Today:

Press: 4x140, 1 push press, 3x5x115
Deadlift: 7x375

Inconsistent on the press. Got there at rush hour and had to clean it, and the first few sets weren't great. Hit 3 the first set, only 2 the second set after getting it in a bad position to start and failing the first attempt at a press before regripping, but regrouped and hit 4 the last set after making sure everything felt good from the beginning. Did push presses to finish out each set. Deadlift was OK, although I need to remember to refill my chalk because I'm scraping the last little bit of dust and was having some minor grip issues.

Weighed in at 204.4 this morning

Today:

Bench: 6x185
Squat: 5x255

Bench felt slightly better. Squat felt horrible, was extremely light headed and felt super flushed after all my warmup sets, and then rested a few minutes before trying my first work set, felt exactly the same afterwards, and then stopped after one set. Hope this isn't a sign I'm about to come down with something. Haven't weighed myself in the past few days, but my diet's been super lol, so definitely going the wrong direction

What is it about your daily routine that makes sticking to a diet challenging?

Just pure laziness. I work from home and have a minimal social life, especially now in the winter when I'm not playing kickball and hitting the bars two or three nights a week, so I should, in theory, be able to have it super easy to control everything I eat, but I'm just not that motivated at the moment so I give in to the slightest temptation. But I'll string together four or five solid days in a row and then go eat 4k calories at a dinner party or go eat a garbage plate at 3 in the morning with my brother at half time of CURLING and then do the classic fat guy move of **** it, just sabotaged myself, and then just eat a bunch for a couple days in a row before buckling down and saying all right, time to get back on the horse, and then minimal if any progress gets made.

Press: 3x142.5, 3x5x115
Squat: 6x255

Felt a lot better today, was not light headed at all after squatting. Did a couple of push presses to finish each set. Weighed in at 206.2 this morning after breakfast

Today:

Press: 9x120
Deadlift: 10x315

Hey, I lifted today. Went on vacation for a week to Hawaii, got back last week, was sad that I was no longer on vacation, then tweaked my shoulder playing soccer and used that as an excuse not to work out. So besides some leisurely tennis games that mostly consisted of double faults and unforced errors, a few round of cart-based golf, and then a few indoor soccer games as the goalie, I have done zero exercise the last two weeks, and also crushed a breakfast buffet for 2k cals a day plus two more good meals each day while on vacation. Somehow I only managed to gain a few pounds, must have been eating a decent amount of fish, been bouncing between 208 and 210 since I got back.

Anyways, took it light to get back in the gym and back into a routine, went fine.

Today:

Bench: 9x165, 3x5x145
Deadlift: 11x320

So after I lifted last week, I woke up the next morning feeling super sore in my shoulder, so I shut it down for the rest of the week. Did a little running and played a couple soccer games, but that was it. Feeling better now, although I could feel it start to flare up mildly as I was benching today. Hopefully it doesn't get worse overnight. Was planning on squatting, but one guy was doing rack pulls and there was a girl during super light presses in the two racks, so it would have been annoying to work in so I said **** it and deadlifted instead.

Today:

Press: 8x122.5
Squat: 8x225

Shoulder has been pretty decent this week. Very slightly sore/tight, but not really painful. If I quickly supinate my forearm something in it cracks around the biceps area, which seems like it loosens it up slightly. I can't do that with my right arm, so I'm pretty sure it's something related to the soreness.

But anyways, I've got indoor soccer playoffs in a little under two hours, hopefully a double header if we win the first game, so took it pretty easy and light to make sure I'd be feeling in tip top shape tonight. No back off sets or anything, just get in and out.

Tuesday:

Bench: 9x167.5, 3x5x145
Deadlift: 9x325

Today:

Press: 9x125, 3x5x105
Squat: 10x230

Lifted a couple times this week. Shoulder was bothering me a little on Tuesday, could really feel it towards the end of my deadlift warmups. Had a rep or two left in the tank but shut it down, didn't want to grind out a rep and hurt it by straining a little bit. Did feel better when I switched to mixed grip though.

