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  1. Hah yeah bodybuilding.com I was honestly thinking of reading Jack Lelane's live young forever book. He was jacked and healthy at age 96 still training ❤️
  2. Ohh, I did some CBT workbook by harbinger, but it wasn't even all that popular I think it was good at teaching me about anxiety though. I also read CBT made simple which is more popular.
  3. I wish I had more energy. I just tend to get tired and recluse often. Most activities involving exposure to other people will tire me out and make me mad or stressed. Maybe it's my freeze trauma response causing me to feel unsafe around others. Reclusing and looking for connection in the safety of online relationships where I can run away easily. YEah maybe that's it. Maybe the solution is to just work with it. Drop in on meetups where I can very easily disappear to another meetup. Keep my distance from people I have to see normally in real life 🙂 I mean aside from my partner of course or other people who're in the inner circle. They need regular interaction. What I'm saying is I wanna cancel my hangout with my dentist. I'm in that fight or flight response mode right now wanting to run away from our hangout scheduled this Saturday. Very scary stuff. Ahhhhhhh 0_0 Okay I'll give it a try. But I'm pretty sure this isn't gonna go well for me and I'll end up feeling very tired and I should just cancel it now. Forget it. The last two hangs I did with people I felt the same way and it didn't go well and I was exhausted and eventually just stopped hanging with them anyways while having a good two weeks to recover from how draining that was for me. I mean maybe this persons fine as my dentist I don't know maybe I should just bail I'm scared . Also having two journals is different not sure if I'm into it
  4. I'm good on the gaming front indefinitely. I just have to remember to not be getting too absorbed with new friends that encourage me to game with them. Just let them know politely I don't play video games or I don't game. But I can chat with you about your games and support your doing it if it's your thing. Yeah. Om, otherwise. I guess that my cutting's not making any crazy progress. Which means I either have to fast, eat less, do cardio or all three. Hehe. Yoga doesn't really burn that many calories. But it dramatically increases my mind body connection which allows me to be conscious of when I'm full. Increasing my ability to moderate and eat less when I want to. I mean my diets been very clean. My SO came back from france with authentic french pastries so I kinda had to eat one haha. That's not something I would've done if she weren't here. I'll maybe have like 5g sugar from those macaron's every 2-3 days till they're gone. Still hoping that Halloween party goes well and all this cutting this month will have been well worth it. 🙂 Inspired by @FDRx7 I'm doing an A/B style upper body workout now so I can reduce exercises per workout while still hitting everything I want to hit. It looks like this: Upper A: Bench SS: Dip, Pull up Low Cable Row Curl Upper B: SS: Dip, Pull up Seated db press SS: curl, skull crusher Lower's the same both days just goblet squat db lunge db calf raise weighted back ext and plank. The planks have amazingly helped my core get way stronger and better. So I'm glad I met that PT who told me to swap sit up for plank. ❤️ Ugh I feel this routine's finally good and I'm thankful for it coming together. phew S2 Gratitude all around pew pew ❤️ I weighed in at 175lbs today which I think is just because the LAF scale's 5lbs lighter than my home scale. I wonder which one's more accurate but it's fine I'll just keep using the LAF scale till I get my home scale back later. Then I can compare. I'm hoping I can stay at 175lbs during this cutting cycle. Because losing muscle sucks hahaha. I'm getting stronger on all my lifts steadily so I figure I should be able to maintain at 175 lbs and actually do some minor lean bulking. Definitely will need cardio on tuesday saturday next week with my calorie restriction to make my goal happen. 7-9% bodyfat by Oct 31st.
  5. Alright after reading t nations disc I urge on cutting and bulking I've realized I should just screw getting lean for now and wear a shirt to the party hehe Typing on this tablet is hard and slow and h3avy agh I'll try to swipe type instead yeah typing on here is hard yeah thanks @FDRx7for the website recs
  6. Awe that's so awesome. Scooby did have some good videos I saw on just staying healthy. Thanks for the good reminder to just keep things controlled and slow with a good ROM. Are you at that point where you just feel like, you know enough to handle everything for the time being? I'm kind of feeling that way. The phys tp and yoga stuff I do is working well and I feel healthy overall. I kind of just read more or watch more stuff to learn random things. Like just to enjoy learning as the routine's going good. No need to learn new routines or exercises or whatever
  7. Good point with the de load and I'm glad you're doing well stamina wise. I think I tend to go pretty hard at each exercise plus I'm just transitioning from home gym to real gym the past month. So doing 5 is good for me right now and I like having energy for cardio/yoga after too. We got this 😄 Yea I'll have to keep track of de-load weeks. I'd prefer to do it preventative than just being forced to do it cause you're too tired. I'll probably de-load around the first week of November or something. It's a good reminder.
