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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Take your time 
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They should rename this forum as Romper Room.
You weren’t kidding!
Awesome to hear that lifting got you started on improving, it can be such a positive thing, confidence, discipline, mental and physical health, self respect, the list goes on!
I am sure you have no desire for my sympathy, but I am sorry to hear that you haven’t experienced this. I completely understand this view point, and to a large extent can agree, because there is so much surface level “niceness” that disappears the moment things get “real” (sorry vocab is lacking, not conveying quite what I want to, but hopefully the gist).
I would like to offer a ray of hope though, I know of a very small number of people who would drop everything in an instant for me. Fun and fairly frivolous example; I got arrested and spent the night in a cell after a messy breakup in my youth, my oldest friend (now over 30 years of friendship) travelled half the length of the UK to come get me and be there for me, he lives in Canada now and I’ve got no doubt he’d do the same thing again if needed. I have a few other close friends and family who would be the same.
You also have a daughter, think how far you’d go for her, no matter what the circumstances and one day I’d hazard a guess that she’ll be reciprocal (although my teenage daughter is definitely a work in progress here!).
But in the vast majority of cases I’m in agreement here.
The lessons on fixing yourself and taking responsibility are spot on.
Yup, agreed, I’m very bad at this, zero excuses, I already know it, I’m very “busy” I won’t list it here here but I’m doing a huge amount of stuff (outside the usual, work and gym stuff), which is really good stuff, and makes me able to confidently say I’m happy with the man I am (with a few areas to work on, this being one of them) but there is still a huge amount of wasted time and that is largely wasted on dopamine chasing crap.
This is good, I don’t do social media, I briefly signed back up to Facebook because people send me stuff but the moment I open it I’m sucked down a rabbit hole of waste, so scrapped that off. YouTube is largely the same for me, but there is some occasionally useful stuff on there, so I do go on it occasionally.
Audit and continuous monitoring seem necessary, thanks.
I’m fairly conservative/traditional in my view of marriage, so there’s some stuff you put in there that I’d disagree with, but largely it sounds very positive, you have worked through from a marriage that sounds pretty unhealthy to a marriage where needs are being met (presumably on both sides) and communication is solid and issues are resolved well, congratulations!
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So, not “training”, but i did 3 hours of pretty intense yardwork/landscaping yesterday. May as well have been bushwhacking.
Also did about 70 reps of an ab exercise known as “sneezes”.
Whole body is pretty drained so I’m taking today off. It wouldn’t be a productive session anyways.
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yardio is real training mate
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Guess we can start calling you Andrés now.
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Leg Day (Modified)
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:50pm
Leg Press (Machine)
“Widowmaker”
Set 1: 595 lbs x 20
Single Leg Romanian Deadlift (Barbell)
“(Smith) rehab
3010”
Set 1: 45 lbs x 10
Set 2: 95 lbs x 10
Seated Leg Curl (Machine)
Set 1: 45 lbs x 25
Set 2: 45 lbs x 13
Leg Extension (Machine)
*machine broken
+35mins LISS
Knees actually feel okay! Happy to start getting leg day back on track. Still keeping hams light so I’m more confident on my recovery.
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Straight 20 or 5x4? Either way that’s brutal!!!
Great to hear knees are feeling better!!
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Straight 20. My quads were fuckin screaming at me when i was done - like one of those foot cramps after wearing boots all day.
I figured widowmakers would force me to keep a slower progression as im not trusting my knees with old PRs.
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Heh heh lol
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Push
Friday, Oct 11, 2024 at 10:24pm
Incline Chest Press (Machine)
“Top set, backdown rest pause
3010
+20s extreme stretch”
Set 1: 275 lbs x 14
Set 2: 225 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Set 3: 225 lbs x 6 [Failure]
Set 4: 225 lbs x 4 [Failure]
Lateral Raise (Dumbbell)
“Meadows partials, rest pause”
Set 1: 40 lbs x 23 [Failure]
Set 2: 40 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 3: 40 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Butterfly (Pec Deck)
“Top set, backdown rest pause
3010
+30s extreme stretch”
Set 1: 175 lbs x 14
Set 2: 130 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Set 3: 130 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Set 4: 130 lbs x 4 [Failure]
Triceps Rope Pushdown
“Rest pause
3010”
Set 1: 90 lbs x 17 [Failure]
Set 2: 90 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Set 3: 90 lbs x 4 [Failure]
Rear Delt Reverse Fly (Machine)
“Top set, backdown”
Set 1: 145 lbs x 14
Set 2: 130 lbs x 12
Triceps Dip (Weighted)
“Rest pause
3010”
Set 1: 0 lbs x 19 [Failure]
Set 2: 0 lbs x 6 [Failure]
Set 3: 0 lbs x 3 [Failure]
+5mins LISS
Closed down a bar and a gym back to back. Had one cigar and a beer because I’m a lightweight.
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I don’t know if logging is helping or hurting me at this point.
Hell, most of my benefit here is self improvement and helping others who’ve struggled in similar ways that i have.
So i guess I’ll ask those who follow along:
Why do you log? What value does it bring you?
Accountability?
Feeling of achievement?
External validation?
Historical data points?
How does reading the logs of others help you?
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This is a very interesting question Andrew and would probably make a nice discussion thread.
I think that everyone will have very different reasons for why they hang out here.
For me there are a few things:
- It gives me a good platform to log my session, keep a record of everything training wise and also how I am feeling, what it working etc.
- I like the social aspect of sharing ideas, feedback, motivation, stories with other people. I have met people on here that o call friends and would gladly share a workout or a steak with, and have them at my house if they ever came to Melbourne.
- I like to feel that I can contribute to other people logs or threads. Hopefully some of my knowledge is even a little but helpful.
- I use the forum to borrow motivation from others. By setting goals and making them public I get a bunch of people who will hold me to account. Even just by asking how I am going towards a goal is enough to keep me pushing forward.
- I think there is also a little bit of enjoyment from external validation. When you have a good session or hit a PR, it’s always nice to have someone give you a pat on the back, especially if it is someone you respect.
- I learn new things here all the time, good books to read, exercises I have never considered, horrible conditioning sessions, rehab movements. So many knowledgeable people here from many different backgrounds there is always something useful to take away.
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@simo74 nailed it.
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Logging gives me the opportunity to see what others are doing. It gives me motivation. I also believe it keeps me accountable. And there is the validation factor. It is good to get hearts and comments, they keep me going as well.
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Not a consistent follower of this log or most others but I like the questions.
Roughly ranked:
Historical data points
Accountability
“Social” Interaction that is focused on my goals
External validation
Feeling of achievement
I read others logs because I like watching people grow and I like stealing ideas. Take a lot of stuff from @T3hPwnisher and have watched more RP Strength videos than I otherwise would’ve because of your posts, so thanks for that.
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I needed this when i came here, and i got it.
I don’t really get this anymore. At least, not on this forum.
I used to feel this was helpful, but now it just seems like too much to filter through. Training and how I’m feeling is so cyclical that i don’t even get to look for trends anymore. I think this makes more sense if your goals are performance based - mine are not.
100% agree with this. I don’t have many friends, but the few i do - ive met on here.
For me, i think this messes with my head too much. I haven’t found my center yet.
This is prompting me to view the engagement differently, though.
I’ve been looking at it as “people congradulating me for what i did”.
I think i need to look at it as “people counting on me to do better”.
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