10.23.25 weight: 198.8 (havne’t pooped since Monday 
A. Swiss Ball Crunches 3xF
B. Kneeling Cable Crunches 3xF
C. Rope Pushdwons 12/12/12
D. One-Arm Cable Curl 12/10/10
E. Reverse Grip One-Arm Pushdowns 12/12/12
F. Incline DB Curl 15/15/15
Traveling. It’s leg day, but this hotel gym is awful, and there was just no room. The breakfast here sucks, too. Should have stayed at my normal place.
The breakfast here sucks, too. Should have stayed at my normal place.
Get revenge: buy an electric griddle and smoke up your room.
…not that I’m speaking from experience.
But good on you for finding a way to make it work dude.
It’s a Staybridge Suites, so I do have a little kitchen…
Oh man, I have such a blast when I can cook while I travel! I make all the foods that no one else in my family likes to eat, haha. I HAVE set off the smoke alarm a few times though.
10.27.25 weight: 197.8
A. Hammer Strength Decline Press 10/10/10/11
B. Machine Flyes 10/10/10
C. Seated Mid-Row 10/10/10
D. Straight-Arm Pushdowns 12/12
10.28.25 weight: 197.4
A. Hammer Strength Shoulder Press 10/10/10/12
B. Cable Lateral Raises 10/10/12
C. Cable Shrugs 12/12/13
D. Face Pulls 15/15
10.29.25 weight: 198.8
Bunch of stretching and ab stuff
A. Overhead Rope Extension 10/10/10/10 (back off set)
B. Machine Preacher Curl 8/8/8
C. One-Arm Reverse Grip Pushdowns 10/10/10
D. Machine Curls 12/12/12
One of my teams bought me a big bag of “gourmet” trail mix. I’ve probably eaten 12,000 calories of it in the last two days. I finally dumped out about a quarter of the bag into the trash yesterday. I was completely unable to stop eating it, even after I was feeling miserable.
I feel ya on this one. I will literally make myself sick and feel no need to stop.
It’s a food specifically designed to override your natural satiety signals and compel you to eat more. That’s the intent of trail mix in general: it’s SUPER energy dense with minimal protein so that you can have a small footprint in your travel bag while on the trail and have plenty of energy to get through the excursion. And then snack food companies latch onto the mix and add in stuff that makes it even crazier on our systems. Nothing in nature exists like trail mix: our brains and bodies don’t know what to do when they get it.
10.30.25 weight: 198.6
A. Seated Leg Press 10/10/12
B. Leg Extensions 10/10/8
C. Reverse Lunges 8/8/8
D. Standing Leg Raises 10/10/10
Took it easy since I didn’t do legs last week. I would like to be able to walk tomorrow.
10.31.25 weight: 197.8
A. Chest Supported T-bar Row 8/8/11
B. Pulldowns 10/10/10
C. Machine Chest Press 20/20/16
D. Cable Crossbody Raise 12/10/10
Read yesterday on here that metFormin inhibits muscle growth in a statistically significant manner. I’ve been taking a pretty large dose daily for about 18 months. Mainly for supposed longevity reasons. Gonna stop that now and see what happens with body comp.
This might prove helpful
I don’t know what to make of that. It does suppress muscle growth, but not enough to worry about but take berberine instead?
It’s honestly all above my pay grade. I just know that Justin Harris is who I would turn to on this discussion due to his experience with it. I know he’s a fan of berberine. If nothing else, might be worth digging in even more and seeing what else he has to say, or, if finances allow, consult him directly on the topic.
11/3/25 weight: 200.2 (gained 3.4lbs over the last 2 days)
A. Hammer Strength High Row 10/10/10
B. Hammer Strength Incline Press 10/10/10
C. Seated Row 10/10/10
D. Cable Crossovers 12/10/10
My sons and I just got back from a week long Colorado elk hunt. We ate a 5# bag of mountain trail mix while hunting… That stuff is like crack!
11.5.25 weight: 201
A. Hammer Strength Shoulder Press 10/10/10/10/12
B. Machine Reverse Fly 12/12/12
C. Machine Lateral Raises 12/12/10
D. Cable Shrugs 10/10/10
Well, my fat ass is going keto tomorrow. I do well on it in general. My energy stays up, and I don’t get brain fog. I just miss carbs. Gonna go nine days, then a cheat day, then 11 days, and that will put me at Thanksgiving.
11.6.25 weight: 199.6
A. One-Legged Leg Press 10/10/10
B. Romanian DL 8/8/8
C. Leg Extensions 10/10/12
D. Seated Calf Raises 15/15/15
11.7.25 weight: 198.8
A. Machine Crunches
B. Incline Situps
C. Overhead Rope Extensions 12/10/10
D. Bar Curl 10/10
E. Rope Pushdowns 10/10/10
F. Seated DB Curl 12/12
11.8.25 weight: 198.4
A. Chest Supported T-bar Row 10/10/10
B. Underhand Pulldown 10/10/8
C. Hammer Strength Decline Press 10/10/10
D. Cable Crossbody Raise 10/10/10