Recent content by Evaniel

Thanks, @Mannahnin! I always enjoy reading different approaches. Incidentally, I referred to this thread recently. My coauthor and friend was the guest speaker for an online series at UPitt recently on wellness and academic work. During the session, she asked us to map out our support circles...

Congrats! You had to have worked hard for that.

It's homecoming at the university today, so I couldn't use the school gym. Worked out at home (which I hate), but got it done: 2 sets of chest flyes, pullups, EZ bar curls, skullcrushers, and lateral dumbbell raises. Finished it off with a set of close-grip pushups.

Forgive me if you've talked about this before, but are you following a weekly schedule/routine? It sounds like you have circuits you enjoy doing (depending on availability of equipment and such)? I ask because if If I didn't track and map my stuff out: buh-bye leg day. :P

I've just finished out my first week on the Nippard Min-Max program (with some slight modifications). I was a bit skeptical at first, but I'm liking it so far! My usual routine is Upper, Lower, Off, Push, Pull, Legs, Off. It's typically low volume with moderate/high reps and high intensity, and...

I got into V:tM in the summer of '93, before my senior year of highschool. I was considering dropping out of RPGs entirely by that point. I was a big Anne Rice fan, and the local game store owner, knowing some of my tastes, recommended V:tM when I was in there buying comics. It was an impulse...

Elsewhere (sorta): I can't tell if this is poorly considered sarcasm or a cry for help.

Some implicit homophobia and sealioning for good measure. Put another one on the ignore list.

I feel like I'm on a bit of a hamster wheel lately. I know I need to track calories and protein, and I've done so successfully in the past. Lately, however, when I get a day or two in, the wheels fall off completely. Because I'm not tracking that stuff, I feel like I'm not making meaningful...

Saturday Upper Saturday, Oct 11, 2025 at 10:13am Bench Press (Smith Machine) Set 1: 245 lbs x 6 Set 2: 225 lbs x 10 Set 3: 225 lbs x 10 Lat Pulldown (Machine) Set 1: 200 lbs x 12 Set 2: 200 lbs x 12 Seated Cable Row - V Grip (Cable) Set 1: 175 lbs x 12 Set 2: 175 lbs x 12 Shoulder Press...

Feeling called out here

I was feeling my elbow in the last set of preacher curls (not sure what the bar weighed). Combined with how my knees felt after Sunday, I'm a bit worried about combining an increase in volume with lowering the rep range and going heavier for some movements. I've only just begun and I'm already...

Tuesday Pull Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM Pull Up Set 1: +25 lb × 9 Set 2: +25 lb × 10 Seated Row (Machine) Set 1: 150 lb × 10 Set 2: 150 lb × 10 Set 3: 150 lb × 8 Bent Over One Arm Row (Dumbbell) Set 1: 90 lb × 12 Set 2: 90 lb × 12 Reverse Fly (Dumbbell) Set 1: 45 lb × 10 Set 2: 45...

Sunday Lower Sunday, Oct 05, 2025 at 12:20pm Hack Squat (Machine) Set 1: 330 lbs x 8 Set 2: 330 lbs x 8 Set 3: 330 lbs x 10 Romanian Deadlift (Barbell) Set 1: 225 lbs x 6 Set 2: 225 lbs x 8 Set 3: 225 lbs x 8 Lying Leg Curl (Machine) Set 1: 135 lbs x 8 Set 2: 135 lbs x 6 Leg Extension...