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[dmw]

Well, I think I'm going to take some time off. One, my lower back is better, but more rest can not hurt. Two, my shoulder hurts like hell on pressing so hopefully a break from everything will help it. And three, I've got other stuff to do anyway, so maybe I can concentrate on that and fight the urge to go in the gym.

This will be tough for me, but I really think it will be best in the long run if I can do it.

[Frank.S]

sucks to hear that man, i would look into ART for your shoulder or do some foam rolling / tennis ball rolling, ive had some success with this for my beat up shoulders. Straight bar squats are bad for shoulders.

[liftintexas]

good luck with actually resting, it's hard for me to do that, too. But sounds like a good time to do it.

[dmw]

Originally Posted by Frank.S

sucks to hear that man, i would look into ART for your shoulder or do some foam rolling / tennis ball rolling, ive had some success with this for my beat up shoulders. Straight bar squats are bad for shoulders.

Do you have pain during pressing or just during squats?

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

good luck with actually resting, it's hard for me to do that, too. But sounds like a good time to do it.

Thanks, I'm gonna try to be disciplined and heal!

[Frank.S]

Originally Posted by dmw

Do you have pain during pressing or just during squats?

its off and on, i have many problems with my elbows from stupid stuff years ago that i will always have to keep an eye on. Sometimes ill sleep on it funny and be sore the whole day.

[dmw]

Maybe I'll track my food this week since I'm not lifting. If I can keep it up maybe I'll put on a pound or two.

Saturday-

2 eggs over easy, 4 pieces of bacon, 2 pieces of toast w/ butter, OJ

large coffee w/ lots of cream lots of sugar

bannana and powerade.

bowl of black bean, bean, and salsa dish w/ cheese and large bag of doritos and powerade

2 chicken breasts and powerade

hamburger macaroni dish and powerade

4 bud lites.

Not bad. 4 full meals and a bannana snack.

Today should be good, me and the family going to visit my mom.

[dmw]

Easter Sunday

2 kroger brand slim fasts

bannana, gatorade

2 granola bars

Easter dinner- hard to put into words- ton of ham, ton of broccoli, cooked carrots, potatoes, 2 rolls w/ butter, 2 devilled eggs- anyway, it was 2 plates full and lemonade

2 hardboiled eggs and lemonade

ice cream sandwhich

spaghetti w/ meat sauce, greek salad, bread w/ butter and 2 bud lites

ice cream sandwhich

[liftintexas]

that's a lot of food, man! I know we talked about this before, but you just going for calories or quantity? Not concerned too much with fat vs protein vs carbs?

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

that's a lot of food, man! I know we talked about this before, but you just going for calories or quantity? Not concerned too much with fat vs protein vs carbs?

Mainly calories with a focus on protein. I'm really trying to make a push to get over 220 before summer because I usually lose weight in the summer without trying.

And this year (you're gonna love this) I'm taking two one hour health classes at my university (I was gonna end up two hours short for my degree next spring). Anyway, the first is weightlifting - 5 mornings a week for 4 weeks. Then, in June, 'Awesome Abs'.

That's right, hating-being-skinny dmw is taking an abs class. At 38, I'm sure to creep the hell out of every college chick that takes this, though there shouldn't be too many in the summer.

I would never take it, but it was perfect for my schedule with work / family / needing one hour credit.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by dmw

Then, in June, 'Awesome Abs'.

That's right, hating-being-skinny dmw is taking an abs class. At 38, I'm sure to creep the hell out of every college chick that takes this, though there shouldn't be too many in the summer.

I would never take it, but it was perfect for my schedule with work / family / needing one hour credit.

No judgment, man. I think it's a good thing. I may try to drop in on a class at my gym just to get back into more of a habit of doing abs

Are these classes you need towards a degree?

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

No judgment, man. I think it's a good thing. I may try to drop in on a class at my gym just to get back into more of a habit of doing abs

Are these classes you need towards a degree?

Yeah, I basically dropped out of college years ago and started working full time. My wife finished her masters a couple of years ago and I started back to finish. I only take a class or two per semester and some through correspondence, but I'll finally be done next May.

I woulda been two hours short and they could be anything so I thought why not lifting!

[dmw]

I'll post today's because I know that when I get back from t-ball exactly what I'm going to eat, so going backwards thru the day-

A huge bowl of Cincinnati style chili w/cheese and beans, and some bud lites (a staple of the dmw diet it seems)

bannana

peanut butter sandwhich, powerade

2 chicken salad sandwhiches, bannana, powerade

2 cups of yogurt

bannana (damn I ate a lot of those today), powerade

kroger brand slimfast, gatorade

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by dmw

Yeah, I basically dropped out of college years ago and started working full time. My wife finished her masters a couple of years ago and I started back to finish. I only take a class or two per semester and some through correspondence, but I'll finally be done next May.

I woulda been two hours short and they could be anything so I thought why not lifting!

sounds like a heckuva lot more fun than history or chemistry

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

sounds like a heckuva lot more fun than history or chemistry

History is my major. Chemistry is beyond me.

[liftintexas]

I still standy by my previous statement.

[dmw]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

I still standy by my previous statement.

I don't blamey you.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by dmw

I don't blamey you.

damney typo