Fucking tell me about it 
my lats feel swollen AF.
Mr 236lb calisthenics
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Ha ha this really made laugh. It’s like when your mate challenges you to a max rep, you feel great doing it but the next 4 days are not good !! Lol
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Woke at 235.6 lbs, looking similar to yesterday. Didn’t eat as much as I should have yesterday, but also was pretty sedentary.
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Woke at 236 lbs, not any noticeable change from yesterday.
Normal service has now resumed.
Today’s training
Air squats and planks
Squat, mono
5xbar
5xplate/143 lbs
5x2 plates/231 lbs
2x10x280 lbs
Close stance squat, feet two inches closer in
2x10x280 lbs
Front squat
10x143 lbs - instructions were to keep it light with a weight you could do 5-6 more reps with. Because we use the same weight next week I just left it here.
DB walking lunges
3x15 m with 50 lbs each hand - lower back fucking screaming by now
DB RDL
2x15x50 lbs - couldn’t feel my hamstrings for shit. Lower back felt like it was tearing in half
2x15x60 lbs - still couldn’t feel my hams. Almost cried about my back
Alternating DB hammer curls
2x15x25 lbs - biceps I can feel
2x15x20 lbs - yep, I can definitely feel my biceps.
All up an hour and a half including stretching shit. Helped Alex a bit too.
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Back doesn’t sound good, is it just tightness ?
What games will you be playing with it? A few of my buddies have been getting into Fortnight and trying to convince me to get the system.
Fallout 4 so far. It’s pretty good. I’ve always been a fan of Bethesda, but until now it’s all been Elder Scrolls and Rage.
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Woke at 236.7 lbs, somewhat bloated around lower abs.
Today’s training
Band work, pull-ups and hand release push-ups - might drop the pull-ups until this phase is over because of doing them on Fridays. I’ll see, because they switch my lats on perfectly.
Bench press
5xbar
5x110 lbs
2x10x154 lbs
Wide grip bench press (pointer finger on rings)
2x10x154 lbs - this is definitely my weakest variation
Close grip bench to a one-board
10x132 lbs - light AF
Incline DB press
4x15x50 lbs
Skull crushers
3x10x66 lbs
Tricep pushdown
100 total reps at 33 lbs with 10 second rests - holy pump
Done in just under an hour
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I have rarely been this sore. Fuck me dead but my glutes and hips are cooked. I hate to think what tomorrow will bring for the top half of me.
Also, changing jobs. Starting a cabinet making/joinery apprenticeship mid August. Time for me to actually get a career. I’ll stay casual where I am to top up the shitty apprentice pay, but I’m looking at it as a long term investment. Excited AF.
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Are you attributing this to any work in particular? (walking lunges perhaps?) or just all the shenanigans from yesterday’s workout?
Congrats man!
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Yer well done on the new job mate.
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Sounds wicked!
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Hey Mark, congrats on the new career, hope it will pay out in the end.
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Woke at 236.5 lbs, less bloated than yesterday. Still pretty sore in the glutes.
@littlesleeper I’m going to go ahead and blame the lunges and also the close stance squats. For some reason they tax my glutes and hamstrings way more than my quads.
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What’s your rate of gain these days? Aiming for 4 lbs per month?
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@Frank_C four or under, yes. Pretty sure I’m tracking ok for that.
We might be in a race to 260 then! I’m back to my strength/size focus so it’s time to eat. I’ve been weighing 237-240 lbs for awhile now so I’m only slightly ahead of you.
So I guess I’m looking at possibly bringing in the New Year at an all time high. If I’m 238 by August 1st then that puts me at about 258 lbs at the end of December. Holy crap that’s a lot of weight. I’ll probably be less than that due to my fear of a dirty bulk but at least I’ll be moving in the right direction.
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