You cutting weight?
Nope. Adding LBM, or that’s the plan at any rate. I keep track of bodyweight and how I look as markers. Every fortnight I take some measurements as well. I’ve been doing this for long enough I get a fair bit of information about what is and isn’t working that way. Strength is easy to measure. Body composition not quite as much.
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What is a fortnight
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14 days @losthog I usually go Monday to second Monday because I don’t train on weekends. So, when I measure on waking on Monday it’s probably the time where any swelling etc has gone down.
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One problem I didn’t think about when I signed up with Team Panora: time difference. I’m 16 hours ahead of where he is the US. Apparently the week’s work gets uploaded by Sunday night - depending on when that is, that’s mid Monday morning here which is not ideal for planning.
This is bugging the shit out of me if I’m honest. Not sure how to get around that. It’s twenty past eight here and I need to train early tomorrow. This could be interesting or plain old shit.
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Damn. Maybe get in contact with them about it?
I did post on the facebook page asking about when things go up and explaining the time difference, and I know Greg saw the post so I’m taking that as his being aware of it.
That’s where I found out about when the work goes online.
I don’t feel like I can really ask for much else, I mean it’s cheap for what it is and I’m probably one of the few outside the US who signed up so I don’t think it’d be reasonable to ask him to make an exception for me.
I think I may have found a solution and @duketheslaya I’m giving you credit for pointing my brain in the right direction: why don’t I work a week behind everyone else? I’ve got access to at least December on the website. If I start tomorrow with the previous week’s work I’ll never have to worry about when the current week gets uploaded.
I mean, I don’t see how that’s going to be an issue. Everyone seems to be doing the same week, just with different loads. Greg’s big concept is he has everyone do the same thing…
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Ingenious. Thank god for that.
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Woke at 208.6 lbs, WTF? Dinner was big, although I kept within budget as far as I could tell. Looking bloated as hell around the midsection but not particularly soft, so I’m going with salt and water retention.
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Damn, at this rate SHW is in the near future 
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Not if I have anything to do with it @IronOne. This is some hardcore bloating. Physique update though, this is post training and a meal and around 2.5 L of fluid into the day
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Was just picking. Your doing well in the gain. Still in check.
What’s the plan for continuing to gain? All year?
I’m dedicating ALL year to gaining. Will probably have a maintenance period as I work on running in spring/summer, but wouldn’t be surprised if I see 210+ this year.
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Surprisingly the same answer worked for both occasions, sadly I think I was the only one to witness it - man, just as I was clicking “quote” you deleted it, now nobody is going to believe me!
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I honestly don’t care too much one way or the other provided my body comp stays in check. What I DON’T want is to lose weight because I think I’m finally at a stage where I can say, OK, I’m not fat, reasonably lean for a non-physique guy with a decent base to add muscle.
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Oh yeah, I keep forgetting you’re a powerlifter at heart.
Sometimes I forget with your cut, you were really embracing the inner BBer 
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Pretty much got Greg’s OK to work a week behind everyone else so
Today’s training
Leg extensions and hamstring curls a bunch at 55 lbs
Squat out of the mono
3xbar
3xplate plus collars
3x2plates plus collars
3x3 plates plus collars
4x1x385 lbs, all under 6 RPE
3x385 lbs, under 6 RPE
7x385 lbs, 6 RPE or maybe under
Those six work sets took 12 minutes
‘Bodybuilder’ squats - program didn’t exactly specify so I assumed high bar, close stance
2x10x264 lbs - fuck me dead but I do not like high bar squats however light they are
Front squat
12x176 lbs using the squat bar, cross grip - program said pick a weight you can easily do for 12 and I nailed that bit. Any more would have sucked
Weight back raises
2x20, 1x10 with 45 lbs plate - meant to do 50 in as few sets as possible. Adding the weight made one set a no go
Brace and hold - just what it says, so I probably looked weird AF
3x5x5 seconds - these were HARD and left me light headed
DB rows
4x10x100 lbs - nice and controlled eccentric, strict concentric because I wasn’t willing to go heavier by this stage
SuperD lower back protocol for around 10 minutes, very cool. Will do after squat and DL from now on. Tried it because back and hips were a bit tight from sitting all day the last three days - Mrs KO was in hospital from Saturday morning, getting discharged today. Nothing major thankfully, but sitting next to a hospital bed or driving took up a good three quarters of my day every day.
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A PLer is just a BBer who prefers lifting things to getting shredded @IronOne and the training and diet reflects that. SHW are excused from this definition, BTW.
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Nice
Did you experience dizziness afterwards?
That sucks, glad it wasn’t anything too serious from the sound of it
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