monk01’s BodyBlog

I worked right through the last few weeks, and pushed fairly hard with no problems. I thought I am going to make it to my "scheduled" rest period. All was well, until this morning. I just could not get out of bed to hit the gym. I woke up on time, but I just did not have the drive to get to the gym. I am starting my break a little early. Actually, I am a bit dissappointed, because I only had two workouts to go to stay on track, but I just think that time is right now. I will be getting plenty of exercise on my hunting trip anyway. Until next time, happy Thanksgiving to all.

So far, all of this week’s workouts have been kind of crappy. I have been able to hold my own, but I have had to drop the weight or stayed the same on many of my exercises. I just don’t have the drive to push any harder this week. I don’t know if it is my body telling me that it is time for a break or what, but I can’t quit now. Actually, I already have a scheduled break set up for the week of November 26. It is only two workout weeks away, but I think my body has had it now. I picked that week, because I have a lot of things to do, including going to my hunting camp for a few days. This means I will be no where near a gym, (or work, HA ha) for that matter. Anyway, do you think I should press on for the two weeks or listen to my body and give it a break now?

Today is the day that I had set for my short term goals. Well, I did okay in some areas, but failed in others. My first goal was to get down to 185lbs. Well, that didn’t happen, as I weighed in today at 197. It looks like I failed miserably at this one. I had set my squat numbers to 350, which I had no problem hitting. Actually I got 335 for six reps today, so I am sure I can get 350 for one with ease. I set 250 orm as my bench goal. The jury is still out on this one. I did get 230 for 3 on Monday, but am not sure if I could put up 250 for one or not. I think I can be happy with my progress here, because I think I could probably push the 250 for one if I had to. Finally, I set my military or shoulder press goal at 175 orm. This one was a bit out of reach for me. I switched exercises from a sit down mil press to stand up mil press half way through my progression. I really had to back off on the weight here for some reason. Doing stand ups, I cannot push nearly the weight that I can while doing sit downs. Another reason or excuse for my failure here can have to do with the fact that I am incorporating triceps in with my shoulders. For example, I will do a set of military presses, take a 30 second break, then  hit the tris, take a 60 break, and go back to military presses. Enough excuses, I failed. All in all, I guess I only hit 50% of my goals…… Time for some new ones.

On another note, Halloween was last night, and my diet really suffered. I could not resist the sweet taste of that chocolate. Once I got a hold of one piece, I had another, and another, and another. It was not a good scene, and the satisfaction only lasted about five minutes. Anyway, I guess I am back to square one with the diet, as usual.