5 Months 5/3/1, Income Tax Swag

This last week completed my fifth month of 5/3/1.  I don’t know how much stronger I really am than if I had stuck with Texas Method, but I’m definitely enjoying it more.  I think that the Boring But Big accessory work has helped me put on some noticeable size.  This could just be the extra body weight that I’m carrying from the bulk.

Nothing too exciting happened last week.

Paul Carter had this big blog post about some new supplement he’s hawking.  Exogenous ketones.  75 servings is $389.00.  And he recommends two servings on training days!  I like a lot of what the guy writes and talks about, but this is nuts.  You can get a 10 week cycle of test and PCT for that much money; and that shit will guarantee results. You don’t even have to lift.

I knocked out a bunch of schoolwork all in one day and then proceeded to fuck off most of the rest.  I’m lucky that I can write papers at work.  If things are quiet I get totally bored and then get lots of school stuff done.

There are a couple classes I’m in where the only options for the books were ebook versions.  In order to reference the texts during papers, I can either flip between windows on my computer or print them off.  Both programs for reading the text only allow 10 pages to be printed at a time which is annoying.  Otherwise, I would print them to a PDF and then print the whole book at once.

My geography professor gave us an exam with 96 questions on it.  I don’t understand the point of making a test that long.  Why not just 50 questions and make them 2 points each?

These are all first-world problems, I know.  It’s all relative, I guess.

I did my taxes already.  They’re never that difficult for me though.  I used Turbotax, which is always pretty awesome.  I withhold at a single person’s tax rate, so I usually get a sizeable refund check.  I’m debating changing this though.  It’s nice getting that big check, but I know that fiscally it doesn’t make sense.  I always used it as a buffer in case something came up.  A couple years ago my wife owed a bunch of money, and me withholding at the single rate really helped us out.  With this refund though, we should be able to pay off all of our debt and really start saving some money.  We own both of our vehicles, so it’s just some money on credit cards.  It’ll be nice to start watching our savings rack up.  We’ll probably need a newer vehicle in the next few years, and I’d like to start maxing out a Roth IRA each year.  I’ll probably make a much larger post about my plans for finances in the future.

The wife and I hit up Costco today.  If you need a way to take in a bunch of calories for cheap, stop by their food court.  For $1.50 you get a hotdog/bratwurst and a drink.  I had a hotdog and a bratwurst.  The wife got the second drink.  Also the Coscto by me was selling ON whey protein in 6 lb bags for $47.99.  Some sort of sale.

I just looked up the nutrition for a hotdog and bratwurst.  That’s 48 grams of protein, and 1140 calories.  Buzz, your girlfriend.

Nattyornot has stopped posting and is writing a book.  This is what Celica should do too.

W3D2 – Monday

Deadlift – 330×5, 375×3, 420x(1+) x4 reps

Squat – 185x5x10

DB Row – 75x5x10

BB Curl – 3×12

 

W3D3 – Wednesday

Bench – 215×5, 240×3, 270x(1+) x3 reps

OHP – 105x5x10

Incline DB – 65x5x10

Skullcrushers – 3×12

 

W3D4 – Friday

Squat – 275×5, 310×3, 345x(1+) x3 reps

Deadlift – 235x5x10

Chinups – 10,10,9,8,7

Preacher Curls – 3×12