6/5/26 I had another training session today: single-legged split squat, pike push-up and horizontal pull-up. I felt my glutes working more on the squat, and I was able to go deeper with good technique (maintaining alignment and keeping the spine stable). On the pike push-up, I felt my abs working again, instead of my lower back. And it was my shoulders who gave up first, instead of my triceps. This might be because I trained the ring push-ups yesterday, where I usually work them. And in the horizontal pull-up, I had almost no rib flare, even when pulling up. I do it now with the feet resting on the ground and my knees semi-flexed, making it easier. Throughout the session I exhaled and inhaled through my nose only, trying to create the intra-abdominal pressure and diaphragm activation. I still did collapse my nose multiple times while trying to avoid it. It is especially hard when breathing in. Combined with this, it was cold and very humid outside, so I thought this would have lead to me staying deregulated afterwards, but to my surprise, it wasn't the case. What caught my attention most was that my grip today was significantly stronger. I hung a bit afterwards, and it was physically difficult to stretch my forearm, which used to be the default. I even tried to go single-handed and stretch my left forearm, where I've broken my wrist twice. Even so, I was not able to replicate the feeling; it seems that my nervous system automatically engaged harder when hanging. It goes back to normal afterwards. When taking a shower a bit later, I noticed I had red marks and calluses in the middle of my palms. I consciously tried to squeeze my grip too, and I was surprised by how strong I could make the contraction, to the point it was slightly painful. I have always had the experience of feeling too much pressure on my calluses from hanging and my grip giving up because of that, instead of from real muscle exertion. Now I didn't even feel the pressure, so that might have changed.

Tomorrow I’m getting my upper and lower retainers removed to allow for better growth from “thumbpulling” and the Reviv mouthguard. I’ve been doubting this decision for quite a while, but after advice from Santiago I’ve decided to go through with it. I’m honestly pretty nervous because my teeth might become uglier or start shifting crooked. What’s the best protocol to follow over the next few days?

I wanted to show how my face changed in the link after a year of having all four wisdom teeth extracted. I looked good before, but now I look significantly worse, or am I exaggerating? changes in the face after the extraction of 4 wisdom teeth : u/qlejoodanalosdentis