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scales are retarded. Weighed in at 180 a few weeks ago, was at 195 yesterday morning before food.

I say 8 lbs food/water in me, and then some muscle memory. Idk.
 
The scale I had would give you a different weight each time you stepped on it. Last time I was weighed was at the doctors office (back in March). I was about 132lbs.

And I know people say don't go by the scale, but by the mirror. I'd probably obsess over the number more. So, I guess I shouldn't. If I'm going by the mirror-- cutting out the baking has done a tremendous amount of good. I am getting leaner. I'm starting to see definition of abs.
 
Starting working out again, I'm getting fat. Doing a 5x5 routine but squats are gay (actually my body is gay) so it's gonna be DL heavy for a while, probably have one heavy, one light, one medium set a week, or something.

Also throwing some movements in to help my bowling strength because I got a new heavy ball

Going for weight loss and some strength gains until I hit the wall

And gonna eat healthier too yeah. Low carb yeahhh.
 
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It turns out I've got tennis elbow, I've been having radiating pain in my elbow all the way up my forearm.

Has anyone had this before? Advice/ tips for treatment? I'm planning on toning down my activities to rest it a bit, but my doctor said 6-8 weeks of no activity, and that's just not going to happen.
 
You're going to have to ice your elbow at least 3-4x a day between 20-30 minutes. And yes, you need to rest. But if you're insistent on not taking 6-8 weeks off, you want to focus on strengthening exercises for your elbow.

Tennis ball squeeze : hold for 6 seconds and release for 10 sec. 8-12 reps. -- I'd ice the elbow after this exercise.

If you can get physical therapy/massage, then I'd suggest doing that as well.
 
IWantAKouki said:
Starting working out again, I'm getting fat. Doing a 5x5 routine but squats are gay (actually my body is gay) so it's gonna be DL heavy for a while, probably have one heavy, one light, one medium set a week, or something.

Also throwing some movements in to help my bowling strength because I got a new heavy ball

Going for weight loss and some strength gains until I hit the wall

And gonna eat healthier too yeah. Low carb yeahhh.
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Kouk-try switching from 5x3 one week to 5x5 the next; that might help, especially with the squats. Having said that, look forward to big jumps in weight once you get a couple good weeks under you. Try farmers walks with dumbbells and/or plates for grip/forearm strength with bowling. As for low carb, just drop the processed carbs, and eat as much spinach/broccoli/squash/zuch that you want.

I have had a pretty good month of training, despite not having any competitions in the past few months. Sept/Oct is pretty crazy for me/us, with family trips/birthdays/weddings/solo trips for the MLB playoff & TNF game/overtime at the FD because of all the redneck hunters/etc. After what seemed like a year of plateaus, the past two weeks has resulted in me hitting PRs in back squat for 3 and 5 reps (365# and 325#), Clean & Jerk (285#), Deadlift x3 (500#) and x5 (465#), and Snatch (185#). I spent last weekend at a local seminar, who had a US record holder/Natl Champ as a hands-on instructor for 20 ppl; fucking awesome.

Plus a couple of my FD athletes are really starting to blossom, and I look forward to helping them crush their goals. Being a part-time coach has been quite rewarding, and I look forward to coaching my kids when they get older.
 
I'm holding off on squats for now, I did them in the past but I'm just not flexible enough and it let to a pretty bad injury that kept me off lifting a while...that's what you get when you sit at a desk for ten hours a day...working on my flexibility though so I can start doing them again, I certainly recognize the benefit. Might try some box squats with a highish box and work my way down

Thanks for the idea on farmers walks, I'll have to do that

Low carb for me pretty much means no processed carbs...trying to keep it under say 50g/day and I don't count veggies in that (which I eat a lot of)....pretty much just a banana for breakfast and a bit of rice or a sweet potato with dinner.
 
Wtf

Woke up and my elbows are in serious pain

My elbows

Never had this pain before

Maybe the stretching did it
 
Up to 200.. that was quick.

Looked in my drug bag today and my last bottle of testosterone shattered. looks like ill be making another trip to TJ sooner rahter than later.

Diet is looking good.. normally at like 65% protein, 3500 calories a day. Gym is boring as fuck though. took a few days off.
 
Yeah my elbows couldn't do any pulls last night. Lame

My body hurts ugh can't wait for the initial back-to-lifting soreness to go awayyyy

Started using MyFitnessPal

Apparently strength training doesn't burn calories and does not contribute to workout time, lmao

which just reinforces the annoying mantra that cardio is the only way to lose weight, ugh
 
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I was doing very good (eating wise), for a week. But then I felt the need to eat sweets -- my lemon bars were destroyed in 4 days. I feel so guilty about it. Still kept up with my workouts, but the timing of the sweets eating coincides with me being a female-- which I thought was a myth, but it hit me this time.

I do a weekly seaweed wrap on my legs to get rid of the toxins and firm my skin. I'm also planning on doing Level 2 of Jillian's Yoga Inferno. I have no idea what to expect. I just know that this workout requires the use of free weights.

Thursdays are usually my full body workout days.
 
thats what keeps people like us in shape.. feeling guilty about fucking up and doing something about it.

thats a fact jack
 
IWantAKouki said:
Wtf

Woke up and my elbows are in serious pain

My elbows

Never had this pain before

Maybe the stretching did it
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Over-extension on whatever routine you were doing. Btw started doing reverse grip benchpress, totally trippy at first but give it a try gains have been substantial.
 
Ruken said:
Over-extension on whatever routine you were doing. Btw started doing reverse grip benchpress, totally trippy at first but give it a try gains have been substantial.
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i lifted on monday and did deadlifts, overhead press, and bent over rows. and barbell wrist curlz for dem bowling muscles.

no sign of any pain tuesday, then woke up wednesday and BAM huge elbow pain (yes i understand DOMS and its often not the day after but two days...but...come on)

idk, maybe it was overextension on OHP? never had that problem before and i've pressed a hell of a lot more weight than i did on monday, but idk
 
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