Not that much, I hadn't become a stick yet, it was just all the youtube videos saying that someone of my build would lose all muscle mass doing low intensity high volume cardio hah.

Yup, gonna stick to heavier weights for now and hope to see some progress

Cheers!


I'm such a sucker.




Bought this yesterday after your posts rofl. Went with the peanut butter chocolate flavour, it better taste good! Gonna get on it and at least get close to 2.8k calories. Probably not gonna go for 3 shakes though hah..

Running is bad for your knees anyway, become stronger and more difficult to kill.

I didn't realise I had to write "Not dying" as part of my PGC goals, but I guess that is one of my goals from now on haha

Had half a serving of the gainer alongside my 3 meals today. I feel bloated as hell. It's difficult to even keep down the food rofl. On the plus side, the flavour is really nice, would highly recommend! Estimated 2.9k calories today though I may be over-counting, these are just estimates. Anything over 2.3k is great though!

Oh. I guess I also played some poker today.

Not sure about flop sizing, but it made me more money it seems.

PokerStars - $5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $500.00
SB: $637.03
BB: $1,013.68
CO: $2,032.58

SB posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has A Q 6 2

fold, Hero raises to $17.50, SB calls $15.00, BB raises to $70.00, Hero calls $52.50, SB calls $52.50

Flop: ($210.00, 3 players) 3 T 6
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $104.25, fold, BB calls $104.25

Turn: ($418.50, 2 players) K
BB bets $417.00, Hero calls $325.75 and is all-in

River: ($1,070.00, 2 players) 5
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: ($1,070.00, 2 players) 6

BB shows Q K J A (One Pair, Kings)
Board #1 (Pre 56%, Flop 16%, Turn 0%)
(Two Pair, Kings and Sixes)
Board #2 (Pre 59%, Flop 16%, Turn 0%)

Hero shows A Q 6 2 (Flush, Ace High)
Board #1 (Pre 44%, Flop 84%, Turn 100%)
(Flush, Ace High)
Board #2 (Pre 41%, Flop 84%, Turn 100%)

Hero wins $534.25
Hero wins $534.25

I read the first 2 sentences of the post, then skipped straight to the HH. My first thought was "hmm, not sure about the flop sizing", my second thought after seeing his hand was "lmaooooooo what the ****", then I scrolled back up to read this sentence and had a great laugh.

I can't even remember if somebody played a hand that badly vs me, and I've played a lot of hands..

Are you following any specific lifting program?

Ahaha, yeah I had to double-take to make sure he didn't have a pair otf or something

Loool yup, poker's not dead yet!

Yeah, I'm using stronglifts.com 's 5x5 program so only compound lifts for now. I'm effectively a complete beginner and I'm going to progress from basically 0 weight. Bit embarassing at the gym but we all start somewhere I'll work in the accessories later on.

The mass gainer powders are fine but usually have tons of sugar for cheap calories. Or if they are the 0 sugar ones, the sweeteners they use are kind garbage.

I'd use that powder (i used a mass gainer powder in place of protein powder for the shakes too) but i would consider lowering the scoops and make sure to add the banana / oatmeal / peanut butter (even the cheap pb is not bad) if it can make the calories that way. More healthy and will reduce lethargy imo.

Also you wanna drink these shakes after your meal, just chug it, you will feel pretty bloated for like 20-30 min, just try to move around a bit.

First month or two are really hard, after that you'll be amazed with how much you can pack away.

Also in addition to the starting strength, work in pull up / dips / pushups / core if you can do it , as you see fit.

Gotcha, it's a great program and really the compounds are all you need.

Good advice on adding peanut butter/oats and banana,but then you can not take 300g of this **** or whatever is the dose.I advice to buy quality

whey protein,which is about 30/40e kg and it is usually enough 30g per serving and you mixed it with above ingredients.

I think half pot sizing is ok even against 2 opponents.BB will not fold an overpair and would continue with some weak open enders no fd or even

ak high

And another thread succumbs to nutrition advice

Srsly tho enjoy the bulk, so jelly u get to start from scratch

Cheers for the advice guys. Unfortunately I've already went ham on the gainer and bought the big pack rofl. So I guess bananas on the side it is!

Haha I'm glad to get more views on how to do it! My youtube suggestions is literally all nutrition & gym videos now lol.

Why are you jelly?


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I'd recently been cutting out coffee from my daily routine because of how it curbs my appetite but just one Vietnamese coffee at 7pm kept me buzzing all night lol. And thus, I ad a late session yesterday, ending at 5am zzz, whups (and woke up at 10am, double whups, rip gains). Hadn't played for a 5 hour session in forever, lately I've been feeling a bit lazy re:grinding and put in much shorter hours, maximum of 2 hours usually

It's probably due to having a lack of confidence lately but yesterday it felt like it was back! Just been a bit too long of a b/e stretch I guess...



This is since 1st May. At least you can see some sort of upwards trend post 35k hands.


PokerStars - $5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $833.33
SB: $554.12
BB: $208.28
Hero (UTG): $500.00
MP: $797.81
CO: $254.38

SB posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has T Q 9 8

Hero raises to $17.50, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $15.00, fold

Flop: ($40.00, 2 players) 7 3 8
SB checks, Hero bets $25.46, SB calls $25.46

Turn: ($90.92, 2 players) 5
SB bets $63.30, Hero calls $63.30

River: ($217.52, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets $5.00, SB raises to $229.52, Hero calls $224.52

SB shows 4 A A T (Straight, Five High)
(Pre 58%, Flop 26%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows T Q 9 8 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 42%, Flop 74%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins $673.56

Where do I put all this coffee money now that I'm cutting down?

