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GLP-1 Experience
Sorry for my slow reply - lots of travel with much more to come. I eat about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, so about 230g or so. I also take creatine, fiber, magnesium, zinc, and vitamin D3. Things are still in a positive place for me. Due to travel, I don’t have any new official data, but I am continuing to feel great and workouts are consistent. Mostly, I’ve been working on range of motion and form as my body moves differently without the extra 50 pounds.
ActivitiesGuy Log III: Now Contains Westside Conjugate Like Substance
Tuesday 10/13 PRESS VARIATION Bottoms-Up Press 4, 5, 4, 5, 4 x 26 Axle Press 5x55, 85, 115, 145, 160
TCam’s Log - The Road to Elite
AVATAR MESO 6 - MICRO B WEDNESDAY EVENING - UPPER // SECONDARY A1 | Weighted Deficit Push Up - Paused 3x8xBW+90 - Minor elbow feelings A2 | Cable Low Row - Moderate Pronated Grip 9x190 2x8x190 B1 | DB Incline Curl 20x25s 18x25s B2 | DB Incline Skullover 21x25s 20x25s And now a low energy day. Kept the pressing conservative for the elbow’s sake. It’s a little bothersome the next day. I’ll keep working around it and rehabbing some more. FRIDAY EVENING - LOWER // ACCESSORIES Landmine Single-Leg Hip Thrust
scoops training log
10/13/2026 middle finger on mark 270x4x2, x8x1 rev purple band (no wraps, pin 23) 165x15x1 fat gripz spoto press 120x15x2, x20x1 wide lat pulldown 85x15x2, x25x1 db press (strong sleeves) x16x1 monster mini band internal/external shoulder rotations 36’s x2 bb +10lb/side note: lifting at a different time. elbow isn’t quite back to normal after last upper day but felt ok during bench. pretty happy with benching, called it at 8 but definitely had 9, just a little gun shy with moving up in weights. cut acc work a little short.
Mission: Better than last time
13/10/26 ME Upper AM Dead Bench / Pin Press from chest Worked up to 85kgx1 (+5kg PR) Hip thrust, nordic curls PM Larsen Press 75kgx15 (PR) 75kgx12 Overhead Barbell Tricep Extension 45kgx7 45kgx6 Dumbbell Row 50kgx12 (PR) 50gx10 Shoulder press, machine flies, chins, band pullaparts arm work. Good training today. Got a perfect 6 second strain on dead bench today, along with the PR. Supplemental and accessory moving swimmingly. Played around with slack pull / gaining tension in the body on deadlifts today.
Benchfreak BenchPress Log
Sept 26/2026 - Saturday Bench Press 2x30 push ups 70x5 120x2 160x5 160x5 3-2-0 tempo 140x3 140x3 Incline bench press - tng - lbs 135x5 225x5 265x5 265x5 265x5 MDBX 120x12 120x12 t bar rows 1px12 2px12 3px12 3px12 lat pulldowns machine, 2x single arm handles p13x12 machine side raises p10x12 p10x12 preacher db curls 30x12 30x12 pec deck 154x12
Chisel the Stone, Make the Statue
ZMFitness: Today will be a good day Well… So I got hit by a car on the way to school. Im fine, I think, only got a brush on my leg, and little hurting spot under my thumb nail, and a bit of a headache now, but still. Not the guy’s fault I don’t think, I just plain did not see his car. My glasses were probably a little foggy, but I don’t quite remember. He was turning sharply, so it was slow, but man I didn’t like that. I swear it happened in slow motion. Good thing my bike is fine, not that Im going to ride it tomorrow.
Calvert and Milo Barbell
In the event that my analysis seems excessive, here’s the stuff cyclists do… I’m not even scratching the surface. And I’m ok with that. That said, I think the lifting world could use a bit more analysis. Not a lot more, but just a bit more beyond “this program worked for me, that one didn’t”. A bit more understanding of why.
