steveko89 Member

Take care of yourself, dude. All the best to you both trying to heal up.

Grey & white is Sherlock, he’s at least 15lbs and an absolute dope. Calico is Martha, she’s a sweet fancy lady of a cat

lol, we definitely call her that the least. We got all three right around the same time and there's a theme. Her male compadre is Sherlock, our other female is Mrs. Hudson (aka Martha). She was the third of the trio obtained so she's Irene, as in Irene Adler. It's fitting in that she definitely knows she's pretty but her…

Here’s the culprit at our house, Irene (aka Floof or Fluffy). She’ll follow me around like a Pokémon and prone to yelling rather than actually meowing. When she wants me to get up she’ll climb on my pillow and either lick my forehead or paw at my face.

At one point I was off in the weeds reading research on how to try and optimize everything fitness-related; if I recall correctly there's data that suggests fractional advantages to lifting mid-afternoon for maximizing strength in the average circadian rhythm, but the magnitude isn't significant compared to timing when…

If you drive a blue Subaru... maybe?

@nossmf I didn’t realize until I looked at my receipt from dinner but I’m staying in Aurora, CO on this trip; small world!

@Minion_training_program, keep kicking *kitten*, Gus!

RE: ADHD Squad Full disclosure, I've not received any diagnosis but fully believe I have ADHD, general anxiety and have strong autistic spectrum tendencies. I've been supplementing L-Theanine at 200 mg twice daily and feel like I've seen some improvement to executive function and focus.…

Comforting to know this isn't just me. If I'm doing a set number of reps I find I keep better track counting down vs. up.

My program right now is based heavily on the Renaissance Periodization Men's Physique 6 day full body template. I was able to find an old spreadsheet of it floating around the internet a few years ago. I tried running it as written and it was too much volume to practically deploy at this phase of life, at least that…

LFG! Way to get after it, dude!

I feel the same about incline vs. flat; I get way better pec activation with inclines but my shoulders are the inverse to yours. If I do heavy barbell inclines or OHP my shoulders complain so I stick to dumbbells for those. I'll have to actually record some lifts one of these days instead of just lurking. I did a full…

Similarly, flat bench hasn't ever really given me problems but if I do any semblance of volume on incline or overhead press with a barbell my shoulders get cranky. I've almost entirely switched to dumbbells for those two lifts and those issues went away.

Way to get after it, Sandy! Happy to hear this session lifted your spirits. Your tenacity and perseverance is more impactful and inspiring than you know.

I've found that even a few extra pounds makes a difference for pull-ups. I've been massing since around Thanksgiving and up ~9 lbs (currently 180lbs at 6'1" aka 81.6 kg and 1.85m), can absolutely tell a difference when I do pull-ups

Yeah, I trained like that for a while when I first started, doing full body 3x/week. Logistically, the sessions got too long and I switched to a 4 day, and eventually a 6 day split.

I too was told no football growing up. Played baseball for about 10 years (up to high school) and basketball for a few years in elementary school. Captained our quiz team to 3 conference titles, did a number of science competitions and played trumpet in concert band... boy was I cool or what.

Glad to hear you're doing well and getting to see family for the holidays. I'm always pretty introspective, sometimes to a fault, but definitely prone to ruminate on thoughts of the year toward it's end. Back into late '22 and through the first half of '23 waves of medical issues lapped harshly upon the shores of many…

Not at all, I was simply chiming in

RE: Physique Preferences I've been married for 10 years, and together since '09. Neither one of us have ever really been overweight throughout the relationship (something we discussed we wanted to hold each other accountable to, if it ever came up, for health and longevity). When we got married in '13 I was ~158 lbs at…

RE: Shoes - Chucks have too narrow of a toe box for me (maybe in general, tbh?) - Had a pair of Adipowers, maybe they were the wrong size, but felt they were too narrow, too and I'd get midfoot cramping. - Really liked the original lifting cross-trainers that Under Armour put out but the style had shifted some over the…

Still plugging away. The last month has been wild with work and personal travel so I've had to improvise my training schedule a little. Just finished a large home improvement project so hoping that will calm some things down and I can get back into my normal routine. I'm currently ~177 lbs, trying to cut down close to 170…

@springlering62, I always enjoy your posts. My wife and I are similarly both users but have varying styles and levels of interest in the details. She refuses to weigh herself at all and loathes the act of tracking and logging but likes the way she feels when she gets enough protein and properly fuels her running exploits,…

I’m still here, never left.

Actually did a few videos tonight, led off with barbell rows, 200# 4x3 superset with legs raises (neither pictured), followed up with dumbbell rows, pull ups, curls, and lateral raises. Few more weeks on a fairly lean bulk should have me in the low 180s.

You, too! Glad you're doing well. I speculate many have migrated to other platforms like MacroFactor or the RP app that cater to crossfit and strength athletes more than MFP's default approach.

It might just be you and I left. For my bulk I've got about 6 lbs over 8 weeks left.

My wife is baffled how irritated I get if she takes two plates from one side vs. one from each side for our pulley tower, which is separate from our rack and ergonomically closer to one side.

Glad to see you back in action. I haven't videoed anything in a while, endeavoring to cultivate some mass for at least a few more weeks.