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dcDogz very normal log

181.4


Man slept so good last night, fell asleep early and woke up a little early as well. No biggie.

Got up for a good push Annnnnd gym closed dammit! Opening late today for some reason.

Planet fitness black friday saves the day!
Headed over and had a super solid push day there.

Went by intuition a little on weights since I've never used stuff like the supline press or the pec fly nor their cables for that matter.

Either way I was early so just added a couple warm up feeler sets to figure out where to start and got after it.

Stairmaster 40 completed!

Quads are torched from yesterday so bad.
Even though I had to back off a little damn.

Same foods!
 
181.6 -> True weight 177.6

slept pretty damn good and had a monster pull day! finally. last week every pull sucked.
way way way better today.
I think my back lost a little fat, particularly lat area, and when i woke up my lower abdomen felt really tight. finally. feel like i made some progress in those trouble areas.

pullovers same no changes

neutral lat pulldowns
changed it a teeny bit, when I got to the lat pulldown machine there was a singular dhandle attached. i figured why not, let me see how a single arm latpulldown feels.
pretty meh. got my top set with it, and it just did not hit right for me at all.
I generally use the triangle attachment, but used the sharkfin for neutral latpulldowns. NOW we are talking. That felt really damn good holy.
i felt like I was getting the same activation as the triangle attachment inner/outer lat, but was hitting a way larger area of muscle towards my spine and down my scapula.
was able to hit the same weight and rep ranges with the sharkfin as well.

needless to say, my back is TORCHED atm lol. hit it really really good! can see even more striations on the outer lat. still have a good layer of fluff there but its coming off slowly.

tbar row
same

seated rows
same

wg lat pulldowns
same

rear delt cables
same

single arm bicep curls
same

standing straight bar curls
same

leg raises
18
18
17
16

40 min stairmaster

same foods
 
most people seem to think guns are dangerous. and they very well can be.

but let me tell you

this shit right here is the most dangerous thing in my house

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one day im just gonna sit and park and enjoy the whole damn tub with bread and keto tortillas lol
not anytime soon, but one day.

this shit is insanely delicious. like insane!
 
dcdogz said:
most people seem to think guns are dangerous. and they very well can be.

but let me tell you

this shit right here is the most dangerous thing in my house

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one day im just gonna sit and park and enjoy the whole damn tub with bread and keto tortillas lol
not anytime soon, but one day.

this shit is insanely delicious. like insane!
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Post show meal :)
 
Meetketchup said:
Post show meal :)
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ive thought about this at length, for whatever reason. like if I had a cheat meal, what would i want.
reminds of guys on death row my final meal lol.
I think id just want more of the shit i normally eat. dyno bites, fitbutters and bagels and some chicken breast.
pop some berberine, go into a sugar coma and go to sleep. sounds amazing lol.


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picked up this, my gym has knock offs went into a little deep dive on these.

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i really like how it completely removed my biceps from it as well, im guessing thats why I felt extra tension.
 
dcdogz said:
ive thought about this at length, for whatever reason. like if I had a cheat meal, what would i want.
reminds of guys on death row my final meal lol.
I think id just want more of the shit i normally eat. dyno bites, fitbutters and bagels and some chicken breast.
pop some berberine, go into a sugar coma and go to sleep. sounds amazing lol.
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I usually like a post-show meal and dessert with family and friends with a breakfast of your choice then back on schedule. Gets the cravings out. You go YOLO for a couple of days, and you can wreck your entire off-season.
 
Meetketchup said:
I usually like a post-show meal and dessert with family and friends with a breakfast of your choice then back on schedule. Gets the cravings out. You go YOLO for a couple of days, and you can wreck your entire off-season.
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Yea id be happy with one meal with my wife and kids. Def wouldn't and couldn't Yolo for a few days. especially as a former fat guy i can probably do insane damage with just 1 meal lol. nevermind going for a days on end binge lmao.

