u/zer0_xcalibur

To give you guys more context: I'm 127 lbs shooting for 140-150 lbs.

My macros for the day (ideally) is 2,500 calories + 140g protein. Sometimes I fall short of it, but newbie gains are newbie gains for now.

My biggest weakness is just being built like a stick. As someone of Japanese descent, I was born with quite a small frame and I hate when people wrap their fingers around my dainty little wrists :(

With that being said, my main focus is broadening my shoulders, bigger chest and bigger arms.

Day 1: Upper Body A

• Chest Press Machine: 3 x 10-12
• Lat Pulldown: 3 x 10-12
• Shoulder Press Machine: 3 x 10-12
• Seated Row Machine: 3 x 10-12
• Tricep Pushdown (cable): 3 x 12-15
• Dumbbell Curl (swapped from barbell, since PF doesn't have barbells): 3 x 10-12
• Wrist Curl (dumbbell): 2 x 15, slow controlled tempo (new, forearm work)

Day 2: Lower Body A

• Leg Press: 4 x 10-12
• Leg Extension: 3 x 12-15
• Seated Leg Curl: 3 x 12-15
• Calf Raise Machine: 3 x 15-20
• Hip Abductor/Adductor Machine: 2 x 15 each

Day 3: Shoulders & Forearms (new)

• Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 3 x 8-10
• Cable Lateral Raise: 4 x 15
• Rear Delt Fly Machine: 3 x 15
• Reverse Cable Curl: 3 x 12 (brachioradialis)
• Farmer's Carry (dumbbells): 3 x 40 seconds
• Hammer Curl (dumbbell): 3 x 12

Day 4: Upper Body B

• Incline Chest Press Machine: 3 x 10-12
• Assisted Pull-Up Machine (or wide-grip lat pulldown): 3 x 10-12
• Pec Deck / Chest Fly Machine: 3 x 12-15 (keep elbows level with wrists, TylerPath's cue for avoiding elbow discomfort)
• Rear Delt Fly Machine: 3 x 12-15
• Cable Lateral Raise: 3 x 12-15
• Tricep Dip Machine: 3 x 12-15
• Reverse Wrist Curl (dumbbell): 2 x 15 (new, hits the top of the forearm to balance the palm-side curl on Day 1)

Day 5: Lower Body B

• Smith Machine Squat: 4 x 10-12
• Hack Squat Machine: 3 x 10-12
• Lying Leg Curl: 3 x 12-15
• Glute Kickback Machine or Cable: 3 x 12-15
• Calf Raise Machine: 3 x 15-20

Sat/Sun: Rest

this whole anime is hella cute 😭 the character designs are great and their personalities shine in each episode. like for Miku i would want her as a gf (i do not mean it like that, i meant her personality is great)

what did u guys think about the anime?

i feel like the anime overall had a good pace

I have a collection of farm maps I’m mindblocked on and the only way for me to farm them is if they rank mirror mod

I heard the only issue is that theres a problem with stacking of the circles causing huge pp inflation/deflation?

if anyone has more information regarding mirror mod specifically, please let me know

my body is ready

i have everything set up, my tax documents, resume, etc

My friends are being invited left and right, even though they even have less qualifications

do i need to check my settings again? i have it set on recruiters vuew

I'm not sure where else to ask this, so I guess I'll ask here for now.

I was born and raised in Japan until 6 when my mother decided to bring me and my sister to the United States in hopes of a better life. I have enjoyed my time here as a permanent resident, and I am now 24 years old, recent graduate.

I'm now rethinking every option I have; from family to career, I'm just so lost on life.

With the rising tensions in immigration, I have this irrational fear that the administration will eventually go after long term green card holders.

I have many family in Japan and I would hate to "abandon" my status, but I feel as if I belong more in the United States. I am fully fluent in English, while my Japanese is quite lackluster especially in the reading/writing category.