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Re-invigorated with some confidence, come at me July!

Dem coffee gainz <3

Went to Bournemouth yesterday just for a quick beach outing. Friends said they noticed my mad gainzzz around chest and arms (obviously skipping leg day). Seems strange that I've been going gym only two weeks, it seems much longer.
And of course, jk about the mad gains, I feel stronger rather than looking any different.

Struggling to get the food in me today though, at this point I'm literally force-feeding myself those eggs just to get the numbers up. Heading to gym in a bit. Today is bench day so fun fun fun.

Poker wise I haven't been able to play as much this weekend, friend's birthday and that. Up a measly amount. Think I'm playing pretty well with a stronger mental game though so good things ahead hopefully!

don't skip leg day man, you should be doing full body every workout as a beginner though I believe, start splitting in 6 months or a year

Was kidding hah, the stronglifts program makes me squat every session

#PrayForOP




PokerStars - $5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $844.73
Hero (SB): $957.81
BB: $1,740.84
UTG: $372.30
MP: $4,231.86
CO: $531.09

Hero posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has J 5 A A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $17.50, Hero raises to $57.50, BB calls $52.50, BTN calls $40.00

Flop: ($172.50, 3 players) 2 6 Q
Hero bets $84.75, BB calls $84.75, BTN calls $84.75

Turn: ($426.75, 3 players) 9
Hero bets $423.75, BB raises to $1,598.59 and is all-in, BTN calls $702.48 and is all-in, Hero calls $391.81 and is all-in

River: ($2,760.35, 3 players) 3

Hero shows J 5 A A (One Pair, Aces)

Main Pot [$2,534.19]: (Pre 54%, Flop 61%, Turn 36%)
Side Pot#1 [$226.16]: (Pre 63%, Flop 71%, Turn 36%)

BB shows Q 9 7 7 (Two Pair, Queens and Nines)

Main Pot [$2,534.19]: (Pre 25%, Flop 17%, Turn 33%)
Side Pot#1 [$226.16]: (Pre 38%, Flop 29%, Turn 64%)

BTN shows 4 A Q 9 (Two Pair, Queens and Nines)

Main Pot [$2,534.19]: (Pre 21%, Flop 22%, Turn 31%)

BTN wins $1,265.59
BB wins $1,491.76


Where's the ping on the river???

Moaning aside, really happy with how I was playing at 500z today. Just waiting for the heater to come back

Are there no site that have action on plo500+? Seems like alot of players still play there even though there is no rakeback. Is the rakeback not that important on thoose stakes? How much do u rake in a month? GL!!

Excellent program selection. Frequency is key as a beginner or when getting back into the swing of gym ratting. If it ever gets stale or you want to find a similar program with more accessory work the All-Pro Beginner routine is another solid program.

I'm no stranger to embarrassment in the gym. I had a spell a few years ago where I needed physical therapy to rehab an ailing back and bum bicep tendon. I have video of me doing squats with 65 lbs at the gym post rehab. It's so silly especially when you're having it video taped.

They do, I just choose not to play them. I don't know how much I rake in a month, it really varies and it doesn't mean much to me when I don't have RB anyway

Hah, yeah, just had to get over it.

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Somehow managed to pull this out in a godawful month. Also... Guess who's finally over the breakeven streak??



On like a $50k EV heater from the bottom of the graph Finally getting close to the peak of the year, need to start actually making money now!
Still no year graph though

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I've been pretty consistent with gym. I started near the end of June and have not missed a session yet!

Squat - 60kg (Started 20kg)
Bench - 40kg (Started 20kg)
Deadlift - 80kg (Started 40kg)
Overhead press - 35kg (Started 20kg)
Bent over rows - 50kg (Started 30kg)

The weights started off very light and easy but already they're getting pretty difficult for me hah. Have only failed reps on overhead press before (which means I can't increase weight for the next session) but stronglifts.com says this is normal to fail on shoulders first.

I find that the program doesn't really work biceps so I also add in extra chin ups or pull ups at the end of each session. I currently try to do 3x3 pullups or 5x5 chinups and want to eventually be able to do more than my body weight on them too.

I've not been weighing myself (don't own a scale, don't want to pay £1 to use the gym's one so....) and today will be the first time I'm going to use one since I started. Started at 60kg. Fingers crossed that I've increased 1kg at least... Though I wouldn't be surprised if I hadn't. I really don't think I eat enough even though my appetite has gone up loads.

Time for a lazy Sunday!

Playin your stakes for me its exactly the opposite I try to play all other sites besides stars. Really hate their policy! Somethimes I still play there but just if I dont have any other options....... so if anyone knows wherelse I can play with action from europe shoot me a message


-> IM IN + GLGL!

Sick gym gains and very pretty graph. Nice work man!

Tyty!

Borrowed my friends scale... Moment of truth...
I gained 3kg in one month using one weird trick! Click below to find out how!

You will gain quite a bit if you keep this up and get enough calories. Once you plateau, I'd recommend getting a trainer to help with diet, varying your workouts, form, stretching, etc. Search around for a good one who wont just treat you like a noob with deep pockets.

Hah, I feel like I'm plateauing already. These shoulders just finding it so hard to get stronger!
Kind of a life-nit but will consider the PT a bit further down the line!

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Month is going well but swingy so far. Been playing a teeny bit more 5/10+ and been getting lucky in the right spots. Graph looks messy but ah well.. It's much better in BBs hah.



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It's been a lazy Saturday, just been watching NALCS whilst on the grind. Gym tomorrow, bench day = good day