Absolutely. It’s my default mode based on forty years of habits. Mindfulness helps recognize “addict behavior” and then you can employ new habits and behaviors.
Interesting. From that statement my takeaway is you were well into your adult years when you had your substance abuse, so to clarify: can I ask what age you were during your addiction?
Sorry if the phrasing is blunt, as I know certain people that have had/suffered from a substance abuse views their status as an addict as something permanent from the onset until thereafter, and I don’t mean to either reject or support that view, but acknowledge that maybe my word selection portrays a cavalier tone but I know no better way to phrase the question that doesn’t have that tone.
Sixteen to 56 years old, lol. I’ve been in recovery for a few years, not always successfully.
I have no shame around my addiction today, so bluntness is not a problem.
@anna_5588, would you like us to move this conversation?
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Yes please
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Will do, sorry for the hijack.
Migrating to The Pursuit of Mythical Gains - #1437 by The_Myth
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Apologies!
no problem
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Hi, do you have any sources to link to regarding this statement? If true, there’s people in my life that I’d like to share the information with.
I’m going to takw a different tangent on your posted diet Anna, and suggest that while the lack of calories is a problem, and the low protein sub optimal, that your biggest issue may well be how little fat you are eating.
Appreciating that this is a one day snapshot, but having listened to you talk about the foods you eat I feel like you eat a very low fat diet almost exclusively.
This is the worst possible thing you can be doing for your hormones. Everyone knows about and thinks about the importance of protein, your essential amino acids. But far fewer people concern themselves with ESSENTIAL fatty acids.
Named essential because they can only be gotten from food and are needed for your bodies processes.
Know what your hormones are made of? Yep, fat. Dietary fat. Mostly saturated fat ironically.
It might not be optimal for performance.but you can live on protein and fat alone, not so for carbs. And yes I saw the butter, it’s not enough.
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That was extremely well put.
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Would doing some battle ropes mess with my recovery for tomorrow?
Also, @Pinkylifting, why are there 2 “comp” days in the program? Aren’t powerlifting meets only 1 day?
Yes, doing battle ropes will compromise you.
And because it’s helping you find your 1RMs, not replicating a meet. Yes meets are one day, but there’s also probably hours between your squat and your deadlift. I’ve squatted at 9am and deadlifted at 5pm. That’s not something you write into a program.
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So for the treat tomorrow, should I squat and bench in the morning then deadlift in the afternoon? How many hours in between?
Id probably still do them on two days if you can, If you cant do deadlift on Sunday then yes, I,d squat early, making sure to take a long rest between warm-up sets and especially singles, at least 5 minutes, 10 if you have the time.
Id then take a 30 minute break, a do the same for Bench.
Then deadlift later in the afternoon, after you’ve eaten something.
As for warmups, don’t do too many reps per set, something like:
Bar for 10 reps, dont rush them, every rep perfect for every warmup.
40% for 3 reps
50% for 3 reps
60% for 2 reps
70% for 1 rep
90-95% for 1 rep - think of it as your opener, something you know you can 100% get and do it perfectly
100% for 1 rep
then just play by feel, if 100 felt tough, just get a PR on the table with a small jump, like 102.5%.
If you get it, then you wait 10 minutes and see if you fancy 105%.
If 100% felt easy, go straight to 105%. But if you miss 105% that’s a lesson in gauging your perceived effort level.
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Thanks! I might FINALLY break 80kg🤣
A fair bit of top end performance will come from how you eat today.
Drop the veg, up the carbs and get some healthy fats in. Salt everything. You want glycogen full.
Basically eat more right?
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what you eat matters. So no, its not just ‘more’. two ‘giant piles of spinach’ instead of one is not doing anything. an extra cup of oats on the other hand will.
More salt specifically will be helpful.
A few bags of sweet and salty popcorn is my go-to for meet performance.
On a pre competition re-feed im aiming for 10,000 calories. Given our average daily intake isnt that different hopefully thats some perspective 
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Damn!
Excitedly waiting to hear the report where Anna only ate 4 times the normal amount of spinach and then just went ahead and replaced the salt with some mushrooms.
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