I also don't have the confidence that I will ever fully assimilate in Japanese society; it just feels so otherwordly from the US when it comes to social norms, mannerisms, etc. Feels a little suffocating to me.

Again, I'll say that this may not be the right question to ask here, but for those who sought a life in United States and decided to move forward with naturalization, how was it for you, and how did you come to terms with the fact that you are the first in your bloodline to become a US citizen?

I'm age 20-30 (in the range), recently moved to a certain city in CA. I'm staying at a house owned by a friend of my mom's (let's call her Sarah). She's not the property owner, the actual owners are friends of hers who live in another certain city in CA and transferred the property to family for $0 in 2010. Sarah lives there and rents out rooms.

There's one other tenant (let's call her Mary) who is disabled and told me within days of moving in that the house might be a Section 8 situation, that Sarah isn't paying the full amount to the housing authority, and that I could get in trouble for living here unregistered.

However I just found out from my mom that Mary hasn't paid rent since last year. Sarah wants her out but can't easily evict her due to her disability.

My situation:

• 4 days in
• No lease signed
• Haven't paid anything yet
• I need to stay roughly 6-8 weeks while I sort out a document chain
• I set my mailing address here for incoming documents

So, the question is how much trouble am I actually in as a tenant with no lease who hasn't paid anything, based on information from a tenant who turns out hasn't paid rent in a year?

So I graduated 5 months ago and am currently unemployed and would love to connect with some people and make new friends! Also in hopes that I could perhaps squeeze myself into their companies.

I am 24 years old and graduated 5 months ago and went traveling abroad in Europe and Japan.

I am now 2 days away from heading back to the US and I am scared because I do not feel prepared whatsoever.

My IT degree has not helped me whatsoever in the actual knowledge that I learned.

My resume gets carried by my friend’s experience (which i copied onto mine to make it seem like I did the work) and my other friend’s company (which I got to skip the interview for an unpaid intern position which I haven’t even started yet)

I can’t comprehend coding. I can’t handle IT database. Sales seem daunting. Nothing is within my brain power.

I feel useless and it seems like I took university too lightly and partied too hard. I blame myself 100%. But damn, just like that your life turns upside down. I’ve moved around everywhere in the west coast, and i just happened to get into a UC school in california back in 2021.

Already 24 and I still cant figure out a path. What an embarrassment lol. How did you guys figure out your path?

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I am Japanese myself, but I moved to the US when I was six years old with my mom and sister. I've been living in the US since then, occasionally visiting Japan to see my dad and other relatives.

I neglected my Japanese side for most of my life and wanted to be "American" because I had internalized racism. Only semi-recently (around age 18) did I start to appreciate my Japanese background — I picked up Japanese classes in school and started watching anime.

Fast forward six years: I am now 24 and recently graduated from university. I'm at a point in my life where I can decide whether I want to continue living in the US after 18 years of American education, or return to Japan.

The reason I am saying all of this before asking a simple question is because these experiences have shaped me as a person with different beliefs and ideologies from mainland Japanese people — some things I don't know how to explain.

I've been in Japan for two months now and I feel a little out of place. I went to a few meetups and made some friends through them, but they were also Japanese-Americans, and I didn't connect with any mainland Japanese people at all. Because of those lost two decades, I have no connections in Japan whatsoever, which makes things feel very isolating — if not for the Meetup.com events.

I see many couples outside in public, which makes me feel a little envious. I've been on several dates back in the States, but I have always wanted to approach Japanese girls and always feel a sense of pressure, almost as if they don't want to be bothered. I don't want to "nanpa" either, because I don't want girls to feel uncomfortable.

The advice of "join clubs or hobbies!" feels more catered towards foreigners or tourists (I am technically a foreigner at this point), but that isn't really what im looking for either

I've been told that unless you meet people through connections or university, things will be very difficult after college. Even making friends seems to be much harder here without Meetup.com.

Is this really true?

P.S. I am full Japanese and more than just conversational verbal wise, but reading and writing in Japanese is absolutely cooked for me