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OYS #16 44 6’4” 210lbs. (Up 3) ~17.7%bf (strongur) DL: 225x10 Lifting: Did a solid deadlift workout this week. I’m surprised at how sore I am focusing on a smaller program but more intense. Traveling this week (camping) where there won’t be a gym, but plan to be very active. Biking, paddle boarding, playing with the kids. Weight is up this week. I was hungry from lifting and ate more than plan. Also, alcohol continues to be a problem for me…. Looking back, that’s been a challenge for me for a wh…
/r/MarriedRedPill21/11/23 11:39 AM
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OYS #16 44 6’4” 207lbs. (Flat) ~17.7%bf (strongur) Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg This week came around faster than I was ready for. What went poorly: I didn’t make it to the gym. I didn’t rearrange things to put it at the top of the list on a busy week. What went well: Was out of town hiking for the long weekend. Took stock of comments made on my last OYS, especially around where I’d like my wife to add value to my life beyond sex. The linked threads were spot on…. I’ve been so focus…
/r/MarriedRedPill15/11/23 02:18 AM
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I tend to agree with you... something seems off about the numbers, but the best I figure, I'll have to lose a lot of fat and replace it with muscle to get to the pics I found based on Horn's comment. I've been 6'4 165lbs back in college, and I was a beanpole. Since then, I've lifted and have a different level of strength and muscle mass. Regardless, my thought process is this: I'm certainly more fluffy then I need to be, and I've never really tried trying. Going to trust the calculators enough t…
/r/MarriedRedPill13/11/23 01:13 PM
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You have an uncanny way of getting right to the root of it. I'm mulling it for sure, and have a hiking weekend in front of me to think through a game plan. I've been feeling a little resentful lately about how much I'm doing and how she gets a 2 hour nap everyday while the house isn't clean and I'm shopping and cooking dinner. The same plowhorse story retold here a million times. I have noticed the trend that when I'm actually owning my shit the house runs better. I allow myself to fall out of g…
/r/MarriedRedPill09/11/23 06:05 PM
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Thanks, Horns. That was helpful. I've lifted for a long time, but never with a real goal.... looks like I've got one. at 1.6lbs down over each week, that's about 16 weeks of focused and dedicated effort, which would have me pretty shredded before our spring beach trip. time to get serious about meal plans. I've stalled on being really consistent with meals because I don't cook all our meals. There's no reason I can't ask for what I need for food planning and then just eat something different tha…
/r/MarriedRedPill09/11/23 10:48 AM
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OYS #15 44 6’4” 207lbs. (down 3) ~25%bf (guess) Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg 60 DoD: Lifting on plan, no maxes yet to speak of, but feels good to be moving again. Used to lift and really knew that it was the trick to managing stress, let alone all the other good things. Fell out of that pattern, but glad to be back to it and seeing more clearly. Weight is down 3lbs this week. Good trend, that’s only 12lbs left to the first goal. Pants are fitting looser. _Rpeed suggested I look at I…
/r/MarriedRedPill07/11/23 03:55 PM
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clearly my history hasn't been great with this, but I'm sure not starting with the plan to quit again. I'm pretty pissed at myself for this seemingly annual cycle, TBH. life gets busy, I get lazy, cope with the wrong behaviors, and do it again. Not this time.
/r/MarriedRedPill03/11/23 10:06 AM
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OYS #14 44 6’4” 210lbs. ~20-25%bf (guess) Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg This is round 3 coming back here…. I’ve spent some time looking through my OYS history (both posted and not), and I’m doing the same things now that I was fighting with then. Self-discipline is key (still), and I kept letting myself get weak. Back with some of the same challenges: stressful & high-level job, alcohol, reluctant leader in the home, and a nagging feeling that I am better than this. A country song su…
/r/MarriedRedPill31/10/23 11:43 AM
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OYS #13 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 210lbs. 24.6%BF (scale), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg On Stonglifts 5x5. Goals: 170kg Squat, 190kg Deadlift. End of summer target. I spent most of this week on a roadtrip. Happy to share the detail and reason, but it isn’t relevant to this week’s actions. It did, however, provide an opportunity to listen to TWOTSM. I’ll completely agree on the audiobook being better than the traditional book. Reading it was a slog; the audio versio…
/r/MarriedRedPill08/03/22 09:49 PM
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Ragnar, thanks for the question, and the mental holy shit moment that followed… To answer, let me hit the short version of my origin story: In HS, had a great hobby, but didn't want to turn it into a career because the space was full of "macho" / "egotistical" guys. I didn't want to be them. Went to college with no real desire for my major, but because it fell in my lap. Did it by default Proceeded to smoke 2 packs/day for a decade Spent my 20's with a girlfriend for 7 years until I ended it. Th…
/r/MarriedRedPill03/03/22 05:34 AM
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OYS #12 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 211lbs. 24.6%BF (scale), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg Lifting/nutrition: Got back on a routine this week, and switched from a good, but goal-less Olympic routine. I’ve stalled on Clean & Jerk and Snatch anyway. My Bench matches my Clean at 100kg, and my Snatch has stalled at 80kg. I’ve started Stronglifts 5x5 with the goal of getting back to the basics and building strength in squats and deadlifts. Squat goal is 170kg, and Deadlift…
/r/MarriedRedPill01/03/22 01:14 PM
