EsteBot

Looking back · Tue 25 Aug 2026

How should you train today?

Take it easy

Held back by training load and how you feel.

Training loadstrain

days too alike this week, no lighter one (monotony 2.5); this week's load is 1.03× your 4-week average

Effort (RPE)good

sessions felt RPE 8.4 this week vs 8.2 before

Sleepgood

6.3 h last night; 7.1 h a night lately vs 6.9 h usual

HRV & resting HRgood

HRV 46 this week vs 47 usual; resting HR 59 this week vs 60 usual

How you feelwatch

energy 1/3 today

Nutritiongood

eating 2,027 kcal a day vs ~2,631 to maintain; protein 168 g a day vs 154 g target

Weight-loss pacegood

losing 0.58% of body weight a week

The call counts these: rest when two or more areas show strain, take it easy with one strain or two to watch, go all out only when everything is good. No single signal decides the day. The score sits inside the call's band (rest 0–24, take it easy 25–49, normal 50–74, all out 75–100), higher the more areas are clear.

Today's session

Legs B · Barbell Front Squat

Next in your push → pull → legs rotation after pull on Mon 24 Aug. Exercises from your last Legs B (Mon 17 Aug); each target comes from the last time you did that exercise.

Take it easy: repeat last time's loads with one set fewer, and stop each set by RPE 8.

Exercise	Today	Why	Last time
Barbell Front Squat	205 × 5 at RPE 9 hold	top set 205 × 5 at RPE 10: make it cleaner first	205 × 5, 205 × 5, 205 × 4 · Mon 17 Aug
Barbell Hip Thrust	260 × 11 add a rep	top set 260 × 10 at RPE 8.5	260 × 11, 260 × 10, 260 × 10 · Mon 17 Aug
Machine Leg Extension	140 × 14 add a rep	top set 140 × 13 at RPE 8.5	140 × 14, 140 × 14, 140 × 13 · Mon 17 Aug
Seated Calf Raise	155 × 15 add a rep	top set 155 × 14 at RPE 8.5	155 × 15, 155 × 14, 155 × 14 · Mon 17 Aug

One rule for every exercise, applied to its last session. Strength work (top set of 5 or fewer): RPE 8 or under adds load, 8.5–9 adds a rep. Accessories: add a rep up to 12 (15 for calves, laterals, shrugs, face pulls, leg extensions, flyes), then add load and drop to the bottom of the range. Bodyweight: beat the last total reps by 1–2. Any top set at RPE 9.5+: hold the load and make it cleaner. No RPE logged: repeat it. A take-it-easy verdict holds every load; a sore back drops the spine-loading lifts.

Recovery

HRV 7-day

46 / 47

Resting HR

Sleep

6.3h

Load ratio

1.03

Days since rest

2 · rest Sun 23 Aug · 1 before today

From your notes: energy 1/3 — “low energy all day, the cut is catching up”

Overnight HRV (ms)

Resting heart rate (bpm)

Sleep (hours asleep)

Load ratio (7-day vs 28-day)

Spinal load by day type, from your own sessions: push 0.62 · pull 1.25 · legs 1.32 (0–3).

Training calendar

Training: lifting 5+ sets, or any workout but a walk Rest-day movement: a walk, nothing else Rest Sick or injured, from your notes or check-in

June 2026

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

July 2026

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

August 2026

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Hover a day for its sessions; click to open the page as of that day.

Body weight

192.2 lb 14-day average · this morning 192.0
-1.19 lb/week, line fitted through the last 4 weeks of weigh-ins (0.62% of body weight)

Average this week vs last week	-1.3 lb	0.66%/wk	On pace
Average last 4 weeks vs the 4 before	-4.5 lb (-1.12/wk)	0.58%/wk	On pace

Planned pace: losing 0.5–1.0% of body weight a week (estebot.toml). A single week moves 2–3 lb on water and glycogen alone, so the 4-week line is the one to act on.

Goal: 175 lb

4 Dec 2026 at the current pace — 17.2 lb to go from a 14-day trend of 192.2, about 14 weeks. A straight line: weight loss usually slows, so treat it as the pace you are on, not a promise.

