At least I understand the reference this time.
Also, Crom is probably on HGH or something.
Crom’s gift is the resilience to endure the morning workout.
And I’m glad you understand the reference too!
Haha I think I just read something in your blog about this.
Just getting the daily work in first thing is enough lemon making for me, no need to push all my training to that early. (Unless puppies/babies force me up super early then I might start).
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Someone somewhere else online gave me a great analogy about this sort of work: it’s like doing chores. When you have EVERYTHING to do, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, so you make a little deal to yourself.
“I’m just going to unload the topshelf of the dishwasher”.
And after you do that, you figure, while ou’re already at the dishwasher, lets just do the rest of it. And since we knocked that out, we may as well wash what’s in the sink and load the dishwasher back up. And from there, more chores happen.
The morning daily work is great for that analogy. I have mornings where I say “I’m just going to do the ab rollout”. And from there, it tends to end up in the full workout.
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Hmm good tactic, I front load the big movements to the start of every session, might be a good idea if doing early training to switch it around and do the easier stuff, see if I can’t just to lie myself into a full session. Probably help warm me up properly too.
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That’s dessert! You eat it first, you have no room for veggies!
Pretty sure Dan John gave me the idea to do the things I hate first in a session to make sure I do them. Too easy to skip abs/arms/cardio/whathaveyou when you do it at the end, but if that’s what you do BEFORE you hit your money sets, you won’t miss it. Same with doing it in the middle of the session.
Meanwhile, I’m hitting 85 unbroken burpees tomorrow morning, because f**k me I guess.
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So true, never missed a single cardio session when doing dark horse, it was always before. Now I’m going to have to change things, to make me do things I don’t really want to do… That sucks!
Sounds horrific!
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That tactic hasn’t worked for me yet. I find myself using “I did a little bit” to justify not completing the full thing 
New motto is: finish what is planned, and adjust afterwards
I know why.
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What happened to the “buy in”? 10 minutes of cardio is the cost of a weight session. And I think you can build up a savings (but no loans!) - doing 30 minutes one day could be good for three lifting sessions.
While I don’t comment here much, I follow along, and there’s definitely good stuff here.
I also finally got around to replying to your email now. Sorry about that…
Yea that ended up being dropped, I think the issue for me is that it wasn’t “part of the program” but something I’d added, therefore something I could remove, and when it comes to cardio, if I can remove it, it will eventually be ditched.
Kind of a light bulb moment reading TB2, that I’ve never done a properly scheduled program for conditioning. That for sure will help.
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Thanks @bagsy, same for your log, follow but don’t comment often. Just picked up your email, no need to apologise! I will try and reply a bit sooner than I did last time!
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Daily work:
Crom definitely would have laughed at me today.
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I’m doing a “cardio” work out before both my lower body days. I make sure I do it before.
Because this:
Is too true.
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Today’s work:
Only had 15 mins:
Ssb:
60, 80, 100, 120, 140kg X 5
Knees weren’t overly happy but got slightly better as it went through, top set wasn’t easy, amazing how much harder ssb is compared to back squat.
Ohp:
40, 50, 60, 67.5kg X 5
Short and sweet, rest breaks were plate changing time and probably around 90 secs on the two tops sets.
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I was talking about this with @flappinit av while ago but I can’t ever see myself back squat again unless I really have to @alex_uk my man.
SSB all the way. Just feels right. Especially from 40+ shoulders
If you don’t “need” to and it’s not a great move for you then it’s a no brainer. If shoulders are the issue try talon grip (Google Ben Pollock talon grip) total game changer.
I do love the ssb though, my legs are ruined from one set of 140kg squats, I could hit 160kg X 5 on back squat and not feel it (which is also great) but ssb is definitely smashing some weakness out of me!
I have never felt any sensation in my shoulders while squatting. My high bar squat is so high that the bar will stay in place if I let go for a moment.
It’s not the squat style which is holding the bar up @Frank_C my man, it’s those gnarly traps bro 
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