Workout: What did you do today?

[DJChameleon]

I think he meant 100 altogether throughout the day but this isn't really helpful.
For chest at home I'd do push-ups. If they are too easy you can elevate your feet. You can also place your hands on two platforms, so you can go really low and get a deep pec stretch. When you have dumbbells you can also do some flyes.

Pushups are such a chore for me and they have been all my life even back in bootcamp when I was in the military.

I do okay with inclined pushups or like pushups against the wall but the traditional ones on the floor I have such a hard time with.

[DJChameleon]

I was gonna say the same thing about the 100 reps but didn't want to critique anything.

Deej if you look on Facebook Markets or whatever it is on there where people sell stuff, and Craigslist, Gumtree etc you will definitely find second hand dumbbells much cheaper, especially in NY. People buy this shit all the time but then they don't stick to it then are practically giving them away. No need to buy brand new.

I checked Facebook Marketplace and everyone is selling their dumbbells at market rate and higher. I think I will just stick to Amazon or Wal-mart.

[grindy]

Pushups are such a chore for me and they have been all my life even back in bootcamp when I was in the military.

I do okay with inclined pushups or like pushups against the wall but the traditional ones on the floor I have such a hard time with.

Then you can do dumbbell chest press, just buy somewhat heavier dumbbells. They don't even have to be that heavy because with dumbbells you can go really low and milk the stretch at the bottom.

[Shhon]

9/20

walk at the park for 10,000 steps so far today;
stopped counting miles and started counting steps;
took like 30-40 minutes walking around the baseball field;

[jimmy jazz]

I checked Facebook Marketplace and everyone is selling their dumbbells at market rate and higher. I think I will just stick to Amazon or Wal-mart.

Seriously? Robbing twats!

This is a good deal - https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/hab/d/new-york-sets-of-40lbs-dumbbells-and/7661399446.html

[Guybrush]

Today I've just been eating and slobbing, but HEY growing the beef is like half the work.

I do feel a bit like I'm cultivating mass.. like fat Mac.

[DJChameleon]

Today I've just been eating and slobbing, but HEY growing the beef is like half the work.

I do feel a bit like I'm cultivating mass.. like fat Mac.

Yeah I was stress eating like crazy today. I felt like I was high and just eating all the snacks but I didn't smoke weed or take an edible.

Just dealing with a dementia grandpa is super stressful. three days ago he called the cops on my wife and I.

[grindy]

Today I've just been eating and slobbing, but HEY growing the beef is like half the work.

I do feel a bit like I'm cultivating mass.. like fat Mac.

Bulking really is important. I realised that one of the reasons my results so far were so unimpressive is that I was never in a proper surplus when training.

[Guybrush]

Bulking really is important. I realised that one of the reasons my results so far were so unimpressive is that I was never in a proper surplus when training.

Yes, I'm struggling with it. I have a family that sometimes wants to eat soup for dinner. Soup?

I'm like so this is a shrink-day? She says no, we can add lentils. Lentils. I'm not made of lentils. I'm made of meat, baby.

I drink my whey shake every day and try to finish the protein parts of my kids' meals when they don't finish their dinners, but I don't think my average grams of prots exceeds my weight in kilograms by much.

I sometimes take the shake with a boiled egg on the side because I read somewhere that in addition to eggs containing protein, eating the yolk might somehow also help with gains for reasons I'm not fully sure of.

edit:

Btw, the whey powder is a relatively cheap source of proteins and so easy to regulate. So I could just put more in my shake if I don't get much through the meals, but I've not done that out of a slight concern it's not good for the liver or something. The pack says no more than one serving per day, so..

[grindy]

Yes, I'm struggling with it. I have a family that sometimes wants to eat soup for dinner. Soup?

I'm like so this is a shrink-day? She says no, we can add lentils. Lentils. I'm not made of lentils. I'm made of meat, baby.

I drink my whey shake every day and try to finish the protein parts of my kids' meals when they don't finish their dinners, but I don't think my average grams of prots exceeds my weight in kilograms by much.

I sometimes take the shake with a boiled egg on the side because I read somewhere that in addition to eggs containing protein, eating the yolk might somehow also help with gains for reasons I'm not fully sure of.

edit:

Btw, the whey powder is a relatively cheap source of proteins and so easy to regulate. So I could just put more in my shake if I don't get much through the meals, but I've not done that out of a slight concern it's not good for the liver or something. The pack says no more than one serving per day, so..

