Well, still no training.

I actually wanted to go to the gym today, but when I woke up it wasn’t happening. My ankle is getting better every day, but something just said “leave it” and give it a few more days to rest. Fair enough. I’m at a point where I’m nervous about what’s wrong, and really don’t want to risk making the problem worse. I really don’t want to have problems walking for the rest of my life, y’know? Hopefully it’s not that bad, but better safe than sorry.

That said, my plan was to wing it.

I am going to formally abandon 5/3/1 for now, tho I’m sure I’ll have principles still with me. I was going to just go in, bench press and work up to a “heavy” triple. No idea what that would be, because I don’t know how much lower body involvement I can have. Certainly can’t tuck my feet back and push into an arch. After that, probably do some close-grip benches, and see what back work I could do. I’m sure I can do pulldowns, but rows would depend. I thought maybe I could sit on a bench and do some seated shrugs with dumbbells. That’d be about it.

Point is, there wouldn’t be much structure to the session. It’d be more about figuring out what I can and cannot do.

I also thought if all I can really do is bench (as a main movement), I might start to try some Cube-inspired approach. I thought maybe Monday work up heavy, on Friday work on speed. Wednesday could be some sort of lighter rep day doing other things, like seated overhead presses or some such. I don’t know. It might be too much for me given the diet restriction. But at this point, it’s just temporary while I wait to see how the MRI goes. No long-term plans being made, just gotta get through until there’s more information.

Speaking of diet, I am frustrated. I just don’t feel like I’m shedding. I’m hovering at weight. Body doesn’t look much different. Clothing doesn’t feel much different. I’m annoyed and not sure what I’m failing at. But that all said, I’m staying the course with CarbNite. However, depending what the MRI shows, I may go off it. I mean, if I need surgery, I will need to focus on recovery there, and there’s no sense in depriving myself when my body will need it. But again, no plans, just thinking out loud.

We’ll see how things go.