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What I’m getting at is, depending on how much more food you’ve eaten over the last five days compared to previously, your intestinal tract is probably significantly fuller and the likely source of the extra weight. Make sure to officially weigh yourself generally at the same time and under the same conditions, preferably…

Try pooping

The book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Vanuto really helped me, maybe it can help you as well.

Hope generally leads to meager results. I would suggest formulating a solid diet and training plan with a feedback loop (ie body fat measurement). Track and make modifications as necessary.

Possible? Yes. Optimal? No. Good training plan and protein intake will help.

I think being an alcoholic is similar in some ways to grieving for a lost loved one: It’s like a rough stone tumbling down a creek. At first if you grab it, it gashes you and causes much distress and bloodletting. But as time goes on and the edges get smoothed out, eventually you can handle it and pull it in closer to your…

Somehow the topic of alcohol came up at dinner last night with my kids, six and ten. My six-year-old said he didn’t want to be an alcoholic. I told him, without shame or embarrassment, that neither did I, but I am and that’s why I don’t drink anymore. It’s taken a long time to get to the point where I can admit that so…

@chicbuc congrats! Indeed, alcohol is a poison and your body is reacting positively to its absence. Hopefully you can find the same comfort in your mind though it is definitely not easy at times.

Going good! Glad to hear you’re narrowing in on an eating plan that works for you. Had a hockey tournament this weekend (5 games in 3 days) so had to eat to fuel that, but otherwise nearing the 20% bf benchmark. Will post updated stats at that point.

Here is a decent treatment of the subject: https://southfloridaathleticclub.com/5x5-workout/

As long as you have a plan and put in the appropriate work for you in that particular session, what happens in a single seemingly less-than-stellar session is insignificant compared to the accumulating sum of all your training sessions. Also, something like HRV can be used to monitor your recovery to make sure everything…

While the programming aspect is much maligned, Starting Strength does offer a decent mechanical analysis of the main barbell lifts. It could be a starting point for analyzing your own form, or what someone else is attempting to teach you.

Allow me to elaborate: You’ve provided no context for your progress. Perhaps the 60kg was an easy set of five and the 140kg was a max-effort single? You’ve provided exercise selection, volume and frequency with no indication of intensity. The only way I can see the majority of anybody completing this type of training six…

Not really...

You may find some useful information in this podcast: https://m.soundcloud.com/user-344313169/episode-58-programming-for-beginners-and-other-musings-on-training

@alexmose2 have you considered something like this to help manage training and non-training stress: https://www.hrv4training.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-heart-rate-variability-hrv-part-one

I would definitely recommend researching how to use RPE to manage your intensity and volume.

Probably a good way to get injured, sounds like you’re already on your way there.

Perhaps, but “lower weight”, “higher reps”, and “super heavy” could benefit from more specific definitions.

I’ve found this video quite helpful, though I anticipate it may raise more questions for you than it answers: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn0ZmXB2mYQ

I would definitely think lifting to failure is not doing you any favors. I’ll let the more experienced chime in but it seems the general consensus would be to take some weight off the bar and add sets as required, though you didn’t state specifically number of sets and reps. Perhaps a statement of your specific goals would…

What does “heavy” mean? How many reps and sets? Lifting to failure or leaving some in the tank?

Yeah I just hit day four so now I get the daily recommendation. Depending on how things shake out over the next few months I might splurge on the pro for the extra graphs.

x8 @6, @7, @8 ,@8 w/ 3 minutes rest between sets, after doing nothing but fahves for eternity-1. ...then having to put everything away.

Here is s thorough treatment of the subject: https://medium.com/@marco_alt/the-ultimate-guide-to-heart-rate-variability-hrv-part-1-70a0a392fff4

Would your training partner’s foot work in a bind?

Worse than explosively passing gas mid rep!

You’ve asked a few times and been answered a few times. Is there something wrong with or something you don’t like about the suggestions that have been provided previously?

Deja vu, all over again...

Are you lifting weights or doing any form of resistance training? How much protein are you eating?