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Thank you very much! Can't live without my books!! lol

Today didn't exactly go to plan, but recharge and go again tomorrow.

My friend suggested I start to document my journey back from being pretty unwell to hopefully getting back on my feet. Posting it here to hold me to account and hopefully get some encouragement on those low days.

As the title says I'm trying to get some semblance of a life back after battling with illness for a few years. My friend asked me to start a YouTube channel about it. I guess while that's supposed to exude strength and inspiration I don't really feel strong or inspiring if that makes sense? If you're interested then please take a look.

I'm trying to lose some weight after being holed up with some pretty major health complications. I'm 308lbs so it's not fun dragging that around for any form of running. I want to try and incorporate some hill sprints into things. I ran 3 100m sprints last night up a pretty steep hill on a bend and felt ok, but there was noticeable slowing on the last 20m or so. I'm not sure I would have completed a 4th attempt. Timed the middle run and it was 20.5 seconds. Is that too slow to achieve the fat burning potential? Does time actually matter against total exertion (I doubt it but worth asking)? How would you programme hill sprints based on these numbers?

New PR tonight @ 230kg (507lb) for the trap bar deadlift.

Thank you very much guys, I'll try and put all of this to good use! I really appreciate it

Thank you buddy. My brother competes in powerlifting, but because of his family commitments our time in the gym is very limited, so he basically goes left when we get to the gym and I go right. Occasionally he'll shout out advice when he sees my form break down. Other than that I work alone. I played rugby through school but haven't played since I was 19 (11 years). I joined the gym last summer but only lasted 2 months. It was a bit too soon for me.

Thank you very much. It was always my plan to get to 200kg and then drop back and really concentrate on form. But I think I'm going to have to add in more mobility work and less lifting for a while as the time I get in the gym is very limited.

Good luck buddy

Thanks man I appreciate it!

Thanks for your advice! My brother used to scream at me about rowing the bar when I was deadlifting. His own training is full on right now, but I thought I'd gotten it under control. However now that you've mentioned it I can clearly see that I still am. It's not a conscious thing, but I'll try and get it under control before I tear something. I'll add in goblet squats when I do my face pulls a few times a day. My ROM won't allow my elbows to drop so low, but I assume if I hang around in the bottom position for a while?

I didn't even notice I was doing that. I'll get it in check.

I'll work on my hamstrings too, I can't reach the bar without dipping my knees quite a bit. So by the time I roll the bar in my forearms hit my knees and I just try to pull from there. So I'll hammer my hams with my foam roller and hockey balls

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