dapack
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so heavy barbell stimulation causes growth hormone and testosterone increases in us when we lift, right? plus stress causes cortisol, etc. you and i have had kinda similar years in terms of gym and personal stress affecting us and i've seen a lot of the same things. the big difference is I was still able to keep benching while you took time off, so I did my best to push those numbers as high as I could to try to get that heavy weight stimulation on the CNS.
I wouldn't stress too much just yet. my legs have shrunk noticeably. i've had 2 people comment on how much smaller they look and i've lost 15lbs this year. i think its stress plus no deads or squats with the back injury. give it time and be smart on the rebuild. i bet you do just fine and come back fast.
Yeah bet you are right. Stress, depression, takes a huge toll on the body. In some ways actually excited to rebuild from scratch and look at it as rebuilding the right way and getting rid of the bad habits I got into.