Lo/Rez Training

Training Training Logs
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[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]DSSG wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]DSSG wrote:
That sounds awesome. Whenever I am lean enough where that wouldn’t be an awful thing to do (I do not belong as a 192 pounder at my current strength, or even with another 30-4 pounds on each lift). [/quote]
What? lol Are you saying that, at 192lbs, your lifts even with an additional 30-40lbs are too high or too low? Or?
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Too low if I get 30 added on each. With 20 pounds of body weight added I should at least get a good 60 on my deadlift, 40 on my squat, and 30 on my bench at the least. Generally speaking for each ten pounds of body weight I get about 15-20 on my bench, 20+ on my squat if I am not in an evil plateau, and 30-40 on my deadlift.

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That could prove self-limiting. Just get stronger.[/quote]
Fair enough. I am pretty much just on a small surplus which I plan to keep for a long tim), and trying to bring my strength up while letting my weight do its own thing. I am up to 172 from 132 last summer, and I am progressing nicely while staying at a healthy level of leanness.

I’ll probably try to slowly lean out at about 185-190 depending on how high of a body fat I am (so just stay at that weight, and improve my strength/muscle size).

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I’m now officially in my 30s.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
I’m now officially in my 30s.[/quote]

Congrats on making it! You don’t sound enthusiastic and I’m sure it must be a bit stressful, hitting that milestone, but some people don’t hit it so I guess that’s a plus lol.

How are you feeling about it? Has it made you rethink anything about the direction of your life? Any revelations? Anything bothering you?

What did you do to celebrate?

And, of course, belated happy birthday!

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[quote]furo wrote:

[quote]LoRez wrote:
I’m now officially in my 30s.[/quote]

Congrats on making it! You don’t sound enthusiastic and I’m sure it must be a bit stressful, hitting that milestone, but some people don’t hit it so I guess that’s a plus lol.

How are you feeling about it? Has it made you rethink anything about the direction of your life? Any revelations? Anything bothering you?

What did you do to celebrate?

And, of course, belated happy birthday![/quote]

Thanks.

My parents and my sister, her husband, niece and nephew met me in Chicago for the weekend. We went to the Field museum for awhile, then had a small birthday celebration and dinner. I spent more time with the kids the next day, but most of that was in the hotel or in the trains, since it was too rainy and stormy to go anywhere.

After they left – and because there was still a high winds warning in effect – I parked and wandered around Magnificent Mile, had a great cup of coffee at some place, and spent the rest of the afternoon evening hanging out at some nice artisan cocktail bar where the bartender/owner was just showing off and sharing things with us. It was a nice quiet intimate evening with just a couple people and the bartender.

I enjoyed that a lot, just as I enjoy anyone who’s talented at something and likes to share it with people.

My girlfriend and I will be celebrating our respective birthdays when I visit her in January. Hers is in December.

Overall though, there’s a lot of mixed feelings. I’m actually feeling pretty down. I did some research and I guess this is pretty normal, and a lot of the things I’m feeling are on several lists out there. There’s the feeling that “I thought I’d have done more by now”, mixed with “now I have to be serious and settle down”, mixed with regret about some things I wish I’d done. Really it’s a lot of negative self-judgment about things, and I’m not quite sure why. Being aware of it doesn’t mean it’s easy to stop doing though.

On the other hand, I am finding some of the truisms out there to actually be true, like how you don’t really regret the things you did, just the things you didn’t do.

But overall I’m still feeling down. Too tired to train today, but that has more to do with the 3 hour drive home late last night.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
I’m now officially in my 30s.[/quote]
Congrats on surviving this long, and appearing to be a pretty cool person. I can’t imagine where I would be at 30 myself.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
I’m now officially in my 30s.[/quote]

I did that one almost 15 months ago. Turns out better than all the fear mongering makes it out to be.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:

[quote]furo wrote:

[quote]LoRez wrote:
I’m now officially in my 30s.[/quote]

Congrats on making it! You don’t sound enthusiastic and I’m sure it must be a bit stressful, hitting that milestone, but some people don’t hit it so I guess that’s a plus lol.

How are you feeling about it? Has it made you rethink anything about the direction of your life? Any revelations? Anything bothering you?

What did you do to celebrate?

And, of course, belated happy birthday![/quote]

Thanks.

My parents and my sister, her husband, niece and nephew met me in Chicago for the weekend. We went to the Field museum for awhile, then had a small birthday celebration and dinner. I spent more time with the kids the next day, but most of that was in the hotel or in the trains, since it was too rainy and stormy to go anywhere.

After they left – and because there was still a high winds warning in effect – I parked and wandered around Magnificent Mile, had a great cup of coffee at some place, and spent the rest of the afternoon evening hanging out at some nice artisan cocktail bar where the bartender/owner was just showing off and sharing things with us. It was a nice quiet intimate evening with just a couple people and the bartender.

I enjoyed that a lot, just as I enjoy anyone who’s talented at something and likes to share it with people.

