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Thanks for reminding me of this thread @Voidmatrix

I have been trying to lose some weight for the last weeks. I've been successful, but that has meant that my normal program has been completely disrupted, as I can feel myself getting slightly weaker. I've also moved and the new gym doesn't have olympic bars, but some kind of shorter, lighter bar that doesn't rotate on the extremes. So that has made it more challenging as well.

After some time, I've been able to get into a new, more gentle (in how fast it advances) routine that so far works well, even though recovery is being hard.

Yesterday:
  • Bench press: 5x3+ (last one being AMRAP), 87.5kg
  • Squat: 3x10, 95kg (failed the last set)
  • Lat pulldown: 3x15+ (last one being AMRAP), 40kg
  • Some complementary exercises like hip flexor machine, 3x15+ as well
 
I haven't been logging these days, I'll try to resume it. It's being difficult to go up in weight, because I'm losing bodyweight (intentionally).

Today:
  • Deadlift: 5x3+, 165kg (last set was 5)
  • Overhead press: 3x8, 50kg (failed the last set)
  • Dumbbell row: 3x15+, 15kg
  • Complementary exercises like hip adductor 3x15+ at 105kg
 
I wish I could put about 5kg on, it's been a slow slide since stopped drinking. I can't be doing with losing any more. My aim is to be 73kg but I'm teetering around 67-68kg.
It used to be the other way around when the Trousers got tight it's time to work out!
Plus I've got too many broken bits to productively lift weights like I want to.
 
We're in the minority @TransistorBass, and IMO it's an equally frustrating problem to have. I found out today I'm roughly 10kg shy of where I want to be, which sucks, but I knew it was going to be bad before I stepped on the scale. Since fixating on specific achievements has never served me in life, one sub-goal of mine is to work on the regaining of mass without routine weigh-ins. The image of our physique in the mirror doesn't have a number attached to it, after all. Best of luck to you in your progress and in finding the plan that works with your history.

Today I did:

35:00 of failed zone 2 on the StairMaster (TM) machine
Some sauna
Band work
 
new_science said:
We're in the minority @TransistorBass, and IMO it's an equally frustrating problem to have. I found out today I'm roughly 10kg shy of where I want to be, which sucks, but I knew it was going to be bad before I stepped on the scale. Since fixating on specific achievements has never served me in life, one sub-goal of mine is to work on the regaining of mass without routine weigh-ins. The image of our physique in the mirror doesn't have a number attached to it, after all. Best of luck to you in your progress and in finding the plan that works with your history.

Today I did:

35:00 of failed zone 2 on the StairMaster (TM) machine
Some sauna
Band work
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I'm in team underweight too, although I gain some initial muscle mass very easily with any kind of physical exertion.

I still haven't managed a single press-up yet - but I did monkey around a bit in an apple tree while doing a bit of pruning, as well as moving some ridiculously heavy tub of damp sand about a metre or so
😂

Meanwhile, Mrs T appears to have taken up kung fu…
 
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