I was reading up on post show nutrition and seems to be the case some guys go offff the rails and mess themselves up big time.
 
dcdogz said:
Yea id be happy with one meal with my wife and kids. Def wouldn't and couldn't Yolo for a few days. especially as a former fat guy i can probably do insane damage with just 1 meal lol. nevermind going for a days on end binge lmao.

I was reading up on post show nutrition and seems to be the case some guys go offff the rails and mess themselves up big time.
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Was literally just watching a podcast where someone said you wann ruin your rebound eat like a slob. Your body is in go mode for a rebound but the minute you fuck up your insulting sensitivity while binging or going off the rails there’s really no reseating it even with extra cardio etc. never realized how simple things can be but we always manage to over complicate them
 
Bigjape34 said:
Was literally just watching a podcast where someone said you wann ruin your rebound eat like a slob. Your body is in go mode for a rebound but the minute you fuck up your insulting sensitivity while binging or going off the rails there’s really no reseating it even with extra cardio etc. never realized how simple things can be but we always manage to over complicate them
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yea ive seen a few with some top level guys basically warning about post show. have a good meal, maybe 2 then get back on track and slowly raise the cals up.
as tempting as it is to go yolo DO NOT DO IT.

seems to be the gist of what everyone preaches.

it seems you can put on the most muscle during this time, as well as fat, if you arent careful.
 
dcdogz said:
ive thought about this at length, for whatever reason. like if I had a cheat meal, what would i want.
reminds of guys on death row my final meal lol.
I think id just want more of the shit i normally eat. dyno bites, fitbutters and bagels and some chicken breast.
pop some berberine, go into a sugar coma and go to sleep. sounds amazing lol.


View attachment 219521

picked up this, my gym has knock offs went into a little deep dive on these.

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i really like how it completely removed my biceps from it as well, im guessing thats why I felt extra tension.
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You don’t get cheat meals? That just fuels the fire bro.
 
erichuff1994 said:
You don’t get cheat meals? That just fuels the fire bro.
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no we dont do cheats.
i cheated for 36 years, ill be fine.
we go mostly iifym.

so im more then welcome to eat a pizza I guess as long as it fits within my macros but i choose not to at the moment.
maybe not this next growth, but the following after prep (if i get there im gonna try hard) ill be a little more loose with my macros.
just a little.

I really enjoy my foods to be honest so its not a big deal to me. ive had my fair share of pizza and burgers, most restaurants serve the same shit anyway. not like im missing anything.

if we go somewhere or family has something truly unique ill have a nibble and be done with it.
 
dcdogz said:
no we dont do cheats.
i cheated for 36 years, ill be fine.
we go mostly iifym.

so im more then welcome to eat a pizza I guess as long as it fits within my macros but i choose not to at the moment.
maybe not this next growth, but the following after prep (if i get there im gonna try hard) ill be a little more loose with my macros.
just a little.

I really enjoy my foods to be honest so its not a big deal to me. ive had my fair share of pizza and burgers, most restaurants serve the same shit anyway. not like im missing anything.

if we go somewhere or family has something truly unique ill have a nibble and be done with it.
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I’m just saying cheat meals can be very beneficial for metabolism in a cut. It doesn’t make sense but it works 100%
 
erichuff1994 said:
I’m just saying cheat meals can be very beneficial for metabolism in a cut. It doesn’t make sense but it works 100%
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i see. i just stick to the plan, ill leave it up to coach if im due for a carb increase or not.

i also recently messed up and increased my carbs myself accidentally (slightly) so probably not soon lol.
 
erichuff1994 said:
I’m just saying cheat meals can be very beneficial for metabolism in a cut. It doesn’t make sense but it works 100%
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There are many ways to achieve this, and I prefer refeeds in most cases, but cheats for some are fine. Dependent on the person and their goals.

