that explains a lot…
I’ll be happy when I can match pinky’s relative strength
1 Like
Day 1: Jumps + Lower
Day 2: Upper + Conditioning
Day 3: OFF
Day 4: Sprints + Lower
Day 5: Upper + Conditioning
Day 6: OFF
Day 7: OFF
This is a split I like, similar to what you posted but more days OFF
1 Like
Great! How should I set up progression? how should I measure volume for stuff like pauses?
I don’t know. There are many ways it can be done, look through your log, see what has worked for you in the past.
If you start gaining weight I bet linear progression will be easy, you just need to be dedicated to your eating.
I don’t have much experience with pauses. I almost exclusively do my strength training as explosive as possible.
1 Like
I would, where possible, focus on intensity, rather than volume or density for your progression. So add reps to sets or, again where possible, add weight. You don’t need more volume or training density in your life 
2 Likes
Weekly checkin:
Pic
Weight: 94.2lbs (a bit blocked up)
- legs dead but not actually feeling that crap- unfortunately my legs seem to have veto power so nothing is happening today
- strangely hungry, Really craving high fat dairy and egg yolks, which has been a trend lately
I’ve been eating tubs of cream and cottage cheese lately, but want more
Fixed
2 Likes
Because your body needs it…at this point, if you want/crave it, just eat it.
2 Likes
That can be difficult. As you know, I’ve had to deal with some abrupt changes and awareness of my condition for the past year or so.
Self acceptance is always difficult, and stuff like this can make it even harder.
I recommend a gratitude list as an exercise to strengthen your appreciation for the things you Do have.
Every day, Find 10 things about yourself or your life that are good. Try not to have too many repeats, but if you do have regular repeats it should be noted that these things really are pretty special to you.
2 Likes
It was my dad’s birthday today and our family friends came over after dinner to celebrate a bit. We had a huge fruit/cheese platter, which I ate at least 1/3 of. At that point, I was still within daily calories but didn’t feel satisfied so I ended up eating half a container of sour cream (300kcal) and 1/4 cup of powdered pb even thought I was actually quite stuffed. Ended the day at ~2500 (600kcal above my allotment 
)
@T3hPwnisher this is that I mean by “looking fatter”
Hopefully all these calories pay off for tomorrow’s workout
Your allotment seems too low…
Also, doesn’t look like bloat. Looks like you ate. Colloquially called a food baby. I’ve seen it happen even with lean as fuck dancers. Don’t think there’s something wrong just because you don’t get shredded. I believe it relates more to food choices than anything else.
1 Like
Yeah, the picture doesn’t do it justice- My mom usually dismisses my bloat complaints, but noted that I definitely looked “6 months pregnant”
Getting food babies like this (or worse!) every time I overeat or eat something that strongly disagrees with me is one of the reasons I don’t ever want to actually be pregnant
Week 8: day3- more fun!
Fake Fran: 21-15-9-5, kbs-45lbs and burpees, 4:40
Tried to beat @T3hPwnisher, didn’t happen , even with a far easier movement
Lunges: 300m+500m weighted walk bc I was pissed- 45lbs in backpack
- Pretty bloated but didn’t feel too crap so decided to push it today
- fake Fran felt really good, pretty intense but not as hard as expected, a bit slow on burpees but didn’t feel like I could actually go any faster
- the goal with the lunges was 400m, the pack made balance pretty hard and my vision was getting a bit blurry at the 300m mark, which made continuing pretty useless. Got pissed so walked the rest of the way and did an extra 400m. The lunging definitely got HR up pretty good and worked legs
Anna, my dear, I haven’t been here for 6 months, but everything is the same- you don’t eat but train more and more.
6 Likes
You trained to the point of losing your vision but you weren’t satisfied with performance so you proceeded to punish yourself. Ummm … why?
2 Likes
Username checks out
2 Likes
not exactly. This tends to happen when I have excessive neck strain (ie the back pack straps pulling down on my traps+ bad sleep). I didn’t feel like I was working that hard, a “tempo run” type intensity and my legs could have kept going. I stopped because I was afraid misgrooving would result in a horrible knee injury
I’ve completed the entire 400m w/ 45lbs before, but that time, I had a barbell on my back, so I didn’t have to deal with the balance , uneven loading and trap strain issues
Sounds like youre choking yourself out with your backpack and causing a blackout to me. Whatever the cause vision loss during training is probably not something to gloss over, whether caused by strain exertion or something else.
2 Likes
Been fairly absent here lately but just checking in on your log…looks like the usual, haha.
I admittedly don’t follow his log (Sorry, Pinky!) but based on his profile pic I assume he eats enough to fuel his training. So…there’s that.
If you’re
I’d eat those instead of
I don’t know. Sounds better to me.
My girlfriend is 7 months pregnant. She looks way bigger than you. (Don’t tell her I said that.)
Her mom has always made her feel bad about her weight, as did probably her mom, and I know my grandma did that to my mom. Usually right as they entered, and then during, puberty. If they ever gained 5lbs or so or were ever seen reaching for a less than healthy food option, there were comments, judgmental glances, or even just being told flat out that they were overweight, which I don’t think any of them were at the time. Seems to be common amongst women, especially from, say the '40s - '80’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s common amongst Chinese women.
Anyway, my point is is that it seems like you pick and choose when to listen to your mom. (Which isn’t inherently bad, I mean, who doesn’t do that.) When she tells you your training too hard, you disagree and ignore her. When she makes comments that support your own body dismorphia, you listen. Sorta like with all the posters on here. When you eventually decide to work on your issues, I’d keep things like this in mind as you work through things.
That’s fine if you don’t want to have kids, but you do realize that food babies go away after, what, pooping? And real babies (in a way) go away after 9 months. There’s no real reason you need to permanently have a bigger stomach than you want.
Anyway, best of luck Anna. Like everyone else says, I don’t mean to pile on, but I don’t think you seem to feel that way. You rarely seem to get defensive when people say these things, which I suppose is good. Just need to make the decision to actually change. I hope you do, because like @dagill2 (I think) said, you could really turn into someone. If you weighed 20lbs more and felt great, I don’t doubt that you’re willing to train hard enough that you could do some damage.
3 Likes