That's not really fasted training.
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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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That's not really fasted training.
I awoke from my metalgearcoma yesterday to hit the gym and my left shoulder decided it was not going to enjoy bench press or ohp whatsoever.
Dips felt okay so i did many many many dips. At least all my pulling stuff went well. Plenty of relaxation recumbent nap time too.
My chest #'s have stalled on flat db press for a month now. Can add reps at lower weights, up to 8(instead of 3-5) really clean reps but then 5lbs more per arm is a ceiling. Incline seems to be progressing fine. Why does my body have to be so weird.
Dips felt okay so i did many many many dips. At least all my pulling stuff went well. Plenty of relaxation recumbent nap time too.
My chest #'s have stalled on flat db press for a month now. Can add reps at lower weights, up to 8(instead of 3-5) really clean reps but then 5lbs more per arm is a ceiling. Incline seems to be progressing fine. Why does my body have to be so weird.
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Zoe
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My Runkeeper burn is always different from my Polar watch and from Endomondo. Since it's always lower, I suspect they're taking out normal calorie burn so that all they're displaying is the delta.
ExplodingKetchup
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When you really want to lift but you can't because you feel like death because you're sick
10 day diet break is officially over. Only hit the gym once last week also due to gym being closed. It's open now. I'll be starting an all new 531 session today along with being back on the cut starting tomorrow. I will weigh myself tomorrow, I'm expecting disaster. But it's all good, going to be a long cut all the way to the end of the year. Feel insanely motivated, ready to get back on the grind. Will be really nice to get under the barbell again today.
Just squat the virus out. Follow up with some deadlifts.
The virus will be so terrified of your alpha power, that it will just leave your body.
Squatting and DLing when you're sick is practically begging to have diarrhea at the gym.
Well yeah, the Virus has to leave one way or another.
Wow, I love lifting so much. Hit the gym at noon, awake 22 hours at that point. Get the cage, still tired as I get stretched and put on warm up weights. Do my first set and I wake right up. Strength like crazy comes over me. Great music going at the same time and I'm hyped. On squats hit 5×235, 5×270, 5×305 with a 10×235 at the end. Thank god I go to the gym. I love it so much. Great start to this 531 session and ready to kick more booty.
No. I actually totally forgot. Refresh my memory please.
Nice bro @ ilovebish. I failed at 425 and 415 deadlift. 405 seemed easy though. After I failed 415 (I did it after failing 425), a jacked older dude told me I had it if I would just pull the bar up and backwards. I know this. What's a good way to do that? Just sit back on my heels more?
Also I'm fairly sure some guy tricked me into giving him my info so we can set up a meeting about this company he works for that gives people like me part time work with their own entrepreneurship. Any of this a-ringin' a bell?!
He hooked me by asking if I was training for a strength comp. Just about made the session when he said that even though I know I've done 445 in the last like 4 months...
Also I'm fairly sure some guy tricked me into giving him my info so we can set up a meeting about this company he works for that gives people like me part time work with their own entrepreneurship. Any of this a-ringin' a bell?!
He hooked me by asking if I was training for a strength comp. Just about made the session when he said that even though I know I've done 445 in the last like 4 months...
On high volume press day (when I deload) I do incline bench cable fly drop sets (3 sets of: 10 reps, 8 reps, 6 reps, Failure, Failure). It's one of the most taxing but rewarding lifts for me.
I think Bruce did something very similar.
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cuevas. PhD.
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How else would people know I lift if I don't consistently take selfies at the gym?
FallingEdge
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I took several today. Look good, feel good. Feel good, play good.
FallingEdge
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Finally got me some Nike jogger pants. Legit happy right now.
Psychotext
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There's really no point in putting on that much weight in a week. It'll be 80% fat. Unless you're chemical assisted (or maybe a teenager just starting out) you're not going to be able to put on much more than half a lb of muscle a week, and even that much is pushing it for most people.
That's not to say you shouldn't aim for a lb or so, but more is largely pointless unless your aim is to get fat for some reason.
That's not to say you shouldn't aim for a lb or so, but more is largely pointless unless your aim is to get fat for some reason.
Psychotext
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Almost certainly water weight, but my point was more that I wouldn't be aiming for that sort of increase long term.
Team Jones
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Just eat health and drink a lot of fluid; fuck the gym until you feel better.
I hate being sick and not having an appetite, I end up more concerned about losing my gains than getting over being sick.
FallingEdge
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lol same here, I see the weight drop on the scale because I haven't been eating and it is a huge mindfuck.
Had my first lifting injury. Noticed a sharp pain in my elbow when fully extending my arm. Thought it was the normal pain the next day, but it was a lot sharper than usual and my workout wasn't that heavy. Any tips on how to work around it/prevent this sort of thing in the future?
