Llazy Llog

[MaxPower]

No, that's a fair question for sure. I never even considered getting tested before, it's only been the past year or two that I really started considering TRT. But looking into the common symptoms of low T, I've checked most of the boxes since shortly after puberty.

If I had it all to do over again, I probably would have gotten tested in my early 20s. It probably would have changed a lot about the trajectory my life ended up taking.

Well luckily you're here now man and got support. The consistency gonna pay off big time. By next year you'll be looking and feeling completely different

 

[llazy_llama]

10 September

Last sick day. Fever was gone, body was still pretty weak I assume from dehydration. Overall feeling much better though, this was definitely the tail end of things.

Exercise - Still no. Decided to take one last unscheduled rest day to convalesce.

Nutrition - 2319 calories, went over limit by 204. I treated myself to a snack after dinner, munched on some peanuts while watching UFC. Macros were 236/88/165 CFP. Rice with dinner was a mistake.

Sunday is my scheduled rest day, Monday I'll be back at the gym for leg day.

 

[IronSoul]

10 September

Last sick day. Fever was gone, body was still pretty weak I assume from dehydration. Overall feeling much better though, this was definitely the tail end of things.

Exercise - Still no. Decided to take one last unscheduled rest day to convalesce.

Nutrition - 2319 calories, went over limit by 204. I treated myself to a snack after dinner, munched on some peanuts while watching UFC. Macros were 236/88/165 CFP. Rice with dinner was a mistake.

Sunday is my scheduled rest day, Monday I'll be back at the gym for leg day.

I think you made a good decision with the extra rest day. Since your fever is gone and you are feeling better. I would spend this scheduled rest day to hydrate and feed as much as you can to recover and get ready for Monday. I would recommend small portions in food and water, but a lot of them through the day. Hope you recover well and kill it tomorrow LL.


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[llazy_llama]

I think you made a good decision with the extra rest day. Since your fever is gone and you are feeling better. I would spend this scheduled rest day to hydrate and feed as much as you can to recover and get ready for Monday. I would recommend small portions in food and water, but a lot of them through the day. Hope you recover well and kill it tomorrow LL.


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Thanks man! Yeah, I'm definitely doubling up on the hydration today. I haven't felt this drained since back in my partying days lol.

 

[llazy_llama]

11 September

Exercise - Scheduled rest day

Nutrition - 1705 calories, 410 under limit. 182/63/166 CFP.

Forgot to weigh in this morning, I'll have to remember to do that when I wake up tomorrow before breakfast. Stoked to get back into my program this week, tomorrow should be a good leg day.

 

[IronSoul]

11 September

Exercise - Scheduled rest day

Nutrition - 1705 calories, 410 under limit. 182/63/166 CFP.

Forgot to weigh in this morning, I'll have to remember to do that when I wake up tomorrow before breakfast. Stoked to get back into my program this week, tomorrow should be a good leg day.

I think you’re gonna benefit a lot from today’s rest. Enjoy it and fuel that body, get ready to kill it tomorrow.


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[llazy_llama]

12 September

Felt great to get back into the gym.

Weekly weigh-in (a day late) 250.6

Exercise - Leg day
Squats - 135x8, 225x8, 315x5, 315x5, 365x2
Standing calf raise - 387x12, 387x12, 407x12
Leg Press - 600x8, 600x5, 600x6
Seated leg curl - 205x12, 205x12, 205x7

I think I popped a blood vessel on the lag press or something. There's some red spots on my upper eyelid that weren't there before the gym. Whoops.

Nutrition - 2035 calories, 83 under par. 173/93/202 CFP.

No real complaints about hunger today. It's satisfying to see that weight drop even after missing so much gym time last week. Hopefully another couple of pounds at least this week. All in all, today was a great day.

 

[llazy_llama]

13 September

Nutrition - 2007 calories, 111 under par. 198/52/234 CFP. Good macros, this seems to be a pretty good balance for keeping me gassed up at the gym. Hunger was fine today, no complaints.

Exercise - Biceps, triceps, lats, traps
Barbell overhead press - 115x8, 115x8, 115x8, 135x2
Zottman curls - 35x8, 35x8, 35x6
One hand dumbbell tricep extensions - 40x12, 40x12, 45x8
Machine lat pulldowns - 320x10, 340x8, 340x6, 270x10
Cable biceps curl - 130x8, 130x9, 130x6
Dumbbell lateral raise - 30x8, 30x7, 30x5
Barbell shrug - 225x8 (3x)
Cable tricep pushdown - 140x12, 160x8, 160x4

1 hour 27 minutes.

 

[llazy_llama]

14 September

Nutrition - 1988 calories, 130 under par. Macros at 198/51/251 CFP. Had a protein shake with milk for the first time in a while after my workout, amazing how satiating it was now that I'm better adjusted to the lower daily calories. Definitely held me over until dinner.

