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when life gives you lemons it’s time to make lemon bars

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Cake day: January 25th, 2025

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  • Shamelessly pointing to the journaling community: !journaling@sh.itjust.works. There is also a great introduction in the !nanowrimo2@feddit.online community.

    I journal mostly because I like writing and the ritual of sitting down (usually with a hot chocolate) and thinking about what is going on inside my head. It’s like someone asking “how was your day” and you tell them. Sometimes nothing special, sometimes a lot and sometimes you think it has not been much, but once you start it all falls into place and the thoughts and emotions start to come up. I don’t do it daily, but multiple times per week.

    There are many ways to journal. You can use prompts, if you are unsure what to write about. It can be more shallow, like what has happened during the day. Or more deep to explore your feelings. Some like to track what’s going on in their life and it’s actual closer to a logbook. But that’s fine as well. It has to fit for you after all and will probably change as you go along and get more comfortable with it.

    And, to be honest, sometimes it’s a good excuse to buy that pretty notebook I saw in the store…


  • I think this looks good. Give it a try and see how it feels. I can imagine by dropping one of the t1 to a t2 the fatigue should be better to handle.

    And as you day, you hit the muscles two times a week. And when you still feel like you have something left in the tank after a workout, you can add another T3 according to the T1. But with 3 T2 lifts, even without additional t3, I think you have a good volume already.


  • I am in a similar situation. I am only able to go to the gym 2 times a week and do the GZCLP routine. I did not adapt the workout itself at all. I just go 2 times a week instead of 3 (and sometimes I am lucky enough to get the 3rd on in anyway). I am still able to make progress, but of course it is slower than 3 or even 4 times a week.

    Is there a reason you superset the T2 lifts? You did that before or is it a change to save more time? If you already feel the fatigue now, it might be too much. Especially with two T1 lifts before that I can imagine that it is very tiring. But it still might work for you. I think you will just have to give it a try and adapt as you go. I think my main change would be switching Lat pulldown with a row variation for a T3 on day 2 to work the upper back.

    Personally, I stick to one T1 and prefer to add T2 and T3 lifts. Especially because I need more pauses for the T1. So time wise I can do more T2 or T3 lifts than T1. One day looks like this then for example:

    T1 Bench press
    T2 Bench press inclined
    T2 Squats
    T3 Lat pulldown
    T3 Butterfly
    T3 Reverse Fly

    It works for me and it’s fun enough to keep me motivated, which is my main goal. I kinda hope someone else chimes in to give their opinion because I am really interested how others make it work.