F’ck that looks nasty.
Glad we don’t have deadly bugs here.
Stay safe
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Brown recluse then? Those can eat the flesh if untreated. They like the dark, but you could’ve easily found one in its hiding spot and pissed it off. Those are as common as house flies around here.
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You okay?
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That’s what I suspect, they’re super common here too. So far, no doctor’s been willing to investigate. It’s getting a little better but hasn’t healed, so a fourth trip to the doc may be in order 
Thanks for asking, CL.
I’m ok, going through some relationship woes with my ex-girlfriend and on-and-off best friend of 18 years; had to quit a job because the company was bad and am distressed about unemployment; and my baby brother’s wife of eight MONTHS just kicked him out of their house and is divorcing him after a mutual friend caught her taking walks with a coworker, a coworker she’s texted and called and lied to my brother about. And I’m not training because I’m in a rut and don’t want to gather the emotional energy.
Seriously, I appreciate you reaching out. How are you?
Wow! You got a lot going on there. Glad you are as good as can be expected. You can’t just drop a spider bite bomb and leave hanging like that…lol
Thought I was gonna have to do some witch doctoring.
Things are okay here. Jed had a fever and headache last week but all better now, probably allergies but anybody with fever right now is suspect.
Hope things start to get better for you soon! This too shall pass.
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Hope that thing turns the corner for you. In regards to the other stuff, pray for guidance - not everything in this life requires our energy. It sounds like things outside of your control are stealing your energy. You don’t have to lift weights, but find something that is positive for your mental health.
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Haha true. No doctor has acknowledged it’s a spider bite, but it seems pretty obvious.
I glad he’s feeling better, especially give the current situation of how common symptoms are being interpreted.
Yes and amen, and in Hebrew, ken vay omain!
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Sounds like a rough time mate. Here if you need to talk or just want the distraction.
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Likewise, I appreciate it.
That’s a good idea and reminder, which I’ve only somewhat enacted.
Good point! From your more-objective perspective, what aspects of this are out of my control and stealing my energy?
Thanks Rob, I appreciate it and will probably take you up on the convo offer.
Semi-relatedly, I’m thinking about writing one of those long, weepy posts in Off Topic about the ins-and-outs of my relationship distress, the type of posts all us regulars love so much 
If I do, I’ll value hearing your and other’s input.
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Mate go for it, sometimes just getting things down in paper (or screen) can be therapeutic. At worst you get some opinions that you don’t want at best you work though some stuff and get perspective.
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Good points. I’ll gather the emotional energy then proceed.
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Typing current training thoughts.
Gyms are still closed and I don’t have the necessary equipment to follow the PL-style plan Simo and others wrote for me. Keeping it simple is most appealing right now. A daily calisthenics complex (well, 3-5 times per week) plus a barbell lift and maybe one isolation lift will be fun and motivating instead of emotionally taxing.
Calisthenics complex, 4 rounds
- 15 pushups
- 15 dumbbell swings
- 15 mountain climbers
- 10 walking lunges (per leg)
- 5 towel pullups (I hate them)
Barbell lifts, one each day/once each week
- OHP, any variation
- front squats
- barbell rows
- low incline dumbbell presses
- deficit deadlifts
Isolation exercises
- rear delt flyes
- calf raises
- curls
- whatever i feel like, if anything
Issues I note after writing this
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In the last couple years, I’ve noticed I rarely lift two days in a row. The above routine has me lifting five times each week. If I keep the isolation lifts minimal, I may be able to recover in time.
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I don’t want to forego those five barbell lifts, and I need sufficient pulling to balance the pushing, hence towel pullups as part of the calisthenics.
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dumbbell swings five times a week might hurt the hip that keeps me from doing daily dose deadlifts.
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gotta do curls. I actually enjoy them. @TrainForPain gets it.
Revised thoughts
I can change the daily calisthenics, doing pushups, pullups, and mountain climbers before the upper body lifts and do walking lunges, dumbbell swings, and mountain climbers on front squat and deficit deadlift days.
I could find a way to compress this to 3 lifting days per week.
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Or you could just do it on a 10/12 day rotation.
True. Five barbell lifts, performed every-other day on a revolving schedule. I’d do the full calisthenics routine each lifting day, which would maintain total volume and frequency.
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I feel like I just need to say this, ya know, because I can’t keep my mouth shut… she is an EX for a reason. Times are crazy right now, and that generally leads to people casting about looking for comfort. Something familiar because everything else is chaos. The problem is, when the chaos has passed all you have done is wasted more time on something that should have already been forgotten.
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You have to. It’s about fitting your strength training around your arm work, not fitting arm work into a strength routine.
Just catching up on your relationship woes. I’m sorry to hear it. @ChickenLittle has put some solid thoughts pretty eloquently. I hope things ease up for you
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You’re saying lots of the sense that I’m needing to hear.
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And that right there is why I haven’t been able to find or commit to a routine. My priorities were backwards, and it took an objective yet caring voice of reason to set me straight.
Thanks man, so do I, and I appreciate it.
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