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[quote]scj119 wrote:

Life news: Sorry ladies, but the blue menace is officially a taken man now. Given my history with relationships (the whopping three that I’ve had) it should last somewhere between 2 weeks and 4 months. So, that’ll be fun.

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**drops to knees and shakes fists to the heavens screaming–

WHY GOD WHY!?!?!**

Happy for you, man! Also happy to read the "felt good and had extra energy’ bit up above. Sleeping better lately?

Also, solid DL day! 4 reps on 5/3/1 day is a big win in my book.

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Health Update:

So, I’ve been feeling a bulge in my neck lately. A few times a week it feels like someone suddenly inflated a balloon in the left side of my neck… I felt it with my hand and there is definitely something there that’s not on the right side. Looked up google images of neck structure and it appears to be a bulge right where the left half of my thyroid should be.

Told my mom and she mentioned that my dad had a cold (benign) tumor at my age and had half his thyroid remove (the idiot didn’t know why his own thyroid was removed, couldn’t remember haha). Soooo… I made an appt with an ENT doc for Feb 14. Something near my thyroid is swollen as fuck and let’s hope it’s not a malignant tumor…

Also, (Warning: TMI alert) I made an appt with a uro because I’ve had this weird aching in my balls… I am probably overly sensitive of testicular cancer because of knowing someone who had it, but can’t hurt to have it checked out.

Finally I have an appt with a nephrologist to discuss my blood pressure, but it’s not till the end of March because they are apparently really hard to get an appt with around here. I have been trying the Wendler apple vinegar cure and taking 300mg CoQ10 in the morning for a couple weeks, I’ll take some measurements this week/weekend to see if it’s helped.

[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:

I too have noticed a lack of idiots in the gym. Guys have been squatting, deadlifting, and even OVERHEAD PRESSING STANDING UP! It has been pretty cool. Some guy the other day asked me to check his depth on squats and I’m like “well how low do you want to go.” He was like “parallel bro”…and i’m all like “word”…he was about an inch high, so I told him and he was all like " dang I thought I might have been, im going to knock down my training max next cycle so I can make sure to get low enough…have you heard of 5-3-1?"…it was magical
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God damn I need to get back out to FF. Not this week though, I can’t let all the new guys see me during deload week!

[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
we’ll have to grab some beers so you can introduce me to the new little lady…oh wait thats right Shelby says I cant drink beer…gay…[/quote]

That sucks. Are you at least making good progress with those strict ass rules?

[quote]cholulalula wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:

Life news: Sorry ladies, but the blue menace is officially a taken man now. Given my history with relationships (the whopping three that I’ve had) it should last somewhere between 2 weeks and 4 months. So, that’ll be fun.

[/quote]

**drops to knees and shakes fists to the heavens screaming–

WHY GOD WHY!?!?!**

Happy for you, man! Also happy to read the "felt good and had extra energy’ bit up above. Sleeping better lately?

Also, solid DL day! 4 reps on 5/3/1 day is a big win in my book.[/quote]

Haha, obviously a catch like me can’t be single for long (it was only 3 years!)

I dunno if my energy in general has been better. I’m fine with lifting and playing sports because my adrenaline usually kicks in fine, it’s just the hour-to-hour stuff I can’t do. I constantly want to fall asleep during the afternoon… during meetings at all times… yawn all day, etc.

Thanks! 4 reps represented the minimum I was happy with given the 385x6 I hit last time I DLd. It’s like 3lbs less on the Wendler Formula, but a 5th rep would have been a 10lb PR (the 385x6 was a 5+ lb pr itself so another 10lb PR woulda been cray cray).

(edited to type top part)

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w t ffffff

good on you that you’re getting checked out quick. keep on pullin you blue beastie

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[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:

I too have noticed a lack of idiots in the gym. Guys have been squatting, deadlifting, and even OVERHEAD PRESSING STANDING UP! It has been pretty cool. Some guy the other day asked me to check his depth on squats and I’m like “well how low do you want to go.” He was like “parallel bro”…and i’m all like “word”…he was about an inch high, so I told him and he was all like " dang I thought I might have been, im going to knock down my training max next cycle so I can make sure to get low enough…have you heard of 5-3-1?"…it was magical
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cool story!! :smiley:

Hi Scj!!

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Conditioning
25 minutes elliptical (yesterday)

Bench/OHP deload later today.

[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
w t ffffff

good on you that you’re getting checked out quick. keep on pullin you blue beastie[/quote]

Thanks man… never gonna stop pullin…

[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:

Hi Scj!! [/quote]

Hey mimz!

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Sucks about your balls :frowning: I’m an expert ball handler, as you know…so let me know what I can do! Totally platonic, of course.

Anyways, glad you’re getting everything checked out! Keep on keepin’ on!

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[quote]scj119 wrote:
never gonna stop pullin…
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LOL

Sup bromo? Kicking ass, per usual, I see

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5/3/1 Deload Bench/OHP

It might be in my head because of making appointments yesterday, but fuck my neck was annoyingly painful today where my thyroid is. Gonna see if I can move up my appt.

