Harpe's Lifting Journal

[Quagmire911]

The diet looks great. Remember the carb cutoff 4-6 hours before bed.

I'd think about adding in maybe one HIIT day a week for anaerobic conditioning.

Have you gained weight in the last week? If not add another 300 calories a day, something like an extra two tablespoons of Olive oil. If you gained more than a pound do the reverse and drop a hundred or so calories a day.

Quagmire

 

[Harpe]

So after my last workout, it got the flu this time. I attribute it to going back to university and being in that germ factory, but man, my immune system must suck, because I wash my hands all the damn time.

Anyways, I'll probably be out for at least a week. Very bad timing, just as I was getting into the swing of things so to speak.

How should my diet look during this period of illness? still eat the same foods, but just less of them?

 

[EFFORT]

still eat the same foods, but just less of them?

yes, also drink lots of water, get in lots of vitamin C, and rest

 

[Harpe]

So, after a a month off from lifting I am back to start again.
I had a severe cold that lasted about 2 weeks, then a bout of food posioning.
The problem for the last week is that I have felt drained and out of energy. In the mornings my nose is a bit stuffed up and if I stay up too late (but only a a bit over 16 hours awake) my throat begins to tickle/get sore.

I have been taking it easy, drinking lots of water and eating lots of oranges/taking a multivitamin and eating the same foods though a lesser amount. One problem is that a couple of nights a week in the past 4 weeks I have only gotten 4-5 hours of sleep as I have to get up at 4:30am for work a few times a week. So, now I am going to try and get to sleep by 9, and I am hoping that working out and doing light cardio will help me be able to fall asleep easier.

So, first workout in a month today. Didn't feel 100% so I took it easy.

Deadlift 2x5 180lbs
Pendlow Rows 2x6 110lbs
DB curls 2x10 30lbs
Reverse forearm curl 2x10 40lbs

 

[Harpe]

So I think I'm finally over whatever it was I was fighting. After a few extra days off, I got back to it:

Hack Squats 2x5 200lbs
Hack Squats 2x13 130lbs
Stiff Leg Deadlift 2x8 145lbs
Calf Raises 2x10 180lbs

My scale broke but I'm going to reweigh myself soon, as it's like I'm starting over.

 

[Quagmire911]

Remember the set of 15 on squats is ONE set and and not two.

I just read your first post again about you saying squats hurt your UPPER ARMS when the bar is on them. This doesn't make sense...

 

[Harpe]

Oh, I only did one set of 15 reps. The 2 is mistakenly there.

My shoulders/upper chest would hurt when I was doing front squats with the bar resting on them, not a regular or hack squat. That would indeed make no sense. I'm sure my form was a little off, but I'm more comfortable doing hack squats for the time being.