Buckfever's "It's The Final Countdown" Journal

5/14/2023

96 @ 42.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
33.5 low heat
37.5 remove begin manual stretching
42.5 end

Lack of sleep, it was going fine but I didn’t like the head swell so kept it short. After today I’m off 4 out of the next 5 days so I’ll have more time.

5/16/2024

Yesterday:

90 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 18 half turns
10 add 18
12.5 add 18
15 add 18
17.5 add 18
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
36.5 low heat
53.5 heat off
60 end

Today:

108 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
27.5 add 12
34.5 low heat
55 heat off
60 end

Yesterday the 18 half turns was too fast of a ramp up, wound up with a small blood blister. Even so we were able to comfortably get to 108 half turns today, which is what was scheduled. Hopefully I’ve learned my lesson and won’t push beyond what the stretch relaxation needs on the ramp up. Removal of the device was not bad and the glans condition was good post session.

Yesterday was the first workout where I went lighter and did the entire upper body in one workout. It took ~ 2 hours, the biggest factor was the wind, Since I’ve been going heavier recently I’ve lost some of the aerobic capacity/recovery ability between sets. I don’t mind being in the gym for 2 hours but definitely think we can shorten that and still get a thorough workout.

I’ve recovered pretty well from the 11.5 mile run last week and will go again tomorrow.

Weight:
2 days ago: 188.2
Yesterday: 186
Today: 187.4
Based on the bodyfat reading I need to lose 7.5-8lbs of fat.

Kind of thinking that it’s all coming together now. Just got to be disciplined. And need a little more fucking and a little more fun.

5-17-2024

72 @ 30 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
25 remove start manual stretching
30 end

Slept around 10 hours was likely dehydrated, at 25 minutes I did not like the attachment and decided to do an abbreviated session especially since I’m off for the weekend and intend on lots of intimacy. Thinking we’ll go light the whole weekend and pick it back up on Monday.

Weight: 187.6

5/18/2024

84 @ 45 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
40 remove start manual stretching
45 end

Could of gone longer but was feeling sick. Went running yesterday and had some water at the turn around and I think it was bad water. They just turned on the water fountains in the Forest preserve and this one is remote and has infrequent use. I got really sick and still feeling bad.

5/19/2024

84 @ 45 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
41.5 remove start manual stretching
46.5 end

Same as yesterday, Still feeling like shit spend most of the day yesterday sleeping. A little better today but still took a nap this morning. I’ll just do maintenance until I recover fully. Hopefully get back to the workouts on Wednesday.

5/2/2024

72 @ 50 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
45 remove start manual stretching
50 end

Fever broke yesterday, still feeling weak. Hopefully better in a few days. Kind of been having a bad streak here.

5/21/2024

60 @ 50 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
45 remove start manual stretching
50 end

Still not right from that bad water ingestion. Weight is up feeling bloated. This has been a bad stretch.

5/22/2024

60 @ 50 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
34.5 Low heat
53.5 heat off
57.5 remove device start manual stretching
61 end

Just focused on getting the duration up after getting sick from the bad water. I talked to the Forest preserve manager and he told me that all they do is run the water when they open the fountains for the year but the water on that fountain does get stale and they they do not test them for water quality.

I am feeling better today but my GI system is still whacked. Hope to get some exercise in today. So far behind now on everything.

Glad you’re feeling better. That sounded rough. Not much worse than multiple days of GI illness.

You might consider a few days of probiotics to get things back to normal balance. My doc recommended a brand called Visibiome when I had a similar GI infection happen after traveling in the South American jungle.

Interestingly, my dog’s vet also recommended the same brand after she got into some dirty puddle water from a low stream out hiking. It’s a little spendy but I suppose good quality for return gin to GI health since it is the go-to rec for both dog and man. But I imagine any high quality probiotic would do.

5/23/2024

96 @ 40 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
25 add 12
35 low heat
40 end

Pressed for time, just trying to get back on track.

Yesterday I ran 8.9 miles on a hilly course. The first mile I thought I was going to die. All my systems seem to be out of whack as is the structure. I just ran as slow as I could to cover the distance. We’ll see how it goes from here.

Weight: 190

5/24/2024

84 @ 60 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
22.5 add 12
36 low heat
53.5 Heat off
56.5 remove start manual stretching
61.5 end

Session went okay. Attachment was not quite right and uncomfortable.

Still not feeling right overall but we’ll get some exercise in today.

Weight: 191.4

Massive jump in weight, I’m not sure why..

5/25/2024

72 @ 47.5 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
36.5 low heat
42,5 heat off
47.5 end

The stretching sessions are not going well, the tissues are not robust and the head swell is poor. All my systems seem impacted

Weight: 191.8

Not sure what is happening with the weight. I did not gain 4.5 lbs in a week so we’ll see.
Yesterday I ran 3.5 miles in the morning and hiked 2.25 miles in the afternoon followed the meal plan and the weight still jumped. I think it’s damage from the contaminated water. When I start running the first mile I can’t seem to catch my breath and it’s hard for me to expand my chest. And I’m running so damned slow it’s like I can’t move. And when I look in the mirror in the morning I look puffy. I’m thinking I’m retaining water. I’ll read up on it later.

5/26/2024

RESET!!!

Okay so after a disastrous 9 days since ingesting the contaminated waster, I’ve decided to start over today.

Slept 10 hours last night, clearly wiped out.

I actually declined a hookup last night because I was just too tired. The look on the girl’s face.

I actually thought about stopping PE out of frustration, but I don’t really want to I think if I just pull back and progress slowly I can complete this campaign in short order. So I set up a new schedule starting today.

Similarly my fitness goals have fallen apart so I’m resetting the goals and establishing a more realistic timeline.

Weight: 192.4

I think that’s a new high on the weight. Hopefully that’s it and it has plateaued. We will see how it goes from here.

5/26/2024

72 @ 63 minutes

2.5 minutes lower to down position
5 minutes reset attachment to gain forward position
7.5 add 12 half turns
10 add 12
12.5 add 12
15 add 12
17.5 add 12
17.5 add Total Man heat pad high
20 add 12
36 low heat
55.5 remove start manual stretching
63 end

Okay one thing done, to start the reset.

5/27/2024

15 minutes in to the session today I noticed that the head swell was collapsing and so discontinued the session to not stress the tissues. We’ll go again tomorrow.

Weight: 189.8

Yesterday I went old school with the weights, 1 exercise per body part 4 sets each and worked the entire upper body. Bench press, pulldowns, overhead press, biceps, Triceps, abdominals. Took an hour and 15 minutes. In the afternoon I ran 3.5 miles Still not feeling right since the contaminated water but the performance was improved for sure. Also yesterday started the intermittent fasting and was strict on the meal plan. I’ll hold it for 30 days. It was good to see the weight stop climbing, but pretty sure the body was retaining water in response to whatever pathogens I ingested.

We’ll see from here.