who came across bodybuilding.com that there are those in the congregation who would give me a good amount of grief for being seen bare-chested online. There are battles worth fighting, and those that can be avoided through small self sacrifices.

   If anyone is actually reading this, thanks for the support that you’ve given me in the past. You’ve helped me to reclaim a good portion of my health and wellbeing.