Ordinarily I'd agree with you, but just 16 lbs making that dramatic a difference seems more than a little weird. And 225 on a guy with Synbro's build isn't exactly fat.

But whatever the reason, it's a win.

Maybe his T levels rise when he can actually see his own feet? Regardless, glad to hear things are looking up.

He is very tall and not nearly the level of fat to contribute to libido problems at 225. I've been in a Chinese bath house nearly nude with our Synbro (full ****). I think vitamin d plus not eating shitty Chinese food and probably making a lot more of his own food since he's doing keto is the reason behind, as loco so eloquently puts it, the barrage of baseball bat boners. And yes, I'm sure taking in more dietary fats is helping, but just not eating shitty processed food from Chinese places surely helps too.

Quite surprised to hear about quitting olytard after putting this much work into it and no major debilitating injuries, but it's probably going to be the best for actual health and fitness to take a more general approach. Looking forward to the GSLP log.

Congrats on boner.

Good luck being bored as **** with slow lifts - why not do something like a supertotal program? At least keep things spicy? k gl duder.

I lost 10lbs very quickly just from dropping water weight. So I assume it's not magically from that other 6lbs. But who knows what may have been blocked down there.

Miss you

Wait, what processed food? Pretty much all of the restaurant food I eat here is just whole foods.

My own guess (after many hours of Thomas DeLauer videos) would be that because of the keto diet I reduced inflammation, insulin and cortisol levels in my body. Maybe that kickstarted something. I truly doubt it's the vitamin D, I have been taking that (on and off) for years in the same dosages.

Or perhaps my body just works better when it's less big.

I had very little fun training this year and didn't really accomplish all that much apart from my jerk. I was feeling tired and unmotivated most of the time with that coach. I kept telling him but he said it was normal and I had to eat more. Also I'm all alone in the crossfit box every single day during open gym which sucks in a way.

It generally just feels unrewarding in comparison to how much time I put in. I lack the natural ability to be good at it and online coaching isn't doing it for me, can't find any local coach nor a training buddy or even weightlifting friends. All of that in combination with the health stuff just makes me want to pursue different things, at least for a while.

There's 80kg dudes in my box who casually snatch 100kg just from "doing crossfit" and every time I see them do it I get an existential crisis, lol. The only time (literally ever) where I actually felt like I was accomplishing something was when I spent that week in Qingdao with Coach Yang and trained under his eye every day and have him correct me on every rep.


2019/01/07 GSLP Week 1 Day 1

Bench
2x10x40
5x50
5x60
5x65
2x5x70
AMRAP=11x70 (155lbs)

Pullups 3x3

Squat
5x40
5x60
5x80
2x5x90
AMRAP=10x90 (200lbs)

C2 Rower 1000m @2:00/500m

More or less what I expected after a month layoff and the weight loss. Conditioning is ****, I could easily hit <1:45 average when I was doing CrossFit.

Yeah I remember now the food was very different over there and much cleaner (and I mean that in a literal sense, not the bro sense).

Lol at non-ironically mentioning Delauer; if only Thremp wasn't banned.

Are you saying I should switch to GOMAD?

Yes, those are clearly the only two options.

I didn't know he was a laughingstock around here.

2019/01/08 GSLP Week 1 Day 2

Seated Press
2x10x20
5x30
5x35
2x5x40
AMRAP=10x40 (88lbs)

Deadlift
5x60
5x80
5x100
AMRAP=13x120 (265lbs)

Overhead Squat
5x40
5x50
3x5x60

C2 Rower 1012m @1:55.2/500m

Are there any good logs around here for ~10-15min HIIT inspiration?

Concept2 WOD is pretty good. Today's short one is 3x1000m, 2 min rest.

Thanks, good tip. I like rowing.

2019/01/10 GSLP Week 1 Day 3

Bench
10x40
5x50
5x60
2x5x70
AMRAP=13x70 (155lbs)

I accidentally did the same weight as last time lol.

Bicep Curls
1x10x12
2x12x12.5

Squat
5x40
5x60
5x80
2x5x100
AMRAP=10x100 (220lbs)

C2 Rower 1012m @1:57.4

2019/01/13 GSLP Week 2 Day 1

Seated Press
5x30
5x35
2x5x42
AMRAP=9x42 (93lbs)

Squat
5x60
5x80
1x100
2x5x102.5
AMRAP=10x102.5 (226lbs)

2019/01/15 GSLP Week 2 Day 2

Bench
5x40
5x40
5x50
5x60
5x70
2x5x72.5
AMRAP=11x72.5 (160lbs)

Deadlift
5x60
5x80
5x100
3x120
AMRAP=10x130 (287lbs)

Conditioning so far: 0

2019/01/17 GSLP Week 2 Day 3

Seated Press
2x10x20
5x30
5x35
5x40
2x5x45
AMRAP=10x45 (100lbs)

Squat
2x5x60
5x80
2x100
2x5x105
AMRAP=10x105 (232lbs)

OHS
1x5x50
3x5x60

2019/01/20 GSLP Week 3 Day 1

Squat
5x60
5x80
3x100
2x5x107.5
AMRAP=10x107.5 (237lbs)

Bench
5x40
5x60
5x70
2x5x75
AMRAP=10x75 (165lbs)

Deadlift
5x60
5x100
5x120
AMRAP=9x135 (298lbs)

2019/01/24 GSLP Week 3 Day 2

Seated Press
2x10x20
5x30
5x35
5x40
2x5x46
AMRAP=8x46 (101lbs)

Squat
5x60
5x80
5x100
2x5x110
AMRAP=10x110 (243lbs)

All gyms forced to close their doors due to the virus. Too bad, I was enjoying GSLP. Guess it's push-ups and pull-ups for a while.

Are you in Wuhan? If not, how close?

About 1000km. So far 33 confirmed cases in Chengdu. Number seem low but some studies estimate the real infections closer to 250k because of a 14 day incubation period + each person infecting 2-4 others on average. I assume it will continue to get worse exponentially over the next few weeks.

1000 km seems like a great buffer for just about anything but this. But I guess even if you get it, you're a huge favorite to be K.

In any case, stay safe bro.

Yeah that's my reasoning too. The drama and sensation around it feel scarier than the disease itself.

46 now in Chengdu

The keto kid, 2 months in & down 26lbs

Dropped so much face fat wow!

baseball bat boners?