Anyway, just a deload, nothing to see here. I couldn’t resist goin for a couple PRs on assistance… I just can’t help it. But I’m also too lazy to go back through every page of my log and check to verify.

Workout
A) OHP
75 x 5
95 x 5
110 x 5

B) Bench
100 x 5
130 x 5
155 x 5

…supersetted with chins and pullups, various grips, 5 sets at bodyweight

C) Kroc Rows
100 x 22 each arm. I think a PR.

D1) Dips
bw x 8
25lb x 6
55lb x 5
75lb x 3 maybe a PR?

D2) BB CURLZ
90 x 6
90 x 7
80 x 8
80 x 8

[quote]Mascherano wrote:
Sucks about your balls :frowning: I’m an expert ball handler, as you know…so let me know what I can do! Totally platonic, of course.

Anyways, glad you’re getting everything checked out! Keep on keepin’ on![/quote]

God I hate that word. “Platonic.”

Thanks for the support toots!

[quote]inkaddict wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:
never gonna stop pullin…
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LOL

Sup bromo? Kicking ass, per usual, I see[/quote]

QFT.

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[quote]scj119 wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Its a scientific fact that prowler work increases sexiness.

MOTHAFUKKINFACT.

You’re gonna be a Blue Mennace you take this too far you.[/quote]

Am I jackin’ yo E2?

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Naw but you mebbe Jackin my T!

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[quote]Hallowed wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Its a scientific fact that prowler work increases sexiness.

MOTHAFUKKINFACT.

You’re gonna be a Blue Mennace you take this too far you.[/quote]

Am I jackin’ yo E2?

[/quote]

Naw but you mebbe Jackin my T![/quote]

Clearly one of us has to leave, if we keep jackin each other’s T there is no telling what will happen. It’s a dangerous loop. THE WORLD MIGHT ASPLODE!

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[quote]scj119 wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Its a scientific fact that prowler work increases sexiness.

MOTHAFUKKINFACT.

You’re gonna be a Blue Mennace you take this too far you.[/quote]

Am I jackin’ yo E2?

[/quote]

Naw but you mebbe Jackin my T![/quote]

Clearly one of us has to leave, if we keep jackin each other’s T there is no telling what will happen. It’s a dangerous loop. THE WORLD MIGHT ASPLODE![/quote]

Pft… I laugh in the face of impending doom.

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[quote]Hallowed wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Its a scientific fact that prowler work increases sexiness.

MOTHAFUKKINFACT.

You’re gonna be a Blue Mennace you take this too far you.[/quote]

Am I jackin’ yo E2?

[/quote]

Naw but you mebbe Jackin my T![/quote]

Clearly one of us has to leave, if we keep jackin each other’s T there is no telling what will happen. It’s a dangerous loop. THE WORLD MIGHT ASPLODE![/quote]

Pft… I laugh in the face of impending doom.

[/quote]
must not be very attractive …

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“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”

Re-read 5/3/1 last night. Amazing how much I forgot. I’m deloading still today, but I am going to take my assistance a bit more seriously (read: plan out 4-week blocks of assistance, do the same exercises each week, and track progress instead of doing whatever I feel like that day).

For the next cycle I’ll be upping OHP/Bench 5lbs and squat 10lbs… and deadlift by 10lbs (eek). Front squatting after back squatting, plus conditioning, kills my quads for days. Instead of repeating the same routing and hoping my body will adapt, I made a change and will FS after deadlifts. Likewise, doing all my hammy/low back work after deadlifting doesn’t seem to work well with my recovery abilities, so I’m moving Good Mornings to squat days. Also in general I don’t need as many exercises. Workouts starting next week will be as follows:

Most assistance is done in the 8-12 rep range

Ab work will still be done by feel since there is no pattern to when they feel fresh and when they are thrashed for a week by 4 measley sets of ab rollouts

Monday
A) OHP (5/3/1)
B) Bentover Rows (5sets)
C1) Dips (5sets)
C2) Chins (5sets)
D) Kroc Rows (1warmup, 1 real set)

Tuesday
A) Back Squat (5/3/1)
B) Leg Press (3-5 sets, start at 3 and see how I recover)
C) Good Morning (gonna see if I like seated GMs, start at 3 sets and work towards 5)
D) Shrugs (3 sets. Haven’t done in forever, remember CT talking about how much they helped his bench)

Thursday
A) Bench (5/3/1)
B1) DB Bench (5 sets)
B2) Lat Pulldowns (5 sets)
C1) Standing EZBar Curls (3-5 sets)
C2) Face Pulls (3-5 sets)

Friday
A) Hang Clean (reps: 5, 4, 3, 2, and maybe a 1)
B) Deadlift (5/3/1)
C) Front Squats (3-5 sets)
D) GHR (3-5 sets, may superset with FS’s)

Conditioning will be rotating Hill Sprints, Prowler, and steady state elliptical done on Tues/Fri/Sun. I have yet to decide whether I want to progress prowler by increasing trips or decreasing rest. I think I’m gonna add 1 trip per week, and once I get to 15, I’ll decrease rest.

That is my plan for this cycle. I will not accept not getting stronger just because I’m losing weight.

