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Amazing match to end a great evening, and a great stretch all together

looking forward, some serious money matches are on the table

punk/drew
cody/rock
punk/seth
roman/seth
cody/punk

and then some others which would be fantastic too

rock/seth (anything with the rock will be money, but these two didnt seem to fully click and doesnt have quite the ceiling that the ones above do)
gunther/really anyone in the ME scene
rhea and Becky/giulia, although this is a little more out in the future
jade/bianca
cody/Roman I imagine/hope will have a rematch at some point, but the big story there has been told
brock is potentially lurking as well
damian/Finn would be cool but would be a level below things. But who knows what they could do with it, wwe has earned my faith lately

things will (and should) cool down for a bit to start building good narratives again, but a future with a lot of potential for sure

Im not asleep yet so its a good sign. 3/3 for my enjoyment wise so far

Kept things pretty simple on leg day. Just doing weight that feels good and not jumping in terms of squat weight. 5lbs a lift and nothing more

squat 90x8 140x8 190x8 240x4 265x2 290x1
deads 295x5 315x3 335x3 365x3
hip thrust 225x8 315x6 405x4 495x3

VII
VIII
MGS
Symphony of the Night

Hardcore_Adult posted...

I enjoyed the shit out of it.

MOTN: Sami Zayn v. Gunther.

There. I said it. And wouldn't take it back with a gun in my face.

what about two guns in your face?

The Dakota Kai gets 5 stars

Main event was pretty perfect. Rhea and Becky was great. Ladder match was fun despite some near death experiences. The Rey match made me literally go to bed so all Ive seen from the rest was the main event when I woke up

Mario 64
Ocarina
Goldeneye
Star Fox

Incline 210x1 185x5
ohp 165x4 170x1 135x5
bench 205x8 205x5 205x3
dips 75x7 85x4 95x2
tricep pushdowns 62x14 62x12 62x10

all things progressed as they should

Alrighty Ive come to a gameplan

i clearly have an injury that is not going to go away with a few days of rest or from training around it. Im also doing really well in a lot of my lifts and about to peak on things like incline bench and Ohp which have been some long term goals. Those lifts arent really impacted by the injury

so Im going to see those out over the next few weeks. Eliminate any unilateral training. Do my push days on a bit of a reduced scale but still pushing the big lifts I wanted to. Keeping my leg day. Completely eliminating arm day, and greatly reducing pull day. Light rows, some cable work. Mainly just to keep the blood flowing there but not pushing the weight at all.

once I get to the end of my cycle with the two big lifts, it the injury is better, great. If not, shut everything down for a while with a lot less guilt

Thought this was easy at first but man its a lot harder than i thought

SMB
SMB3
Legend Of Zelda
Final Fantasy

last one could easily be mega man, Metroid, or punch out

I tried today I guess. Weak across the board but Im glad to have just gotten some action

incline bench 205x2 160x10
ohp 160x5 160x3 160x1
bench 200x9 200x7 200x5
dips 72x6 82x4 92x2
Tricep pushdown 65x3x12

Sonic 3
Sonic 1
Phantasy Star 4
Shining Force

I dont think theres ever been a time where I regret spending some absurd amount of money on a dish. Its always been worth the price. Of course, this only applies to when money was not a big factor. I would certainly have regrets it I bought a 200 dollar steak and I was late on rent or something

KoS transience and any clique adjacent user. Digital chemotherapy

foolm0r0n posted...

Harrison Ford is black though, doesn't that tip the scales?

Board 8 would probably implode trying to decide, if thats the case

Im just gonna say what everyone on Board 8 is thinking. Brie Larson is worse because she is a woman, and Harrison Ford is a man.

