30 year (bad, i know) at 2.5% fixed rate
What’s bad about that?
As I thought though, leave that thing well alone, that’s a bargain.
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Alright, I’ve hit the point where i hate what I’m doing with my life.
Get your sleep in check
Get your diet in check
Get back in the fucking gym
Actually talk to your friends
Outwork everyone
I’m bloated and watery and idk if it’s added fat or just water. So we’re going on a mini cut to find out.
Push
Tuesday, Jan 07, 2025 at 1:31pm
Incline Flye Press
“3010”
Set 1: 50 lbs x 23 [Failure]
Set 2: 50 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Seated Shoulder Press (Machine)
“Parallel Grip
3010”
Set 1: 80 lbs x 17 [Failure]
Set 2: 80 lbs x 12 [Failure]
Lateral Raise (Dumbbell)
“3010”
Set 1: 30 lbs x 12
Set 2: 30 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Triceps Rope Pushdown
“3010”
Set 1: 80 lbs x 17 [Failure]
Set 2: 80 lbs x 12 [Failure]
Hip Thrust (Barbell)
Set 1: 405 lbs x 14
Passed out and threw up. Maybe i should have cooled it a bit before going to hard 
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Hope you get your head back in the game. One thing at a time and hopefully you’ll be back at it in no time.
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I won’t lie, i was gun-shy going into this. Yesterday was mildly traumatizing, but makes for a funny story.
Pull
Wednesday, Jan 08, 2025 at 1:03pm
T Bar Row
“3110”
Set 1: 90 lbs x 19 [Failure]
Set 2: 90 lbs x 14 [Failure]
EZ Bar Biceps Curl
“3010”
Set 1: 60 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 60 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Shrug (Dumbbell)
“Hunched
Muscle Round”
Set 1: 100 lbs x 6
Set 2: 100 lbs x 6
Set 3: 100 lbs x 6
Set 4: 100 lbs x 6
Set 5: 100 lbs x 6
Set 6: 100 lbs x 4 [Failure]
Lat Pulldown (Cable)
“Top set, backdown set
2110”
Set 1: 150 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 2: 120 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Chest Supported Reverse Fly (Dumbbell)
“Kroc Partials”
Set 1: 35 lbs x 26 [Failure]
Set 2: 35 lbs x 19 [Failure]
Pinwheel Curl (Dumbbell)
“Fat Gripz
2020”
Set 1: 32.5 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Lying Leg Curl (Machine)
Set 1: 70 lbs x 11
Set 2: 70 lbs x 9
@hevyapp
+30mins LISS
I kept it ‘easy’ this time.
Oh and without question i look bigger in a t-shirt than in a tank top.
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Hey man, don’t know your exact location, but are you ok out there?
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Regarding the fires? I’m safe from all that. Worst its gonna get for me is being all smoky.
Those arent clouds
*the “AI generated content” tag is there because i cropped out a building that would tell people a little too much about where i work.
Thanks for checking in on me.
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Good to hear. I’ve seen the aftermath of those further north. Charred trees, as far as the eye could see.
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Well i got one interview on the books and another one pending.
2025 is looking like it’s gonna be one hell of a year 
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Some extremes (highs and lows) in this thread just since we clicked over into 2025… good on that interest rate btw (we’re 6% ish here in Oz).
Glad you’re ok and out of the fire devastation.
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Daddy Day
Thursday, Jan 09, 2025 at 2:20pm
Shoulder Press (Dumbbell)
“Ahrens
3110”
Set 1: 50 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 50 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Set 3: 50 lbs x 6 [Failure]
Face Pull
“3010”
Set 1: 55 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 55 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 3: 55 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Lateral Raise (Cable)
“Pulley set just below waist, partial ROM
3110”
Set 1: 25 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Set 2: 25 lbs x 10 [Failure]
Set 3: 25 lbs x 9 [Failure]
@hevyapp
+15mins MISS
Yesterday the scale said 214.0.
Today it said 210.0.
I’m just a fuckin water balloon lol
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I cant seem to locate my Give A Fuck button and its getting irritating tbh. I’ve been doing some introspection on this and i think i know why, but i need to explore it a bit more before putting pen to paper.
