Back to the Iron and.....my first stall.....

Yeah, so, I didn't do anything during my time away for 2 weeks. Well apart from eat and work late. Couldn't have seen that happening right?!

Coming back and hitting the gym, I was actually very motivated to go. Wasn't a struggle, but I sure did feel the body ache afterwards, which lasted for a week. It was only today I felt normal again and breezed through my squats - 67.5kg.

BUT, overhead press i stalled AGAIN. Same thing, completed 3 sets of 5 reps, on the 4th set, could only manage 3 reps, and the the 5th, only 2 reps.

Was I not resting enough?

Well next workout is the last chance I will get to push through it before I de-load. In a way, perhaps its better to de-load, work on form a bit better, can only make me stronger. Reading around found stalling on OHP is quite common and at this weight, so that's a bit of a relief, but by 2 weeks I want to get past it.

I tried to do some dips, something wrong, can still only manage 3. Maybe I'm just too shattered, maybe its because I've increased weight slightly, or maybe I'm still a fucking weakling. But I think instead of doing dips/ chin ups/ push ups as if I feel like, I'm going to make it a part of my routine - no excuses. Do as many as I can to failure. No where near any form sets and reps for this shit yet.

So couple of new goals now to keep me going; OHP break through and body weight exercises.

Let's get it on.....

ps man my belly is getting bigger......this shit better work....

Travelling...

So just came back from a week of travelling for work, and back out again from Sunday for two weeks.

From my last session on Sunday to today, Friday, I thought I would be too weak and not able to complete the 5x5 on the workouts. However I was pleasantly surprised. Squats were good, no pain this time, think my form is getting better. Deadlift at 70kg for me was brutal but awesome. Overhead press I JUST about managed it. I have no idea how I will do it next time. Mostly due to the length of time between my next session.

Due to being back out again for two week, I have a few concerns. I highly doubt the hotel gym will have a power/ squat rack. So I'm pretty confident i won't be following my routine for two weeks. Which isn't the end of the world, but is a bit of downer since I feel making decent progress.

So what do I do? Do nothing, eat and get fat, and just hope when I get back all will be okay and carry on? Or i'm sure the gym will have some dumbbells. Considering my OHP was hard for me, I think i might do some shoulder and tricep DB exercises. Only to improve my OHP.

I think there's a pool also, so a nice swim might be good just to keep the heart rate up. If I can do that, try and keep a calorie surplus at least by body will keep thinking it's doing something and feed my muscles nutrients.

Let's see, all this talk and I just know I will be working till late and then having a kebab and belly getting fatter......