Does this really surprise you?
Thanks for the link but I’m trying to look like Rich Piana, not Richard Simmons.
No, i didn’t read it.
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Yup I’d agree here, it’s why I’ve not sought any diagnosis or help. What would you say was your most effective strategy for being productive and achieving in life?
I’d say we differ on our reasons for going down that road, but agree on this:
100%.
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My bad, I think I posted this in the wrong place, as I thought I was responding to someone looking to shed belly fat so their abs would show through. What I suggested is a solution for that specific need; it was not intended as a proposed training program.
I’m working on a response to this so i can gather my thoughts in full. I’ll get back to you on it once ive gotten some sleep… working on like 10 hours between the last 3 days lol
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Hey Andrew, what is your work schedule like?
Mon-thurs i work 10.5 hour shifts with an hour drive there and back.
Fri-sun i have off
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Would you say that set-up is better than working M-F?
You do something with computers, rights?
Ever thought about negotiating more work from home days?
Not pitying you in any way or fashion, just curious.
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Push
Sunday, Oct 06, 2024 at 7:11pm
Lateral Raise (Machine)
“Rest Pause
3010”
Set 1: 125 lbs x 24 [Failure]
Set 2: 125 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 3: 125 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Incline Chest Press (Machine)
“Top set, backdown rest pause
3010
+30s extreme stretch”
Set 1: 275 lbs x 12
Set 2: 185 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 3: 185 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Set 4: 185 lbs x 5 [Failure]
Butterfly (Pec Deck)
“Top set, backdown Rest pause
3010
+30s extreme stretch”
Set 1: 150 lbs x 19
Set 2: 115 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 3: 115 lbs x 12 [Failure]
Set 4: 115 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Triceps Rope Pushdown
Set 1: 80 lbs x 18
Set 2: 60 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 3: 60 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Set 4: 60 lbs x 5 [Failure]
Rear Delt Reverse Fly (Machine)
Set 1: 130 lbs x 17
Set 2: 100 lbs x 22
Triceps Dip (Weighted)
Set 1: 0 lbs x 21 [Failure]
Set 2: 0 lbs x 10 [Failure]
Set 3: 0 lbs x 5 [Failure]
+25mins LISS
Push muscles felt drained before i even went in… but sure why.
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In terms of work-life balance? Yeah. It would be even better with a shorter drive, but this is undoubtedly better.
Not into tech yet, still applying and searching for the right opportunity. WFH isn’t an option.
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Using ankle weights on a treadmill help me get down from 275 to 218 since January and remove the belly fat that covered my abs. If you are happy with yours, then more power to you, bud!
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Good for you.
If you’re done being defensive that I’m not interested in your unsolicited advice, you’re welcome to stick around. Otherwise, you can find your way out of my log.
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It might take him a lil while, he got ankle weights on.
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Pull
Monday, Oct 07, 2024 at 2:21pm
Lat Pulldown (Cable)
“Top set, backdown
3010”
Set 1: 170 lbs x 18
Set 2: 150 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (Cable)
“Top set, backdown
3010
+30s extreme stretch”
Set 1: 70 lbs x 14
Set 2: 60 lbs x 13
Seated Row (Machine)
“Underhand, top set, backdown
3010”
Set 1: 315 lbs x 22
Set 2: 275 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Shrug (Barbell)
“Scrape, top set, backdown
Fuckin yeet it”
Set 1: 315 lbs x 12 [Failure]
Set 2: 275 lbs x 15
Bicep Curl (Cable)
“V Bar, top set, 3x DS
3010”
Set 1: 80 lbs x 25
Set 2: 70 lbs x 18 [Failure]
Set 3: 50 lbs x 7 [Drop]
Set 4: 40 lbs x 5 [Drop]
EZ Bar Biceps Curl
“Reverse Grip, rest pause, fat gripz
3010”
Set 1: 55 lbs x 17 [Failure]
Set 2: 55 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Set 3: 55 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Was short on time, will have to make up cardio.
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4char
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I’m not who this was post was directed at but I’ve been a lurker on your log for a while and I’m curious to hear more detail about this
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When I was young, I had a friend riding in the back seat of the car with me.
We had a bag of popcorn to share.
I didn’t want to miss out on the yellowest, most buttery tasting pieces of popcorn, so I started cherry picking just these ones, and eating them way too fast to be casual.
We ended up not being very good friends.
^This is scarcity mentality.
If instead of hoarding the tasty pieces of popcorn, I had been actively trying to share these pieces, I probably could have made a much better friend.
*You might be noticing a slight hitch here, that there was a finite amount of popcorn, so there was quite literally a scarce amount of it.
To address this, we have to address our beliefs.
Scarcity belief: Popcorn is limited, and if someone else has it, I won’t.
Abundance belief: Popcorn is a tool that can be shared and used to create valued friendships.
This applies to many things in life - far more than popcorn.
If you believe that you cannot find another romantic partner, you will probably be jealous, controlling, and unbecomingly invested your current partner.
How will your partner react in response to such treatment? More likely to leave, I imagine.
If you believe that you can find another romantic partner (even if you don’t want to), you will probably give them the freedom to do as they will.
How will your partner react in response? They will probably give you more of what you want in the relationship so that you’re more likely to stay.
It has more to do with your beliefs of how resources ought to be utilized than the reality of the finiteness of said resource.
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I’ve heard of this before but I really like this write up to explain it!
I’ve heard this explained like a rubber band too. If you have a rubber band around your fingers at tension, but your fingers too close together it falls. If you have the rubber band at tension and pull it too far apart, it’ll snap.
I like this a lot especially tied in with the popcorn example.
Thanks!
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Cardio
60mins MISS
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Pure gold dust.
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Just to say that’s a big reply, thanks for getting into the detail there, appreciate the thought and effort, will reply in due course, but I’m getting close to this sort of territory myself now:
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