I find the truly obese tend to be such fast eaters that it’s most likely not even that much time. I know I’ve FINALLY learned how to savor food after spending so much time away from things that used to be my staples.
My observations are that many people consider obesity, shitty eating habits and the problems that come with them to be so “normal” they don’t even think about them. It’s just “part of getting older”.
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Also true. I like J M Blakely’s “vending machine” analogy as it relates to age.
You’re standing in line at the vending machine. Person in front of you is in their 20s, puts in their 50 cents and out pops a soda.
You go up, put in your 50 cents, ask for a soda and the machine says “Please insert an additional dollar”
You gotta work harder to get the same results you got when you were younger, but it doesn’t mean that getting older is an excuse to give up and die.
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Both of those tabletalks are gold.
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What are they like, threaded bar with spin lock?
Yep. Adjustable from 5-100 lbs and they’re 1 inch handles. I’ll just do regular snatches next time.
If you had a second set of spin locks you can tighten them against each other leaving a gap from the plates allowing the plates to spin.
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Or get a couple of one inch washers to put between the plates and the spin locks, that’ll dissipate the torque before it spins the locks off.
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11.13.20
The mental war wages on… I’ve been grouchy for no reason this week and I found myself not wanting to train again. My legs are still very sore and I’m sure that’s why I’m worn out. I did most of my planned session, but I wasn’t happy.
WARM UP
9:30 on the elliptical
Super Set 1
BENCH
185 x 10, 10, 9
PENDLAY ROW
155 x 10, 10, 10
Both were too heavy. I had to put the bar down on rows on all three sets. Another issue that keeps getting more prominent is my stupid shoulder. It hurts more and it’s weak.
Super Set 2
DB INCLINE
55 x 10 x 3
CABLE ROW
140 x 10
125 x 10 x 2
Arms
INCLINE DB CURL
25 x 12, 12, 10
CABLE PRESS DOWN
115 x 10 x 3
8 Min AMRAP
5 Pull Ups
5 Power Clean w/ 135
Did two sets of each and quit. I tried pull ups by grabbing the top of my rack but that sucks. Cleans also hurt my shoulder.
ELLIPTICAL
6 minutes and my HR was way too high
Today sucked. I lost the battle, but the war continues. I was supposed to do this last night but my dad shot a deer and I went to help him. Tomorrow is legs again so I’m not expecting good things. Maybe I’ll just run and do light lifting.
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What’re your thoughts on scrapping any kind of structured set up for your sessions and just running a general guideline? So your upper/push/legs/whatever days would be left open ended so you can just go in and do what you feel like for that day?
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I’m kind of doing that now. I’m using a program as a guide. Tonight’s session was supposed to be bench + barbell rows and dips + DB rows.
The leg session was supposed to be regular squats, deadlift, and walking lunges but I did box squats, deads, and reverse lunges.
The reality is that I don’t want to do anything. I hate working out after work. My son was in bed when I finished and it was only 7pm.
I miss working out during my shift but this temporary assignment makes that tough. I’m usually with a partner so I can’t go to the gym for an hour like I normally do.
As my log title says, I’m just trying to keep from falling apart. I know I’m in a rough patch and it won’t last forever.
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Sorry to hear things are a little tough. Do you start work very early ?? You mention not finishing training till 7 and your son was in bed. Could you train he goes to bed. That’s how I schedule my training, home from work, spend time with the kids, get them ready for bed and then train.
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Sorry to hear that, Hebrews 12:2.
Great to hear this, it’s an important thing to keep in mind! Hebrews 11:16.
Sounds like you’re being sensible in getting help during a difficult period, praying for you.
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Thats exactly what I do, we alternate who reads the bed time stories, so I train on the nights my wife puts him down. We get him ready for bed together, i say good night then get a head start on training. I don’t miss out on any time with him and it doesn’t eat into my evenings with my wife much. (My sessions are fairly short anyway)
She watches Home and Away while I train…
Only difference is my sessions are long but it means the wife gets time to watch something on TV that I don’t like !! Happy wife, happy life !
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I kinda like Home and Away but I realise this isn’t the flame free thread…
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I leave the house around 7:20 - 7:30. I go to bed between 9 and 10. If I train late then I struggle to go to bed on time. I could get up earlier and train before work, but not on leg days. I don’t like to load my spine right after I roll out of bed.
In regards to my mental state, this is expected. I’ve been told that my progress will be up and down but the highs will get higher and the lows won’t be as low (kind of like a linear training program).
I might take @kdjohn’s advice and just wing it when it’s time to train. There are a lot of options but I’d really like to stop having crippling DOMS. That might require me to just suck it up and keep going hard for a few weeks…or I could do less volume more frequently (like the Daily Dose).
Daily Dose squats and deads in super set format with lunges thrown into my MetCons or added to an upper body super set.
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The reason I presented the question I did was because, a year or so ago, I was really struggling with some stuff and training was stressing me the fuck out. I happened to ask CT what his thoughts were on training when life is hard and his advice was to drop structure, drop strength work (intensity), keep conditioning basic, and focus on volume/pump work.
I don’t always buy into everything he says, but his reasoning was intensity-based work fries the nervous system and essentially puts you in flight-or-flight mode, which is the last thing you need when you’re stressed. Higher rep “pump” work isn’t nearly as taxing, and gets you that dopamine hit (I think).
Also, removing structure helps eliminate the “failure” feeling if you’re having a bad day; not having a good day? Great, go in and hit some crazy dropset smith benching on your push day and blow up your chest and arms and end it there. Feeling great on your leg day? Destroy your quads with some squat and lunge supersets. Knowing that your only goal for that day is to do what you can for a specific body part or movement, based on your physical or mental energy, is a great way to destress training, in my mind.
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I keep fighting a very strong fact:
To be physically fit, I need to be able to run. To be good/proficient at running, I need to actually run.
I keep trying to avoid the obvious because I don’t like it. This is why I’m seeking out these CrossFit hybrid programs.
I always go back and forth throughout the year with my training split. I don’t want to train as often so I look at a 3/week full body plan. I have a bit more time so I go to a 4/week split. And then I’ll eventually find myself where I am now - I don’t really want to train because it cuts into my day too much on work days (which is now five days a week). But I think I can train for 20-30 minutes a day most days of the week.
This opens the door for bro splits. I might just take your/CT’s advice. It’s mentally easier to convince myself to just go smash my delts than to go do a full structured session (like last night). If I combine that with a sensible running program then I just might come out of this with the results I desire (look good, decent strength, good conditioning).
And on that note, it’s time to force myself to go run. The wind is gusting in the 30s (it’s howling outside) and I really don’t want to go out (but it’s also 60+ degrees).
Thank you for your counsel.
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I don’t think that I’ve trained for longer than this in the past 2 years! Focus on 1 or two main exercises per muscle group and then finish with a set of metabolic/pump work.
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