  8. How old are you if you don't mind my asking? This is a a lot of exercises per workout so you must be young or just have good endurance. I'm 35 and if I do as much as 7 exercises in a workout that day I can't be doing any yoga or cardio after usually
  9. Hi Vee. I'm so glad you found a club you want to explore more at it sounds really fun! 🙂 Is it social anxiety that keeps you in the house? I totally work with that myself and I find that the best thing to do is to choose something that matters to me to go out for. And to make it win win like no matter what I know I'll get something good out of the experience. That helps bolster my spirits and hopefully yours too. Good for us getting out there hehe. I'm going to a meetup on Sunday for the third time so that's awesome to be building up some consistency at this group. LMK how your club hangs go!
  10. Hah I'm back! They reset my password and I'm pretty sure it's working now. May it stay working 🙂 Being locked out a couple days was no fun! Glad to be back posting today Om, I gave my whole setup back to my mom. Who was happy to see me to get sushi. Man that sushi was incredible. The fatty salmon nigiri especially won me over. Omgosh it was amazing I wanna eat more but it's so fatty. Maybe when I'm bulking I'll go back 😄 That happy hour had 12$ gyu don and 7$ fatty salmon nigiri $4 cali rolls. Yep yep. I liked the salmon skin too but I'd go back and just get a gyu don and a fatty salmon. That should be good. I don't know if I can really eat all that uch right now and I've 90% decided that I'm gonna stay benching as it just seems to work for me so I shouldn't try something else out probably that could end up hurting me heh Just tryna be pragmatic and safe about my life now. Stay healthy get healtheir
  11. Hah that sounds nice. It snows where I live sometimes so being tan year round is not for everyone 🙂 Thank you! I do enjoy learning about wellness. I totally learned so much from youtube too. What was your main source of wisdom on training? Those are all good things makes me want some avocado. I'm totally gonna make some like chicken tacos this weekend with guac.
  12. This is super interesting how db bench works better to activate your chest. I'm glad you found some way to make it work for you and improved the excavatum so much. I've been benching forever and I have to do finger push ups before every set. But, hey it works so maybe just keep it going. A lot of people do nuts, like Rich Froning eats a lot of peanut butter as a snack. They are healthy sources of macros. I'm usually just drinking milk all the time. I've loved milk since I was a kid and make sure to have a gallon in the fridge at all times 🙂 Yay go USA lol. Good to see your morning routine's working. There was a fire alarm last night or I would've gotten to bed earlier. I got this tonight! Are you training at a gym or home gym? I find the energy at the gym is way more relaxing in the morning it's the whole reason why I started getting up earlier in the first place. I have insomnia so I have to do a lengthy sleep routine so I think 630am would be the earliest I could possibly get up. I'm on that lean mean veggies fruit and whole grains diet right now. I kind of like it, but it's also just so, not decadent? Lol. I think I miss strawberry cheesecake, fatty steak and buttered mashed potatoes. What're your comfort foods? 😛
  13. Yea maybe all the aliens aren't as friendly as they are in your book (o_O). I would like to get superpower enhancements via alien technology implants though please. Love the character development in your story. I really enjoy those books, they make me feel like I'm learning along with the characters
  14. That's such a serious nutrition plan woah! 😮 And I thought I ate like a monk when I'm cutting. I mean I'm about to eat brown rice sushi and tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat. Or PB and Fruit on whole wheat. Awe crap I already ate my banana woops. Well I mean no wonder you were getting lean and muscular on that diet. There's so little junk food it's all healthy carbs, fat and protein. This is my first time cycling cutting and bulking inspired by reading through a few fitness books this year. I have to say I'm really enjoying being intense about cutting for just a month right now. I actually love putting the chocolate away and looking to eat as clean as possible every meal. It's because I know it's not permanent. That next month I'll be happily eating pad thai again 😄 Running shirtless could be a lot of fun. I did it before, but I'm really not into running the elliptical is much more conducive to my goals. But if you wanna go for the shirtless jog go for it! You'll get a tan and cardio at the same time, what a deal. Speaking of which I'm gonna hit up the pool just to lay out and tan if I can. How does one get tan in the Fall season anyway? I guess I could try jogging shirtless on the field near my house. Or even just walking hey what're your diagnoses? I got two as well
  15. I'm not much of a habit tracker. Thanks for your support in doing what works for me. I kind of just keep pushing myself to get to bed on time and that's about it hehe. I think anything will work as long as you have a clear goal in mind and track progress in some fashion. I don't like the apt gym mostly because I feel uncomfortable when people are walking by looking through the glass door at me training. Also it's just a lot smaller with less equipment. I mostly went to the gym last night to use the roman chair to keep my low back healthy. The rest of the stuff is just like getting to do my hobby more fully. Nice job with your habits. I'm trying to get in bed to do my sleep routine by 915pm now. Sleeping's a challenge heh. What is it that keeps you up at night?
