So sore! I've finally got my workouts where they're able to fatigue without the time being so long.
Until now, I'd been doing TONS of reps at moderate-to-higher volume (8-12 reps) only and it would take a million sets to wear me down... but it was all about hitting that awesome-looking 3 HOUR workout 😕.
Now, I'm going for efficiency: 2 to 2.5 hours to get the same effect by adding in a bunch of lower reps of the heavy weights.
So while Diablo is pumping out 200k in 1.5 hours, I'm taking a dive and hitting around 65-70k in 2.5 hours.
Aaaaaall good though - that's up from 45k this time last month! I'm gunnin' for ya, big boy! 😉😙
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152.5 lb
Lost so far: 5.5 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 04 April 2019:
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2837 kcal
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Fat: 119.81g | Prot: 191.57g | Carb: 260.67g.
Breakfast: Publix Quick Cooking Oats, Winco Foods 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk, Oakdell Jumbo Eggs, El Popular Chorizo. Elevenses: Now Sports Carbo Gain, Nature's Best Isopure Low Carb Dutch Chocolate, Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder, Winco Foods 1% Low-Fat Chocolate Milk, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds). Lunch: Fiber One Protein Bars - Peanut Butter, Fiber One Chewy Bars - Oats & Chocolate, Roasted Salted Cashew Nuts. Dinner: Stouffer's Classics Macaroni & Cheese, Tillamook Marionberry Pie Ice Cream, Stouffer's Classics Meatloaf, Nature's Best Perfect Zero Carb Isopure Whey Protein Isolate - Mango Peach, Daisy Low Fat 2% Small Curd Cottage Cheese. Supper: Extra Strength Melatonin Gummies, Dr. Tobias Triple Strength Omega 3 Fish Oil, Vitafusion MultiVites Gummy Vitamins. more...
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2390 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Yard Work (gardening) - 45 minutes, Cooking - 1 hour, Driving - 1 hour, Bus Driving - 8 hours, Resting - 45 minutes, Showering - 30 minutes, Watching TV/Computer - 5 hours, Sleeping - 7 hours. more...
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3 Hours & no interaction with comrades? Can’t believe!!
04 Apr 19 by member: srossca
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04 Apr 19 by member: Keilin_4
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Good luck finding your MED, chris! Three hours would kill me.
04 Apr 19 by member: jengetfit123
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04 Apr 19 by member: Keilin_4
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04 Apr 19 by member: Keilin_4
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medium, medical , master of education, The Mediterranean Sea,etc. 😜
04 Apr 19 by member: Keilin_4
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Minimum Effective Dose. Not necessarily recommending it, but read "The 4-hour body" by Timothy Ferris and he talks about it, plus "slow carb" and some other stuff about sexytimes. A lot of it is over my head and beyond my attention span, but some interesting/helpful stuff in there.
04 Apr 19 by member: jengetfit123
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Minimum Effective Dose?!? This may worth a read. So 180 minutes for a workout. Hmmm...
04 Apr 19 by member: Terrapin12
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I actually got 250k in 1 hour and 28 minutes last night but I didn't post it cause I didn't wanna see any tears. Today's workout sucked though. Must have pushed too hard yesterday. :D
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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Great job on finding the sweet spot. It will get better and better as you build boulders for shoulders.
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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Hey fat secret, let us decide what color the arrow is on weigh ins. The red always makes it seem like a bad thing. It's never bad if calories are within maintenance, a small surplus or small deficit and we are lifting. "Gains" are great!
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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lol, don't feel too bad, I was on the leg press for 80% of the workout. I pyramided up and then reversed it. So many sets. The legs are toast.
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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I never see gains as bad if calories are reasonable and your workouts are good. It's either a water fluctuation or a small amount of fat and muscle. But yeah, I guess the closer to your maximal muscle development you are the more fat it may be. Either way, as John puts it, it's extra fuel for the next workout! :D
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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Do you have access to the leg press? Many bodybuilders swear by it. I don't like the squat after tweaking my back a couple of times. I do it sometimes but I don't go over 300.
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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Many different variations to put your feet in to work all leg muscles.. Sitting leg press also is another easy one to use. I don't squat hardly ever anymore either.. Being tall and old doesn't help much.
05 Apr 19 by member: Cb1006
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Maybe, I'm not that flexible to get down that low. Try lower weight with high foot position, like heels only touching. You'll feel those hams burning eventually.. 🔥
05 Apr 19 by member: Cb1006
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Low position the quads go crazy, you can go wide, medium, close stance.. Try mixing it up and see what your legs feel like.
05 Apr 19 by member: Cb1006
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I don't go as heavy as I did in my late 20's but I go really deep. My glutes and hams are sore after leg press now and they never used to get sore when I was doing 1k+ but without the depth. I've been working a lot on flexibility.
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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Yo, I don't know if you mean only heels on the sled but that sounds dangerous, haha. Maybe I am reading that wrong. I'd be afraid of my feet slipping off and the sled coming down to crush me. :P
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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You're 40+ more like derpy dog-like reflexes. :PPP Just messing with ya hahahaha
05 Apr 19 by member: -Diablo
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