Been on vacation since the fifth and won't be back until the 14th dirty break of peace. The most important thing is that despite the midst likely insane gain, I finally feel rested and ready to go hard again. I need to make sure I don't go this long without a proper vacation. It also gives me time to reflect on why I showed this to happen, and reading measures to prevent it going forward.
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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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cuevas. PhD.
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I did everything. I started not knowing anything and just eating stuff that was more "healthy"... Like drinking Powerade instead of soda, ha-ha. I started just doing workouts and eating less junk food. In high school I would eat 2 double cheeseburgers and a large fry when I got out and that was while playing football yet kept those habbits when I finished. Those habbits continued to college plus a ton of binge drinking led me to bring over 3 hundo.
After general dieting stopped working I went extreme and started eating tuna straight from the can and generally dumb things like that. It worked though, so I kept doing it for months and months. When that stopped working I went low carb. That is by far my favorite diet but not sustainable for me because I love carbs. After that I did IF and of course that worked too.
In the last 2 pictures I went off performance in the gym to base my macros off. On my heavy gym days I need 400carbs to recover and end up eating 3400-3500 calories now just to maintain my weight.
Damn nice. What weight class?
If you are doing Flat Bench Press already then incline flys would hit your upper chest and anterior delt a bit more.
I like doing the twist at the top so your pinkies touch and your palms are facing you. Go light with the weight and slow with the rep, dont pause at the top.
Dips are my other chest compound exercise.
Psychotext
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Yeah, it's flat bench for the moment. At least whilst my shoulders can still handle it.
Agreed, Azul. Psycho, I'd do incline flys. If I were you I'd also do a deltoid workout or two (superset them) and leave the biceps to back day...but that's just my opinion.
We need some proper entrance music and attire for you. Stat.
Psychotext
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Yeah, I don't have a "days" as such right now. It's all mixed in. I have plenty of variation on other sessions (this is not what I do every time around).
Down to 227.0, -1.8 overnight. Only 1.8 away from my previous lowest. I still have leg doms from squats Tuesday, which is extremely odd for me, I usually do not feel any doms of any sort. Not sure if I'll do deadlift today or bench due to this. And I've been getting pretty good sleep.
This is verbatim what happened to me too! Spending 5 days a week in the weightroom year round, cardio training, active year round doing whatever, plus football. You learn some really fucking horrible eating habits when you can down 5-6k calories in a day without showing it.
And of course, including the sedentary lifestyle you get at college, throw lots of drugs and alcohol on top of it and it just spirals out of control.
Me about 5 years ago, at my largest:
You'll get past feeling cringey about your old pics. Just own it, and know that you quite literally ate that person you used to be to transform into your new swoleself.
Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up getting a massage, which included a lot of stretches similar to what you mentioned. Feels a lot better now.
mdsfx
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Sorry to hear that. I hope you find something you're happy with asap.
Also, don't mention anything about lifting. Just walk in to the interview with a dip belt + 100lbs on and grab the first thing above your head that you see.
Good luck broseph.
entremet
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Best of luck, Cooter. I've been there.
It's a nice jolt sometimes. I know I was getting too comfortable and it gave me the motivation to learn more skills and improve my interviewing skills.
Tap into your network first before just sending applications. Obviously do both. Much easier way to get on job that way.
Sorry to hear that, bud. Is your industry / position in general downsizing or just your particular company?
Thank you everyone. Yeah, I'm not too worried about it. I have time and my wife is a nurse now so extra shifts are available if needed
It's not even my industry. I took this position 6 years ago when the mortgage industry blew up because it was stable and my wife was going to school. My position along with my other coworkers was simply eliminated and taken over by another department.
Absolutely. Most jobs are through contacts. Actually, every job I've had has been this way.
It's not even my industry. I took this position 6 years ago when the mortgage industry blew up because it was stable and my wife was going to school. My position along with my other coworkers was simply eliminated and taken over by another department.
Psychotext
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Come join me, you can be Director of Muscle-Up Development.
Where do I sign?
FallingEdge
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This is verbatim what happened to me too! Spending 5 days a week in the weightroom year round, cardio training, active year round doing whatever, plus football. You learn some really fucking horrible eating habits when you can down 5-6k calories in a day without showing it.
And of course, including the sedentary lifestyle you get at college, throw lots of drugs and alcohol on top of it and it just spirals out of control.