Today it was feeling significantly better. Had one of my better days lifting too, everything felt solid, especially the squats. Need to drop some weight and get in better shape though, did a couple miles on the treadmill yesterday and about a mile in my calves and shins were super tight from the pounding, had to pause for a minute to stretch them out/give them a chance to relax. No more excuses, need to drop five pounds a month minimum until I'm down to 180. Somewhere around 210 these days

Today:

Bench: 10x170, 3x5x155
Deadlift: 10x330

Felt pretty good, better than Tuesday. Shoulder is finally starting to feel completely normal, didn't notice a thing at all today. And this isn't an official weigh in since it's not my normal right after waking up routine, but since I haven't done one in a while, post-workout weight of 210.6 just now.

Today:

Press: 8x127.5, 3x5x110
Squat: 7x235

Meh. Press felt OK, squat was awful, not even close to my last time. I don't know why my squat fluctuates so much, some days it feels rock solid and others it's super slow from my very first rep, like today.

Also weighed myself first thing this morning, 209.0.

Today:

Bench: 9x172.5, 5x5x155
Deadlift: 10x339

Felt pretty good. Diet's been pretty solid this week. Weighed in this morning at 208.0

ever consider doing hanging exercises to help the shoulder? I learned about that on Rogan podcast. give it a google, alot of people report all pain going away from it

Today:

Press: 8x130
Squat: 8x240

Quick in and out, went with my brother who needed to leave quickly so he could get some bets in on the UFC tomato cans currently fighting. So no back off sets. Felt pretty solid, definitely much better squats than last time, chest wasn't caving at all, unlike last time where I was really struggling.

Shoulder felt a little sore today though, might have to look into that hanging thing. Also suffered what I think was a mild concussion Thursday playing soccer, took a shot at close range right off the forehead and went down, took a couple tries to get back up and then was a little wobbly for a minute or two. Probably not the smartest idea to keep playing, but luckily didn't take any more hits the rest of the game and wasn't suffering from any headaches or anything afterwards, so don't think it was too bad

Today:

Press: 5x132.5
Deadlift: 9x345

So my latest injury, jammed my wrist playing soccer Sunday. Felt really sore Monday, then a bit better each of the last two days. Pretty quickly became apparent that it still has a lot of healing to do, bothered me every rep on the press. Was supposed to bench, but they were in use. I tried to keep my wrists as straight as possible and support the bar with my forearms, but it was tricky, never could get into a groove and could feel it every single rep if my wrist bent even a little bit, even with an unweighted bar. Deadlift was fine though with the weight below the wrist instead of above it, zero pain there. Weighed in at 207.2.

Today:

Bench: 8x175, 3x5x155
Squat: 6x245, 3x5x185

Meh. Took an extra day off and taped my wrist up, felt a lot better even though it’s still sore. Bench felt decent, squat felt pretty slow, had to grind through a bit of a sticking point on the last rep. Weighed in at 208 this morning. Been pretty good with the cals, sticking to around the 1800-2200 range, but might need to take it a little further

Today:

Press: 5x135
Deadlift: 9x350

Wrist is still feeling a little sore, so I taped it up pretty tight today and that helped, only really started feeling some pain when I got to 135. Deadlift felt really solid. Didn’t weigh in this morning, but was 206.2 I believe yesterday

Saturday:

Bench: 6x177.5
Squat: 5x250

Today:

Press: 6x137.5
Deadlift: 9x355

Saturday felt pretty terrible, heavy and slow. Today felt real good though, especially the press. Wrist is feeling better but not 100%. Taped it up to play soccer on Sunday and except for one save that stung pretty bad, it went well. Taped it today to lift, and my first work set was a little painful, but the last two I did a much better job keeping the wrist straight and it was both fast and pain free. Then played a little tennis after and it felt pretty good too. I played a couple times last week and it felt sore by the end, but this time I kept the tape on after lifting and it feels way better.