[quote]Hallowed wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:
Clearly one of us has to leave, if we keep jackin each other’s T there is no telling what will happen. It’s a dangerous loop. THE WORLD MIGHT ASPLODE![/quote]

Pft… I laugh in the face of impending doom.

[/quote]

Alright then. I will not be held responsible for your actions. Now let’s go make babies.

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Hallowed wrote:

[quote]scj119 wrote:

Clearly one of us has to leave, if we keep jackin each other’s T there is no telling what will happen. It’s a dangerous loop. THE WORLD MIGHT ASPLODE![/quote]

Pft… I laugh in the face of impending doom.

[/quote]
must not be very attractive …[/quote]

Impending doom is attractive to me. Just means I need to get stronger and harder to kill.

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5/3/1 Week 4 (deload), Day 2 (Squat)

God I just SUCK at deloading. Should have gone no more than 135 on Front Squats. Quads were burning on those prowler pushes like all hell.

A) Squat/deload
120 x 5
155 x 5
185 x 5

B) Front Squat
165 x 10
165 x 10
155 x 10

C1) Lying Leg Curl
110 x 10
115 x 10
120 x 10

C2) Ab Rollouts
10, 8, 8

Finishing Move
Prower Push - 40m x 90lbs x 12 trips (!!)

So… remember like 12 hours ago when I said I’d increase by 1 trip each week? Well, after I pushed it 10 times, I realized the 11th would leave it 40m away from the door to the gym, and I didn’t feel like walking the weights, poles and prowler back separately. So I added a 12th trip to get it back to the door. Was moving pretty slowly at that point… way more friction with no snow on the ground.

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Impending doom… nope, not really attractive!

Blue,

Have you ever considered just doing totally different shit during deload? Thats how I force myself to somewhat do it. Like do andersons or/bulgatians or single leg hacks orwhatev just totally different lifts. Well, it helps me. Or I will not lift at all for four or five days but do cardio instead or something. I mean there’s just no way i can folllow the deload weights in my calculator.

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[quote]
So… remember like 12 hours ago when I said I’d increase by 1 trip each week? Well, after I pushed it 10 times, I realized the 11th would leave it 40m away from the door to the gym, and I didn’t feel like walking the weights, poles and prowler back separately. So I added a 12th trip to get it back to the door. Was moving pretty slowly at that point… way more friction with no snow on the ground.[/quote]

hahaha…yes i learned this a long time ago…I was thinking it when you wrote it, but didnt want to ruin the surprise…why you no call me for prowler pushing?

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[quote]Hallowed wrote:
Impending doom… nope, not really attractive!

Blue,

Have you ever considered just doing totally different shit during deload? Thats how I force myself to somewhat do it. Like do andersons or/bulgatians or single leg hacks orwhatev just totally different lifts. Well, it helps me. Or I will not lift at all for four or five days but do cardio instead or something. I mean there’s just no way i can folllow the deload weights in my calculator. [/quote]

I followed the deload weights fine (you don’t think I really squat 185x5 do you?) it’s just that I can’t shake that “since I deloaded my main weight I need to hit PRs in all my assistance and conditioning” mentality which defeats the entire purpose of deloading the main lift.

That’s a good idea though.

[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:

[quote]
So… remember like 12 hours ago when I said I’d increase by 1 trip each week? Well, after I pushed it 10 times, I realized the 11th would leave it 40m away from the door to the gym, and I didn’t feel like walking the weights, poles and prowler back separately. So I added a 12th trip to get it back to the door. Was moving pretty slowly at that point… way more friction with no snow on the ground.[/quote]

hahaha…yes i learned this a long time ago…I was thinking it when you wrote it, but didnt want to ruin the surprise…why you no call me for prowler pushing?[/quote]

Sorry bro, it was a last minute decision and I got there early as hell at like 430, figured you were still at work.

I’m thinking of making a permanent prowler day, either squat/tuesday or deads/friday every week. I’ll let you know.

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5/3/1 Week 1 Day 1 (OHP)

A) Standing OHP
75 x 5
95 x 5
115 x 3
-work sets-
125 x 5
145 x 5
160(5+ ) x 7 WHAT DA FUK is wrong with my OHP

B) Bentover BB Rows… tried these a new way, fried my lats and caused my chinup performance to resemble that of a 13yr old girl…
135 x 12
155 x 9
155 x 8
155 x 8
155 x 8

C1) Dips
bw x 10
25lb x 6
45lb x 5
70lb x 5
80lb x 3

C2) Chins
bw x 5, 5, 5, 5 <----- see?

D) Kroc Rows
75 x 10
100 x 22 each arm

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no silly boi! I know you follow the deload weights. I just like can’t bring myself to squat the bar then squat sixty five or something lame and then not squat anymore. So I do fuckaroundweird stuff instead and usually end up wretchedly sore LOL.

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Sometimes the first day back after a de-load my weights aren’t quite there. It’ll be there.

100# kroc rows? big daddy beast mode!

and since we’ve discussed the girl, i feel compelled to ask, what’s the plan for V-day!? My brother’s number one rule for me was to never, ever, ever start dating around any sort of holiday, so I’m always curious what happens when people do!?