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Sooo I PRed on squats Wednesday. Not by very much. But 145# is my new max! That is a 20# increase since November 2. That is about 7 weeks of training. I did take a couple of weeks off since then. Today was dead’s and I failed my original PR of 155. I know why. I made huge jumps, very few reps, and I only tried once. When I couldn’t get it I removed 10# and did 5 reps and then moved on to accessories. My heavy lifts have been feeling really heavy for the first rep and then easy for the rest of them. I figured out whats going on. I started using wrist wraps when I get up to 115#. Because I have to wrap the cloth around the bar after I bend over, I can’t set my lats anymore. The first pull is HArd and then I can do another 5 reps or so at 135# or whatever. Another possible reason I have not gained significant strength is because I have been dieting off and on over the last 3 months. The weight gain has been too drastic. I should have watched more videos on bulking before I started 😅 oh well it was fun 😜 Next cycle I’ll lean bulk. I am disappointed but I’m okay with my progress. I have accomplished a lot in 7 months! I have already been cutting calories all week so I think Im just going to focus on cutting, maintaining strength, and perfecting technique. I’d like to drop 20#, get back to where I was before my bulk. In other news, I’ve been working on my list. Some of the more important things I haven’t quite figured out yet but I’m still working on it. I bought a calendar and a planner 👍 I made latkes with my lunch 😍 they were delicious! And that is a pic of my sketch for the week 😁 I stretched it from a photo I took a couple of years ago in Colorado.
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166.0 lb
Lost so far: 43.0 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 10 January 2020:
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1635 kcal
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Fat: 65.44g | Prot: 105.33g | Carb: 154.32g.
Breakfast: Cheetos Cheese Puffs, Jif Power Ups Creamy Peanut Butter, Optimum Nutrition Pre-Workout, Isopure Creamy Vanilla , Kellogg's Special K Blueberry with Lemon Clusters. Lunch: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Great Value Large White Grade A Eggs, Chobani 0% Plain Greek Yogurt (8 oz), Shiloh Farms Potato Flakes , Poultry Seasoning , Food Lion Yellow Onions, Publix Frozen Brussels Sprouts, Great Value Pink Salmon Fillets. Dinner: Kraft 3 Cheese Mexicana Shredded Cheese, Goya Black Beans, Garden Cuts Green Leaf Lettuce, Chobani 0% Plain Greek Yogurt (8 oz), McCormick Original Taco Seasoning Mix, Jennie-O 93% Lean Ground Turkey. Snacks/Other: Entenmann's Chocolate Chip Cookies, Entenmann's Rich Frosted Donuts. more...
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gaining 1.8 lb a week
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Congrats on your best it is very impressive. And good luck making the next one. Is bulking necessary for strength? I follow some carnivore lifters and they do not look very bulky but they have a lot strength and nice muscles but are not big sized. OK I really know nothing about any of this LOL. It sounds like you are at a good spot!!! Happy for you
10 Jan 20 by member: liv001
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10 Jan 20 by member: moopie321
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Great lifts!! Sounds like a great plan you’ve put in place! 💪🏻💪🏻
10 Jan 20 by member: wifey9707
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Great job You are doing-so-good! 👍🏾🙌🏾😁
10 Jan 20 by member: adefwebserver
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I bought a planner too! 👍😊
11 Jan 20 by member: Becc@
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Thanks guys 😃 Liv there is a lot of opinions on how to gain muscle but all of the different styles include some degree of bulking. I’ve learned a lot and i know that I was eating way too many calories. I averaged 2100 for most of the time. I dont know what my maintenance is so it’s just about imposible for me to set an exact calorie goal. With that being said I know that it is somewhere between 1500-2000. Depends on food choices and type of activity.
11 Jan 20 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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Well done and your drawings absolutely gorgeous
11 Jan 20 by member: ocean_girl
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I bought colored sharpies to write in my little calendar I use to record workouts because I love a good pen. They were $5.97. The package said "won't bleed through the paper". They barely wrote at all. I was SO mad. I returned them to Walmart and told the lady how horrible they were. I said "you know why they won't bleed through the paper? It's because they don't even write!" Pretty sure she thought I was insane. Good job, Dawnie, with your new pr! I'm sure you'll accomplish everything you set your mind to! 💪🏼
11 Jan 20 by member: davidsprincess
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Guess what dp? I record all my workouts in my little calendar too, but not with sharpies! Lol! I thought I was alone in old fashioned recording. I love pen and paper. I record food that way too. 😉
11 Jan 20 by member: wifey9707
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11 Jan 20 by member: maeday42
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Wifey (sorry Dawnie) I record in activity log here but on my little calendar I write what specific muscle groups- or the days run together and I can barely remember what to do. My food is only on FS. My weight, period, workouts are in a little 6"x4" 2 year pocket planner. I have used them since 2000. Many are blank from starting and not finishing but I enjoy looking back. Flipped through my oldest one and it said "David 21" on his b-day. 😉 Time flies.
11 Jan 20 by member: davidsprincess
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I use the same 2 year planners. I have them since 2002? I think...They’re great little hard drives!! Sorry Dawnie if we are using up your space! 😉
11 Jan 20 by member: wifey9707
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My fav is a pilot pen I think.
11 Jan 20 by member: wifey9707
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Nice work on the PB...you've got a great, sustainable program going too!!
11 Jan 20 by member: Steven Lloyd
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11 Jan 20 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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I like to record my work outs in my phone since I always have it on me. I tried using a little note book but kept forgetting it 😅
11 Jan 20 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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I love the ink joy pens. They write so nice and come in lots of colors too
11 Jan 20 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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I'm impressed with your goals. Stay with it and I'm sure you will get closer and closer. Oh, and everything chrisw77 said. :0)
11 Jan 20 by member: binkytexas
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Ok so I basically started using the straps because deadlifting hurts my hands 🙃🤪 The nerling aggravates my calluses damn it! LOL I’m gonna stop using them. I never thought about the actual size of the muscles. I just figured they grow as they get stronger. Maybe I should switch up my workout style. I was thinking about switching to a push pull leg split but I don’t know if I’ll like it. I wonder how much of my gain was muscle. I can see some muscle definition. My forearms are big! I show them to everyone 😂😂 I can also see the lateral head of my triceps popping out.
11 Jan 20 by member: CrashtestDawnie
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I log (in a small notebook, with my favorite pen pilot G-2! 😂) my workouts and weight lifted for each exercise, so I can make progress. I get those days too where I don’t lift what I did the week before, there are a lot of reasons, but the strength has always returned. Farmers carries are also good for building grip strength. Keep it up, you are doing great! 👍🏻💪🏻
12 Jan 20 by member: Kennyn27
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