  16. Yay it's the funnest journal ever muahahaha >: D Ommmm I didn't gym today because I had a dental appt in the morning instead. It's cool though. The beauty of working out in the morning is that if I miss it I can make it up that day in the evening. No missed days! Although I should probably intentionally miss a whole week at some point to just rest and recover. I'll just like take lots of walks and yoga flows instead. Sounds like a laid back week. Yea so I'm thinking instead of gym I'll use my apartment gym tonight. Even though I don't like it as much....yea forget it I'll just go to my main gym. The elipticals are calling my name 😛 Fat loss and muscle gain come slow so I'll try to keep at it. It'd be cool to tryout the fancy habit trackers I see everyone having on here. I do it all with not much more than memory. I have a good memory though and that seems to help it stay sharp. Of course tracking would be more accurate. My memory doth not beat a computers. Right bulma's back (call my partner bulma on here) thursday. Cool phew. I miss that girl a lot. Darn. I can feel those sort of urges spiking whenever she leaves. They calm down though after I meditate and watch some shonen. That always works for me. Sometimes it takes a few rounds though heh. Right I'm feeling good about all my grinds now. I'm hoping a db bench will be easier on my joints since I have to do a ton of extra warmup before barbell bench. If I could just do a normal warmup for db bench then I could get a lot more sets done. That'd be sweet for hypertrophy. Ugh I miss the gym. That's a good thing though. When I was going like 5 days or more a week I would not want to go and have to push myself in the door. Which really made it miserable. 4 days a week program now is so much better and I'm not as tired. I really miss the gym and can't wait to get back in there when my active days come up. I also super love the rest days where I get to just socialize, eat, watch anime and read more! Walk, stretch foam roll chug water. Chugging lots of water is so underrated. It's a great feeling! lol. I'm so grateful today for still being able to do decline situps and eliptical training. Despite all kinds of weird sports injuries over the years I'm still able to do these which help my stomach look much better. So thanks for that. yep 🙂 Games feel like no problem today, but gotta stay vigilant on all that. I'll send the comp back with mom later this week so it's not just in the hallway closet with me. That's not good. I find that temptation is best far far out of arms reach if I want to stay vigilant. Om, the other thing is. I feel like temptation for things can be completely gone for me. But then some trigger arises: new friends are pushing me to game with them. Or I see or talk with really attractive girls and it makes me get very aroused. That's when the poop has hit the fan. And all the recovery all the little actions and abstinences add up to spiraling out of control. Or engaging ninja grit and riding out the urges. So it's basically like 3-6 months of zero temptation building up discipline. And one random moment in time happens and it's like a level 9/10 temptation that needs to be resisted with all my might. So gotta just stay in shape in and out of season. Never know when I'll have to battle temptation. For me this means no staring at girls, keeping gaming equipment out of my home, no swearing, no substances. Keep doing my routines for exercise and spiritual practice. That's about all it takes. hehehe it's easier done than said!
  17. Hey this is really cool. Also you're doing so good getting up at 6am moving towards 5am. Very inspiring. I've been a morning workout person for a couple years now. But I always just get up at 7am and I got a job that starts around 10-6pm so I can workout later in the morning. Heh. I'd love to get up earlier and will push myself to make it happen at my goal time of 645am. 🙂 It's so much nicer when the gyms empty S2. No lines for anything.
  18. Excellent detailed description of your training. That's a diverse portfolio of exercises there. I'm starting to want to add some more machine work in like you're doing. Namely the lat pull, hamstring curl and leg extension. Of course that means getting up an extra 15 minutes earlier per day which is. Challenging. I need to be in bed by 915pm nightly to make that happen. Wish me luck on that lol, I haven't been able to get up earlier than 7am. It's just stayed there. I'll checkout your journal I'd love to see how your food plan and bulking is going. I totally agree, a bulky body can be muscle bound and prevent functional movements like in sports or even daily life tasks. My friend at the gym said he couldn't *ahem wipe his butt without help. I'll never get to that point because my girlfriend puts up with enough of my flaws as is without doing that for me lol. Your post makes me want to give dumbbell bench press a try. Maybe it'll be easier on the shoulders then a flat bench. What's the reason you prefer it to the barbell bench? That's awesome we basically made the same progression weight/height wise. It really does work to help gain muscle mass. Some dudes at the gym are so huge. It makes me want to get bigger. What you're saying is a healthy dose of reality in that it's not always healthy to get bigger at a certain point. I'll assess each step of the way too. Gonna try out more hypertrophy and dumbbell bench now. What country are you in? I'm in the USA. I noticed you know how to do kilogram conversions. What was your diet like when you were making your best progress? IE: lots of veggies or tuna?
