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![Image 2 — [Gen 4] Shiny Magnemite after 1 accidental skip, 10 phases and 7 months of on and off hunting](https://preview.redd.it/t6gkkwzfmgbh1.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=283aa89ae57bca96359dcb2f20d91a73989bc178)
Forgot to take a picture before evolving him since I was so excited. Been hunting since December. He's the 5th member for my shiny only run. I'm going to hunt for Riley's Riolu next.
Everywhere I've read its saying that I should be able to lift more on machines than with free weights but I'm able to lift less in machine chest press, shoulder press and decline bench press than their barbell and dumbell versions. For example, I can bench 50kg for slow and controlled reps easily but I couldn't even get in a single rep on the machine. I dont understand why.
I was on a bro split for the last year and after every workout it would feel like my muscles were actually groaning after the workout. I just finished push day in PPLR and I dont feel that same tiredness, even though I did at least one set to failure for each muscle group. My muscles feel energised and light instead, but when I tried doing pushups after the workout to check how sore I was, I wasnt able to do more than a few reps. Is that a good thing or bad thing?
I always manage to reach the bull and theseus with spear but with shield I just absolutely got trashed by the witches in asphodel
I had ants coming from two locations into my home, so I put out peanut butter and boric acid bait at both locations. They swarmed it like crazy and I think I even managed to finish off the ants at one of the locations, but the ants at other location are still going strong. They dont come out nearly as much now but I did see like 20 of them coming out in a single file and disappearing somewhere this morning. They're not going near the fresh PB bait. When I put it out, a lot of them went near it, smelled it and ran away. Did accidentally just put in too much poison this time or have they learned to avoid it?
I've been working out consistently the last 5 weeks and last week my biceps failed mid workout and in general I wasnt able to lift more than I could before for any muscle group except legs. Today was supposed to be chest day but my entire upper body feels sore, so I'm thinking of taking a deload week on the 6th week instead of the 7th. Earlier I used to just not go to the gym for my "deload week", but I just read that you're apparently supposed to still lift, but lighter weights than usual. However, I really dont feel like going to the gym if I cant lift heavy since it takes like 3 hours to exercise, come back home and shower. Can I just get by with some light calisthenics and cardio at home or should I force myself to go to the gym?