14-day trend morning weigh-in

Strength standards — best estimated 1RM, last 8 weeks

Lift	e1RM	× body weight	Level	Next level at	At 175 lb
Squat	303 lb	1.58	Intermediate	376 lb	Intermediate
Bench press	228 lb	1.18	Intermediate	282 lb	Intermediate
Deadlift	368 lb	1.91	Intermediate	470 lb	Intermediate
Overhead press	142 lb	0.74	Intermediate	188 lb	Intermediate

Squat + bench + deadlift: 898 lb, DOTS 268 (282 at 175 lb with the same lifts).

Levels use common 1RM-to-body-weight bands, scaled to your 192 lb 14-day average by body weight^2/3, because a plain ratio underrates heavier lifters. e1RM comes from your best set (Epley), so lifts trained in sets of 3–5 read a little high or low against a tested single. The bands are a rough guide, not a federation standard. DOTS compares totals across body weights: roughly 300–350 is a good recreational lifter, about 400 national level, 500+ world class.

Nutrition — last 14 days marked complete

Calories in

2,041

Deficit, logged

320

Deficit, measured

596

Protein / day

168 g / 154 target

kcal/day over 13 complete days. Logged = Apple's burn (active + resting) minus Cronometer intake. Measured = what the 4-week weight trend implies (lb/week × 3,500 ÷ 7). They differ by 276 kcal/day. Protein target: 0.8 g per lb of body weight = 154 g/day at the 14-day trend (estebot.toml); you're averaging 168 g, 109% of it. For reference, 1.2–1.6 g per kg (0.54–0.73 g/lb) is the range usually cited for keeping muscle while losing weight.

Micronutrients under 90% of the reference intake — food + supplements, last 28 days

Nutrient	Food	+ Supplements	Total	Of reference	Foods that close it
Vitamin E	8.8	–	8.8 mg	59%	sunflower seeds, almonds, peanut butter, avocado
Fiber	28	–	28 g	75%	beans and lentils, oats, berries, chia seeds, vegetables
Potassium	2,672	–	2,672 mg	79%	potatoes, beans and lentils, bananas, yogurt, spinach

Close to an upper limit (50% or more)

Nutrient	Counted	Upper limit	Of limit	Note
Magnesium	200 mg	350 mg	57%	supplements only: the limit applies to supplemental intake
Vitamin D	2,205 IU	4,000 IU	55%	food + supplements. Food alone is about 230 IU a day; the 2,000 IU capsule is most of it.

Reference: US Dietary Reference Intakes and upper limits, men 31–50. Food counts only complete days where at least 80% of the day's calories came from foods that report the nutrient. Supplements: Vitamin D3, Magnesium glycinate, Fish oil, every day, from supplements.toml. Food-log and label arithmetic, not a blood test.

Predictions

Prediction	Resolves	So far	Target	Data logged
P-001 The cut keeps a pace of 1 to 2 lb a week until it ends OLS over 20 weigh-ins, 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-25	Mon 28 Dec 125 days	-1.12 lb/week inside	-2.0 to -1.0 lb/week	on track weigh-ins: 20 of 111; longest gap 1 (max 7)
P-002 Squat, bench, deadlift and press stay within 5% of their pre-cut best interim: 2026-05-31 to 2026-08-25 vs 2026-05-03 to 2026-05-30; Bench Press +5.4%, Deadlift +6.8%, Military Press +5.6%, Squat +4.0%	Mon 28 Dec 125 days	+5.5 % inside	not below -5.0 %	–
P-003 HRV ends the cut more than one SD above where it started 30-day mean to 2026-08-25 vs 2026-05-03 to 2026-05-30	Mon 28 Dec 125 days	47.4 ms (+6.2) outside	more than 47.4 ms (baseline 41.2 + 1 SD 6.3)	on track complete food logs: 72 of 169, 4 excused

Interim progress only. Each prediction resolves in ledger.md by its criterion as written, including the judgement calls a number can't make.

Training load — 8 weeks

Exercise minutes (Apple, all activity)

Hard sets (RPE 7+, or every working set where no RPE was logged)

Tonnage, thousand lb (logged weight × reps; pull-ups add sets, not pounds)

Recent context

2026-10-29 — slept well, felt good this morning

2026-10-27 — poor sleep but felt strong on bench

2026-10-25 — legs heavy and low energy, cut the last set

2026-10-23 — felt great, slept well

2026-10-20 — legs heavy and low energy, cut the last set

2026-10-17 — legs heavy and low energy, cut the last set