Rub it in, why don’t you?
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Todays training
Pullups
5x3, tried to keep rests reasonably short. Not timed though, so probably one to two minutes
Pushups supersetted with pull aparts
50 AFSAP in two sets of 25
Band lateral raises
50 AFSAP in 20, 18, 12
Remember how I said these would be 100? Not with Spud Inc minis going across my body (figured that bit out today, ROM is close to what I have with a DB) they won’t. Very cool
Diamond pushups supersetted with band rows (doubled minis)
50 AFSAP in 18, 14, 13, 5
Set the bands (minis again) up to mimic bent over DB rows more than anything, I’m just more upright to keep tension on the bands.
So my pushups I need to watch, because it turns out I’ve been skimping ROM. Luckily my power belly touching the floor is pretty much when my elbows are at 90 degrees, so going forward that’s what I’ll be paying attention to. Full ROM doesn’t feel harder, which is odd, I just need to take it rep by rep instead of pumping them out.
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In case I missed it… where you from bro??
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Woke at 257.3 lbs, looking similar to yesterday. Ok, so maybe not just dehydration but also that I stopped taking creatine a couple of days ago. I found a bag in the cupboard a while back, not long before the meet. Now it is finished.
Mate, I’m in Canberra.
You sure it’s not the kB swings? Nothing drops weight off me quicker than KB swings, like voodoo for weight loss (and hammy doms)
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A kilo overnight? Unless I have some muscle wasting disease I don’t know about it is either dehydration, massive drop in salt intake, depletion of creatine or depletion of glycogen; or a combination thereof.
Swings could arguably cause glycogen depletion, but I suspect that would be if you weren’t accustomed to higher volume work. What I did that day was relatively close in reps to what I normally do, but with much less load. So I don’t see how it would cause more glycogen use.
I’m fairly sure a combination of lower creatine levels and if not dehydration then somewhat lower water intake (five or so litres instead of six or seven) are the culprit. I also don’t look particularly flat where my muscles are more prominent, which also argues against depleted glycogen.
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I find when I stop lifting weights I get an immediate drop in weight by a few kilos. My guess is it is a mix of water and muscle glycogen. My body just won’t hold into the weight unless I am in the gym.
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Don’t forget fat loss and magic!
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Todays training
KB swings
100x70 lbs AFSAP in 34, 32, 23, 11
Last two sets grip was the real limit. It should adjust soon, or so I hope
Goblet squats
50x70 lbs AFSAP in 25, 17, 8
Reverse hyper
50 in 30, 20
Lying leg raise
50 in 30, 20
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Could be a decrease in inflammation?
Could be, but a kilo overnight is pretty drastic. If I’m similar in weight tomorrow again, I’ll assume it was stopping the creatine, because that’s the only thing I can think of that would cause a drop like that.
Although, chances are multiple factors are at play.
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A kilo is only 0.8% BW, give or take. It’s not a mad fluctuation.
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Oh, absolutely.
I’m in the position where, having weighed myself daily for years and being pretty aware of what I eat and drink on a daily basis, I can usually tell exactly why I get any fluctuation above a half kilo overnight. So when it happens and I can’t immediately explain it, I get curious. Not concerned, because the large drop was a one-off. Definitely curious though.
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I’m sure they’re not this, but this is the picture in my head, hope you had lycra on!
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If creatin causes water retention is a little unclear from what I understand. It used to be “known” in the past but today’s experts seem rather skeptical.
If it actually binds water or not is irrelevant because I am inclined to give broscience the edge here: Most people that I know gain weight if they take creatine and lose weight if they stop. Why is irrelevant, it just is that way for a lot of people. I am not included actually, nothing at all happens when I take creatine.
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Woke at 257.3 lbs, looking a bit bloated. Well, seems like I’m steadying out around 257.5 lbs now, give or take.
I hate to disappoint you…
Haha don’t burst my bubble.
Todays training
Pullups
5x3
Pushups supersetted with pull aparts
50 AFSAP each in 25/25, 15/15, 10/10
Pushups were all correct, simple fix is do them shirtless and when you hear my pale, hairy gut slap the tiles it’s time to push.
Band lateral raises
50 AFSAP in 25, 18, 7
These light up my traps. Not complaining.
Diamond pushups supersetted with band rows
50 AFSAP each in 18/18, 15/15, 12/12, 5/5
Did the diamond pushups correctly too.
Figured out an even better way to do the band rows: lay both minis out on the floor, stand on them and grab the ends (so effectively they’re quadded). That puts my hands at almost the same height as they would be gripping a bar with 45s loaded on the floor. Pretty sure this is as close to a barbell row as I can get. Now I got to get my hands UP as high as the top of a barbell row…
Got a hellacious tricep and lat pump out of this.
Plus, it is a sop to my ego that doing the pushups correctly did not impact the first sets of either kind.
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