FIT.Y.E.R.O. (Meathead, wellness, fitness, diet, exercise) Thread

[Kooky Kats]

Dudes a weirdo

 

[pretzel__logic]

Comfortably box squatted 270 this week. Heaviest thing I've picked up since last February, so felt great to have it feel light and move pretty well. Now just have to remember how to do it as a regular squat.

On the less happy side, I wrecked my neck and shoulder holding my kid. Thank goodness I got into the ortho quick and they gave me steroids and I'm set for trigger point injections Monday. I tried everything I know to get it to release, but no dice, and I can't have my stupid neck waking me up in the middle of the night when I also need to be getting up with a baby. I've never had TPI with anything other than dry needling so definitely curious how I respond.

 

[WayneDougan]

Comfortably box squatted 270 this week. Heaviest thing I've picked up since last February, so felt great to have it feel light and move pretty well. Now just have to remember how to do it as a regular squat.

On the less happy side, I wrecked my neck and shoulder holding my kid. Thank goodness I got into the ortho quick and they gave me steroids and I'm set for trigger point injections Monday. I tried everything I know to get it to release, but no dice, and I can't have my stupid neck waking me up in the middle of the night when I also need to be getting up with a baby. I've never had TPI with anything other than dry needling so definitely curious how I respond.

How the f are you squatting 270 but screwing up your shoulder carrying a 14 lb kid?

 

[UK-chulo]

Hadn’t heard of Mike Israetel, but very interesting listen on Peter Attia’s podcast for those interested in building muscle.

Mike has a podcast himself called RP Strength

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Comfortably box squatted 270 this week. Heaviest thing I've picked up since last February, so felt great to have it feel light and move pretty well. Now just have to remember how to do it as a regular squat.

On the less happy side, I wrecked my neck and shoulder holding my kid. Thank goodness I got into the ortho quick and they gave me steroids and I'm set for trigger point injections Monday. I tried everything I know to get it to release, but no dice, and I can't have my stupid neck waking me up in the middle of the night when I also need to be getting up with a baby. I've never had TPI with anything other than dry needling so definitely curious how I respond.

Man I just went through something similar. Look into your head position needs when sleeping. If you're on your side, JUST your head should be on your pillow. If you're on your back, then ideally your head AND the top of you shoulders. Both will keep proper neck and spine alignment.

I also did some digging on pain "referral", in that when you have a lot of pain in your upper back, traps, or rhomboids, it actually may be pain coming from the discs in your neck. This diagrams sort of illustrates which discs can trigger pain in which areas. You might want to do some neck stretches during the day and before bed.

 

[pretzel__logic]

Well, I'm only squatting 270 for like a minute, I was holding a baby mostly with my left arm (because I'm right handed) 16-18 hours a day for 12 weeks straight 🙃 All the muscles on the front and side of my neck are stuck and the brachial plexus is right under there. I thought it would improve when I went back to work but it somehow got worse? Guess I'm an old now, my injuries are all from STUPID things. (This is a very cute one, but still dumb way to hurt yourself lol)

 

[Hank Camacho]

How are you all using ChatGPT etc to make meal plans and shopping lists? My results thus far have been less useful than just handwriting a list.

My holy grail is an AI bot that will look at the items available at my local Sam's and Kroger and make me a weekly meal plan and shopping list of what is available.

 

[anthonys735]

Hadn’t heard of Mike Israetel, but very interesting listen on Peter Attia’s podcast for those interested in building muscle.

I've been working my way through it. Great info but pretty in depth and dry.

Pretzel, I have some corrective PT exercises from a few years ago. Let me see if Ican dig that folder out or at worst find some videos on YouTube. They're easy and work wonders.

I just type in the macros I'm looking for and main ingredients. Granted I'm not using it right now. I basically eat ground beef or chicken thighs with spinach and rice for every non breakfast meal. I just change up the seasonings.

6 weeks into what is likely my most we'll planned cut. Weight is falling off and I've decreased my activity. Still lifting hard but dialed the cardio way back. Gonna go to March and reevaluate. This week my legs have been pretty sore after each workout. Which is rare these days, so the deficit, at 2400 calories, may be catching up. Just trying to make sure that's it and not lingering effects of 4 days hard skiing at 11000' 2 weeks ago. If I can get that in order the plan was to get to April on the cut and then hit a hard 3 week bulk into maintenance and cut for summer. Setup pretty well to hit last years missed goal.


Lastly, both big toe joints have been nagging for over a year. Real bad in dress shoes or cycling. Obviously, a big problem for me as Id like to cycle for the next 30 to 40 years. So after a worthless podiatrist visit I've researched the shit out of it. I've been doing toe, foot, and ankle mobility stuff about every day. Slowly improving but those workouts are hard af. Toe yoga and toe spacers have become routine. So yeah getting old is dumb.