Psychotext
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6 hours doesn't seem like it would be enough for properly recovering from a heavy workout.
FallingEdge
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4-6 for me baybay.
Jacksinthe
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4-6 here, too.
If its some type of bone injury - stop everything. Or its tennis elbow - the elbow isn't your problem, its your forearms.
As you grip things, pull, push, etc - your forearms are doing a lot of work building up a lot of scar tissue causing you to LOSE elasticity in forearm muscle. Muscles lose elasticity, puts greater stress on connective tissue in the elbow, causing tendon injuries.
Pull your arms towards you like a curl, make a fist and curl your wrist inwards to stretch the outside of your forearm to help with tennis elbow.
Extend your arm outward, palm up and bend your wrist backward to stretch your inside forearm to help with golfers elbow.
STRETCH YOUR FOREARMS EVERY DAY. I do while driving, eating, watching TV, etc. I have absolutely crippling tennis elbow in my left arm - I learned the above about elasticity, started stretching every day, no issues since. None. Keep your muscles loose and it will stretch as it needs removing stress from connective tissue.
Where is the pain? Inside or outside of elbow (tennis or golfers elbow)? What kind of exercise or grip?
If its some type of bone injury - stop everything. Or its tennis elbow - the elbow isn't your problem, its your forearms.
As you grip things, pull, push, etc - your forearms are doing a lot of work building up a lot of scar tissue causing you to LOSE elasticity in forearm muscle. Muscles lose elasticity, puts greater stress on connective tissue in the elbow, causing tendon injuries.
Pull your arms towards you like a curl, make a fist and curl your wrist inwards to stretch the outside of your forearm to help with tennis elbow.
Extend your arm outward, palm up and bend your wrist backward to stretch your inside forearm to help with golfers elbow.
STRETCH YOUR FOREARMS EVERY DAY. I do while driving, eating, watching TV, etc. I have absolutely crippling tennis elbow in my left arm - I learned the above about elasticity, started stretching every day, no issues since. None. Keep your muscles loose and it will stretch as it needs removing stress from connective tissue.
I'm just gonna say it but you WILL regret doing GOMAD later on. You will only get fat and you won't notice it until it's too late, when you've gained 40lbs in six months. Then you have to spend a year dieting down. It's only really approriate for teenagers who are rank beginners or extreme hard gainers/NEAT responders.
I mean of course you can use milk to get more calories but I'm thinking half of that would suffice. You only need to eat around 300kcal extra on top of your maintenance to build maximum amount of muscle. Everything extra will just go straight to your belly.
I need my 8 hours of sleep. I slept 13 hours just now. Feels so, so good. Weighed in this morning at 228.8, actually much lower then I expected after not counting any calories but still eating low carb for 10 days straight. Only 3.6lbs over my lowest point hit. Well, back to the grind now.
Psychotext
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I can cope on that, but scientifically speaking for heavy workout loads your body generally needs more time than that.
Thanks for your advice, i'm only doing it for a month anyway, it's only meant to be done for 2 months at a maximum if you read about it.
ohhthegore
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which one of you is this?
Jacksinthe
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Scientifically, everyone is different.
This is why you have people who only gain with extremely high volume and others who only gain with light work. The trick is learning what your body needs: there will be no one-size-fits-all routine, diet, sleep, etc.
Saying everyone needs X is a disservice to the science we do know and understand about the human body.
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Dusk Soldier
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which one of you is this?
I feel like it took me way too long to notice the dildo.
Psychotext
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Sure, but there are enough studies out there to state that most people wouldn't properly recover / repair in those timescales. There are always outliers... but by definition they're the exception to the rule.
It was just early this morning. Forearms are a little sore but that's it. Just need to eat a bit abs then I'll be ready to destroy my shoulders.
Rather get 7.5 than 6 tho
Jacksinthe
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Yes but telling someone "more time" is no different than someone asking for a training regimen and my response simply being "diet and exercise". The science of health and fitness goes far beyond statements like "more". In the quest for sleep - "more" should define quality - not quantity.
Just my .02 - hopefully no offense. I'm a programmer so I treat everything with a bit of "The Door Problem"
Psychotext
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Quality is a bit of a bitch to measure for most people though. I've been doing it for years with an app but I'm not convinced by the numbers I get from it.
What natural lifter only gains from light work? I've never heard that one.
mdsfx
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Just checking in since I haven't in a while. Not sure why, but my motivation is depleted as hell. I still go to the gym and bust my ass, but I'm not very excited about it.
Other than my half marathon in November, I literally have no goals. Maybe that's it. I'm not even sure what I want though.
Just feeling all around "meh."
Other than my half marathon in November, I literally have no goals. Maybe that's it. I'm not even sure what I want though.
Just feeling all around "meh."
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