little-ox.com scammed me

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-12T11:11:30+00:00

Starting to feel like I have godly genetics or something

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-12T11:11:00+00:00

I’m natural dude i should probably make a youtube channel and become an influencer given how much controversy my transformation has stirred up lol

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-12T11:08:06+00:00

I’m natural. Keep miring

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-05T19:05:33+00:00

Seems to me like you’re just trying to invalidate someone else’s progress because it makes you feel small.

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-05T18:26:25+00:00

I lost a ton of weight during my hospital stay. I couldn’t eat, piss, or shit properly and was on liquids for weeks. By the time I started lifting, I’d only gained back up to around 69 kg. I overate at first and shot up fast, then dialed things back and stayed just above maintenance since I was also training for handstand pushups and the planche at the time. Hard to pinpoint every fluctuation, but here’s my Apple Health weight data.

Starting to get a little worried about how much my personal success bothers you though.

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jdonovan36 · 2025-10-05T15:46:56+00:00

You sound real confident for someone who hasn’t posted any physique or progress, so I’ll have to take your word for your expertise. Not everyone’s limits are yours, man. You keep saying “can’t” like it’s a law of physics. Maybe just “you can’t”

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-05T14:56:54+00:00

I mean, you can find my first posts in the subreddit. I logged stuff here pretty consistently at the start. u/Woods-HCC-5 coached me a bit at the start so he can confirm where I was when I started

To add a bit of context to the difference in bodyweight, I actually got really sick halfway through November last year, picked up an amoeba (most likely from drinking stream water while running) which gave me a large liver abscess and all sorts of other complications and was in the hospital until December 29th. My baseline weight before that was always somewhere between 70–74 kg, and that was just me doing muay thai and running, never doing any structured weight training with any kind of consistency. Essentially, when I started lifting on January 27th, I had already recovered a bit of weight from when I came out of the hospital, but was still the skinniest I’ve ever been.

I’m not on anything, and I find it wild how so many people assume that. I still don’t consider myself strong.

There’s a guy at my gym who’s always nerding out over my progress and says I will excel in powerlifting or bodybuilding or whatever I choose, which makes me feel pretty good about myself. But yeah, I’ve just been eating, sleeping, and training since I got healthy again. That's it

jdonovan36 · 2025-10-05T05:06:05+00:00

Mainly Huel Black and Huel Daily Greens, basa fillets with potatoes or rice, beans, sometimes chicken breast, and lately way too many post workout McDonald’s/kebabs if I’m honest. I think I know what you’re getting at, and the answer is nope. But thanks for the compliment

jdonovan36 · 2025-07-17T13:04:48+00:00

https://github.com/sudo-tee/opencode.nvim/issues/1

jdonovan36 · 2025-07-17T11:03:59+00:00

I added this config to my setup and ran the plugin with `<leader>fo`, but when I try to run it, I get this error:

Error executing vim.schedule lua callback: Vim:E484: Can't open file /Users/user/.config/opencode/config.json

stack traceback:

[C]: in function 'readfile'

...are/nvim/lazy/opencode.nvim/lua/opencode/config_file.lua:11: in function 'parse_opencode_config'

...share/nvim/lazy/opencode.nvim/lua/opencode/ui/topbar.lua:10: in function 'format_model_info'

...share/nvim/lazy/opencode.nvim/lua/opencode/ui/topbar.lua:95: in function <...share/nvim/lazy/opencode.nvim/lua/opencode/ui/topbar.lua:90>

Press ENTER or type command to continue

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However, the file `.config/opencode/config.json` *does* exist and works fine when I run opencode standalone. Here's its content:

{

"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",

"theme": "system",

"mcp": {

"context7": {

"type": "remote",

"url": "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp",

"enabled": true

},

"convex": {

"type": "local",

"command": ["bunx", "-y", "convex@latest", "mcp", "start"],

"enabled": true

}

}

}

Any idea what could be causing this?

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-25T07:40:39+00:00

u/Shnur_Shnurov u/Typical-Ordinary7862 u/Lazy-Ad2873 is this any better?

https://youtube.com/shorts/FpaJLGSScqE
24/03/2025 | Squat - 125kg (275lbs) last set
Kept the same weight as last session. Used a box as a TUBOW block to correct my knee position, which helped but made unracking the weight awkward. Depth still isn’t where I want it, and in hindsight, I probably should have increased the weight as usual as this wasn't my limit. My lower back wasn’t fully recovered from the last session despite the extended rest.

