Well, you probably have photo evidence of that much.
Iāve lost my password to your OnlyFans Iām afraid.
(Is that how it works?)
Dude, just because I make jokes about OnlyFans doesnāt mean I know what it is or how it works.
Just be like @Frank_C and go those upper body gainz!
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I havenāt stated it in such direct terms, but that is basically what I have been transforming myself into (or at least preparing for it) during the current lockdown. Strongish muscular upper body, athletic lower body and some much improved conditioning capabilities. If I put ego aside, this is probably what my body type is best suited for. I just dislike not being able to squat heavy stuff and I need to get over it.
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Meant to address this directly: I feel like I have been lazy as hell during this lockdown. And compared to my usual workload, that is objectively true.
Gyms will openā¦maybe in May? Government is not being specific yet.
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Thatās right! No one notices legs except other dudes who lift. And when they do, theyāre checking to see if theyāre bigger than you or finding flaws to make themselves feel better.
I think decades of people telling us to squat heavy has made this very difficult.
With the exception of top end strength due to a lack of weight and the proper equipment, how do you feel this is going? Have you lost muscle or definition? The reason I ask is that I suspect weāve all been doing more than is necessary to reach our goals. I suppose Iāll have to do a photo comparison but my back work is 1/4 to 1/3 of what it used to be and I donāt think anything has changed in terms of physique. Strength is down on pull ups but thatās because pull ups are very specific for me. I have to do them often to get good at them and if I cut them from my training then I end up where I am now.
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I second this. You seem to be coping well with all this shit. Speaks to your character
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Thanks, thatās nice to hear.
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Kinda hard to say. Weight is now down 11 kilo since the start. Heart rate and BP dramatically improved, along with the cardio capability. I feel like less of a fat shit. Clothes fit better, and I cannot even push out my stomach to make it look fat. Definitionā¦I think that when I get my pump on, I look pretty decent and strong. But less so when just walking around, obviously.
Doubt I can press my bodyweight at the moment, but chest seems to be the last place I lose strength, so that is probably mostly good.
If only I could get rid of the last vestiges of the love handles (hello beer and salt my old friends), I would be pretty pleased. I can probably get there if I drop another two or three kilo, or close enough.
So all in all, I guess it is fine. I mean, it is fine. I just hate being weak.
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The good news is that competitive lifters are proof that you can get stronger without going up a weight class. It just takes time.
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A reverse proposal is that competitive lifters are proof that most CANāT get stronger without going up a weight class, and that it is the ability of said competitive lifters that MAKES them competitive lifters vs not.
In much the same way that NFL linebackers are proof that MOST folks canāt be 300lbs and fast as a goddamn panther, because if they couldā¦theyād play for the NFL, haha.
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Wellā¦
Thatās disappointing.
Guess Iāll continue working on my skill so I can add weight to the bar in that manner.
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Way to piss all over our cornflakes, mate.
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Cornflakes arenāt Deep Water approved: Iām doing you all a favor!
Fixed that for you 
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Day Who Gives a Shit.
Shoulder day. Doing last week was barbell, so this week is HSPUs. Feeling good enough to go after it.
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Handstand Push-Up
- 5 reps
- 8 reps
- 10 reps
- 12 reps
- 25 reps (PR)
- 15 reps
- 12 reps
- 10 reps
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Upright Barbell Row
- 27 kg x 10 reps
- 27 kg x 10 reps
- 27 kg x 10 reps
- 27 kg x 10 reps
- 27 kg x 10 reps
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Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press
- 14 kg x 10 reps
- 14 kg x 10 reps
- 14 kg x 10 reps
- 14 kg x 10 reps
- 14 kg x 15 reps
Smooshed my old PR (21) and the reps were fast but mostly good. This is kinda like going for max pushups, the lockout is not going to be perfect. I just make sure at least my head bumps the ground with every rep.
Stuff after that was alternating. Will slowly increase the weight of those DB presses, but these are good finishers.
2.1 mile around the loop again. About 9 minutes per mile average. Nice day, actually sweating hard for once.
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Day Nobody Cares.
Bit of a sub-par pulling day. Usually would have a day off from shoulders first, so that was probably part of it. Tried to make sure at least the last two sets were high quality.
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 6 reps
- 7 reps
- 8 reps
- 9 reps
- 10 reps
- 11 reps
- 12 reps
- 10 reps
- 10 reps
- 8 reps
- 8 reps
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Crunch
- 30 reps
- 30 reps
- 30 reps
- 30 reps
- 40 reps
- 50 reps
- 50 reps
- 50 reps
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Ab Wheel (standing)
- 3 reps
Just doing a few ab rolls every week so that my core doesnāt forget how to deal with them. Also 10 minutes of Bob today. I still seem to have a bruise on my right ring finger knuckle. Probably from all that all that bare fisting I was doing to him a few months ago. Annoying as shit.
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Day I Dunno.
Just a slow run today. I kinda like doing a the first mile a bit slow, and the second one a bit quicker. Still slow overall, I nice gentle jog.
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Day Something Something.
Boobies. Went pretty easy, but did add in some weighted Bulgarians as promised. Still going easy on them, lest my arse be rendered unusable the next few days.
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Dumbbell Floor Press
- 22 kg x 10 reps
- 24 kg x 10 reps
- 26 kg x 10 reps
- 28 kg x 10 reps
- 30 kg x 10 reps
- 32 kg x 10 reps
- 34 kg x 10 reps
- 26 kg x 10 reps
- 26 kg x 10 reps
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Body Weight Bulgarian Split Squat
- 6 reps
- 6 reps
- 15 reps
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Barbell Bulgarian Split Squat
- 11 kg x 6 reps
- 15 kg x 6 reps
- 17 kg x 6 reps
- 21 kg x 6 reps
- 25 kg x 6 reps
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