c2w1sq in Exerbabble III

Thursday, 4-2-15
Cycle II, Week 1: Squat Day

Yesterday's nutrition: Fair.
Last night's sleep: 8 hours, like a rock.

Squats:
5 @ 45, 95, 145 lbs
5, 5, 6 @ 165 lbs
10, 10, 10 @ 95 lbs

Bulgarian Split Squat: 3x10 @ BW

Crux of workout: 35 minutes
lower stretching
Bonus: 10 minutes light treadmill

Keeping it simple. Three sets of 5’s, three sets of 10’s, three sets of higher-rep bulgarian split squats. …Man, I’m going to be sore tomorrow and the day after.

I don’t know how I got to thinking I needed all that extra stuff. Nobody got strong leg lifts doing back extensions. Heavy stuff is because I want heavy. Not-as-heavy is to get a little volume. And unilateral stuff is like vegetables. Uncomfortable, but good for you. I’d much rather have a shorter, focused workout than doing a bunch of random shit. Rest periods will drift upwards, but a 35 minute workout as a start works just fine for me.

Top sets actually felt.... far better than all of last month. I felt solid, and more important, not nearly as winded after each set. Beginning of last month, oh my god, I thought I was going to faint. What the hell was that? After the sets of 95, I had a ridiculous pump in my back. Just a pump. I’ll repeat the weight and see if it uh isn’t as annoying.

I actually wanted to do sets of 15 for split squats, but both my strength and balance is off. So. I’ll give that a couple sessions.

We’ll see whether I end up regretting deciding to do cardio the day after leg stuff. I figure it’ll aid in recovery to get blood flow and stuff. Or I’ll fall down, whatever.