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^^^no doubt, thanks for the tips. i'm gonna try sheer willpower first, if that doesn't work then we'll see what's up with supps.

WEIGHT: ??? (???)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right mid back, SI joint a bit -- both went away with warm up, but then i got a headache
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- DLRVJ x ~12
got a dude to try throwing me a few lobs, maybe did 7-8 attempts. no idea how close i was on the couple of tosses that seemed pretty good, although given that i got a violent dunk with the size 3 soccer ball on my first jump i know i was getting pretty high, PR-tie levels. first time ever asking someone to throw lobs so i feel good about it. head started killing me after the third or fourth jump.

the headache was triggered, i'm pretty sure, by having three cups of coffee without food before working out. the timing of the day got screwed up because of some damn event in the gym, didn't end up eating until after i worked out, so around 2 PM. not ideal. i feel out of it now.

last night:

WEIGHT: 189 (174)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: right knee
MENTAL STATE: dead

- warm up

- SVJ x 5,5

- SL SVJ x 5,5/leg

- pogo x 10,10,10 + SL x 6/leg

- rest of workout

just felt very dead. also i think i either am undercounting calories or overestimated how much i burn in a typical day. never really tried to diet before, i kind of thought it'd be a cinch but it looks like if i really do want to lose weight i'll have to make some actual changes other than cutting out sweets. this should come as a surprise to no one, myself included. new target is 1700kcal/day, including 180g of protein. that leaves roughly 1000kcal from fats and carbs. okay.

for sure.

jesus h. christ. stuff like that is what i always think with the calisthenics people: oh, that's neat. every single olympic or even national-level gymnast can do all that stuff in their sleep.

nick van exel.

https://www.facebook.com/nba/videos/10153671607773463/

smart. smart smart smart. i have a 401k through work (have since i was 21) but only really started feeding into it a few years ago. i only put in $4800/year but i'm about to get a huge raise* and will both bump my contribution to the 401k (or i may roll it into a roth IRA, need to talk to someone about that) and start contributing to a non-retirement index fund portfolio.

*got promoted, and think i'll get promoted again and then be working overseas and not paying federal income taxes...heyooooo.

WEIGHT: 187.6 (172.
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: left ankle a little (?)
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up

- KB swing 60 x 10,10

- squat 325 x 1,1,1,1; paused 205 x 3,3
strong as fork, weight was flying, especially on reps 1 and 3.

- BB hip thrust 205 x 15,15

- hanging leg raise x 10; +5 x 6+4

- stretch

all available potential spaces for throws and bounds were occupied. so it goes.