I’m so excited to spend a lot of time with him! My friend is not in the best way medically at the moment, so I hope I can help out in upcoming weeks.
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60 pushups
SSB lunge 70x3x8
SSB BSS 60x3x8
Decided to squeeze in some more assistance this morning. I’ve been sleeping so much lately for some reason.
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This doesn’t really have to be a problem imo. Depending on if you’re committed about achieving a set goal defined by numbers (i.e. goal = feel good, maintain pain free state etc. doesn’t need numbers nor a set program. Goal = 36 pull ups, 137 kg deadlift needs numbers and likely a committed program. Goal = grow chest could use numbers and a program but doesn’t necessarily have to have either).
Seems like the trip did you a lot of good!
This is mechanism I never fully understood. Not the concept per se but the individual application is always confusing. Where’s the objective cut off for you? Like why is this dependant on the scale?
Yeah, it’s a feature rather than a bug at this point. I planned to have gone all-in on training a bit more this year, but that hasn’t happened. It’s okay.
I cannot express in words how important it was to me, really, as I am so attached to the language and now the country as naive as that sounds. I miss it a lot right now, but that is not so bad as waiting even longer to finally go.
It doesn’t depend on the number on the scale. I like to give myself a bit more wiggle room before I dive into a hypertrophy program because I don’t want to dog it on the nutrition side of things. There are scientific arguments behind leaning out before intentionally pushing bodyweight up, which may or may not have been debunked by now. But for me it makes it mentally easier and potentially makes a future weight loss phase easier. Yeah, I probably shouldn’t care so much, but that’s how I still am.
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Well a psychological reason is highly individual, nothing wrong with that. I personally feel like the mechanism behind this is largely taken out of context and over prioritized by most people. It surely applies in a significant way for non natural athletes, athletes with an excess amount of body fat and athletes who are generally heavy. For most other people imo, this approach leads to stagnation (again: Completely fine if that’s something one is ok with). The traditional bukling/ cutting thing just has people lose and gain the same 5 lbs over and over again in my experience, without significant changes in body composition. Which sounds like a more stressful way than just… maintaining weight (and adjusting macros to try and lean out).
But that’s just my 2c in general on bulking/ cutting phases. Nothing wrong with doing it for psychological or performance reasons but highly overrated.
No one is to say how much you should care, haha. It’s just interesting to see to me and I wanted to express my thoughts on bulking and cutting anyway in some form. So don’t take it personal pls🙈.
In my experience I make little to no progress unless I deliberately and consistently eat in a caloric surplus. 
Maintenance leads to stagnation for me. I’ve spent most of the time maintaining and thus spinning my wheels.
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6/7
Three mile run 23:49
An easier run to shake out my legs. A slight breeze tempered the heat and humidity, but I’m still a sweaty mess.
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6/8
??? C1W1D3
3x9 pullups
Front squat 90x5,105x5,120x5,90x2x12
50 band pull aparts
Wow, I had to rush through this because I slept in too much. Don’t really know why I’ve been sleeping for about nine hours every night. Definitely need to do some extra assistance tomorrow.
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things id do for 9hrs sleep!!!
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6/9
??? C1W1D4
Push press from the floor 55x5,65x14,60x15
SA BB Row +40x3x15
50 band pull aparts
15 min 80# sandbag carry
60 pushups accumulated between rows and carries
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try listing them, do you mean by this that your body wont sleep 9 hours or you cant make 9 hours available to lay in bed ?
between work family and training the best i can do is 2200-0500, which should be 7 hrs but when i used one of those fitness sleep trackers it worked out on average 5hrs between by the time i nodded off and getting up. And now i also have a young daughter who doesn’t help w/ quality of sleep! . . .
Not complaining . . . life is what it is we make the most of what we have … plenty probably have it worse! … . .im just reminiscing of my younger days when sleep was in an abundance but i pissed it up the wall!
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I am hearing you mate. I can barely remember what a lie in is.
I do appreciate having a very flexible work schedule, a home gym, and zero children. I love sleeping.
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Your sleep schedule gives me so much hope. Not having as much time to workout while in grad school is going tk be painful but the prospect of having to sacrifice sleep is scary
It’s nice to hear this—I definitely did not appreciate just how “easy” I had it back then. Good on you!
(Don’t get me wrong, grad school is not actually easy. Just different. Very different!)
FWIW, @anna_5588, the only time I ever pulled all-nighters during my PhD work was during my qualifiers—and even then, it’s not like I didn’t sleep for a week straight, just a day or two throughout the week. If sleep (and lifting) are prioritized appropriately, you’ll find time for both.
@Bagsy is a great, and current, example!
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Personally, graduate school has been miles easier for me than college, when I was always mentally and physically exhausted. I have much more free time now. Of course, YMMV.
Thanks, I appreciate those things so much that I intend to keep them all that way after I finish.
Appreciate the words!
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You’re in a STEM field, what you’re doing is going tk be way harder than what I’m going to do, especially since I’m no longer doing Econ
As someone who considers herself well-rounded, I believe the humanities and social sciences can be just as if not more difficult than a STEM field.
But why should it be a contest? Completing a PhD more or less indicates the same thing, regardless of the field.
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6/10
Three mile run 23:34
Had to pick up my retainer from the orthodontist. I saved time by running there and back.
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