I tend to think back of the wii fondly but when actually forced to think for this list I can only conclude that the system was ass

wii sports
brawl
mario kart wii
mario galaxy

Its just frustrating but also its a weird dynamic of I absolutely know I can train around it for the most part. I can get through a push day outside of lateral raises. I can get through a leg day, even deadlifting. Pull day is where I feel it the most, and where its starting to infect more and more exercises. It started with simply just hammer curls and reverse curls. Now its hurting the pull downs and while I completed the pull-ups, I could certainly feel it there far more than I was a few weeks ago

im doing incredibly well in so many areas of my training that I dont want to lose. I just need to decide if I can cut out more than I have been cutting (like no more pull-ups, stuff like that) and see what happens, or just do a hard shutdown for a few weeks and deal with consequences of that.

im resting today for sure

This better get 100%

So I did go back, which I guess Im happy about but also just continuously frustrated by this arm injury. I really dont want to take any extended time off, but I also Im starting to think Im in a bit of denial about it

rest of the workout

barbell curl 95x2x10 70x12
lat pull-down 140x9 was supposed to get 25+ but the injury made me stop
seated cable row 67x2x12
cable rear delt fly 15x2x10
lat pushdown 70x3x8
cable curl 57x12 60x9 62x6
db pullover 75x2x7

The mirror test is always the most important one for me

f the scales, f the metrics, if Im happy with what I see then what Im doing is working

Started off great today

pullups 60x5 45x8 30x12 15x5
bent over row 170x5 190x3 210x10 230x4

but then got a call from the girl and had to go back home. Idk about going back later, I got high intensity vertical and horizontal pull in so its not like I did nothing. May as well just continue the rest

180 Ohp is hell lol

took like a year to add five pounds

Jesus

I may fuck around tomorrow and see what my barbell curl max is. Ive got some empty real estate in my lift tomorrow due to my injury preventing me from doing a few things

so do I replace those with a smart lift and work effectively? Or do I say fuck it and go total caveman and blast something heavy out just to say I did?

Seanchan posted...

I slept like garbage last night and had a not great workout this morning. I could tell I was missing a gear.

hopefully tonight goes a little better for you

i do miss being 22 and being able to roll up to the gym on four hours of sleep after a night of drugging and drinking and being able to bang out a workout lol

soro you feel like that 200 Ohp is gonna be in the works for you when its all said and done?

I slept 14 hours last night and will not be lifting today. Hopefully tomorrows lift will be a banger as a result

arms looking juicy, but I literally laughed out loud when I saw how unflattering the pic ended up for my titties for some reason

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e908c6e7.jpg

Arms were good in some ways today but have to hold back on a lot due to this nagging forearm injury. It really just isnt going away which sucks

barbell curl 85x15 85x12 85x9 85x6 85x3
tricep pushdown 60x3x12
cable curl 60x20 70x15 80x10 90x5
skull crusher 70x4x12
incline db curl 20x10 25x10 30x10
overhead db extension 65x3x12
reverse grip lat pull-down with curl emphasis 140x3x10
overhead rope extension 62x8 57x8 45x12

My leg day was okay today. I am at the beginning of a new program cycle so a lot of the lifts/reps are light and I have to resist the urge to do the old ego lifting and stick to the program. It always pays off in the end though but i the devil on my shoulder is screaming at me to say fuck it

deadlift 275x5 295x3 315x3 335x3 355x3 375x3
squat: 80x8 130x8 180x8 230x5 255x3 180x1
hip thrust 505x3x8
leg curl 95x12 100x12 105x12
leg extension 60x3x12

Sorozone posted...

Definitely felt fatigued today, was still able to get a 265x6, 300x3 and a 350x1 on deadlift. Maintained on my bodyweight pullups. Improved a couple supplemental workouts like shoulder shrugs and calf raises.

Weighing myself tomorrow, and just gonna play video games all day tomorrow. Hadn't had a day off from work in a while, and feels good to have the weekend off. Hoping to hit some PR's on OHP on Sunday.

people at my gym always say Im crazy for doing squats and deads on the same day but for me I cant fathom how people do deads and pull-ups on the same day I always get wrecked on one just from doing the other

Uglyface2 posted...

I'm diabetic and need to exercise, and weight loss would help. I can't do aerobics because I live in an apartment upstairs. Squats get my heartrate up, so I've been doing those.

