Finding the time is not that hard, but finding self motivation and discipline is the most important part right now. This is my 3rd week.
Day 1
One day fresh after week 2 with a little soreness with a squat of 32,5 kg. No miscalculating the weights this time, just plain old regular lifting. I’m a little ashamed to having use the calculator app on my phone because for some odd reason I couldn’t correctly figure out how much to put on each side of the bar. …. it’s (32.5- 20):2=6.25… and after that I had to figure out which one of my weights totaled that …..it’s 2.5+2+1.5+0.25
Squats were a little bit heavier now, but I still managed.
I still can’t do any overhead presses. Tried to do one rep and almost did one complete rep before the pain started to kick in.
Back to using lightweights then
Decided to go for 1 kg this time and simulate OHPs 5×5.
And ended the session with a 1×5 deadlift of 50 kg. It did feel kinda nice to see some actual bigger weights on the bar . It shouldn’t go to my head though, I’d easily would want to add more.
Day 2 and 3
Day 2 wasn’t much of difference except for adding weights. I almost postponed the work again, but I decided to push through. The hardest part is not the lifting the weights, but having the discipline to keep going. I did skip the row exercise so ended with 35 kg squat and 27.5 kg bench
Day 3 was a more challenging start. Why? Because I didn’t have the right incremental weights to reach 37.5 kg. So I decide to go for 40 kg. That’s a 5 kg jump from the last squat session, but I felt good about it. I did do some extra warm up sets just to be ready. It was a success. I did feel sore after, but it was the good kind.
Still not there with the OHP though , so lifted some 2.5 kg each.
With the deadlift I decided to wear a belt to lift the 55 kg because it helps me with my form. I just have to make sure I don’t have always have to depend on it. In a later stadium I’ll only be using it for last or heavy sets when probably switch to another program.
