The Pursuit of Mythical Gains

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1503

Back to the gym. Started SS NLP, modified for my old self.

SQ - 5x3@120
BP - 5x3@120
Curls 10x3@17.5, TPD and FP 10x3@25, sit ups 20x4.

Weighed 191@18.5% for the week.

Sixty days sober today.

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1504

Best PR so far. Keep it up dude. You are one of my favorite posters

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1505

7-20-21

SQ 5x3@120
DL 5x3@135
OHP 5x3@20 (DB)
TPD&Fp’s 10x3@20
Curls 10x3@20
Situps 20x4.

Taking it slow on the re-entry, was still sore and stiff this AM from the last workout. Lost some weight, BF coming down, seeing progress.

Survey - OHP seated on Smith machine or standing with DB’s?

No power rack.

1506

I’m a fan of seated dumbbell presses. You can get your arms in the correct path and I feel I get more out of trying to stabilize the dB while I lift it. I hate smith oressing, you’re locked in with zero changes available. I also dislike standing dumbbell OHP because for me, the weight I can lift drastically goes down due to stability

1507

This.

My unscientific opinion is that this is better because I don’t have a rack either, but I do have a few dumbbells.
:+1:

1508

Probably one of those things that one of the lifts is better for one goal, and the other is better for a different goal. Standing presses are great for overall stability, which can transfer to other lifts, but the seated is probably better for loading the delts if hypertrophy in the delts is the goal.

One of the best stability exercises I have done is overhead yolk walks. They are brutal (at least at first). My gym’s unloaded yolk is 190, so you kinda gotta jump into the deep end with it.

1509

Shortly after posting that I was thinking the same thing. Definitely depends on the persons goal.

The overhead walk sounds interesting. I do that sometimes with heavy ladders and pole pieces just because lol

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1510

I’ve rarely felt more unstable than when I have done overhead walks.

1511

What are your goals?

Classic T-Nation question that I overlooked. Currently working on increasing strength but am conscious of my BF, if that makes sense. Pretty sure the standing dumb bells is my choice as it promotes stability.

Thanks for all of the responses.

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1512

7-22-2021

SQ 5x3x125
BP 5x3x125
DL 5x3x145
PD’s, FP’s 10x3x25, Curls 10x3x20, situps 20x4

Up early, good workout. Slowly progressing.

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1513

Just going to journal in here a bit as well, maybe get some feedback from my peeps. I work at a country club and we are having our annual member guest tournament - three days of drunkenness. I have 65 days of sobriety. Feeling a little like I am missing out on the fun. Part of it is the novelty of being sober has worn off and my brain hasn’t recovered from years of abuse, so I’m feeling a little flat emotionally. I’m also really busy so it’s hard/impossible to get to a meeting, online or otherwise. I’m not worried about picking up but am mostly dealing with new normal, which seems to be changing every day.

Otherwise, it’s another beautiful day on the golf course.

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1514

Maybe you aren’t missing out. Now you’re the designated driver of the fun. Like Winston from John Wick. You can’t fulfill that role when you’re in the thick of it.

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1515

Well, this morning I felt like I was missing out for sure - missing out on a hangover, lol.

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1516

7-24-2021

SQ 5x3x135
DL 5x3x145
OHP 5x3x25
Curls, TPD’s, FP’s 10x3x25, situps 20x4.

Down a half pound and BF% going down, probably just a dehydration thing from being out in the sun.

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1517

Week of 7/25/21 weigh in:

Weight = 189.6, BF = .179

That’s an average for the seven days. Down a pound of fat, up a half pound of muscle. Good progress.

1518

7/26/21

SQ 5X3X140
DL 5X3X150
BP 5X3X130
Curls 8x3x20, TPD’s and FP’s 8x3x30, shrugs 20x3x20, wrist curls 20x3x20

Good workout, getting into the flow. About an hour.

1519

7-31-21

SQ 5X3X145
BP 5X3X135
DL 5X3X155
Shrugs 20x3x20, Curls 8x3x20, TPD’s and FP’s 10X3X30

Kids in town, missed a few days, good to be back in the gym.

1520

8-1-21

Weekly weigh in.

191.55 @ 18.2%.

Been eating too well with the kids, lol.

1521

8-2-21

SQ 5X3X150
DL 5X3X155
OHP 5X3X30 (db’s)
Cable curls 10x3x20, tri ext 10x3x20, shrugs 20x3x30, FP’s 10x3x25, sit ups 25x4,

Ate like a pig yesterday, weight remained the same, BF% dropped. This shit makes no sense, lol.

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1522

8-11-21

SQ 5X110, 125, 145 (forgot to AMRAP), 10X4@80 (531 BBB)
BP 5X95, 110, 10X125 (Capped AMRAP)
Incline DB Press 10X3X30 (BBB)
Situps 25x4, Curls 8x3x25, BPA’s 3x20, FP’s 10x3x25, TPD’s 10x3x25

Obvs, took a few days off. Weight remained pretty much the same but decided to switch to 531 due to the layoff - start with a low TM and do AMRAPS, add some BB’ing stuff to improve body composition.

Will alternate SQ and BP with DL and OHP for now. As weight and RPE increases will probably go to standard 4 day split.

Started back on TRT this week, 100mg E7D to start. Hopefully will see some gains soon.