alek’s log

[BenM]

No wuckas!

I want to add a like button to posts for people like me who read and don't always have a thing to say, too... must be an extension for that.

[EricK]

She asked me if I had been working out a lot lately.

Got asked the same during a "bulk" a month or so ago.

It's so hard not to curse people out when they say this.

It is, but also it could be worse. I've been asked several times if I've ever "considered going to the gym."

I understand that to the average person my gut is the entirety of my physique, but these delts don't grow on trees, bitch.

You need to wear booty shorts to show off them quadzZz.

[DanCR]

She asked me if I had been working out a lot lately.

Got asked the same during a "bulk" a month or so ago.

It's so hard not to curse people out when they say this.

It is, but also it could be worse. I've been asked several times if I've ever "considered going to the gym."

I understand that to the average person my gut is the entirety of my physique, but these delts don't grow on trees, bitch.

You need to wear booty shorts to show off them quadzZz.

Tiny Shorts and XL Shirts Brigade here.

Seriously, last year I switched all my gym shorts from 7-inch inseam to 5-inch inseam, to look like I might actually do something athletic and feel better about myself.

Also seriously, my girl’s 11-year old son recently said to me, unprompted, “I can tell you have strong arms and legs, so you don’t need to worry about your stomach.” The implication of course was that I must be worried about it, because come on look at that thing. Wanted to cry.

[alek]

She asked me if I had been working out a lot lately.

Got asked the same during a "bulk" a month or so ago.

It's so hard not to curse people out when they say this.

It is, but also it could be worse. I've been asked several times if I've ever "considered going to the gym."

I understand that to the average person my gut is the entirety of my physique, but these delts don't grow on trees, bitch.

You need to wear booty shorts to show off them quadzZz.

Tiny Shorts and XL Shirts Brigade here.

Seriously, last year I switched all my gym shorts from 7-inch inseam to 5-inch inseam, to look like I might actually do something athletic and feel better about myself.

Also seriously, my girl’s 11-year old son recently said to me, unprompted, “I can tell you have strong arms and legs, so you don’t need to worry about your stomach.” The implication of course was that I must be worried about it, because come on look at that thing. Wanted to cry.

I’ve been wearing the same few pairs of 5” inseam shorts to workout, and if I ever wear regular gym shorts, I feel like such a DYEL douche cause you can’t see any leg muscles in them.

[alek]

5/2/24 Thursday

AMBW & Umbilicus
Today: 188.2 & 35.25
7-day: 188.5 & 35.27

Facepull (H) 1:30
62.5 x 8 @ 6,6,7, 7

Incline Bench (H) 2:00
135 x 8 @ 7.5,8,9
135 x 7 @ 9.5

Machine Row (H) 1:30
150 x 8 x 4 @ 5.5

Dips (H) 2:00
BW x 8 @ 7,8
BW x 5 @ 7,8

Cable Row (H) 1:30
120 x 8 @ 5.5,5.5,6, 6

DB Pullover (H) 1:30
60 x 8 @ 6,6,6, 7

DB Press (H) 2:00
35's x 8 @ 6,7,8, 9

DB Curl (H) 2:00
30’s x 8 @ 6,6,7, 9

Lateral Raise (H) 2:00
10’s x 8 x 4 @ 5.5

Triceps Pushdown (H) 1:30
65 x 8 x 3 @ 5.5
65 x 8 @ 6

Session Length
1:09

Notes
Nothing of note; didn't do lateral raises or pushdowns, but... meh.

[EricK]

She asked me if I had been working out a lot lately.

Got asked the same during a "bulk" a month or so ago.

It's so hard not to curse people out when they say this.

It is, but also it could be worse. I've been asked several times if I've ever "considered going to the gym."

I understand that to the average person my gut is the entirety of my physique, but these delts don't grow on trees, bitch.

You need to wear booty shorts to show off them quadzZz.

Tiny Shorts and XL Shirts Brigade here.

Seriously, last year I switched all my gym shorts from 7-inch inseam to 5-inch inseam, to look like I might actually do something athletic and feel better about myself.

Also seriously, my girl’s 11-year old son recently said to me, unprompted, “I can tell you have strong arms and legs, so you don’t need to worry about your stomach.” The implication of course was that I must be worried about it, because come on look at that thing. Wanted to cry.

I’ve been wearing the same few pairs of 5” inseam shorts to workout, and if I ever wear regular gym shorts, I feel like such a DYEL douche cause you can’t see any leg muscles in them.

You might be surprised how far up I can see when I'm creeping while you're laying on the bench.

[EricK]

Where you at @alek ?

[DanCR]

Where you at @alek ?

Beat me to it.

Hopefully in the Bulk Cave.

[alek]

Where you at alek ?

I’m alive.

Training has been very sporadic—only one leg day so far in May. I’m also juggling some other projects, and I’m still adjusting to my wife being home more. She wants to “do stuff”— yes, that kind of stuff and other kinds, which eats into my training/logging time.

I’m currently sitting in a YMCA waiting area while my son is in gymnastics class. I’d workout, but I have my daughter with me since her class is at a different time, plus other excuses.

