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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #150 on: September 19, 2017, 07:15:44 am »
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Sorry for not contributing much I'm a journal stalker I read a lot of journals but rarely comment. What I will say though is you have a great strength foundation. You admit yourself you have excess bodyfat so theoretically you should be able to gain strength whilst cutting and at the very least maintain it. With your strength levels and a low bodyfat (<12%) you'll be flying. Fuck age it's just a number. With your training background your age is actually a lot lower than your current biologic age. Keep consistent and keep achieving  :headbang:
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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #151 on: September 19, 2017, 03:04:50 pm »
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Words of wisdom in this blog!

Sorry for not contributing much I'm a journal stalker I read a lot of journals but rarely comment. What I will say though is you have a great strength foundation. You admit yourself you have excess bodyfat so theoretically you should be able to gain strength whilst cutting and at the very least maintain it. With your strength levels and a low bodyfat (<12%) you'll be flying. Fuck age it's just a number. With your training background your age is actually a lot lower than your current biologic age. Keep consistent and keep achieving  :headbang:

Thanks!  :highfive:   I do have somewhat of a dopamine/serotonin depletion because I used to live an unhealthy lifestyle/habits like smoking partying etc. As you know dopamin/serotonin levels is crucial to one's motivation, cognitive functions, energy etc. I think my dompamine levels should go back to normal over time, and that is a great plus to look forward to.

I actually read a good paragraph or so on this but I can't find it currently. Basically it said not to look for motivation but to create habits (takes time) that you'll live by even when you're feeling not so motivated. This will help with training and lifestyle.

Seems like you've done a lot for yourself so far. And of course you can continue to really improve your mental health by focusing on fitness, good sleep, diet, healthy social life, and working with a purpose. Keep it up man!
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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #152 on: September 20, 2017, 12:41:48 am »
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+8 million for the importance of habits. do you floss? start with that if you don't.
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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #153 on: September 21, 2017, 03:37:48 am »
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+8 million for the importance of habits. do you floss? start with that if you don't.

 :gtfo: lol i'm not a caveman, i still take showers ocassionally and change my underwear ocassionally.

lol, it's an example from some internet fitness guru whose name i forget. he was making a point about roids: if you're not disciplined enough to floss, you're not even close to disciplined enough to take advantage of chemical enhancement. point is just that discipline and consistency are everything and forming habits is a way to make those easier.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #154 on: September 23, 2017, 10:30:01 pm »
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Part of my problem is eating becoming like a drug. Was offered triple chocalatr cake, and accepted......300 kcal of sugar

that's not a problem if you give in at a social gathering once in a while .. if it's multiple times per week, problem. if it's literally once per week, not really a problem. just make up for it somewhere else. I mean it's just like an equation, you +300'd it so -300 it somewhere else ... no worries.

some people bring their own food to social gatherings etc, or refuse like everything because it doesn't fit their diet .. stuff like that can actually become somewhat annoying. If you want teh cake, eat it, just make up for it somewhere else (by eating less in another meal or doing more activity etc).

as far as you say, food shopping and seeing some cake, and buying it.. that'd be a different issue :D  :ninja:

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Words of wisdom in this blog!

Sorry for not contributing much I'm a journal stalker I read a lot of journals but rarely comment. What I will say though is you have a great strength foundation. You admit yourself you have excess bodyfat so theoretically you should be able to gain strength whilst cutting and at the very least maintain it. With your strength levels and a low bodyfat (<12%) you'll be flying. Fuck age it's just a number. With your training background your age is actually a lot lower than your current biologic age. Keep consistent and keep achieving  :headbang:

+100 on biological age vs training age. most people should be actually pretty fresh into their 30's and early 40's, they haven't run their body into the ground with very intense, consistent training for years on end.

even for people who do train at the elite level, athletes like Bernard Lagat are a great example of forced deloads/detraining periods in order to fully recover the body - he takes ~5-6 weeks off in a row, every year, at the end of his competitive season. Meanwhile, most of his competitors keep training hard af.. Lagat is one of the best examples I can think of, of elite performance & longevity.. what's he at now, like 5 summer olympics in a row? insane. He'll probably make it to 6 if he wants, lmfao.

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #155 on: October 02, 2017, 12:32:29 pm »
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Week of Oct. 2

Notes Another week. No strength gains, and no fat losses. Just more time wasted. For some reason there is some ankle joint issue I have developed (the joint right behind the achilles tendon). It may have to do with having severe flat foot and fallen arch. When I twist it a certain way, there is some pain, but it almost never happens during sprinting and even bball.


I got one of my online friends to use strava, to record his running .. he's trying to get down to 140 lb, he's a professional boxer.

