GreenMachineX
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Do you like Karbolyn more then HBCD?
Segansational's Motivation Log
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gphagan1
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Yeah that sucks…. I had an Oak tree fall across our fence last fall from all the rain and wind during Hurricane season. Took my chainsaw and cut it up for firewood and fixed my fence. That’s one advantage of having a lot of trees on our land…. I never have to buy firewood. As far as the one near your house, you definitely need to cut it down if you can’t treat it. 
Segansational
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Not really, I'm equal opportunity between the two. Just depends on what I can get depending on where I'm ordering from at the time.
Yeah, we're lucky that most of our trees are set back from our property, but so many are big mature ones that if they ever go fully would cause a lot of damage.
Yeah that sucks…. I had an Oak tree fall across our fence last fall from all the rain and wind during Hurricane season. Took my chainsaw and cut it up for firewood and fixed my fence. That’s one advantage of having a lot of trees on our land…. I never have to buy firewood. As far as the one near your house, you definitely need to cut it down if you can’t treat it.
I'll do that for smaller trees, but this one would've been too much for the chainsaw I have to handle.
gphagan1
Legend
Oh yeah, I understand…..when it comes to cutting trees you definitely want the right chainsaw for the job.
Segansational
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Hope all the dad's out there had a nice father's day. Family took me to a hot air balloon festival on Saturday which was cool. It was a bit too windy for them to really take flight, but seeing all of them blown up next to each other - 10 at one time! - was pretty neat. Did end up having an ice cream cone as a treat.
Ended up spending most of actual father's day doing stuff for the family.
Guess that's the true definition of fatherhood though. We spent the morning resealing/staining the kid's swingset. Then I did some work in our shed organizing and hanging some hooks. Wife is away on a work trip this week, so I'll be solo parenting the next few days. So, Dad and the kids had pizza and movie night.
M5, Wk5, D2
Working sets,
Neutral Grip Pull Ups, 1 set
Seated Cable Rows, 1 set
EZ bar Skull crushers, 2 sets
BB Upright Rows, 1 set
DB laterals, 1 set
BB shrugs, 2 sets
BB Squats, 2 sets
1 hr 28 mins, 207 cals.
Pre: 1 cap ECA Stack, 2.5 mg Y, 3 caps PrimeXT, 2 caps Pepti-Plex
Intra: 1 scoop EAA9, 1 scoop CVOL, 1g Choline Citrate, 1g Vit C.
Notes
Today's deload day felt more taxing than usual, even with a high readiness score - probably the highest in recent memory (99). Yesterday was really tired by late afternoon.
Diet was not super clean this weekend as outlined above. This week will actually be a short week as well, since we're going camping this weekend & to an amusement park. Food will be had! This is an annual tradition my wife's family grew up with that we've started to bring back now with our kids.
This is both the joy and curse of the summer. Basically every weekend we have something fun coming up that's a long weekend or a true vacation, but that will impact my workout schedule and make it a bit harder to stay on track diet wise. No off days during the week from here on out.
Just going to do as much damage control as I can during the week and not feel guilty about it when out and about. Cheers!
Ended up spending most of actual father's day doing stuff for the family.
Guess that's the true definition of fatherhood though. We spent the morning resealing/staining the kid's swingset. Then I did some work in our shed organizing and hanging some hooks. Wife is away on a work trip this week, so I'll be solo parenting the next few days. So, Dad and the kids had pizza and movie night. M5, Wk5, D2
Working sets,
Neutral Grip Pull Ups, 1 set
Seated Cable Rows, 1 set
EZ bar Skull crushers, 2 sets
BB Upright Rows, 1 set
DB laterals, 1 set
BB shrugs, 2 sets
BB Squats, 2 sets
1 hr 28 mins, 207 cals.
Pre: 1 cap ECA Stack, 2.5 mg Y, 3 caps PrimeXT, 2 caps Pepti-Plex
Intra: 1 scoop EAA9, 1 scoop CVOL, 1g Choline Citrate, 1g Vit C.
Notes
Today's deload day felt more taxing than usual, even with a high readiness score - probably the highest in recent memory (99). Yesterday was really tired by late afternoon.
Diet was not super clean this weekend as outlined above. This week will actually be a short week as well, since we're going camping this weekend & to an amusement park. Food will be had! This is an annual tradition my wife's family grew up with that we've started to bring back now with our kids.
This is both the joy and curse of the summer. Basically every weekend we have something fun coming up that's a long weekend or a true vacation, but that will impact my workout schedule and make it a bit harder to stay on track diet wise. No off days during the week from here on out.
