Day 20:
Bloated up nicely. Yay. /sarcasm
Workout:
Well, the GOOD news is that I'm not losing too much muscle and/or my CNS isn't getting fatigued. The BAD news is that progression on most of my lifts has pretty much stalled. My top sets on my 5-rep lifts were mostly failed (deadlift was a struggle, and lost form badly, squat was the only "easy" one).
At least, I think so, because my "spotter" helped WAY too much on bench. I could tell he was getting in some row work on my heavy set, but by the time I was done, I was too fatigued to get in another set. FAWK. I HATE THAT. LEARN TO LEAVE THE ****ING BAR ALONE UNLESS I TELL YOU TO. I EVEN SAID THAT.
Aside from that, my 90% drop sets are where my top sets were the week before I started the diet, and they're easy enough to complete, even after putting a lot of effort into the top set. So, I'm most likely not losing muscle, but progression just isn't going to happen. Bummer. So, I gotta switch up the training a bit. I think I'm going to switch to 5x5, sets across with lower weight. Should still allow for good working sets, but without the need to work at such high levels that I start getting burned out from stressing out the CNS too much.
Bench - 5RM (9 reps, lol "spotter"), 90% 5R (6 reps), 85% 5R (6 reps)
Dead - 5RM (5 reps, 4th with the worst form ever), 90% 5R, 85% 5R
RFESS - 5RM, 90% 5R, 85% 5R
Military Press - 5RM (2 reps, 3rd rep halfway, held for about 5 seconds, but couldn't push through it), 90% 5R, 85% 5R
BB Row - 3 sets, 5RM across
Nutrition:
4 cups Cocoa Dyno Bites + 1.5 cups skim milk
Grilled chicken breast
Iso Sensation shake
Oranges
Salad
ON Casein shake
Totals: 1937 cals, 274g carbs, 16g fat, 173g protein