Gaining 10lbs does not make you fat. It’s a stepping stone, for sure, but no-one goes from not-fat to fat in 10lbs. I’m speaking from plenty of personal experience here, as someone who can, and regularly does, gain 10lbs in weeks.
@Voxel @dagill2 , 10 lbs of fat on an already skinny-fat frame is a lot actually. Imagine you cant even bench the 30 lb women’s barbell and now gain 10 lbs of fat, you already look like shit, now you just made the problem much worse.
But yeah It is not by “pure accident,” I’m just saying your scale can move up way faster than you would think.
I guess I didnt realize she is very lean, I was kind of thinking of myself, 10 lbs of fat on me is a lot. You have to keep in mind, my waist is just 31 inches and I still cary a lot of fat there.
I’ve moved this to your log to avoid hijacking @anna_5588 log.
Oh my god thank you
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Can only talk about me not others but I’m not against you not wanting to gain weight per say. Do not get me wrong I think you have some health issues (hormonally) which require you to gain weight to solve but I’m a huge believer in respecting personal choice when the person is mentally able to assess the facts which you are.
Your latest physique picture does not scream “I’m super skinny and ill” so I refrain from telling a young woman how she should look/ weight.
The only issue I have with you not gaining weight is that it is driving behaviour which then stops you reaching your strength goals. If your only goal was to not gain weight and keep fit that’s one thing but if you are actively trying to get stronger, which can happen while maintaining weight, you are going to have to prioritise recovery which means RISKING gaining a bit of weight because being slightly overfed is better for the goal then being under fed.
Which brings me to this last point.
I agree 100%. The science of training people/ coaching people is stupidly easy if you know what you are doing, the reason most trainers suck is not lack of knowledge but the inability to account for human behaviour. And I admit I messed up in suggesting my last program to be followed. I did anticipate:
- the likelihood of not eating enough (hence from the beginning saying I’m hesitant to suggest the additional DL protocol), which is why the accessory work I suggested only being 8 sets of key movements
- the urge to take small jumps for the jokers to accumulate more volume which is why I mentioned it
I did not anticipate you (Anna) to add supersets and conditioning to get more work in to make sure you are not in a surplus due to the lower volume.
SHORT VERSION
Nothing wrong with not wanting to gain weight but there is something wrong with wanting to
- Get stronger
-Get more conditioned - Do the same amount of work capacity
While underfeeding to make sure you do not gain weight
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Yeah, I don’t know how to do this, especially within the other constraints that are in place.
RIP… game theory…
Highest possible final exam score is a 75
Highest possible grade for the class is an 84…
This is still excellent. You will pass and that’s the most important thing.
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At this point, it’s more about pride.
This game theory course is more about logic and econ reasoning, which I always saw as my strength. I EXPECT to struggle in something like diff eq or analysis. I didn’t expect to struggle in this.
Also, my friend (that one) is on track for a 4.0
The one bright side is that I hit a PR in the gym
Game theory is a (hard) interesting subject, I took an undergrad course about it in college and who can forget John Nash…
Week 2: day 2
Squat: 1x5-40,50,60, 1x3-65,75,85, 95(joker-PR!!)
Deadlift: 2x(5x1-cluster,90kg); 5x5-75, conventional, superset w/5,4,4,3,3 pullups and 5burpees
Leg extensions: 5x(10-55lbs+30sec plank+10burpees)
——post exam, bc I was angry———
Press: 1x5-20,30; 1x3-30,40(joker); 5x3-35, superset with 22 good mornings
Close grip bench: 5x(8-35+20face pulls-17.5lbs)
Conditioning: 10squat jumps+10jump lunges+10air squats+10altlunges, repeat for two more rounds but increase increase squats and lunges by 10each round
- this went well, happy w/squat PR, deadlifts felt a lot heavier than expected
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Strong squatting.
Those deadlifts should feel heavy at that % after a squat PR
What’s the purpose of doing burpees after each exercise?
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I’m committed to doing 50burpees a day
@hustlinghat93 I tore a callus this morning. It’s not too bad but it’s bleeding a bit and the skin is quite raw.
Deadlifts are on Thursday and I doubt it will heal by then. What should I do
Super glue can be useful for making fake calluses
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Serious?
I have some
I’ve never lied to you Anna.
I know, it’s sometimes hard to tell if people are being serious or facetious online
I had to stop being facetious with you a while back. I’m fairly certain I told you that.
Assume I am being genuine in all interactions.
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So what’s the purpose?