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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 04, 2017, 05:54:52 am »
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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: February 04, 2017, 03:40:42 am »3228
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 03, 2017, 12:37:43 am »
Hard to call it a breakup because we weren't really dating but the chick I've been seeing broke things off last night because, long story short, she's not over her ex. That's probably good in the long run, but at the moment it sucks.
1. being rejected is shitty
2. being rejected in favor of another dude she also rejected but still has feelings for is shittier
3. being rejected after making it clear that the only red line was that she be working on getting over the other dude, her agreeing to that, then getting all weird a few days ago and lying about why even when i asked point-blank about it, sleeping with her a couple of times but not having sex because of said weirdness -- is even shittier
Texted with my friend about it this morning (her night, she's in DC), and she pointed out that it's not personal, for her (the girl here) it's about herself and her feelings for this other guy and the fact that she likes me -- which she does -- is in the background. Also that if the girl is dealing with internal shit then it's way better to have a clean break than be ambiguous about shit. That's true, but still feeling hurt/pissed.
I'll get over it, just feeling a little bit emo today.
ETA: After cooling down a bit, and FB messaging with the chick, I had an epiphany. Namely, that I have been taking our relationship way too seriously. She's leaving the country for good in May, it's not like we have a future together. And she's cool and hot and fun in bed and she likes me and wants to have sex with me, too. Would be dumb to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Sure, it would be weird if she invites her ex to Pakistan for a week or goes back to Bahrain to sleep with him for a week. But if I'm also not monogamous with her then it'd be less weird. Letting my internal expectations/status-meter get way ahead of where we decided to be at -- and we'd talked about it several times -- was not good. Didn't quite realize how far ahead I'd gotten until she hit me with the "I'm not ready to be done romantically with ex" yesterday.
Still need a bit of time to get over the shock of having my quasi-unacknowledged feelings scrambled. Not gonna rush back into bed with her, even though she expressly told me her door's open. But I think getting over it can, if I want it to, mean that we're FWB. I think that'd be cool.
1. being rejected is shitty
2. being rejected in favor of another dude she also rejected but still has feelings for is shittier
3. being rejected after making it clear that the only red line was that she be working on getting over the other dude, her agreeing to that, then getting all weird a few days ago and lying about why even when i asked point-blank about it, sleeping with her a couple of times but not having sex because of said weirdness -- is even shittier
Texted with my friend about it this morning (her night, she's in DC), and she pointed out that it's not personal, for her (the girl here) it's about herself and her feelings for this other guy and the fact that she likes me -- which she does -- is in the background. Also that if the girl is dealing with internal shit then it's way better to have a clean break than be ambiguous about shit. That's true, but still feeling hurt/pissed.
I'll get over it, just feeling a little bit emo today.
ETA: After cooling down a bit, and FB messaging with the chick, I had an epiphany. Namely, that I have been taking our relationship way too seriously. She's leaving the country for good in May, it's not like we have a future together. And she's cool and hot and fun in bed and she likes me and wants to have sex with me, too. Would be dumb to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Sure, it would be weird if she invites her ex to Pakistan for a week or goes back to Bahrain to sleep with him for a week. But if I'm also not monogamous with her then it'd be less weird. Letting my internal expectations/status-meter get way ahead of where we decided to be at -- and we'd talked about it several times -- was not good. Didn't quite realize how far ahead I'd gotten until she hit me with the "I'm not ready to be done romantically with ex" yesterday.
Still need a bit of time to get over the shock of having my quasi-unacknowledged feelings scrambled. Not gonna rush back into bed with her, even though she expressly told me her door's open. But I think getting over it can, if I want it to, mean that we're FWB. I think that'd be cool.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 02, 2017, 06:48:58 am »on the third hand, man one of these days i'm actually going to go all in on my squat and get to four plates like a big boy.
Make sure you do that when you are back home, so you also break the 400lbs milestone, 4 20kg plates is a tiny bit under 400.
my gym actually has 25kg plates so i could make it a REALLY strong four-plate squat if i did it here.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: February 02, 2017, 02:11:51 am »
foam rolling never had any noticeable effect for me except being uncomfortable.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 01, 2017, 10:01:22 am »
ACHES/INJURIES: waiting for right fingernail to fall off, last remnants of food poisoning
SORENESS: none
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- ME SVJ x 3
- SL SVJ x 3/leg
- squat 140 x 1; 145 x 1
145 was a wee bit grindy but ultimately not hard. no psych up.
- superset
-- pull up x 8,5
-- hyper +10 x 15
-- TTB x 5
weak
- stretch
took it super easy on myself given first day back from frustratingly prolonged food poisoning episode. 145 is eh, was harder than it should have been. OTOH weighed myself after and was ~75 (scale not super precise). so pretty near twice bodyweight after being sick and without squatting heavy in at least four months. on the third hand, man one of these days i'm actually going to go all in on my squat and get to four plates like a big boy.
