11/28, sore from the BSS and fat bloated and gross from eating pie, I ran 2.4mi and walked back early this AM.
Then a quick surfing sesh.
Legs feel like lead.
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BTW FWIW - I dropped out of the 2025 T-ransformation, that was when I was vomiting from walking around the block, changing jobs, dealing with all manner of other issues… but I’m better now, much better, and I expect 2026 to be great.
I’ve also achieved more clarity about my own goals.
I’m IN for the 2026 one - if the person who’ll set it up would please tag me, that would be great - as I’m signed up for two Spartan 10ks, one in April and one in August, and I expect these to blow my previous times out of the water; and a certain amount of lean-ness is part of that.
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11/30, Sunday.
Proud of this one.
Brought the 50lb KB to a place with monstrous monkey bars.
Did some BSS with it, then pullups, then 3x3 weighted pullups, then monkey bars, then MONKEY BARS WITH 50LBS AROUND MY WAIST!
Stoked.
I was scared that if I failed and had to drop, I’d break an ankle because these bars are really high and that’s too far to safely freefall with a KB between your thighs.
But i went for it and made it. Took a video, but it’ll require some editing to bring down to postable size.
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12/2/2025 Tuesday
Monday went well, it was really just one long day sunday-fly-monday. I rode from the airport to the office and got straight into it. Went to HEB for groceries, ate at the hotel and crashed pretty hard.
Today, Tuesday:
1 mile run
Hotel weights
1 mile run
First mile was an easy one, second mile had a couple sprints which were easy enough.
The weights part: 3x8 (or was it 10 lol) DB bench with 50s, 3x5 pullups, 3x6 BSS with a 50, some cable stuff. Nothing crazy, but a good little hotel session. This hotel gym is really nice, not that it has an unusual equipment selection - it’s pretty basic - but it’s roomy and nobody was in it.
Today’s workday wasnt too bad either, got a lot done. Amazing what I can knock out in just a few days in person that I don’t even hear about when I’m remote.
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12/3
there’s a pullup bar in my old office, which I’m visiting this week. Today I walked in there, and did a set of 20 pullups cold. Took a video too, maybe I’ll put it up 
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12/4 - hotel gym workout.
Things started out OK, I wasn’t going to go nuts or anything, in fact was going to be an easy and therapeutic session.
Treadmill warmup
Light upper body warmup (arm swings and such)
3x6 squats with two 50lb DBs
1x8 BSS with a 50
Moving to the cable machine, a set of curls
A set of overhead triceps extensions
-BAM!-
Left side OH triceps extensions, about 12 reps in - and nothing strenuous - I pinced a nerve, and my whole left side wants to shut down. It’s in my neck, and I feel it through my back and shoulder.
Spent the rest of the time in the gym trying to work it out - can’t.
Took a hot shower, still sitting here typing with actual pain and if I look quickly to the right, it’s a shock of pain.
This is rare but not unprecedented. Wish I had a foam roller or something, but I’ve got to work. Hope this clears up soon.
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I got you covered on the topic. @TrainForPain is the man running it.
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This has got to be comparable to some kind of crazy ass strongman challenge, right?
First lap is unweighted, second lap (may be hard to see) has a 50lb KB hanging from my waist.
Super proud of this.
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This one isn’t quite so flattering but still, 20 pullups in street clothes.
Little bit of frog-leg action going on there in the last few lol.
This bar is installed in my old office. I remember building the bracket and hanging it up when I first got the promotion that put me there.
Previous to that I’d permanently installed a bar in my older office. Good times.
Haven’t had a permanent bar in my home (I WFH now) since I moved. Need to fix that!
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