My girlfriend and I will be celebrating our respective birthdays when I visit her in January. Hers is in December.

Overall though, there’s a lot of mixed feelings. I’m actually feeling pretty down. I did some research and I guess this is pretty normal, and a lot of the things I’m feeling are on several lists out there. There’s the feeling that “I thought I’d have done more by now”, mixed with “now I have to be serious and settle down”, mixed with regret about some things I wish I’d done. Really it’s a lot of negative self-judgment about things, and I’m not quite sure why. Being aware of it doesn’t mean it’s easy to stop doing though.

On the other hand, I am finding some of the truisms out there to actually be true, like how you don’t really regret the things you did, just the things you didn’t do.

But overall I’m still feeling down. Too tired to train today, but that has more to do with the 3 hour drive home late last night.[/quote]

Sorry to hear you are having a tough time with it. I have no experience of anything like that, so I can’t really offer you advice, though I’m sure it’s something that will get better with time as you get used to the idea. There are plenty more such milestones ahead!

Good luck.

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Don’t feel bad bro, I got the big 40 comming up in April, they’re all just number’s, I still feel like a teenager most days. One mistake I can’t redo, is messing with juice for 3yrs of my life, early 30s, and now TRT for life at 39. I don’t judge, only share my experiance. I know you struggle with weight gain, but I was around your age when I decided to give in, and go the juice rout, after years of hard workouts, and not reaching the levels I wanted. I can’t go back, but I here the frustration in you some times, that I had. There’s my birthday gift, a depressing story LOL. Latter

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I’m feeling much better today. Don’t quite know what happened, it’s almost like I just needed a few days to process the stuff over the past year or something.

But really, everything today is better than it was 10 years ago by far.

Thanks for the wishes/comments.

Unfortunately, training is going to probably be delayed another day. My boss is in town, and scheduling is tight with presentations and stuff, so even he’s decided to push his workout off a day too. But maybe after dinner and a movie. We’ll see. Mostly I’m concerned about the weight clanging and my neighbors.

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Here’s one more wish/comment, m8… I mean mister… sir…

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Here’s one more wish/comment, m8… I mean mister… sir…[/quote]

Too late. It doesn’t count any more.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Here’s one more wish/comment, m8… I mean mister… sir…[/quote]

Too late. It doesn’t count any more.[/quote]
It hit its head?

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Wide Grip Partial Upright Row with 2sec Pause
Ha at that name.
100 x 8, 8, 8, 6 (30 sec breaks, right elbow started hurting so I took a longer break)
100 x 8, 8, 8 (30 sec… and stopped again because of the elbow)

Wide Grip Bottom-Half Partial Barbell Upright Row with 2sec Pause/Contraction

Still not long enough.

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]LoRez wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Here’s one more wish/comment, m8… I mean mister… sir…[/quote]

Too late. It doesn’t count any more.[/quote]
It hit its head?[/quote]
Can’t think of any good reply. A bunch of really bad ones though.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]LoRez wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Here’s one more wish/comment, m8… I mean mister… sir…[/quote]

Too late. It doesn’t count any more.[/quote]
It hit its head?[/quote]
Can’t think of any good reply. A bunch of really bad ones though.[/quote]
It’s catching up to ya. :slight_smile:

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All rightey.

Snatch-grip Deadlifts
Ramp to 1RM: 135-255
1RM Clusters: 230 x 1

Probably could have ramped to more than 255, but it’s a 10 lb PR and that’s good enough.

And that was that. I ramped to a PR, and didn’t feel like doing anything more. So I didn’t.

I might retry these tomorrow though.

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I got the nasty idea of doing SG deadlifts from a large deficit for my next 16 week-ish layout. Not only that but within a layers format. Would have to replace squats though, and I am so close to 315…

That was a longwinded way of saying that I applaud the effort to to SG deadlifts with Layers.

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[quote]mutantcolors wrote:
That was a longwinded way of saying that I applaud the effort to to SG deadlifts with Layers.[/quote]

Yeah, it’s fun stuff. I’ve not been able to do HDLs with them at all.

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Kind of a random story. It ties in a bit with that whole Dating thread in GAL, but it doesn’t really belong there. Doesn’t really belong here either.

A girl I know, gorgeous med student, hung out last night with one of her surgery attendings. He seemed to have a lot going for him (rich, smart, successful, and in a position of power), he made her evening a lot of fun, seemed to do everything right, and even made it back to her apartment… but he spent the night on the couch, and she calls me instead. I had better things to do last night (like sleep) so I didn’t even answer when I saw it.

It still fascinates me this whole dating/attraction thing. He seemed to have everything in place, but it still fell apart for him.

He who cares least wins?

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TBH, that is my exact experience. Not giving a shit about chasing women is just my nature, but it always works out in the end. I guess the joke is on me though, because I still don’t care when they fall in my lap after I wasn’t even trying.

Seriously though, I’d say the synopsis is dead on.