Ive met one person who was psychopathic, and it took all of my self control to not want to beat the crap out of that person during every encounter. We got into it a couple times, and I’m quick to start throwing curse words. Didn’t help that I went to school with them, but goodness.
I wouldn’t have called us “friends”, but by proxy I ended up doing a decent amount of school projects with this person my senior year.
I guess I’m already emotionally and mentally peculiar, but those types of people…I just keep my distance. Of course there’s instances where sociopathic individuals are more often docile than not, but still. Manipulation tactics of any kind really piss me off.
Idk. I like to create fairly neutral situations for me and others. It’s not my prerogative to get or gain anything from someone in a social setting. Even at work, I just want to do my job and allow for smooth transitions throughout the day for me and others. Of course that rarely happens lol.
I confess that my motivation to train has hit rock bottom.
I have a power tower and a pair of 22.5kg dumbbells in my garden and I’ve been doing the best I can with them.
Standing OHP with the dumbbells, chins and dips with the power tower, half-assed deads/squats with the dumbbells. I’ve been forcing myself to grind it out so that I’ll be able to hit the ground running when the gym re-opens, but as the time goes by it just feels harder and harder, especially the part where I get out of bed at 6am to get it done before work…
This morning I weighed in at 210 lbs (I generally try to stay around 200) and none of the extra timber is muscle.
It just feels so demotivating to be training for a slower decline instead of training for improvement…
Sounds to me like you need to pull your head outta your ass and make a better plan of attack so that you can see some kind of progression instead of just going through the motions.
100% correct. Make a better plan of attack, switch things up, that’s the way forward…
The issue for me right now is the only way to achieve progression is probably high(er) reps, which I find incredibly boring and, yes, demotivating. I feel that I can’t really justify buying more equipment when gyms seem set to re-open within the next week or two.
The saving grace is we’ve had a beautiful spring and summer so far, if the weather had been bad there’s no way I would have been getting my ass outside to train in the morning!
Paused reps, partial reps, iso holds, etc…
There’s ways to make an exercise harder. Maybe try some things you don’t normally do.
Turkish get ups
Death March (@dagill2 loves this… lol)
Bulgarian splits squats
DB cleans
Paused goblet squats
Jump squats
Lateral lunges
Unilateral work
Alt iso hold OHP press
You got this! You didn’t come this far, to just come this far. There 1,000s of bizarre little exercises on T nation alone.
Take this time to correct things with the small stuff. Posture, mobility, stretching. Bands are not expensive and take up little room.
I confess that Black Stone Cherry’s “Kentucky” album is a hell of a good training soundtrack, but that the 50/50 chance of The Rambler reducing me to tears can sometimes be counter-productive. Chose not to skip it today and almost regretted it.
There’s a piece of pork belly defrosting in the fridge. I compulsively Cut a chunk of the pure fat at the end and ate it.
Confession: the only thing that stopped me from eating the entire piece raw was that my mom came into the kitchen
I absolutely don’t. However, after only doing it twice, it’s not some crazy stuff for my hamstrings. I’ve never had hamstring cramps the next day before.
your video reminded me that I had been doing “death march” incorrectly. I assumed it was just a lunge where you touch the weights to the ground each time and relax at the top.
The real version is so much worse
I confess to eating 1 of the nacho craving boxes from Taco Bell as lunch today. I ordered it with chicken, to be healthier of course. I am justifying it by saying I will need the carbs and salt for my deadlift workout tomorrow and as a reward for hitting a bodyweight I haven’t seen since college.
I also confess to reading articles on training and eatiny to gain weight just so I can remember that feeling…
How’s your conditioning and athleticism? Can you run, sprint, jump, and move your body through space? A good way to battle the bulge is sprints and other high intensity athletic movements. Forget traditional training for a bit.
Do you have access to heavy objects? Pick them up and move them for time like a medley. Use humans, if necessary. I know your gym should be opening soon, but this Covid crap seems to be coming and going and it’s coming back in my area. I won’t be surprised if they shut some stuff down again (at least until the election is over). I’m tempted to go to a tractor supply place and try to get a big ass tire for my yard so I can flip it for conditioning work.
Is this two boxes of nachos? I confess that I looked up the nutritional information out of curiosity. I’ve seen you mention Taco Bell nachos before and it might be a lower calorie cheat than some of my usual derailments.
Look for a local tire dealership that specializes in Industrial stuff and semi’s. It’s usually going to be a Goodyear place. Google it, shouldn’t be too hard to find. They’ll give you a tire for free if they have the size you want. They always have damaged stuff that they have to pay to dispose of, and they have a book that tells them the physical weight of it. They are usually thrilled if someone will take one for free.
Yeah. Comes with 2 boxes, but I only eat from one. And only the chips that have topping on them. Saves on calories. This is less a cheat and more just a deviation. I cut fats from the rest of my nutrition that day to compensate. I don’t intend to have an actual cheat meal until after my next bloodwork around the end of August.