Kilos & Hikes - Hugo’s Log [Tactical Barbell Fighter / Polarized Blue]
Thursday, 2026/09/24 LIC LSS Airbike 5.3 miles in 20 minutes Friday, 2026/09/25 MS Incline bench 10 x 45, 8 x 95, 1 x 135, 3 x 3 x 145 Squat 10 x 45, 8 x 95, 2 x 135, 3 x 3 x 185 Neutral grip pull ups 3 x 8 x BW PT/Core 2 times the following circuit: Feet on stability ball plank x 45 sec Pullover 15 x 15# Side bends 15 x 50# Kids brought a cold again from daycare. I am coughing my lungs out some moment. Some moment I am fine. Training went well but I was a little dizzy after sets of
A Firefighter Family Man’s Training Log
10-12-2026 Prowler + 2 kids x 6 Agile 8 10-13-2026 Front Squat 250x5, 280x5, 310x5 Incline Bench 185x5, 205x5, 225x5 Deadlift 465x5 Curls 101x10x3 Joseph Rodriguez Starting Strength Coach: Front Squat, Incline Bench, Deadlift, Prowler Sled Milo had his bull. I have my two trouble makers. Pushing them up and down the street is by far the best use I have found for my prowler sled. These weights are incredibly expensive, but they’re fun to make, and the delivery and maintenance costs are worth it.
WooWoo Stuff - All Things Woowoo
I don’t think I have ever been described better. Got home to find my truck, which had been in a park and fly, had been broken into and my golf clubs had been stolen, along with a compressor and tire chains. Oh well. The clubs were twenty eight years old, but I loved them dearly. A set of Cobra blades with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts, S300’s. Probably too stiff for me at 63 years old, but they were my clubs. I have been thinking about upgrading my ride and I think this is a sign. I have a
Heavy Metal Thread (and Associated Genres)
Lamb of God’s latest was unveiled last Friday. No favorite tracks, just yet, but still enjoying their sound.
What’s your morning routine?
Honestly, my morning routine isn’t anything special I usually check my phone as soon as I wake up and end up scrolling through TikTok way longer than I planned. Then I realize I need to get up, make some coffee, and actually start my day. I try to wake up earlier when I have things to do, but sometimes those extra 15 minutes in bed turn into half an hour. I guess I’m still working on building better habits. Anyone else gets stuck scrolling first thing in the morning? 😀
Brandon’s Backyard Buffoonery
Took a bit of an internet break but still here, still training the same way, still eating good, still playing retro video games. Also saw Mastodon in concert if anyone is a fan - they kicked major ass. 9/18/2026 - Brian Alsruhe’s 30 Minute Muscle, Option 2 “Racing to Red Lights” A1) Axle Clean once & Strict Press away - 130x3x4 sets A2/A4) Husafel Stone Carry - 207 x 50ft x 8 sets A3) Yoke Bottoms Up Front Squat + Back Squat - 212 x 1+5 x 4 sets End of required work - 29:55 Assistance fin
Doing Dumb Stuff as a College Kid
Don’t beat yourself up about it. At the end of 2023 I had 18 solid months of sobriety, threw it all away because I was single and lonely and wanted it to be easier to meet people. Now I’m coming up on 3 years sober which I’m super proud of. Counselors and meetings didn’t really help me, I just didn’t like Brandon that drinks so I stopped. So my experience might not be exactly like yours, but I’ll happily chat about it if you ever want to.
Trump 2025 - Resuming The National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity (Part 2)
It isn’t weird when you understand that socialists have been saying that we’ve been in “late-stage capitalism” for the last century, along with their penchant for making stuff up about society and treating it as scientific fact. AI combined with robotics could end up producing a level of material abundance that vast and generous social programs become a possibility, but that remains to be seen. There will still be some level of conflict between the various visions for society, and there always
KRAKATOA: PowPowPunishment’s Daily Ventures of Destruction
Bench press 260 x 5 295 x 3 330 x 2 260 x 9 Last set super-set with lying dumbbell rows: 115s x 10 Seated overhead dumbbell press 80s x 9, 10, 8 Super-set with lying dumbbell rows: 115s x 10 Swiss bar curls 45 x 50 Felt sluggish in warm-ups tonight, but I got it together for the top set. Strong performance. I keep almost wishing for a string of poor bench sessions so I have an excuse to switch strategies and start block pressing just because I find it fun, but I’m not going to change
Brandon’s Backyard Buffoonery
You must be pretty deep into it because I am pretty sure those are evolved classes. Nope nope. Black Belt is the starting class. I’m playing the NES version, whereas it sounds like you might have an updated version, because Monk was the newer translation for the Black Belt. I just beat the pirate to get access to the ship. The NES version in particular is a trip, because it wasn’t programmed correctly, haha. Some stats that should matter don’t, some items don’t function they way they’re supposed to, etc. It was SO ambitious.
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