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Quote from: Coges on September 12, 2016, 08:55:15 pm

Working on two things this week. Sleep and curbing sugar/alcohol. So far so good. Have had at least 5 nights in a row of greater then 7 hours sleep so far. This is the hard one but even last night where I went to bed at 11.15 I was away this morning at 6.30 giving me around that 7 hour mark. Feeling better for it too.

Haven't had any alcohol in 3 days which in itself isn't anything special but I'm planning to only drink 1-2 times per week. When I do drink I usually have a couple of glasses of wine or a couple of beers but the main problem is the knock on effect of what I eat during this time. Obviously multiple benefits here. Reduced cals from no drinks, reduced cals from no additional eating during this time and better sleep from no drinks. So far so good.

Well done on the sleeping.
As for alcohol the other negative effect is that it messes up your metabolism as your body burns alcohol before it burns fat while you're drinking. So if you're drinking beers not only do you get hundreds of empty calories it also takes hours to burn them off instead of your body burning fat.

Thanks mate. I've been averaging between 7-8 hours for the last couple of weeks now. Noticing I'm actually still quite tired when I get out of bed, literally cannot open eyes, but after 2 mins I feel great.

Yeah the alcohol is the main one here. Aside from the metabolism thing I find that I just don't eat properly or do rehab/pre-hab stuff when I'm drinking so there's huge upside for me.  It's kind of like coffee for me though. I just like drinking. The taste, the relaxation side of it, the socialization. I think that's also a very Australian thing. Not cutting it out completely (got a bottle of Chivas last night as a gift from a client) but am just going to take a more measured approach.

After giving it a serious nudge last week I haven't had a drink this week and probably won't have one till the weekend.

Edit- on a side note- Cigars. The weather is warming up and I've got more scotch now and these things go perfectly with cigars. I've got a couple hanging around that I've been waiting to smoke. Does anyone else here smoke cigars?

Quote from: Coges on September 27, 2016, 08:43:54 pm

The taste, the relaxation side of it, the socialization. I think that's also a very Australian thing. Not cutting it out completely (got a bottle of Chivas last night as a gift from a client) but am just going to take a more measured approach.

rest assured, that's not just an australian thing. alcohol consumption is everywhere, even some of my friends and colleagues in afghanistan and pakistan drink to socialize (or relieve boredom, alcohol and opium abuse are actually a huge problem in the mountains because there is fuck-all to do in the winter).

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Edit- on a side note- Cigars. The weather is warming up and I've got more scotch now and these things go perfectly with cigars. I've got a couple hanging around that I've been waiting to smoke. Does anyone else here smoke cigars?

only at weddings and the like but i do enjoy them a couple times per year. not at all sophisticated about them, though.

It's nice to know we're not alone on that one then. Drinking culture is huge here and it's more the not drinking that becomes the issue with some rather than the drinking. Opium abuse sounds pretty full on though. Sounds like something out of a Van Lustbader novel.

Yeah I'm mildly interested in cigars. Got right into them a few years back but would only average 2-3 a year. Like you. Special occasions and the like.

Whiskey and cigars, splendid music in my ears!!!
On a phase of trying to cut it though, but not doing so well. Smoking big cigars is easy to control ( you just can't find the place and time to smoke one on a daily basis ), but then you will start craving the taste and you will discover the small ones ( puritos, clubs, minis ), and gradually you become a regular smoker. Ok, it is a little less damaging because you are not supposed to inhale and the smoke quality/processing is far better, but it is still smoking. So be careful there. If you are positive that you can keep it controlled, yup, it is a nice enjoyment, especially when you start improving at degustation. Same with whiskeys.
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It's a slippery slope but I've never been a smoker. Even when it was "cool" to smoke in high school and everyone did it I still couldn't get into it because basketball (thank you organised sport once again). I have kept solely to the bigger ones though (monte cristos/churchills). Also too expensive to smoke more than on the odd occasion. Whiskey on the other hand I can do nightly but I tend to do now once or twice a month.

I used to work near these guys http://www.cigars.com.au/Home.aspx which made things a little worse as they have a fuck off sized walk in humidor and tasting nights which was just brilliant.

05/10/16

Squats-
60 x 3, 90 x 2, 110 x 1

Ball Game-
Great game ruined by shitty reffing in the last 5 minutes. 4 absolutely terrible calls and me subsequently losing my shit and fouling out sucked. Still getting penalised for being bigger and stronger than the other guy. Also doesn't help when the other team flops. It was seriously flop city out there. We lost by 4. 1 more game then finals so we've got a chance at redemption.

The one positive to come out of the game is my desire to train with intensity again. Have had almost zero desire since I injured my shoulder save for doing my rehab. Have just been avoiding it completely. After the game I was that pissed that it brought it back and made me want to train immediately.

I had previously thought the plan would be to really push the squat and and deadlift over the next 3 months. I think that was quite shortsighted and while I'm still getting this shoulder better I will pour my focus into the jumps and track work. I will still squat and try to push it but will be cognizant of doing and recovering from the jumps and track work first. If I can get consistent on this then it will be really interesting to see what adding more focus to the squats will do for me later on.

On a side note weight is down to 91.8 which is my lowest since the end of June. Sub 90 here we come.

*Edit- weather is warming up nicely here too which will make the track work all the more easier to do.

Some bloody wild weather here has prevented me from getting to the track or out for a run. Due to lift tonight which may be pushed to tomorrow due to work. Going to take the week off ball. The ankle is shitting me and this is the last game before finals.

Saw the physio today again about the shoulder. Turns out in addition to the supraspinatus injury I had some infraspinatus issues too. Got the recipe for the next few weeks and provided all goes well I should be including overhead work and benching in 3 weeks or so.

Yeah I heard about the weather in Melbourne- 120 degree winds etc. Usually by October the weather is nice- hopefully it'll get better in November.

Does running aggravate your ankle much?

Man it was nuts. Power lines down everywhere and something like 2,000 trees that needed to be cleared.
Nothing like SA's recent history though.

Ankle is weird. Still pretty swollen but mainly hurts changing direction or on uneven surfaces. There's decent pain just walking through the house barefoot but from experience it just takes that much longer to calm down.

at least you're not in haiti.

Mate it's all 1st world problems here. We've got nothing on the rest of the world when if comes to natural disasters.

Quote from: Coges on October 10, 2016, 06:23:27 pm

Quote from: LBSS on October 10, 2016, 11:34:53 am

at least you're not in haiti.

Mate it's all 1st world problems here. We've got nothing on the rest of the world when if comes to natural disasters.

not to say it doesn't suck when a huge storm hits, though! best way to deal with it is to be like this guy: https://www.facebook.com/lane.pittman/videos/vb.542376723/10153984485731724/?type=2&theater.

Lol. That's brilliant.