A day in the life of a Grrl

[Ironside]

I lost weight this week too. Woke up at 186.9 this morning. 90+ degree weather working in a garage with no AC all week is the likely culprit

 

[John]

Well I lost weight to, but now it just sounds stupid and redundant, but yes it’s been hot as hell, and no ac like berserker, and I’m not sure about you two (@Ironside n @KodiakGrrl) but my appetite usually takes a hit when I’m working outside all day in the heat but it hasn’t yet, and for that I’m thankful.

 

[KodiakGrrl]

yeah my appetite has been for shit …

 

[John]

Well I hope mine doesn’t, cause I’m not forcing myself to eat and be more miserable

 

[John]

And I just ate two hot as hell fresh fucking funnel cakes

 

[KodiakGrrl]

sorry a bit late today …
squat

Warm up-
Rolling plank 3x20
Adductor dips 3x10
Single leg RDL 3x10​

Squat 4x5x80% I am struggling with switching back over to low bar after 6 months of high bar squatting. It is very frustrating not being able to move the weight as quickly as I would like

DB split squat 4x12 60lb vest and 20-lb dumbbells
RDL 4x8 went up to 165 for these today
cable or band pull through 2x20 these suck
Wheel rollout 2x12 didn’t even try to stand lol

weighed in at 189 so I put the weight back on
started eq test e cycle today with 1/2 ml of test and 3/4 ml of eq
that is all

 

[Ironside]

Yes! Another one I don’t have to Google lol. Nice work. I’m interested to hear more about how this cycle treats you.

 

[Raphael3636]

What’s the EQ dosage you’ll be running weekly?Pretty interested to see how that treats you.

 

[KodiakGrrl]

you won’t need to google for a few more weeks… this is a block periodization cycle so the only thing changing now is sets reps and percentages, I ll have a deload week here in maybe three weeks or so and then I ll get new stuff

 

[KodiakGrrl]

I ll be running anywhere from 375 to 400 depending on how accurate I am on the tick marks I typically run around 500 to 750 but since its been so long I ll sit here for a bit and adjust as I need to. I ll do the same with the test

 

[KodiakGrrl]

bench

Warm up-
Thoracic rotations 3x10
Band pull apart 3x15
Prone Y raise 3x10
Paused bench 3x6x75%
(Comp pause)

Close grip Spoto press 4x6x67.5%
Dips 3x10
Pull ups 4x7
Rolling tricep extension 3x15
Wheel rollouts 3x10

welp apparently my head is still up my ass from yesterday… grip width on bench was off so it was off… still made it through but didn’t think to check elbow wrist alignment until the last set. … I’ve been steadily working on widening my grip however apparently today that thought wasn’t on the agenda and i had my grip narrow even for me. not close enough for a close grip but in enough to throw off bar path and all the rest. it was a gritty day glad this one is over.

weighed in at 188.6 this morning

 

[Ironside]

Good morning @KodiakGrrl

What’s the plan today

 

[KodiakGrrl]

deadlift
Warm up-
Rolling planks 3x20
Bird dog with side reach out 3x20
Side plank clamshell raise up 3x10
Front squat 2x4x62.5% well I could tell when I started out with these that I was going to have one of ‘those’ days. even getting up under the bar was challenging

Deadlift - 6x4x75% I was looking forward to these… last week I went too heavy so I figured these would be … easier… lol… I wanted to write cake but it’s deadlifting. they were not. they moved slow and my knee decided that it was going to do it’s thing and cave. I dropped 10lbs midway through when I saw it on the video and ended up slowing them down even more so I could focus on pushing the weight to the outside of my foot … (that usually keeps my knee where it needs to)

Snatch grip deadlift 2x6x60% wasn’t even sure I could lift this but I did and it felt pretty damn good … no knee cave here until the end of the last set
T-bar rows 4x12 nothing special
DB pull over 3x15 these are great it you do them right

I need to get on to keeping my macros again … I m not eating enough and it’s showing during training.
weighed in at 188.6 so weight is holding steady but energy levels are pretty sucky

 

[Raphael3636]

I hate “those days” but like you said that really goes hand in hand with your macro intake. I know I need to up my cals and perhaps carbs when I start dragging ass.

 

[KodiakGrrl]

It really makes a huge difference … my go to is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

 

[John]

I bring PBJ sandwiches all the time to work.

 

[John]

And cans a tuna

 

[JB_rD81]

PB and J’s… mmmmmmmm

 

[JB_rD81]

I’m old fat and broken, but those make me feel like I’m 11 again.

 

[KodiakGrrl]

LOL I cut mine up into squares (still)