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Wow, really hope that was just something little that will mend up quickly. I don't remember if I ever posted about this but I was actually trying to train to do a meet myself a few years back. I had tried for a new 1 RM on deadlift and failed, then got angry and lifted it anyway. I ended up...

Ultimate plan is to get a home gym setup again. It will not be any earlier than a year from now, as the place I am in currently does not have a basement or a garage, and it is only four bedrooms - counting my wife and kids, there are seven of us in the house so I can't justify using one of the...

I appreciate the concern. However, for what it's worth, I do track my cholesterol, triglycerides and etc on a regular basis with my doctor. Everything is in the healthy regions. From what I've read, cholesterol is influenced a lot by genetics and some people are just totally screwed on that...

Some mind blowing stuff right there. I never realized. This changes everything.

I don't know what exactly my problem is with benching. I may need to seek out some coaching on it some day, at least if I ever want to actually compete. I do have long arms, which I guess might be somewhat of a hindrance. But if I use the Hammer Strength Bench thing, I can load it up with...

Please site the study showing that training makes some people weaker when calorie intake is sufficient.

Stating that someone can't know whether a program will work unless they try it is a fallacious argument. You really should try to avoid those. For example, I don't have to drink a quart of bleach to know that it is harmful, or get my head chopped off to know whether that would cause my death...

As someone who is neither Democrat or Republican, with views that range from conservative to liberal depending on the issue, I've noticed that Democrats always think the media favors the right while Republicans constantly insist that the media are pushing a leftist, liberal agenda. I would...

40 minutes steady state cardio on the elliptical. I must be tired today, I only got 3.8 miles. BW was 238 lb today but I got less than 50 grams of carbs the last two days along with lifting, so that's probably a bit misleading.

Exactly. Now don't make the same mistake I did and have two back-to-back. Three years without decent sleep isn't fun.

If you can get your total back to even just 1000, that would be a solid total in that weight class. Are you setting up your program so that you'll be peaking around the same week as the comp? I'm curious to see how it works out for you, as I'd very much like to do the same sometime soon.

I don't think anyone is trying to be intentionally malicious, it's just that you've been told what is known to work. You chose to ignore that and basically claim that HST is doesn't work, even though you haven't actually (it would seem) tried to use the program properly. People tend to get a...

Congrats on the baby, that's always a good way to destroy your maxes. How's the sleep? I'm always jealous of those lucky parents who's children start sleeping through the night early on.

I wasn't able to keep logging due to the site being down. I decided the fat gain was getting a little out of hand, so have started calorie cycling for the next couple months. On one hand, my Doctor is pissed. She wanted me to cut down to around 200 lbs. Last time I went in, I was around 215...

Competing sounds like a lot of fun. Are you aiming for a particular weight class?

Knee. Jerk.

M is at a table eating a plate of macaroni and cheese. J approaches. J: "Hey man, what's that you're eating?" M: "Spaghetti." J: "Looks like mac and cheese." M: "It's spaghetti! I just made a few minor alterations. Jeez, can't you think outside of the box?"

Thanks for the welcome. For sure I still like the deadlift and would definitely do them if I were lifting after work. However, my work schedule is getting changed to four days a week, working 10 hour days Weds through Saturday instead of 8 hours a week Monday through Friday. Since I'll have...

Right. So you basically just agreed with me with your last line there when you said "provided that you don't overeat by too much."

The common recommendation for heart health is 1500 mg a day or less, but honestly, I think that's kind of low. 2000-2500 is probably fine. I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you are going way over 3000 mg a day, which is very easy to do depending on what you eat. And if that's the...