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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: The AMAZING Food Picture Thread
« on: October 17, 2018, 07:26:50 pm »
Breakfast for dinner today. Bigger version of what I've had for breakfast. Eggs over easy, veggies (tomato, mushroom, sweet peppers, and normally spinach), toast, bacon on weekends.


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: October 17, 2018, 02:07:16 pm »
Did the first day of LBSS's suggestion last night. Was mostly mobility based. Kinda nice. Need to find some decent at home stuff that isn't just push up/situp/pull up/jumping jacks to keep me entertained for a while. Think i'd rather buy a used vintage road bike for cheap instead of paying for the program though. My bike was stolen my first year after moving to washington. Would be nice to be riding again.

Also, first time adding back in protein shakes the way I used to make them. Forgot just how heavy the are on my stomach, gonna take some getting used to, but i'll be a nice energy boost.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: October 16, 2018, 07:19:28 pm »
Quote from: LBSS on October 16, 2018, 05:19:06 am
welcome back. big ups for going to the doctor and making sustainable lifestyle changes. good habits > *, as you know.

a suggestion from my n=1 experience last year: if you want a good routine to start to build some general fitness again you could do way worse than following something from GMB.io.  no equipment, do it at home, scales to your current ability really well. walking plus their elements or integral strength programs would do you well.

Interesting suggestion. I've been much more interested in anything just related to body movement and flexibility since my job mostly has me standing a lot, at a desk, or conducting. all fairly repetitive and not very helpful to proper useful body movement in a way that's enjoyable. Will try the 1 week thing starting today to see how I like it

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: October 16, 2018, 06:24:03 pm »
So confused about those quarter mile times. First thing I come back to read on this thread and I'm thinking wtffffff.

I'm by no means an expert, but I was obsessive about numbers times for the better part of a decade and there's just no way. Fastest times for 400m in D1 for each conference are like 44-48 ranges. No way someone is running 20 in 50-55 with even 90 second recoveries.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: October 16, 2018, 01:40:24 am »
Just now discovering Cursive

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EeQNmGknak" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EeQNmGknak</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: October 16, 2018, 01:35:40 am »
Quote from: LBSS on October 13, 2018, 06:31:37 am
back still stiff but not crippling this morning, could stand up straight right out of bed. went and got a 90-minute massage from a woman i heard about through word of mouth. she's a pro, felt amazing/painful/amazing, signed up for ten sessions. back not healed but feels better. drinking plenty water.

Respect for bothering to do something about back issues. I finally went to a chiropracter for the first time ever this spring and I've never felt better.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: October 16, 2018, 01:33:34 am »
Been trying to login on and off for like 6 months now and only recently realized emails for password reset were going to my spam... after they didn't show up a couple times I kept thinking it was just sent to an old email that I don't use anymore that I haven't been able to recover.

Anyyyway. I've been less focused on any kind of maxes, especially for weight lifting lately. In the spring I finally got a primary care physician after my girlfriend had been bothering me about it for a while (she's a surgical nurse). Turns out it's not exactly healthy/normal for your heart to beat as forcefully as mine does, so after several different doctor visits due to serious fatigue increasingly weird sleep habits (like straight up passing out for 3 whole hours after work sometimes) I've been mostly focused on general health and some cardio.

Went through multiple check ups, EKGs multiple times at different types of tests, an echocardiogram, and finally a stress test on a treadmill. Concensus from my primary and from the cardioligist is: that heart murmur I found out about ages ago in high school is an diastolic murmur (which is slightly less common, not a big deal though), most likely caused by the fact that I have a bicuspid aortic valve (2 flaps instead of the 3 most people have) and that has caused "minor calcification" of my aortic valve which sounds scarier than it really is. Cardiologist recommended slightly more cardio or just general activities that can get my heart rate up, but apparently it's not a huge issue. (EDIT: Oh after the stress test they said I had early repolarization? Not entirely sure what that affects, but they said it wasn't super serious)

Bits of cardio like walking to work and random walks in general along with just a ton of practice cooking better food lately have slowly been fixing my weird sleep patterns and I'm starting to regain my old energy. Been way less productive than I used to be due to the weird sleep habits but things seem to be returning to normal.

Need some serious accountability to keep up with this because I still feel my motivation slip some days, so I'm hoping to actually log even the mundane activities here and maybe get some of you to annoy me as often as you remember to keep me on top of this stuff (seriously, send me messages, find my facebook or instagram and just spam me asking if I've worked out that day).  For those of you who bothered to read this whole thing (probably just darqui LBSS at this point lol) thanks for all the help and encouragement over the years. Hasn't exactly been a straight path, but this has always felt like a place I can vent and get help and support no matter what my health/fitness goals were.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: October 20, 2017, 01:12:28 am »
Been doing an awesome job of meal planning lately. Cooked for the entire week and now I just reheat stuff. I've always known how to do that, but some mental thing made it hard to keep up with for some reason. Girlfriend has helped a ton with this.

