Good to see you back in the gym mate and it looks like you had a decent session.
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Body weight 95.5 on waking.
26-8-19
Bench
100kg 5x5
Inc DB Bench
40kg 2x8
WG Pulldowns
82kg 3x10
Dip Machine
160kg 3x10
Cable Rows
70kg 3x10
Shoulder feels back to normal, not pushing the weight stupidly high. I’m going to be building back up with 5x5 on Mondays, and 4x8 Mid Grip on Thursdays. Next comp is Deadlift only so I’ve got nothing to push for, just carry on building the base.
Body weight is around 96-96.5kg atm after a weekend away at the sister in laws, and eating a lot of food. I’ve pushed my bulk as far as I’m comfortable for now… I’m constantly feeling bloated and fat, so I’m dropping to maintenance calories for a few weeks, then I’ll move into a slow cut to get rid of the excess bodyfat.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1oMegYlSa2/?igshid=5ey792oq2jcl
Good to hear the shoulder is feeling batter and you are back pressing. Will you still get it scanned?
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Yea, its still painful to lay on my left side, but thats the only time it causes me any problems, and even if it wasnt Id still get it done for piece of mind, because theres definately something going on for it to be as bad as it was.
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Body weight 96.5 on waking
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Healthcare over here is crazy! I pay $1100 per month for coverage for myself and my two daughters. We’re all three healthy and rarely use it. My wife is on a separate policy and pays about $600 per month. It’s insane… our health care costs are about what I made my first year out of college lol.
But… when my wife was sick they probably ponied up close to $1mil in claims so I can’t complain too much
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What’s your total weight gain been this far? What is your nutrition like? Asking for a friend 
Wow thats crazy!!
Weight is up around 6-7kg, I used to hover around 89-90kg day to day, I’m steady at 96.5kg atm.
Nutrition wise was pretty clean, I was bulking on around 4.5k cals per day, 250ish P / 130ish F / rest carbs. Monday to Friday was quite regimented, the weekend was a little more relaxed but I stuck to roughly the same calories.
I’m on 4k cals per day right now and my weight is staying where it is. I’m planning to do a small cut in a month or so (most likely straight after the Deadlift comp) and get rid of a bit of excess fat for my wedding in December, and honeymoon in Jan.
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28-8-19
Squat
165kg 3x5
Belt Squat
60kg 3x10
45 Back Raise
60kg 3x8
RDL
180kg 2x6
Squats felt really light today, and the knee felt decent. No pain from whatever was wrong with it, just uncomfortable… Its aching now though.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1t_hgCFp1f/?igshid=y6xy8se0om6l
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Body weight 96.3 on waking.
Legs are particularly achey today, and my knee is aching a little too.
29-8-19
Tempo Bench
100kg 4x5
DB OHP
36kg 3x8
Side / Front raise SS
8kg 3x12
CG Pulldown
75kg 3x10
Dip Machine
160kg 3x8
Seal Row
70kg 2x8
First set of Tempos were a bit quicker than I wanted but I slowed them down a bit for the following sets. They’re surprisingly hard, I like em!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wV3uwl1Jn/?igshid=3304gf81lu8h
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Body weight 96.2 on waking
31-8-19
Deadlift
245kg x4 PB
Paused Deadlift
200kg 3x5
RDL
170kg 2x6
GHR
BW 3x8
PB Deadlift, as stupid as the set is! I was supposed to do 3, my first rep looked and felt RPE 10 which really pissed me off!! So I did another 3 reps which were better!
Deadlifting sucks!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1090GgFwKZ/?igshid=14m5igtdtuc31
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Body weight 96.5 on waking
2-9-18
Bench
110kg 4x6
Tricep Pressdowns
70kg 4x12
CG Pulldowns
75kg 3x12
Fly Machine
55kg 4x10
Face Pulls
32kg 4x10
Shoulder seems to be good again, Bench feeling as good as it did before the injury. Time to get myself back on track!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B16bJ2tFW3c/?igshid=156opri2ppbef
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Body weight 96.7 on waking
3-9-19
Squat
225kg x5 PB
175kg 2x8
Single Leg Hammi Curls
25kg 3x10
Leg Ext
60kg 4x10
45 Back Raise
BW 3x8
Needed to blow off some steam and warm ups felt good, so threw out my planned session and just worked up to a new 5RM, last warm up single was 205kg and it felt so easy, so jumped up to 225kg! Reps were a bit slow towards the end, but technique didn’t feel like it was faltering much, was just fatigued.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B19HQ2vFiR9/?igshid=1fj31zykrdb8b
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Nice little PB there Andy. Looked strong too.
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Body weight 96.5 on waking