Strength / Weight Training

For sore muscles, creatine helps my recovery.

Sore throat, maybe you just be a need a little rest, if not, a small whisky, orange and honey toddy might help.

Sleep - lots of it. My body starts to pack it in and display cold/flu symptons the minute I'm over tired/trained and under-rested.

Ay yeah this week is to be expected :)

Never had it this bad... 1-2 every month so far, worse than last year. Upping calories, which means 63 class will get tricky. Powerlifting belly!!! ;)

I'll try the grapefruit seed extract (?) if it tastes like the white of oranges it'll be fun.

It tastes worse. It doesn't really have a flavour, rather a sensation. Its pure bitterness without taste.
You can pick it up at most health food shops but its worth a try.

Read something earlier about the body releasing growth hormones (HGH) after exercise which can cause such symptoms. Either way, eat eat eat and sleep.

Broscience.

I now do bicep curl to (don't know name) arm vertical with weight above head- works the shoulder without the impact to the tendon in my wrist.>

dragan challenge?
https://youtu.be/hEeUyzKGY4M

damn it.... ive been told i have high cholesterol... now i have to eat porridge.

Ha!

Isn't the current thinking actually that cholesterol is good?

no... apprently 2 types of Chlsrl... one bad one good... I just have high, dont know the details.

You should follow up on the HDL (good)/LDL (bad) split. At the moment you will just have a total reading.

I believe waist line/abdominal fat near organs is now becoming THE metric to watch. Insulin resistance and factors released by fat near organs is linked to lots of Bad Stuff.

If you're slim there, nothing to see, move on ;)

thats ok then... apparently my big trunk is the flavour of the month.

*apprently shows less fat around organs less 'dead weight' in the cavity.

In other news, im still obese. BM(Lie)...

Le Manfriend is also near obese at 6"2 and 95 KG. I'm convinced his legs are made out of steel cable though.

Hence the belly fat rules instead of BMI but doesn't seem they help you :P

I take it you are careful with sugar/white bread and so on? Can also push blood libids in some ppl

I avoid carbs (not religiously, so i have to decide to eat it.) and definitely no bread.
I have one fruit a day normally, to reduce sugar. (Obv replaced with another veggie)
No sugar in coffee (though there is syrup)

but i do eat a LOT of red meat.

You balance out meat fat with nuts fat? My nuts balance out my fatty meat, some omega 3 and fatty fish on top, voila.

I feel grand on lots of fat, but after training carbs seem to reduce soreness, and help on tired days. But too many, and I get sleep/blood sugar drops. Eating them after training seems to be the way for me.

your nuts balance out??

LOL

I've grown a pair deadlifting a lot of weight :P

But now I need new underwear :'(

nah, just tuck em under. Problem solved.

Woohoo, finally scraped a 300 wilks. PR'd squat at 160 (and I think there's feasibly more to be had), benched 101 after having not benched at all in months. Sadly the 300 wilks does rely on my 200kg dl which I haven't tested in a while.

I also know it isn't a real wilks because not in competition etc blah blah blah.

Wilks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilks_Coefficient

300 is the "yay I'm not mediocre" benchmark.

Ah! Wow... Never knew that. That's quite cool.

Is it like the online calc we had further up?

This is one of the best most in depth how to squat videos your ever going to see .

http://youtu.be/U5zrloYWwxw

There is something slightly disturbing about the physiques of squats coaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kawBY5p29fQ

Wrists of a school girl have always been my downfall when curling, even with a preacher bar. Repeated sprained wrists make me eat bad stuff. Any recommendations for a daily exercise I could do at home? Pls no wanking advice.