Not Cooper

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So they walk jones to get to a lefty to take the lefty out?

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I think they are just walking jones to not have him hit with RISP. Not lefty/righty matchups

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They’ve shown on the field they’re the more dominant team so far

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What, exactly, have they dominated? They barely scratched together any runs last night and totally melted down at the end of the game.

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Why didn't they have to take the pitcher out?

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2nd base ump came in and said “OMG Tony no you will have to pull him please let me suck your cock”

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My results came back that I have high cholesterol. Total is 290. LDL is 215. HDL and Tri are normal. How big of a deal is this? I'm not big on taking medicine but also don't want to ignore something major

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This is high. Definitely would not ignore it. That said, cholesterol is extremely complex and the HDL/LDL good/bad view is antiquated. Apo-B is a much better risk marker than just LDL and total cholesterol. But it isn’t offered on a standard panel and will have some cost associated.

Being overweight with high cholesterol absolutely increases your risk of ASCVD or a cardiac event. That said, these are long term risks and based off of population studies.

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Cholesterol isn't a problem as long as you are in good metabolic health.

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I’d have to see the rest of your numbers but as a general rule with cholesterol that high you likely are not in good metabolic health.

If you do not want to get on meds, lose 20-25 lbs and then retest. If the numbers do not change it may be time to revisit diet. In my experience high consumption of red meat would also increase HDL (again, this is just my experience and anecdotal so take for what it’s worth) so given that your HDL is low and your LDL very high I assume you haven’t been on carnivore very long at the time of your visit, or your diet isn’t as good as you may think.

Of course, if you don’t want to look into Apo-B testing and testing more frequently, you could always just get on a statin. Either way I would still focus on getting that weight down and incorporating more low intensity cardio.

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When I do snack, it's more fruit than anything. Yesterday i had an afternoon snack of a protein shake and a banana.

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That’s a good start! A fiber cheat code is to throw some avocado and chia seeds into the protein shake. Both also high in omega 3s. Chia seeds have like 10g of fiber for 2 tbsp and if blended well you won’t notice they’re there. (You will have to use a blender to incorporate the chia seeds lol)

Also for snack fruits all berries are fantastic. Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries all great fiber content and delicious.

Not an experienced marathon runner, but looking at it the middle of your weeks are going to be rough. That’s 3 high stress days in a row.

What’s the goal of the repeats? Is it a VO2 max day? Because you’ve got another VO2 max with the 4x4s 48 hours later with a tempo in between.

I’d probably combine the repeats and 4x4s to one VO2 max workout and replace one with an easy run.

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Are yall sticking with this one?

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I stopped. Instead I’m adding cleans and clean progressions to my current plan.

Just felt thrown together with no structure or explanation. If the goal is just do some cleans everyday I can program that myself tbh. I use it as a reference but that’s about it

Day 2 is kinda crazy. Feel like that’s a 90 minute workout if done as prescribed. Build up to a 1RM in 2 separate exercises then do 3 working sets at 90% of that 1RM. Then 10 more sets of accessory work.

I’m probably gonna complain about volume the entire month though so yall can ignore me :lol:

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The field drains better than a long tailed cat in a room full of milk bowls

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Sensible chuckle

That and we are physically incapable of making a layup