Keep crushing it. 
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Pushing through a very early Saturday morning workout, before work. Anything is better than nothing at all. 
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New gym and fitness thread can be found here:
awe man – love that motivation even though your face is like hell nah why we doing this – hope it helped give you energy for the rest of your day
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I’ve never actually gone back and read this thread from the beginning, gonna do that the next couple days. Probably so many great missed tips on here from the past few years
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K guys, wee Xmas gift to myself. 
Was also my goal for this year. 
Four years ago I got serious w lifting. I had started 1.5 years before that, did some crazy antics to lift while also full blown drinking, insane to think about now. Then I took the first 4 months of my sobriety off lifting cos I wanted my sobriety to stand on its own feet.
I remember my first sober new year’s that I celebrated w a run and a novice leg day in some hotel gym where we were staying w the dogs in Poland at the beach. 
It felt so good to get back. Here’s my documentation, I was doing some 60kg! :')
Deadlifting has always been by favourite and I’ve long anticipated getting into the advanced section for my weight. It’s just a number, but at the same time this one means a lot to me, somehow.
I have to take time off lifting when I’m too depressed or disturbed. That’s ok. I also had knee issues in September. My squat is still not back where it was before that. Also ok. Now my new commuting life and trying to be productive in my degree are taking a lot of time away from it and I hate that. To take any hard won progress and forward movement with the backward or stagnation or diversion is one of the many many things lifting has taught me. As in forced my terrible perfectionist idealist naive mind to accept. And w that to accept, form a relationship w and love my own body which is sth I never ever thought I’d say. Ever.
Whenever I “want” to celebrate I come up w so many reasons why I shouldn’t. Like there’s some punishment or shame just around the corner. Strange. Or that I could be so much better at my age, had I done things differently. Whatever. Posting despite these feelings and hopefully also now no more stupid flags!
Be well and stay strong everyone! 
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Your one rep max is just shy of 300 lbs ? That’s fuckin badass. Great job.
See this is why I was so against having the who wore it best mini-skirt competition with her @Dan531 
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No no, it’s more like 270lbs apparently and I dont actually lift that. I lifted some 105kg 6 times and the website calculates the 1RM.
I understand. lemme know if you wanna do open back dress or off shoulder bodysuit instead. Anytime my friend. Or the dog booties. 
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Congratulations on your achievement! Celebrating you!
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And that’s an achievement! You are a badass 
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Looking well, Joe.
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Thanks I’m starting to feel better. Just battling injury and father time. 
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Doing great Joe! Keep the momentum going…
Father time won’t have anything on you
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Hello, just wondering what app you use please? Thanks
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Hey it’s a free website called https://strengthlevel.com/. Enjoy.
@Jasty2 looking good Joe! Injuries suck ass but there’s always something you can do, right! Extra kudos for the time of day, crazy good!
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I’ve never taken a pre-workout before, but a buddy of mine gave me a couple of tubs of
I took it when I got home from work and just smashed an hour and a half long, legs and back workout, so I’ll probably try and take it a few times a week and see how I feel on it. Has anybody else ever tried this one or another for any length of time?
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Yes, it’ll lose effectiveness if you use it too often. I would reserve it for the hard, heavy days.
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I’ve tried it but I wasn’t a fan, not that brand but a different one. Niacin makes me red and so itchy. I just stay away now
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I got a little flush and slight itchy feeling. But other than that, it got the job done, cause I was tired when I first got home from work today. I might try a few other ones at some point, cause I have no frame of reference. Like @Dan531 said I’ll only use it when I have one of them really rough days, but still wanna get a good workout in.
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