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Have you tried using a plate for front lat raise instead of a bar or DBs?

Ended today with 1950 calories and 18 carbs.

How does that make a difference? I've only used dumbbells for them.

I grip it on the sides. Just feels more natural than cranking the shouldeds and putting palms down.

I'm gonna try that sometime.

45lb plate is way better and a more natural feel to the movement than DBs.

Yeah, im not sure if 10 or 25 would work as well. Im kind of caught in the middle as Im too strong for 45s but am in no way handling the 100s. I dont know if they make anything in between.

Maybe chain a 45 to a lower cable pulley and pull a light stack with it? Back to fhe stack with the cable between my legs....
Ill try that next time.

You don't have to cheat using dumbbells either, but I get your point ;)

Was sick all last week and wasn't able to work out, it was a terrible feeling, drove me nuts... started back on monday feeling all weak and out of sorts, it sucks trying to work your way back.

Once I get going on a regimen I absolutely hate missing workouts.

I try to use iso machines & cables for stuff like lateral raises, rear delt work. Gives you more resistance through the entire range of motion rather than just when your lever (arm) is parallel with the floor. Sounds weird but if your doing seated DB laterals with 20lbs for example, your only getting the full 20lbs resistance when your arm is parallel. At the bottom and as you start your raise, there is less resistance. Cables give you whatever is on the stack at all times it feels like.

Maybe my explanation is off but cables just feel more tension IMO than say a front plate raise.

For sure! But when you're tired, and your muscles are at that point, not being able to momentum up the weight just gives a little bit better insurance, at least for me.

I really wish I could get up in the mornings. My ideal day would be to jog before work and hit the gym after work. Jogging after my workouts is catching up with me. Did I make it up this morning? No. Looks like I'm jogging after my workout again this evening.

While I'm not doing keto or anything, I am going to go low carb for a few weeks to get the weight off that I put on while on vacation last week. It's amazing how one week of hotel fitness center workouts and not watching your diet can take two weeks worth of strict, hard work to make up for.

I took a few months off from having a trainer, but I'm going to sign back up next month. I just like the added accountability, the instruction, etc. I'll be meeting with him twice per month instead of once per week like I did before.

6',

177lb,

32" waist.

Life is good.

Where exactly are you supposed to measure your waist? At the navel?