Protein is not bad for the liver. This information is heavily outdated. You can go as high as 5g per kg bodyweight and have no negative effects, and you don't need more than 1.5 g anyway. Someone with serious liver and kidney problems might have to go easy but even that is partly disputed. So go nuts and feel free to drink 2-3 shakes a day.

[Lexi Darling]

Yes, I'm struggling with it. I have a family that sometimes wants to eat soup for dinner. Soup?

I'm like so this is a shrink-day? She says no, we can add lentils. Lentils. I'm not made of lentils. I'm made of meat, baby.

You would absolutely get along with the mister, he's a very avid meat eater. I can't say it's not tantalizingly tempting sometimes when I'm watching his burger sitting there on the grill and just dying to take a juicy bite.

On average he's pretty good about the dishes he selects being low-calorie enough for me to fit them into my diet (sometimes with recipe or portion modifications for me), but the man's gotta tear into some nice hearty beef every now and then, and I respect that.

[jimmy jazz]

Yes, I'm struggling with it. I have a family that sometimes wants to eat soup for dinner. Soup?

I'm like so this is a shrink-day? She says no, we can add lentils. Lentils. I'm not made of lentils. I'm made of meat, baby.

I drink my whey shake every day and try to finish the protein parts of my kids' meals when they don't finish their dinners, but I don't think my average grams of prots exceeds my weight in kilograms by much.

I sometimes take the shake with a boiled egg on the side because I read somewhere that in addition to eggs containing protein, eating the yolk might somehow also help with gains for reasons I'm not fully sure of.

edit:

Btw, the whey powder is a relatively cheap source of proteins and so easy to regulate. So I could just put more in my shake if I don't get much through the meals, but I've not done that out of a slight concern it's not good for the liver or something. The pack says no more than one serving per day, so..

If you're looking to increase, put some peanut butter and porridge oats in your protein shakes. Blend. Have another protein shake in the evening, also with peanut butter and oats. Use whole milk. Easy way to get more calories and protein.

I don't track what I eat BTW. I know I'm getting 200g+ of protein a day and I don't dodge carbs or healthy fats. That's enough for me. I eat veg. I drink water. If I feel like I need more I eat a bit more, if I feel like I'm piling on the pork then I cut back a bit.

I've got a friend who is absolutely obsessed with tracking everything and it is a miserable way to live imo.

[Shhon]

9/21

two days in a row hitting my goal of 10k steps;
Google says it's about 5 miles;

[DJChameleon]

If you're looking to increase, put some peanut butter and porridge oats in your protein shakes. Blend. Have another protein shake in the evening, also with peanut butter and oats. Use whole milk. Easy way to get more calories and protein.

I don't track what I eat BTW. I know I'm getting 200g+ of protein a day and I don't dodge carbs or healthy fats. That's enough for me. I eat veg. I drink water. If I feel like I need more I eat a bit more, if I feel like I'm piling on the pork then I cut back a bit.

I've got a friend who is absolutely obsessed with tracking everything and it is a miserable way to live imo.

This is A+ advice. I was coming into to this thread to say the same thing about peanut butter and oats. The oats part is just to make it stick to your ribs so you feel full but the peanut butter helps with the protein aspect.

I couldn't live my life counting calories or anything else. I have always just portion control based off of eyeballing it. The only thing that I will monitor from time to time is carb intake because of being diabetic. I'm technically only supposed to have 60g of carbs per meal because of how it interacts with the amount of insulin I take. Sometimes I will glance at my carb intake and other times I'm just like let me eat what I want til I'm full or just eat half knowing I can save the rest for later.

I snuck out of the house and made my way to the gym. I told my trainer to meet me there so I could get it in. He wanted to know what I wanted to train so I said dealer's choice and he picked legs!!!

So I ended up doing legs and shoulders and boy am I tired right now like five hours later.

I also mentioned the conversation that we had based off of the 100 guidelines he gave. He wanted me to just push until I couldn't go anymore that's why he picked a wildly ridiculous number like 100. He didn't think I would actually be able to complete 100 of each type of exercise. He just wanted  me to do it to the point that I was exhausted.

[Shhon]

9/22;

day 3 in a row of getting in 10,000 steps;