Supposed to be leg day today, knees told me “no” during warm ups for leg press.
Cardio
MISS 30mins
I’ll get back to the comments above when i can get to a computer. Thank you all for the input. Big boy decisions are nerve-wracking.
It’s weird being the adult for a whole family that’s not my own.
My wife is older than me by a couple years, and she’s the youngest sibling.
Scumbag bro is nearing 50
Next bro is early 40s
MIL is mid-70s
And they’re a fucking drama farm
I’ll give her credit, my wife is much better at avoiding the drama than she used to be. Gotta teach her to be able to walk away and stay on the main topic, but we’re getting there.
Dipshit BIL thinks he’s going to complain his way into keeping the house.
Why do i need to be the adult for a whole group of people at least 10 years older than me? IDK, but I’m going to make damn sure my daughter doesn’t inherit this bullshit.
BIL has until Dec 1st to leave. If he starts arguing, I’ll have the sheriff’s kick him out 2 weeks earlier and I’ll get him charged with trespassing if he comes back.
I’m playing nice; I’d rather be the benevolent dictator.
I sent them all a message basically telling them that stirring up drama and doing the back-and-forth bullshit they’re doing is going to make an already shitty situation worse. That if they want to divide their family like that, then to keep doing what they’re doing - but that the house is still getting sold.
Then I told them to route all house-related communication through me… Something I think they will all be adverse to, which is the point. A renter doesn’t need to communicate with the landlord upon the end of their lease, they just need to know when to be out by and if someone’s coming through the property.
In some small aspects, sure, but why do we send men off to wars and not women?
Why is it that women and children are saved first in any emergency setting?
I would say because they are both inherently more valuable.
This is an option I need to consider. I’ve always avoided stocks as it’s basically felt like gambling, but something like this is probably a good idea. I’d just have a firm to this stuff for me, though. Still, worth considering - so thank you.
This is sometimes an option, and probably a good one too… I’ll need to sleep on it to get a better feel for it, but this is a lot more my style.
This was basically my plan up until recently. I wanted to buy, rent, leverage, buy, rent, leverage etc until I had enough properties I could just buy them outright or never have to work again.
I still want this, but I feel like the risk has gone up significantly with house prices… maybe this is an uninformed opinion on it - I genuinely don’t know. It just feels more risky, but I have nothing to back that feeling other than my gut.
I’d personally say it’s more a recognition of the general difference between men and women, generally speaking men are more likely to survive emergency situations and be more effective in a war situation, owing to physical properties. If it were on inherent value surely we’d only do that to women and girls not women and children?
I think with stocks you need to have the right mindset before you start, be willing to invest for the long term (decades not years), invest only in index funds (s&p500 is the standard, slightly lower returns than Nasdaq but in a down turn significantly less volatile and quicker to recover, historically speaking, past results aren’t an indication of future etc.. ) understand that there’s going to be times where it goes down - I dumped most of my savings into the s&p500 about a month before the Russia/Ukrainian war “lost” a few thousands overnight, but held I till it returned and then pulled out having read some doomsday crap, and thinking I might want my money sooner rather than later, since that point I’ve missed out on a few thousands in gains on that pot of money (more invested separately since, and not needed that money yet annoyingly).
So my general thinking, invest and leave it alone accept the lows (and if you’ve got spare funds keep adding), hold it until you’re able to retire early with millions in the bank!
I’m interested in starting to invest although I’ve got very little capital to invest at the moment. Did you buy shares in s&p 500? Is that a thing or do you have to invest in a company within that? I have no clue.
Before I get into an answer - @Andrewgen_Receptors would you rather I move this discussion outside of your journal? (There be UK specific stuff in my answer).
@rugby_lifting also happy to email (usual caveats I’m not a financial advisor so I’ll just say what I do and it isn’t financial advice).
Lat Pulldown (Cable)
Set 1: 190 lbs x 13
Set 2: 150 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Shrug (Smith Machine)
Set 1: 315 lbs x 18 [Failure]
Set 2: 315 lbs x 14
Bicep Curl (Cable)
Set 1: 145 lbs x 15
Set 2: 100 lbs x 21 [Failure]
Set 3: 70 lbs x 19 [Failure]
Straight Arm Lat Pulldown (Cable)
Set 1: 70 lbs x 15
Set 2: 60 lbs x 9
Seated Cable Row - V Grip (Cable)
Set 1: 205 lbs x 9
Set 2: 145 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 3: 145 lbs x 4 [Failure]
Set 4: 145 lbs x 2 [Failure]
EZ Bar Biceps Curl
@hevyapp
+15mins LISS
Spent yesterday at a water park. It amazes me how out-of-shape the populace is at such places.
