BW: 110.5kg.
Day 10 of PSMF. Tired today, but not too hungry.
Famine by Jamie Lewis, second run, day 5.
Barbell row: 75kg - 4xAMRAP - 7 7 7 7. Heavy, but moving well.
Machine row: 6x20 - 3x45kg 3x40kg. Jesus, this hurt.
Supersetted with:
Machine curl: 6x10 - 3x55kg 3x50kg. Oww.
Chins: 4x6
Supersetted with:
HLR: 4x8
Good workout, but I was just straight up empty at the end of it.
BW: 110.6kg.
Day 8 of PSMF. Hungry but cruising.
Famine by Jamie Lewis, second run, day 4.
Squat: 5x3 127.5kg. These were surprisingly easy and smooth.
Squat: AMRAP at 50% - 62.5kg - 24 reps. Shoulders giving out long before legs are broken.
Military press: 5xAMRAP 90% - 60kg 4 4 4 3 3 - worse performance than last week for sure. But also 7.2kg lighter than last week, so... okay?
Incline DB press: 5x5 - 24kg - super slow, smooth and controlled, with a pause at the bottom. Could probably have gone up this week.
Leg curl 5x20, Calf raise 5x8 and HLR 5x10 done circuit style. Hard.
BW: 111.2kg.
Day 7 of PSMF. 6.4kg down this week. Expecting a slowdown now, to perhaps 2-400 grams per day. Feeling better than I have all week. Spells of fatigue and some dizziness, but otherwise I'm doing fine. Strength is fine when I hoist something.
Walked a ton with the dog yesterday. Ended the day at about 18000 steps, and that was with alot of loafing on the couch rewatching House of Cards too.
Will walk plenty today too, perhaps break out the weight vest later today.
BW: 112.5kg.
Day 5 of PSMF. Rough times.
Famine by Jamie Lewis, second run, day 3.
Squat: 6x4 120kg. These were fine. Could perhaps have gone 125, but erred on the side of caution, because I felt like a freight train had mowed me down all day before working out.
Bench: 4xAMRAP 85kg. Got 6 6 5 5, and it felt fairly fine.
Dips: 20 minutes.
Cable row: 6x20 47kg. This is the destroyer of worlds.
Chins: 20 minutes.
Shoulder press (machine): 6x8 45kg.
I have been feeling like shit all week. I've fasted before, and did NOT expect this freight train that has rammed me this week. Maybe it's because I've been getting 4000 calories on the regular, working out and feeling fantastic. The contrast to my current 800-900 calorie PSMF is stark, to say the least. If I keep feeling like this I am not convinced I want to go the entire month. I will give it one more week, and hopefully the body adjusts.
I feel so much better after this lifting session than before, it's absurd.
BW: 113.3kg.
Day 4 of PSMF. Feeling better than yesterday (I think).
It's time to dig deep for the stories and fantasies about why I'm currently starving.
I loved MythicalStrength's (http://mythicalstrength.blogspot.com/) ideas of making stories in your head when you train. I used to do this alot when I was out in the woods running. To keep going I would imagine I was living in the 40s, during the war, and I had to either outrun some german soldiers chasing me, or get quickly from wherever I started to wherever I was going, through the woods, to save my daughters from the soliders. Or some such variation of the same "hero" themes. It was remarkably effective. It made me feel like there was true purpose to the run, outside of just increasing my physical fitness. It also took me out of my head and the constant "this feels heavy, let's just stop it"-thoughts. Instead I could talk to myself and keep pushing because they would die if I didn't.
And now I use this same type of thinking when I'm having a hard time during weight training or conditioning. Any type of fantasy works, that's whats so great about it. I can be a viking invader, a special forces soldier on a mission, a lonely hermit in the woods just breaking new ground and working my ass off to sustain myself - literally anything works, as long as you like thinking about it and it keeps you going.
Mentality is the key. It's the main driver of all progress. You protect your mind and your well being inside yourself before anything else. It's the foundation that everything else is built on.
BW: 114.3kg.
Day 3 of PSMF. Lowest energy day yet.
Famine by Jamie Lewis, second run, day 2.
Rows: 4x70kg amraps - 7 7 7 7 - maybe went too light, would have got 4-5 at 75-80kg.
Machine Row 6x20: 3x45kg 3x40kg
Machine Bicep Curls 6x8: 3x50kg 3x45kg
Chins 4x6
HLR 4x8
Devoid of energy due to keto kicking in. Diarrhea, feeling sick, the whole usual keto flu routine. Hopefully it eases up in a few days.
BW: 115.5kg.
Day 2 of 30 day PSMF. Low energy already.
After work workout.
5 min bike
Stretches, squat practice, shoulder stuff
15 minutes, as many rounds as possible of:
Got 5 rounds, sweating like a pig.
Walk 10 minutes on treadmill to cool down, then breathing cooldown.
45 minute evening walk with dog.
