Chew

19 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

Shogun is very good 

Yup, it's really good.  Loving the story so far.

Agreed, Safety not Guaranteed was a really fun little movie. 

Napoleon is now available on Apple+.  It was okay.  

On 2/9/2024 at 7:59 PM, purbeast said:

I don't really have a target weight I was trying to get to as far as gaining weight.  I generally fluctuate between 195-210 for the past decade, depending if I am trying to lean or bulk, but I've had chronic shoulder issues that have been better the past like 1/2 hear and that has allowed me to put more weight up.  Typically I'd start leaning up when I reaggrivated it and I couldn't lift heavy.  But now that I can lift heavy, it's so fun and feels so good to see these tiny gains each week.

 

I really want to try and get 100lb dumbells up for shoulder presses though.  Just once or twice.  I don't even think I could get them up to my shoulders though from my knees currently.  i tried 95 for the first time last week and got it up myself and then 3 reps myself, and help on the 4th.  I had tried 275lb on the bench with a spot before and got it 3x with a spot on the last, but this past week I tried it with no spot and got 2 easily which felt awesome.  And then right after that I hit up incline barbell and can rep out 225 on there which feels great too.  My squats are up to 375 4x which is the most I've ever done.  When I was yonger 365 was the most I could do.  So all of this strength feels fantastic while working out.

 

But now I definitely am the least lean I've been in a while, which I'm fine with as I said I was bulking, but I'm ready to try and lean up a bit now.  I wanna get to like 205 or so and see how I look at that point.  Right now is the first time in like a decade or more where I don't really see any abs in my belly and I can tell my belly is bigger than it used to be.  I've even had to move my belt notch over 2 slots if I wanna be comfortable.

 

This past week I've been eating pretty clean, and on weekends I usually eat a bit worse, but I'm going to try and watch it a bit this weekend.  I weigh myself once a week, Monday mornings before I brush my teeth, so that is how I tell if I lost or gained weight the past week.  If I didn't lose any weight, I'll change something.  If I lost like a pound or so, then I'll keep doing what I'm doing.  Once I add in LISS 2-3 times a week, that will help a bit too.  I'm going to do it tomorrow for like 20 minutes to start.

That's ****ing dope, man!  Seeing the gains is so addictive 😎.  If you're pushing 275 three times you can probably hit 300.  And that damn shoulder pain, man.  Mine comes and goes.  No better feeling than when you feel good, no pain, and you're locked in lifting heavy.  

Eating clean will definitely help drop the lbs. It sucks LOL.  I lose weight so much faster when I'm in a healthy calorie deficit and LISS after lifting.  And I drink a ton of water. 

I was in a similar boat.  I was crushing it all last year and then Thanksgiving came and I fell off the wagon. Hard. Put on my favorite Commanders hoodie in early January and that mfer was a little snug .  

I had a dream goal of four plates on bench but I don't want to hurt myself.  I'm at 385 max and there's so much stress on my wrists/arms/chest that I'm scared to go any further.  I use wraps when benching heavy but still scared. Seen too many videos of torn pecs I guess.  

Keep working!  💪🏽

23 hours ago, Dr. Do Itch Big said:

I’m a cardio bunny now

Aww man ☹️.  Mean Doc > lean Doc.  All good though.  Heart health is definitely most important. You were my inspiration years ago when you'd always be talking about crushing the squats.  

Just know that your girl saw my chest enter the room before the rest of me did.

22 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

Thanks man. I’m trying to be the leanest I’ve ever been in my life. I’m going to try to do two more months of this.

Best of luck, brother.  You're probably going to need some new shoes when you're done logging all those miles lol. 

CCR makes me so nostalgic, more so than any other band.  Such feel good music. 

I have vivid memories of summers in the 80s, me and pops cruisin' uptown Georgia Ave in our '74 pumpkin orange VW camper.  We'd have all the windows down with Arrow 94.7 blasting.  Good times, man. 

10 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

I’ll do another one in a couple months. I’ve been walking 10–15 miles a day. Getting there…

Wow, that's awesome.  You've gotta be burning 1,000+ calories a day LOL.  Are you trying to lose weight/cut or are you just a crazy person? Lol 

9 hours ago, purbeast said:

At 42 I am nearly as strong and as big as I was at my biggest when I was like late 20's.  I'm actually taking Celltech right now which is a creatine blend.

 

My bench isn't quite as high as it was back then, very close but not quite there, however my shoulders are stronger than they were back then.  My legs are a little bit strong now as well, and I'd say my back is too.  Triceps and biceps are about the same.

 

I'm at 217 right now and have started eating cleaner as of this week and will start doing a bit of LISS to try and lean up a bit.  I am hoping to not lose too much strength that a bit of strength loss always comes with weight loss for me.

Nice, my buddy takes that stuff too and loves it.  Nothing like watching your arms and chest grow in the mirror over time.  

I'm a big fan of LISS, that's how I dropped a bunch of weight years ago.  Are you close to your goal weight? 

I'm at a point where I don't really want to get any bigger, been lifting just to maintain now.  I'm stronger than Doc so I'm happy 

Just checking in with the homies, hopefully everyone is sticking to the grind through these winter months.  

Take your creatine 

Emotional night in LA, but the Nuggies were just too much.  

Denver back in 1st place 😎

23 hours ago, gbear said:

I am enjoying Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Amazon.  It is quite funny.  

4 episodes in and loving it so far.  The chemistry between Donald and Maya is very believable.  

There have been several heavyweight cameos! 

On 1/28/2024 at 2:20 PM, Captain Wiggles said:

 

😋

 

This is good eatin'.  We used to hit the Biscuitville in Greensboro all the time.  You could get a cup of grits and they'd mix in sausage egg & cheese 🤌🏾. 

First two episodes of True Detective are crazy as hell.  

Dead Reckoning hit Paramount+ today 

@FuriousD we just started it last night, very entertained so far.  Love reality shows where people can screw each other over LOL.  

I've been waiting on this one for a couple years now, and it's finally here.  First episode drops on Friday.  Hanks and Spielberg have been wanting to do this show for years, apparently.  Looks basically like a "Memphis Belle" series .  Early reviews have it at 88% on Rotten.  

😴