PR days are always good, tho today didn’t start out the best. 🙂

“Week 3” – BBB 3 Month Challenge

• 5/3/1 – Deadlift (working max: 335#)
  • 1x5x135 (warmup)
  • 1x5x170
  • 1x3x205
  • 1x5x255 (work)
  • 1x3x290
  • 1x3x320 (PR)
• Asst. #1 – Squat
  • 5 x 10/10/10/9/9 x 170
• Foam Rolling

I have a lot of things on my mind, and obviously they were occupying me a little too much.

I left the house without my lifting belt.

I didn’t realize it until I was almost at the gym.

I walked home, got the belt, walked back. Yes I was annoyed with myself, especially for being so distracted and being too “future preoccupied” instead of dealing with the present. But… it was just a little more walking, more conditioning, more aerobic, more warm-up. 🙂 Gotta find a way to put a positive spin on it, right?

Deadlift was good tho. I really felt in the pocket and all the lifts felt good. The 320 didn’t even feel all that heavy… well ok, it was heavy, but it didn’t feel heavy-heavy. I felt I could have done a lot more reps, but the program says no. 🙂

Squatting… man, that kills me, but this has really been good for form improvement. I’m happy with that.

So apart from starting out on the wrong foot, things went well.

What was I thinking about? Well, lots of things, but one thing that’s really been on my mind is what to do after the challenge is over. I think I know how my plan will proceed.

But here’s the interesting thing.

I’m thinking about stopping the challenge.

Tomorrow starts a big change in my life, a change that affects a lot of things. The 70% month of the challenge will be very time consuming, and I’m not sure I have the time to do it. My workout time needs to tighten up. So that means more supersetting, that means dropping the weight on assistance work slightly and decreasing rest between sets. I need to really be able to get in, work, and get out, in as little time as possible while still getting a quality workout. The way the challenge is laid out? It just won’t work.

I am not happy about it… it feels like quitting. It’s not, in that I’m not quitting because things are getting tough and I’m wussing out. It’s a matter of my life undertaking a massive change, and I have to roll with the waves and adapt. I refuse to stop working out, so I just have to find how to make things fit. I’m not sure I’ll stop the challenge, as that particular thought only crossed my mind a few hours ago. But I do need to think about it and give it proper consideration. Once things settle down, then I’d like to revisit the challenge because I can’t say I’ve done the challenge and met the challenge, until I have. And I hate leaving things half-done…. that’s something that’s plauged me through enough of my life and in recent years have rallied against. So we’ll see. I don’t have to make the decision yet.

Interestingly tho, this might be alright in other ways. This 60% month has shown me a lot, especially in terms of how hard it hits me. That, plus less rest, that will be brutal… and might help me in the fat-loss department too. This big life change is going to bring some interesting issues towards sticking to diet, so I want that to afford me more opportunity to tighten things up more. Who knows…. it might be the better decision. Much to think about.