2000 is the number of I sit on my arse all day. 2400 is the real number and I get there with some movement. I’d prefer to be done with this so two pounds per week is the goal.
I know. I’m using that data combined with years of being crazy with food and 3000 is actually pretty close.
Once I’m back to 225, I won’t track anything. I got here by eating a bunch of junk at work after my riot experience. People flooded the station with food and I ate it.
chin up
Bwx6 20kg x3 30kg x2 (rushed warm up a little as its wetting it down)
Work set
40kg x 4 (all time pr)
Back off sets
30kg x 5
20 kg x 7
db row
40kg 2x10
(just happier to hit same reps but better form)
bench 2 arm row
2x 12
Kelso shrug
1x15
drag curl
2x12
Fancied the shrugs after seeing this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJGk-VDJca/?igshid=1rn5srk8kerjd
low incline db press
40kg x 6 (messed up getting them up)
30kg x 17 (2up)
dips
32kg x 8 (1up, up weight next session)
20kg x 12 (2up)
Bw x 14 (1up)
fly
20kg 2x8
pjr
30kg x failure
I have got some longer db bars that I can make up to 35s, so will do that next session.
Yeah, it sucks being tall. I’m 6’8" and have been dropping weight for the last year. Started with 3200 kcal a day and steadily dropped down to 2600. I reached my initial weight goal of 285, but I’m still not where I want to be with regards to body fat. I’m getting worried about dropping calories further, so I’m considering talking to a sports nutrition specialist. Every BMR calculator online uses a different formula, so they are highly variable.
End thread highjack; Body fat measuring scales are all over the map unless you want to drop $3000 on a professional one. Just make sure you weigh yourself every day at the same time in the same clothes to get a roughly consistent reading.
I’ve seen people talk about resetting their body’s “set point”. I think they’re referring to their body’s comfortable weight or its “normal”. When we cut we upset normal and the body fights back. You might need to just maintain your weight for awhile and see if your maintenance calories creep back up.
Been shot blasting my plates up, some of which i usually leave outside so they are pretty rusty! Luckily I have access to the right machinery.
Although it looks like it, I didnt just make the pic greyscale. 
This just a subtle ploy to make your weights lighter instead of getting stronger?
Yep, I’m also going to start logging in lbs like these American boys do.
db shoulder press
23kg 8x10 then 9/8 97reps
side lat
As other weeks
front raise
100 reps
rear delt swing
100 reps
What are you going to coat them with?
So super stressed at the minute due to the construction of my outbuilding gym.
In the uk we have something called permited development which means certain things can be built without planning permission. I believe my building meets all the criteria yet the neigbours have reported us to the local council and also believe we have breached there boundery. Now I dispute the boundry issue but I’m willing to pay to have the building moved the whole 3cm over that they believe it to be, but they beleive the whole building has to come down due to multiple planning breaches. I feel I’m within the criteria to be a permitted outbuilding so will see.
Waiting on the council to be in touch which could take months, I have left the building unfinished so it’s kinda usable but not water tight.
It has put a massive downer on things, but only time will tell the fate of the building, it can go a few ways…
I can deal with all but number 4!
You live and learn, I should have covered myself better and seeked planning advice.
Remove the walls, train in a thong, play loud music, drop every weight, and scream a lot. They’ll beg you to build it.
Is this not a normal way to train?
Aside from the underwear choice it is how I train, not even particularly joking (dropping is more of a controlled lowering but still once a barbell has three plates on it the noise isn’t exactly quiet), neighbours must hate me, particularly given my training has moved from lunch times to evenings!
… fortunately I have no windows so I can’t see their anger
Training in just underwear is the only one of those I’ve regularly done. I miss my house-adjacent home gym.
The council being in touch didnt take months! Had a letter saying I have 28 days to remove the building or apply for planning permission (££££)
They also told me I need all types of building regs and it has to be treated as a full blown extention not as an outbuilding. All of this is based off my neighbor’s version of events, so I contacted the council to explain matters further.
Turns out the only reason it cant be an outbuilding is that it leans against an existing wall and is not a free standing structure. I have had verbal confirmation that there is no minimum distance away, it just cant touch wall, I’m waiting for that in writing.
In regards to building regs, I have written confirmation from them that as my building is below 15m2 and isn’t being heated that is exempt from regs.
Things are looking up slightly that the gym may stay.
That’s great news! Until then in your garden music blaring and in your undies!
The most frustrating thing Is the guy next door is in his 90s, pretty much deaf and blind. He has no problem with it. it’s his son and daughter who live miles away, who apparently own the house who have reported.