Me about 5 years ago, at my largest:
You'll get past feeling cringey about your old pics. Just own it, and know that you quite literally ate that person you used to be to transform into your new swoleself.
my old untrained pic, 5 years ago. maybe 6.
Psychotext
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272 this morning so not that impressive but I'm just competing against myself.
FallingEdge
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How big are your arms? God damn.
They were 19 after the gym the other day.
I do have a hard time buying clothes. I went to get a suit and they said they can't even alter one for me, they have to custom make it.
Truly, swolescended.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Fucking Donnie Thompson, Super D himself said I had a good deadlift form and I deadlift like he does, super efficient when I deadlifted at his gym just now. This man is one of the best all time power lifters and he just said my form was good. That's insane. He also gave me a tip I've never heard or read anywhere and when I did it my deadlift felt immediately more tight. Great day.
Hey thanks for sharing the tip! I'll give it a try next time I deadlift.
Truly Awesome!
That's pretty cool dude
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Hey thanks for sharing the tip! I'll give it a try next time I deadlift.
Thanks and lol Cooter, gotta keep them secret weapons.
I shared it on my FB page and it's hard to put into text. You will see it and I'll point it out next time I record mymdeads.
very cool pics everyone and what a experience Brolic, congrats for that.
After putting it in the drawer for a long time I am deadlifting consistently again and I am really enjoying it.
For me the deadlift is "the" Strength exercise and doing it gives me some comfort or piece of mind, if that makes sense. For me, Strength goals put me in the right mindset.
Whenever I try to go specifically for the looks, I get annoyed and bored. If I think about getting things done and just that (meaning, I don't care about selfies, about being acknowledge by anyone, about how I should be looking like this but I look like that) then that's when I get the best results out of lifting and fitness, in every sense.
in short, I often have to tell my mind "shut the fuck up and lift that fucking weight! cut the crap already dammit"
After putting it in the drawer for a long time I am deadlifting consistently again and I am really enjoying it.
For me the deadlift is "the" Strength exercise and doing it gives me some comfort or piece of mind, if that makes sense. For me, Strength goals put me in the right mindset.
Whenever I try to go specifically for the looks, I get annoyed and bored. If I think about getting things done and just that (meaning, I don't care about selfies, about being acknowledge by anyone, about how I should be looking like this but I look like that) then that's when I get the best results out of lifting and fitness, in every sense.
in short, I often have to tell my mind "shut the fuck up and lift that fucking weight! cut the crap already dammit"
haha Fair enough. I'll look closely and ask questions next video. Very cool experience BTW.
which one of you is this?
For a minute, I was like "what's the problem here?" Then I saw and I realized that's one way to check your depth.
Psychotext
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Goddamn that was another tough turbo trainer session. Only 6 minute intervals, but each was hard enough to put me at 95% max HR.
I'm too old for this shit.
I'm too old for this shit.
Any good sweatproof headphones you guys know of? Cause holy shit I've probably run through about 5 "sweatproof" headphones with one of the earbuds always dying out. Frustrating as hell since I sweat a ton
Would prefer some headphones which have that clip that goes around the ear since they end up falling down during my cardio workouts. Any help would be awesome
Would prefer some headphones which have that clip that goes around the ear since they end up falling down during my cardio workouts. Any help would be awesome
I've been using these for about 2 years now, with comply tips. This is during cardio and weightlifting. I sweat a *lot*.
Psychotext
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I'd love to get some fitted earphones. For some reason I've never been able to find tips that will fit the inside of my right ear properly (the canal is much smaller than my left ear).
Insane! That's incredible bud!!
codswallop
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Anyone out there using the Progression Android app? I love it, bought the Pro version. A couple of weeks back I started following the 'Underground Bodybuilding' program (with a couple of changes and additions) instead of the one suggested to me by gym staff (with a few changes) and it's not too bad.
Sure, I'm a weakling (weigh 57kg/125lb, deadlift & bench 45kg/100lb, squat 50kg/110lb, only really at the gym started this year), but this program is a lot more varied than the gym-suggested one.
Sure, I'm a weakling (weigh 57kg/125lb, deadlift & bench 45kg/100lb, squat 50kg/110lb, only really at the gym started this year), but this program is a lot more varied than the gym-suggested one.
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