We have a local place here that has a lab you just ask for the panels they offer, they have pre made panel or you can pick and choose what you want. I did the men’s hormone panel no insurance because no doctor referral or anything like that. It was under 100 bucks. Usually online local clinics if they offer lab work you can see what they offer.
Ya, i also see some labcorps and quest diagnostic now let you order bloods directly through them. I dont remember it being that way going back maybe.....10 years? Anyways, if theres one in your/anyones town and the price is reasonable thats where i would go.
Gonna really want to see Leutenizing Hormone, and Follicle Stimulating Hormone if you care about sperm.
I use PrivateMDLabs as well, and I think this is the female panel test you can use and reasonably priced. Hyde has you covered on what to test. You can add on anything extra you may need. Just order the female hormone panel for men.
www.privatemdlabs.com
You have it backwards. ALL WEED HAS THCA, when its heated it turns into regular thc. Thca is regular thc before its activated.
Your goldenLeaving this here because I figure you will enjoy it; Kurt Haves on EliteFTS & pretty good so far:
If you don’t, just say so and I’ll delete it
Okay I misunderstood what you wrote originally. LOL. I thought you were saying that THC Delta9 turned into THCA once heated. I just know that THCA is not illegal in Texas only THC Delta9 except in very minute doses. I think the THC-D9 is supposed to be much lower in the HEMP products which is how it is made legal, but they extract or do something to increase the THC-A in the HEMP they are growing now so it is high enough to get you saucy. The place i went to this week gave me a tester of this THC-A that had THC-A Keefe all over it. I put a tiny piece of a nugget in a single hitter and holy crap I was much higher than expected from it. Like "horry shiit" high.
When i have everything cured up and ready i will be sending out some free samples to some of the regulars in my logs so count yourself in!
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Sounds like a good plan, especially if it’s been a while since you gave your body a break with lighter loads. You can maintain good on 4 days a week, strategically working around issues.
I agree, probably do him some good to lower volume and make sure his joints and connective tissue can recover in between sessions. The fun of starting to get older and not being able to go as hard as often. The puzzle of making progress without breaking ourselves becomes part of the challenge for us older guys as you already know. I have no doubts @Smont will figure it all out.
When i was a kid i wished i had knowledgeable people giving me directions. I had lots of ppl behind me but looking back many of them were just dads coaching sports and driving blind on coaching. Especially when it comes to weightlifting. My highschool football coach was 5'5 and obese, he would tell guys if you bounce the bar off your chest you can lift a extra 15lbs and foolish BS like that. Despite being a fighting gym its more then that and very family oriented. everyone trys to help everyone. We have a lot of very good teen boxers right now who have the skills but there weak and got no pop so my job because getting them stronger. Which is funny because we have a strength class but whenever they specifically want someone to get stronger or bigger they ask me. Im seeing that strength training may be a better route for me at this moment vs fat loss whatever your goal may be so i need to expand my knowledge in order to help these guys. Im better with 1 on 1 or small groups but i dont do well instructing a class.It does sound like a combination of things that contributed to the miss…..between the extra warm ups and chin ups in between, helping the kids and possibly losing some motivation can add up quickly and lead to a miss on a heavy deadlift. As far as the competition, I would say follow your gut and do whatever you’re truly motivated for, because the last thing you need is training hard and heavy on deadlifts and possibly your head and heart not completely in, and injure your back.
By the way, I know you do it a lot, but I think it’s really cool you’re always helping the kids and youngsters at your gym.
I would agree in most cases but i can do 28 straight chins with bodyweight, sets of 10 are super easy for me and its about as demanding as any pump/fluff stuff so i didn't think it would be a big deal. They weren't super sets really either. A super set would be back to back but i was basically doing 10 chins, wait a min, 5 reps of light weight deads up to 225 then 3 rep sets to 375 and singles and doubles after that but there was rest between everything
I am sure it was a factor, but on top of everything else I am sure you coaching the youngsters and getting excited when one of them would do well wore on you too. Lots of factors, but if you are really finding the coaching fulfilling right now then put your focus on that and just train in a way you enjoy that is also effective and you are golden.
Agreed, im gonna actually start backing the weight on deadlifts back into the 275-325 range and work on adding reps. I do wanna pull in that little meet but im so far off my a game i think id just be disappointed in myself. When i fail on anything less then 495 im pissed cus o know im capable of 500+ pretty much any day any time. Well, not yesterday lol
I thought those were the most annoying things when we first were using them in like 2015-2016 and I never gave it a second thought until the last 6 months or so with my buddy as we eyeballed our rep speed on things like deads. It really got me wondering about how I could use that data. "oh that was a fast rep, you have a PR in you today for sure".
I appreciate that explanation, its stuff like that i have no clue about and i never would have guessed that be the case.