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OYS #11 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 210lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Leadership / Frame: Per last week’s update, I’m focusing on basics around the house that I hadn’t realized how badly I’d been slacking on. Lots of smaller projects done, sold a project that has been taking…
/r/MarriedRedPill22/02/22 03:57 PM
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OYS #10 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 210lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Leadership / Frame: This has been a humbling week. TL;DR: I am utterly average. Things in my life have generally come pretty easily to me, and I’ve been able to keep up this internal façade that I’m specia…
/r/MarriedRedPill15/02/22 03:57 PM
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OYS #9 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 210lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Lifting: Been a rough couple weeks with illnesses through the family. Worked out a couple times, but not on my regular routine. Looking back on it, I relatively easily sacrificed my workouts because I just …
/r/MarriedRedPill08/02/22 11:25 AM
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OYS #8 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 215lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Lifting: Weighed myself and was 215 for the first time in a long time. My weeks off and shitty habits have not been kind. Nice kick in the pants to realize that I’m a fat and lazy fuck. Read many comments f…
/r/MarriedRedPill26/01/22 12:55 AM
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OYS #7 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 205lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Lifting: Didn’t hit all my sessions last week; family came down with C-19. Stayed active, but no formal lifting. Leadership / Frame: Lots of scheduling crazy this past week. Between cancellations due to cov…
/r/MarriedRedPill18/01/22 07:49 PM
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OYS #6 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 205lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Lifting: Good lifts continue. I’m hitting 80% power cleans off blocks pretty easily these last 2 weeks, and I’m looking forward to the next 1RM test to see where I’m at. My squats have gone up (got 130kg fo…
/r/MarriedRedPill11/01/22 10:29 PM
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OYS #5 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 205lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden. TWOTSM (in progress), Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol (in progress) Lifting: Back in the gym this AM. Great day, good lifts, glad to be back, and happy to have solid form for Snatch and Cleans. Family: Spent the last week on an unexpected trip to visit a family member who j…
/r/MarriedRedPill04/01/22 06:28 PM
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OYS #4 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 205lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden Lifting: Haven’t hit the gym in the last week. Between Christmas and emergencies at work, I skipped. Even while coaching my team at work to make sure they weren’t using unhealthy coping mechanisms through the event, I didn’t take my own advice. Family: Was able to stand down on the w…
/r/MarriedRedPill28/12/21 12:40 PM
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It was an interesting experience. My biggest take-aways were that hydration is key, and to not eat garbage food. It forced several things that I didn't like (2 workouts per day, complete abstinence). But they were good to do for a period of time. I had seen (hoped for?) some of the mental improvements that people talk about, but I don't know that I'm high enough in neuroticism or conscientiousness to integrate it that far. For me, I was ready for it to be over because it didn't sync with who I a…
/r/MarriedRedPill21/12/21 04:10 PM
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OYS #3 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 205lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 100kg, Sn: 80kg, C&J: 100Kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM, Pook, Leading and Supporting Love, My Secret Garden This is a restart… earlier in the year, I posted a couple OYS's and got some good feedback about not following through; favoring instead to identify a problem and congratulate myself for figuring it out. 6 Months ago, when I sat down to write my OYS #3, everything I wrote was in futu…
/r/MarriedRedPill21/12/21 11:36 AM
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You're absolutely right on, and I've been letting myself get away with it for too long. I'd start something (keto, whole30, etc), then within a couple weeks I'd allow the various excuses of life to get in the way. We were out for a long weekend camping earlier this year, after I had started Whole30 as a reset. I was 10 days in, my wife decided to join in on day 2. she stopped on day 3 exasperated. I continued. We had left camp to get supplies, and my wife pointed out the liquor store on the way …
/r/MarriedRedPill22/06/21 08:54 PM
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OYS #2 ​ Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 210lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 90kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM Wrote my first OYS late last week. Spent Father’s Day weekend playing with the kids, and took the family out for an adventure Off-roading on Sunday morning. I’ve spent some time thinking about why I’m struggling, and had the aha moment over the weekend: “stop thinking about it, and just do the work.” We were at the swimming pool a lot this last weekend, an…
/r/MarriedRedPill22/06/21 11:00 AM
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OYS #1 Stats: 42, married 11, 2 kids under 10 6’4” 210lbs. 20%BF (mirror), Sq: 132kg, Dl: 155kg, OH: 75kg, Bp: 90kg Read: NMMNG, MMSLP, TRM To sum up my story, I’ve been at this a long time as a lurker, participated in the MMSLP forums way back when, and have read much of the sidebar; but never actually shifted my mental model. All the usual ups and downs, and insecurities/neediness… just a longer timescale than many. Over the years, I’ve been inconsistent about application. I’m back to working …
/r/MarriedRedPill17/06/21 04:56 PM
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