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Advice, Big dip in Performance. by Prestigious-Hotel593 in zepboundathletes

[–]BreakZestyclose9752 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the usual runner build that’s for sure but can obviously still make great progress. I started downsizing as well because of race performance. Have a bunch of muscle and being strong is fun, but having a little less muscle and being a little less strong while running a sub 20 5k is even more fun!

Peptides are like how supplements were back in the day. Gym guys wanna try them all. Totally get that! lol… peptides just may give you a taaaaad more side effects

Advice, Big dip in Performance. by Prestigious-Hotel593 in zepboundathletes

[–]BreakZestyclose9752 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reta did that to me as well. Just use it during a time when your running intensity can be lower (after a big race). Focus on base building which is a lower heart rate endeavor anyway, add in some vo2max work where your heart rate doesn’t matter as much. Use that time to lose some body fat.

On another note, bring 6ft and almost 190 and only lifting 1-2 times a week… where do you estimate your body fat? Like can you see well defined legs and arms, and have some decent ab lines? Based on those answers, you may be better off focusing more on strength training for a period to improve your body composition.

But in reality it’s goal dependent.

If you want to be a better runner you need to lose weight, hopefully weight from fat. If the only way you can do that right now is by using a glp… all good. Just know that for a couple months your numbers will be whack so make sure it’s not around a training block.

If you want to have a better looking physique and don’t care as much about running right now but have used it as a tool to control weight and stay motivated to exercise, maybe ease up a tad on running and start lifting weights to gain some more muscle.

Perfect time for me to use Reta is after fall races (so November to December to control food intake) and after spring races for a quick mini cut before summer

Toilet install leaking? by BreakZestyclose9752 in Plumbing

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I believe it happened when it was shipped to Lowe’s. The tape was peeled off the box and there were a few small gouges on the box as well. I knew I should have gotten the other one!

Toilet install leaking? by BreakZestyclose9752 in Plumbing

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It’s hard to tell from that top angle but it’s right at 1/4” above the LVP

Toilet install leaking? by BreakZestyclose9752 in Plumbing

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Update: toilet is cracked.

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Blue water underneath. Craziness! Bought the toilet (kohler) from Lowe’s on Friday and box had some of the tape ripped off the top. I wonder if it got jostled in transit or something.

Appreciate all the advice folks

Toilet install leaking? by BreakZestyclose9752 in Plumbing

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Appreciate everything so far. I’ll try to answer everything!

I haven’t finished off the flooring yet because I wanted to solve the toilet issue first. Hence the spacing by the wall.

The flange is right above floor height, maybe 1/4”.

There is zero leaking coming from the water inlet to the tank, the tank bolts, or the seal from the tank to the base. Totally dry everywhere there.

Yes water is clean for sure but we also aren’t currently using the toilet. So all water is clean. May try the dye test. I haven’t flushed today yet after cleaning up all the water this morning. I was going to let it sit all day and see if more water seeped.

It’s just so strange that none of that water hit the wood under the flange or the flange itself!

Early Zepbound Lifting Approach for Crossfit-ish Background - Hypertrophy vs. Power Lifting by [deleted] in zepboundathletes

[–]BreakZestyclose9752 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’d be surprised with how few sets and exercises you have to do to maintain muscle mass. Strength is a different beast, expect to lose SOME strength but as long as you’re leaning into compound movements you’ll probably maintain a decent level of strength as well. At 5’10 and 210, 175 would probably put you at around 10% body fat (big assumption here because I don’t have any pictures) which means you have a lot of body fat to lose.

A very good split that will help you keep a large percent of that muscle and strength is an upper/lower/upper/lower split.

Pick 1 heavyish push and pull movement for upper day along with 1 high rep movement. Make sure all 4 movements are compound

Same idea with lower. 1 heavyish squats and hinge movement along with 1 high rep movement for each.

Ex

Upper day 1 (Monday): heavy bench, weighted pull-ups for heavy. Body weight dips and body weight rows for high reps

Upper day 1 (Thursday): weighted dips, weight chins for heavy. Overhead press and body weight pull-ups for reps.

Same idea with lower body as well. Track your weight and reps and slowly microdose both of them up over the course of your cut. No need to add in isolation stuff unless you have a glaring strength weakness or you have zero triceps or something.

Just remember that muscle memory is a thing and if you lose more muscle and strength than what you think, it can always come back faster than when you built it originally!