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Lol yeah I feel ya, I eat eggs and dairy every day. Just lazy

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Yeh I eat like 8 tuna packets every day lol

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I never lift weights

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skermac posted...

I never lift weights

Yeah I understand, Ive never really liked it. I do like watching the numbers go up though. Like a video game

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

I personally love it. It's pretty much my whole reason for working out. As I get older it's even more rewarding.

Same tbh. Sweet, sweet validation.

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

I personally love it. It's pretty much my whole reason for working out. As I get older it's even more rewarding.

Old ladies love me like white people love Subarus

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Just did my first planche. Lasted all of 2 seconds but PROGRESS!
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awesome999 posted...

Just did my first planche. Lasted all of 2 seconds but PROGRESS!

Very nice man.

Had oatmeal with pbfit, yogurt and an apple for breakfast. Making some hardboiled eggs (hbes) for later

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awesome999 posted...

Just did my first planche. Lasted all of 2 seconds but PROGRESS!

Wow how long have you been training planche?

I did 100 pull ups yesterday and made a topic but nobody cared so here
Lats hurt like they're on fire

Njolk posted...

Wow how long have you been training planche?

A couple months or so, February let's say I don't exactly recall
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How do I know if Im gaining muscle or fat

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You're gaining both

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But....how will I get swole and lose belly

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Get swole first, then refine your eating so that you lose belly. Getting swole makes it harder to stay fat

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I cannot get front squatting form down at all

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Blue_Inigo posted...

But....how will I get swole and lose belly

The most important factor is ensuring you have a great workout playlist.
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What do you guys do for aches/pains?

I do light workouts and I find the next day when I take a break I get light headaches and a bit of pain near my upper back and neck area. It's like I need a good massage. Just pop a back pain pill?

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H0LD_Austin_Era posted...

What do you guys do for aches/pains?

I do light workouts and I find the next day when I take a break I get light headaches and a bit of pain near my upper back and neck area. It's like I need a good massage. Just pop a back pain pill?

Working out should relieve this kind of thing, I'd suspect you are doing your exercises with shrugged shoulders

Try to keep your shoulders as far away from your ears as possible the entire movement

H0LD_Austin_Era posted...

What do you guys do for aches/pains?

I do light workouts and I find the next day when I take a break I get light headaches and a bit of pain near my upper back and neck area. It's like I need a good massage. Just pop a back pain pill?

I've never gotten a headache the day after from a work out. Usually if I get one it's only from dehydration or something that day.

The other parts it depends what it is. If it's standard muscle fatigue/DOMS I just deal with it. If it's a real pain I try to figure out what I'm doing incorrectly and correct it. That sentence is giving me flashbacks to my days of behind the back OHP and all of the unnecessary pain it caused me.

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I'm using a 10lbs dumbbell only. I do about 25 reps & 3 sets. Then 25 pushups of 2 sets.

I'm waiting mid-month in May to do crunches cause situps I think messed up my stomach and I got bad pain.

I have a 20lbs dumbbell also which I don't plan to use until late summer.

I'll keep that shoulder tip in mind. I typically keep my back fairly straight.

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H0LD_Austin_Era posted...

I'm using a 10lbs dumbbell only. I do about 25 reps & 3 sets. Then 25 pushups of 2 sets.

I'm waiting mid-month in May to do crunches cause situps I think messed up my stomach and I got bad pain.

I have a 20lbs dumbbell also which I don't plan to use until late summer.

I'll keep that shoulder tip in mind. I typically keep my back fairly straight.

Very common for people to do pushups with shrugged shoulders

Do you do any pulling movements? Rows? Pullups? Only doing pulling will give you upper back pain as well

No none of that. The pain isn't bad or anything, but if I massage the area with my hands it feels nice. I did use ice at times which felt good. Once the weather gets warmer I'll do some luke warm then cold showers.

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H0LD_Austin_Era posted...

No none of that. The pain isn't bad or anything, but if I massage the area with my hands it feels nice. I did use ice at times which felt good. Once the weather gets warmer I'll do some luke warm then cold showers.

I'd add bent over dumbbell rows to your routine. As it is you're not working the largest muscles in your upper body and you're giving yourself "hunchback" posture. The aches are just a symptom of this

DuranOfForcena posted...

you might want to book a consultation with a physical therapist. neck pain is no joke, especially when there are headaches associated with it. get it checked out.

Headaches associated with upper back pain are very common for "trap dominant" lifters

He just has bad form

Last year and prior years when I did lightwork outs I'm sure I was doing bad forms especially only using a 20lbs dumbbell. I've downsized for something I can work with better. I'm only 5'6 and 120lbs. 20lbs is kinda a struggle. I need a workout partner, but I don't wanna pay someone at a gym <_<

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H0LD_Austin_Era posted...

Last year and prior years when I did lightwork outs I'm sure I was doing bad forms especially only using a 20lbs dumbbell. I've downsized for something I can work with better. I'm only 5'6 and 120lbs. 20lbs is kinda a struggle. I need a workout partner, but I don't wanna pay someone at a gym <_<

With such limited equipment and experience, you may want to look into bodyweight routines. That might be a better option for you.
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Bench day!

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Week in review:
Diet went poorly. Work drained me again this week so doordash was used repeatedly with my overtime money. I was a little more mindful than usual and didn't overorder too bad though. Down 1 lb for the week.

Workouts also were rough. I did a cycle off of pre-workout because I realized I didn't have any on my Tuesday workout and figured I was due. So workouts were a slog but I hit all my standard numbers. So not too bad. Just tiring.

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Weighed in at 182.8 this morning. I was fluctuating there for a while, weighed as low as 177 and as high as 189 but I've evened out now. I'll post a graph later maybe to show but overall I'm pleased with my progress a few weeks in to cutting.

Last deload day today, gotta do deadlifts

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When I flex I can kind of see some abs coming in

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Apologies for the quality, not sure what's up

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Your lats are looking good in that picture. Getting a nice V shape going on

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It's cardio for me today, just gonna ride my bike

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Oh yeah, for sure. Gotta take care of your body first. I try to never lift with knee pain

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There's probably no room for me here, but I recently started P90X.
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pojr posted...

There's probably no room for me here, but I recently started P90X.

All are welcome, friend.

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You bulkan again man? That's a mighty meal.

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Speaking of bulking, I think this is the first time in my life I've ever been disciplined enough to go cut->bulk->cut without interruption

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i Keep getting suspended but Ive been keeping fit for the most part. A few ice cream days though new tattoo as well on arm



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Heck yeah bro! I'm trying to get cut up like you

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You know, I've been disengaging myself slowly from social media recently, deleted my ig and twitter and seriously considering nuking the ol fb too, but I dunno if I think gfaqs counts.


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