yes and its good to take

No I typically leave 1-2 “reps in reserve” and don’t train to failure. If I’m working up to singles I’m not going to my max lift every session.

So I like my new gym

But one issue

Motherfuckers pride themselves in slamming down their weights

Like cmon bruh you don’t need to signal to everyone in the gym that you’re doing deadlifts

Like cmon man you got 365 on there you ain’t need to be making all that noise

Like cmon dawg we got rubber plates if you can’t control the weight on the way down

There was one kid at my school gym who would squat four plates but before hand be singing loud af with his headphones on and shouting let’s go to himself

Like congrats on the heavy squat but you look stupid as f*** desperate for attention from a bunch of people just minding their business

Join a different gym if you want to be doing all that

some gyms need the format for deadlifts which gym you go to

lol I’ve seen all types of s*** in powerlifting to psych yourself up

And for a heavy squat it’s a big mental battle pushing yourself to those limits but if you’re not at an actual meet just doing that every week or so at the local gym it’s a bit absurd

what i do sometimes is like today if i am doing 8 reps and i rest at 6 i say to myself ''come on push but not yelling it i just say it

We got platforms and everything, rubber plates and all. But motherfuckers just love to use the metal plates and hear them slam on the ground. It’s maddening

its all in the hype too

I am in pain lol

Yesterday was on a fast lmao

where did you walk to the great wall of china

shoulders and cardio

what the f***. Bro must think hes forrest gump or something

@LABRADOR walking to brooklyn (my job) from harlem (my home) just cause.

Been doin these long walks all year (not b2b days) but It’s easy to lock in during seasonal depression lol

I should really bulk again but the money/effort isnt really worth it
Also my face is tea right now

ngl this bulk my face card been holding up well but my cut face >>>

s*** is crazy

Crine I just for the first time ever got stuck on the upward for bench (I was solo) and thankfully bro was looking in my direction and came and helped

Knew I shouldn’t have tried that extra 20 lbs but we move

My guy walked around the Indy 500 20 times

Bulk not worth it anymore now that I’ve cut 20 pounds again. Gonna just aim to be as bulked in my lean state as possible, that’s the move after years of experimenting

goddamn. I feel u, sometimes u lock in when you're walking and u dont even realize u walked like crazy

haven’t been able to work out as much nursing injuries this sucks

I’ve had a cold since Thanksgiving that’s been slowing me down. Needing more sleep to recover

Nigga was training against every horse at the Kentucky derby 8x

Think I’m going to take a break on the cut

Just tough with holiday szn. Also it’s been on all year and it’s hard to keep up with training right now and work on the cut.

Not going to go overboard but try to eat at maintenance, maybe a minor surplus, for four weeks. Try out some of my new cooking supplies and tools. Increase volume and cardio.