SORENESS: none
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- ME SVJ x 3
- SL SVJ x 3/leg
- squat 140 x 1; 145 x 1
145 was a wee bit grindy but ultimately not hard. no psych up.
- superset
-- pull up x 8,5
-- hyper +10 x 15
-- TTB x 5
weak
- stretch
took it super easy on myself given first day back from frustratingly prolonged food poisoning episode. 145 is eh, was harder than it should have been. OTOH weighed myself after and was ~75 (scale not super precise). so pretty near twice bodyweight after being sick and without squatting heavy in at least four months. on the third hand, man one of these days i'm actually going to go all in on my squat and get to four plates like a big boy.
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Basketball / Re: NBA 2016-2017 Season
« on: January 31, 2017, 08:30:27 am »
man i really hope russ keeps the triple double average. that would be so cool.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 31, 2017, 08:06:58 am »
it grew through the skin on either side of the nail bed and then through the skin at the tip. my toe was gnarly, if yours seem like they're healing fine then i wouldn't worry about it.
also, three days on i'm still feeling the effects from the bad chicken i ate (assuming that's what it was, seems the likeliest candidate). feel better now than this morning -- at least i'm not nauseated and heartburny -- but still minimal appetite and kind of weak. no workout tonight, here's hoping i feel better tomorrow.
also, three days on i'm still feeling the effects from the bad chicken i ate (assuming that's what it was, seems the likeliest candidate). feel better now than this morning -- at least i'm not nauseated and heartburny -- but still minimal appetite and kind of weak. no workout tonight, here's hoping i feel better tomorrow.
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Basketball / Re: Grayson Allen is DIRTY
« on: January 31, 2017, 05:19:34 am »
dumb troll, go away.
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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: funny / horrible training videos
« on: January 30, 2017, 02:58:35 am »3236
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Triathlon sprint prep
« on: January 30, 2017, 02:55:22 am »
oh word, must have missed that. makes sense, those interfaces are annoying.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Triathlon sprint prep
« on: January 30, 2017, 12:23:01 am »
not to be a dick, but why are you eating a 2000 kcal breakfast? are you still trying to lose weight?
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 29, 2017, 03:24:47 am »
the injury hurt so much when it happened that i felt nauseated and lightheaded. there are a LOT of nerves in the tips of your fingers. it hurt for a couple of weeks and then stopped. the nail is about 4/5 off now. not going to hurry it along, just keep it under a bandaid most of the time so it doesn't get caught on anything and be patient.
when i lost my big toenail when i was in high school it grew back through the skin and got badly infected, had to have surgery. but that didn't hurt as much as this one did.
unrelated: i got food poisoning last night. food poisoning suuuuucks. and it sucks to wake up and feel hungover despite having not drunk anything.
when i lost my big toenail when i was in high school it grew back through the skin and got badly infected, had to have surgery. but that didn't hurt as much as this one did.
unrelated: i got food poisoning last night. food poisoning suuuuucks. and it sucks to wake up and feel hungover despite having not drunk anything.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: January 28, 2017, 09:04:03 am »
ACHES/INJURIES: waiting for right fingernail to fall off
SORENESS: none
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- squat 120 x 8,8,5
could have gotten to 8 on the last set but not without grinding a bit. not worth it.
- bench 72.5 x 8,8,5
had more but the pins are at such awkward heights that i didn't want to push it without a spotter for fear of not being able to rack the bar properly.
- pull up +4 x 8,6,4
smh
- superset x 2
-- hyper +10 x 10
-- hyper crunch +10 x 10
i need to bring straps and go back to TTB
- kroc row 32 x 16L; 20R
the gym doesn't seem to have 34s, which is lame.
- cable tricep pressdown 80 x 12+3+3+3
- DB curl 10s x 10+3+3
- stretch
fantastic workout, feel awesome, no pain, not even mad that i missed badly on the third sets of squats and bench and that my pull ups are weak af. squat sets of 8 are a lot, once i get to maybe 125 or 130 i'll probably drop to sets of 5 and keep pushing the weight that way. not like i need/want my legs to be bigger anyway.
SORENESS: none
MENTAL STATE: good
- warm up
- squat 120 x 8,8,5
could have gotten to 8 on the last set but not without grinding a bit. not worth it.
- bench 72.5 x 8,8,5
had more but the pins are at such awkward heights that i didn't want to push it without a spotter for fear of not being able to rack the bar properly.
- pull up +4 x 8,6,4
smh
- superset x 2
-- hyper +10 x 10
-- hyper crunch +10 x 10
i need to bring straps and go back to TTB
- kroc row 32 x 16L; 20R
the gym doesn't seem to have 34s, which is lame.
- cable tricep pressdown 80 x 12+3+3+3
- DB curl 10s x 10+3+3
- stretch
fantastic workout, feel awesome, no pain, not even mad that i missed badly on the third sets of squats and bench and that my pull ups are weak af. squat sets of 8 are a lot, once i get to maybe 125 or 130 i'll probably drop to sets of 5 and keep pushing the weight that way. not like i need/want my legs to be bigger anyway.