Medically Diagnosed with a Well Developed Appearance

[Allentown]

Mar 30
GPP
BW
Lat pull down
120x15x5

BFR triceps press down
60x12,12,10,10,12

BFR preacher curl
40x12x5

Incline treadmill walk
15%incline
.5 mi
9:07

I usually loosen the BFR bands about .25" after a set or two, reasoning that once the swelling starts they are too tight. Decided that is against the spirit of using them, kept it tight, and it was brutal. So brutal. Curls were fine, those I actually have a reasonable weight selection.

[Allentown]

Apr 1
Bench
BW
Bench
205x5
200x4x3
190x5x3

Pinky width 3-1-3 tempo bench
142x8x3
Strict EZ curl
41x12x3

Was hoping for 6 on the top set, 5 was probably 9-9.5 so I guess that might be an improvement?

[Allentown]

Apr 2
Legs
BW 218.6
LBBS
315x5
285x4x5
285x6

SGDL
155x12
165x12
175x12
185x12

Seated box jump
13, 13

[Allentown]

Apr 3
GPP
BW 217.4
DB row
Other stuff

[Allentown]

Apr 4
Bench
BW 218.2
Bench
215x1x4
175x8x4

Chain hammer curl
B&s x15x5
OHP
136x5
121x8x3

[Allentown]

Apr 5
Dead
BW 217.6
DL
495x1x2
375x5x5(+3 reps last set)

Box front squat
205x12x3
CoC
#1x5x4
T x22x

GM
145x12x3

Good.

[Allentown]

Apr 6
GPP
BW
One arm grenade lat pull down
47x12x5
External oblique twist
Blue x12x6?

Standing triceps press down
56x12x5
BB row
145x6x5

Myo tempo pulley curl
38x20, 5x11

Echo
1mi
2:21

[Allentown]

Apr 9
Legs
BW 217.6
LBBS
345x1x3
290x4x5
290x6

SGDL
12x165,175,185,195

[Allentown]

Apr 10
GPP
BW 217.6
DB row
125x8x4
Leg raise
15x5

EZ bar skull crushers
67x12x5
Pull up
6x5

DB concentration curl
27x12x3

Echo
1mi
2:25

[Allentown]

Apr 11
Arms
BW
Bench
220x1x4
176x8x4

Chain hammer curl
16x5
OHP
147x1f
122x8x3

Going to blame the caffeine reduction for this one.

[Allentown]

Welcome to left adductor hell. Been here for a minute. My strain/knot is too high up to reasonably ask anyone to massage it, and although I do plan to buy a massage gun, I need to wait because I'm heading back down south in a week and a half and I don't want to order it here and then have one more thing to fit in my already overstuffed suitcase. What I have done is take a hard, beveled foam roller, put in on my chair, and sit on it, sorta sideways to get the adductor directly on top of it, with all my weight on the sore area. It definitely has helped.

Felt good last week, today feels right on the verge of impacting my session but I'm surviving. Mine is probably at least somewhat psychological, I just don't really want to deadlift any more.

My best bet is probably switching to something silly like high bar squats with chains and focus more on quads. That, or try and maintain reasonable RPE for squat sessions in particular. Or... Buy a trap bar?

[Allentown]

Apr 12
Deadlift
BW 217.0
DL
460x4
430x4x3
430x5

Pause CoC
Tx10x4
Box front squat
210x12x3

GM
146x12x

Another day, another 128mg of caffeine. I should get a tub of pre for deadlift days.

Thursdays are hard for me- it's not unusual for me to have the kids alone Mon/Tues, then We'd I take them alone to swim, and then have them alone again Thurs. Blew up yesterday when, after 2+ solid hours of hearing them fighting, the big one knocked over the little one (who was home sick yesterday) to race to the bathroom and wash hands for dinner. Not proud of myself.

[Clearwater47]

Parenting is definitely the hardest job ever. Generally speaking, if a person cares about doing that job well their kids are probably going to be just fine.

[Allentown]

Apr 13
GPP
BW 216.8
Lat pull down
121x15x5
Oblique twist
Blue x12x5

BFR seated triceps extension
61x12x5

BFR preacher curl
41x12x5

Echo
1mi
2:35

[Allentown]

Parenting is definitely the hardest job ever. Generally speaking, if a person cares about doing that job well their kids are probably going to be just fine.

I mentioned this before, but the best way to get my HR up was a temper tantrum. Echo never even came close.

[Allentown]

Got a new case, Mobo, CPU, PSU. Thought "hey, ez, just plug in my old hard drives and everything will take care of itself."

Currently downloading Windows 11 to a USB, bought a key, hopefully I can boot from the USB, install windows all fresh and clean. Copied (I think) the games I plan to keep playing from my SSD where I will install windows onto the HDD, will give this a try. Having an issue with the Secure Boot?

[DCR]

It’s funny how you get used to folks’ patterns even on a niche bulletin board. I was like wtf an evening post from Allentown?

[Allentown]

Apr 15
Bench
BW 217.6
Bench
205x3f
185x4x5
185x8

Pinkey tempo bench
146x8x3
DB curl
25x12x3

Slept through alarm. Time from waking up to my wife's alarm to finishing the workout, including logging: 65 min

[Allentown]

It’s funny how you get used to folks’ patterns even on a niche bulletin board. I was like wtf an evening post from Allentown?

Sitting in the basement staring at my computer at 9, can't play games, can't watch TV...

[Allentown]

Apr 16
Squats
BW 217.6
LBBS
325x4
295x4x5
295x6

SGDL
12x175,185,195,205

Allergies. Took a cocktail of Benadryl and caffeine pill.