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On April 17 2013 01:49 phyre112 wrote:
Finally have my calorie intake up.... but i'm running on the worst sleep schedule ever. pulling all nighters 1-3 times/week, then sleeping through most of the next day... out on every weekend, drinking too much (because i only have 3 weekends left of college) and then scrambling to fit the rest of my life in between parties and class.
eating terrible quality foods... grains, legumes and everything. its really upsetting my stomach, but its letting me keep my weight up in this crazy schedule, so i can deal with it for the next monthish until graduation.
i've got four new gym buddies though... bunch of freshmen im in a student org with who asked me to "train them" which i always have fun doing. Going to back way off on volume... might go all the way back to my old push/pull split instead of this bb routine until summer comes around and i can eat 3.8k calories (because thats WAY easier non-paleo) and sleep 9-10 hours per night.
in spite of it all.... the bad sleep, bad food, stress, and too much volume, im still being consistent and still making some progress. Its pretty cool. hip is holding steady, and im trying to start front squatting again. didnt go badly yesterday - maybe deadlifts are even in my future?
Good stuff. I don't know exactly what your injury is but after my back injury, I was only able to front squat for several months. Eventually with time & core work, I smashed my old DL PR (315x5->385) with ease. Be patient and it'll pay off.
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On April 16 2013 13:15 Risen wrote:
Looks easier than Tough Mudder, was it? (I think you've run in multiple TMs iirc) grats on your high finish!
Don't know what they did, but the shocks in this one were fucked up. I was scared for the old people who ran the race because I felt like I was dying every shock. When my team walked through the last obstacle we linked arms and every shock hit all of us. It was horrible and we were the first ones to make it through the whole thing arms locked. I think it was more luck than anything, though. I seriously was having cringe flashbacks of that shit after we left. The crawling through water and getting shocked obstacle was equally as bad. Last year it wasn't anything like this and I felt bad for the three new people who ran it with us. We had told them the shocks were nothing to be worried about, was small shocks. Wrong. My sister says she blacked out from one of them, as did another girl with us. People were legit screaming from that shit and I was left wondering even with the waivers if it was legal.
Highlight of this one.... Solo'd the Everest obstacle! First three attempts I was trying to grab other dude's hands and on my fourth (final before I just did the walk of shame) attempt I just said fuck it, jumped for the ledge and got my elbows over it. Ez.
I think cutting to 180 these past few months helped me a LOT over the course of the race. Next one I'm doing isn't until October, though. I'm so fucking happy I can eat as much as I want again XD
Savage was about 3/4 the difficulty of TM. The shocks at the end were somewhat insane. Tough Mudder was insane with the electroshock... I got hit four times at TM, the third and forth one made me black out and it knocked the wind out of me. Everest is a sissy obstacle compared to the one at Savage. It's by far the most well crafted one I've seen. Where do you do your OCR events?
On April 16 2013 22:37 mordek wrote:
For Everest it definitely helps to aim for way above the lip in my opinion. I got it first try but you can tell when people are just running to grab a hand and when people are running to get up the whole thing. You're not focusing on the right thing when you're trying to reach a hand a foot below the edge.
Agreed. Once you get the simple technique down and get a good running start it's no problem. Unless you're holding the team flag and bust your chin up on the silly thing... Not fun.
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Haha yeah, can't imagine trying to hold the flag and do it. Was def ezpz once I stopped going for the hands and just jumped for the ledge. Cleared that shit so easily I felt stupid for not just doing it sooner. I do them in the southwest  I have to try a savage!
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Trained in the morning today, been working hard this week to shift my sleep schedule. I slept an hour extra before I forced my ass up, then I felt like shit the whole way there and during the whole deal of putting on my workout outfit and going up the stairs to warmup and stretch I could not stop thinking "oh God, why the fuck am I doing this, I should just kill myself".
Then I do my first work set and it's like the fog clears and I feel great. And I get to keep that feeling the rest of the day, which is the reason I force myself to do this. But christ, the journey to the first workset is like a pilgrimage to the far east.
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I'm following SS and today I squatted 60 kg (132 lb's) which was a 10kg (20) lb's increase from last workout which is amazing. However... My bench actually dropped 5 kg(10 lb's). What the hell?
My chin ups sucked as well. Upon examination I believe it had to do with my form on the Bench, I am not completely sure, but I am assuming that I wasn't doing the full range of motion before. I believe that I used to stop right before I fully stretched my arms. That would explain why I seemed weaker than before. The same with the chin ups, I probably wasn't doing the complete motion. Well I certainly hope this is the case! I would really like to practice my chin ups at home.
My chin ups and pull ups are really weak. Would it be adviceable to practice these on my off days by buying this: http://www.irongym.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1
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You can't expect everything to go up after you PR your squat (assuming you did that first).
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On April 20 2013 00:00 mordek wrote:
You can't expect everything to go up after you PR your squat (assuming you did that first).
Yes I did that first. I did rest about 10 minutes tho I believe because the benches weren't available.
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Squats are pretty taxing, I wouldn't worry about it too much Sometimes you have off days on certain lifts. It's not a bad idea to examine if there's a reason why, so don't get me wrong, I just wouldn't agonize over having a bad bench day.
