My condolences for your family member. It’s never easy, and always sobering.
I wasn’t sure if you were doing the core stuff on the mornings you do cardio or on weekends etc when you don’t lift...
Sorry to hear about the death in the family, thats never easy-
I wouldn't be surprised if Jay was still lifting 7 days a week. I know he's still very enhanced, despite not being at competition...
Catching up in here:
I hear you Kleen on the dieting down part being hard for us meatheads when it comes to potential muscle loss. But I think by actually doing it, I overcame that fear part for...
Week 4
Deload #1
Bench
10 x bar
2 x 5 x 105, 135, 165
"BBB"
5 x 10 x 135
CGBP
10 x 135
Incline bench
10 x 135
DB bench
10 x 55
Dips
2 x 10
Tricep push downs
2 x 15
Cardio
20 min...
As crazy as it might sound to you, maybe start with like a 60% of training max level - just knowing the issues you're dealing with and how long you've been off this type of compound lifting...
Just measured: I’m 41” at the navel around widest part of love handles/obliques, and 48” relaxed around chest/lats. I’m 5’10” and hit a new recent low of 232.4lbs today before my first meal...
Do you remember early 2000's when Age of Mythology was a PC game? Like 2002 I think. I had some customers up at Microsoft around that time that would go on 5 year plans. Like they literally...
Dang brother, sorry to hear this. Hoping it's not actually serious - while I know you mentioned you'd actually rather for surgery - there's both time, cost, and rehab elements to that.
Was going...
ready for the liftpocalypse.
I’ve just audited/tidied up my supps cupboard and I might not need to spend another penny on supps for the rest of the year, even with my brother helping himself when...
Yeah the shorty deload can be a good play here. You have 19 day til no training, so just taking a few easy days to circle the wagons up can be a good play before the last push. Then you have 15...
Good info. Since I don't take days off though... [emoji38] on a side note, I heard Jay Cutler mention he still works out 7 days a week. Crazy!
Did end up going for another pre-dinner walk with...
Today is ironically I think my past day of this cycle before programmed deload, a word I haven't had to use in a while yet I'm sorta looking forward to it! Lol
So to be clear, the dead bug is basically a regressed form of bird dog. This makes it more ideal on off-days because you just roll onto your back and knock a few reps out, or for a short time...
5/29/2026
Friday
Stretches
Warmups
Overhead Press 5-3-1
115 x 3
130 x 3
150 x 8 (2-3,RIR)
Arnold Press
45s x 10, 10, 10
Skull Crushers
90 x 10
100 x 10
110 x 10
Just did a quickie today...
Just forgive the Mark McGrath bleached hair, it was the 90s, but thats my grip in my hand and blood on my face, this was the day I decided to start wearing my helmet lol.
we didn't know how...
That’s awesome, and you got good height on that jump. My best friend was big in BMX when we were teenagers. He actually was sponsored by Redline and won more races than I could tell you, but he...
Nice job Green! As Hyde said, count it.
Re: TRT testing - when actually is the optimal time to test if you wanted to look at levels? Is it an hour or two post-bolus injection? At the midway point...
Squat 1RM 395! Let’s go!
Had my daughter take a video of 375 and 395. 375 was clearly exactly parallel, but 395 was iffy. I’ve asked a couple friends who workout (not actual powerlifters but...
M5, Wk3, D1/2
Working sets after full warm up, including Dead Bugs.
DB laterals, 2 sets
BB upright rows, 3 sets
EZ bar curls, 4 sets
48 mins, 136 cals.
Pre: 1 scoop Ignition Switch, 1g Choline...
I'll have to try adding in dead bugs. My full warm up routine currently is,
Foam rolling
Stretching
Scap Push Ups
Bird Dogs
Cat Camels
Curl Ups (only recently added these back in).
But good...
Consider some cat camels and dead bugs maybe on days you don’t train as well, so you are getting some dedicated bloodflow and movement to the area every day as well. Or as secondary things in the...
While last night I racked up good total hours of sleep, it wasn't entirely restful since my son isn't feeling well. He woke up early this AM and I had to give him some medicine and sit with him...
Great news, things are much better today. It took a few days for the inflammation to get down, but yesterday I was able to do my traction, we just lowered the resistance, and made sure the neck...
Setbacks WILL happen. Injuries occur, and old ones can get grumpy. That’s okay - it’s not a death sentence & you know things can be improved again. Nothing is guaranteed permanence in life, but...
TRT is what puts you into physiological testosterone ranges, and ideally also has you feeling relatively good/vital. TRT+ would be doses putting in excess of top of range for total t, and/or...
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