Log 22
Conditioning/Cardio
20 min stair master (PR? Idk I’ve never been able to do more than 5 mins on those things).
KB swings 4 rounds, 15 swings, 30 seconds rest.
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On a side note:
Do any of y’all deal with/live in an area with spiders? We have common grass spiders, wolf spiders, and a handful of species of orb weavers.
I am terrified of all of them. They don’t come in my house because I meticulously sweep and mop and spray every crack and crevice once a week or every two weeks.
But on the days where I just wanna sit on my porch swing, or hop in the car in the mornings to errand run I am greeted by a spider of some sort. The wolf spiders stay camped near this patch behind my house and the largest one we’ve seen while mowing the grass was about tennis ball size in diameter.
Then there’s the orb weavers who just come spinning down and I open my front door and HEY! Right in the way.
So…do any of you just…deal with them? I feel like I know more about them than they do about me lol, which is ironic because I’m terrified of them but can also identify which kinds they are.
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We live near Buffalo NY and while we do have spiders we don’t see them much. We get the occasional surprise in the basement sometimes and see them outside in the summer but they are all small. Maybe quarter sized at the biggerst. We spray the foundation of the house 1-2 times per year and that keeps them out for the most part.
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I don’t mind them. My son is terrified of them, and my wife hates them. They get the heebie-jeebies big time.
So I do a perimeter treatment a couple of times a year covering the foundation, all of the windows, end heavily around the entrances.
That seems to keep the creepy crawlers at bay pretty nicely.
You have southern bugs though. I don’t know whats available or how effective anything is against them.
The roaches are the main ones that essentially just adapt to whatever it is. If you get German roaches down here, you might as well move. We’ve got silver dollar sized oak/tree roaches but I rarely see them down here.
It doesn’t help that we live literally right next to the woods, and a massive trench/irrigation system. My dad has some serious high grade stuff that really works, I just want some of my own.
Feed stores down here are awesome, but so long as we live more in the woodsy area it’s probably just an ongoing battle
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Thoughts
Last week was very rough. I knew with the holiday food it was going to be a struggle, but I was rather disappointed at how truly difficult this year was compared to last year.
Had a handful of some gnarly B/P cycles, that I couldn’t break up until my husband told me he has to monitor me, which I was thankful for. I hit up 3 different fast food joints all in one afternoon, and I felt awful. Electrolytes were thrown all out of whack for about 2 days.
Went to three different family/friends houses and things started to settle down. Less heavily processed food, and more home made stuff was nice. My mom had a table full of desserts and I’m glad my husband politely refused for me because she was offering we take multiple trays home.
Today’s training session went well, and with the holidays over I can ease back into mindfulness without so much pressure/stress. The time spent with family wasn’t stressful at all which was nice.
I did notice that I refused myself anything remotely sweet for about 3 weeks-ish, and I think next go round it might be a good idea to just have a moderate sweet snack in the event I feel like denial might lead to a cycle. Sometimes even a small piece of candy can offset these weird thought processes I have. Moving forward now, so all is well.
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Log 23
•Full Body
•Upper/Pull:
DB rows w/ 20s 3x12 each arm
BB rows, just the bar 2x20
SDLD barbell, 125lbs, 5x5 (sciatic nerve was not having that)
Lat pull downs, 40x15, 55x15, 70x12
•Upper/Push:
Machine Press, 100lbs 5x12
Push ups (assisted) 3x10, (unassisted) 3x8
•Lower/Legs
Hack squat, 100lbs 4x10
Narrow stance leg press, 135 2x20, 225lbs 3x20
Leg Extensions,100x15, drop sets → 80x10, 70x10, 50x8, 40x5, 25x5
•Afternoon: 1/2 mile walk
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I’ve been throwing in some dark chocolate chips into my cottage cheese and pineapple night meal. Satisfies any cravings for sweets. Gives you something constant to look forward to.
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For me it’s grapes or vanilla Oikos yogurt with blueberries. Though I do have dark chocolate chips that I’ll eat with almonds if I’m really craving. The almonds are filling, and I would imagine help with spikes in blood sugar.
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I have a small bowl of random sweets I collect sometimes. Like those mint chocolates from Chinese restaurants, etc. But I asked hubby if he can get more fruits on the grocery run because the fruit at night helps a lot so I agree with you there.
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Ooo almonds! Thanks for saying that!
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Log 24
1 mile walk, 60lbs weighted vest
KB swings, 30s, 4 rounds 15 reps
Had intentions on doing a later night workout, but I’m gonna stay home and comfort my dogs. These fireworks are scaring my poor babies.
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Had to put on two bras for this 
Clocking in at a sturdy 191lbs. Waited until 12pm to eat because I was like “It’s picture day!” I do not like what I see in the mirror at all, but that’s okay. Hence this challenge. All goals still stand. Weee!
Also, excuse the vape. This NRT journey is gonna be rough.
@TrainForPain 2026 Transformation challenge
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Gotcha!
Log 25
Full Body/Bodyweight
Banded pull downs: 3x20
Banded lat raises: 3x20
Push-ups: just get them in. Half assisted, half unassisted. 50 reps total
Body weight squats: banded narrow stance: 5x20
Laying leg raises: 3x10
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Log 26 (forgot to log)
Conditioning
Stair master: 10 mins
Row machine: 500 meters, 5 mins
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Log 27
PPL
•Squat
Work up:
90x5
135x5
185x5
225x4
265x3
300x1 (big jump, 1 RIR)
Capped it here because my CNS lit up and I was too shaky to attempt a 315, and power leaks are irritating, but it’s nice to know I’m somewhere in the ball park of it. In the future I’d like for that to be something I can do really crisp reps for, but I really have to dial in all the stops for it.
•Bench
Work up:
Bar x10
90x5
115x5
135x5
Working set: 135 3x5
I was exhausted when I hit the bench. Most of all of my energy got zapped after squatting.
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The accessory work from here was a mess because I just couldn’t concentrate lol.
•Back extensions:
50x10
85x10
115x10
145x10
•Triceps push down:
40x15
50x10
60x10
70x10
•Hanging leg raises
x10
x10
x10
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You bench more than my squat! I’m enjoying following. 
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Aww staaaphhh 
Log 28 (PPL work capacity/volume)
Mostly compound movements and a couple variations, for a total of 50-70 reps. main focus was monitoring rest times. Shooting for 45-50 seconds of rest then back at it.
•conventional deadlift from floor: 135 6x10
•Back extensions RTR: 70x10, 85x10, 100x10, 115x10, 145x10,
•narrow stance squat high bar: 135 5x10
•chest press machine: 100 6x10
•machine high rows: 100 5x10
Finishers:
•Treadmill 5 mins, alternating lunges
•row machine 1000m in 6mins 20 seconds
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