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Yeah... probably not... I refuse to argue aboutnutrition, politics or religion on the internet... there's just too much bias and vitriol... Having said that, I do feel like sugar is overated for strength training...

Yes and no... It's good to get home at a reasonable time, BUT, when I had a 3hr gap between subjects, it gave me a lot of uninterrupted study time. I'm probably going to stay an extra 1 - 2 hours on campus to do the same thing

It will be good IF I get all the little shit done... to be fair, one of the subjects should be impossible to fail - I get 10% of my grade just from turning up, and 10% for doing online revision, most of the rest is an open book exam... Correct... I always get motivated with the start of a new training block.

See... my brain is already broken... It's 0 week... BUT.. it's week 1 of my new training block...

Week 0: Mid week update Training Monday - Lower Set a new 1RM on Block Pull vs chains. 190kg x 1 (up 5kg). Also did some squtting at 100kg for 5's. My adductor is fine but it definitely knows that it did something hard. Wednesday - Upper Set a new 1RM on Bench off a 1 board. 137.5kg x 1 (up 2.5kg). Wasn't pretty but it went up. I do seem to have strained my wrist though... Did a lot of volume on closegrip benching and rows. Brainy Stuff I managed to catch up on my lectures, and sorted out my tuesday classes so I don't have to stay until 8pm (and be home at 9:30pm), now I can get home by 7pm. Much better. _________________________________________________________________________________________ SCORE CARD Lifty Things: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 0 Brainy Things (not achieved until the end of the challenge) Not missing stuff: 0/1 Getting good grades: 0/1

Ugh... This studying caper is taking up way too much of my time... so I'll still be around, but probably not posting a daily update, maybe just a mid week and end week summary. I still have goals... Every PR or Rep PR is still +1 STR No weight loss goals this time around, I'm at 99ish kg and I'm happy with that. Now I just want to improve body comp without losing weight or strength. Special goal: +1 WIS if I get through the challenge without missing any assessments for uni. It sounds easier than it is, a lot of my subjects have micro assessments due, so there's literally between 1 - 3 things due every week. Also +5 INT if I do well on the stuff that's due during this challenge.

CHALLENGE WRAP-UP Good progress. Much success... SCORE Fatness: Start: 103.5kg Current: 99.7kg 100.3 Ugh... put a little back on over the weekend. But I got close! Goal: 100kg Points: 6 Lifting: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 4 Points: 6 A little short on PR's, but I guess that's what happens when you can't do a lot due to injury. It is worth noting, that I did some squatting on Saturday and was able to get to 100kg for 5 without doing any damage. I'm planning to stay at 100kg for the next month so I don't blow it out again and try and build a little resilience.

I actually watched this a couple of days ago... I'm not sure what to think. It's either really good and deserves its cult-like reputation... or it's really bad and deserves its cult-like reputation.... It reminded me a lot of Willow... but Willow is still much better...

This is what pullups do... This is a totally legit approach. I use momentum with my clients on several movements... just don't let it get too ugly. Yay!!!

Спасибо, это лучше...

Wed 6 Mar Foodishness: OK Liftiness: More experimentation. Upper Body: - Slingshot Bench: triples at 110kg. - Bench vs bands: kept the bar weight at 60kg and kept adding bands until 5's at 60kg + 38kg bands was difficult. - Pushups. - Seated Row and pushdowns. Nothing amazing... but my brain knew it was an unload week and I had no motivation today. Other Things: - Got to play with microscopes yesterday for biology and that was pretty cool. ___________________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________ SCORE Fatness: Start: 103.5kg Current: 99.7kg Goal: 100kg Points: 7 Lifting: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 4 Points: 6

Mon 4 Mar Foodishness: Scale weight today was 99.7! Liftiness: Welcome to deload unload week. I have decided that instead of doing uninteresting shit on my unload weeks, I'm going to use it to experiment with new movements and see if they are worth pursuing. So I decided to do: Rack pull from above knee: worked up to a single at 230kg (first time I've done anything over 500lbs). Initially I thought that this would be pointless... but after 24hours, I was super sore through the traps and it should also be good for grip strength. I'm going to add this in as an accessory primarily to work the traps and grip. Box Squat: Instead of adding weight per set, I added extra band tension per set. Finished with 5 reps at 80kg bar weight and 60kg band tension. This is good because it reduces the weight through my vulnerable range of motion but still gets heavy enough to be a struggle towards the top. Lunges: I thought these would problematic for my adductor, but I coped well, so back in the program they go. And also some high rep leg press. Other Things: - Nope ___________________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________ SCORE Fatness: Start: 103.5kg Current: 99.7kg Goal: 100kg Points: 7 Lifting: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 4 Points: 6

Этот семестр, я изучаю химиа, питание и биологиа (I'm assuming I have used incorrect cases for these)... Nothing is super hard, but there doesnt appear to be enough hours in the week for everything.

