Oh, hai

**tidalwave** · October 10th, 2008, 04:55 PM

Ok, posting a pic of oneself seems to be en vogue of late, so I'll throw this in. Here's a quick mobile pic in the restroom under some flattering lighting. Oh, and the man-boob is an unintended extra.

Unfortunately, I’ve regressed a bit since this pic.. I went to Europe for about a week, took home an unintended souvenir, and have been sick as heck for the follwing week and a half. It wasn’t fun… the CDC and State Dept of Health called and asked how I was feeling, such great folks. Anyhow, I’m finally off the meds and will be resuming training after the weekend. In the meantime, I’ll be scouring EF for my next program. I’m very tempted to follow a version of Wil’s 5x5, as I’m lacking in the strength department.

Any input? Thanks all!

**JoeBAR** · October 10th, 2008, 05:21 PM

Wil's 5x5 program is awesome to say the least. A depending on your diet, you can make it a strength+fatloss or a strength+gains program easily; so if you want to make the man boob (j/k) a pec, go for it, you won't be disappointed.

**tooncesthecat** · October 10th, 2008, 05:31 PM

Look pretty lean Tidal! Great job and keep it up. Let us know how the 5x5 goes.

**wildstang** · October 10th, 2008, 06:37 PM

great progress. i will assume your still fairly young yet. but definitely good foundation to add on.

**wil** · October 10th, 2008, 07:21 PM

All these 6-packs keep showing up, so I guess I'll post a pic of mine...

http://www.snackrack.co.uk/image/die..._6pack_mid.gif

If you want the template for that 5x5 routine, PM me and I'll either give you the link (it is actuall in the first post of my journals) or I can email you the one I modified so the weights round off to 5-lb increments.

Good luck buddy!

**tidalwave** · October 15th, 2008, 11:05 AM

Thanks for the feedback, all!

Now that I'm over my few weeks of lay-up, it's time to hit the gym better than before. In order to get back into it and get my heart where it needs to be in order to push PR lifts, I'm doing some crossfit workouts in order to establish a baseline and get myself back on track. I'm going to a physical therapist next week to find out what's wrong with my knees. Since this past spring, I've had some pretty annoying tendon pain in both knees. Needless to say, my squat regimen has suffered, but some days, it can be painful just to lower myself to sitting on a toilet. Thankfully, it's not that bad every day, but I've had too many leg days cut terribly short by this ailment. Stretching and warming up doesn't seem to help it much. I'm hoping that the PT will help me figure out what's going on and help to resolve it.

Wil, thanks for forwarding me that 5x5. I'm still reading and absorbing the material. I'm looking forward to diving head-first into it very soon!

**wil** · October 15th, 2008, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tidalwave

Wil, thanks for forwarding me that 5x5. I'm still reading and absorbing the material. I'm looking forward to diving head-first into it very soon!

No problem. However... thanks should really go to Bill Starr and Glenn Pendlay.

Good luck with the program. I also found that posting my workouts here in the form of a journal was an extra motivator. Feedback always helps and we have plenty of great members who are quick with encouragement and suggestions.