That was beautiful
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12 eggs and some beef
I am sure I am dying
Monolith is built
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I prefer limericks to haikus, but that was good too.
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I was just too lazy for iambic pentameter.
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a true poet
Especially embarrassing situation if you’re a dude…
No doubt!
My idiocy comes from my love of the trap bar😔 And let’s face it, I’m not moving enough weight on the OHP to count as a main movement. So… yes, I altered the program to include the trap bar as a main lift. If it fails, the blame is all mine.
No alteration at all: Jim says that’s a totally acceptable movement to use in place of the deadlift. His most recent meet he hosted used a trap bar lift.
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Problem is, I didn’t swap it out for deads, I added to the OHP day
You people that love training confuse me.
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I eat when I’m hungry. I dont count calories, or even macros. Anytime I think I could eat, I shovel a small car into my stomach. If I’m exceptionally sore, I’ll force an extra meal or two down the following day. If I start to gain too much weight, I just remove a meal.
Related, I think diet is important, and some people need a ridiculous amount of micro managing to stay interested, but the vast majority of people just fucking drop the ball. If you can get yourself on a strict limited amount of food variety, you can simply add or reduce a meal and get what you need. (This obviously doesnt pertain to physique lifters)
Also, this is a confession, but also an anecdotal observation… I’ve been busting my ass to get squats and deads higher, and completely bullshitted through every bench workout for the last 6 months. Deadlift has been a slow crawl, squats have gone up, but nothing to right home about, and my half assed bench has climbed about a solid 30lbs. I hate everyone under 6’ and I hate that my perception of bench has changed so much that I literally dont care if it goes up anymore, and it’s the only thing that just climbs. Oh well.
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I’m starting to understand what you mean.
I hate jogging. I hate every minute of it.
I love how, since I’ve started slow jogging 1-2x a week, everything I do seems to feel easier and my entire body feels lighter and more comfortable. I swear it is helping with my posture too.
I do enjoy lifting though. I currently find it a good way to de-stress after work.
I get this.
I just hate being fat and weak more than I dislike training. At least if I train I can be fat and eventually strong.
I mean, sure, I could be lean and weak, but that takes more effort than being fat and strong.
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I like the training since it’s away for me to get my aggression out . But the day or two after a hard session it sucks when your paying the piper.
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I am still amused by the numbers of beginner males who actually worry about getting too big.
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I lost nearly 12lbs in 1 run and I am also in the 40’s.
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Someone, I can’t remember who, but a notable author, was quoted as saying “I don’t enjoy writing. What I enjoy is having written.” Most days, that’s how I feel. About a lot of stuff, really.
Although maybe three out of five times I get on the treadmill my attitude sweetens during the first 10 minutes or so and I start getting really into it, but then I’m faced with a different misery when I’m all in and motivated, but screwed around too long beforehand and now only have 30 minutes to spend sprinting before I have to get ready for work, and what I really would like is to stretch out and spend an hour.
Another confession is that I thought the kettlebell swings I was doing (motivated by @flappinit and @caesium32) messed up my shoulder. It felt like my arm had pulled partially out of my shoulder joint. So anyway, I stopped doing upper body stuff, but it didn’t get better and I eventually realized that over the course of the summer I’ve thrown more and more crap into my handbag, which is large and briefcase-like, as well as my backpack for work, which holds books and my computer and lunches and drinks. I carry both on one arm and walk a quarter mile or so into my office now, and have been for the past year. When it occurred to me that this might be the problem (it happened when I was in college, too) (be careful, @anna_5588) I emptied out the handbag and found things like phone chargers and batteries, which I was throwing in for vacations and camping and such. Now I’m using the other arm and my right arm seems to be reconnecting itself with my torso.
I confess that it’s difficult working with someone like me, and often wish I had someone easier to manage.
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I just wanna grab em and yell, “Do you understand how long I’ve been lifting to look this average?!” *insert wild look in my eye 
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But your not a special snowflake.
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