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100% done. We got started young and have 2 teenagers now.
Hanging. Thankfully I am past the point of wanting or even considering that anymore. I just gotta keep moving forward.
Brother I’m glad you’re still with us and don’t have those thoughts anymore. You’re bettering yourself daily. Keep it up!
@BrightFuture Meditation always helps with these things......it helps keep mind relaxed and avoid unwanted and repetitive thoughts.........
So for leg day I took a different approach. Much quicker workout and very little rest time between sets. Kept the rep ranges between 15-20 for the most part. Fun workout but I prefer the way I was doing it before but thought I would try this out 1 time.
Hammer leg press: 180x 20 270x15 270x15 360x12
Calf raise: 215x20 215x20 215x20 215x16
Leg extension: 120x20 135x20 150x15 165x10
Leg curl: 120x20 135x20 135x15 135x10
Fun workout but I think I prefer my usual. Think my rest time was long enough to change the weight and that was it. Typically I do 2 minutes for main exercise of the day and 1 minute for everything else. Also did 15 minutes cardio before and after.
Had a good date night with my wife last night! Left elbow still feels a bit sore so I skipped having a dedicated arm day this week. Not end of the world because I do add them in with chest and back anyway.
Hammer leg press: 180x 20 270x15 270x15 360x12
Calf raise: 215x20 215x20 215x20 215x16
Leg extension: 120x20 135x20 150x15 165x10
Leg curl: 120x20 135x20 135x15 135x10
Fun workout but I think I prefer my usual. Think my rest time was long enough to change the weight and that was it. Typically I do 2 minutes for main exercise of the day and 1 minute for everything else. Also did 15 minutes cardio before and after.
Had a good date night with my wife last night! Left elbow still feels a bit sore so I skipped having a dedicated arm day this week. Not end of the world because I do add them in with chest and back anyway.
Thank you! That means a lot! Still got the thoughts sometimes just do desire to act on them.
Tried meditating before and definitely think it takes practice. I like to take nice deep breaths especially in bed because it makes getting to sleep easier.
@BrightFuture last updates is good but no updates, you ok?
Alright guys I am here and ok. Been a rough and stressful week. Not all bad though. To start with the bad my son has had problems with one of his ears his entire life. Lots of surgeries and he had one late last year. He had an audiogram appt 1.5 hours away Monday. We found out he had dramatic hearing loss and would eventually need hearing aids for life in the near future. This was pretty crushing for us but he took it in stride. We obviously didn’t let him know how we were feeling about. Then the next day the surgeon office called and the surgeon wanted to see him asap because he wasn’t expecting this at all. So he had another appointment yesterday an hour away. Thankfully we got some potentially good news. He possibly just had some left over fluid build up post surgery that got infected and the antibiotics didn’t get rid of. So he’s trying to get that cleared up and hopefully that was the cause of the hearing loss. That was a huge relief because we were stressing pretty bad.
Now some good things. I had to take a test Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I passed the first 2 but won’t know about the third for a couple weeks. These are required for my next big career step so good things happening there. Got one more next week to take.
Left elbow has been bothering me still. I still hit chest Monday though.
Incline hammer press: 70x15 80x12 90x10 100x6 (elbow wasn’t like the 90 or 100 pounds)
Machine fly: 4 sets 15 reps 100 pounds
Incline dumbbell fly: 4 sets 20 pounds 15 reps (couldn’t do more than 20 because the elbow)
Tricep push down: 4 sets 15 reps 100 pounds
Wanted to do dips but figured that wouldn’t be good for elbow.
Now some good things. I had to take a test Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I passed the first 2 but won’t know about the third for a couple weeks. These are required for my next big career step so good things happening there. Got one more next week to take.
Left elbow has been bothering me still. I still hit chest Monday though.
Incline hammer press: 70x15 80x12 90x10 100x6 (elbow wasn’t like the 90 or 100 pounds)
Machine fly: 4 sets 15 reps 100 pounds
Incline dumbbell fly: 4 sets 20 pounds 15 reps (couldn’t do more than 20 because the elbow)
Tricep push down: 4 sets 15 reps 100 pounds
Wanted to do dips but figured that wouldn’t be good for elbow.
