This comment is so much better out of context
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OMG! Hysterical!! 
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Haha totally didn’t catch that.
I’m on the New Living Translation (NLT) there, I’ve read front to back KJV, NKJV, NASB and NLT along with significant amounts of NIV, ESV and AMP, I’ve settled with NLT as my go to, it’s a reasonably good translation from what I can tell, that does a good job of conveying the meaning without a) being overly academic in the language, b) watering down the meaning by attempting to go to the lowest common denominator of understanding or c) making it something completely different than intended (looking at you message version).
Thanks appreciate that, the style is Goju Ryu, I’m an absolute novice so no idea what any of it means, but like you said just turning up and doing something will teach that sense of physical discipline, turning up, learning, applying and repeating at home, that will be transferable. We both really enjoyed the class and will go back, my son was practicing without any prompting, so that’s a really positive sign.
Yes, without any real personal insight here, I’d guess that the sparing is invaluable, if nothing else, it teaches you calm under physical pressure/violent situations, having the ability to think and not lose your head when there’s threat involved has to be a massive advantage.
Absolutely, raising a dangerous man without self control is asking for grief.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
It’s definitely high on the agenda!
That is particularly challenging, but bite size pieces and drop feeding to get his interest, might be something he catches on to as he gets older.
In terms of your patience, try and frame whatever your doing with him, not as the activity your doing i.e. “Working on the car” but as engagement with your son, “I’m showing my son how to work on the car”. Might help with that you see the progress with your son as the outcome not the state of the car (or whatever the example). But we’re all works in progress at this dad thing!
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I think, along those lines, that it also helps if you’re doing stuff you like pretty well. I don’t like baking. I do it to get the cookies, or whatever. There’s too much tracking for me - counting cups of flour, paying attention to time. I hated baking with my kids, because I feel like I got my stress all over them. “What are you doing? We’re not ready for that yet!” Whereas cooking meals is more fluid, so I’d have them help with that. Why we brown the meat, what kinds of meat take more or less time, etc. That allowed for questions like “Why do they call it chicken with olives when it doesn’t have any olives in it?” Which I’d forgotten, so we got to have a laugh over it together.
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01/10/25 - 196.5
Diet has been awful, I’ve been away for the weekend and come back to work that is evening meetings all week (Monday night I got back through the door at 2330). Busy week but results are still the same, crappy input.
LP W1 W2 - D9
GS1:
Sandbag over shoulder: 50kg x 4 x 4 sets
Deadlifts: 120, 130, 140, 150kg x 8
Side planks e/s: some time x 4 sets
GS2:
Single arm farmers: 30kg dumbbell - 30 secs each side x 3 sets
HH TBDL: 128, 148, 168kg x 8
Side planks e/s: some time x 3 sets
Chin ups: 5 x 3 sets
Skipped the assistance finisher cos I’ve got another meeting and need to stop sweating, shower, change and eat, threw in some very quick easy chins, pretty much rest pause, just to get some extra back work in without taking much time.
Amazing to be done with sets of 8 on deadlifts, 150kg was hard, but it was more keeping form than anything, rep 6 was poor and I felt it in my lower back, refocused on my brace and 7 & 8 were better, but felt I was going to lose my breakfast (which was 5 hours ago!).
Really had to just switch my brain off and walk out the door to the garage today, still very much not wanting to train, I’d love to want this again, maybe when I’m retired and have less pressures in life.
LP says to re-run the entire program after the first run, I’m intending to do that, my dream here is to be finishing week 3 with a set of 180kg x 8, not sure what my rep record is for 180kg, but I know I’ve done sweeping deadlifts (with a band pulling horizontally against you) for 170kg x 6 and that was with my old form, hoping some solid focus for the rest of this program, good food, good recovery and some solid weight gain, I think it might be achievable.
On sleep and diet front: the CBGM is here, need to find 5 mins to get it on me, already got berberine in, I’ll be running some experiments, using identical breakfasts, acv, cinnamon and berberine, see if any of these things has an immediately measurable impact. Then I’ll do similar for walking, weights and cardio. Also will be looking at which carb sources work best for me in real life scenarios: potatoes, rice, oats, flour tortillas, bread, toast, bananas, greek yogurt etc are all things in curious about, I’m less concerned about berries, legumes and other vegetables, but I’m sure it’ll be interesting having some read on them anyway.
I’m going to buy a amazfit Helios band and track sleep, and really focus on getting better quality and higher quantity sleep. This device seems to balance cost Vs function pretty well, it’ll do for my basic needs anyway.
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02/10/25 - 197.5
LP W1 W3 D10
GS1:
Chin up: 20kg x 4 x 4 sets
Ohp: 50, 55, 60, 50kg x 8
Windmill: 5kg x 4 e/s x 4 sets
That was it, working a bit, squeezed this in then on a funeral, then on to college open day for my daughter. I wanted to get the main work done, if I get a chance I’ll do the rest on a catch up.
Went for bigger weight jumps to hit 60kg with a bit less fatigue, then hit a back off, wanted to make sure I owned that set, pleased with that, be great to see that really progress with some additional bodyweight.
Windmills were light and half the prescribed reps because I had no idea what I was doing but they felt good, my shoulder didn’t love them however.
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SAME!! And for the exact same reasons.
