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thanks, rcarper

higher weight and lower reps wont really bulk you up, just make you stronger. eating more than you're expending will bulk you up just a thought, anyways i see in your twitter where you workout, that explains why you cant deadlift. or back squat. jump squats and box jumps are both AMAZING leg exercises, and would really help with rock climbing and all of that. i believe prefect did a ton of stronglifts type workouts with dumbbells instead of barbells, if you are actually interested, but yeah, the maxing at 65 would be a problem. glad to hear you're moving away from the machines. i started with them, back in the day, but as soon as i moved away from them really learned the huge difference not using them makes oh, and im pretty sure they would kick you out for bringing a bar. i would just get a new gym

awesome article also, what's linked to from that article: http://artofmanliness.com/2010/01/27/the-burpee-the-one-exercise-to-rule-them-all/

I'm not practicing them Just going to go for it at the end. Man makers don't fit into my workout schedule, as they use muscle groups together that I work out separately (and when you work on a 4 on one off schedule, you have to be careful with that kind of stuff )

haha i'd consider that if i didnt USE all of them all the time. whenever i have friends over we all cook, which involves multiple plates. and prepping uses lots of bowls and such. its a great idea, though, that i would consider if that wasnt the case

oh if i had a dishwasher life would be grand. next apartment

thats the spirit

so crappy workout today. no energy. i've lost 5lbs now, in under a week (weighed in at 135.5 this morning), which is beyond ridiculous and not ok. once saturday is over, im going back to eating and lifting like a maniac. still going to up my eating for the next 2 days, regardless of saturday, just not quite to the levels i will be at after saturday. i obviously havent been eating enough being stupid trying to accelerate fat loss. on that note, as a part of my work's biggest loser challenge i have to get my bf% tested every month, and that point was today. i'm down 1%... which is all fine and good, because i gained about half a pound a week for the first 3 weeks, but out of that % about a third of it was muscle. that's bad. my body seems to like hanging out at about 140 (as thats where ive been for a while now) and continues to make strength gains at that weight... so fuck this lets try to lose lots of fat shit. i'd rather be strong and at my body's happy weight than itty bitty. squat 45x5 95x5 115x5 135x5 165x3 bottom squat 95x5 115x5 135x5 125x5x5 ballet squat 95x8x3 plank 60x5 bench 45x5 65x5 85x5 95x5x6 and then when i got my bf tested i did the gym's weekly challenge - 50 crunches on a bodyball and 25 burpees in under 5 minutes. i did it in 2:15. then i walked/jogged 1.25 miles to go towards my running goal

smith machines are bad. truth i like it. so. been watching your workout logs. a few things: -why not go up on the weights and down on the reps (like, say, 5 instead of 20). youll get stronger faster that way. -machines = whyyyyyyy also, i see a lot of bench, a lot of curls, a lot of abs. -where are your squats? -where are your deadlifts? and for abs? i personally don't have an abs day. i don't think its necessary. and trust me, my core is plenty strong. i mean, if you have time, by all means. i throw in little core exercises here and there, but always multipurpose core movements. and really - they are just because im bored waiting in between sets

oh thats awful. if i got charged $140 for letting stuff accumulate in my sink i'd never leave a dish in there again!

haha yeah mine are enough as it is (though, i admit, last 2 days have been weak due to craziness at work). ill still come out just fine in the end on the man makers though

YES!!!!! AWESOME job!!!

i honestly make it now without a recipe, as i've made it so many times i just kind of do it without thinking. its kind of a mix of a few different ones i found online/in books and then modified for paleo i need to make more this weekend - i'll write it out as i go and then post it

interesting. why dont we all just use #nerdfitness ?

i'll be just doing them at the end. putting pushups and db rows on the same day would require me to completely re-work my workout schedule

yay definitely closer to back to normal again today! deadlift quick pyramid... didnt try for a 1rm as i wanted to go back down. 115x5 155x5 185x5 205x5 225x3 245x1 225x3 205x5 185x5 155x5 135x10 sl deadlift 45x25x2 back extension 25x2 +25x15x3 crunch on bb 50x3 inverted row 10x3 rack pull ok, so. on these. for heavy deadlifts i always have done left hand under, right hand over... and now for heavier lifts i HAVE to do it that way. i want to fix it so i can do right hand under too... so these were all done with right hand under, left hand over. couldn't have done both overhand, unfortunately. working on that 205x5x2 225x5x3

i use twitter sometimes, but honestly have never really understood (or tried to understand) how the whole hash tag thing works. maybe thats why i keep not using them

i like to have a protein shake for breakfast before my workout, have WAY more energy that way, and it doesnt weigh me down. i've only really been able to do lots of elliptical on an empty stomach and i LOVE the pre packaged muscle milks.

2/8 update today was a very challenging day for me mentally. a lot going on at work right now, which are all awesome things, but getting it all sorted has been exhausting. i think i was in meetings of some sort like 8 out of the 10 hours i was there today. 1) Harder: doing really well on the food front. with the exception of protein, i've been 100% paleo lately. no chocolate even. feeling awesome about this. 2) Better: a) washed dishes WHILE MY DINNER COOKED. new record for me. car still good c) no real progress here. (waiting for pay day!) 3) Faster: no running. 4) Stronger: left gym. that will probably help this goal.

thanks i really think the most important thing is listening to your body. mine told me today it was a bad idea, so. bad idea

was wondering when you were going to show up

awesome, and an improvement from last time

i got myself one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zYO7HNbPl4 only, a cheap japanese knockoff, so in between the beeping it laughs at you. after it got stuck halfway underneath my bed (just out of arms reach) in between boxes, i started getting up on time.

I have the Women's health version (same book only pictures of women ) and it REALLY helped me start out. awesome book

alright then, i'll play. take asparagus. break in half. put in bowl. ta-da! [ATTACH=CONFIG]179[/ATTACH] (seriously, i prefer most veggies raw. and plain. im boring)