Wednesday 1/29
Squats
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
500 x 1
495 x 1 x 2 sets
405 x 3 x 2 sets
Everything was incredibly slow. Rolled my ankle on Sunday and the whole left posterior chain has been jacked up and tight since. I wasn’t sure if squats were going to happen or not. Couldn’t do more than two sets of leg extensions, too many people camped on machines with a line waiting.
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That’s just strong.
Almost like walking in with street clothes and loading up the bar.
Thanks. You guys are really nice!
Monday 2/3
Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5
295 x 3 x 4 sets
225 x 10
DB Front Raises
65 x 7 x 4 sets
DB Side Raises
65 x 7 x 4
Side raises were not great. I turned my ankle twice last week and my whole left leg is jacked. Got a massage on Saturday, it helped for almost a day. It’s weird to bench with no leg drive.
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Everything aight? Haven’t seen you in a while.
You call in out @kuda 
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Trip to the States. Was too busy to do anything fun and decided to play lazy for another week when I got back home. Trying to dial in my calcium levels and adjust things the endo wants adjusted. Mostly it just screwed me up for a week or so before I decided to disregard the endo and do it the way that works - as in I don’t suffer from homicidal rage when I keep my calcium levels in line the way I have been doing it instead of the way the endo wanted.
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I didn’t know calcium levels could effect rage levels, interesting.
Anyway, glad you are feeling better.
Trying to clear the cobwebs, and get my calcium under control.
DL - conventional
225 x 5
315 x 5 - the last one popped out of my hands and I caught it and tried to bring it down gently. Ouch. Started cramping EVERYWHERE.
405 x 3 - used straps
495 x 1 x 6 or 7 sets.
Not sure, lost count. Felt light but couldn’t get reps, cramping and shaking and my hammies would not play ball at all.
Sumo
405 x nope. Pulled it conventional just because it pissed me off.
315 x 3 x 3 sets
That sucked.
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Thursday 2/27
Incline Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5 x 3 sets
Bench
225 x 5
265 x 5 x 3 sets
I am doing cardio daily atm. Not a lot, but enough to push myself and offset age related loss of cardio.
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I think it makes a huge difference over time.
I find it challenging to find the sweet spot of low impact on my joints and vigorous enough to get my heart rate pumping.
A little work consistently makes a huge difference for me.
I have the problem of basically 100% chance that I have calcification of soft tissues. Probably a lot of it. The consequences of hyperparathyroid/hypercalcemia for a few decades and not knowing it.
What’s your experience been with Metformin? Are you using it to treat something specific or in a general supplement style?
I ask because I keep hearing it recommended as a kind of generic anti-ageing treatment.
My experience is that I can’t take it. It crashed my Calcium levels low enough that I could easily have needed to be hospitalized. Unadvertised side effect - Metformin can cause hypocalcemia. It’s in the literature, but you have to look specifically for that to find it. Normal people can supplement calcium and carry on, I was taking around 1200 mg a day and it tanked me.
I was using it proactively, as my father and all of his brothers as well as his father and probably grandfather are/were type 2 diabetics starting in middle age.
Friday 2/28
Leg Extensions
3 wheels x 12 x 4 sets
Squat
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 4
Standing BTN
135 x 5 x 4 sets
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Worth knowing. Thanks!
Thursday 3/5
Been sick, we’ve been joking that it’s Clovid-19, but it actually could be. I was in Miami airport at just about the right time to be sick from it now.
DL - Conventional
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 3
495 x 3 x 3 sets - used straps
DL - Sumo
405 x 2 4 sets - used straps
Didn’t throw up, but didn’t have the lungs for cardio today. Hopefully by next week.
Hope you get to feeling better.
Thanks. I am getting better, just no lung capacity atm. I tend to get some weird form a walking pneumonia every year down here, a little less hairy each year so I guess I acclimating to the local bugs.
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Friday 3/6
Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5
295 x 5 x 2 sets
295 x 4 - probably had the 5th, but I have no reason to push it
BTN Military - Standing
135 x 5
145 x 5 x 3 sets
155 x 5 x 3 sets
Rear DB Flyes
85 x 6 x 3 sets - got a chill towards the end so I know this was just about right
DB Curls
85 x 5 x 3 sets