Carb Backloading and Training Update

Screw Carb Backloading, it sucks balls and I want to stab it in the eye with a fork! I gave it a run and everything was great: I was pigging out every night, I was dropping fat, my energy was up and I was having some solid gym sessions. But man...as soon as school started up, it began to look like an intermittent fasting protocol and I started to feel like shit.

"grab a fork and make the first attack...lights out"

I really am happy with the backloading system, but it just wasn't working out for ME due to MY schedule and MY unwillingness to spend the extra time cooking and packing food. I live in a remote part of the Philippines and can't just pick up a tub of protein from GNC at the mall after work, so it's a lot of cooking and dining out for me. Sometimes you just need to make adjustments on the fly. So at this point, I'm just doing my no diet-diet. It's pretty simple; just eat like a normal human and do your best to make wise decisions.

To compensate for that added stress of school, I gutted my whole program after my last cycle. Man...that last cycle and plowing thru all of those heavy doubles during exams really, really sucked ass. I was so happy when I finally wrapped up the last session. Now I'm back to my “go to” program. I scaled down my assistance work to the “bare bones” essential movements and nothing more. I took maxes for my assistance lifts and then cut the start weight to 50%, and programmed them for increases. I also cut my training maxes pretty deep (20%).

My TITANIC ego is taking a major beating right now with all of the weight cuts, but I know I'm being smart about it and it'll pay off down the road. Everything feels light and easy (and) I know that I'll be able to roll past the new year strong without stalling. Side note: isn't it funny how the new year usually represent a goal line for people like “us” (and) a starting line for everyone else?

Yeah, that's about the right size.