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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: January 13, 2017, 07:59:19 pm »It's interesting how every body is built differently. What you describe as this heavy feeling @ 158lbs sets in for me at 215lbs+ ... there is no way I could get below 170lbs without going on starvation mode. I think I would feel the best for running/jumping at 185-190lbs but for olympic lifting 210-215lbs feels just right.
at 180+ i feel morbidly obese. the heaviest I got while being a gluttonous sedentary programmer was 207 lb.. could barely move. I imagine if I had been training (running + lifting) i'd have felt somewhat better though. but ya I feel very "unhealthy" when I get over 170; fatigue quicker, breathe harder, move mushier etc.
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Maybe I'll switch up my training at one point to achieve that 40'' (running) jump... we'll see. It's somewhat reassuring to still jump around 32'' at this bw without any focused jump training.
nice! i imagine if you keep making so many gains that would be hard though, going down to ~185
+1 bodies are fascinating. i've literally never felt heavy in the way y'all are describing. my adult weight has stayed within a range of 15 pounds at the most extreme (as low as 165 when i've been sick or adjusted to a completely new living environment and routine, and as high as 180 when i was doing starting strength), and generally within five pounds/2kg (171-176 or so).
ya the biggest symptom of getting heavier is losing my 'bounce/snappyness'. When I no longer feel that, I feel sluggish etc. Also my breathing feels different when I run, and I feel 'warmer' during the day. I prefer when i'm shivering like a chiuaua, I feel like my body doesn't overheat as easy.
alot of stuff can be mental too but .. usually all of my performance numbers seem to click once I get really light.
edit: I was leaner and lighter towards the end/peak of my dunking.. my body actually felt better then too. Same with when I boxed, I was lighter/leaner than dunking (less muscle), felt amazing. I'm also older now too, so that could explain things.. but, I feel worse at 157 now than I did at 147 a few weeks ago. Maybe when i'm heavier I obviously eat more, and eating more usually makes me feel more tired/sluggish/"oily"/bloated etc.. So there's several things going on.
pc!