Fitness by osmosis 
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9-2-2019 Restart
SS workout number 1
Curls 10x4x10, TPDās 10x4x20, LPDās 10x3x60
I havenāt lifted in seven weeks and I usually make the mistake of going back too heavy, so Iām going to do SS for a few weeks starting with the empty bar - today was my first workout.
About twenty minutes.
Iām at 190 and 18%BF.
Back to work tomorrow
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Off the juice, on new meds, lethargic AF, down to 183.
Surviving re-entry to school, getting along with the ex, spending time with my kids.
Hope to get back to the gym soon.
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Down to 178 today, all good.
Went into Manhattan last weekend to meet a HS girlfriend, had a great time.
Took my son to the gym yesterday, we did a DB workout - OHP, BP, Rows. We did some lat pull downs, some curls, and some Tricep push downs. Then hit the leg machines, press, extensions, and curls.
Then hit the treadmill for 20 minutes at 2.5% incline at 3.1 MPH.
Heās thirteen and a little fat, about to grow - maybe 5ā1" and 140 pounds. He wants to get jacked.
Weāre going to add reps, then weight, the goal being to get him on barbells and maybe SS in the near future.
His voice is just starting to change, so a good time to hit the gym with him. And a good way to motivate me.
My daughter hit me up today - she wants to lift too. Sheās a junior. As a freshman she won her conference for her grade in the shot put, and she wants to crush her competition this year, so she wants to squat, clean, and snatch. She doesnāt know that yet, but she knows I used to be jacked and she wants to win her conference as a junior. Her main competitor is a classmate and she wants to crush her.
I like that.
So, getting dragged out of my depression by my kids - a son that wants to be jacked and a daughter that wants to crush her competition in the shot put.
Life is good.
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Good to see you posting again Myth.
Great to have kids that wants to do something together with you.
Learn them the basic skills of lifting and youāve done a good job.
That way everytime they pick up a weight in the future theyāll be sending the old man some good thoughts.
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My daughter is motivated to crush the shot put this year, so I am thinking about hiring someone to teach her to lift.
This is my first choice.
She has a 1,067 total (485KG) at 156 pounds body weight (71KG) for a 488 Wilks.
She is also a Doctor of Physical Therapy.
Thoughts?
Neither of those qualifications mean she is a good coach. She is a reasonably good powerlifter, and one would hope a good physical therapist.
Find someone, preferably local, who has proven to be good at making girls your daughterās age improve their athletic performance. Failing that, find someone, preferably local, who has proven to be good at making teenagers stronger.
Being a decent powerlfiter only says that either you know how to train yourself; donāt know how you train yourself but are genetically gifted for the sport; or have a good coach and are good at doing exactly what youāre told.
Being a doctor of physiotherapy only says that you are qualified to treat people needing physiotherapy. If you are also a decent powerlfiter, you will probably be especially good at treating powerlifters who need physiotherapy.
Thanks for the thoughtful response.
I should have been more clear. She is local. She works out of her garage and is a SSC. She has distanced herself from SS with the split going on between SS and Barbell Medicine. Not sure you have been following that split, but itās there.
I wondered about that myself. She does coach some powerlifters as part of her practice, and focuses on rehab and strength.
What I liked about her is that she is strong, that she can teach the lifts that will be important to my daughter getting stronger, that she is local, and that I know her through her husband, who was my trainer briefly.
I think the fit is that she can coach the four main lifts, has coached others successfully (see her website), plus the most important Oly lift for throwing the shot (Power Clean), that she is local, that she is a good lifter herself, and that she is a good role model for my daughter.
You are, as always, right on Mark. Thanks.
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Those are probably good enough reasons to pick her. I should have known you would have thought it through.
What is this split? What is Barbell Medecine?
Itās complicated, but basically a few leading proponents of SS split off from SS and started Barbell Medicine. Basically, they had a problem with SS promoting online coaching without allowing all SS coaches to be a part of that.
Jordan Feigenbaum and Austin Baraki started it, and then Alan Thrall moved to BBM, soon followed by Leah Lutz and a few others.
I may have the sequence wrong, but, Jordan and Austin were the MDās that lent credibility to SS.
Iāll just post the Jordan open letter here.
Fair enough.
How did MDs lend credibility to SS?
Well, I guess thatās a good question.
But, it seemed to work for Rip,having Jordan and Austin on his team.
And, it seems to help Barbell Medicine.
I get you.
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Iām still alive, sort of.
Iām planning on quitting my teaching gig and moving to Oregon.
Weighed in at 170 this morning. Still no gym, no yoga, no nothing.
Hopefully that will change soon.
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Well, well, well. Merry Christmas all.
I just got back from Wisconsin, hung out with a high school friend, and am about to go see my kids for breakfast and open presents. Itās a good thing.
Going to share, in spite of the fact that there is enough information for me to be doxxed, but doubt anyone is paying that close attention.
On Saturday, Iām checking myself into rehab, woo hoo. Will be out of pocket for two to three weeks.
Itās overdue.
Iāve managed to get myself into some shit that is way too deep for this pussy, so off I go.
Iāll be back.
Peace.
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Merry Christmas. Be strong, be well.
āI help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help peopleā¦ to me, thatās what the emerging game is all about.ā - Ram Dass.
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Be well my friend. See you when you come back
Man, we arenāt trying to find out who you are.
Weāre trying to forget!
Thatās a good decision. Wishing you the best.
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Thanks Chris.
Thanks Mark. Be huge.
Oh wait, youāre already huge.
Work on your fatsique poses.
Just so you know, I really appreciate the fact that you have kept following my thread even though I have become a skinny MF and a train wreck.
Back soon, better than ever!
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Lol. Well of course, you already know who I am, so there is that.
I was kidding about being doxxed. It would be arrogant for me to think that anyone gives a shit who I am IRL.
But, I meant to share more. I overdosed on heroin a few weeks ago. Got a free ride to the hospital in a police ambulance.
I thought it was free.
Then I got the $1400 bill.
Yikes.
At least they didnāt charge me for the eight units of Narcan.
Yes, Eight. WTF?
I am looking forward to getting sober, and then getting jacked AF for my sixtieth birthday in four years, lol.
Thanks for the support, and the humor, and the guidance.
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