Day 39

Workout: StrongLifts A
Nutrition: Calories: 3160 / Protein: 242 / Carbs: 291 / Fat: 112
Weight: 176.6

10am: BCAA's on the way to church.  I woke up really sore from the calf/forearm work I did 2 days ago.  Already was worried about my workout.

1pm: Went to Eat 'n Park with friends for a Sunday feast.  Meat lover's omelet, broccoli and 6 blueberry pancakes.

Calories: 1235 / Protein: 65 / Carbs: 102 / Fat: 61


2pm: Hit the gym for my workout.  This was the first time in 16 weeks I dumped the 5x5 StrongLifts workout and went full out Reverse Pyramid Training.  I LOVED IT.

Barbell Squats:
5x290
7x260
8x230 - very deep :)

Bench:
4x175 (PR)
5x160
6x145

Row:
5x190
6x170
8x150

DB Incline Bench:
8x65
10x55
12x45

Machine Fly: (Rest/Pause)
10x130
6x130
5x130

Push-Up (Super-set):
15/10/15

Full Range of Motion Lat Pull-Down: (Super-set)
15x50/10x50/10x50

4pm: Post workout feast during football!  A whole hot wing pizza and cup of sweet potato fries.

Calories: 1162 / Protein: 44 / Carbs: 166 / Fat: 37


7pm: Had some whey waffles and a whey shake on the way to work.  Pretty boring, but hit my macros.

Calories: 721 / Protein: 122 / Carbs: 23 / Fat: 14


I loved the lifting workout and really feel like I can push higher weights given I don't have to maintain that for 5 full sets.  We'll see if it sparks my stalled lifts (bench/military press) so I can get over the hump.  I'll continue to do basically A and B workouts since that's working so well.