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Tried doing handstand pushups as recommended by Lol. Hah. I'll have to find a better wall to do it against, didn't work out too well. Been slowly dropping weight. Down to 228 today from where I was. Seems like I might be doing some recomp because my love handles have been shrinking, waist...

Can't agree more. Too many people these days are all about the bench press when I think the real test of strength for upper body (without getting into olympic lifts) is the OHP. How long are you planning to cut for?

Nothing like pressing a heavy weight over your head. Unless you accidentally smash your fingers between the bar and the top of the rack. That sucks. Push presses are fun too.

Merry Christmas! Hopefully you're all able to relax and enjoy time with your families today. Me? I'm at work. Because the US government needs tech support even on Christmas. It's ok, I volunteered since I let my ex-wife have my oldest three children for Christmas this year. We will...

I've just been going a linear progression with a setup sort of similar to DC. Something has been kind of tweaky in my lower back for the past month or so. I slept wrong or something one night and my back felt horrible the next day. Did some deadlifts last week and things were ok but when I...

Is gripping the bar putting any kind of stress on your arm? What about back squats? Is that too much of a stretch? You could probably figure out a way to keep the bar on your back without having to hold it I suppose.

I have an Android phone (samsung galaxy s7) and haven't found a good app. Right now, I just use the memo pad to log workouts. Only thing that sucks is I lost my whole log for the entire year when I upgraded from my previous phone to this one, because the memo pad doesn't have a way to export...

Benched 315 for 10 reps x 2 sets the other day. I guess my 1 RM is probably higher than 315 now.

I actually agree with the main point of the article. This is something a lot of people probably need to read. However, I also think it is important to distinguish between a "traditional bulk and cut" and what bulking/cutting should actually be. Bulking and cutting gets a bad reputation...

Hope everything turned out ok. This is extremely disappointing. Seemed like you were doing so well. Hopefully it's the best case scenario and you can get back to recovery ASAP.

I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't been... Next week, the wife is going to Florida for the week for her sister's wedding and taking our youngest two with her. I will be off work the whole week aside from Saturday and since my other three kids are in school all day, I'll have nothing to do...

Do you have to have the arm in a cast or anything like that, or are you allowed to basically use it as normal? Hope you get out of there soon. That environment is no good for recovery if you can't get any sleep. Is there anything specific you have to do for rehab?

I can't believe you have to wait that long to get it worked on. What are you supposed to do in the mean time? Just keep the arm straight all the time or what?

Yeah I have mine set to normal... it actually over-estimates how much I sleep. There are times when I am lying awake but not moving and it thinks I'm asleep. Interestingly enough, 23andme.com has a genetics report about sleep and it says I'm likely to move around a lot in my sleep and wake...

Well, that's certainly a set back. I hope your operation goes well and the recovery is quick. But damn, really hope you get back to where you were. I'm still hoping you'll continue to live out my dreams for me of competing in powerlifting. How's the pain?

As far as I can tell, sleep deprivation itself doesn't seem to hurt your gains that much as long as you make a conscious effort to get adequate nutrition and rest enough when you aren't sleeping. Obv we all know that some important things happen during sleep related to growth, but I don't think...

I read through that link and it does seem like something worth trying out. Not sure if it is something that I could actually find an affordable therapist for with my insurance, but I should be able to at least do some things on my own. I'll do some more digging on that once I get home from...

That is correct. The only caffeine I do get is tea in the morning occasionally. I don't drink coffee. Might be worth noting that I tend to avoid caffeine because it makes me feel sleepy.

Didn't sleep last night. At all. The night before, I only got 3 hours according to my fitbit. I've noticed that it will count it as sleeping if I am laying down but awake, so I fear my sleep is probably worse than it reports. Anyway, it's not a big deal. I can function on little or no...