My legs are ruined today!
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Dont even talk to me about ruined legs. I have no sympathy for you.
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Ha!
This might be close to the worst I’ve felt after a workout. I felt actually ill all day
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Argh! Went back and checked our lunge distance because it was bothering me. I was way off. It was just under .9 miles. I still feel like I may never walk right again, so that extra quarter mile wasn’t happening either way
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The worst I’ve done was the “tribute to Ukraine” workout I did (inspired by aldebaran)
It started with 1991 walking lunges
Then went into some other stuff, but those lunges……
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It’s an easy way to cause a shocking amount of lasting discomfort
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They’re deceptive bc you start with “oh, just bodyweight “
Then you get a couple hundred in, and it becomes “fuck….”
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Well I certainly got the most exciting call of my week today: I’m a moderator on here. I absolutely don’t bring the value of the other names I saw, but I’m super excited. I don’t know how best to be helpful, but I’ll definitely do what I can!
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Who else is going to teach us about the birds and the bees? And by “birds” and “bees”, i mean “spin” and “class”, respectively. 
Congrats man!
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Haha!
Thanks man! I’m seriously floored.
I’ve really got to figure I’m just getting good at fooling folks. I mean, I once convinced my wife to marry me! Can you believe that? Honestly, it kind of makes me judge her for her poor taste.
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Also - please tag me when you start your HIT plan. I’m really curious to see how you go. You’ve been able to completely switch methods a couple times, so I want to see this one.
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Mate who else am I going to go to when I want to know how to gain some muscle and build a massive set of guns. Well deserved sir.
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Congrats! you 100% deserve your status
strong disagree
I feel the same way everyday at school.
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Thank you both! And I thought I wasn’t good at fishing… until the catch is compliments
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TBH this is more due to me being unable to integrate into an advanced training style than it is me being able to switch, but I’m happy to have you tag along. I think I found my dieting trick (fasting) and I’ll be starting TRT likely around the same time I begin the challenge - so I’m probably going to show a LOT of results that are fluffed, but I won’t be keeping it a secret either.
Who knows, maybe I’ve never trained “True HIT” and find that Darden’s stuff works like a charm!
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I’d just like to add I knew you (on here) before you were the popular kid.
Don’t forget us little people when you are hanging out with celebs dude 
In all seriousness well deserved.
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The good news is there’s still plenty of time to know me before I’m cool.
Thanks man!
Eh. I don’t know if I agree with this. You make spreadsheets. What could be more advanced?? Seriously, you’re willing to really experiment; that at least keeps this all honest.
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@rugby_lifting made a good point in another thread, I wrote a long-winded ramble, as is my way, and then realized it was off-topic. I made too few typos to be able to stomach losing it, so I’m dropping it in here.
I’ll say “all programs I can actually stick to”. Actually I’ll say “most” because I’m sure there’s nonsense I’ve tried. I’ve definitely tried things that have me so ruined I just can’t keep up with whatever progression plan is on there. I’m aware I’m just not tough enough, but that’s why I always liked the Meadows stuff - the beating is just never in my joints.
I do notice a difference in things like arms or shoulders (easier to see without being real lean, I guess) based on what I’m doing. Those are also things that some programs give you 16 sets for and some ignore completely. So I guess really all I’m demonstrating is the dubious principle that weight training leads to hypertrophy.
To your point, though, my legs seem to be able to get what they’re going to get out of a huge variety of methods. I know I’ve been whining lately about a near-death experience from lunge walks. I’d say my legs do best from whatever I’m not currently doing. In this case I’m definitely using soreness as a proxy for hypertrophy.
I don’t know the point of my ramble, which is often the case. It’s hard to judge whether a program is more it less effective because I can’t see the couple grams of muscle at this point. I tend to go with:
- Can I get through it while actually pushing hard?
- Do I get sore where I want?
- Do my arms look better than @simo74’s?
I don’t really have any strength goals or anything, but I definitely notice if I’m continually doing a movement and it’s not improving.
All that said, there’s definitely stuff I just don’t “like” doing. Like I’m simply not going to set up a bunch of supersets in the gym. It’s too stressful. If a program calls for that, it’s not the right choice for me.
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Congratulations hehe!
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LOL my forearms might be a reasonable standard but doubt you wanna use my biceps to judge good progress.
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