Fall – or as I call it, The Bulking Season of My People
It has been a hell of a summer. My cut had been going very well – I was seeing some nice vascularity and size though my delts and abs, my legs were almost looking decent, got down to 133 lbs and I think about 15% bodyfat – but personal tragedy was followed by – in no particular order – a kidney stone, a breast-cancer scare, a flu, an MRI for a possible cartilage tear in my right hip, and an eye infection that took five courses of antibiotic to clear.
I’m hardcore, but I’m not stupid – I ended the cut. I need to get healthy.
So I’m hovering just over 140 lbs, which I shall pull back so I hover just under that for the next few months. I’ll get back to cutting in the spring. Meanwhile, the plan is to build up my upper body while I leave my lower at maintenance. I’ve made some nice gains in my quads since incorporating front squats a few years ago (I no longer even DO back squats anymore) and my delts really came up, but of course, I ALWAYS want more!
For the next two months, I’m going to focus on lats, delts and pecs. I have no idea what my MRI will tell me about the Big Bad Hip, much less what I’ll do about it once I find out, but my rotator cuff hasn’t been causing me any trouble and I’m starting to see some small progress in pressing. I intend to build on this progress – I can squeeze out 8-10 rep sets with 95 lbs, and I’d like to see 35 a side by mid January. No clue if it’ll happen, but it’s long been a goal of mine.
Today, I trained lats and delts.
Hang cleans: 95×5, 105×5, 115×4, 125×2, 135×1 <-shitty form on that last one, but I got ‘er up so I’m calling it!
Push presses: 95×5, 105×5, 105×4, 95×5
Oly bar corner presses: 8 rep sets, one arm at a time with the bar plus 35, then two more the bar plus 40
Self-assisted chins: 5 reps with a 25, then two sets of 8 reps with 10lbs hanging off me
One arm lat pulldowns, “Spidermans”: 3×10 done like I’m crawling up a wall, I think I had the pin at 60 a side, but who the hell ever knows what that means – I just go by feel on these.
Comment: Good workout. Worked delts hard.
Diet: not sure. Trying for satiety these days. This means, among other things, no wheat.
Supps: the usual asortment; making sure I’m getting in the creatine.