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Battousai's IRON LION LOG

Meetketchup said:
You happy with where your bodyfat is at?
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Yes, was just joking about the fat thing. Probably around 15% bf. Honestly, I'm genetically gifted when it comes to weight regulation. Graduated at like 150lbs. I could get shredded if I wanted to, just don't care to really. Bodybuilding isn't my thing, as long as I look relatively lean and healthy, I'm happy. Just love lifting the weights. On the flip side, I can eat like a horse for months, in the 4-5,000 calorie range and gain minimal fat. I also eat extremely clean.
 
Battousai said:
Yes, was just joking about the fat thing. Probably around 15% bf. Honestly, I'm genetically gifted when it comes to weight regulation. Graduated at like 150lbs. I could get shredded if I wanted to, just don't care to really. Bodybuilding isn't my thing, as long as I look relatively lean and healthy, I'm happy. Just love lifting the weights. On the flip side, I can eat like a horse for months, in the 4-5,000 calorie range and gain minimal fat. I also eat extremely clean.
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Love it dude. More people should have your attitude. Enjoyment of this shit is priority #1
 
Meetketchup said:
Love it dude. More people should have your attitude. Enjoyment of this shit is priority #1
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Appreciate it the encouragement a lot man. I know we all have different goals. That's why my fat content is a lot higher, I'm not purposefully trying to, I just eat things like salmon, eggs, oats, blue cheese a lot, which increases my fat consumption quite a bit, it's not coming from fries and milkshakes, lol.

I think I am getting the bulking cutting thing down a little better though. Last time I did it horribly, cut my caloric intake down to almost nothing while working out in the sun all day. I'll do it more constructive than last time. If I start looking too puffy or too big. I'll start swapping out with things like 99% ground turkey breasts, egg whites, and fat free yogurt, so that my fat intake is minimal while trying to cut, and then more slowly cutting carbs down to where I'm still at least eating 200g or so. Well that will be for down the road, now it's time to start putting weight and strength back on.
 
Diet:
25oz chicken or turkey breast
7oz lean beef or salmon - for dinner
2.5 cups dried rice - every meal
4 whole eggs - for breakfast, with chicken or turkey and rice
fried veggies (broccoli, shrooms, carrots, green beans) - not really sure what amount yet, have to play with how much I can stomach each meal)
1.5 cups oatmeal, 1 banana, 1 cup frozen fruit (blueberries and strawberries) - shake at end of night - might possibly add a little milk to this if I start buying raw milk again
5 cups nonfat Oikos yogurt

Supps (that add to macros and calories):
6g Ultra Omega 3 - NOW
25g EAA's - Truenutrition
30g HBCD - Truenutrition

@Meetketchup Probably way overestimated when I told I ate 100g of fat a day. Probably more like 60g of fat or something, give or take depending on the exact fat content of the meat.
 
Meetketchup said:
Be interested to see what the macros are when put in an app like myfitpal or equivalent.
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Worked on this this morning just for you. The thing about the chicken is depending on what you choose, it can be as little as 1g or as much as 4g, so I picked something that was in the middle to try and get it as accurate as possible. These are basically the macros I thought I was hitting.

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Battousai said:
Worked on this this morning just for you. The thing about the chicken is depending on what you choose, it can be as little as 1g or as much as 4g, so I picked something that was in the middle to try and get it as accurate as possible. These are basically the macros I thought I was hitting.

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Now those are some macros my dude
 
Bit of a set back. Whole shoulder, bicep, and chest start popping when I was benching (not even heavy weight). I have lumps in my shoulder, bicep, and chest. Can't move and it feels like it's about pop out of its socket. Pretty sure I tore a muscle. Gonna have to get an xray even though I don't have insurance.

Still gonna workout and do what I can. Up the intensity on running. And do lower body exercises.
 
Meetketchup said:
You could mix sugary stuff along with your rice meals on those days such as cereals, etc. Body soaks that up and eating 1,000g of rice is meh. lol
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I like mixing regular rice crispy & the frosted rice crispies, 2 servings of each/day.🤟
To much sugar makes me break out in pimples🤨
 
Battousai said:
Bit of a set back. Whole shoulder, bicep, and chest start popping when I was benching (not even heavy weight). I have lumps in my shoulder, bicep, and chest. Can't move and it feels like it's about pop out of its socket. Pretty sure I tore a muscle. Gonna have to get an xray even though I don't have insurance.

Still gonna workout and do what I can. Up the intensity on running. And do lower body exercises.
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Faaaaaahk dude. Hopefully just a partial tear at worst.
 
