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3 mile run today

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Week 2 post covid recovery at the gym

Hope my deadlifts today aren't trash like last week lol

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What's the best site to get Whey Protein? I usually get MusclePharm at Costco or BJ's when it's on sale in the 4 or 6 pound sizes.

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I just get optimum nutrition on Amazon lol. I do a regular order (every other month) and get a slight discount

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SK8T3R215 posted...

What's the best site to get Whey Protein? I usually get MusclePharm at Costco or BJ's when it's on sale in the 4 or 6 pound sizes.

whey promotes cancer cell growth but regardless of that Id say amazon, always amazon

Cancer cells would add to my gains, right?

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Squats today
212.5x3
242.5x3
272.5x3
5x130x10

5x5 hip thrusts
3x15 step ups

Maybe some ab stuff

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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

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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

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Speaking of Cobra Kai. Even though the only place I went to this year was work, it was my Halloween costume


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Balrog0 posted...

I just get optimum nutrition on Amazon lol. I do a regular order (every other month) and get a slight discount

Same, I order from Amazon although I go for unflavored NOW whey just because I'm wary of too many artificial sweeteners affecting gut bacteria (probably not a big deal though, I get ON chocolate whey sometimes when I feel like it).

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That's a badass costume bro

186.2 this morning. Bench press day today

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i started going back to the gym a couple weeks ago but knowing that i have to go to the gym makes me anxious and miserable on a scale far beyond sunday night dread

so i started the r/bodyweightfitness routine again, but this time i bought olympic rings and resistance bands to supplement my pull-up bar

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Week in review:
Down 1 lb even though my diet was not great. I'm gonna chalk it up to natural fluctuations in weight but it's definitely better than gaining. I'll take it.

Also definitely time to graduate to a higher weight on my dumbell bench. Second week in a row where I've been at that point and squeezed out an extra rep over last week on my final set. If I actually eat according to my diet it will most likely be difficult. I'm at least going to attempt it though. The dream of getting stronger while losing weight hasn't been a thing for me in a long while. I'd like to at least attempt it. I've added weight on my one arm version and my volume days already, but those are easier to manage.

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Bench workout yesterday was pretty eh, but today's deadlift day and I've been loving deadlift day

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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

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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

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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

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Got back to the gym for bench today after reinjuring my labrum tear from last week. No pain no gain. Although no military press again for me. After my injury last week I was pretty depressed and ate a ton of bad food but I was able to run 13 miles in 5 days to keep my cardio level good. Now that crap feel better foods out of my system and I can get rolling again.

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Looked a lot more at form for my trap bar deadlifts and realized I had a shit form which is why I felt so weak doing them.

After fixing my form I felt substantially stronger during the lifts.

Today is bench, OHP and biceps for the galmor muscles.

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I've been thinking about getting a trap bar for some trap bar deadliftin

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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

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Jeez forgot what a pain buying protein is. Each one has a different serving size so I gotta compare how many scoops each gives me and the price per scoop.

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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?

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I missed out on my walk yesterday as I has a cold. Bleh.

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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.

Gratz on the sex

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ran 2 miles, did 8 min abs, did 6x20 8x30 8x35 8x40 8x45 8x50 single dumbell squats today

then pull my leg playing with my dog reaching for his toy -___- it doesnt seem too bad and i need to take a break from running for a little while anyway, ive done 15 miles this week which is probably a lot after not running for 6 months/dieting for 3

i do think i get small injuries more from lack of calories. but sadly im stuck eating about 1200 a day rather than 1600 or so cuz of financial issues. really need that 3rd stimulus to be mailed lol...was supposed to have been mailed 4 days ago so heres hoping it comes at some point.

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CHM_Punk posted...

@lemondrop7

Meant to reply in the selfie topic, but the TC closed it. Cool pic.

hey thanks i liked your pic too. you have fantastic style

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lemondrop7 posted...

really need that 3rd stimulus to be mailed lol...was supposed to have been mailed 4 days ago so heres hoping it comes at some point.

IRS website said mine was mailed on the 27th. Got it today. Hopefully yours has a similar travel time.

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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

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Man I wish I'd got that up for 3.

This is my last heavy lift session before I start losing weight

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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.

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I went to the gym but my dog had some blood in his poop again so I came home and that killed the workout mood and timing I have so I'm gonna go tomorrow hopefully.

He probably has colitis so he's fine. He is acting normally.

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I went downstairs after working out and my dog was eating cat poop out of the litter box

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Gotta squat 287.5 today

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227.5x5
267.5x3
287.5x5

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im doing 5ks in 19:05 as workouts these days

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Dang man.

I'm 370 and I'm happy just getting back to walking and doing 3k in 30 minutes. XD

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Yeah, since I decided to try a bit more on myself I have went from 372 a couple weeks ago to 365. Yeah!

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After my run today and then shower I had some like... flashes in my vision on the right side of my right eye. They seem to have basically kinda gone away after 30 minutes or so.

Should I be concerned?

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Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

After my run today and then shower I had some like... flashes in my vision on the right side of my right eye. They seem to have basically kinda gone away after 30 minutes or so.

Should I be concerned?

It's hard to tell without knowing everything about the situation, but I've had similar situations from overdoing it on cardio/not hydrating enough. Threw up from it a couple of times. If your workout was really intense for you then it might be that.

If that's it, then your body getting used to it/drinking enough water solves everything.

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Week in review:
Diet was horrendous. Up three pounds. Right about back where I was 4 weeks ago.

Lifts were great. It's the first Saturday that I haven't had to work in like a month so today's workout went much smoother.

Graduated to 90 lbs on dumbell bench but failed the take off on the last set. My form for it was off but even if I got it up there it would've been a huge struggle. Instead I knocked off 5 lbs and it wasn't an issue. Still 2 sets of 6 isnt bad...okay one set of 6 and one set of 5 1/2. Most likely next week I won't have any problem. Everything else I ran the same on weight but managed an extra rep or two.

Been adding some light weight direct bicep work as a superset. I'll see how my elbows hold up. I'm working with 10 lbs so even if something starts to go wrong, I feel like I can just stop without causing too much damage.

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