Bike ride down to the coast guard station, plus a little loop! Beautiful day.
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Upper body on Monday, benched 135lb x 8!
Lower body yesterday, squated 265lb x 6!
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Just joined MCB and saw this thread. How's the fitness coming along? And do you ever play paintball at Apocalypse? I live in the Madison area and that's the field I've been going toComment
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Good! I was sick last week, so no workouts at all. Did workout with the trainer today to ease back into things.
I just came back to the sport after a 12 year break. I did play at Apoc back in the day, but haven't since I started playing again. I've been playing at Siege mostly.Comment
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I came back after an 18 year break myself 😄 finally proved to my wife that it was worth carrying around my Impulse and Ion all these years - saved a bunch of money to get back into it this year lol
I'll have to come over to Siege sometime and check it out, I haven't played at any other fields yet, just been dong to the one closest to home. Heading down to Chicago next month to watch the NXL event which should be a blast though - maybe that'll inspire me to drive farther to play on some fresh fields
How was it coming back after a more-than-decade-long break away from it? I was surprised at how little guns have actually changed and how big mechanical and mag-fed stuff has become. Everything had moved away from mechanical when I left the sport and now mechanical is it's own thing, and electros are rarely allowed to shoot over 10.5bps...wild to think we were shooting 20+ back in the dayComment
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Yeah, it's crazy. I think it's really cool that mech has grown in popularity again. Still have my old bushy that could do 20+ on a good day, and picked up an 07 ego recently as well (along with a bunch of other goodies).
Do it! I'm usually there most Sundays and Wednesdays. I'll actually be at NXL Chicago all 3 days! I snagged a media pass and am also playing 7man mech and 3man.Comment
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Solo recovery workout this morning. Lighter weight, and I did split these into two groups and did supersets.
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Woops, missed a few, but here's today's:
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Squats and hip thrusts. After 10 days out for work and personal travel, it felt good to be back in the gym.
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Hour with the trainer today doing upper body. Max'd bench at 170lbs. I bonked out hard though, felt like I could've done more but didn't have it in me.
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Bike ride with Mrs.Z for her birthday weekend. May have consumed a beer or three as well
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Thanks Murdoc555, diet has been decent. I'm focused mostly on eating fairly clean and cutting out too many empty carbs/sugars and just in general eating less. I'm trying not to hit too much deficit, as I don't want it to affect my strength training. I'm fine with slow and steady progress. This year is just about getting active again feeling better.
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Great, the excess sugar and carbs is the first thing to cut out. I agree with your comments on calorie deficits, Im not sold on that. Too many factors, hormone imbalances, metabolism, and what not. I’ve never had luck with calorie counting/my fitness pal, just eating intuitively with getting solid macros. The best results I’ve had are doing that and regular weight lifting and boxing, 3-4 days a week. I’ve went harder, ate more strict, and the results are always short term. Check out Mark Sisson if you haven’t, he has a very realistic and manageable approach to nutrition and fitness.
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Nothing special today, incline bench plus back and chest work with the trainer. Did rows and neutral grip dumbbell bench to failure.
Edit to add: been a while since I checked in on weight. Recent weigh-in was 283. Not a huge drop, but satisfying. Clothes are fitting better!
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Worked with the trainer this morning, went for a squat PR, didn't get it. Only matched my previous of 6 x 265lbs. I'm upset with myself. Between bonking out of my bench pr attempt last week, and now this, seems I've got some focusing to do.
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Solo workout this morning. Kind of a de-load and volume day.
Weigh in: 284Comment
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