VLAD the Impeller

02/07/2026

Beginning the weekend with Saturday morning gym therapy. Heavy weights followed by 20 minutes of cardio.

02/03/2026

I can’t believe it was a struggle to lift 10 pounds one month after surgery. I felt very emancipated after losing 44 pounds.

Pull day heavy weights in the books! 25 sets in 35 minutes with 45 second recovery between sets.

Wide grip lat pull downs
120 x 11, 8, 7, 7

Palm up shoulder width lat pull downs
120 x 10, 8, 7, 7

Seated rows
120 x 8, 8, 7, 8

Face pulls
70 x 9, 9, 8, 8

Barbell curls
50 x 8, 7, 7

DB trap rows + DB rear delt flies supersets
30+15 (12,8) , (10,8), (10,8)

Average heart rate 129 - peaked at 152 during supersets.

02/03/2026

Never miss a Monday! Trying to get my chest strength back to pre surgery has been a bitch! Guess that is expected after they saw your breast plate open. I have been following some Mike Mentzer tips on my workouts. Reps to failure and 45 second recovery between sets. Heart rate stays in cardio around 125 BPM when churning through the workout. Unfortunately a 🥦 head was at the cable machine for 20 minutes taking 3 minute rests between sets while he browsed Insta, so I chose to skip it today.

Push day:

Incline smith bench press
100 x 10, 10, 8, 7

Smith bench press
115 x 8, 7, 7, 5

Pec deck
90 x 9, 8, 7, 6

Cable decline press
broccoli 🥦 head

Tricep extension machine
70 x 10, 10, 8, 7

01/23/2026

Hitting the pec-deck machine!

01/20/2026

Gym ✅
10000 steps ✅

Tomorrow is recovery day!

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01/20/2026

Breakfast of champions! 🤣🤣🤣

01/19/2026

01/19/2026

Nov 28, 2024 before CHF diagnosis - 186 lbs shameless selfie!
June 1, 2025 one month post op - 150 lbs
July 14, 2025 - one month into cardiac reha b- 160 lbs
Aug 27, 2025 - back at work one month - 170 lbs
My birthday- 180 lbs getting lazy!
Thanksgiving- 189 lbs too lazy!
Sunday January 18, 2026 no more lazy! 200 lbs after 1.5 months on heavy weight again.

In the past year I have quit smoking, quit toking, and quit drinking multiple times a week. ChatGPT says my body is setting a new weight baseline after surgery and lifestyle changes. I’d like to trim a few % off the body fat to get my waistline smaller, but I feel healthy again.

01/17/2026

Starting the weekend off right with 18 sets on weights and 20 minutes cardio!

01/14/2026

Pro-BNP down to 107!!!

Peaked in April 2025 at 3100 😅

May 3rd just before LVAD implant I was at 2100. Steady decline ever since June when I was at 1200.