Pretty dehydrated from it still tbh, but i gotta do shit anyways.
Incline Bench Press (Smith Machine)
“Top set, backdown rest pause
3010”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 14
Set 2: 185 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 3: 185 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Set 4: 185 lbs x 3 [Failure]
Cable Fly Crossovers
Set 1: 55 lbs x 21
Set 2: 44 lbs x 23
Lateral Raise (Cable)
“Behind back, 2x fail
3010”
Set 1: 33 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 33 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Triceps Rope Pushdown
Set 1: 55 lbs x 21
Set 2: 55 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Changing it up a bit. Going from PPL to Push+Quads/Pull+Hams with A/B rotation.
Starting with 2xFail for each movement, but may move to rest pause or the top set, backdown rest pause i was just doing.
Trying to make my sessions shorter to allow for more cardio while increasing frequency of training stimuli. Hoping that separating Quads and Hams will reduce fatigue.
Afternoon workout
Wednesday, Nov 06, 2024 at 2:26pm
Lat Pulldown (Cable)
“2xFail”
Set 1: 150 lbs x 19
Set 2: 150 lbs x 11
Bent Over Row (Barbell)
“Yates - Controlled
2xFail”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 11
Set 2: 225 lbs x 8
EZ Bar Biceps Curl
"Fat Gripz - Controlled
2xFail"
Set 1: 75 lbs x 15
Set 2: 75 lbs x 9
Hammer Curl (Dumbbell)
“Seated
2xFail”
Seated Leg Curl (Machine)
“2xFail”
Set 1: 145 lbs x 11
Set 2: 145 lbs x 10
Came down with some cold or something yesterday, took the day off and slammed fluids + carbs. Came out of it in record time, but scale went up to 216lbs lol.
It amazes me how much fluid the body can hold.
Afternoon workout
Friday, Nov 08, 2024 at 4:39pm
Incline Bench Press (Dumbbell)
“Low Incline
3010”
Set 1: 100 lbs x 14
Set 2: 80 lbs x 9
Seated Shoulder Press (Machine)
Set 1: 225 lbs x 16
Set 2: 225 lbs x 12
Seated Lateral Raise (Dumbbell)
Set 1: 35 lbs x 14
Set 2: 25 lbs x 11
Triceps Extension (Machine)
Set 1: 125 lbs x 18
Set 2: 125 lbs x 12
Hip Thrust (Barbell)
Set 1: 135 lbs x 16
Set 2: 135 lbs x 14
Felt like booty cheeks going into this one but i pushed through the urge to throw up and leave.
Pull
Sunday, Nov 10, 2024 at 2:12pm
Lat Pulldown (Cable)
“2xFail”
Set 1: 150 lbs x 21 [Failure]
Set 2: 150 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Bicep Curl (Cable)
“2xFail”
Set 1: 140 lbs x 12 [Failure]
Set 2: 120 lbs x 10 [Failure]
Seated Cable Row - Bar Wide Grip
“2xFail”
Set 1: 150 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 2: 150 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Shrug (Smith Machine)
“2xFail
Slow”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 2: 225 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Lying Leg Curl (Machine)
“Regaining Strength”
Set 1: 115 lbs x 10
Set 2: 115 lbs x 9
@hevyapp
+30mins LISS
There’s a David Goggins quote that I’m going to mangle. It goes something like:
"Imagine that when you die and reach the pearly gates, that God shows you a version of yourself that you could have been…
If you didn’t hit snooze…
If you didn’t skip that gym session…
If you would have hit on that cute girl…
If you’d have taken that chance to be great…
And God says ‘This is who you were meant to become. Why don’t you look like him?’
And that’s what I’m afraid of."
I felt like shit and i still feel like shit, and i kind of want to vomit… but I’m still on this fuckin treadmill, doing what needs to be done.
It’s time to stop aiming for happiness and start aiming for greatness.
I’ve just seen too many convos about stocks go off the rails
