Actually just restless. It feels like I’m in a dream state but I’m not actually asleep for that hour or so
Got a question about DC training and if I remember right you’ve ran it.
On the extreme stretch stuff… do you go straight from your last RP set into your stretch or do you wait a certain amount of time then do the extreme stretch
I do it as soon after the exercise as i can manage, but before the next exercise. According to Stevenson though: “To conserve energy
(and pain tolerance) for the weight training, all of these [types of occlusion stretches] would follow just after training a
given muscle (group), and before training the next muscle group.”
Some muscles are near impossible to do right after training them (pecs and calves for me) but i hit it ASAP after.
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I’ve been lifting hard, just not logging. Hit it Friday and yesterday; Friday was a combination of days 3 and 4 again, yesterday i just did whatever i felt like and i don’t regret it
Diet is going okay; I’m getting a little leaner and seeing some never before seen veins, which is interesting. I need to work on my stress eating habit but clearly im still making progress. Scale isn’t moving much but i honestly don’t care so long as I’m getting leaner.
Wrapped up my work project and I’m getting some serious recognition for the quality i put into it. Wife is kicking ass at getting the house and finances in order; we could be debt free in about 18 months if we stick to the plan (not including overtime pay or promotion). I should also be done with my degree within those 18 months.
The cats have been herded, now it’s time to bathe them
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4/12/22 - grocery bag training
Anyone else feel the urge to pick up some heavy shit and just walk around with it?
Strict Clean Press
10x45lb
5x95lb
5x135lb
I have no reason for doing these, i just felt like it.
Single side DB Carry
110lbx50yd
110lbx25yd
DB Waddle
110lbx50yd
110lbx50yd
110lbx50yd
110lbx50yd
110lbx50yd
Overhead Waitress KB Carry
45lbx50yd
45lbx50yd
Yelled at some fuckwits to get out of the way here. Made me chuckle
Still got my bro training in
Poundstone Curls
100x35lb
Triceps ext w/thigh strap
20x60lb
20x60lb
Machine Bench w/ 5s neg.
12x135lb
10x135lb
10x135lb
Dips
10xBW
10xBW+45lb
10xBW+90
20xBW+45
I’m gonna be soo good at carrying groceries after this
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Didn’t train yesterday, was too sore from farmer carries (not a bad thing).
Losing motivation to keep cutting. Don’t want to keep counting macros and tired of training so damned hard without seeing much (if any) muscle gain.
Diet went to shit yesterday. I ate 2 slices of pizza and my stomach immedately told me to stop eating like an asshole. I later ate some protein pasta (not that bad macro-wise actually) and proceeded to eat 20oz of chicken breast… which led me to being so full I wanted to vomit.
In reality, I was likely still within my maintenance calories, but IDK why I eat like this. I don’t understand why I feel the need to keep ramming food in my face when I’m not hungry; I wasn’t even stressed.
Maybe I would be better off just doing my old stupid diet…
.5g/lb carbs and no upward limit on lean protein
Last time I ran this diet, I didn’t have a lot of muscle to start with so there wasn’t much to lose. Now I’m about 40lbs heavier with significantly more muscle (at least 1" around the arms, and +500lbs on big 3 total).
Have been further considering TRT to fix my head… I think I can justify the $95/mo it would cost, I just don’t enjoy making choices with potentially life-long consequences.
Decisions…
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when you figure this out let me know please, so I can stop.
it’s crazy how much they make. ugl thats 6 months worth. homebrew that’s 3 years worth.
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What does that include? Mine was about that amount though a clinic, but then twice a year, $400 extra for extensive lab work.
The biggest cost for DIY TRT is labwork. The Test costs me about $0.25 a day, lab work might be $300.
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Just TRT, but bloodwork panels will be $85 and I’m not sure how frequently - I imagine 1 at intake and 1 every 3 months after? Not sure. Either way, I only want the details pertinent to TRT hormones - not doing anything extra atm. Would consider therapeutic/AA HGH but I’m not there yet.
Pricing & Booking (therestoreclinic.com)
I have to get my stuff prescribed for security clearance reasons, so no UGL for me. I’m okay with this; my clearance is what allows me to make the money I do.
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Many of these clinics do try to pimp out other stuff. I believe that was the case for the T3 they put me on. Also, they started out with low dose adex (0.125 mg twice a week). The thing is those special low dose caps cost just as much as the full 1 mg tabs when you have them specially compounded.
Legality is a valid reason to go with a clinic.
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I get my TRT through a local osteopathic doc who also does peptide healing, botox, ketamine and a bunch of other cosmetic/first world stuff. I pay cash but test is $130 for 10 weeks and extensive labs used to be done every 3 months but they moved me to 6 months now. They are able to send them to quest so insurance will pick that piece up. I saw the bill. Was almost $4k for the once a year everything lab. Usually half that for the others.
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That’s who I use (Justin at the restore clinic). Dudes bad ass man!
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I don’t want to burst @Andrewgen_Receptors bubble, but I clicked the link, and this is what was on the screen.
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They must have changed their requirements or something - I looked at it months ago and it said the intake had to be in person but everything else could be telemed.
Looks like I’m finding a different clinic… If only there were some place in northern LA that offered services for people who wanted to improve their aesthetics /s/
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That little warning pop up was there when I started using him too. I’m not in any of those states so idk 
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4/14/22 - Random nonsense
Did some more shit training today. Solid workout, was very much still recovering from farmers carries 2 days ago though.
Kettlebell Swing, 45lb EMOM 4 mins
Horizontal pull, 3s iso
Horizontal push, 5s neg
Supenation Curls, (of course)
Low Bar Squats, (paused)
DB Lat Raises, 3s neg
Band pull apart, like a million
Going to try my shitty diet plan of eating all the lean protein I want and staying low carb.
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Solid
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Day 2 of shitty diet plan (counting yesterday because I was low-carb before making this decision):
compliance level is doing fine. I’ve finished a protein yogurt with granola and about 10oz of chicken, so I’m roughly 120g protein deep atm and hunger levels are doing fine. Will be slamming some bone-in pork chops soon and have ground beef ready to be cooked… will probably add in some long-grain rice to go with ground beef for dinner to help with sleep, but will be <50g carbs.
It’s not Keto, but it looks like it
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4/18/22 - AM Bro Pump
Supenation Curls
Cable Face Pulls
Lateral Raises
Concentration Curls
(Ghetto) Thor’s Hammer
Forearm Curls
Stayed on diet over the weekend - stayed well under 100g carbs daily. Ate a shitload of protein and I’m trying to diversify protein sources; was only doing chicken and beef, now trying for chicken, beef and pork/fish daily. In hindsight, i think my shitty diet plan was/is very much aligned with Jon Anderson’s Deepwater diet… perhaps it was never that shitty a plan to start with 
Morning weight: 216.9
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