No.No, we do not. 
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Worked out at 11 pm. It was just the earliest I could go. Pretty hectic atm.
Didn’t use caffeine beforehand, carbs was only 1 gatorade. Explosiveness wasn’t exactly at it’s best.
My back is kinda tight but I imagine that’s at least in part because of stress. Although one spot has been bothering me since comp. My old nemesis below the scapular. Could be fixed with a visit to my physio but I’ll wait a bit. Might just go away.
1 oh box squat
3 x 8 @ 35 kg
2 log press
5 x 3 @ 86 kg
3 broad jumps
5 x 3
4 seates db press
4 x 15 @ 25 kg
5 wide grip shrugs
3 x 25 @ 85 kg
6 hollow holds (I hate these with passion)
4 x 20 kg @ 5 kg plates on feet and hands
Notes:
- doc checked my urin and found protein in there again. He said normally he wouldn’t make a big deal out of it but given my medical history he wants me to see a nephrologist (which sadly has nothing to do with raising the dead). My hand = probably tendon injury/ inflammation. If I wanted to know for sure I would need to see a surgeon. He also did an ultrasound of my kidneys but that didn’t show anything unusual.
I just went through this whole ordeal for the same issues. For me, it was excess muscle mass and hard training. I imagine you are in a similar situation. Hope it all goes smooth.
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That’s good to know, thanks!
You might not consider this a possibility, but on the off-chance that you do, reschedule the blood-tests and have 2-3 off-days beforehand?
But yes, it’s very important to communicate to doctor’s what your life is like. The entire field is heavily driven by heuristics, and it’s important to emphasise when you have an anomolous lifestyle.
A mate of mine had the same issue with his creatinine (?) levels as pwn, took a week off from training, no whey, no creatine, normal amounts of meat (0.8g prot/lbs). Values back in range.
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My blood tests were actually fine. At least the things they checked for. It’s really only sbout the urin at this point but your advise still applies of course.
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My mistake. Should’ve just written tests! 
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Now you’re just showing off!
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What’s excess muscle? Muscle you aren’t using? Seems applicable to bodyweight/strength-ratio sports but not this
Excess from a medical standpoint? As in modern day life does not require this much muscle?
The specific quote was “a degree of muscle mass not typically observed in 34 year old males”. Effectively enough to be a standard deviation away and skew test results.
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Measuring with a new scale now:
121,6 kg
1 deadlifts
6 x 2 @ 145 kg
Super light
2 db hang snatch
4 x 3 @ 32 kg
Had to use straps because the handles are unusually thick and chalk is forbidden
3 bench press
2 x 20 @ 65 kg
16 @ 65 kg - lol
The weight still felt light and all but my muscles were so full of lactate, it felt like they refused to contract any further or something.
4 bent over row
3 x 20 @ 75 kg
Used 2,5 kg more than I had to bc I can’t read. Still hate this exercise.
5 wood choppers
4 x 6 per side
Moving, all the new input and now getting to know people is stressing me out a lot
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Make sure you take good care of yourself!
There’s a Drs letter to frame and hang on the wall!
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Will try, thanks buddy. I get stressed out by things that don’t even phaze most people. On the flip side, I remain completely calm in situations that a lot of people can’t deal with. I sometimes feel like a child with this stuff but denying that it happens does not work for me.
You know what’s funny? I got a picture perfect, 10/10 letter of reccomendation from my tech job in Munich. The thing they praised me for above everything else? The way I deal with stressful situations.
It’s weird.
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Don’t be too hard on yourself big fella. Nobody is perfect. Everyones just doing the best they can and I think anyone would understand that if you need to discuss with people.
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Guessing based on this you internalise most of the stress so others don’t notice? Probably positive (outwardly stressy/stroppy people in workplaces/life in general aren’t pleasant to be around), as long as you have some way of de-stressing outside of those situations.
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Yes, true for a lot of things that stress me. But work stress for example? I don’t know, it just doesn’t seem to touch me much. Like things that coworkers obsess about and then talk to me and I’m like… why even worry? Do the best you can, admit if it’s outside your skill set and there’s not much more you can do.
I’m fairly confident in my abilities and I don’t have a problem admitting mistakes/ taking the blame and admitting shortcomings, that might help.
We’ll see about this new voyage of mine, since it is made out to be pretty taxing.
This’ll come across as belittling of your coworkers which is not my intent, however this is written for you and not them.
Leaving aside stressful jobs, where an emotional toll is part of the job description and you effectively have to get things done and get them done right ASAP I’ve seen three different backgrounds respond to work demands with a stress response where that stress response is arguably not warranted.
There’s the person whom has throughout their life been good at assigned tasks. We’re talking about a person that is usually attributed with being good at school and their performance and their worth/identity become intermingled. As a consequence, they might actively suffer as they get older and start working because not only is the work challenging, but it’s challenging their primal sense of themselves when they struggle to met the imposed/perceived/imagined demands.
There’s the worrier, that doesn’t necessarily have the same problems as the person above (although both can coexist) that’ll imagine that a failure to perform will result in a catastrophic outcome such as being fired.
Finally, there’s the person that’s lived a somewhat charmed life and not acquired any previous experience with being solely responsible for their actions. This might be a person that’s had a lot of help throughout primary education, where any failure on their part isn’t de facto their “fault” but that burden is shared between them and their health system (usually wealthy, has had tutors, etc. so they can externalism their failing onto others)
Meanwhile, a person (you) that’s had to deal with many other kinds of stress can very reasonably not hold work-stress on as high a pedestal as it pales in comparison to their other experiences.
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Forgot about a fourth. People that haven’t failed at anything yet.
At my uni a few departments have an idea that this describes a lot of the first year students so they intentionally try and make people flunk their first tests/assignments by making them too hard so people will have the experience of having to take a re-exam.
I don’t approve as I’ve seen this result in 80-120hr/weeks for some first years as they desperately try and meet the imposed demands.
Academics can be psychos. Heard a tale about a professor A/B testing their exams by including an impossible question at the start/end of an exam giving half to each group of students. The students starting with the impossible question see people around them progressing as the time passes, as they leaf through the papers, while being completely stumped themselves and thinking that they’re just no good in relation to the people around them. Meanwhile, the people that finish with the impossible question just a fair shot at say 19/20 questions and felt fine with leaving the impossible one blank.
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