Maybe you are just starting your period. :P

I just had a health screening done to switch up my life insurance. I received the results in the mail & everything was normal except globulin levels. Has anyone ever heard of that? Normal is 2.1 - 2.8 & mine was 2.0. Dr Google tells me that it could be a number of things. (malnutrition, liver disease, kidney disorder, cancer....) I've made an appointment to talk to my doc about it, but that's a few weeks away.

I'm posting this here because I wonder if it might have something to do with my workout routine. I've been working out really hard lately & I'm probably not getting enough rest. (I've been getting quite exhausted lately) It's also got me wondering about my diet. My typical day is:

Breakfast - Cliff bar & coffee. (I make eggs if I have time, but that usually doesn't happen)

Lunch - I work out over lunch so I usually just have a protein shake & another Cliff bar.

Dinner - Meat & a lot of veggies.

Snacks - Throughout the day I snack on apples, almonds, and maybe another cliff bar.

Drinks - I drink coffee in the morning, but I just drink water after that. (unless I'm having some beers in the evening)

Have any of you ever had any experience with this at all? I was kinda hoping it was a common thing for really active people. I've never even heard of globulin & it's got me a little freaked out.

Sounds like you are too active for your protein intake.

Need more protein? I can add that. Is that an observation of the diet or specific to the globulin deal?

Managed a single at 305 on the bench this morning- I've done it before, but it is a very good lift for me. Not sure the Russian Bench program did much. Likely start the 5.3.1 next week. I'm determined to press 315 one of these days!

Both. How many grams per day are you getting?

About 150g - 200g per day. I weigh about 190 lbs.

Perhaps breaking up the intake more will help you. It looks like you're getting it in mostly big lump sums. Maybe your body doesn't respond well to that.

I'll give it a shot. Dr. Google freaked me out a bit.

Walked over to Target for lunch.

Nothing sounded good.

So, I got a chobani yogurt and a Naked berry protein shake. Man. Terrible.

EDIT - The shake, not the yogurt.

Fat pig.

I'm 9 feet tall, dick.

The correct response on CP is "I have a 9ft tall dick".

Don't we all? I assumed that went without saying. But yeah, it's about 40% - 45% dong weight.

Personally the Russian Squat program did nothing for my squat. Really the workload is very hard to recover from.

The slow progression of 5/3/1 is much better but because people are usually in a hurry for strength gains, they don't see how awesome it would be to add 30 lbs to your bench in 6 months but think a 6-8 week program will get them there. It usually doesn't!

I benched 315 once when I was Olympic lifting. Coach then made me stop benching because my shoulders were getting too tight for the snatch. Closest I have come now...300. :(