Still retired, and just started doping myself up on the sativex.

Hoping it gives me the munchies, so I can have a few weeks going ballistic on the calories

Awesome, is this the one you were talking about years ago but it was really expensive?

I remember when my dog was on THC/CBD for his cancer we were talking about its effectiveness.

Be really interested to hear how you get on with it.

Also next week going to move up to the 30kg dumbbells for standing bicep curls and hammer curls having worked through the 26/28kg's over the last 2 months.  Felt super strong today doing 3x8 sets with the 28kg's going to start ton the 30kg and work up from probably 4 reps initially to 8 reps in a a couplle of months.

That's insane, don't think I could even move it to be honest.

I go really light on curls due to previous injuries but might have a go at increasing slightly in the near future. Won't do it until after my bench PR day though in case I do any damage. For now I'm sticking to the same routine every week as I know it's relatively low risk.

Did 3 sets of 4 with 44kg duumbells today unspotted which felt great.    Going to get the 50kg out next week and try and do one rep!

Coming along nicely mate.

That's a huge jump from 44 to 50, haven't they got anything in between? Or are you just throwing in a hail Mary for fun?

All going well at the moment.

Now hitting 140kg doubles on the bench comfortably so hoping to manage a triple soon. Hit 120kg for 9 on Monday without too much trouble so hoping to finally crack double figures on these soon as well.

Incline DB press are up to 2 x 8 at 50kg but the 8 are really tough. Want to get these to double figures as well but it's pretty tough. I do these after my heavy benching so they should be hard I suppose.

Progress is steady but persistent. Not smashing any records but definitely feeling stronger.

Anyone else about?? All seems very quiet.......

I'm still here for the larks. Just like to see Hopkin do really well then have a massive f**k off curry and pile it all back on.

My current weight is 16st 1lb for what it's worth

Similar to Tikay I've found a balance point where it becomes no effort at all to just maintain.

On strength news i ez bar curled 60kg (including the bar) for 5 reps for the first time this century today!   Bicep power is nearly at 1998-9 peaks at 47 years old!  Felt good today doing that.      Had a few watching pretending they werent in the gym as you do!!!!!

How's your form on these? Much 'cheating' required or can you get a couple reasonably strict?

I've only recently got back in to curls but don't seem to be progressing much. I'm at 3 x 12 with 20kg although they are very strict done purely for aesthetics not power.

Don't recall curling 60kg ever in all honesty. Even with a bit of body movement that's impressive. We should probably add arms in to our session when we get round to it as they seem to be one of your main strengths.

On strength news i ez bar curled 60kg (including the bar) for 5 reps for the first time this century today!   Bicep power is nearly at 1998-9 peaks at 47 years old!  Felt good today doing that.      Had a few watching pretending they werent in the gym as you do!!!!!

This should be on the strong thread..... These guys don't care about your bulging biceps, get back where you belong.

The really good thing about this is you now get to smash your end of January goal twice in one month.

The way you defended fruit I thought some of the essay battles of the past about whole foods plant based, no oil, salt and processed sugar, we had were getting through to you, ha. That's a goad. I know you never doubted fruit.

Oh God no!!! Plant man's back!! 

Hope you're doing well mate, assume you're still doing the same diet and going well on it?

Whole foods, plant based would 100% work for anyone on here but I doubt any would be able to stick to it. It's the same with any diet that cuts out particular food groups, they work by restricting calories but very few enjoy them and can stick to them.

You're very lucky that you don't see your diet as 'restrictive'. In your eyes you can eat as much as you want but that's because everything you want is on the list.

I can't imagine anyone active on this thread could stick to a diet that contained no oil, salt or processed sugar? Oh..... and meat.....

If they could they wouldn't be over weight and on this thread, they'd be super lean somewhere chewing on a bamboo stick.

 
Was waiting for the Evilpie roast.
Simple answer more cals in than out
Period of illness at start of the month and arm is still fucked so can't lift.
Lots of walking which is great for the mrs but just not intensive enough for me

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i'll keep posting so everyone can see it doesn't always go to plan

Thought I was quite gentle to be honest.....

I will roast you about the walking comment though. In what world isn't walking intensive enough? At your weight you'll be burning about 150 calories per mile which is more than you'd do in any weights session.

Lifting weights will make you look better and give you a few muscles here and there but walking is significantly more productive if weight loss is your goal.

Jan 1st  -  16st 0lb
Jan 10th -  16st 2lb
Jan 17th - 16st 3lb

Have you actually been dieting or just weighing yourself whilst not really changing anything?

Genuine question by the way, not mocking.....

If you've been putting some effort in but seeing your weight increase it could be very discouraging. If you're in a calorie deficit you WILL lose weight but if the scales don't show it in the first few weeks you could easily quit thinking it isn't working.

The way around this is to weigh yourself daily, not weekly. Weigh in every morning at the same time then take the median from the last 7 days as your actual weight.

You could change from a 4000 calorie 100% fat based diet to a 2000 calorie protein/carb diet and actually gain weight in the short term just through water and the actual mass of the food. Every 1g of carbs you consume absorbs 3g of water like a sponge so you gain weight even though you're in a calorie deficit. You'll be losing fat from your body but gaining a bit of water. After a short while the fat overtakes the water and you'd see a consistent loss.

Not saying this is what's happening, it's just an example of how the scales can mislead.

[since Evilpie battered him with his friendly advice.]

Makes perfect sense.

Limbo bars are low, rather like the IQ's of those who were unable to make the connection.

Don't you start! Poor Dakky hasn't been seen since Evilpie battered him with his friendly advice.

I lolled so much.

Lol. Not true though; I posted on Monday...

 

You may have noticed I'm not a "you go girl, you got this" kind of motivator.

I just tell it like it like it is. Losing weight is easy, just consume fewer calories than you expend.

How you go about doing that without going stir crazy is the tricky bit.

Makes perfect sense.

Limbo bars are low, rather like the IQ's of those who were unable to make the connection.

2 stone is low?  Confused as well.  Done one kilo so far, so still in the realms of randomness.

End of Jan target was the low bar easy one.

End of April is the one he'll fail. 2st is actually quite tricky whereas you could drop 5lb with a half decent turd.

Makes perfect sense.

Limbo bars are low, rather like the IQ's of those who were unable to make the connection.

Just this.

Big Saturday bench session today.

Programme was for 3 reps so I took a 132.5kg banker then had a go at 140kg to see how it felt. Managed two reasonably comfortable reps but didn't attempt a third as I knew it wasn't quite there. 140kg equals my PR for 2 though so got to be happy with progress.

Did a double at 150kg and two singles at 160kg with the slingshot which was great to feel the weight. I've failed 160 a few times in the past so this was really encouraging a full 8 weeks from the next 1RM attempt.

I'm getting crazy volume in on upper body so it's no surprise that I'm doing well but it's still a great feeling to be making progress.

In other news I still can't squat or deadlift for s**t 

Giving up squat and deadlift is one of the best things I've ever done training wise. I just kept injuring myself so the risk/reward just isn't worth it. I do all machine work for legs twice per week and some hyper extensions for my lower back all of which is close to zero risk.

I've also started doing body weight squats at home every morning and evening just as a prehab exercise to make sure I don't get too weak. Seems to be going well so far and takes no time at all.