Zero Program: I just wanna break a sweat and have fun doing it.

did some reps yesterday after that post.

chin up 1x5

moderate pace bw squats progressing to fast pace bw squats 1x30.

push up 1x20.

feels good today and ive already been somewhat productive today. I cleaned the grill. the gas shoots needed to be taken apart and cleaned up, plus there was excessive grease with corn husk wicks sticking out ready to ignite all over the bottom. looking sharp now. pulled some weeds as well with conscious deep breaths in squat holds. didn't get dizzy upon standing at all. mixed in some reaching and stretching and showed some gratitude toward nature. and of course i chugged a bunch of coffee.

i cheated a little and had a small glass of soda last night. otherwise i ate ok.

i didn't crack the top 10 in the series, which ended last night. finished 12th only playing 30 to 40%(?)% of events. i did have a few re entries. was a total of about 65 entries over a 114 tourney series. finished up about 800 overall, but maybe 10 to 20% of that action was sold off. the heavy hitters dominate the top of the leaderboard, and i was on miniroll. thus i feel really good about 12th place. made good decisions. 900 dollar top 32 player total pko freeroll tonight. /chases booty

got in some reps last night after dinner settled.

pushups 1x25

bw squat 1x30

table top 1x10, no top hold.

bear kicks 10 each leg

table top is a back bridge but with arms behind you instead of overhead.

bear kick is a front bridge and you try to kick the opposing hand. i got my feet to kick about 6 inches from my hands.

i remember table top and bear kick(maybe not correct names, meh) from the Mat Fury book i had, Combat Conditioning, which i gave away 10 years ago to a skinny guy. good bunch of bodyweight exercises in there.

ur too small bro. how much olazapine u on? 216lbs u will look like a bouncer.

no thanks. i wanted to keep hovering between 190 and 195 but its going to take a little more food than ive been eating regularly.

been eating better. im not eating until im full, but im getting plenty of food the past few days. eating before noon is a reprogram. haven't been eating breakfast since before abilify made breakfast nauseating. even after switching off abilify, i was all coffee before noon. i felt it was keeping potential overeating and weight gain away, which are common on the meds i take. now with gout restrictions im motivated to intentionally eat more. strawberries and yogurt have been working for breakfast a couple hours after i get up. its definitely helping my energy.

i feel good today so i did a short workout.

chin up 7/6/3

bench 106x5/5/6

thats all. still test driving my joints post gout.

worked the new labor job Monday. pretty easy day. few scattered hours of household man labor Monday through this morning. went to the park and shot hoops for 45 mins today.

weighed in this morning wearing shorts, 181.5 lb. guess i need even more food. thought i was doing ok.

i had plenty of energy at the park. didnt jump for the backboard at all because i dont like these low tops for landing, too likely to turn an ankle. i ran pretty hard for some stints and i had a good sweat going for most of the shoot.

28 pushups? u gotta get those numbers up to at least 500 a day 3x a week. if 28 is your max up it to 30-35.

i have no interest in doing 500 reps of anything in a day. the goal at the moment is to regain confidence in my joints after my first gout experience. couple gout predisposition with recurring thyroid myopathy, which affects the load bearing joints the most, since feb 2022, and i find myself in a very unconfident state. im starting small to gain confidence, and im not in a rush.

basketball didn't cause any issues. feel good since then.

weigh in last night in pajamas, 183.5 lb.

Even 30 push-ups is kinda of a waste of time.

Do you even feel elevate push-ups? Do you even archer push-ups? Weighted vest pushups? That will save you some time and lactate explosion from pecs doing 30 reppers.

We not doing push-ups for endurance, we doing them to get big old Arnold titties.

my appetite is coming back. there has been some personal stress that likely has a lot to do with my bad appetite over the past 2 weeks, but all is well.

did a lot of yard work yesterday and today. its looking good.

i grilled a 1.2 lb strip last night. havent had meat in a while.

got in a workout earlier after some decent lunch.

leg swings vertical and lateral x10 each leg. 5 high knees each leg.

high bar squat 36 lb bar x 3x10, 86x1x5, 106x3x5. my shoulders said no to low bar.

overhead press bar x3x10. 56x1x5. 76x3x5.

deadlift 126x1x5.

i felt it was time, since my body reacted well to the light workouts and basketball.

high bar squat is new to me, but it felt ok, easy and balanced.

press was ok, probably couldnt have done 80 lb. some right shoulder popping but it wasn't painful.

deadlift was easy. just getting reps in first day.

went to the court for a half hour a little while after that last workout 2 days ago. easy shoot, only a little bit of running.

ate well yesterday and today. staying hydrated.

workout today

high bar squat 126 lb x3x5

bench press 106x3x5.

deadlift 146x1x5.

felt good. poor energy in deadlift, otherwise ok.

workout today

high bar squat 136 lb x 2x5, then 1x2(dizzy from too much deep breathing pre set, so i stopped), then 1x5.

overhead press 81x 5/4/4, then 76x1x2. legit fails on 2nd set(5) and last set(3).

deadlift 166x1x5.

took shorter breaths between deadlifts, made it easier to maintain core than what ive been doing.

only exercise to report is 3 trips to the basketball court since last post. moderate intensity.

one thing I've learned is that having normal thyroid levels causes my sweat to sting my eyes like never before. Not even as a kid, my sweat never stung my eyes till now.

been tracking my weight almost every night before bed in pajamas. was as low as 181.x lb a few days after the gout foot flare in early July. its been slow regain without weights. last night was 188.x(ate a ton of food yesterday).

i feel good. basketball felt good. jump is a little weaker than pre gout. i got 10 fingers against the backboard last visit, and jump is improving each visit.