Update. Haven't lifting in a couple weeks because I tore my pec, bicep, and rotator. The outer muscles have healed up pretty fast but my internal shoulder, probably rotator, is still pretty if I put weight on it. I'll be returning to the gym soon. I think I can do some dumbbell and cable work. There's going to be a lot of movements I have to work around, but I need to start doing something at least. I'll be getting an mri soon to see what the damage is.
 
Battousai said:
Update. Haven't lifting in a couple weeks because I tore my pec, bicep, and rotator. The outer muscles have healed up pretty fast but my internal shoulder, probably rotator, is still pretty if I put weight on it. I'll be returning to the gym soon. I think I can do some dumbbell and cable work. There's going to be a lot of movements I have to work around, but I need to start doing something at least. I'll be getting an mri soon to see what the damage is.
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Damn bro, sorry to hear that. Let us know how that MRI goes. Heal up and come back stronger ! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
 
Battousai said:
Update. Haven't lifting in a couple weeks because I tore my pec, bicep, and rotator. The outer muscles have healed up pretty fast but my internal shoulder, probably rotator, is still pretty if I put weight on it. I'll be returning to the gym soon. I think I can do some dumbbell and cable work. There's going to be a lot of movements I have to work around, but I need to start doing something at least. I'll be getting an mri soon to see what the damage is.
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Just a roadblock along the way. Happens to all of us. You'll come back quick and with an f'ing vengeance. Looks like you're staying positive and should be!
 
Meetketchup said:
Just a roadblock along the way. Happens to all of us. You'll come back quick and with an f'ing vengeance. Looks like you're staying positive and should be!
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Tresto said:
Damn bro, sorry to hear that. Let us know how that MRI goes. Heal up and come back stronger ! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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Thanks guys. Need to hear that. It was kind of disheartening at first because I've never had an injury this bad before. Little pulls here and there but not full muscle tears like this. I'll be glad to at least be doing something in the gym again.
 
Battousai said:
Thanks guys. Need to hear that. It was kind of disheartening at first because I've never had an injury this bad before. Little pulls here and there but not full muscle tears like this. I'll be glad to at least be doing something in the gym again.
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Sorry to hear about the injury bro! Stay strong though and you will be back before you know it.
 
Battousai said:
Thanks guys. Need to hear that. It was kind of disheartening at first because I've never had an injury this bad before. Little pulls here and there but not full muscle tears like this. I'll be glad to at least be doing something in the gym again.
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Since we're going through similar situations, I'll share with you what I've focused on.

Firstly my family. My job doesn't allow me to spend a lot of time at home so I've used every second to spend time with my wife and kids still at home.

Walking. Every night I walk outside for an hour or more. I listen to an audio book and just breath and sweat and relax. I think about things I can do to improve a situation or something going on and brain storm. This is like meditation for me because it's calm and relaxing.

I work every day on a physical aspect that's been an issue in my every day life or training. Every day I'll do something with these shit knees. 4 times a week I work on upper body mobility for 20-30 minutes, by stretching or fascial release I can perform myself, rolling on a lacrosse ball, ect.

I'm not logging my training sessions. I've chased the log book for 7 years now with great success. I don't write anything down anymore (for now). I'm training instinctively, I'm trying new things that will help me when I do start training again full tilt.

I'm using minimal PEDs. 200mg test and 2iu gh. Besides healing peptides, that's it. When I'm done, it'll be around 5 months probably at those doses which will undoubtedly help me long term in life itself and eventually when I do add things back.

Take the opportunities that are hard to see and maximize them. It's just another way to improve
 
Montego said:
Since we're going through similar situations, I'll share with you what I've focused on.

Firstly my family. My job doesn't allow me to spend a lot of time at home so I've used every second to spend time with my wife and kids still at home.

Walking. Every night I walk outside for an hour or more. I listen to an audio book and just breath and sweat and relax. I think about things I can do to improve a situation or something going on and brain storm. This is like meditation for me because it's calm and relaxing.

I work every day on a physical aspect that's been an issue in my every day life or training. Every day I'll do something with these shit knees. 4 times a week I work on upper body mobility for 20-30 minutes, by stretching or fascial release I can perform myself, rolling on a lacrosse ball, ect.

I'm not logging my training sessions. I've chased the log book for 7 years now with great success. I don't write anything down anymore (for now). I'm training instinctively, I'm trying new things that will help me when I do start training again full tilt.

I'm using minimal PEDs. 200mg test and 2iu gh. Besides healing peptides, that's it. When I'm done, it'll be around 5 months probably at those doses which will undoubtedly help me long term in life itself and eventually when I do add things back.

Take the opportunities that are hard to see and maximize them. It's just another way to improve
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Thanks for the feedback. I definitely need to use this time to work on my cardiovascular strength. It's something I've ignored the past few years and it'd be a great time to take advantage of that. More time walking/jogging would help a lot.
 

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