Medically Diagnosed with a Well Developed Appearance

[Allentown]

May 2
Bench
BW 220.0
Bench
225x1,f
215x1
205x1x4
180x8x4

Chain curl
12x9

OHP
135x3

Arnold press
30x12x5

I can't bench twice a week. Doesn't work for me. I'm never going to stop shy of failure, and hitting RPE10 two days a week on multiple rep ranges of the same movement is a recipe for what I have now- dropping 1rm.

[Allentown]

May 3
DL
BW 220.0
Deadlift
455x1x2
385x5x4
385x10

Box front squat
215x12x3(+1 rep last set)

Singles didn't feel great, but volume was solid. AMAP was probably @9, 9.5. Humidity was high, not used to that yet. Pulled out the Doomfan between the top reps and the volume.

[Allentown]

May 4
GPP
BW 218.8
Ring row & ab wheel pyramid
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Triceps press down
58x12x5

Tempo Myo pulley curl
41x20, 5x11

Echo
2mi
5:09

[Allentown]

May 6
Arms
BW
Pause bench
185x4x5

Close grip bench press
135x8x4
DB curl
30x13x3

Dips
5x5

I think taking a step back from failure, focusing on getting good reps, and trying to check ego might be good.

Decided to finish with a few BB curls, right elbow instantly said to go fuck myself. Waved some plates around for my delts instead.

[Allentown]

May 7
Legs
BW 218.8
LBBS
345x1
Raw pause LBBS
230x3x10

SGDL
12x195,205,215,225

Heel elevated squats
25x20x3

[Allentown]

May 8
GPP
BW 220.6
BB row
135x12x4

LTE
50x12x5
Pull up
6x5(+1)

DB concentration curl
30x12x3

Hung over. Head is ouchy.

[Allentown]

May 9
Press
BW 219.8
OHP
136x6
130x4x4

Reverse band bench (red band)
255x6x4
Chain hammer curl
16x6

Arnold press
30x13x3

It would be cool to overhead 200.

[Allentown]

May 10
Dead
BW 218.6
Deadlift
455x1x6
405x5x4

Box front squat
225x6x5

The only thing that got me out today was the fact that I am a person that goes out to the garage and lifts weights in the morning. I didn't want to. Came downstairs, had my espresso and protein, laid down under a blanket, cat snuggled on top, almost said fuck it. Took a little extra time, but I ended up getting the important stuff done.

[broseph]

Looks like some pretty decent deadlifting for almost saying fuck it.

[Allentown]

May 11
GPP
BW
Pause lat pull down
123x15x5
McGill crunch
6x6

BFR seated triceps press down
63x12x5

BFR preacher curl
43x12x5

[Allentown]

May 20
Arms
BW
Pause bench
185x4x5

CGBP
136x8x4
DB curl
30x12x4

Dips
6x5

Back home and it feels so nice

[DanCR]

Back home and it feels so nice

Go anywhere that you'd recommend?

[Allentown]

Back home and it feels so nice

Go anywhere that you'd recommend?

We did so much driving with the 7 and 4yo that I wouldn't wish the trip on an enemy.
That said, New Origin in Ashville was really good. Not "make a trip to Ashville" good, and overall our tiny bit of time in Ashville was kind of mediocre. I'm sure there are better parts than we saw, but my quick impression was run down, dirty, sort of sketchy. If I was still into beer I would probably say just go to Grand Rapids. And if you've been there, go again. Then perhaps consider Ashville, but go to GR again.

Biltmore was... complicated. We just walked the gardens because we didn't think the kids would be into a tour inside, but it was equal parts awe inspiring and nauseating. One minute it felt like "holy shit, this is like an extravagant movie spectical" the next you remember the blood and broken backs that went into amassing enough wealth to make something like that possible. I want to go inside someday.

Smokey Mountains was somewhere I had been as a kid with my parents, so not much memory. Overall two big thumbs down. 1+ hour drives to a short hike, then back to Pigeon Forge, the most wreched hive of crass tourism the world has ever seen. Kids would have loved it if we just hit every shit shop and mini-golf spot in the town, I would have died. Gatlinburg seemed a little nicer in spirit but was packed with Trumper and Trump stores and stuff. People were gross and it was super busy.

[DanCR]

Back home and it feels so nice

Go anywhere that you'd recommend?

New Origin in Ashville was really good.

Sounds like I'd have agreed with all of your sentiments. Still, New Origin - noted. We have a tentatively planned trip that way later this year, so I'm going to make sure that we hit it.