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Thank you sir!
Okay, I got to see a chiropractor. I’m feeling significantly better so I hit the gym today. I used this old Cybex squat press machine to save my back from further abuse.
One plate x 10
Two plates x 10
Three plates x 10
3 plates + 25 x 10
Four plates x 10
Four plates + 25 x 10
Five plates x 10
Five plates + 25 x 10
Lying hamstring curl
95 x 15
90 x 15
85 x 15
I was able to get damn near full ROM on these in terms of mimicking the squat position. I got the same nausea I get from squatting so I’m pretty sure I worked hard enough.
They didn’t agitate my back either. I was gonna hack squat but idk if that’s safe.
This was my last set
Bench press, low rows and lat pull downs don’t aggravate my back so I’m gonna be doing those for a while in addition to various leg exercises.
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Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 11
205 x 5
225 x 1
185 x 7
175 x 8
155 x 10
135 x 6
Tricep Ext.
50 lb x 20
50 lb x 20
40 lb x 20
30 lb x 20 (rope ext.)
25 lb x 20 (rope ext.)
Preacher Curl (Seated, machine)
Plate x 20
Plate x 20
Idek the weight x 20, 20
I’ve been taking assistance to failure instead of counting it all.
Back movements (rows, lat pulldowns, etc) are still iffy but I’m good for machine work/bench pressing. Pull ups within a certain range of motion feel fine so I’m going to be using those as a stand in for rows.
Smoothies have been keeping me alive as of late. Might hit the gym tomorrow for a quick back session but I’m not sure.
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Hack squat
225 x 5 x 5
275 x 10
315 x 10
Lying hamstring curl
90, 80, 80 x 15
50 chin-ups and pull ups
10, 10, 10, 8, rest paused the last two sets of 10
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Back is feeling pretty good. Not gonna aggravate it if I don’t have to.
Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 10
205 x 6
185 x 5 x 5
Tricep Ext 5 x 20
Preacher Curl 7 x 10 progressively heavier weight
100 pushups
Single arm DB rows in between bench sets (alternating)
80 x 10
90 x 10
100 x 10
90 x 10
Seated chest supported row (Cybex)
5 x 10 with heavy weight
Two plates each side x 10
One plate + 25 each side (4x10)
Probably gonna join a martial arts gym again soon. I’m kind of getting around the nausea and appetite issues with nutritious peanut butter smoothies and having a larger meal at night when I’m able to eat.
I also have MK 677 in my arsenal now. Would anyone have any suggestions on how to use it anecdotally? I’m primarily looking for appetite enhancement and improved sleep more than the GH replication part of it. Not looking for medical advice (disclaimer).
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Still here - just cutting back workouts to 2x/3x weekly because of time and recovery issues. I finished yesterday’s workout today, so this post combines both.
Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 6
215 x 4
185 x 8
185 x 6
185 x 3 x 5
Seated, chest supported row (each side)
45 x 2 x 10
45 + 25 (10 x 10)
90 (two plates) x 3 x 10
I have no idea how to calculate the total resistance but I think each side starts at 25 pounds, making my top-sets 230 lbs.
50 chin-ups
40 dips (elbow is meh)
100 pushups
Tricep extension 5 x 20
Preacher Curl 8 x 10
I lose count of the sets I do sometimes. I tend to keep going until form crumbles or I get too nauseous to continue.
On the bright side, I’m gonna squat again tomorrow for the first time in a minute. Back is finally on the mend. Stomach is not, but I’ve been choking down smoothies and eating one high-calorie meal at night. I get in at least 10k steps most days.
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That’s a bright side indeed! I’ve actually adopted a similar nutritional approach: one big meal in the evening, and shakes for the rest of the day. Really just my preference at this point. Let the cattle graze: the predators will feast once and wait for the next feast.
Good to hear about the back as well. Been troubleshooting my own. We may be linked here.
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I’m allergic to so many things and I have such consistent daily nausea that I view eating as a task to be completed. I’m too scared to use MK 677 because I have no clue what I’m doing (or how it will interact with my current meds).
Trusting doctors got me to this point health-wise, so I’m actively seeking out unconventional solutions.
A few chiropractic adjustments and e-stim massage sessions have gotten rid of the pain entirely. I think I’m gonna have to tuck my tail between my legs and stick to hex bar deadlifts from now on.
