The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Eggs, deer sausage, bacon bits, cheese, spinach

 

Get a set of silicon cups. Spray or no spray they will stick and clean up is a mess. With the silicon cups they never stick and you never have to spray

 

Update: 5 weeks ago I was nearing 240 (saw 242 once). While I was feeling strong, I was tired. So very tired... Never went this HAM before. No it wasn't all muscle gain even being supercharged - they aren't magic. Even on all the gear I felt like shit and couldn't keep up with how exhausted I was mentally and physically.

I was also pinning 50iu of insulin (prob more than most T1 diabetics) and my body was just not taking it. Pumps sucked, bloat sucked, etc. I pulled my gear back slowly and I dropped my carb intake slowly to about half of what it was (500-550/day). Just two weeks ago I have been off all the heavy hitters and now basically a low dose cruise until I cut. I am going to recomp my body and try and maintain my weight of 220-225 for the next 2 months. This will give my body time to recover and heal and I should be able to slip some BF off while maintaining the weight. In all honestly, I lost a ton of excess water...

I feel 300x better, mentally and physically... my sex drive also died during the weight gain despite being on tren - that is all back now.

TLDR:

Gained 44 pounds in 100 days - too much and not worth it. Going forward with slow bulk from here on out.

 

I remember when I thought 240lb was fat lmao

44lbs in 100 days is nuts

 

Seems like you got things worked out with the bi but just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. From the sounds of it, it's exactly what I went through a couple months back except I wasn't doing any excessive weight so it didn't make any sense why my bi/forearm felt strained. Took off from any curling for a couple weeks then eased back in real easy and quickly started feeling the same pain. Was pissing me off because I didn't do anything that caused it in the first place that I could remember, then it didn't seem to want to get any better even with taking it easy. Long story short (as possible) I get back spasms occasionally that I just have to get the muscle relaxed and stretched out. In the meantime standing and walking are painful. So I started thinking maybe the bicep thing was just the muscle tightening up, so started stretching it out and pain went away almost immediately. Bi's aren't something alot of people think about stretching so I can see where they could potentially get pretty tight and basically start to cramp or spasm. I'm guessing since the massage and cupping worked that is the likely cause of the pain. Hopefully you could just work on keeping it stretched out to avoid future issues.

 

That's why it worries me, because I am super tedious about warming up and stretching my biceps before and after workouts. I have a huge fear of tearing one since its the number 1 injury in strongman, its basically a matter of when rather than if in this sport lol

I am doing mobility and stretching on them all this week while resting so hopefully it was just some pain from overuse or being tight like you said. Guess we'll see.

 

Gotcha. I certainly understand that fear! Here's hoping for just tightness, maybe just from pushing those small muscle groups to their limit.

 

I like to workout right after work before I head home. Having a good gym at work has been a huge boost for me. It allows me to get in there and get my pump in without having to go anywhere else. I am really really digging it. Also not a lot of my coworkers use it so its almost never crowded (though crowded is like 4-6 people + me in either area). but I am prepped for crowded just in case.

Sorry you didnt feel well man. thats the worst. Sometimes if i dont do a #2 before running i get terrible cramps as the #2 suddenly decides its time to eject. I have had to waddle home before and its quite embarrassing but literally nothing will take off the pressure until it escapes.

My wife has a runners toe, its a little gross, but I am kind of jealous that I never got one during our half marathon training. I need to start running on tues and thurs.

Goal progress check:

1. Unassisted handstand: its going, i was able to do an assisted (using a wall) controlled headstand this weekend for the first time. i kicked my feet over in a controlled manner on my own and everything. I have also started doing plank to up the wall walks and then holding my body hollow and as vertical as I can for 1 minute (note I have not been able to get vertical, uncertain of my best angle but its probably not more than 60-70degrees).
2. Unassisted pistol squat: still going, upping the weights in my 5x5 squat routine has given me a lot more stability in my quest to this goal. I also have been doing partial pistol squats as deep as I can to try to work on strengthening my glutes and reduce knee cave. Its progressing, albeit slowly, its still moving toward my goal.
3. Unassisted pull up: I did lat pull downs on the lat machine for the first time last week, stepped up the weight progressively per set and it was tough, but I was able to do more weight than I thought I would be able to do. My deadhangs are still progressing even though I am hitting some failures on the third hang, im not quitting. I think its time to start doing eccentric pullups. I think I will add them in tomorrow, the hardest part is they will have to be slow and controlled, which I think will be tough for me, but I gotta keep doing the tough stuff to achieve my goal.

Interesting note: I was doing the typical bicep flex in the mirror, elbows out/away and fists toward shoulders, and I found a new (to me) muscle that was visible. The muscle is in my left arm, above my elbow on the side of my forearm that is facing the mirror. It kind of looks like a tiny calf muscle (that one day will maybe be as defined haha), for now I am pretty sure the only reason I spotted it was because i have been monitoring my progress with my own eyes and this was a new addition. It gets more defined the harder I make a fist.

^^^Not directly a goal or PR but damn it feels good to SEE my progress on my body in the mirror

 

I still have pain, so it obviously was not yogurt or my meds. IDK what is going on. I haven’t been able to run since then.

Its unusual for me to have tummy troubles when I run. Running usually makes it better.

 

No denying a good squat session. Marked.

 

I tried low bar today in flats and holy fuck was that different. 315 4x10 2 minute rest. Now I know why people use the Ssb to give their shoulders a break.

 

"sup girl"

 

You’re a high bar squatter usually?

the problem I find with using the ssb is it shifts the eight forward making it more of a high bar-ish squat. The only way I’ve found to trail the low bar squat and take it easy on the elbows and shoulders is a Duffalo bar.

but I don’t have one of those so I’m out of luck. Haha.

 

Eye see you.

 

I’m so freaking pumped to have this sciatica gone for now.

 

Yup usually high bar

 

See I am weird cause I pretty much only do high bar, yet I cannot squat on an SSB. It feels really unstable to me and I can't get comfortable at depth.

 

I like everything about high bar better except the part where I squat less than I do low bar. Lol.

I feel the same way about sumo vs conv. deads. Don’t enjoy pulling sumo much at all? But... you guessed it. Stronger that way.

 

Did 5x2 squats today at 315, then drop set followed by some front squats.

did some accessories but finished hard with some yoke carries.

getting stupid comfortable with it. Did 505 today for a good distance and learned how much that breath helps. The moment I couldn’t hold my breath anymore , I lost it all lol

legs are already aching

 

Really really loving the yoke carry lol. Wife was impressed as well. “That’s more than you can squat?”
“Big time”
“How does this make sense?”

“it just does”