I didnāt know that was a thing but makes a lot of sense. Our bodies are so complex!
I am loving getting to know the gym and feeling my body get stronger. Feels really empowering but good to know the way hormones are going to impact me.
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I feel you. Those 10rep sets after heavier sets are just 
. I dunno know I always struggle so much with that bottom tier of the pyramid on the DLs. Shudder. Iām thinking I should probably decrease the load more from my top weight or sth.
Anyway looking good Mikey!
Edit: anyone any experience w overtraining? I kinda always thought it was a myth it can get really obvious but I recently experiened it in tri extensions really severely. Just there, numbers totally crumbled while everything else kept progressing. Weird!
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Itās a lot easier to overtrain then it is to undertrainā¦ most people who claim that isnāt true are on gearā¦ the others are genetic freaks. Just my opinion from overtrainingā¦
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I experienced is years ago. It affected everything. Heart rate up, depression-like symptoms, being exhausted all the time, absent period. I didnāt want to accept it until my sports PT teacher told me and said: stop. Rest. It was so counterintuitive. But rest is where we gain and grow.
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Yesterday I did a different workout with my new 4 kg Kettlebell. Today Iām sore but happy Iām pretty weak above my bellybutton and thatās what I feel today, oof.
Iāll give myself one full week of rest. Letās see how my body responds to this.
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I love looking back at the month. I have weekly goals and a yearly goal that Iām working towards. So far this year I have ran 323.4 miles, walked the dogs 147.1 miles and have done 88 strength workouts. Feeling accomplished today!
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Keeping it nice and light on incline bench today. Went up to 225 on bench then worked down to boring sets or 145, ten reps for 5 sets. 5 sets of flat bench dumbbell, 5 sets of incline dumbbell, and 5 sets or incline bench. The did some accessories, dips. Cable flys.
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First workout in about 6 weeks since shoulder injury. Started a PPL. Tonight was push, went light but as of right now the shoulder held up nice. Iāll add weight incrementally each workout and see how it feels. Tomorrow is Pull, and than the dreaded leg day before a day rest. 
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Iāve been lifting but with no real goals other than getting my lifts in. Not really sure what or where my lifting is gonna go from hereā¦ Iāll have more time when summer is over. Keep after it everyone
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How did you make out with that maps anabolic program. Was it any good, or was it to time consuming to follow with long work days and all?
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It was a lot on work daysā¦ If I had a desk job without a long commute Iād love it.
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Yeah thatās me too. 8-16 hours outside in the elements with a hour drive each way. Itās hard to be able to dedicate that much time without burning out.
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Iām gonna keep the PPL to 30- 45 minute sessions 3-5 days a week if I can. And see where Iām at when work slows a little bit
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@Dan531 At least @anon53116147 seems to be crushing it in the gym. And @Faugxh Iām sure
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I know right! I pulled 315 on deadlifts the other day and that shit felt heavy 
did sets of 7ā¦
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Thatās because I have no life ATM lol nothing but free time, so may as well spend it in the gym 
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I agree and I take rest periods often. Recently ten days. Came as a full stop after a long period of progress. The body just refused to do any more work.
It was more the actual regressing of numbers with individual, usually strong exercises that surprised me. Do you get this, too?
Last week I had a wobble coming out of a squat cos I wasnāt focused and rushing around and I got really scared. I made myself finish up my sets but I think itāll take a while to get over the fear. I think I will have to deload and take some form videos for a while. Never done that so far. Iāve taken a few to celebrate PBs on the DL but the horrendous noises my knees make are too depressing.
Did you guys ever have a scary situation?
I also randomly came across a video where Greg Doucette talks on a guy who died squatting. He couldnāt get up with too heavy weight. Itās called ego lifting. Greg didnāt show the graphic parts of the squat and I didnt Google it but I think his spine broke. I watch Gregās vids to calm down after work nights. This one didnāt do that.
Such are my musings today. Otherwise I am indeed crushing it, as @Jasty2 sais, on my moderate scale. My trainings arenāt super long or super hard, I train heavy and short. Iām always worried that ppl w gym access have better workouts compared to me w only my bars and plates at home, and that maybe I know nothing since Iām doing it all by myself. I am trying to have a more rounded workout, add some lighter exercises along w the big ones, trying to build up to more pull-ups (could do five, with legs in front of me only three), trying to think what will happen when I got to commute to writing school in October. I think Iāll have to train less. I would also really like to be able to put my strenght into some kind of martial art or self defense, but I donāt think Iāll have time for that at all which sucks.
Today Iām going to a spinning class in the spirit of being more social. Iāve never been. Iām planning to ace it cos I love cycling fast v much. They play techno music with that over here. Makes me wanna put on some glitter. Iām going to wear my good leggings I never wear lifting at home. 
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I watched that video of the guy who didnāt make itā¦ it was not good.
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Spinning class is so fun!!! Itās a burn!! Iāve tried a bunch of different classes and that was one of my favorite.
Ps- put on the glitter 
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