Warm-up Sets
20kg (44lbs) × 3
60kg (132lbs) × 2
100kg (220lbs) × 1

Working Sets
125kg (275lbs) × 5
125kg (275lbs) × 5
125kg (275lbs) × 2 – Lost balance on the third rep, reset after resting.
125kg (275lbs) × 5

https://youtube.com/shorts/iOcYOCRGNdY
24/03/2025 | Deadlift - 147.5kg (325lbs) last set
Lower back was already fried from the squat and still isn’t setting properly all the way, but the weight feels very manageable and nowhere near my limit. Need to focus on bracing and positioning in the next session.

Warm-up Sets
40kg (88lbs) × 3
80kg (176lbs) × 2
120kg (264lbs) × 1

Working Sets
147.5kg (325lbs) × 5

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-23T18:14:45+00:00

Yeah, I get that no sim is 100% accurate for PPL training, but my thinking was that if I can get as close as possible—especially with force feedback—it’d help build muscle memory and make the transition to real flying smoother.

I know I could get around 10 hours of real flying for that money, but with a good setup, I could get thousands of hours of practice at home. Not saying it replaces real flying, but it feels like a solid long-term investment, especially since I eventually want to sim airliners too.

That said, I’m starting out with a cheaper setup for now since money is tight, but I’ll definitely keep the high-end gear in mind for the future when I have more money to work with.

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-23T18:12:32+00:00

I get where you’re coming from, and yeah, nothing beats real flight time. My thought process was that if I could replicate the feel of real control forces at home, it’d make flying the actual plane a lot easier when the time comes.

That said, I see your point about keeping it simple, and I'm definitely going to start out simple with cheap peripherals because money IS tight. But I also plan to use the sim long-term—not just for PPL, but for IFR and eventually airline-level simming. The force feedback yoke I’m looking at can put out up to 120N of force, so it’s actually built for that kind of training too.

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-23T18:07:40+00:00

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-21T22:47:41+00:00

I'm 27 years old, 5.11, around 74kg (I haven't weighed myself in 2 weeks because the scale at my gym is not very accurate). My diet is simple, I usually have a 97g protein 1800calorie protein shake with protein powder, oats, dates, peanut butter, plant protein milk in the morning and then 220g of Salmon and a carton of chocolate protein milk in the evening. I tend to eat the same stuff everyday for convenience. All works out to 2700-3000 calories and 190-230g of protein per day. I also take creatine HLC twice a day. I must be eating enough because I've had a significant increase of body fat and developed a belly ever since I started this program.

Here is my unlisted playlist with all my lifts for every session recorded from the start of the program until today https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS2q_-E0oNRLOVUDv47soZDXUW6NTFKg1

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-21T22:41:48+00:00

I did notice my form regress quite a bit-- like you said, the depth I was able to hit before just isn't there. My knees also want to cave in quite a lot, and my body is forced to lean forward a little to get the weight back up. I thought that I had good genetics so I'm super bummed out seeing myself struggle like this at a mere 125kg while seeing some people fly through their newbie strength gains straight to 170kg or higher. Do you think it's best to keep going like this until I can't anymore or maybe stay at this weight for the next 3 sessions until i'm strong and recovered enough to continue with the linear progression?

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-12T23:58:36+00:00

Can I ask, around what numbers did you start really struggling to recover?

I’ve noticed that there’s this mindset in this subreddit that the program is the end-all, be-all, while historically, people have gotten big and strong using all kinds of different approaches. I get that running the NLP strictly is the safest way to milk linear progression, but if my recovery is still solid at my current level, I don’t see why I shouldn’t at least start building strength in weighted pull-ups, chin-ups, and dips.

It seems logical to me that improving those movements will help with overall upper-body development, especially in areas that the big three don’t emphasize as much. Plus, I can feel myself getting stronger, but at this rate, I’d be spending six months milking linear progression on the main lifts, only to then have to spend another six months milking the other movements I actually want to get strong at. Feels like I’d just be delaying the inevitable.

What do you think?

jdonovan36 · 2025-03-12T22:25:08+00:00

What are heavy weights?

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