2/26/2025
Surfing last night, was a great way to spend the afternoon.
It was a physical session, as when I wasn’t out paddling or playing w kids in the water, I was helping the kids dig a giant hole and trying to hold back the water.
Today’s lift:
-1 mile run
-8 full snatches of 135lb (power+OH squat of course)
-5 BTN pullups
-Couple dumb isolation lifts.
The end.
With regards to TRT, isn’t it worth just getting the blood test and checking? I’m sure you already know there are negative associations from having low T.
Not pushing it but if you have a legitimate medical need, it’d be confident in saying you’ll find it worthwhile at least finding out for sure and addressing it in some way.
Will echo this as well. I truly did not realize how unhealthy I had become until I got treatment, started healing, and REMEMBERED what healthy felt like. It’s a slow and gradual decline that gets rapidly corrected.
@T3hPwnisher and @alex_uk OK with both you and @atlas13 pointing at the same thing, I’ll give it a “maybe”.
I’ve got other issues more pressing in my life, but I see your point that if I DO have a deficiency, and I CAN have it fixed, it’ll spill over to other areas of life as well and have a variety of benefits.
So we shall see.
Generally speaking I am of a mind to avoid any chemical/pharma intervention whenever possible. But yeah, it seems worth at least looking into. Thanks.
Absolutely dude! This definitely addressed many of my other problems. I was suddenly sleeping more than 20 minutes at a time, which gave my wife joy to actually wake up next to me every once in a while vs always having an empty bed. My incredibly damaged relationship with food began to heal, as now my body was processing stuff correctly, since my digestion got out of “fight or flight” mode. My ability to handle minor upsets as though they WEREN’T the end of the world significantly improved, which dropped stress in the household in general and helped my relationship with my kid. I spent LESS time training, because I no longer needed to work so hard for so little results. Etc.
With it being a hormonal issue, I legit see it no differently than a Type 1 diabetic getting insulin. Your body is supposed to produce this hormone, and if it doesn’t, you suffer. This isn’t like taking a GLP-1 because you want to lose some weight before a high school reunion: this is getting your endocrine system to function the way it SHOULD function.
2/28/2025
Started the day off right: Found my wedding band! It was in the crevices of the recliner. I stood up to get my shoes on and work out, and heard a “ding”.
Whew!
1 mile valley run to playground
10 rounds EMOM: 2 burpee pullups, run to the ladder, up and over, run back.
1 mile valley run back home, this time no walking.
Was good. Not killing myself, I’m pretty stressed out, so this was good.
3/3/2024 Monday
1 mile treadmill run
8 rounds EMOM:
-1 full snatch 135lb (power+squat)
-1 pullup
That alone is a good enough session.
Did a few sets of things with dumbbells not worth logging, then 10 minutes on the stairmaster.
All considered, a good session.
3/5/2025 Wednesday
1 mile treadmill run.
10 minutes EMOM:
-Clean and jerk 135 (that’s a power-clean+front-squat for a clean of course)
Couple sets of strict press
Couple sets of front squat
8 minutes stairmaster.
Of note, on the runs, to make it less boring I’ve been inserting “sprints”.
Goal is to keep adding sprints until the whole mile is pretty damn fast (for me).
I switched between 6.2mph and 8.4mph today, with 3 one-minute bursts at 8.4.
3/7/2025 Friday
1 mile valley run to playground
20 minutes EMOM:
-4 pullups
-3 triple-pump burpees
that is hard and I challenge anyone to keep up with me at it
1 mile valley run back home
By the time I got home one of the kids was awake and said “You look muscular!”.
This had my dying 
. Glad you found it
3/08-09/2025 Sat/sun weekend update
Saturday included paddleboarding the kids around the bay, calm flat water. Not strenuous but a great way to be active and outdoors.
Sunday included surfing, stood up a couple times and had a ball. Also pretty good exercise. Got a couple of the kids out surfing too.
3/10/2025 Monday
Morning routine is off today due to a logistical thing w the kids. Wasn’t ready for my 20 minute EMOM at the playground so I mixed it up:
2.3 mile hilly run
Brisk walk back.
All under one hour so the net pace was pretty decent.
3/12/2024
1 mile run on treadmill. fastest average pace yet
Snatch warmups, then:
10 rounds EMOM:
-1 full snatch at 135lbs
-1 pullup
A couple sets RDL and a set or two of light overhead press.
1 mile run on treadmill.
3/14/2025 Friday
Just relaized it’s Pi day. Happy Pi day, anyone who cares!
Pretty small Venn diagram sliver between T-nation regulars and people who give a shit about Pi, but hey.
Great session today:
1 mile run.
20 rounds EMOM:
-3 pullups
-6 pushups
-9 air squats
1 mile run
That’s a total, btw, of 60 pullups, 120 pushups, 180 air squats. Putting a full Murph (unweighted) within spitting distance - I was going EMOM and wasn’t gassed; 13 more minutes of the same EMOM would have gotten me there.
What’s its name?
We pick up our 9 week old Labrador on Wednesday, photo incoming
@simo74 brilliant! Looking forward to seeing.
Agreed, although at present I’m 1 child and 1 dog behind you! Gorgeous pup!