I have been horribly inconsistent with my anabolics for the last month, so theres a good chance that weighs into it.
Push
Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025 at 2:11pm
Incline Chest Press (Machine)
“Wide Grip, Partial ROM
3010”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 16 [Failure]
Set 2: 225 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Set 3: 135 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Shoulder Press (Machine Plates)
“Wide Grip, Partial ROM
3010”
Set 1: 225 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 2: 225 lbs x 8 [Failure]
Set 3: 135 lbs x 13 [Failure]
Lateral Raise (Cable)
“Pulley set just below waist, Partial ROM
3010”
Set 1: 25 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 2: 25 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Set 3: 25 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Triceps Rope Pushdown
Set 1: 100 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 2: 100 lbs x 7 [Failure]
Set 3: 60 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Hip Thrust (Barbell)
Set 1: 455 lbs x 6
@hevyapp
I have a lot more in the tank for hip thrust, but I’m noticing my heart rate is sky high during this. Like 165-170bpm on a 315x5 warmup. So i know why i passed out last time, but idk why my heart rate is so high. Will have to keep an eye on it.
Train tomorrow, interview Thursday. Doing interview prep today and tomorrow.
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Don’t get into your head about it. You’ve been calorie restrictive for a quite a while now.
Live a little bit and when your feelin it slam the door and hit it again!!!
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Good luck man!!
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I crushed that interview.
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Anderson 300k offer coming right up!
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Damn y’all. I really have to get my shit together.
I think I’ve got it figured out, at least partially. I might write on it later.
Pull
Thursday, Jan 23, 2025 at 1:43pm
Iso-Lateral Low Row
“Underhand, Iso
3010”
Set 1: 405 lbs x 14 [Failure]
Set 2: 315 lbs x 9 [Failure]
Bicep Curl (Cable)
“2x Drop Set, High Rep”
Set 1: 100 lbs x 26 [Failure]
Set 2: 80 lbs x 8 [Failure]
Shrug (Dumbbell)
“Hunched
Muscle Round
*both fails were grip fails”
Set 1: 100 lbs x 6
Set 2: 100 lbs x 6
Set 3: 100 lbs x 6
Set 4: 100 lbs x 4 [Failure]
Set 5: 100 lbs x 6
Set 6: 100 lbs x 2 [Failure]
Lat Pulldown (Cable)
“Top set, Backdown Set
2110”
Set 1: 150 lbs x 15 [Failure]
Set 2: 120 lbs x 11 [Failure]
Chest Supported Reverse Fly (Dumbbell)
Pinwheel Curl (Dumbbell)
Lying Leg Curl (Machine)
@hevyapp
+30mins LISS
Getting back on the horse for tracking macros and all that.
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That really 9 days between training or just so unlogged sessions?
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Thats a full 9 days of shitbaggery.
A few days of that were excuseable, considering the things i had going on. Most were days i could have trained, and chose not to.
As to the “why”…
Id made so much of my identity revolve around making more money, getting laid like tile, looking great naked, being able to live my life for me… that once i achieved these things - i didnt (and dont, not entirely) know what to do with it.
I was so caught up in achieving a baseline of things i felt i was lacking in, that it became my whole personality… the guy who endlessly pursues that which he’s lacking in.
But i had no fuckin idea what to do once i wasn’t lacking basic needs. So i floundered aimlessly.
In short, i wrapped up so much of my identity in being the guy that slays dragons, that once i slayed the dragon - i didnt know what to do anymore.
Like a dog that chases the squirrel but doesn’t know what to do with it once he catches it.
For years I’ve been ducking the question “what do i want out of life” and I’m still working on figuring that out.
I have a lot more to write on this, but I’m still organizing my thoughts. I would like to write it up today, though.
Thank you for asking. I need the accountability right now.
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or maybe you just need to pause and breathe. As someone who is a little older than you, all I can say is you may never truly work this stuff out. I still don’t know exactly what I want or truly where I am going most of the time. I tend to just find another squirrel.
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