Damn! Strong benching mate.
So the secret is just finding lighter bars! Got it.
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Nah. Guys not content with saving lives as a firefighter, raising his own kids and staying lean and strong. He’s also a Foster parent. Bumhole
Ok so superdad basically
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Nah @dagill2 got it right, except…
That isn’t happening right now, bulking on a ratio of 60/30/10 (sugar/fat/protein).
Thanks dude, just trying to keep up with you, you big PR machine!
Totally, need a full size Olympic bar that weights 5kg for some insta ready PRs!
Haha definitely not, but my family is awesome we’re very close and very loving and we’re all super happy to open our home up and share that!
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Congratulations Alex. A big job for a big man.
Wishing the best for baby, you, and the rest of your family.
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You just brought a year to my glass eye ya big teddy bear @alex_uk my man
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I bet @MarkKO would.
I don’t have superior intelligence, but I got into this by doing what I was told to do by my brother. It worked. I enjoyed it so much that I got a B.A. in Exercise Science. I feel like I’m supposed to be able to create my own stuff and yet here I am following a Wendler plan. I just don’t see any ways to reinvent the wheel.
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Today’s work:
Squat (bb back):
60, 80, 100, 120, 140kg X 3
I didn’t want to train, didn’t feel like it at all, often these turn out to be epic sessions, this was not one of those times. Felt like 180 on my back, don’t think my legs even noticed it, but mentally I was just so far off. Think I tweaked something in my mid back, nothing major just tight now, stupid squats.
Football bar OHP:
30, 50, 60, 70kg X 3
50kg X 12, 8, 8
That went a bit better. The 70kg was solid, not easy, but decent. The follow up sets were ok, bit of shoulder moaning, I think it’s the awkwardness of the bar, nothing serious though I’m sure.
Finished with my daily work (which I neglected yesterday because I forgot it, training in the morning messed up my little routine!).
5 rounds
Chins X 7
Dips X 12
Ghr X 7
HLR X 7
Screw today!
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Thanks dude, good to have you on board cheering me on, definitely a grind today!
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Daily, forgot about this until 8pm, getting it done post dinner 
wanted this like a hole in the head haha.
5 rounds
Chins X 7
Dips X 12
Ghr X 7
HLR X 7
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Good Job! It’s cool to see how you get work in despite being super busy/stressed
Fun fact: The way I know my dad doesn’t work out very hard is the fact that he works out an hour after dinner (containing at least 2 spicy dishes and lots of veggies) without problem
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I finished week 6 of BBB Beefcakes deadlift workout 15 minutes after eating 3 whole eggs, 1/3 of an avocado, 3oz of steak and cheese in an egg wrap burrito along with a slice of toast and 2 celery sticks slathered in peanut butter. I felt like I was training hard…
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You have proof of hard work- log and physique.
Your ability to workout so close to eating is overshadowed by the other amazing aspects about the way you are able to operate
My dad has an expanding waistline to back up my claim
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There are some things I can do with food in me and deadlifts are one of them. Supersets will get me but straight sets are fine.
It’s still not something I do regularly… or on purpose.
Is he happy though?
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Depends whether mum is yelling at him. Otherwise yes.
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Mission accomplished then.
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Thanks Anna, appreciate it. But I’ve been thinking about my training recently (well 2am during the night feed, as you do) - the daily stuff is great and is staying no problems there, but the meat of my training is off at the moment.
I took a tiny part of dark horse and amalgamated into my training mess, what I should have done was realise the program itself was effective because of the whole program, not just a specific section and that rep range.
My training is lack luster, potentially because I can’t put 100% into deadlifts because of my back, throws me off mentally or maybe that’s not it and I’ve just been kidding myself and become lazy again, who knows, I suck at introspection and don’t care to improve at it, the end results are the same - I’m not working hard enough. As evidenced by:
This also being true for me, weight gain is coming easier than normal (intentional at the moment but not a struggle) - my diet is atrocious as always but that doesn’t normally matter too much for me, which means my training is the culprit.
I can’t go back to 4 day a week but I can still do DH and instead run the 4 days over more than a week, won’t be quite as effective, but I’m confident it will do more for me than my current half hearted program. Plus it guarantees 30 mins of hard conditioning a week which is more than the current 0.
Not quite sure what to do with deadlifts, think I’ll do variations that don’t include conventional, then use my emoms with low load for conventional work, at least until I can see my sports masseuse and get this back sorted then I’ll add block pulls in as a variety and increase ROM.
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This is the kind of mindset I really admire
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