Planet health upgrade

Haven’t seen it posted on here in the past or whatever. Long read.

715×1 raw flat bench
495×5 behind the neck military press
Incline DB Flies with 150s
585×3 bent over rows @75-90degrees
Lateral Raises with the 115s (really tore him up)
855×5 BB Shrugs
635×2 Close Grip Bench
Skullcrushers with 405
765×1 squat

just fucking silly
Long read..wow

This is all killing me not being able to train….
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Today i’ve been tracking my calorie intake on fitday for the first time, and i’m already at 4300 something odd calories and still haven’t had my evening snack, am I getting to an unhealthy point? I’m in the process of bulking.
wait 1 cup of roasted almonds is 900 something calories? that cannot be right
well, thats where most of the calories came from then
bro dont go over 5k. Thats when your heart starts to send signals to your brain to throw up..

trust me i’v been over 6k calories
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Hey guys, this is my first time in F & N.

I’ve got a lot of spare time this summer and could stand to get more in shape. The only problem is I have no clue where to start.

Right now I am 17 y/o, 6′1, and about 175. I’d like to lose some weight, and get bigger. I have a home gym consisting of..

One big machine that has a pull down (lateral?) bar, a thing were you put your arms in and then push them towards eachother in front of you, and a safety bench press.
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I was doing kick-ups today, which for reference, is this:

I don’t know how to breakdance, I was just being retarded. Anyway, I guess I was arching my back too much because now, about 6 hours I have pain in my lower thoracic spine. The pain isn’t affect by moving around at all, it’s just a constant, uncomfortable feeling. Does anyone know what kind of injuries I might be looking at here? I hope it goes away soon and doesn’t cause any chronic problems. I’ll go to a doctor if it lasts a couple days.
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roughly 186lbs competing as middle weight. My girlfriend is doing figure and mixed pairs with me. Hopefully we bring home alot of trophies. Dont worry I’ll be wearing plenty of pro tan.

damn your quads themselves will probably bring home some awards. looking good overall. keep us posted on your progress and results!
GOD BODYBUILDING IS SO GAY

but looking good bro, love the blue on you

what is your guys ritual at the gym before you start lifting for upperbody and legs ? i remember mainesucks posting a shoulder rehab/warmup video and thats what ive been using, but i was thinking i could include some type of stretching also
eeeek, don’t stretch. (maybe a little on legs day) just a quick warm up set of 8-10 on a really light weight then go. I should probably be stretching, i’m sure.
Do 3-4 of the exercises from Mag Mobility and do a shoulder complex.

Depending on how my knees feel I may walk on the tread mill or ride a bike for like 3 min.
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CSCCA=Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association exam Im ecstatic. Someone here was taking the cscs test, how did that go? Overall this one wasn’t too hard. The written exam was easy and the practical wasn’t too bad but was stressfull. Edit: Mad Dog Madden from UT is tough. Of course, when I had to defend my program I had to get his station.
Congrats, dude. I’ll be taking my ISSA test in about 5 mo.

Sweet man. Let me know how that goes. Next up I want to take the cscs exam and the usaw one. Ive gotta get some dough saved up first, both exams aren’t cheap.
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Background:

I’ve been lifting non-stop for about a year now. Before then, I’d lifted but always took large chunks of time off. Back then and up until about September my lifting sucked and my diet was even more horrendous. My diet still kind of sucks, but whatever. I still look like crap unflexed .

I wanted to wait a year, but I’m leaving out of state for the next month. Constructive comments negative/positive much appreciated. With that said, here are the pics.
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Got blood work and liver enzymes were slightly elevated (from meds I take.)

Started taking Milk thistle extended release every day and I go back for another test in two months.

Not changing the meds, so we’ll see what the #’s say. I know it’s not scientific, but will still be interesting.

(And my levels were the same two years ago so they don’t fluctuate.)

i wouldnt if i were you, thanks.
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I’ve been reading this forum for the past couple of months and i just realized today that i’ve never (if memory serves me) read anything on here about doing pushups. Do you/how do you work them into your workout?
I dont do them in my workout, but sometimes i’ll do a couple for fun when im sitting at home not doing anything. It’s pretty much replaced by flat/incline bench. If i remember right a push up with your toes on the same level is about 60-65% of your body weight (even with your feet on the chair its only like 75%). Most of the time you can get stronger if you start benching instead since you can adjust the weight easier.
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