OP here, I'm fucking tired as shit, being on ur feet all day while organizing freaking hospital clothes is a nightmare, had some lower back pain and my gym strength didn't help me much, I'm fucking broken right now with how little functional strength and just mental, mobility I have.
Not sure I can survive this, bros, does it get better? Going to the gym at 7pm kinda sucked aswell

Posting shirtless pics on Instagram stories, is it too cringe and does it give them the >>>ick<< How can I show off my hard earned physique without looking too cocky?

What should be a realistic timeline for me to bench 2pl8? Current 1rm is 176lbs (80kg), I'm 5'6 140lbs (167cm 63-64kg), always had trouble with bench due to long arms but I wanna hit 2pl8 so I can finally join the club, lifting for 2.5yrs now, I know it's pathetic as fuck but I started with the bar as a skinnyfat and was getting way too fat.

ChatGPT tells me it should take 8-12 weeks if I do a 200-300cal surplus and get another 5-8lbs, currently doing 5x3 bench 3x week with 85% of my 1rm while trying to progressive overload every week, AI also tells me I should do a heavy day, volume day (70-75% of 1rm) with pause on chest and a speed bench day (60-65% of 1rm). Is this a good plan?

I haven't counted calories in a year now and am rly close to 10% bf, just eye ball portion sizes and use tablespoons instead, like I know my oatmeal needs 6tbsp everyday, 200ml of skim milk and 1tsp of cinnamon powder with a banana.
Same for lunch, I know I should only use 5-6tbsp of cooked rice, the chicken, red meat or fish is eyeballed, I already know the portion sizes inside my head and I can feel their weight while picking it up with a fork, I can tell 2 medium sized chicken breasts equals roughly 160-180g.
It's easy to track ur shit when ur eating healthy foods, like eggs as another example, it's tricky when you're eating goyslop and has no fucking idea how many condiments or other shit X food has gone thru

>doing a cut
>mostly eating chicken, oats, skim milk, fruits, eggs and veggies
>grandma tells me I'm gonna get weak and sick for eating this little as she pours vegetable oil into her instant ramen noodles (she already had a heart attack)
Do normies really?