Last night I was 173, this morning 169. Body needs the fuel, especially during the repair process!!
18 Jul 19 by member: srossca
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When I do weigh for fun before bed, I usually lose 7-8lbs 🛏️
18 Jul 19 by member: Cb1006
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I never thought we would lose this much during sleep. I also noticed I lose more on Heavy lift days with the larger Muscle Groups, leg, chest & Deadlift.
18 Jul 19 by member: srossca
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Cb...I'm super jealous. That's crazy.
18 Jul 19 by member: davidsprincess
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Just the heaviest time of day, and I usually drink a lot of water. I probably pee an average of 3 times when I sleep, that's probably 5 lbs minimum lol
18 Jul 19 by member: Cb1006
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Almost double the weight equals almost double the water drop. Just logical. I dropped 3.2 today.
18 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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Bed wetting at ANY age isn’t anything to be jealous of 😉
19 Jul 19 by member: peeperjj
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Do I understand correctly that you lift for a time limit not amount of reps? Then do 2x your max?
19 Jul 19 by member: peeperjj
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Your max twice I mean. Obviously you can’t go over your max 😉
19 Jul 19 by member: peeperjj
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Wait.... that’s rest seconds so you just lifted your max that many times for a short workout? Sorry I’m a bit airheaded tonight.
19 Jul 19 by member: peeperjj
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I don't know what it means either, peeper. :P
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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I don’t feel so airheaded then lol.
19 Jul 19 by member: peeperjj
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Recently I've been doing a 3 exercise circuit. Got the idea from Menno. He advises that since longer rest is better for strength and hypertrophy if you do 3 different exercises, the rest is at least 5 minutes per lift. So you're able to get a long rest period but also have efficiency since waiting 5+ minutes for all sets would have you at the gym for a long time. I'm enjoying it. I am able to hit the same or almost the same amount of reps as the previous set this way and keeps me from getting bored waiting around.
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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No set rest. Takes me a good 30 seconds to feel like I'm ready for the next exercise. Just cycle through them and then pick another set of 3. So like Bench, pullups, and bent over laterals for example.
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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I'm doing full body workouts so it's easier to choose 3 that hit different muscles. May not be doable if you only work 2-3 muscles.
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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I've done circuits before but never as a regular thing and it was a lot more than 3 exercises and to me, they were useless because it was just about constant motion so I saw them more like cardio than a muscle-building workout. They weren't great for volume per muscle.
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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Got the idea from this Nippard and Menno vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUYY19p4IRY
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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I was already doing full-body workouts but didn't think about doing different exercises back to back to make the workout shorter. Also, not interesting in blood flow restriction but the butterfly laterals feel pretty good. I guess they are going ina full circuit but like you, I don't want to take up too much equipment so 3 exercises are my limit.
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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I've been doing circuits for quite a while. I like them a lot. I hate sitting there and doing 1-2 things. I feel like I get more accomplished.
19 Jul 19 by member: Cb1006
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Also, instead of doing a crazy amount of volume, I've switched to 1-2 leg movements and 3-4 upper body movements per day 6 days a week. Following Eric Helms suggestion from this video at around 4 min and 50 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Xr8rMK-Gw&t=329s My volume still ends up being 100k or so.
19 Jul 19 by member: -Diablo
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