This morning I got up early and was feeling really good. Getting the potential good news about son yesterday was a huge stress relief. Did legs today.
Leg press: 300x12 320x12 340x12 360x8
Calf raise: 215x20 215x20 215x16 215x17
Leg curl: 4 sets of 20 120 pounds
Leg extension: 135x20 135x20 135x16 135x14
Romanian deadlift: 4 sets of 12 at 135 pounds
Elbow felt great. Thinking it is 100% now. Planning to do shoulders and arms tomorrow but I also might decide to go back today and do shoulders then just do arms tomorrow.
Leg press: 300x12 320x12 340x12 360x8
Calf raise: 215x20 215x20 215x16 215x17
Leg curl: 4 sets of 20 120 pounds
Leg extension: 135x20 135x20 135x16 135x14
Romanian deadlift: 4 sets of 12 at 135 pounds
Elbow felt great. Thinking it is 100% now. Planning to do shoulders and arms tomorrow but I also might decide to go back today and do shoulders then just do arms tomorrow.
Also, any of you guys teachers?
Well it’s been a great day and it got even better after my second workout of the day. Hit shoulders pretty hard. One thing to note is I believe my joints and tendons were getting pretty beat up. Believe they just needed some time to catch up to the weight. My left shoulder felt great today. I believe it has possibly caught up and maybe even surpassed my right shoulder strength wise. Wild because at the start of this, I had a major strength disparity with the left being much weaker.
Hammer strength shoulder press: 45x15 70x15 80x10 90x9 100x8
Hammer strength shrug 180x20 180x20 180x20 180x16
Dumbbell lateral raise: 20x15 20x15 20x15 20x15
Machine reverse fly: 75x12 90x12 90x12 90x12
Facepulls: 100x20 110x20 120x19 130x13
My whole body just felt so good today. I think the weights increased probably too fast during that first 4 weeks and my joints weren’t ready. Some of you here told me to slow down but I was having too much fun so I didn’t listen. Well now I know! Feeling awesome!
Hammer strength shoulder press: 45x15 70x15 80x10 90x9 100x8
Hammer strength shrug 180x20 180x20 180x20 180x16
Dumbbell lateral raise: 20x15 20x15 20x15 20x15
Machine reverse fly: 75x12 90x12 90x12 90x12
Facepulls: 100x20 110x20 120x19 130x13
My whole body just felt so good today. I think the weights increased probably too fast during that first 4 weeks and my joints weren’t ready. Some of you here told me to slow down but I was having too much fun so I didn’t listen. Well now I know! Feeling awesome!
sorry to hear about your son you ok?
training is good though
i think we got a few that hide why?
great training day you hit it hard @BrightFuture dont stop it PUSH
Yeah I am ok. Hoping it was not as big of a deal as we were initially led to believe. I am wanting to become a teacher. Already got a Bachelors and Masters degree but they are not in education so I got a lot to do!sorry to hear about your son you ok?
training is good though
i think we got a few that hide why?
great training day you hit it hard @BrightFuture dont stop it PUSH
Yeah today was pretty good. Joints and all feeling really good and really think my left shoulder has caught up and maybe even surpassed the right one strength wise. Basing this off of those overhead presses today. Came home today and took my shirt off and my wife was damn ok lmao. Glad she loving it. Should have had her take a picture but I didn’t. Those facepulls…nothing gets the rear delts and upper back pumped quite like those as a finisher. Absolutely love it!
Tomorrow is arm day and date night with the wife!
@BrightFuture I train a guy who has an education degree, teaching works but get some job with high end high paid place like union seems best
date night we gotta see pics with food
meals
Teachers pay very well where we live. Wife makes $$$.@BrightFuture I train a guy who has an education degree, teaching works but get some job with high end high paid place like union seems best
date night we gotta see pics with food