Where you at @alek ?

Beat me to it.

Hopefully in the Bulk Cave.

Yeah, still gaining weight, albeit with too much drinking and junk food. My umbilicus is larger than it should be, but I’ll continue to bulk.

I will be switching to early morning training again since the kids are out of school soon.

Eta: sorry about your adductor; I hope it heals soon.

[EricK]

Where you at alek ?

I’m alive.

Training has been very sporadic—only one leg day so far in May. I’m also juggling some other projects, and I’m still adjusting to my wife being home more. She wants to “do stuff”

yes, that kind of stuff

and other kinds, which eats into my training/logging time.

I’m currently sitting in a YMCA waiting area while my son is in gymnastics class. I’d workout, but I have my daughter with me since her class is at a different time, plus other excuses.

Where you at @alek ?

Beat me to it.

Hopefully in the Bulk Cave.

Yeah, still gaining weight, albeit with too much drinking and junk food. My umbilicus is larger than it should be, but I’ll continue to bulk.

[DanCR]

Training has been very sporadic—only one leg day so far in May. I’m also juggling some other projects, and I’m still adjusting to my wife being home more. She wants to “do stuff”— yes, that kind of stuff and other kinds, which eats into my training/logging time.

I gather that you work from home yourself. Same, and boy do I feel this. Anytime my girl is off from work, she assumes that I too am off work (or that I generally don't do any work and somehow everything that we have grows on trees), and that therefore I'm free to "do stuff" as she pleases. As you implied, some of that stuff also is as I please. Most of it, though, is not.

[alek]

Where you at alek ?

I’m alive.

Training has been very sporadic—only one leg day so far in May. I’m also juggling some other projects, and I’m still adjusting to my wife being home more. She wants to “do stuff”

yes, that kind of stuff

and other kinds, which eats into my training/logging time.

I’m currently sitting in a YMCA waiting area while my son is in gymnastics class. I’d workout, but I have my daughter with me since her class is at a different time, plus other excuses.

Where you at @alek ?

Beat me to it.

Hopefully in the Bulk Cave.

Yeah, still gaining weight, albeit with too much drinking and junk food. My umbilicus is larger than it should be, but I’ll continue to bulk.

I envy your gif-ability; I always have to go find a post with a gif in it to relearn how to do it correctly.

I’m taking her out to Raccoon Key tomorrow—we're kayaking—hopefully to see rays and bonnethead shark. We’ll probably do other stuff afterwards. I’ll have to get up early to train before the kids get up to go to school.

When the kids gymnastics classes were at the same time, I would do the rower for some cardio, but le sigh, no more.

The beefcake reference feels not too far off—I’m putting on more fat than I’d like—but I always have to remind myself of the context. I never have carried this much muscle in my life before, and it’s startling when people remark about it.

Thanks for coming to my therapy session.

Training has been very sporadic—only one leg day so far in May. I’m also juggling some other projects, and I’m still adjusting to my wife being home more. She wants to “do stuff”— yes, that kind of stuff and other kinds, which eats into my training/logging time.

I gather that you work from home yourself. Same, and boy do I feel this. Anytime my girl is off from work, she assumes that I too am off work (or that I generally don't do any work and somehow everything that we have grows on trees), and that therefore I'm free to "do stuff" as she pleases. As you implied, some of that stuff also is as I please. Most of it, though, is not.

Yeah, mostly from home. For about four years, she worked a fulltime 9 to 5 job, and I certainly got into my routines. That all went out the window, and it took some adjusting. Training was the first thing to get shuffled—not just from her; there’s other just life stuff—and I’m working on juggling everything so that I can train like I want to again, which means a lot of early morning sessions from now on.

I’ve done that quite a lot, so it’s no big deal.

[DanCR]

The beefcake reference feels not too far off—I’m putting on more fat than I’d like—but I always have to remind myself of the context. I never have carried this much muscle in my life before, and it’s startling when people remark about it.

Fanfuckingtastic.

Between the beefcake and a good example of not splitting the verb, I felt it move.

[broseph]

Yeah, congrats on decent bulk results so far.

I'm feeling more juicy after a pound or two, but I'm already up a lifting belt hole. I tell myself it's just increased baseline gut contents from eating so much. But if I'm eating so much that my gut is semi-permanently distended... There's probably some fat being gained.

[DanCR]

Yeah, congrats on decent bulk results so far.

I'm feeling more juicy after a pound or two, but I'm already up a lifting belt hole. I tell myself it's just increased baseline gut contents from eating so much. But if I'm eating so much that my gut is semi-permanently distended... There's probably some fat being gained.

I've been going with that since 2013 or so.

[broseph]

Yeah, congrats on decent bulk results so far.

I'm feeling more juicy after a pound or two, but I'm already up a lifting belt hole. I tell myself it's just increased baseline gut contents from eating so much. But if I'm eating so much that my gut is semi-permanently distended... There's probably some fat being gained.

I've been going with that since 2013 or so.

We’re all just one really big poop away from abs.