Without Obligations. in The Napkin.

Another two hour session.

I typically don’t lift on Saturday. Partly because it’s one of my days off, and I thought I should have one day where I don’t do anything. And, I was under the false impression Saturday would be busy. You know, the “weekend warriors”.

Some people ask a lot in forums “how do you stay motivated?” I typically reply with something about progression. That getting stronger is its own reward.

But a day like today?

I lift because I like it.

Lift, then zone out for five minutes. Feeling zero pressure at all. Then lift, and rest for five minutes. No external stressors at all trying to invade my personal space.

When it’s good, lifting is relaxing for me.

If anybody cares, I’ve fallen into a “two lift a day” mentality for upper body. Whereas before I was doing two pushes, two pulls, then fluff, well. I’m still doing upper/lower/upper/lower/upper/rest/rest. As a skeleton, my upper days now look like:

Push
Pull
bi’s
rear delts
lateral delts
tris

At least, it looks simple on paper for me. For my compounds (pushes and pulls) been hitting six sets. Roughly 4x9/12/15. Or, pick a weight, aim for four sets of nine. Then lower the weight and aim for 12. Then lower the weight and aim for 15. I don’t see the point in doing more than one exercise per movement. If you want to get good at a movement, do that movement.

(Will note that I have a 27 week linear progression planned that will slowly drop the reps and increase the weight to 4x6/9/12. I got six months straight in. I can do another six months.)

Since I’ve lowered the volume per workout (and thus the week), the tweak in my right shoulder is gone. Great OHP session today. Bench as its merits, but I’ll always feel more pride out of overhead pressing.