gonna rest for a bit

i've been going hard for quite a while and my body is telling me settle down a bit and rest. i've been going 6 days a week now for several weeks with 5 or less hours of sleep each night and less than a gallon of water each day. My body is aching. I'm going to take the rest of this week off and rest up a bit. I've been working a lot which me sleeping a little less than normal. My major project is just about over so i should be able to catch up on sleep soon. when i return on monday, i think i will stick to 5 days per week with friday being a morning workout. I think the friday morning to Monday is the kind of rest period my body does best with. I think my ego, wants to go harder, faster, more often, but i'm starting to see my strength and comfort decline from a lack of rest and water. Its hard because my mental health is so dependent on working out.
workout:
rode bike to work

diet:
9am: muscle milk

glad that's over

i'm glad todays workout is over. sometimes we learn lessons the hard way, and today was one of those times. i learned never to bet Nathan again. I should have cashed in on the bet he owes me for the 700lb couples deadlift in exchange for today. i'm still waiting for my left testicle to come back down after wearing those tight shorts. i'm glad i was partnered with Orion since he was wearing equally short shorts. i can't wait to see the pictures from the day. i took a sip of coffee before the workout then i started laughing so hard, it came out my nose. Kinda burned. the music was good. the funniest part of the day was when the Flash Dance song came on. i looked around and saw several people do the little flash dance dance while standing in place. Even Orion was doing it. I would have done it too, but i was having enough testicular pain that i didnt want to bounce anymore than i had to.

workout.
partners workout
10-1 latter
row 1000 meters
80lb med ball cleans
32k kettlebell swings
ring rows
ring hold for 2 min.

Diet:
12am: Muscle Milk

still sore

my butt and traps are super sore still from FGB. Todays workout felt really hard to get into with the soreness still lingering. We did front squats and i didnt feel very strong. my legs felt fine but my core felt weak.

workout
warmup kb stuff(i only did 2 rounds)

Skill Front Squats
3/2/2/1/1/1
135/135/185/225/dropped 275/245

WOD
30,24.20.16,12,8,4,2
db snatch (35lb)
ball slams (20lb)
focused on full extension on ball slams and a steady pace on snatches.
10:11(i think)

Diet:
8am: Muscle Milk
11am: muscle milk
1pm: big bowl popcorn with olive oil and nutritional yeast
4pm: muscle milk

Good sunday

Slept in and had a burrito. Need I say more? Well, ok. I'll say more. I watched some Rippetoe instructional videos today and practiced what I learned at 24Hr fitness. Aaron had shown me some tips he learned that I've really enjoyed working on. I don't thing Rippetoe beleives in the front squat so it wasn't as easy to translate his instruction to the front squat. I worked on front squat, back squat and deadlift form with very little weight. Couldn't help but doing some dumbell bench presses too since I was already at the gym and I know Nathan wants me doing these as often as I can(NOT). Felt really good today. Traps are sore from yesterdays sdlp portion of FGB. This was the first weekend that I've actually relaxed in 7 months. Felt pretty good. I've had a major major project at work that's nearly complete so I'm feeling the release of stress from it being almost over. Ate many burritos lately to celebrate.

workout
Globogym workout on chest and delts
olympic lifts with very light weight working on form.
Row 700m

Diet
2pm: chicken burrito
5pm 3 veg tacos
7pm Ice Cream Sundae
9pm: Muscle Milk

i shouldn't make bets

so i had no blood in my brain and was tricked into placing a bet i shouldn't have placed. Nathan was not happy about my burnout on today's workout. he predicted a repeat performance on FGB. To stop him, i said i'd get 350. When i said that though, i was thinking i had a higher score than i did. i was remembering melissa's score as my own when i placed the bet. plus its a totally lopsided bet. if i win, i get a 3$ burrito. if i lose, nathan gets the priceless treat of getting to laugh at me dressed however he wants me dressed on 80s day. i might have to drink a red bull or something that day. crap. oh well. today's workout was hardest workout ever. i wanted to die. My right shoulder has been sore for weeks so i tried not to get too carried away with push presses. 145 felt challenging without hurting. Nathan said a goal of mine should be a 40k strict press of a kb. i've been trying twice a week to do it. The other day, Matty G and i were trying over and over. i think that's whats been aggravating my shoulder.

workout
push presses
sets of 3
75/95/105/135/145

row 250m, 20 ball slams, sprint to end of parking lot and back
1:44/2:20/1:58

Diet:
4pm Lean Body Shake
8:30pm Muscle Milk

(bad day for eating. not that i ate anything bad. i just forgot to eat.)

40/20

not much to say. been working a lot. took a break from work to workout. now time to get back to work. Courtney gave me a tub of muscle milk. if you see this Courtney, Thank YOU!!!! :)

skill
kb snatch
24k/36k/40k would have never tried the 40k but Matty and I let our egos take over.


today we did 40/20
4 rounds
double kb clean(24k)
super plank
shuttle run
renegade lunge 45lb
heavy jumprope

as always, the workout kicked my butt.

Diet:
8am Chocolate Chip cookie
12pm Chicken Skewer and Rice from Nicolas.
2pm Salad
8:30 2 Quorn Chickenless Patties.
11pm Mulsce Milk(its not 11 yet but i plan to drink one)

follow up video