Il be honest, i never heard of a bar speed sensor. I do not know the PL world like i do bodybuilding or sport specific stuff, general force production ect. I really need to sit down and do some digging into the strength game.
The bar speed sensors were cool, but for most people they would be overkill - lifting is as much art as science, and knowing the exact speed of your lift doesn’t mean you will make good training decisions based on that.
I'm not worried about strength training young athletes, I can do that with my eyes closed and my hands tied behind my back because these kids are doingsport specific strength training. I'm talking about stuff that i need to learn so im as good at training people for PL as i am with the other stuff i know. If you @Hyde right now had about as much knowledge as a beginner on the cusp of a intermediate, What would you look to, to take yourself from there to advanced when it comes to knowledge outside of physically doing the training. I'm sorry I don't really know how to word this, who are people I should follow and watch so i can learn everything after the fundamental strength traing stuff. Say i wanna go from training high school football players to training someone like myself for powerlifting. Where's the information I need to know to teach a body builder how to be a power lifter. Or how to teach a football player to be a successful power lifter or anything along those lines.
I know you asked Hyde, and I’m sure he’ll have some great suggestions.
powerliftingtechnique.com
So I have/have read 8 of those 10 books on the list @gphagan1 posted - all pretty good reads, but the problem with powerlifting is there are a lot of ways to skin the cat. And a lot of them work, some better than others, depending on individual response, needs, and durability.
Everything you said i was kinda already thinking. like bodybuilding theres a 1000 things that work. Like boxing has a handful of styles and Then you have a bunch of people who slightly alter styles and then you create your own style and before you know it there's a 1000 ways you can box everything's like this and it is really hard to pick one and do only 1 when you have the ADHD's like me's lol. Luckily im good at learning and studying when its for a purpose and I'm pretty good at telling people to do what I say and not what I do because what I do isn't going to work for a lot of people lol. If I told you next week that you're gonna do a 4 day power building split with 6 boxing workouts and 3 x 2 mile runs. You would say thats retarded and rightfully so. Now do it on 4-5hours sleep every night. Its terrible when i say it outloud.
), 3 years no cigs, and 15 years no trouble with the police. I wasn't some kind of crazy criminal I just used to fight a lot and drink a lot And hang out in the hood like a dumb a** where trouble starts all the time. Lots of babbling here so il cut that short. And start a new one for some of tonights training
. The 4th is ok but smells a little grassy and not very potent. i keep it for my day smoke if i day smoke. I do notice the longer i have it the more the smell comes out so i may base my cure time off smell.
Awsome, glad things are moving forward. i did manage to stop at costo and grab a case of those fairlie shakes, a few boxes of protein bars, I can't remember the brand I basically just picked the one that had the most reasonable sounding ingredients and a nutritional profile that I thought made sense for me. Some apples, oranges, wraps, and a rotisserie chicken and eggs. Stuff to make chili tooDang sorry about the kitten man, 5 bands is quite a bill. I’m glad he’s okay, and your body is feeling healthier after the forced deload.
You may not have as much time to prep food, but you can always try to do the best with what you’ve got. It’s not all or nothing; every decision adds up so just do what is feasible for now with your food decisions.
I pulled 345 for a set safely last week, and also hacksquat 200lbs and my knee did alright, so things are trending in the right direction for my back & knee. Tried Mike’s new Carnitine w/ Choline the other day, no PIP
My thoughts were like yours, ive only had him 2ish months, im not even sure, but first i felt tremendously guilty. I tried to convince myself I had enough medical knowledge to see that he was getting better because of certain signs and I should have took him straight to the vet because the things that were wrong were things I couldn't see. Initially i paid a 800 deposit and went home to wait for news. While i was home i was trying to prepare myself and my son to go say goodbye and i looked at my dresser and i have a jar with 3 of his kitten teeth that fell out and i had a massive crying meltdown. At that point i stopped caring about money. I dont really ever care about money. I've always looked at money just as it means to be able to do what I want to do. And when you don't really do much you don't really need much. I'm very crafty I'm very hard-working and I have a lot of different skills and I know at the end of the day I can go make more money one way or Another. I might not live the greatest life but no one's going to starve to death around here the bills always get paidend that's enough for me. We have nice things we go on vacations I can spend $10,000 to go down to Disney world and walk around that s*** hole 7 days then i can spend 10,000 so that i got 15 years with my pet. The baby teeth sealed the deal. Luckily it wasn't 10k. But i made a phonecall onece it got over 3000 and my boy was on standby with anothr 5k if i needed it, Because if they had to send them over to the emergency vet it was honna be upwards or 2,000 per day or something like that. The funny thing about that is the guy I called up is my best friend, we don't even see each other that much anymore and he immediately knew it was gonna be for an animal
Hate to break the news buddy….
I really dont have many negative emotions or insecurities so im still safe lol
