Arms Day and creatine talk again...
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| Still going by comparison by weight moved, sets and reps... |
Table is getting longer by now.... going forward it probably make more sense to just compared most recent 2 workouts like this...
Although everything is still subjective but sets and reps looks to be even less useful. Only the total load moved per session is a better indicator when evaluating. E.g. in the last line if it was 5 circuits of Round The World-- that will only still count as 5 sets. but break it down-- it's actually 15 sets of 3 different exercises in total. Or for that matter-- 5 sets of RTW would have a way higher count when tallying total reps. The key difference is therefore on the load/ weight moved around that can directly be related to energy expenditure and as a better indication of progressive overloading in training.
In any case, yesterday's session was after a rather heavy dinner the night before with lots of meat which no doubt would have filled the body with sufficient creatine naturally.
But in reality-- the session itself was a huge mental grind... The sole "motivation" was really because of this series of writing and I just wanted to have as much data for comparison. Psychologically, I was pretty shot and not really in the "mood".
Recording the workouts will definitely be ongoing but may or may not continue with writing this series further.
Reckon there is already sufficient information in my mind by now. Creatine supplement or not---- it all boils down to having consistently good nutrition and sufficient rest before an all-out day at the gym. Creatine powder supplement sure works as a boost be it real or a psychological effect making one think that it helps. Of course the science is all out there to "prove" that it helps and I am not doubting it. However, steeling the mind before workout and setting that part right will be more crucial to a fruitful session is my final conclusion.