Got in a quick 30 chins and 100 push-ups before work. 15 neutral grip and 15 underhand for the chins
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Sorry @ChongLordUno i didn’t do the burpees I said I would.
Despite the family as a whole having a good day, a great day to be honest, my depression issues were getting in the way. Old trauma being dredged up by other people. This workout was very simple…but it was an emotional one regardless and it was about chasing my demons.
300 push-ups in 25 ish min maybe a touch less. Wasn’t fully focused on my time so not sure.
Bicep curls till I couldn’t anymore
Same with side laterals.
This one was about inflicting pain. It worked. I know that the demons will come back again and in some way or another I will have to slay them again. But I until then…lift for other reasons
Dang…he followed my TikTok too
50 burpees and 25 chins while cooking lunch for me and the kiddo
Been a min since I posted a workout…oops…
15 push-ups
12 sit-ups
10 db curls
X 10 rounds
This workout goes along with a thought I had the other day. I will make a ranty post about it later when I have more time.
Ok so I don’t know what I want to do with this, but the past couple days I have had this idea about “simple fitness” in my head. I was thinking about the old prison workout thing. It’s been monetized and all kinds of stuff, but I started thinking to myself “what would I personally do if I had very little space to train in, and not a lot of equipment, or if some of the equipment was home made or rusty and not optimal?” Well, essentially I am in that kind of situation. I do a lot of my workouts in my kitchen, but I do have a small room in my basement too that I train in too. I don’t have a lot of equipment and I will be building weight plates out of concrete because it’s cheap and easy (for me). I don’t have an “optimal” circumstance but does that mean I can’t get gains? Well, we should all know by now that stuff like push-ups, pull-ups, squats and deadlifts all work. Running works. Burpees are magic. Simple exercises, simple fitness. Train that shit hard and get results. You don’t have to over complicate it and you don’t have to do a million variations of curls to get bigger biceps. Stick to the simple basics over and over. Get it done.
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Been kind of MIA…busy with life shit. Still training. Got on to this daily push-up challenge thanks to fuckin TikTok. Trying to put some size on while trying to stay somewhat athletic at least is the goal for the next while…but not approaching it like a bodybuilder. Burly, strong, and capable is what I want.
That’s all I got for now.
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I am not ok
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We’re here for you dude. Reach out.
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Sorry to hear that man… I’m just some random guy on the internet but if you need someone to talk to don’t hesitate to tag me.
@T3hPwnisher @boilerman
I appreciate that guys. Basically, my marriage is in a real shitty place right now…to the point where I don’t know if it’s gonna last. I didn’t cheat and I didn’t abuse her…but in all fairness I did lie to her about some things and I was to blame for some really crappy situations that caused us to be very tight financially. I always try to keep my family first…she and my son are my priority in life. I know I’m a good dad and a good husband, at least for the most part…but I have made mistakes too. I really hurt my wife…and I don’t know where we stand anymore. I can’t bear the thought of losing her and I keep breaking down…I am extremely sorry and I’m trying to make it up to her some how…she knows where I stand and that I will do anything to save this marriage. I am really scared…
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Damn bro I’m sorry to hear that! I am a big fan of couples and individual counseling, that may help 
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As an update…my wife and I are staying together and we will be getting things straightened out. I’m really happy about that…but this week really hit me hard. I have been a wreck…But things are getting better already. That girl is the love of my life and I don’t know what I would do if I screwed up so bad that she left.
As far as workouts this week goes…I only worked twice this week. Family comes first always. They were both to work out my emotions/demons.
The first one was centered around posterior chain stuff cause that’s just what I felt like. Today was more full body
Today:
4 supersets of chin-ups and tricep push downs
3 supersets of reverse lunges and banded twists
2 supersets of goblet squats and sit-ups
1 straight set of leaning side raise
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Glad y’all are doing ok man! Keep chugging along!
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Thanks man
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For tonight I’m planning on doing mostly a chest related workout, but I want to also hit up some clean and presses too. With the way last week went and all the stuff I’m dealing with, I need to go back to basics with training. Still want to be burly, strong and capable, but right now I also need to use training to help clear my mind and rebuild some self discipline. I’m toying with the idea of doing a little bit of something for arms everyday for a few weeks or maybe more too. It would be extremely easy for me to do several sets a day of curls, tricep push downs and a little something for forearms…I would have variation and different amounts of volume so I don’t wreck my elbows…but I like the idea…partly to help with the self discipline thing. Either way…I’m making a comeback.
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Got in a really quick circuit today, but will do more later
5 rounds
1 min elliptical (will explain below)
10 reverse lunges
10 kb swing
5 rounds superset
10 curls
10 overhead tricep extension
We picked up an older used elliptical a couple days ago. It’s compact, and right now the heart monitor thing doesn’t work. For me, I have been keeping it on full tension, and it does the job. I couldn’t track my pace or anything but I was going for a min at an uncomfortable pace, and had no rest between exercises on my circuit. The superset was just to get some extra arm work in.
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5 sets of strict pull-ups
1 set to failure of side laterals
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So for another update…
The wife and I are still (obviously) working on things, and very slowly the tension is dying down. But we do have some things to resolve. Just the nature of the beast. What’s made things stressful outside of those things is that with the cost of living here going up the way it is, my wife is looking at taking a part time job. She has been wanting to get back to work, but we had a specific plan that would take her to where she wanted to go with work…but it feels like things need to change a bit. Money is just getting tight. She had a good interview last night so we will see how things go. We will still move forward with our plan though, because it would be an ideal situation for us.
In regards to training and diet…I’m eating in an extremely basic way. When money is tight, “extras” are going to take a hit. 90% of what I eat is either pasta or rice with some kind of dead animal and maybe a little veg thrown at it. Training just is what it is. It’s taken a hit too but that’s ok…I’m not worried about it…life stuff is far far more important
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