Alright, thanks for sharing. I think an effective strategy, if its about cardio and getting your heart rate, would be to superset them with another exercise. If you arent familiar with the term, a superset means doing 1 exercise for a certain amount of reps/time, and then IMMEDIATELY moving into a different exercise and doing that (usually involves a different muscle group)

so in your case, you want to keep your HR up and are able to do a lot of squats, but they also cause you what you have labeled as unbearable pain. If you could do a moderate amount of them that does not trigger the pain (how does 20 at a time feel?), then immediately jumping into another exercise (idk what equipment you have, but if you are just doing body weight stuff then maybe jumping jacks or push-ups?), then immediately getting back to the squats (for less reps) and continue until you get the amount or effort that you are wanting

so it would look like

squats for a set of 15-20 (or whatever is high enough for you but does not trigger the pain)
10 jumping jacks (or a diff exercise)
squats for 9-10
6-8 jumping jacks
squats for 4-6

and all of that would be one set, and there would be no rest or very little rest (like 3 seconds) in between the exercises
the reps that I gave you for that are also just me giving a rough guess; adapt for what works for you, but the overall flow to it is what I would recommend

am I making sense with what I just said? Feel free to ask any questions

Okay, this is starting to make a lot of sense now. Thats a lot of squats in a row, even for bodyweight. Sure, calisthenics athletes can do like hundreds, but 35 would start to cause challenges for me and Ive lifted almost every day for six years in a row. Im not saying you have to cut your reps, but Im just saying that the amount you are doing would cause most people here a reasonable burn

you say you are not in good shape. What are you goals for exercising? Lose weight? Build strength? Build muscle? Feel better? Move easier? More day to day strength? Something else? I ask this because you can adapt the squats you are doing in a way that avoids that pain line and can still attain your goals

ctesjbuvf posted...

I see the case on Nuzleaf but I think it's incorrect because the Pokemon really had little to do with the challenge existing and more with the name. That many voters didn't even know kinda validates it does not belong to me.

Yeah, its not even in the top 90% of famous/liked gen 3 pokemon, its just people wanting to appear smart

Arm is still a little debilitating on a lot of lifts but grinded through a decent lift

incline bench 200x3 200x1 155x10
OHP 155x6 155x3 155x2
bench 195x10 195x8 195x6
weighted dips 70x6 80x4 90x2
lateral raises 40x1, arm gave out and had to stop
tricep pushdowns 80x3x10

Soro I must say I appreciate your presence and wish we could get in a lift IRL. I have always treated lifting with the mindset of be humble and supportive to others but be cocky as fuck when it comes to yourself. Fucking smash those PRs man and then come brag about it!!!

Uglyface2 posted...

I'm not in good shape, so it's entirely possible.

It's just above the knees, after doing some squats. It's like the muscles there are getting tired and hot before anything else. It gets nearly unbearable, but if I stand up and wait for a few seconds, the pain dissipates and I can do some more.

how many squats are you doing? Does it trigger after 1? Or does it trigger after 20?

Metagross
Swampert
Salamence
Kyogre

Tell us more about this pain

Sorozone posted...

This was five days ago. Now, keep in mind I start fresh on deadlifts on my first "back day"(Back day because it focuses on upper back, but it also incorporates lower back, glutes, and hamstrings, basically any muscle on that back of the body.) Back day 1 starts with deadlifts, ends with body weight pullups.

Today is my second back day workout where it's the opposite. I start with weighted pullups and end on deadlift, also work on grip strength.

PR all time for me. Was finally able to hit 8(15)-5(25)-and 3(50) on weighted pullups.. First time hitting 3 reps with 50 pounds.

Hit another PR in dead hangs, and hit 1:44. So close to the 2 minute mark.

So after all the heavy upper body work, hamstring work, grip work, I then hit 335 on deadlift. Felt easy, so I hit 340, 345, and then 350. Absolutely bonkers workout.

Shit man if you did 3/50 after two working sets you could definitely bang out 4/5 with no muscle fatigue

Ive started doing chains for my weighted pull-ups for literally no other reason except attention because its badass

5tarscream posted...

