The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

I’ve turned off all the Stava communications. Keeps the creep-out away.

 

@strengthordie

I am learning to quilt though. Hopefully I don’t lose my man card.

Although in sewing you do get to use super sharp blades, cool measuring tools (that should exist for wood working), and a sewing machine is really just a power tool.

 

Not going to watch that.

 

I used to sew leather. Going to make some stone sleeves eventually.

 

Fuck.

 

Do it.

 

Zombie squats are harder than they look

 

Had my appointment with the surgeon today and he says the large bulge on my abdomen is definitely diastasis recti and shouldn't cause issues outside of being cosmetic. It's possible it may get worse but I can strengthen transverse abdominals to prevent that.

Now.... He was poking around and did find a small umbilical hernia in my bellybutton. He said it's possible that it's from my appendix surgery 3 years ago. He said it may get worse but may not as it's small, only time will tell. It doesn't hurt and hasn't ever caused an issue to date, so we'll see what happens.

 

Ayyyeee that’s good news!

 

Sounds like overall good news.

Are you cool to lift heavy shit right away?

 

Good news man.

 

Not gonna go super heavy but for the next month leading up to this comp I'm doing everything beltless and really focusing on bracing and building core strength. Knowing I have a small hernia gets in my head so I'll have to work up to pushing myself and once I see that I'm ok I'll be able to push more.

 

It makes me feel better that a guy like you gets bothered by that. Makes me feel less shitty for having to work through trust issues with my knee as I rebuild.

Because honestly I see your head floating above me screaming to stop being a pussy if I feel uneasy HAHA.

 

WHERE ARE YOUR HANDS?

 

Hahaha nah I'm not like that now that I've gotten older. I am all about rest/recovery and if something hurts don't do it. The whole "tuff gym guy" persona is just silly to me.

Or the "NO DAYS OFF" lmao fuck that

 

On a bar

Gotta use common sense and back off when you need to and be honest with yourself.

 

Everytime I've taken a break and rested I've come back and hit PRs so I'm not complaining lol

 

Speaking of rebuilding. I’m now DL 185 pretty comfortably.

Am now able to squat 135 after totally relearning how to squat.

Close to actually lifting a weight within a reasonable working rep range.

 

Worse part of all this is I feel the strongest I have ever felt right now.... But I can't push as hard as I want.

I was doing beltless pause squats last week and felt like 500+ would be cake but I didn't push it. I know I have 700+ deadlift if I pushed it but it's not worth hitting it once and getting hurt for a longer period. Gotta play the long game.