On a weight cut but still making personal records! 505lb deadlift! It’s only 5lbs more than my last record but it’s progress!! Feeling blessed for this new life I’ve gotten to create for myself! The gym truly helps ease the mind and body!
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Thats epic bro! Thats nearly 3 of me!!
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Say hello to my little friend
Did all my pushups this morning, no dropping to my kees 
used 20lb dumbbells for my shoulder presses and we had intervals of burpees. I did 25 standard chest to ground Feeling strong today 
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455lb squat today!!! Didn’t get it as low as I was hoping but I’ll take it! The big three lifts are all new personal records now! Bench=275 squat=455 deadlift=505 so that means time to start a new 5-3-1 program with my new numbers!!! Day 744 of sobriety and never felt so strong mind and body!!! Keep grinding guys rent is due every single day!
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That’s incredible bro! Great f*ing job!
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Much appreciated! 
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Really great work Zack! Awesome to be cheering you on! 
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Not a work out selfie unfortunately. I’m dismantling the home gym for the move. And I’m building a 75 gallon aquarium stand with which was once the squat rack. I’ll be ordering a home smith machine /cable machine that I found as soon as I get there next week, and then it will be back to workouts thank god. 
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Cool. Good luck w everything! Do we get to see the new aquarium? Will it be in your new gym?!
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TY. Yeah it’ll be in there. As soon as everything is up and running I’ll show yous. Mi casa es tu casa . 
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So how’s the tendonitis in that bicep area feeling. Have you been able to do your pull days without to much of a problem?
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I thinks its healing, just slowly. The pain is decreasing more and more, also after rehab exercises. I’m trying to get new physio apppointments cos I don’t know how to progress further w it tho. I have sought out some info on injury and tendons and it seems a lot of it is leaving it alone. So I try to do little. And also I have realised I was way way way overtrained and underfed in autumn. I was ignorant and brought this on myself.
I’ve been eating more, especially rest day carbs are up by 3x the amount. I’m trying to make rest a priority more - like a 12hrs bar shift without a single break where your legs are on fire the next day and you get hardly any sleep maybe should not count as a rest day. :-S
I’m learning. If anyone has some solid trusted source of info on injury and overtraining prevention for someone who’s been doing this a while, I’m all ears.
I am doing 531 and that doesn’t have full on pull days. I’m still barred from any curl, pull-ups or heavy row movements. I tested a bent over row last week and it aggravated the arm.
I’ve been doing one armed rows and that goes ok, no pain after. Really miss doing pull-ups (and looking like I do pullups, not gonna lie) but that’ll still be a long time. My PT estimated September…
Thanks for asking! 
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The heavy dumbbell or EZ bar pullover is really the only exercise I’ve found that really targets and stretches out the lats really well, without much of any strain on the biceps. I know how hard it is trying to work back and not pull and bend the elbows
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Ohh, I will give this a try, many thanks!
Imma have to start a bit lighter cos I can’t really use my arm fully to stabilise during setup. I’m limited even in say a seated db SP cos I can’t slowly bring heavy dbs up into my lap or back to starting position w my arm 
and anything I have to do more than 10times makes me nauseous lol…
V grateful for the tip! 
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I’m really jealous of everyone getting after it here… I’ve been unable to lately. At first because of time constraints and now because of health.
Those that have been around awhile know I love my gym and loved being in it. Just know that life is gonna kick your ass and it’s alot easier taking those ass kickings sober with some muscle on ya… keep grinding but listen to your body.
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Not sure what’s going on but wishing you only the best, Dan. Hope you can get back to it the absolute soonest possible. And get well. Much love.
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I gotta tell someone, people that will understand.
My back injury recurred back in early March like you all know. Since then, everything in my low back/hips/glutes has been super locked up. Horrible stiffness and persistent, varying levels of pain.
Last night I was doing my daily stretching/yoga, and all at once, EVERYTHING - like the entire middle third of my body - let go and opened up.
When I tell you this was the most intense feeling of relief/release that I have EVER had in my LIFE, it’s not hyperbole. I had an immediate and involuntary response of crying and laughing for a solid 10 mins after.
I think I undid stress/tension in there that even predates my spine fusion. I haven’t felt space in my spine and pelvis like this in YEARS.
My fuck, I am so damn grateful today.
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I’m so glad to hear this. . Was it a particular stretch that you did that seemed to unlock everything. Or just in general
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