His weight one month ago, his current weight & his last 4 weeks of mileage:
- 159 lb.
- 160 lb.
- 12.3, 35.2, 21.4, 16.5

My weight one month ago, my current weight & my last 4 weeks of mileage:
- 155 lb.
- 146 lb.
- 51.3, 50.6, 58.6, 64.5

The point is.. data doesn't lie. Working out to work out is fine, it shouldn't be looked down upon, so all of those people who just want to hit the gym and get in some work to "stay healthy & fit", that's cool. But, when one has goals like yours, you can't just workout to work out.. If week by week goes by and it's the same "no strength gains, no fat loss" etc, then you should try and perhaps re-evaluate. Focus on literally just one thing (fat loss perhaps) and get it done.

There's absolutely no way to not lose fat if you're putting in the work and eating good. Anyone who struggles with this is simply not putting in the work, or if they are putting in the work, gorging on massive amounts of food ... but it's more often the first case.

Also, sucks about the ankle injury.. try not to mess with it too much though, like over stretching it/messing with your ankle. I actually injured my calcaneal ligament way back, by messing around with my ankle mobility.

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #156 on: October 02, 2017, 04:45:54 pm »
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^I would love to squat everyday. In fact I do squat everyday, sometimes just a few reps to some light reps, and other days the heavier.

I think I could squat heavier if I gulped big breath of air in my diaphram on the discension, but I don't do it because I view that as cheating. I actually exhale most the time before discension....

what.. exhale while descending? using air to increase IAP, cheating?

this convo would probably be best in your journal but, that's nuts. kill such thoughts with fire, and do what the best/elites do. absolutely none of them do what you just described. i'm 100% certain kingfish WOULD NOT prescribe exhaling while descending in a squat.

insane.

I guess I am just saving it for a good time to actually gulp big breath of air before discension. I realized that when I do do that it is so much easier than exhaling.

Week of Oct. 2

Notes Another week. No strength gains, and no fat losses. Just more time wasted. For some reason there is some ankle joint issue I have developed (the joint right behind the achilles tendon). It may have to do with having severe flat foot and fallen arch. When I twist it a certain way, there is some pain, but it almost never happens during sprinting and even bball.


I got one of my online friends to use strava, to record his running .. he's trying to get down to 140 lb, he's a professional boxer.

His weight one month ago, his current weight & his last 4 weeks of mileage:
- 159 lb.
- 160 lb.
- 12.3, 35.2, 21.4, 16.5

My weight one month ago, my current weight & my last 4 weeks of mileage:
- 155 lb.
- 146 lb.
- 51.3, 50.6, 58.6, 64.5

The point is.. data doesn't lie. Working out to work out is fine, it shouldn't be looked down upon, so all of those people who just want to hit the gym and get in some work to "stay healthy & fit", that's cool. But, when one has goals like yours, you can't just workout to work out.. If week by week goes by and it's the same "no strength gains, no fat loss" etc, then you should try and perhaps re-evaluate. Focus on literally just one thing (fat loss perhaps) and get it done.

There's absolutely no way to not lose fat if you're putting in the work and eating good. Anyone who struggles with this is simply not putting in the work, or if they are putting in the work, gorging on massive amounts of food ... but it's more often the first case.

Also, sucks about the ankle injury.. try not to mess with it too much though, like over stretching it/messing with your ankle. I actually injured my calcaneal ligament way back, by messing around with my ankle mobility.

peace

Yeah I try to have a purpose on each workout, sometimes just squat for blood flow, flexibility, and/or burn kcal. Sometimes obv for strength gain etc.  Maybe I need to just suck it up and go for the 4x8 heavy day that I've been putting off for such a long time.

The thing is that for me if i start to eat cleaner and less, i sacrifice sleep. i really don't sleep well if i don't eat a lot of calories. as you can see i get good sleep like 9-10 hrs each day on avg. sometimes i might sleep just 2-3 hr but i make up for it with 15 hour sleep days.

appreciate your opinion on things, ie "as to why you do them", but I don't personally think they are legitimate reasons for doing what you do..

for example, "exhaling during descent", absolutely no reason to do it.. not taking a huge gulp of air and holding it is fine if the weights aren't heavy, but when they get HEAVY, it's one of the best ways to protect your spine .. so your reason for "saving it", only makes sense if you are saving it for your heaviest sets. To not utilize this technique during such heavy sets, is a major mistake IMHO. I mean, I didn't do the actual "gulp", but you can see me inhaling like crazy before I get under the bar of a very heavy set. I force the air in to the max. So you don't necessarily need to "gulp", but you do need to get air in you to actually create a stronger base (core) and protect your spine (fuck belts for the most part, they don't teach you how to properly stabilize your spine without the use of a crutch).