It's why I'm a fan of carb cycling in many cases.
 
erichuff1994 said:
Damn I need to find this! When are you competing?
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if everything works out and i dont completely crash / bitch the fuck out
probably july - oct
lines up with my schedule perfectly.

we were gonna have a go at something jan - march but with my sons wrestling schedule it sounded very painful with all the travel involved.

may - dec im more fluid and home bound.
 
dcdogz said:
oh and right now my cheat would be a bagel with this stuff i found

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FAT FREE CREAM CHEESE SINCE FUCKING WHEN

the whole block is 24g grams protein, 0 fat, 32 carbs.

its literally a better protein bar lol.
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I use this cream cheese with fat free shredded cheddar, franks hot sauce, and shredded chicken breast to make a pretty good buffalo chicken dip. goes great on rice cakes.
 
TommyJam said:
I use this cream cheese with fat free shredded cheddar, franks hot sauce, and shredded chicken breast to make a pretty good buffalo chicken dip. goes great on rice cakes.
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the chef has spoken. had no idea it existed until a random insta reel i found.
ive never seen it, but i found a walmart with it nearby and picked up 3 this morning. gonna freeze them atm.
 
180.2 new low playas!
puts me @ 175.7. An unbelievable achievement for me.
I have not been under 180, much less sniffing the 160s probably for over 25 years lol. I had to have been maybe 12 13 14 years old.
yet here I am doing it, with sheer will power and discipline and no glp1s.
Unbelievable! When we first dropped sema i was worried I couldnt do it. yet here we are almost 30lbs down.

maybe at some point ill need it, but im getting by right now.

had a decent ham day as well, despite super shitty sleep and waking up hungry.
despite my little successes Im bringing out some big guns for the low sleep days.
got some nasty high stim pre workouts coming that I can deploy as needed when I feel like I did today.

I still got after it but it was hard.
My ball and socket joint was still pretty aggravated but I was still able to knock out a decent 3 sets with 3 plates on each side.
last week i couldnt even do 1 plate. wierd injury but its better at least.

I maintained everything, and overloaded on sldls. figured why not, didnt really push smith squats too hard, so added 10 lbs to 1st and 2nd set, then dropped for 3rd set.

db lunges, I really didnt want to do today man, fuck. knocked them out slowly.


some micro changes on foods. lunch 2, cucumbers are stupidly voluminous and low cal, and mixing in with the watermelon makes just a huge super satisfying bowl of stuff to eat.
despite it being 2lbs of food lol, i came in light either way so we're doing it again!
the nice thing about it, is despite being insane volume doesnt really distend or bloat you up at all. Not like youd think at least. Its digestible and filling.

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dcdogz said:
180.2 new low playas!
puts me @ 175.7. An unbelievable achievement for me.
I have not been under 180, much less sniffing the 160s probably for over 25 years lol. I had to have been maybe 12 13 14 years old.
yet here I am doing it, with sheer will power and discipline and no glp1s.
Unbelievable! When we first dropped sema i was worried I couldnt do it. yet here we are almost 30lbs down.

maybe at some point ill need it, but im getting by right now.

had a decent ham day as well, despite super shitty sleep and waking up hungry.
despite my little successes Im bringing out some big guns for the low sleep days.
got some nasty high stim pre workouts coming that I can deploy as needed when I feel like I did today.

I still got after it but it was hard.
My ball and socket joint was still pretty aggravated but I was still able to knock out a decent 3 sets with 3 plates on each side.
last week i couldnt even do 1 plate. wierd injury but its better at least.

I maintained everything, and overloaded on sldls. figured why not, didnt really push smith squats too hard, so added 10 lbs to 1st and 2nd set, then dropped for 3rd set.

db lunges, I really didnt want to do today man, fuck. knocked them out slowly.


some micro changes on foods. lunch 2, cucumbers are stupidly voluminous and low cal, and mixing in with the watermelon makes just a huge super satisfying bowl of stuff to eat.
despite it being 2lbs of food lol, i came in light either way so we're doing it again!
the nice thing about it, is despite being insane volume doesnt really distend or bloat you up at all. Not like youd think at least. Its digestible and filling.

