Building myself back up
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@rancid-schnitzel You're smashing it mate, takes a real strength in what you are doing.
As a single late 30's guy I find Tinder a bit rubbish (might be the heavy radical feminist presence in Victoria..also maybe my inability to not to argue a point after a pint) I find RSVP is a lot better if you're looking for something more serious when you're ready for it, of course meeting through social activities always best.
Speaking of Brady bunch my mother married her perfect guy 12 years ago, both of them single parents with 5 children each, still going strong today.
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@rembrandt said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel You're smashing it mate, takes a real strength in what you are doing.
As a single late 30's guy I find Tinder a bit rubbish (might be the heavy radical feminist presence in Victoria..also maybe my inability to not to argue a point after a pint) I find RSVP is a lot better if you're looking for something more serious when you're ready for it, of course meeting through social activities always best.
Speaking of Brady bunch my mother married her perfect guy 12 years ago, both of them single parents with 5 children each, still going strong today.
You must be doing it wrong. You always have to ask if the girl is DTF.
Also are you sure it wasn't Grindr you were on?
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rembrandt said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel You're smashing it mate, takes a real strength in what you are doing.
As a single late 30's guy I find Tinder a bit rubbish (might be the heavy radical feminist presence in Victoria..also maybe my inability to not to argue a point after a pint) I find RSVP is a lot better if you're looking for something more serious when you're ready for it, of course meeting through social activities always best.
Speaking of Brady bunch my mother married her perfect guy 12 years ago, both of them single parents with 5 children each, still going strong today.
You must be doing it wrong. You always have to ask if the girl is DTF.
Also are you sure it wasn't Grindr you were on?
Ha well from my limited experience in gay clubs (#metoo) I would absolutely dominate Grindr if I was that way inclined, gay blokes have it easy by comparison.
Probably am using Tinder wrong, had a mate show me the 'right' way a few weeks back, pretty phenomenal what you can organise with a few short messages in about 10 mins if you don't care about your face being associated with a dodgy as profile message..and you aint too picky about who you're swiping at.
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Well this took an unexpected turn
Thanks again all of you.
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@rembrandt said in Building myself back up:
and you aint too picky about who you're swiping at.
It's not your job to be picky. You should always swipe right and let them do the filtering. Then you just need to determine how much to drink.
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@antipodean you are a braver man than me. Saw someone the other day showing off her multi-coloured arm-pit hair, her profile was about smashing the patriarchy...honestly I'd be afraid that dating and maybe turning down some of these ideologues would be tantamount to sexual assault in their world, not worth the risk even if they happen to be good looking.
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@rembrandt said in Building myself back up:
@antipodean you are a braver man than me. Saw someone the other day showing off her multi-coloured arm-pit hair, her profile was about smashing the patriarchy...honestly I'd be afraid that dating and maybe turning down some of these ideologues would be tantamount to sexual assault in their world, not worth the risk even if they happen to be good looking.
Christ, I hope there was no minge photos....
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Now I'm genuinely scared. Reckon it's safer if I just live like a monk.
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@rancid-schnitzel You'll be alright. The crazies are generally very proud of their craziness, if its not in their profile it'll be the very first thing they talk about.
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@paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:
Keep the fucker guessing RS!!
Got access to any Kettle Bells? If so hollah and I'll flick you some links to stuff we do semi-regularly. A standing one armed KB press is mean as for shoulders and lats. Just be careful of your rep range... wouldn't want to stray into cardio land by accident
Not sure if you are doing anything specific for mobility etc but Turkish Get-ups are gold-plated magic. Hits everything you want, legs, hips, core, shoulders, upper back, and by adding weight you can up the ante as needed.
Clean and press or just press? Agree that kettlebells are the nuts, with swings and get-ups being really tough work. Back along when I was a bit fitter and not quite so broken, I'd slip in two minutes of get-ups into a work out and you're right, it hits you all over.
I'm trying to get some semblance of fitness back and kettlebells are featuring quite strongly. My (least) favourite is a 12 minute routine of 2 minutes of swings followed but 2 minutes of skipping x 3. I'm pretty much shagged after that. You can up the intensity of the swings by increasing the weight. I used to use a 16kg bell but have only just worked back up to a 12 kg one now.
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Got home from coast Tuesday night. Did some shoulder work with those stretchy thingamis. Not bad but nothing like a proper shoulder session.
Didn't do shit on Wednesday and consequently felt like shit. Bad day.
Struggled out of bed this morning and felt very flat but fought my way through chest and biceps and ended well. Should be right tomorrow.
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Another struggle this morning but got through a good back and triceps session.
Seems even the slightest change in schedule has thrown my body out of whack. It's bloody weird.
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but you did it bro! That is a win
I hear you about changing routines - they can really mess with your mojo. Sleep and kai are the two biggest for me, and can probably handle the kai side of things easier than the sleep. Especially thinking about recovery!
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yea man, respect for getting up. That's the thing i am battling with most in the tri-training. Most of it is done in the mornings, and i am not a morning person. That alarm goes off, and it's a battle. Who wins? Often not my will power.
So even though you really didn't want to, getting up is a huge win
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It's just a matter of breaking through that barrier but it can be a hard slog getting there.
Mind you it's probably much easier to get up and lift some tin than it is to run, bike or swim whatever stupid distance you have to do. Now that shit takes commitment!
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Been a while. Been wasting my time talking about Cookie Monster bins.
Anyway:
Sunday: AM Run/burpee pullups, dips
PM swimming
Son hasn't done shit during school holidays and nearly died. Serves him right, the lazy poo.Monday: Rest. Needed it.
Tuesday: Shoulders. Not bad but not great.
Wednesday: Way too much on and couldn't train. The usual negative effects followed. Body pissed off at me.
Thursday: Chest and biceps. Great session. Nice pump.
Friday: back and triceps. Very nice.
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Shit been ages.
Not a very good week training or eating wise but didn't think I'd have time to train at all so I've done ok considering. Monday off and legs instead of crosstraining on Wednesday. Have to ramp that shit up on the weekend.
Reckon I need to focus more on legs. Rest of the body looks fine but the legs haven't returned to their pre-dark times state. Bit perplexing. Never had farking Luke McCallister legs but they weren't bloody the chicken limbs they are at the moment.
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Hopeless git I am.
Pretty ordinary week again. Shoulder a bit ginger from burpees on Saturday, no time to train on Monday, then shoulder a bit more ginger from training shoulders.
Had had fairly lightish chest and arms today and shoulder seems OK but it's always the burpees that does it. Must be my technique or something. Don't want to drop them because I'm a big fan.
Hope to stabilise things a bit next week.
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Same old same old but unfortunately burpees are my kryptonite. Excellent shoulder session yesterday but attempted burpees today and pain again. Very puzzling and extremely annoying. Did sit up pullups which aren't nearly as hammering but do the job.
Chest and biceps tomorrow and will be interesting to see what happens. Arm feels pretty good now.
