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| Balrog0 04/16/21 7:29:16 PM #359 | I got my first vaccine shot today so we'll see how I feel tomorrow --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/16/21 10:07:26 AM #356 | Man I'm glad it's a rest day. My hamstrings have been sore for like a week --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/15/21 12:00:27 PM #353 | 282.5x5 on squats today, then did some goblet squats and hip thrusts --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/14/21 2:36:20 PM #352 | Got 122.5x4 on my ohp today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/14/21 9:24:16 AM #341 | I've done my workouts but it's really just been the bare minimum last week. I'm really not feeling it today, either. Considering doing a deload --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/13/21 12:10:30 PM #337 | CHM_Punk posted... Morning workout was a success. I worked on the upper body with incline bench pressing, curls, shoulder presses, etc. I also hit the abdomen a bit. About to down beef patties and cheddar. Nice! I just did some light biking today. Tomorrow I'm gonna get back into the regular swing of things with my ohp day TheGoldenEel posted... Been keeping it up the last week Yeah I'd be lying if I said the impending opening of civilization didn't influence my decision to start cutting --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/13/21 11:53:54 AM #334 | Man, losing weight sucks. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/13/21 9:47:07 AM #333 | My hammies are on fire today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/12/21 8:41:29 AM #332 | Schedule got all fucked so I'm having to do deadlifts today. Wish me luck bros --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/10/21 9:48:21 AM #327 | Shit I don't feel like lifting today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/09/21 11:10:53 AM #323 | Front squats are super difficult for me to get down, it's like the bar never feels comfortable. It feels like it's in danger of falling at any second, to the point I don't even feel it in my legs before I can't do any more @Pow_Pow_Punishment is this normal? Any tips? --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/08/21 9:22:49 PM #321 | Lol dang that's kinda cool. I dunno though. I really prefer to lift alone. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/08/21 4:58:37 PM #319 | Yeah I wish I could motivate myself to do that. Pretty concerned all my progress is going away as soon as I'm back in the office and my schedule is less flexible --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/07/21 7:12:30 PM #317 | Feeling pretty good lately. Been trying to cut back on my calories slowly --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/06/21 3:16:16 PM #316 | Damn man that sucks. I did some light biking during a webinar today. Gonna miss working from home --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/05/21 2:39:06 PM #314 | schedule got messed up so I had to lift today. ended up deadlifting 295 instead of 292.5 and got 5 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/04/21 10:59:29 AM #307 | Jiek_Fafn posted... I think at my most obsessive I was weighing myself like 3 times a day and just going with my highs/lows for the week. People always say not to do that because it's demoralizing, but I preferred a more accurate picture. I'd just graph it and make sure I was headed in the direction that I wanted. I don't stress over it if I miss a day or two but I try to weigh myself every day. I do literally graph it in excel for the same reason lol. It gives a good picture in the long run. Today I gotta deadlift 292.5 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/03/21 1:00:42 PM #302 | Nice man. Yeah my diet sucked in the opposite direction, really struggling to keep up eating enough. I allegedly was trying to gain weight this week but I'm down to 181.6 this morning from a high of like 188.0 last week. Granted, you know, water weight fluctuates and all of that but still it's not great. And this is the lowest I've weighed for about a month. Ideally I'd like my "set point" to be around 185.0 and it's obviously not. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/01/21 12:34:08 PM #295 | 227.5x5 267.5x3 287.5x5 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/01/21 11:36:19 AM #294 | Gotta squat 287.5 today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 04/01/21 8:14:49 AM #293 | I went downstairs after working out and my dog was eating cat poop out of the litter box --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/31/21 8:51:22 PM #291 | Started a little private blog to start tracking my workout thoughts like emevas and ppp have. Been noticing that these fitness topic posts are like 90% of my active posts. --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/31/21 5:34:38 PM #290 | Man I wish I'd got that up for 3. This is my last heavy lift session before I start losing weight --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/31/21 10:49:10 AM #289 | OHP day today, I haven't been making as much progress as I'd like but today was ok. Got 125x2 and almost got three... If I'd done a little push I could have gotten it up but I want to strict press it Getting pretty close to a PR here. It really makes me think... I must have been real into benching back in the day. My squat and deadlift are a PR every cycle and my OHP is almost there. But I've benched at least 40 pounds more than I am now --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/30/21 5:22:02 PM #279 | CHM_Punk posted... Hit the gym this morning with the coworker. I went easier on her (by my standards), but I feel I got her a good workout in haha. I took her out for street tacos afterwards. You gonna smash bro? --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/30/21 12:54:25 PM #276 | 186.6 today. That's 4 weigh ins above my starting weight of 185.0 Going to keep eating big through the end of this cycle of 5/3/1 but then it's time for a cut. Going to aim to retain as much muscle as possible so probably going to try to lose about 15-20 pounds in 4-5 months --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/29/21 8:23:50 PM #275 | I've been thinking about getting a trap bar for some trap bar deadliftin --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/29/21 8:12:57 AM #271 | Kinds of overdid it on my glute ham raises yesterday and now my left calf/knee area is bothering me. Gonna skip my bike these next few days and hope it clears up --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/28/21 5:17:48 PM #270 | I'm supposed to deadlift 292.5 for my top set of deadlifts next week and I really want to try for 300. Not going to think. Slow and steady wins the race --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/28/21 2:31:49 PM #269 | 277.5 x 8 on my top set but I had a