No major PRs to speak of. Fall into winter is the busiest time of year so I've just been focused on morning bodyweight routines for maintenance/flexibility/tension issues I always get.

On a more somber note, several weeks ago a director friend from nearby passed away. He had battled brain cancer for the past year. This Sunday was his "celebration of life". At the end, we did a New Orleans style procession out to his high school's stadium while playing When the Saints Go Marching In, then played some tunes in his memory.

He enjoyed taking jumping pics with friends so a bunch of us did one in his memory at the end. Somber day, but the service was great and playing tunes in his memory I think put everyone more at peace. Overall a great sendoff to someone I didn't know as well as I'd like to, but really admired.  Just today someone posted the jumping pic and I was surprised to see how high I was jumping without really trying. People like him motivate me to stay strong and I'm always a bit more motivated by them to take advantage of my health and youth while I have it. So for that, RIP and thanks to Ian.


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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: July 20, 2017, 11:20:41 pm »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZocDT3TmAE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZocDT3TmAE</a>



And this one for your max days.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmDEuFaoSC0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmDEuFaoSC0</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: June 17, 2017, 02:46:41 am »
It's pretty straightforward. You just plug stuff in and it spits out some of the easy recipes he's had out since forever. Not usually anything fancy, but for day to day stuff, especially if you're busy and just need the calories it's all good.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbh97eYsaE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbh97eYsaE</a>

Pretty limited in what you can customize but considering he's always offered everything free and is only charging you for being picky, that's not bad.

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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: Why don't we have a misc movie thread?
« on: June 16, 2017, 10:43:18 pm »
Watch Army of Darkness if you're looking for 80s laughs. The original horror comedy

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: Nicotine and training
« on: June 16, 2017, 10:41:02 pm »
The fact that you had to ask means you probably already know the answer to this and just want some sort of validation.


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: June 16, 2017, 10:34:10 pm »
Feels like it's been forever since I shifted focus. Today was the last day of school, so I'm gonna start lifting again next week and post PRs here or anything interesting as they happen. Cool new things as of today for those of you who know Scooby is his new mealplanner https://www.custommealplanner.com/fitness/

Regardless of your opinion of Scooby or thoughts on the meals, the meals he has on the free version are stupid easy to make and get me to my calorie goals. Exactly what I need.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: May 07, 2017, 05:15:50 pm »
Friends! Been a bit. Last program went well. Managed to match my old PRs, except squats because I was working almost entirely on fronts.

Biggest PR a couple months ago, especially after my shoulder never fully recovering, was being able to front squat 165lbs for 4x10. Doesn't seem like a huge number but after so many years of not being able to put much weight on my shoulder, it made me pretty happy that I could go ATG on a front squat with more than bodyweight  :wowthatwasnutswtf:

Last couple months have been all coaching hurdles for the track team where I teach. Not much weightlifting going on. Lots of good PRs from my athletes. One of my seniors is about a third of a second from the school record in the 300m hurdles. I have two freshman I've coached who are both top ten in the 100h and 110h for our region. It's so satifying seeing young kids I've coached in a sea of upperclassmen!

Anyway, I've been focused on that so no real lifting other than moving tons of hurdles around every day. Will start a new phase at the end of the school year and hopefully get some PRs on every lift by the end of the summer.

EDIT: mid-season I started getting really sick. Got on antibiotics. After about a week on them I was feeling better. The night I got back from a band trip with my students to new york my uvula was super swollen and I could lay it out on my tongue. It was really hard to swallow. Turns out I was allergic to the antibiotics I was on. They put me on a steroid to fight the inflammation. I lost about 5-7 pounds during that month, but most of it is back now that I'm feeling better, eating more again without puking, and doing some more demonstrating and jogging with the kids I coach.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« on: November 17, 2016, 01:23:02 am »
Yo! Still around!

I've been doing training with a close friend who is a trainer and highland games competitor, and recently started his own gym with some other really strong guys in Utah. Numbers are about back to where they used to be and I'm hoping to set some PRs in the next few months.

All my individual updates are logged for me and on the off-season training group on facebook I'm doing with him and some other guys.

I'll be posting PRs here as they happen, but not much else. Most of my focus has just gone to healthier eating and I've been getting better at cooking lol.

Not at all related to me, but one of my older brothers recently hit 500lbs on deadlift at 180lbs bodyweight... so that's coool

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