Sorrow's powerlifting log

[Sorrow]

ron white
nice

yes and I believe I'll have a drink or two as well.. no cigar though. lol I love it when they bring a headliner to my town.

i do one and a halfs with squats... deadlifts sound awesome.

Interesting, I will have to try that after the meet. I bet thats brutal!

[Rodja]

What are your other projected openers?

[Sorrow]

Squat 630
bench 475
dead 525

All nice and easy, then take decent jumps based on how I'm performing that day.

[Sorrow]

2/10/2013
bodyweight 244.1
Squat
warm up
Equiped squat
Jack suit
530 x 2 Straps down
580 x 1 straps up loose
640 x 1 straps loose
700 x 1 little tighter straps

Last "training day" no accessory work. Next week will be just some warm up followed by opener then rest up till the meet.

Side note Ron White is the shit live! If you get the chance to see his show go! I may have had a few more beers friday night then I intended but no real damage judging by performance today. Just mild hangover saturday morning.

Well roll on, just a few short weeks left.

[Sorrow]

2/13/2013
bodyweight 244.4
bench
warm up
Equiped bench
Jack Bench shirt
405 x 2 2board
455 x 1 1board
480 x 1 chest
505 x 1 chest

Last bench training day, next week is just last warm up or opener. Was really tired due to work. But felt solid. The 505 went real well, kind of surprised me a little as I really didnt feel all that fired up tonight! Tomorrow hit some deadlifts.. then go surprise the old lady for vday. Should be some good "cardio"

[Sorrow]

2/14/2013
bodyweight 244.9
deadlift
warm up
Add Metal King deadlifter pro
455 x 1 straps down
525 x 1 straps up
575 x 1

Nice smooth fast pulls. The 575 felt great, little to no strain. 17 days out.

[VayneZ]

You keep getting heavier. You believe most of it is muscle? Since you can see yourself in the mirror. I belief you feel way stronger now, fully recovered from the last cycle, right?

[Sorrow]

You keep getting heavier. You believe most of it is muscle? Since you can see yourself in the mirror. I belief you feel way stronger now, fully recovered from the last cycle, right?

Well there was a dip in there where I slipped down to almost 237 for a few days, then I tried to adjust my cals up to stay as close to 242 as possible. Wound up over doing it last week and instead of avg 2600 cals a day I avg 3000. Body weight went back up to almost 245. Also happened to be when I got my injection for HRT, so there was some bloat going on.

For the most part I am still way ahead of where I was the last time I competed at 242. And I'm at a much butter body fat %. I'm guessing probably close to 21% or less. Which is high as hell compared to all you ripped mofo's! lol but Its good for me. I have lost some top end since the cycle, but Not as much as I expected. I think HRT was a huge factor in that. Also there's been some lethargy but that has been fading. I'm due for another injection monday so if everything keeps going in this direction I should be completely healed and ready to go!

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[VayneZ]

Completely forgot you were on HRT! How long have you been on it? And for what exact reason again?? I have a good friend in Philly who's gonna start HRT soon, since he had been suffering from bad insonmia and seizures due to epilepsy for awhile, and he's been feeling REALLY depressed lately, went to see a specialist, they checked his test levels and now they're assigning him on a regular routine of HRT.

[Sorrow]

Been on it for close to 10 months now I believe, not real sure off the top of my head. The first two or three months was just a monthly injection while my doc assessed me for any possible sides.

For me there was lethargy, to the point where I would sleep everyday after work for an hour just to get through the rest of the night. And it was never restful deep sleep. There was also this dull feeling, like not really being able to completely focus on things, memory impairment. And, the final thing was my recovery times started getting much longer. All of that cleared up on a modest 150 every 2 weeks. Will be going to 200 every 2 next month though.