Alright, back from a deload with a new update for y’all. Kicking off a fresh cycle – 5’s week – Max OHP bumps up to 165, training 1RM at 148.5 (once again, these are seated, no backrest – ceiling height won’t allow for standing)
OHP working sets: 100x5, 115x5, 130x8*
Superset 5 sets of 10
Chins 25lbs
OHP 75lbs
My last 5’s set, had a bit of grip trouble. Hands kept sliding outward on the bar, forcing me to do a quick touch & go rerack to catch a grip adjustment after my 5th rep.
On a related note sweating like a beast lately from that HyperT2. D-Test seems ok, only a week or so left, just bulk DAA it would seem (D-pol is way nicer on the ol’ belly). Nolvadren XT is definitely showing a bit of drying out – keeping it at half dose (1 cap), 2 caps can be a bit much & 1 seems a-ok & will cover me for the DAA I have left.
I’ve been bumping up the conditioning, ab training, & yoga recently. Conditioning is a mix of HIIT & LISS as I have time & patience for. Abs have been weighted sit-ups on a slant board, roll-outs, standing cable crunches, & DB side bends. Some days I’ll add on to the end of my weight training, drop a second session later in the day, or both.
Recovery is staying up to pace. Keeping cals in the 3k range, protein around 200g, fats on average have been around 100 most days, with carbs 300. Weight is consistently in the 179-182 range. I’m most likely getting a few too many cals from alcohol, but the wife’s a schoolteacher, so for summer break is the time she’s relaxed & wanting to go out & do things, so when in Rome…. She’s back to work now, luckily, so my sleep patterns can get more regular.
I’ve basically been keeping a slow but steady recomp going for some time now. I have yet to knock the last bits of ab fat out, but I have continued to trim up along with put on a little muscle here & there, especially my back – weighted chins one day & deadlifts the next put the hurt on me like nothing else….