Exercise - Core day. Chest, abs, back.
Barbell bench press - 135x8, 155x8, 185x6, 185x5
Smith machine one-arm rows - 95x8, 115x8, 115x8
Cable crunches - 210x15, 210x10, 210x12
Machine decline chest press - 70x10, 95x6, 95x6 (each arm)
Machine ab crunch - 205x10, 205x10, 205x10
Machine back extension - 205x15 (5x)
Machine assisted pull-ups/machine assisted dips superset AMRAP, 80 pound assist
PU 8, dip 8, PU 5, dip 8, PU 4, dip 6

Notes - I really don't like the machine back extension machine if I can avoid it, I find that I get much more benefit with less lower back pain from back hypers, but the machine was in use and I didn't feel like waiting. Also, I really need to get that bench up, my numbers are just pathetic. I might switch over to using a machine for it, I think the lack of confidence from not having a spotter is really holding me back from pushing closer to failure.

Other than that, nothing unusual to report. Good day all around. Feel great.

 

[llazy_llama]

15 September

Nutrition - 2075 calories, 43 under par. 188/54/251 CFP.

Exercise - Biceps, triceps, lats, bench press accessory lift
Military press - 115x8, 135x5, 135x4
EZ-bar preacher curl - 77x8, 77x8, 77x6
Bench press machine - 200x8, 250x4, 250x4
Triceps cable push down - 160x8, 175x8, 175x7, 180x5
Cable Shrug - 210x20, 210x20, 210x12, 210x12
Cable biceps curl - 120x10, 120x10, 150x3
Machine lat pulldown - 320x8, 360x5, 360x5
Dumbbell one-arm triceps extensions - 45x8, 45x8, 45x8

1 hour, 30 minutes.

Nothing unusual to report.

 

[CohibaRobusto]

That's a lot of work man!

 

[llazy_llama]

That's a lot of work man!

I feel like the tricep extensions at the end just kinda ended up being junk volume. I think next week I'll drop those and just up the weight on the pushdowns.

 

[CohibaRobusto]

I feel like the tricep extensions at the end just kinda ended up being junk volume. I think next week I'll drop those and just up the weight on the pushdowns.

I'm amazed you did all that in 1:30

 

[CJ]

I feel like the tricep extensions at the end just kinda ended up being junk volume. I think next week I'll drop those and just up the weight on the pushdowns.

It probably was, since you trained triceps 3 days in a row and chest 2 days in a row.

What's your reasoning behind doing this?

 

[llazy_llama]

It probably was, since you trained triceps 3 days in a row and chest 2 days in a row.

What's your reasoning behind doing this?

As far as chest, I REALLY want to bring up my bench press. I decided that once I'm under the 110 kilo mark for my weight, I want to do a few USPA matches. Bench is definitely my weakest lift, so I have to get that up.

Triceps, I don't really have a great reason. I did dips on the 14th because it was a scheduled chest day, and the 13th was tris. But they seemed to be recovered enough that the 15th's workout was fine, no soreness or anything.

 

[llazy_llama]

I'm amazed you did all that in 1:30

That's interesting. If anything, I've been worried that my rest periods between sets were too long. That time also includes stretching before the workout starts and, if I remember correctly, stopping to go to the bathroom once.

 

[llazy_llama]

Log update still coming this evening, but goddamn did I pick the right headband to wear today. I don't know if it's possible to shit out a vertebra, but I expect that I might find out today.

 

[PZT]

Log update still coming this evening, but goddamn did I pick the right headband to wear today. I don't know if it's possible to shit out a vertebra, but I expect that I might find out today.

Haha they should sponsor me lol

 

[IronSoul]

Log update still coming this evening, but goddamn did I pick the right headband to wear today. I don't know if it's possible to shit out a vertebra, but I expect that I might find out today.

Lmao this is awesome dude


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[llazy_llama]

Bit of a long post tonight.

Nutrition - 1712 calories 406 under par

Exercise - Leg hell day
Deadlift - 135x5, 225x5, 315x5, 405x5, 425x2
Squats - 225x5, 315x3
Standing calf raise - 387x12, 387x10, 387x10, 387x10
Seated Leg curl - 220x8, 230x6, 230x6
Machine hip adduction - 115x12, 130x10, 145x8, 145x8
Cable Leg kickbacks - 42.5x8, 57.5x8, 72.5x8

1 hour, 28 minutes

Some oddities here. In retrospect I should have kept the last set of deadlifts at 405 and pushed for 5 reps. I had planned to do 2 working sets of Squats, but on that first set of 315 I felt some weird pain in my groin and didn't want to risk an injury so I stopped after 3 reps. The weight on those kickbacks is kind of all over the place; I had literally never done that exercise before so I didn't know what to set the weight to. 72.5 was as high as that particular machine went, so that's where I ended up. We have a bigger cable machine that I'll use next time (that also doesn't have weird ass half pound increments).

Got home, showered, ate, and relaxed a bit. Then I noticed some fucking severe pain in my lower back and genitals. I thought it was a herniated disc for sure, so I called my insurances referral hotline expecting the nurse would send me off to urgent care. Instead she was concerned that it might be testicular torsion, so told me to get my ass to the ER immediately. Ultrasound, CT scan, and a couple of hours later, turns out it's just diverticulitis. So I've got an infection in my colon that's causing the pain in my back and the other stuff is just a mystery but hopefully nothing. To make things even better, the pharmacy that I had them send the prescriptions to closed just as I was pulling in, and because the pain medication is a narcotic, they can't transfer the prescription to a different pharmacy. So for tonight at least, I'm just fucked. Sleep is looking pretty unlikely.