  19. Oh that sounds like a really fun concept. I like how his life is just so isolative and miserable. But then gets solved by getting abducted by aliens. Creative solution. Makes me feel like it's a good metaphor for finding a new group of people to belong to. Or maybe I literally need to get abducted by aliens. *Plans next vacation to Rosewell, NM*. Yeah that thing is operating at like 10% capacity it probably thinks this is the easy life if it could think.
  20. Hahaha, I wish I had more time and energy to enthusiastically flex all the time. I'm too old for that now. 😛 I don't even know about counting calories, but that's awesome you listed those ratios out very interesting. Also dang 5 meals with 6 veggie servings a day. That's serious. Probably so healthy though. Your description of the daily hurdle is so accurate for gaming addiction. Phew glad I'm out of it. Good luck in your passion pursuit! Seems like it would be a good fit for you either way. I wonder if you'd get bored of the gym or food? Probably not after you got used to it. I always wanted to be a personal trainer, but being a therapist just kind of fell into place for me and I love it so it's all good 🙂 We're in fall and I'm into dressing up as anime characters *ahem* shirtless if I can look good enough for it. So like that means everyone's dressing up at the end of this month for a party. And I just want to look my leanest for it. Todays my first day getting serious about the food plan. I'm like hunting for brown rice, whole wheat bread and zero sugar whenever I eat out. It makes me happy to be striving for something.
  21. Never seen anyone do this much youtube before it seriously is an issue. I can't say I have an issue with TV but I want to cut down. Like 1.5 hours daily max. How much do you watch tv? I basically don't watch youtube. It's too addictive for me too. Though I've learned a lot of useful things there. The most useful I learned was to stay the eff away from youtube cause it'll suck me in and make me forget about all the more important things I want to do with my life 🙂 ❤️
  22. Hey good luck. 😄 Did you checkouts CBT workbooks or worksheets? That's basically one of the best mental health things you can do for anxiety which you've probably at least heard of already. I kind of wanted to get a CBT workbook just to work on again. What's your reason for getting off youtube? Are you getting off like all TV as well? I'd be so much more well read and the house would be so clean and I'd cook way more if I wasn't watching TV. Darn. Maybe I could try to limit tv to like one episode a day or something. Just to connect with others over it. Shoot. Why'd we invent TV? lol
  23. Keep at those hobbies man. Just read IKIGAI and it made me a believer in doing something you love
  24. Thanks for liking my post 🙂 Nice in depth journal. Very organized even with a cool visual star rating. Sorry if you already talking about this a lost but what're you reading? That's also very interesting practice to grow your comfort zone by spending 30m outside of it. Is there something specific you're wanting to get comfortable with or is it just like, you know it's a use it or lose it situation and the goal is to keep the comfort zone growing just to grow it? Like how people save money just to save it. <---definitely my mentality. Dang that's impressive the novels going well and props on the 5k speed
  25. The Warrior The most desirable archetype For me To each their own We can only make approximations Based on our upbringing and natural abilities We aren't all born into a samurai clan with one purpose: To become a hardened warrior and serve on the battlefield To the death So I do what I can I workout I don't fight anymore I remember how though I'll use it if I have to To protect myself and others What is a modern warrior? Everything in our own lives is subjective we can define winning for ourselves That's what a goal is: It's a work around for the 99.999999% of the population that Can't win a gold medal or a PGA tour To be a warrior for me is to sustain abstinence From Substances, Video games and PMO This the crux of things Then to build a good life on the bedrock of that sobriety Why win at a game, When you can win at life? I stopped playing games and I made life into a game There was no final boss to mark victory So I made up my main quests: Fitness Spiritual practice Girlfriend Friends Family Hobbies Career Health and beauty This is what matters The Final Boss is to die well. Healthy, strong, having lived fully. A fulfilling life I could be proud of as I breathe my last They can sense it when I meet them When they see me, how I shine, what my life is like They know I have it figured out The thing everyone is aiming for: the good life I cut through the challenges of life like a sharpened blade Because I sharpen myself every day To overcome the challenges It seemed simple enough to me Take care of the main quests Maintain those benefits Then do the side quests for fun and extra benefits I got addicted to winning at life And I always win Because I'm the one making the rules I'm the game creator now And you can't beat me =] Suck a dick!!!!!!! Hehehehe 😄
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