thread of getting sw0le

employers who offer free candy shd be imprisioned imho

I've seriously considered asking them to move me to the other side of the floor next time there's an open office there.

i love to press weights over my head

heck yea

this guy was really killin it with a clean and jerk yesterday, looked pretty badass, could also tell just by how he bent over that he was flexible as fuck, like a gymnast or something.

yeah i have no hope of ever doing that stuff. not flexible and lanky like a baby moose.

guys smoking w33d is great for recovery ime

after lifting sesh go get lifted is what i'm saying

work has kept me from the gym this week so far and I'm getting anxious, might have to do some kind of makeshift home workout later.

Missing a week is not a big deal -- more than a week, or a week of sickness, I crank back the weight a little so I cando full sets when I get back. It's less discouraging, and I think I bounce back faster that way.

get a chinup bar for home imo

yeah I need to do that -- back is the hardest thing to work at home, most other muscles can be worked without equipment

i ordered straps and a dip belt. cuz i want that freaky back and i hate it when my grip gives out. what's best for grip strength anyway?

i'm at my all-time best w/ squats, bench press and deadlifts. 245, 235, 315 for sets of 6.

you big, brah

why thank you

I'm taking a scheduled week off here (after 9-10 weeks, I forgot exactly how long) and restarting after my exams. Going to try just cutting all the minor exercises and doing the Starting Strength program for a while, see if I can get my squat and deadlift numbers up, because right now they are pitiful. I also want to try a super low-carb/ketogenic diet, since fat loss is my #1 concern right now, but that's going to have to wait- I need to get through exams, Christmas with my family, and New Year's Eve in NYC. I can't handle prepping clean meals and not drinking at the same time with any of those things, let alone all three.

holidays such a pain imo. good luck.

yes totaly! i have been eating like complete crap but at least have managed to keep my lifting routine somewhat intact.

While I'm not mattresslessness level big yet, my deadlift is up to 215 for sets of 5 today, felt pretty good about that. It's still mainly my grip and soft hands holding me back from lifting more. My squats are at 155 for sets of 10. My bench has not really been progressing as much as I hoped but I think I need to change where chest day is in my cycle because I usually do it following back day and probably some of my arm muscles are tired.

mattresslessness those numbers are wild

my big problem has always been low back & hamstring flexibility. no real idea how to improve that other than "stretch moar"

im at abt mattressesless numbers except i dont really bench press big will it give me boobs

Every time I'm at the gym there is this gang of tall handsome ridiculously jacked british dudes working out together, probably all from the same British investment bank or something. I resent the shit out of them but I use the resentment to motivate me to push myself.

goole u shd do yoga its so good, feel like its such a perfect compliment to lifting, like it works yr whole body activates all the little muscles u r habituated to never using improves flexibility then u can go lift heavy things, ive been doing a yoga class then lifting after

i'm sure your right, time is a problem tho :(

*you're

yeah its a lot def does yr gym have classes tho cause might be worth a shot

also one of the teachers at my gym plays the flute during the end of class chill out sesh which is p tite

that actually sounds p awful

wow feel like just breathe out all yr negativity maybe

considering venturing into yoga bcz i was hanging out a few nights ago with a queer hippie yoga instructor and damn, his hips were otherworldly.

haha

I am not aiming for sw0leness, just trying to claw my way back from a hystericalrectomy. Turns out that losing an organ and moving very little for three weeks is an extremely effective path to anti-sw0leness.

I never thought I would be a workout-at-home-with-video person, but I'm liking Fitness Blender. Not doing very much beyond gentle stretching, mind you, but I plan to up my game when I can.

good stretching to you, quinc!

yeah and congrats on your successful loss of organ, we are here for you :D

seconding yoga. i did classes for a long time but after getting burned out on the culty personality of one instructor i just do some basics in the a.m. when i can.

Thanks dudes (and harbl, and any other sw0le chixors I am missing).

I scored a perfectly clean pathology report, so I'm all good. Except that I just checked my FitBit and it informs me that I have taken a grand total of 683 steps today ahahahah.

For a while this non-activity was balanced with having zero appetite and subsisting mainly on lol bone broth, but I'm recently back to doing my usual eat-like-a-horse thing, so I'll need to be getting on the swooooooooooole traaaaaaaaaaaaaaain pretty soon.

i gained a couple pounds and going nuts deciding if it's muscles or fat???? like it's typical for me and everyone to fluctuate but i am above the normal threshold. oh well.

also telephone thing you are gonna struggle doing starting strength on a very low carb diet. like i cannot keep up with heavy lifting if i don't eat enough carbs. trying to bench press on too little food is ime like trying to drop a barbell on my face. sorry friend.

carbs are good 4 u

yeah dude don't do ketogenic diet, it is stupid and gives you horrible breath!!! Also why do something unsustainable I mean sorry but don't do that.

And ya'll may beat me with your squats and deadlifts and such, but I swear to god I can out Kegel all of you.

Dudes should do Kegels to fyi

one time we did the biggest loser at work and i came in 5th by just eating chili all the time. i mean i lost like 2 lbs.

I'm not going straight into it, for one thing; if nothing else, I have plenty of carb-heavy foods that I'm not throwing away. But I've done a less rigorous low-carb diet before (around 50g a day, though admittedly while just doing machines, not compound lifts) and it worked really well for me. I'm thinking I might taper carb consumption down over the course of a month, or after however long it takes for me to feel OK with the program. And of course if I'm struggling, I'll step back and reassess what I'm doing- I'm willing to put up with a lot of unpleasantness, but I'm not going to get myself hurt.

And if nothing else I'll have a fun story about that month where I stirred bacon fat into my coffee and my piss smelled like ammonia, so hey, win win right

right

:D

Also why do something unsustainable I mean sorry but don't do that.

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not trying to tell anyone how to lead their lives but i def try to live by this dictum

is anyone still eating sardines or should I revive the nutrition nazi thread

sardines are always the greatest, i have even been turned on to big ass fresh sardines you can put on the grill

I am about to travel to the Land of the Canned Sardines and wonder if I should give it a go again after my failed attempt back however many years ago it was when ILX was obsessed with them