Just going to do as much damage control as I can during the week and not feel guilty about it when out and about. Cheers!
Segansational
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And just a few more data points:
Weight: 155.6# (+2.4# since end of week)
BF: 14.1% (+0.3% since end of week)
But really good trend on readiness this past week transitioning into full on deload.
Weight: 155.6# (+2.4# since end of week)
BF: 14.1% (+0.3% since end of week)
But really good trend on readiness this past week transitioning into full on deload.
Dustin07
Legend
My favorite holiday is the 4th of julyYeah everyone knows that Father’s Day is NOT the equivalent of Mother’s Day for men
You don't owe anyone anything. No gift giving. Everyone BYOB. someone else blows everything up. you eat a pile of meat and sit in the sun. if the day goes really well, you also get to mow the lawn and run the sprinklers. It's truly Christmas in July.
Segansational
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Truth. Not that it needs to be. In either case, I don't mind putting in the work for the kids and the family.Yeah everyone knows that Father’s Day is NOT the equivalent of Mother’s Day for men
They made me two big father's day posters each one of my kids. That's plenty!
I bet the 4th celebrations this year are going to be even bigger boomsticks than usual with the 250th!
Segansational
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M5, Wk2, D3
Working sets,
Incline Bench Press, 1 set
Machine Chest Press, 1 set
Machine Preacher Curls, 2 sets
BB Shrugs, 1 set
SLDLs, 2 sets
1 hr 22 mins, 178 cals.
Pre: 1 cap ECA Stack, 5mg Y, 3 caps PrimeXT, 2 caps Pepti-Plex
Intra: 1 scoop EAA9, 1 packet Trevi electrolytes, 1 scoop CVOL, 1g Choline Citrate, 1g Vit C.
Notes
Another good day of recovery with my second readiness score of 99 during this deload.
Noting that the 5mg Y this AM with the ECA stack wasn't optimal, but doing some more research it appears that mid-afternoon dose of Y isn't really worth it in this scenario. So may just go back to 2.5mg Y AM only. Picked up some electrolyte packs from the river in a pinch. Been harder to find reasonably priced electrolyte powders lately...
My lower back felt tight this AM and during BB shrugs I could feel a bit of a twinge. Still ended up doing SLDLs, since it's only using my 1" bar primarily up to only an added 15# for deload, but had to go slow and careful. Hoping I did more good than damage.
Deadbugs and curl ups right now feel good for the lower back, so I've been regularly including them in my typical warm ups.
Working sets,
Incline Bench Press, 1 set
Machine Chest Press, 1 set
Machine Preacher Curls, 2 sets
BB Shrugs, 1 set
SLDLs, 2 sets
1 hr 22 mins, 178 cals.
Pre: 1 cap ECA Stack, 5mg Y, 3 caps PrimeXT, 2 caps Pepti-Plex
Intra: 1 scoop EAA9, 1 packet Trevi electrolytes, 1 scoop CVOL, 1g Choline Citrate, 1g Vit C.
Notes
Another good day of recovery with my second readiness score of 99 during this deload.
Noting that the 5mg Y this AM with the ECA stack wasn't optimal, but doing some more research it appears that mid-afternoon dose of Y isn't really worth it in this scenario. So may just go back to 2.5mg Y AM only. Picked up some electrolyte packs from the river in a pinch. Been harder to find reasonably priced electrolyte powders lately...
My lower back felt tight this AM and during BB shrugs I could feel a bit of a twinge. Still ended up doing SLDLs, since it's only using my 1" bar primarily up to only an added 15# for deload, but had to go slow and careful. Hoping I did more good than damage.
Deadbugs and curl ups right now feel good for the lower back, so I've been regularly including them in my typical warm ups.
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Segansational
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One more piece of info:
In diagnosing the potential recurrent lower back issue, it seems it may be tied to tight iliopsoas causing anterior pelvic tilt (lordosis), leading to extension of L4/L5 lower back, with compensatory erector strain.
Main focus to stretch psoas under load, ie. Bulgarian split squats.
Thoughts?
Also, supposedly fairly common in trained individuals.
In diagnosing the potential recurrent lower back issue, it seems it may be tied to tight iliopsoas causing anterior pelvic tilt (lordosis), leading to extension of L4/L5 lower back, with compensatory erector strain.
Main focus to stretch psoas under load, ie. Bulgarian split squats.
Thoughts?
