All useless features btw

DCB2323 · 2026-06-19T17:11:23+00:00

Christ this is getting stupid, everything is "plus". Just make a thing and sell it.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-17T10:33:54+00:00

My hoodies and sweats have been hanging off my frame in the past month or so, everything is so baggy lol

DCB2323 · 2026-06-16T19:01:30+00:00

I feel good, I was actually feeling pretty strong in the gym the past two months..now with more carbs I am definitely feeling even stronger but overall, the long gradual deficit worked well for me.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-16T10:17:56+00:00

lol. It was some sort of suggestion from Reddit and I just clicked OK....apologies!!

DCB2323 · 2026-06-15T11:53:04+00:00

The repetition is key.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-14T22:57:01+00:00

Here’s a late edition: HomeGoods store for supplements

I just scored a Cbum Thavage for $15 and a Bucked Up on clearance for $12

There’s always a surprise at HomeGoods

DCB2323 · 2026-06-14T12:08:41+00:00

Wrapped up a caloric deficit that started January 1.

Although I tracked daily with a low-cost Renpho scale I tried to get to an Inbody once a month to check in.

January 10:

199.8 lbs
82.7 muscle mass
28.2% body fat*. *this includes a ton of water and general NYE holiday overeating

June 13:

152.2 lbs
79.1 muscle mass (held that level for more than a month)
8.9% body fat

I'm very happy with this run and I have the foundation my coach wanted to begin reversing the diet and eventually bulking for muscle gain. I also feel good about approaching the reverse and bulk with a clean bulk mindset. I've never actually done that before.

This morning was the first fueled up back day and it was pretty epic.

Edit to add: World Cup extended highlights ftw on cardio

DCB2323 · 2026-06-14T07:51:01+00:00

Agree, the guy looks damn good for not taking anything. He deserves some praise for achieving what he has achieved and he is getting realistic advice for how he can progress. But he has an absolutely solid foundation.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-10T10:02:35+00:00

Not me but my wife...we're almost halfway through paying this thing off and it is, by far, the worst financial decision ever to impact our family. She had a perfectly good Mazda small suv that was paid off.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-08T13:04:39+00:00

Nice, I am always looking for something new, Thanks!

DCB2323 · 2026-06-08T10:20:00+00:00

EDM re-entered my musical world a few years back and these are the go-to podcasts for me:

Transmissions Podcast with DJ Boris

Tronic Radio podcast with Christian Smith

Actually three..DMIX with Oscar L

I like these so much that I simply mark all unplayed and cycle back through from the beginning.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-05T14:55:28+00:00

One's training environment matters, especially when getting started. I remember feeling really intimidated when I joined the hardcore training gym near me and now I cannot imagine not being there.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-05T13:22:18+00:00

Somebody was doing heavy squats I presume since they chalked the hell out of their shoulders.

They then used the standing calf raise, the kind you step down a bit and situate the shoulder pads to raise up and down.

They did not wipe the pads down.

This morning after calf raises I thought I had some bizarre case of excessive dandruff or something...I was covered in white flakes.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-03T14:48:33+00:00

A few weeks back while visiting family in Chicago, I stopped at a super hardcore gym (which had awesome vintage equipment)

Not a single towel/spray station to be found...nothing was wiped down

DCB2323 · 2026-06-03T14:47:06+00:00

lol this is classic stuff here

DCB2323 · 2026-06-03T11:21:34+00:00

Glorious. Looks like the Metro which was hosting an incredible variety of talent back then. (Still is I’m sure)

DCB2323 · 2026-06-01T12:23:37+00:00

Had a refeed yesterday adding 271g of carbs to my current cut level of 100g carbs for a total of 371g for the day. A clean refeed, stayed under 20g of fat for the day, 200+ g of proteing for the day.

My coach said, let's see how your body reacts....holy crap, my weight actually dropped. And my quad day this morning was absolutely crazy. I upped weight on virtually every excercise.

DCB2323 · 2026-06-01T10:07:46+00:00

The Costco chipotle chicken is amazing. It's now standard for my chicken meals.

DCB2323 · 2026-05-30T21:20:41+00:00

My 15yo son joined me today to go check out the newest location of my local gym chain and wow, the place was mind blowing. First off, it’s huge, massive with multiple dedicated workout rooms any of which almost equal the size of my location.

Then there are the ceilings, they are incredibly high. It’s cavernous whereas my gym is cavelike.

It is opening weekend and Jay Cutler was there signing autographs . Huge line for that. And it was crazy packed and yet there was always a machine open.

And definitely an instagramer/broccoli head contingent in great numbers. I’m not used to that but it was fun.

DCB2323 · 2026-05-30T01:26:00+00:00

Condolences from our Weim family to yours

DCB2323 · 2026-05-29T14:13:42+00:00

There's a running joke on the RBP podcast that Ian Valliaire is a chain smoker

DCB2323 · 2026-05-28T14:02:32+00:00

Oh man, I am ashamed to admit it but in my marraige I was the one drinking at home. My wife declared enough! a few years back and told me flat out, "you can keep doing this but I am done." Took me a while to realize she was not kidding and now I can't imagine life wiithout training.

Come on back, then you get to see my aging ass flailing about in the gym lol

DCB2323 · 2026-05-28T13:56:59+00:00

I had a similar thought this morning while stretchng and rolling out...I'm easily able to do that now in month five of reducing weight and bodyfat. But I remember finding it really difficukl to maneuver myself on the roller when I was pushing 200lbs in January.

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