then you go on to say, "if i eat clean I sacrifice sleep". Again, it seems like some kind of reason you believe, but it's just not the truth. If you literally starved yourself all day, and then just ate "alot but clean" before sleep, you'd sleep fine. That's an extreme example, but it's an example nonetheless. So to me, the real reason your sleep suffers when you shift towards eating clean, is you're probably making too big a drastic change, or inadequately addressing the timing and/or frequency of meals etc. It's something really simple, trust me.

also fwiw, 9-10 hours can lead to issues.. just like 6-7 hours can. it's very individual so, it's just a word of precaution. Oversleeping is linked to brain disorders, undersleeping is linked to cardiovascular issues. So just be careful you aren't waking up "groggy" etc.

TLDR: be careful justifying some of these things with reasons that really don't hold up.. and by careful I mean, to you personally. Not to the forum or anything. It's easy to fall back on explanations that are really just "excuses".

also note that, many times when I reply to you on stuff like this, it's from a wealth of experience of making similar mistakes.. I've made literally every mistake in the book. So this kind of feedback is just something I see as you potentially making similar mistakes. That's why i'm also glad that you reply, most of the time, without holding these things back from the discussion. I just think, a year or so down the road, you will look back on such posts and go "damn wtf was I thinking? all I had to really do was <...> and now look where i'm at".

peace!!

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #157 on: October 03, 2017, 09:41:16 am »
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^ Yeah I know you're right. I wanted you to know some of my reasoning so i can get even better guidance. I don't doubt your expertise.

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Wait so just 9-10 hours avg sleep is a bit too much iyo?

7 through 9 is a safe range according to several studies, with 8 being the sweet spot .. but IIRC, chronically less than 7 and more than 9 have been linked to increased risk of several disorders/diseases etc. so it's just something to be careful with and look at a little more closely.

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #158 on: October 03, 2017, 12:54:13 pm »
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I think the difficulty sleeping being correlated with eating habits changes is possible. I think right now for you eating is a major source of reward/pleasure in your life.

I am prettt sure this is a thing because i have experienced  it but i dont know the mechanism behind it. Here is my intuitive explanation: so when you try to go to sleep without receiving that "reward" your body senses that you haven't maxed out your pleasure center for the day and keeps you awake. It's like when you are trying to quit smoking weed  and you have difficulty sleeping the first few days-weeks depending on how frequently you were using it before.

That said adarq is right and you can still try to make gradual changes in your diet. Tell yourself it is very important to you and IT IS COMPLETELY IN YOUR CONTROL. Who cares if you lose sleep over it, just make it up the next day or the one after that. Take baby steps and work on it. You can do it.


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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #160 on: October 13, 2017, 05:56:44 am »
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looked powerful. and great depth, although can't see how much your butt is tucking under at the bottom. looks like it might be a lot -- careful with that. low back strain waiting to happen.
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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #161 on: October 16, 2017, 10:29:58 am »
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looked powerful. and great depth, although can't see how much your butt is tucking under at the bottom. looks like it might be a lot -- careful with that. low back strain waiting to happen.

thanks, i don't feel it was as powerful as it looked, because when i get pinned, i usually go up that fast too then just stop.

I don't think I have too much of butt wink, not totaly sure tho.  i def could have had a little more depth but i wasn't confident due to the first rep almost pinned and did some vol already in the workout.

that's how you finish a squat too, aggressive.. strong lift.

as for depth, just make sure you "stay tight" & it stays comfortable.. that looked pretty good.

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #162 on: October 30, 2017, 06:19:02 am »
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Coconut water is good as well. I try and avoid fizzy drinks as they are literally nothing but empty calories + sugar. I don't have a sweet tooth so to me I don't have any difficulty drinking water or orange juice etc. instead. The only time I drink fizzy is if I get a family feast from KFC and I'll have Pepsi. Or if I go to McDonald's or Burger King but I've started cutting recently so atm I'm literally only ordering the burger by itself.
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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #163 on: November 10, 2017, 10:44:15 pm »
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You've been stalled on progress a while. Have you considered deloading to heal from your injury and starting on a program? Sometimes patience and self restraint are the most difficult, more difficult than training every day but necessary to progress. Humility too, when starting a program instead of doing your own thing

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Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« Reply #164 on: November 14, 2017, 08:14:55 pm »
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I'm slightly afraid of passing out on front squats after seeing that video one of the forum member posted and mentioning how himself did the same thing passing out.

In that vid the bar is resting on his windpipe from the start though so not sure what he expected. Also, he has a history of passing out during lifts. See the deadlift below at 335kg which I know is obviously heavy as fuck but maybe he has a breathing issue.

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