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06/10/25 - 195.5
LP W1 W3 D11
GS1:
SSB squat to box: 100, 120, 130kg x 8, 110kg x8
Jumping squats: 10kg x 10 x 4 sets
Hanging rainbows: 4 e/s x 4 sets
GS2:
SSB box squat: 60, 70, 80kg x 8
DB RDL: 25kg x 8 x 3 sets
GHR: 8 x 3 sets
Gs3:
DB step ups: 25kg x 8, 15kg x 8 x 2 sets
DB front foot elevated lunges: 15kg x 8 x 3 sets
Ab roll out: 5 x 3 sets
Was going to hit this session last week but had 2 sessions in a row, this would have been a 3rd, alongside that I then had karate and a 10 mile bike ride to do, Friday & Saturday, so tried to do what I’ve said and prioritise recovery and not getting myself injured.
Top set was good, it wasn’t the squats that did the damage today, they weren’t easy at the top set, but it was moving immediately into jumping squats that did it, legs absolutely on fire after those. Skipped 110kg on the way up to save cumulative fatigue, stuck it in as a back off, keen to ensure the top set was solid.
Didn’t push GS2, honestly I was so dead from the first giant set I was ready to call it a day, but there was reason I didn’t, hypocrisy, I want to practice what I preach, I may not have been the best example today, but I turned up and finished the job.
This was mentally hard, had thought to push it to later in the afternoon but recognised I’d be squeezed for time and probably would have ended up either skipping it entirely or at least partly and that was my mind trying to get me out of the hard stuff that does me good.
Someone at church yesterday said - you look like you’ve lost weight, it was said with a look of concern, not flattery, I haven’t lost weight, but I’m not feeling healthy, and have a touch of anhedonia. I’ve made poor decisions during this very busy spell. Today is a new day and better decisions are being made. It’s not really a significant factor but I lost my last remaining grandparents last Sunday, my grandmother who was 94, she’s at peace, with Jesus and it is a release, but always sad.
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Sorry to read about your grandmother, my friend.
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I’m so sorry about your grandmother. I know what you mean about her age and it being time, but yes, also very sad.
Good luck getting yourself sorted out. Sounds like you’re making a good start to it.
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I’m so sorry for your loss. Mine was the same age when we lost her. It’s hard no matter what age.
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Sorry to hear of your loss. My grandfather died 13 years ago at 94. I think about him every day.
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My grandmother has been gone for some time (died at 86) and I still miss her painfully. She was one of my best friends. Just funny and weird and a little salty. A perfect grandma.
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@EmilyQ @BethB no need, my journal is always an open place for a wide spectrum of conversations, including random granny chat! That’s heartwarming stuff.
I have fond memories of my gran body boarding with me when I was a teenager, she would have been in her 70s and I’d guess would never have boarded at all before that point, but she was always game for a laugh.
She was also a very strong spiritual influence in my life. She was an interesting mix of fierce and tender, she developed psychosis in her 80s and had a very severe episode where she ended up catatonic for months - we all thought she wasn’t going to come home then, only to have her eventually come home, live independently and get back to driving. A wonderful and complex woman.
Thank you all for the condolences.
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Sorry for your loss Alex and thankyou for sharing about your gran. I lost all my grandparents many years ago now but still have fond memories that I think about and re-tell to my children often. you post made me think of them today and that made me smile.
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We did not bodyboard, but my grandfather would load us up in his truck and we would spend weekends in Nevada. I remember old mining towns like Tonopah, Round Mountain, and others. I recall old miners living in shacks not much bigger then my wife’s KIA Sorento. I think my love for all things desert came from him and those trips. Then as a teen I worked in his orchards. Changing pipe, pruning, picking, loading boxes of plums, we spent a lot of time together. I was not the best college student my first year. While my parents ranted and raved, he put it pretty simple, for every A $100, B’s were $50. I made the Dean’s List. Sorry, I did no mean to be so forthcoming. This is your page. But, reading your post brought up a lot of good memories. So, thank you for that, and the memories you shared about your grandmother.
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No need to apologise, it’s what I value about this forum, if it was just my log with numbers on a page, it’d be boring! Thanks for sharing.
08/10/25 - 198
GS1
Single arm Tempo row (paused at top): 25kg x 8 x 4 sets
Bench: 80, 90, 100kg x 8 110kg x 6
Russian twist: 10kg x 8 x 4 sets
GS2:
Floor press: 60, 70, 80kg x 8
Meadows row: landmine bar + 1 plate: 8 x 3 sets
Rear delt raises: 5kg x 15 x 3 sets
Finisher
Chin ups: 6, 5, 4, 2, 1
Press ups: 6, 5, 4, 2, 1
Very disappointed with that bench, I had 110kg for 10, this year. That last rep felt a little bit like I got out of groove, but think I might be just be under recovered. Very tired and still not getting enough sleep, out every night again this week, hopefully next week will be easier.
Will use 105kg as my final weight on this, so that I start the 5s cycle with 105kg, hopefully I won’t stall out!
GS2 floor press was meh, meadows rows are pretty new to me, so just feeling them out. Rear delt I always keep light and just really focus on feeling it in the rear delts, never really kept them in long enough for me to move forward on them (I can go heavier but lose the rear delt focus).
Ran out of time for the finisher so just back to back chins and press ups without rest matching press ups to chin up reps.
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You have my email if you need or want to talk
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Thanks Andrew, appreciate that. I’ve been getting out for a walk each day since posting that, which does seem to have a subtle but positive effect on the outlook on life. Trying to get some better sleep, but life is still getting in the way there. Hopefully a bit of a chill weekend will help.
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Just take care of yourself, brother.
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