Day15: Fat n flat

I was warned about this and its SO true. Their comes a point in cutting when you feel flat and fat. If I didn't know better I would say I gained a few lbs of slop around the midsection last week as opposed to losing some. I got in from the gym tonight and pulled my top of for a quick checkup in the mirror - hmmm, are my pants too tight or is that spare tire getting bigger?? Its gotta be the pants.

My perform ace in the gym was fairly poor. I opted out of weighted dips and the strain on my shoulder joints is getting quite phenomenal with 50+Kg strapped around. I regretted this move as I felt i shortchanged myself when I got home. Little things like this throw me right off - things like not being able to perform standing militaries tonight as the rack is occupied (its a small gym with limited resources). I did substitute for seated shoulder press on the pressing machine. Got a nice few sets on there, but as the weights are not comparable I could not tell weather my performance was improved over last week. I intend to light up some fires of Wednesday to show the myself and any soul who tunes into my blog that I still got it.

A small glimmer of hope came from another PB on Dumbell bench press - I managed 44Kg this week for a good 8 reps. Im v.pleased with this.

Flat Dumbell Bench press - 3 sets of 8

Warm up - 8 x 26Kg
Workset 1 - 8 x 30Kg
Workset 2 - 8 x 36Kg
Workset 3 - 8 x 44Kg <---PB

Parallel bar dips - 3 Sets of 8

Warm up - 8 x BW (Bodyweight)
Warm up - 8 x BW
Workset 1 - 20 x BW
Workset 2 - 8 x BW Super slow and deep
Workset 3 - 12 x BW - Tanks run dry!

Press ups - 2 sets

Workset 1 - 15 x BW
Workset 2 - 20 x BW

Seated Shoulder Press - 3 sets of 8

Warm up - 8 x 5Kg
Workset 1 - 8 x 45Kg
Workset 2 - 8 x 55Kg
Workset 3 - 8 x 60Kg

SkullCrushers - 2 sets of 10

Warm up - 10 x Bar
Workset 1 - 10 x 30Kg
Workset 2 - 4 x 42Kg - Wiped out again, Kiss goodbye - Plateaued - New ex next week!

The skullcrushers will be replaced with Close grip bench press for 10-12 reps. Im a firm believer in keeping things heavy and intense no matter weather adding mass or stripping bodyfat!