Also, supposedly fairly common in trained individuals.
akboom87
Well-known member
Looks like deload is going well! One of the reasons I switched from morning workouts to evening is my back was not ready to go in the AM like it is in the PM.
Dustin07
Legend
bruh, in a pinch just make your own. a gallon pitcher of water in the fridge with the salt added. I fill ours 1/3 with ice, pour the salt/potassium on top of that, then the crystal lite, then fill with water, mix, chill, and serve. gatorade zeros from costco are nice and convenient but just keeping a pitcher of it in the fridge is awesome and for a guy like you, you could top of your shaker or yetti tumbler etc with electrolytes before you leave the house. its real nice when I get home from work too.
I'm getting more cautious on this stuff with my opinion cause we've seen so many different back issues popping up lately but I have 100% dealth with psoas issues, and pain in both the back and front. when psoas issues caused substantial frontal pain it was usually correlated with a lot of running and deadlifting. the cure was generally yoga 1 or 2 times a week.
with the pain the back if you are already doing SLDL and can do RDL at light weight I can tell you that a proper rehab RDL for me means I am so focused, and I am squeezing my glutes so incredibly tight, that slow sets of 20 at 95lbs (or even just a barbell) would leave me sweaty. I'd have to squeeze the butt so damn tight to make it through the full rom without pain. and like magic my back would feel like a million bucks the next day.
I do think yoga has its place for lifters... I haven't done any in years, but it fixed me more than once.
Hyde
Legend
It’s almost like you could just use $1 Morton table salt with store-brand Mio/flavor enhancer like I told you before…
If you aren’t doing split squats, Bulgarians, couch stretch etc either preWO or as separate mobility, yes you should be doing that stuff. As a middle-aged man with a desk job who also trains, there’s zero way to avoid Anterior Pelvic Tilt (ATP) without proactive work. This doesn’t have to be hard - one session per week, do a couple sets of lunges or rear-foot-elevated split squats (even just bodyweight), and do a couch stretch a couple evenings per week for a minute while watching tv, sitting with kids, etc. But it makes a big difference.
When I am done doing Bird Dogs, I usually move into a split squat pose and flex my glute on the knee that’s on the floor. If there’s a lot of resistance to extend my hip fully, I know I need some extra Bulgarians prior to being able to use my core optimally.
If you aren’t doing split squats, Bulgarians, couch stretch etc either preWO or as separate mobility, yes you should be doing that stuff. As a middle-aged man with a desk job who also trains, there’s zero way to avoid Anterior Pelvic Tilt (ATP) without proactive work. This doesn’t have to be hard - one session per week, do a couple sets of lunges or rear-foot-elevated split squats (even just bodyweight), and do a couch stretch a couple evenings per week for a minute while watching tv, sitting with kids, etc. But it makes a big difference.
When I am done doing Bird Dogs, I usually move into a split squat pose and flex my glute on the knee that’s on the floor. If there’s a lot of resistance to extend my hip fully, I know I need some extra Bulgarians prior to being able to use my core optimally.
Dustin07
Legend
best life hack.
to be fair, the first time you hear it nobody goes "hmmmm salt water that sounds delicious" lol.
but its freaking awesome to have it sitting there in the fridge whenever you're thirsty. I reach for that more often than water at home now. especially on the weekends. my wife made another pitcher of ice tea last week. I blended my salted crystal lite lemonade with it for a nice little electrolyte filled arnold palmer.
Dustin07
Legend
I'm also a believer that if you know your body and you know good pain vs bad pain, sometimes you gotta work through the pain to retrain your body what should and shouldn't hurt. My knee hurt so bad it would nearly put me in tears the first few months of the year just bending down to take a knee to look at something on the ground. I kept doing my leg press. partial reps, deeper reps, long full exagerated reps, 20 rep sets, light 90lb sets. warm it up. leg ext, curls, etc. then all the sudden I'm under the barbell and its 90% gone. my last couple sessions the pain was so gone that I didn't even think about it in the moment.
doesn't mean I'm 100% but I wasn't about to wave the white flag either.
doesn't mean I'm 100% but I wasn't about to wave the white flag either.
akboom87
Well-known member
I really enjoy the pink lemonade or regular lemonade packets (insert whatever brand) and then adding salt been my go to now for probably almost 1-2 years now?
MrKleen73
Legend
Yeah, salting some sugar free coolaid is where it is at over buying specialty drinks. Honestly for most of us Gatorade isn't even a good option unless you are adding sodium to it. It replaces more potassium than sodium which is wild considering more sodium is lost in sweat than potassium.