Good Morning gym rats! Your day is probably just beginning but I’m already ready for bed. Soooo sleepy and the rainy / humid / grey atmosphere is not helping matters. I may have officially woken up at 4:45 this morning with the sound of my alarm alerting me it was time to get up, fuel-up, and hit core before work but I really feel like I’ve been up since about 2:30, having tossed and turned much of the early morning hours. I do love my early morning gym sessions but unless they are a regular occurrence, the change in schedule really sets my bodily clock out of whack!
A week of having a training partner was about all I could handle so I am back to training on my own this week. I will say though that it was exactly what I needed to get me over a plateau I didn’t even realize I was on. I’m lifting much heavier all across the board right now. I even realized yesterday that in the past two weeks my rear delt flies have gone from 12.5 DBs to 15’s to 17.5! I’m feeling wicked strong and even think my gains are starting to be noticeable. Very happy with my offseason strength progress thus far! I think sometimes you just need someone to remind you that you CAN lift more than you think and get you to push through the last couple of seemingly impossible reps.
However, by the time Thursday rolled around my lifting partner seemed to forget that spotting does not mean groping so I’ve since backed away. Men are such dumbasses. Training by myself at 5:00 pm these past couple of days though has reminded me how annoying most of the amateurs in the weight room are, thus I decided to rise and grind this morning. I’ll probably do the same tomorrow since I’ll likely be giving myself an early bedtime tonight and I really do enjoy starting my day with such a prime selection of meat LOL!
Another change I decided to start this week is in my macros. Right now I’m hovering around 1,700 calories +/- each day which does seem to provide me with ample energy to train and get me through my day as well as build muscle. However, I am not satisfied with my current level of leanness so I did some research on macros the other day based on my body type (Ectomorph – naturally lean “hard gainers”), gender, and muscle building goals. I decided it might be a good idea to try to increase my carbs and decrease my fats. Not substantially, but say 5-10% on a daily basis. I was previously achieving an average of 40% carbs, 35% protein, and 25% fat but I think I may get better results both energy and physique-wise if I try to get something more like 45-50% carbs, 40% protein, and 15-20% fat. I’m going to keep my calories constant for now, then reevaluate in a month or so. I’ve been so terrified of taking in too many carbs for so long now that increasing them to this degree is going to be a challenge but I am always game for a nutritional experiment!
Anyway, that’s all for this mid-week update. Off to go re-fill my Nalgene bottle. For some reason being exhausted makes me so thirsty! By 9:00 am today I have already had about 12 oz of coffee, 20 oz BCAAs while lifting, 20 oz protein shake post-lift, and about 20 oz water. 72 oz in and at least 11 more hours of hydrating to go. No wonder I pee so much!
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