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Dude, you may dig the work of Dr. Robert Kiltz. He’s super big on One Meal a Day (intermittent feasting), basing it around the premise that eating/digesting is honestly a very destructive process to our body. It’s constantly eroding away the mucus lining in our guts and disrupting bodily processes. He’s proposed an idea that there is no good food to eat: that ALL eating is ultimately destructive, but what we can do is try to limit the damage as much as we can. It’s wild, but viewing it from that lens can be eye opening. I know I’m feeling really good keeping my meals to once a day. I go up to twice on the weekends, and it’s honestly a struggle, and then I think about how I used to be a grazer eating every 30 minutes and it’s no wonder my guts were killing me.
And you aren’t tail tucking at all: I’m literally doing the exact same thing. The barbelly deadlift is just plain stupid. It’s an arbitrary starting height determined by plate diameter: it’s not going to be optimal for anyone. When it comes to week in/week out worksets, the trap bar makes more sense to me. If you want to keep that barbell technique grooved, I’ve settled on one set a week of deadlifts, and even then it’s a ROM progression cycle, so I only pull from the floor once every 2 months. But it allows me to hold onto the technique.
Did low-bar trap deadlifts today. My back feels fine but the positioning felt very awkward because the handles were on a rotating axis.
I’d like to see what I could hit fresh and with a better hex bar.
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 5
405 x 5
455 x 2
405 x 2
365 x 2 x 5
Called it here as my back was fatigued from yesterday. Low bar feels similar to DL in terms of intensity.
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Joined an MMA gym today.
It was great! Loved it. Will be back as often as possible. Historically, intense conditioning has stimulated my appetite so I may be solving two birds with one stone.
I can’t wait to trap bar deadlift 585 and fight amateur at the same time.
I was a quote on quote loser in high school and I think it’s funny how different I am now. Money and exercise changed my life for the better. It’s sad how differently I’m treated now vs. back then.
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Dude, high school is a joke in general. Media plays it up like it’s going to be some sort of significant life changing moment in your life, when really it’s not even the tutorial level in a video game. Your peers don’t even have pre-frontal cortexes yet: they’re not fully baked humans. You’re now realizing what you really are, and you have so much strength and fortitude behind you that you’re awesome.
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Like T3 has typed, high school is nothing more than a bus stop in life. Lifting helped me put on enough muscle to keep the high school pricks away. My freshman year I had to fight a senior. I made him cry. Nothing like a right jab and a left cross. Life turned 180* post high school. I studied what I wanted to in college (history and philosophy), ended up teaching high school (still), and married a juco volleyball player who rocked a bikini. The joke was on my former classmates. You sound like you have moved on and met with success. Good for you.
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Trap Bar Deadlift (Low-Handle)
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 5
365 x 3
405 x 5
455 x 1
365 x 8
Chest-supported Back Row 3 x 10
Lat Pulldown 4 x 10
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Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 7
185 x 10
155 x 10
135 x 10
One-Arm DB Row (sets include both arms)
85 x 15
90 x 10
95 x 3 x 10
85 x 10
90 x 10
50 dips (broken into 1 x 15, sets of 10 and then 5)
DB Curl (weight is per dumbbell)
40 x 4 x 10
37.5 x 2 x 10
Tricep push down
5 x 20
Preacher Curl
75 lb x 10
70 lb x 10
70 lb x 10
65 lb x 10
55 lb x 10
Weight is tracking down, but it’s because I’m also doing boxing.
I’m careful with my calories nowadays. I don’t post here too often but it’s been a while since I did a physique update.
Can’t wait to be the most dangerous person I know!
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More boxing today.
Spent an hour and a half doing speed bag, all-out 3-minute rounds on heavy bag, a few (20) pull-ups and some pushups
Trying to get my conditioning up
I retained all the skills I learned from my coach last year, which is pretty cool.
Did 3 x 15 ab wheel once I got home.
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Solid. 
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Stopped by the gym for some calisthenics. Ended up falling on something and hurting my right tricep. I’ll probably lay off pressing movements for a week or so but at least it’s not my back
60 chin-ups
40 dips
Seated Tricep Pushdowns
Several sets of 10 and 15 reps with 175 to 200 lb
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Making it happen with boxing still
Finally got to the gym today
Low handle trap bar DL
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 3
405 x 7 (recent PR)
365 x 2 x 5
- got reprimanded for using chalk
Lat pull down
220 x 10
200 x 10
180 x 10
160 x 10
Lower Back Extension
3 x 10 x 60 lb
Bench and back tomorrow
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