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Strong work my man. It’s inspirational.
 
dcdogz said:
ive thought about this at length, for whatever reason. like if I had a cheat meal, what would i want.
reminds of guys on death row my final meal lol.
I think id just want more of the shit i normally eat. dyno bites, fitbutters and bagels and some chicken breast.
pop some berberine, go into a sugar coma and go to sleep. sounds amazing lol.


View attachment 219521

picked up this, my gym has knock offs went into a little deep dive on these.

graymatterlifting.com

MAG Grip Cable Attachments Comprehensive Guide - 2026

After 8+ years I have compiled the MAG Grip Cable Attachments comprehensive guide to help you know EVERYTHING you need about MAG Grips
graymatterlifting.com graymatterlifting.com

i really like how it completely removed my biceps from it as well, im guessing thats why I felt extra tension.
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My gym has these and they are great for seated and high cable rows. These are a game changer!
 
180.2 again nice.

solid push day.
same ole same ole kinda getting used to being fatigued at this point.
went back to incline machine press since smith was taken, and I think with no carbs, its just TOO much wasted energy racking and unracking the crunch regular incline.
ended up hitting my last workout on it with relative ease, and with healed up shoulders felt pretty good on my chest.

side cable lat
33 x 13
27.5 x 14
27.5 x 12

incline machine press
225 x 13 up 1
225 x 11 up 1
205 x 13 up 2

flat machine press
325 x 11
300 x 11
295 x 10

seated fly
190 x 15
180 x 14 up 1
160 x 13 same

machine dips
305 x 16
305 x 15
305 x 13

upright row
115 x 12
105 x 11

db laterals
35 x 12
32.5 x 13
27.5 x 12

overhead triceps
88 x 14
82.5 x 12
77 x 12

abs
2 sets side planks 40 seconds
hanging leg raises x 17
x 18
x16
x14

40 min stairs

same foods no c hanges
 
180.6

great pull day.
got @GYMnTONIC preworkout in smash. used 1/2 scoop, 1/2 scoop core nutrition fury and 1 shot espresso.
uhh a little too much. will be backing it off to 1/4 of smash. should be perfect.

I tried his sample last week and went full scoop, idk why, im very sensitive to alot of stuff generally and what a mistake lol it was wayy to much.
as soon as it hit last week i was like damn i fucked up lol. luckily I used to run tons of stims back in the day so i know more or less how to deal with it
and not freak the fuck out and make things worse lol.

either way it helped SO much today. had super low sleep, but I woke up more or less fine, didnt feel like I slept bad, woke up fairly refreshed somehow.. Didnt want to drag so gave it a go and worked out pretty well.

idk if it was the pump or what that it fueled but man I could really feel every muscle I was hitting really good. very noticeably so!
really helped eek out and extra rep here and there where i might have failed otherwise. Just felt good, despite high heart rate which I managed.

ill be saving this for low sleep days, intensifier days, and potentially high carb days in the future.

unfortunately my ball and socket joint is very very inflammed. hurts alot. thought it was getting better but I guess not. super annoying especially since im still not quite sure what hurt it, or what aggravated it. ill go over it with coach tomorrow check ins.

not gonna go down the whole list today but hit everything and more!

got 40 minutes stairmaster

and did some more side planks and decline leg raises today.

while i was walking to stairmaster, im pretty sure i forgot to do calves on ham day. so ill have to make that up probably sometime during the week.
i cant remember at all, but im pretty sure I accidentally skipped it somehow.

calves just feel too good atm lol.


slight food changes, got some lavish bread been meaning to try.
subbed it last night and it doesnt taste very good, but its pretty volume filling and gonna make a couple of
chicken wraps today.

got some danos for black friday
had these huge ones on sale for 8bucks at lowes.
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made some more chicken breast with em man its so good!
been missing this in my life.
spices are expensive, hidden cost of bodybuilding nobody talks about! ill save where I can!
I just wish I woulda gotten more!

also those diet cooker shirataki noodles are super gross! i need to wash them better I think, miracle noodles are more plain, these have a fish taste.
If youre making something oriental would probably work however.

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