So I'm noticing this week that my dominant arm is significantly stronger than my weaker arm. When doing dumbbell bicep curls today it was much smoother on my right than my left. How can I even them out? Like, I don't want to increase the weight on one arm and not the other and end up looking like quagmire in that one episode, but I also don't want to keep doing reps that feel like curling a tin of beans on one arm.

lots of things here

1. dont worry too much about the aesthetics of it. No one is going to notice the imbalances except for yourself and a tailor.
2. train unilaterally and train the less strong one a little more than the other. Whether thats more sets or reps, itll catch up to some extent.
3. a lot of times its a group effort. Meaning, you are noticing this on curls, which is predominantly bicep, but take some inventory on what other muscles might be causing this. Forearm? Core? Hell, even a lat or delt might be causing stabilization challenges, and when it comes to non-dominant arms that can make a world of difference
4. i believe you said you either just started working out or just got back into it. A lot of that is muscle memory and will just naturally catch up
5. lastly, it may never get to a perfect point and thats okay. We have dominant and non dominant limbs. Just try to get to a level that is reasonable and you are happy with. If you are curling 35s for 15 with your right, but can only do 15s for 6 with your left, that needs some work. But if you are doing 35s for 15 on one and 35s for 12 on the other, dont stress it.

ive started doing two a days with weights in the morning and cardio circuits in the early evening. Not factoring in the days from the fire Ive been at it every day for about two and a half weeks. Its been my first real even whiff of consistent cardio in probably over a decade, and holy bleep the difference in my day to day energy is insane, and I say that as someone who wakes up with the crickets to beat the fuck out of the weights six days a week

So Im still getting my life back in order after the fire, and one of the things Im still doing is washing literally every piece of clothing I own due to all the smoke. I have learned from the years that certain articles of clothing work well for the muscle group I am lifting, and as a result have like 3 boxers/shorts that I use for leg day and squats. When I woke up this morning I realized that all 3 were still wet in the wash and I wasnt gonna have time, so just threw on non-leg day attire

split both my boxers and my shorts on my first working set

Hell yeah dude, excited to see the results

UltimaterializerX posted...

I already have the muscle, I just got very depressed years back and blew all the way up to 468 pounds. Got down below 300 before covid, then went back up to 360. Been stuck at 330-350 ever since, even with a lot of diets and working out. A lot of it is simple aging keeping everything "stuck" in metabolism, but I think intermittent fasting will really work. I've been doing it for three days and already my energy levels are insane.

keep it up man. You just focusing on nutrition rn or you slinging any weights around?

Sorozone posted...

Damn dude. Sorry to hear that. I can definitely relate though. Few years ago I had to also do an emergency evac for a forest fire encroaching on the neighborhood I lived in the time. Only could take a select few items too. Luckily nothing happened outside of not being able to get back in my house for a couple days.

Got my incline back up to 220. This has my excited for a couple reasons. It's improving again, after being stalled forever. And the fact that my PR of 245 was when I weighed 182, I'm only 25 pounds away from this, and I'm 17 pounds lighter. I think I might actually get a PR on this in the next month or so.

Also another tidbit. I remember not being able to hit the 100's on the dumbell on flat bench until just recently(I also mentioned when I finally did in the previous topic), I'm hitting 95's right now on Incline. Another milestone for me once I hit those 100's.

yeah pretty much word for word my experience, you know how it is. Even if everything ended up fine, the whole event itself is just not a pleasant experience to go through

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Tried my best today but just didnt have it in a lot of areas. Gonna need to keep regaining sleep and weight after the past week

incline bench 195x3 195x2 155x8
overhead press 150x6 150x4 150x2
bench 190x8 190x8 190x10
dips 65x6 75x5 85x4
lateral raises 40x9 30x10 20x10
Tricep pushdown 60x14 60x12 60x10
overhead rope extension 52x12 55x9 57x6

UltimaterializerX posted...

I started intermittent fasting.

JFC it's a cheat code.

Dude if you get jacked, combined with the phenomenal swag, its over for everyone else