heck of a time doing my glute ham raises/nordic curls. Couldn't quite finish. Then decided to do goblet squats instead of belt squats --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/28/21 12:16:17 PM #268 | Bench workout yesterday was pretty eh, but today's deadlift day and I've been loving deadlift day --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/27/21 8:45:28 AM #264 | That's a badass costume bro 186.2 this morning. Bench press day today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/26/21 10:37:33 AM #261 | Welcome back brother! Cobra kai was awesome, I'm gonna get some cobra kai gear for sure. 185.8 this morning, that's more than my starting weight about 15 months ago --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/25/21 6:36:00 PM #259 | Didn't have the plates for 272.5 so I did 275. I really need to just get a few more micro plates. Got 275x6 though, not bad --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/25/21 12:05:02 PM #258 | Squats today 212.5x3 242.5x3 272.5x3 5x130x10 5x5 hip thrusts 3x15 step ups Maybe some ab stuff --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/25/21 9:02:41 AM #255 | I just get optimum nutrition on Amazon lol. I do a regular order (every other month) and get a slight discount --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/24/21 12:11:48 PM #249 | 120x4 again gosh darnit --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/24/21 9:10:03 AM #248 | Ohp today --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/23/21 3:14:54 PM #247 | This isn't the one I have but it's the exact same as the one I have: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Weider-XRS-20-Olympic-Squat-Rack-with-300-Lb-Weight-Limit/358128528 My squat is about to exceed this capacity. I'm kind of stuck about what to do. On the one hand, I'm tempted to just get a real squat rack. The cheapest one on Amazon is less than $250, has a 800 pound capacity, comes with safety bars, and I do have the room for it. But I'd have to really move some stuff around. My current setup wouldn't work because I think the pull-up bar at the top of the rack would hit my ceiling fan. My exercise equipment already eats up the room and we're hoping to move within the next year or so. So that makes me feel like I could do something like replace back squats with front squats for my top exercise on squat day --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/23/21 8:19:40 AM #246 | 184 on the dot this morning --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/22/21 5:47:04 PM #245 | Did 15 miles on my bike today but took it really easy. Didn't go for speed at all, just trying to get some cardio in for my heart health --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/22/21 1:14:50 PM #244 | TerraSeeker posted... I ran at the lake after work today. I wore shorts and a t-shirt. It felt great. I feel like I'm improving and feel a lot better than before I had surgery. Maybe I should try to train for a half-marathon. I think a full marathon is too long. I was told the things I was experiencing when I tried were signs of dehydration.Heck yeah dude. I hate running but I've been thinking about looking into powerlifting competition in my area. But that I feel like doing it in the near future but it's something to train towards. Forgot to weigh myself this morning, no sweat though. First day I've missed in March it looks like --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/21/21 5:44:46 PM #242 | Oh and I got 262.5x10 on my top set of deadlifts today Then GHR/nordic curl sets and belt squats --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/21/21 3:58:13 PM #241 | Pow Pow Punishment posted... I've done variants of 5/3/1 for 10 years now but I change up a lot of things, especially doing ROM progression training for certain lifts at periods of time. Ah my bad dude, for some reason I thought I recalled seeing you doing or talking about doing like 4x8 top sets. Yeah, I started making much better progress just concentrating on doing better than I did last week/month than obsessing over how strong I am compared to other dudes. Still though just kind of wild to think about being that strong, I can barely pick up my 55 lb bumper plates lol --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/21/21 12:24:15 PM #237 | What kind of routine are you doing atm PPP? Iirc at some point you were considering 5/3/1 vs something lighter with higher volume? Man those are insane dumbbell weights to me. I wonder if I'll ever be that strong Today's deadlift day where I'll be pulling like 100 lbs less than PPP benches lol --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/20/21 6:35:17 PM #234 | That should be 3x10 at 45 on the ez bar curls actually. Though that was probably heavier than I needed for those reps Oh yeah and I decided to get more weights and better equipment because in the past I've always just used my equipment as an excuse to stop progressing. I'm actually getting pretty close to 300 on my squats for the first time ever now @Pow_Pow_Punishment did you kill it yet bro? I keep refreshing your blog for updates --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/20/21 3:51:06 PM #233 | bench complete 125x5 145x5 162.5x8 then 5 sets of 120x10 3x6 pendlay rows@130 3x13 laterals raises@10 3x9 ez bar curls@35 3x9 DB lat pullover@25 --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/20/21 2:25:17 PM #230 | Drpooplol posted... Tc how do you have space for full weights in an apartment? I have a 1700 sq ft house and I feel like I don't have any space to spare. Aren't you a dad though? It's just me and my gf. It does take up pretty much a whole room. I still have room for my computer and a small desk area. We were just using the room as a storage area, basically, so I just did a lot of cleaning and organizing to make space --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/20/21 12:54:26 PM #228 | lemondrop7 posted... the male body reaches its prime in the 30s if you live a fairly athletic lifestyle young. its misinformed to think your twenties is your actual peak...it is if you didnt take care of your body much because then by your 30s youre going to constantly be aching / sore trying to work out way out of it. Yeah, that's true. Though it depends on what you're talking about. Different systems degrade at different rates, your speed goes before your strength or endurance --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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| Balrog0 03/20/21 12:34:51 PM #226 | lemondrop7 posted... recapturing of my youth It's okay to let this motivate you as long as you know it's not actually true. This damn meat castle is hurtling towards collapse either way brother. Man it would be nice to dunk just one time before it goes though --- Trying to dunk since July 2020 |
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