Yeah... Let me use clearer words: It's slower than I'm expecting (based on previous experience)... maybe I'm being more conservative or maybe I've let the circumstances get in my head or maybe the injury is just worse this time. At the end of the day, I'm making slow progress and that's good enough... for now

It's slower than I would like... but nothing is hurting, so I'll take it.

Sat 2 Mar Foodishness: Good. Liftiness: Last session before unload week. I got pretty fired up to break some records. Repetition Effort Upper - Bench vs 12kg bands: singles up to 120kg + bands (+7.5kg over last week), then worked 8's up to a new 8RM of 90kg + bands. - Push Press: worked 5's up to a new 5RM of 67.5kg. - DB Bench: worked up to a new 8RM of 35kg per DB. - Accessories: DB OHP, lateral raises, rear raises. Other Things: - Russian lesson today. Very unprepared. - First week of university done. I feel much smarter already... not struggling yet. ___________________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________ SCORE Fatness: Start: 103.5kg Current: 100.3kg Goal: 100kg Points: 6 Lifting: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 4 Points: 6

Fri 1 Mar Foodishness: Good. Skipped breakky and had two bigger meals of meat and veg. Liftiness: Repetition Effort Lower - DLs: 5's up to 150kg. Just making slow progress without rushing (this is 10kg under my 5RM). - Box Squats with SSB: 5's up to 120kg. Was hard and leg was feeling it a bit. So the plan from here is to hang out at 120kg until I can get a solid 5 x 5 without discomfort. - Clean Pulls: 10 dubs up to 75kg... I have terrible technique on this. - Leg Press: 120kg for 30, 30, 30, 30. - Back extensions: 3 x 8 with 20kg, 1 x 12 with 10kg. - Copenhagen Planks - increased the time to 15 seconds. Still feels like my leg is going to tear off. Weight is still at 100.3 I haven't done a lot of cardio this week, but I have walked between 5 - 10km on each of my 2 campus days. Other Things: - Nope ___________________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________ SCORE Fatness: Start: 103.5kg Current: 100.3kg Goal: 100kg Points: 6 Lifting: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 1 Points: 3

Luckily (at least for me), the vegetarian in my study group is only vegetarian because she enjoys vegetarian food more... she's not vegetarian for any kind of judgy moral reasons...

If you mean loud, opinionated and judgemental... then yes...

Wed 27 Feb Foodishness: OK... not brilliant but not terrible. Liftiness: Last heavy session before unload week. Max Effort Upper - Bench: singles up to 132.5kg. Equal PR. Both my shoulders are a little pissy at the moment and I kept misgrooving the bar on the way down. I'm encouraged though - if I can still match my PR with wonky shoulders, I should be able to do well when they're back to normal. Still... I was a little annoyed that I missed a new 1RM, so I tried a new 1RM paused bench. - Competition Bench (ie: comp pause): 125kg x 1. New 1RM (+2.5kg). Still wanted more PR's so I did some more benching... - Bench: 117.5kg x 3. New 3RM (+2.5kg). Then just normal stuff after that... - Floor Press: 105kg x 3, 3, 3, 3, 3. - Closegrip Bench: 8s up to 75kg. - Lots of pushdowns... Other Things: - University was loooong. Long day AND there were a ton of roadworks driving home which made the day even longer. I'm driving about 1.5hours each way... but it's only twice/thrice a week (alternating weeks have an additional chemistry thing). - Should be pretty fun. Nothing looks too hard. Chem will be a little difficult (I have never done ANY chem in my life) BUT the professor is literally spoon feeding us answers to the final exam in the weekly quizzes... there's a 95% chance he will just cut and paste. I'm ok with that. - My intro to nutrition class has many vegetarian/vegans... this is annoying to me. ___________________________________________________________________________  ___________________________________________________________________________ SCORE Fatness: Start: 103.5kg Current: 100.3kg Goal: 100kg Points: 6 Lifting: PRs: 2 Rep PRs: 1 Points: 3

It's very common in the military here... usually they have to have surgery to cut slits in the muscle sheath so that the underlying muscle has room to expand. However, the long term outcomes are usually pretty poor.

If we are aiming for accuracy... maybe this guild oh "picking heavy things up and putting them down" should become the Blacksmiths guild....

I do not envy your travel schedule... sounds rough...

This is a quite common phenomenon... I've never bothered to look into the reasons but the sudden drop in cortisol seems a likely/credible mechanism. Probably the most common presentation is people getting sick as soon as they start a vacation... happens to my wife ALL the time...

Make sure you grease the pan well... so they slide off the plate into the trash easier...