Weighed in this morning at 206.2, then hopped on the scale just now and it said 204.2. I’m pretty terrible at tennis so it’s not great exercise, very few long rallies, so it’s not like I sweated a bunch, so not sure why the difference.

Today:

Bench: 6x180
Squat: 5x255

Both felt solid but slow. Played a couple sets of tennis right before hand, probably didn't affect it too much, but you never know. Weighed 202.8 this morning, been sticking to the diet pretty well and doing a bunch of running, tennis, and soccer

Today:

Press: 3x140
Deadlift: 9x360

Tried to lift without taping up my wrist, mistake. It was feeling better, but as soon as I started adding weight to the press, I could feel it. I did one uncomfortable set of three, failed a fourth rep, and called it a day. So while it feels better day to day and I can even bend it while only feeling mild discomfort, way lower than it was a week or two ago, it's still need support if I'm going to be pressing. So I'll redo 140 next time while taped up and see if it was just the wrist pain than caused the drop from six reps to three. Deadlift felt great though.

Weighed in at 202.4 today

Today:

Bench: 6x182.5, 3x5x160
Squat: 2x5x260, 4x260

Bench felt pretty good. Squat was meh, could have probably finished off the last set but felt like I was started to let my chest cave too much and just racked it. Weighed in at 203 this morning

Today:

Press: 4x140
Deadlift: 9x365

Tried the empty bar without any tape, could feel it a bit so I taped up, felt pretty good. Hit four reps all three sets, no chance at a fifth on any of them. Deadlift was pretty good. Ninth rep had a slight hitch to it, but I locked it out, so I’m counting it.

Weighed in this morning at 202.2, the just had some oatmeal. Took a super long piss right before lunch and decided to weigh myself again out of curiosity, was 200.4 then. So, take your pick. Definitely dropping weight quick though now, getting a few comments on it and my weight belt is getting a little loose now. Few months ago I couldn’t even get it to the last hole, so definitely down a few inches around the waist. Another five pounds or so I’ll have to drill a new set of holes. Either the belt has stretched since the last time I weighed sub-200 or I’m carrying less weight around my stomach these days, because I’ve been using this same belt for years to squat in, already have drilled a couple extra holes from when I first bought it

Today:

Bench: 5x185
Squat: 2x4x260, 5x260

Starting to slow down. No shot at a sixth rep on the bench, did all I could to grind out five. Squat actually felt light for the first rep or two, but then the third and fourth got heavy quick and were grindy. Stopped at four on the first two sets, then said **** it and tried a fifth on the last one. Almost got stuck halfway up, but managed to power through the sticking point.

Weighed in at 200.4 this morning, so no surprise that my progress is flatlining. Down 10 pounds or so over the last month and a half. Was sub-200 for the first time in over a year when I weighed myself either Sunday or Monday morning, but back above it the last few days. But been pretty active, doing a bunch of running on my nonlifting days in addition to a couple soccer games a week. Just keep adding an extra side street to my loop each time I go out, did 2.67 miles yesterday at just over a 7:30 pace, which seems respectable since I still have a ways to go to have a runner's body. Thinking I should set a goal to run an official 5k once I get down sub 180 and see what time I can put down for real

Congrats on the weight loss progress!

Today:

Press: 3x142.5
Deadlift: 8x370

Decided to try and push the press as far as it can go, even if I’m dropping down to triples. Didn’t have a chance at a fourth on any of the three sets. Unfortunately it’s still bothering my hand as well. Everything else is feeling good. I played my first soccer game since I hurt it without tape yesterday with no incidents, albeit I can’t remember making any saves that weren’t into the body. Played one set of tennis today with virtually no pain or soreness. As soon as I pressed the bar overhead I knew I’d have to tape it up though, even empty I could feel it

Weighed in at 200.2 today