Great job! 
Thank you sir! Another 10 to go and ill reevaluate this phase. Pray for me ā¦ because the constant food tracking is starting to wear on my patience.
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Sabaton @ SLC on February 24, 2026
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I can appreciate that. I am honestly really impressed by your work up to now though. You are definitely disciplined, as shown by your results.
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Not sure its discipline or OCD ā¦ or just how I was raised.
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Itās desire. You want the goal more than you donāt want to do what it takes to get there. Thatās always how the scale works. Eventually, we find goals that we simply donāt want bad enough.
Everyone wants to be a multi-millionaire, but few want to do what it takes to get there. The few that DO want to do what it takes: do.
Which is to say: itās still a very admirable quality to want things badly enough to do what it takes to get them. It speaks to you not being a victim of apathy and ennui. And given that youāre Gen X, thatās huge! Haha.
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Yeah man- 40 down 10 to go.
Awesome 
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Wellā¦ i think most Gen Xers were raised by Boomers to a point.
While my parents were slightly older and was from the Silent Generation. Just a theory.
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Thanksā¦ hopefully just 10 more and I can go to phase 2.
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Okā¦not feeling 100% today. Going to bump todays session until tomorrow . I figure it a good move since my right shoulder is cranky and still feeling the effect of the bug ive been fighting.
Wellā¦ for me its about 3 times a week . Depending on the intensity level and exercise selection. Honestly i cant recall the last time when I lifted 4 times in a week . Matter of fact my ā training weekā is about a 10 day period. To help maximize recovery.
But yeah I view 6 days overkill and damn counter productive. Anymore I just want to be in their just often enough to stimulate and not knock my dick in the dirt.
Anyone not running gear who say they get results on a 6 day a week ā¦ I want to see their routine and the actually effort they are putting in along with what % they are actually using.
of course thats my humble thoughts.
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I follow an online coach who preaches 5 workouts/week with nonconsecutive rest days, so I skip Thursdays/Sundays. I like that routine though I canāt always be consistent. Iām fairly old so I donāt lift as much weight as you did pre layoff, but I see a lot of guys in your age group lifting on same days/4:30 am with me. Most guys there seem to have lifter DNA. Gearwise, thereās some; if you count trt, then a lot.
Well yeah. Like I mentioned i want to see everything someones doing .
Anyone not running gear who say they get results on a 6 day a week ā¦ I want to see their routine and the actually effort they are putting in along with what % they are actually using.
Yup.
6x a week lifting means 2-3 days of actually getting after it and 3 days of just futzing around.
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Thatās my view to a pointā¦ I think your average guy ( excluding indvidual differences and few variables which im too lazy to state )can get away with 4 solid days IF they are doing some heavy hitter movements and really pushing it. But full sessions beyond that I feel is going into fluff and diminishing return territory.
I miss thisā¦^^ 
Ok slight tweak on the upper back work
Trap Bar shrug: heavy set of 5 after went down 30% for 10
Neutral grip chins: a bunch
One arm db rows: 3 x 6-8ā¦ Last 2 sets had to lower the weight .
close grip pulldowns: 3 x 8
Bench width seated rows: 3 x 10
Once my chins get better I probably will drop the pulldowns.
For the record the upper back is trashed now.
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DAMN IT! The app dropped my cals again because my daily weekly average sum didnāt total -2 lbs over the previous week. On a bright note im down 2 lbs from last Saturday.
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Ouch. Still attached, so at least there is some silver lining.