Soccer Practice

Soccer Practice

2.5 hours long. This was a tough workout. At the end my calves were completely cramping up.

Things I need to work on are finishing when the all comes from wide areas as well as controlling aerial balls.

Fuel for the 26th of January

Meal 1: Satay chicken and rice. 45C, 25P
Meal 2: 2x eggs, 1x whey, whole milk. 15C, 50P
Meal 3: PWO 1 litre of sports drink. 75C
Meal 4: Chicken breast burger, fries. 65C, 30P
Meal 5: 2x whey in water. 50P
Meal 6: 400g chicken breast. 100P

Total C: 200
Total P: 255

Just, Training, Just Living

Weights

Squat: 150x2, 160x2, 165x2, 150x2, 160x2, 165x2, 130x8. Whole workout wasn't easy but it wasn't too hard. Hip flexors have been so fucking sore, felt like they were gonna tear off.

Fuel for the 25th of January

Meal 1: Whole milk, 2 eggs, whey, toast: 50g C, 50g P
Meal 2: PWO Shake: 60g C, 20g P
Meal 3: Spaghetti Bolognese: 45g C, 55g P
Meal 4: 1litre 1% milk: 50g C, 40g P
Meal 5: Whey in water: 25g P
Meal 6: Lamb chops: 55g P

Total C: 205
Total P: 245


...because life's better with abs.

Getting Conditioned, Getting Lean

Fuel for the 23rd of January

Meal 1: 4 eggs, 2 pieces of wholemeal toast, 1 scoop of whey, 200ml whole milk: 50g C, 60g P
Meal 2: 1litre of skim milk: 40g C, 35g P
Meal 3: Roast chicken wholemeal sandwich, 1 plum: 45g C, 50g P
Meal 4: PWO shake, 250ml fruit juice: 90g C, 35g P
Meal 5: Chicken wings: 55g P
Meal 6: Whey in water: 25g P

Total C: 225
Total P: 260

Conditioning 

This was a hectic 90min game of soccer. Hopefully I will play this year when the season starts in a couple of months, I'm trying to get a team together. Soccer and weight training will keep me lean, strong and conditioned to run.

SV Post

Although I have been dieting and slimming down for a few months now, things went initially really well. I was hitting PRs. But now things have changed.

Today was not a good day in the gym. It's clear I have lost a significant amount of strength. I only managed 170x6x2 when a couple of weeks ago I did 170x12x2. My bench went just as badly. Although I haven't lost a huge amount of bodyweight over the last couple of weeks (about 1kg/2lbs), my protein intake has certainly taken a dive from about 250g per day to 190-200g per day. I now feel like this has made a real negative impact.

It's clear I have only 1 real option; get my protein intake back up to 250g and salvage what I still have, while getting my training back on track. While I believe some loss in strength is okay, this current state can't go on.

To anyone who reads this log, I would give just 2 pieces of advice:

1. If you think at some point in your training, you may want to become lean, keep your bodyfat at around 15% if you can. If it gets up to around 25%, you really make things more difficult for yourself in the long run, as I have done. Time spent dropping bodyweight by somewhere in the region of 15% is a slow, time consuming process that coulb be spent better by getting bigger and stronger.

2. Keep your protein high.

I'm going to be taking a break from updating my log here on SV. I'm still going to be training but I just dont feel like being in the public domain as such at the moment. Good luck to everybody and I'll see you here again soon.

The Lean Nightmare

Knee is troubling me and hip flexors are sore,

I just don't think I can go on anymore.

When squats feel heavier but the bar is lighter,

Too succeed, you really have to be a fighter.

After 12 weeks, morale is starting to drop,

I can't go on, this madness has to stop.

Everything just feels so unfair,

My lean dream has turned into a nightmare.


Light Squat

Bench: Steel's program, end of week 2.

Press: 60x4, 50x8

Just The Basics

Squat: 160x6x2

Chins: 11kg x 5, 5, 8. Love the feeling of getting better at chins.


More skipping

Squattn, Benchn, Jumpn

Threw in some light squats today because I feel like once a week squatting just isn't enough.

Also benched 92.5x5x3, 70x12 and did a bunch of curls.

Did some skipping rope after the session too which was fun. Felt a bit like Manny Pacquiao!

Getting Back into the Grove

Got back into Steel's programming earlier in the week after three weeks of messing around.

Today I did

Bench: 92.5x2x2, 97.5x2x1

Squat: 150x8x2 (90 sec rest)

Chins: 10kg x 5, 5, 8.

Everything else is feeling a little heavier except for the chins!

Also did some skipping rope. It was pretty fun. Gonna do it regularly.

BW: 86kg

Barbell Complex

The gym is closed until Wednesday so took get a bit of a session in I just did a barbell complex at home:

Squat x 10

Press x10

Curl x10

Power clean x10

Push up x10

Sit up x20

x5 Rounds.