A couple of pics from today. Still bulking with the warrior diet, training with 5/3/1 spinal tap. I lost some size on my legs, I’m not training them due to bone marrow edema in my left knee; when (if) it will go away I swear that I will give a party.
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Today:
Cant figure out how to quote my post 792 that has my previous progress pics in it for comparison. If anyone knows how I’d appreciate it.
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Thanks!
4/10/20
I didn’t plan on posting this so it’s not a mach to my before photos, but I’m up 2lbs from when I started.
Life has continued as usual for me. The only difference since Covid started is our workload has increased by tens of thousands of dollars a day, and I haven’t been able to maintain any semblance of a diet due to limited food supplies. But I’ve kept my ass in the gym, and have hit multiple PRs in the meantime which is super exciting. I also feel a bit leaner, my joints feel okay, and I feel powerful, if not extremely tired. I guess I’ll have to shoot for a PR transformation at this point lol.
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Nice 
You found an open gym?
Bad wording, home gym lol
Life is good (I have a home gym). I don’t know if I’m improving but I’m growing!
Bottom pic is a week or two ago (226-230 lbs). Top pic is the end of last year’s challenge (212 lbs).
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Jeez!
Aren’t you another of the 6’++, filling out a whole lot of real estate?
Thats some serious development.
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Genuinely inspiring stuff man. Good work.
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Thanks man! And yes sir, 6’3", currently bouncing between 252-255lbs.
I appreciate it!
I always handle lifting better when I just go rogue from the forums and dont put as much thought into it. Dont get me wrong, lifting is pretty much priority uno for me, but I have a terrible habit of overthinking the program, and once in a while I can convince myself to just trust the process.
Also, the Darkhorse Progression does wonders for me mentally, being able to see relative strength numbers without having a hard number to beat (ie, I did 345 on cgbp last week for 1 rep, so this week I’m going to aim somewhere in the 290-310 range for 5) something about beating previous effort as opposed to previous maxes just sits well with me.
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Isnt this the truth…
Im always just telling myself to do the damn thing. If a body part is struggling (I try to do full body 3x wk now) I just move on to something else for the day.
As long as I do “something” I count it as a win.
No zero days
Growing like weed! Congratulations!
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Thanks! How’s the reigning champ for most improved doing?
Like always! Work, workout, eat, sleep!
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About a month into the lockdown.
Even without access to a gym, I’m getting leaner and, if nothing else, I’m getting better at bodyweight exercises.
@T3hPwnisher’s last post on his blog inspired me to do more. I was doing around 8-10 weekly sets per exercise (one arm db presses, chins, pushups, dips, lateral raises, and curls basically), but I like his idea of doing “stupid high volume” on those. I’ll double the volume, let’s see what happens.
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Looking good!
I swear @T3hPwnisher is trying to kill us 
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Ppl keep telling me to chill out… then pwn conveniently comes out with that post
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Without wanting to speak for him, I think pwn assumes people will follow all his advice rather than cherry pick which bits suit their own mentality.
Notably that you have to eat to support your training.
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Regardless, pwn’s advice has clearly worked for @samul
Seriously great job man!
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Agreed.
Pwns advice tends to be pretty spot on in my experience. I don’t remember seeing anyone follow his advice and regret it.
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