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Yeah some days i'll PR squat cj snatch all in a row and other days cant figure out how to hit 80% in any of them. take your victories where you can ^_^
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hi
ive been away the last week+ on holiday with this girl (no luck still...god, what more can i do!? to be honest i do look like an overweight old man with shitty clothes, so i guess i know to fix that next time i see her ... personality apparently counts for jack shit if you dont tick all the other boxes aswell..)
now im back i had enough money to buy my home gym. itll hopefully be here within a week!!!
i couldnt afford to get a proper rack (its just impossible in my current situation; the next 1500 i earn (if/when i get a new job since i was asked to leave my old one) has to go straight to paying this year's college bill) but im happy with what i've got.
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total was ~£460. i know there are some issues with it like paying out god knows what for mats and weights, having to leave everything outside wrapped in tarpaulin, but i dont care. this is like the difference between having a car and not having one, it is lifechanging. i cant wait.
got my college assignments in okay so far. havent played dota OR had a wank for like 12 days now. and managed to stop myself going back to them so far! instead im gonna take up tango dance lessons , do my next assignment, and work out like a monkey. and look for another bleedin job.
heres the best picture ive got. me and the future wife (tho she rejected me like 5 times on holiday, at least ive started asking at long last!! just have to increase my value more)
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FFG you look like Day9. Also omg those boots she's wearing wat.
Tonight I had a girl fall asleep on me. My shoulders/chest are officially not bony anymore.
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Next level is when they stop falling asleep on your chest because it is too high up and their neck hurts...
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On April 20 2013 00:05 mordek wrote:Squats are pretty taxing, I wouldn't worry about it too much Sometimes you have off days on certain lifts. It's not a bad idea to examine if there's a reason why, so don't get me wrong, I just wouldn't agonize over having a bad bench day.
Alright, thanks
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So I thought about signing up for a xfit gym so that I can do my olys properly, and was forced into doing a trial WoD:
45s jumping burpees
15s rest
45s ball slam (30 lb)
15s rest
45s push press (40 kg)
15s rest
45s rowing (on a rowing machine)
x3
Pretty simple stuff, and not too bad if you pace yourself. I worked pretty hard, and decided it was utterly stupidly after the first run of push press because my form was so bad towards the end even though it was very light for me (my PR is 80 kg press, no legs push), and I could feel the strain in my back. I gave up after the rowing. I really didn't like how they pushed for numbers and speed rather than form. I seriously can't imagine how one could do a WoD with squats, DLs or olys properly under time pressure, unless the weight is extremely light.
Anyway, that was my first-time experience with xfit.
I'll likely still join the gym, but there's no way in hell I'll take their workout classes.
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hey guys, havent posted in here forever
Anyways, my plan for losing weight worked for 2-3 weeks then I just couldn't keep up, my strength went down and I started eating crap and missing the gym. It had to do a lot with traveling a lot for classes (I moved to another city 2 hour drive, yet I hadn't found an aparment so I was crushing on friends places).
Then last 2 weeks I was really sick (some nose bleed, ear pain), I'm almost good now but missed or half ass lifting last 2 weeks.
Powerlifting meet is next week, but I really won't compete cause it feels a waste of time to not train trough the week to peak for a meet in which I wont break any PR's.
Next meeting is in 6-7 months, so I'm starting to build the base for that. Plan to break PR's in 3 month, but I'm starting tomorrow trying to lose fat/build muscle and reduce/eliminate joint and muscle aches mostly trough fish oil, mobility work and high rep work at end of gym sessions.
Diet will be what has always worked for me to get slowly stronger/leaner. Carb back loading 2-4 times a week, WITHOUT OVERDOING CARBS ON CARB DAYS, and no carbs on easy/rest days (last 2 are the reason why I'm still fat)
Goal is to get from 12-14% bf 79kg to 83kg 10% bf or less. I will adjust diet training a within a few weeks if I'm losing too much weight or not leaning out at a decent rate.
Also will start posting a lot more here, I think its a good way to stay honest with myself and not miss gym days. I For example I missed a few to study for exams/attend classes, which is something I would have not done before (gym was first). I finally have an apartment now and no tests for a while, so I can 100% control what I eat.
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havent seen around in a while gotunk! my squat is waiting for you to catch up 
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Crap, the TL-Hoodie in XL is just too fucking tight. More motivation to lose 10kg again, lol.
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We need TL HF hoodies and/or shirts.
'When in brome.... Squat anyways' was basically someone's suggestion earlier, with a 'bro' curling in the squat rack
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How hard would it be for us to do a t-shirt? Do we need to figure out the numbers beforehand to optimize for cost and logistics?
In an ideal world, we can piggy back onto the TL-store, but that's obviously not necessary, as we can just as easily print them ourselves and buy them from the online store individually.
So... who can do some magic with photoshop and what not?
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I would definitely by a TLHF shirt, but I definitely have no creative talent in that regard. Maybe zatic could talk to the store guys and see if something is possible there?
Or we just have to figure out a way for ourselves.
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