Caffeine Is My Friend! ^_^
Caffeine is my new best friend! Last week I avoided extra stimulants to see how the Methyl Ripped Hardcore would be tolerated. It really lit me up the first few days, but by the end of the week an additional couple cups of coffee throughout the day had no adverse effects. Well, today I got up on time, got breakfast (new portion size has 1/2c of oats instead of 1c, and 1 less egg. This amount was perfect!) but got distracted talking online with my mom. By the time the conversation was over I figured I’d wait and head out the same time GJ did for work, so roughly an hour and a half later than I’d typically go.
I’d already taken my Nitro EXT, and I didn’t want to take more of that. It had been long enough that the methyl ripped was starting to lose its initial kick. It also was too early to try and eat more. So, I went ahead, initially against my better judgement, to take a serving of Full Blown Extreme instead to get the carbs (trade out worked by halving the oats and dropping the extra carbs from the PWO shake) from it and some other pump promoting goodies. Within 10 minutes, I was hyped, but not jittery. Hmmm… This could be good… I got to the gym and every single lift went up more than I expected. For the 7s I didn’t need to drop the weights nearly as frequently. Pretty surprised by this since I changed out a couple exercise variations to make the workout more challenging. Multiple exercises were finishing roughly 10-20% heavier than last week on the final sets.
I’m still quite energized and haven’t crashed at all. The rest of the day should be interesting to see how my energy levels change. I can definitely say though that given the pacing of the morning I think I’ll stick with timing things like I did today. No harm letting breakfast digest a little longer.
So here are today’s numbers:
Cross-Body Hammer Curls 3-4×8-12 35 40 40 45
Machine Bicep Curl 3×8-12 90 100 120
V-Bar Cable Curls 7×8-12 80 90 90 90 85 80 60×22
Close Grip Bench Press 3-4×8-12 115 120 125 130
Parallel Bar Machine Dips 3×8-12 225 240 255
Reverse Cable Pushdown w/V-Bar 7×8-12 110 110 110 110 100 100 75×22
Standing Calf Raises 4×10-12 160 170 180 190
Seated Calf Raises 4×15-20 95 100 105 110
Calf Sled Press 7×10-12 180 180 180 180 170 170 170
