Just trying to get ready for summertime fine. 
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Back to my (v humble) pre-injury BP. Iām even doing a wee bit of cardio these days. 
And Iām sleeping a bit more. Struggling w depr and high level sadness on the daily but doing what I can when I can.
Stay strong, team! 
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Gym is closed today so I didnāt say oh well Iāll go tomorrow. I said weāll make do with what we have and get some! The drunk Zack would have made sure he drank today so sober zaddy made sure he got his gym sesh! HAPPY EASTER everyone! May your will be stronger then your thirst! Stay disciplined and as always one day at a time!!
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Sounds like a good plan. 
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Had a solid effort leg day tonight. Iāve been so good cutting down on caffeine to do sth about my ridiculously atrocious sleep - my DOC #1 that I never ever wanna quit (bad joke to make on here youse will forgive me), I now have none after 1800 on days when I donāt work - but today I used up all my pre 1800-caffeine writing a long ass story 
so I just had to focus and squat w/o it. And I did. 
I think squats are back to where they were pre-injury now and things are looking up. Arm is still sore. Heart is still broken. Odaat. At least the arm will get better w time.
Stay strong team! 
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Nice!!! When I was bodybuilding before drugs took over my life, I never used to do enough leg days lol. My arms were like stronger than my legs lmao. They donāt call me Eric āStick Legsā for nothing!!! 
I need to do more leg days but I can only do so much because of a knee tendon injury I had a few years ago, but Iāll do my best yessir!!! 
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So will the heart.
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Dan, how was that run, youāre also coming out of a longer time injured!
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My legs felt stronger than I recall in a long time. My cardio fitness took a hit, but that recovers fairly quickly. Thanks for asking!
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When I got sober I took some time off lifting. I didnāt want to get my priorities twisted and see sobrety struggle and potentially go away along w lifting should I experience any injuries. Nowadays a know myself better and maybe wouldnāt have to be as cautious. I never kid myself tho on what got me sober. It wasnāt lifting or āhealthy livingā it was recovery and therapy. I hope you too take this seriously, cocaine ruins lives easily.
Also donāt skip leg days.
Iām joking. Just not about leg days lol welcome to this thread and to this part of your journey. 
There are some solid ppl around on here, this wee corner especially. If you need anything just holler. Take it odaat and take your time to explore your reasons to want to escape reality. Then slowly learn to live in it. Good luck w your old injury. Iām sure there are ways to integrate all of you, old injuries too, into your new life, w time and dedication.
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Wonderful to hear, my friend. 
I didnāt write february out until this morning because Iāve been feeling like I havenāt been doing a lot. Looking back at the past few months I feel good about what Iāve been able to do with my injuries. My running miles should get to increase this month but my weight lifting might decrease. Itās an eb and flow kind of situation I suppose.
Saw the chiropractor and asked him about recovery time for my back and he was like ummmmā¦ never
He said my disc is so degenerated that it wonāt ever be āfixedā but they should be able to help me have less pain. Iām taking this week off weight lifting, just doing body weight stuff and yoga but I think Iāll jump back in next week. Iām pretty sad that I literally just got my bar and plates and canāt even use them yet. This wonāt stop me though, Iām too stubborn for that 
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I worked for about 15 years in construction and I acquired four bad discs over the years in that field. When I first seriously injured my back, my chiropractor told me to do Pilates - he recommended Denise Austin. My initial thought was that aināt for men but, thankfully I tried it cause it kept me off of a surgery table!
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I did a Pilates workout this morning and just finished up a yoga session. When I saw the chiropractor he said not many people feel as good as I do after just 1 session. He told me to keep up with the yoga and like.
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I feel you about the depression thing, the depression makes it like 100x harder to workout. But you got this!!! Keep working out, itāll help manage the depression a bit I find 
Donāt beat yourself up if you fail to workout in a day btw. I used to be really hard on myself whenever I was too depressed to workout, but because Iād beat myself up over it I eventually lost the gym habits for a while 
But now Iām back at it :DDD Although Iām kinda fat now, my head is in a much better space
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Way to go on ur workout! U inspire me to get back at the gym Hoping i have energy first thing in the morning to get a workout in.
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Ended todayās chest pump with 405lb smith machine static holds! As a bonus I was able to rep out 4 times at 20% two times! The craziest part is Iām on a calorie deficit weight cut and 22lbs down in 5 weeks! Starting weight was 249.6lbs as of this morning it was 227.4! Stay disciplined and as always one day at a time!
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Nice!!! Damn wtf youāre strong, I donāt think I could do that much weight even when I was at my most fit before touching drugs, congrats!!! People always thought I was strong because I had big muscles back then, but really I was always kinda weak compared to other people in the gym lol
Just curious, whatās your training program like @Zeekinout? Like do you train mainly for hypertrophy or strength? I always trained mostly for hypertrophy, but I think I need to mix more strength training into my workouts
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That is a sick stack of weight there. And good on you dropping weight like that. Iāve been caloric deficit for two months and dropped 10lbs in that timeā¦
Not sure what Iām doing wrong, but something aināt adding up.
But well done sir. That is some
Impressive numbers.
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