Deadlift: 2x6-255lbs, 2x6-245lbs
snatch grip DL: 3x8-145lbs
Good mornings: 3x11-95lbs
leg extensions: 4x11-90lbs
very good workout, deload worked! deadlifts felt really solid and made through the rest of it fine
Week 1: Day 2
Squat: 1x6-165lbs, 3x6-135lbs, all beltless and focus on putting max force into each rep
overhead press: 1x6-75lbs, 3x6-65lbs
cable row: 3x14-70lbs
overhead tricep extension: 2x14-17.5lbs
Abductor machine: 4x13-110lbs
Paused squat: 3x5-175lbs
Front squat: 3x11-95lbs
Face pulls: 3x15-37.5lbs
Adductor machine: 3x10-60lbs
PM
Fitness blender 37min cardio workout
legs fking tired but got through it…. Slowly…. Squats really feeling much more stable. Ankle band distractions are magic
I’ve been bloated these past couple of days and put on 1.5lbs randomly
Updates: End of quarter wrap up
Academics: overall, felt much better than last one, but some of it is bc I put less effort into classes.
More importantly, I’M DONE WITH ECON! Absolutely flunked my final but did much better than expected consider the (lack of) effort I put into studying. I also did poorly in my metrics (stats) class but enough to pass. Prof gave me plenty of pity points on the final project to tide me over. Behavioural econ was just an awesome class. I think I’m finally shifting away from taking classes for the sake of classes and focusing on the bigger picture
Research: whelp…. A clusterfuck. All my cohortmates have projects well in progress (they were onboarded) and I don’t. It’s not really my fault. The type of work I want to do is really risky. The projects I was onboarded into failed bc of a lawsuit and an untimely death……Advisor, collaborator and I have a very promising direction but can’t seem to settle on a research question or methods- one dead end after another. If we pull off anything we have discussed, I’m going to end up with a really really good publication. Unfortunately, there’s a chance it’s going to 1) fail 2) take >5yrs
I have a track record of getting saved despite being behind so I should end up okay. Some field partners or collaborators might have to suffer first though……
On the bright side, I have a much clearer idea of what I want to study and how I want to go about it.
Paused squat: 2x5, 1x4-175lbs… this is bad
front squat: 3x5-135lbs
feet up bench: 3x11-85lbs
adductor machine: 3x15-55lbs
felt super tired and wasn’t able to complete the squats… rest of it was a drag
Week 2: Day 6
AM
kickboxing workout video
PM (put cheese and ice cream to work)
Deadlift: 2x5-275lbs!!!, 2x4 (grip fail),2-265lbs
good mornings: 3x8-115lbs
Front squats: 2x8-115lbs (gave up on doing 3rd set)
leg extension: 2x10-90lbs, 1x10,8-95lbs w/ 1min rests
abductor machine: 4x10-120lbs
this was AWESOME- so happy with deadlift but wiped me out, rest of it was hard but got through without much trouble
@Brant_Drake More recipe musings. These are “theory” and feedback would be appreciated
Some questions
For graham cracker crusts, will scillicone mini cupcake molds work? I’ve tried with normal cupcake tin and they’ve always stuck badly even with substantial greasing
need ideas for crunchy elements!
Chicken liver mousse tart with smoked cherry preserve in savoury chocolate rosemary graham cracker crust
For Smoked cherry preserve
Ingredients
1 cup cherries, pitted and halved
1/4 cup sugar
1tsp lemon juice
Directions
Smoking: line a wok with foil. Add a layer of rice, cinnamon and star anise to the bottom. Cover and heat on medium high until smoking
place 1/2 cup cherries on a piece of parchment paper. put the paper on a steamer plate, make sure there are holes or space available for smoke to penetrate. put in smoking wok, reduce heat to low and allow to smoke for 5-7min (or longer for stronger taste)
Dice the smoked cherries with the rest of the cherries. Add sugar and cook down into jam… Allow to cool completely
For graham cracker Crust
Ingredients
1 cup flour
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1.5 tbsp whole milk
4.5 tbsp +2 tsp salted butter (3.5tbsp for graham crackers, 1tbsp+ 2 tsp for crust)
1tsp espresso powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar (1/2 for graham crackers, 1/2 for crust)
2 tsp finely chopped rosemary
Directions
mix flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, salt and rosemary
cream 3.5 tbsp butter with 1/2 tbsp sugar, then add flour mix to butter and sugar. Add milk to form a sticky dough. Chill for 1-2 hours
Roll very thinly into a rectangle. Bake at 350 for 10-12 min. Allow to cool completely
(for crust) crush graham crackers into a fine powder. mix 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers with sugar 1tbsp + 2 tsp melted butter. Compact into mini cupcake tins and bake at 350 for 10-15 min. Cool and remove from moulds
For Chicken liver mousse
ingredients
1/2lb chicken livers
1/2 sprig thyme
2tsp rendered chicken fat
1oz cognac
1 tsp sugar
salt and pepper, to taste
53ml very cold cream
38g chevrie goat cheese
Directions
soak livers in milk overnight. Chop into 1in pieces.
Heat chicken fat on medium high heat and add thyme. When fragrant, Add liver pieces and sautee for 1min. Deglaze with cognac and cook until liquid is evaporated. remove from heat and cool completely
blend livers with cream and goat cheese. Strain, pour into piping bag and Chill until set.
Assembly
Ingredients
liver mousse
tart shells
cherry preserve
1/4 cup chevrie goat cheese
2 tbsp plain greek yoghurt
very dark chocolate curls
Directions
mix greek yoghurt with goat cheese. put into piping bag and chill
pipe mousse into tart shells until 3/4 full. smooth out
pipe a ring of the goat cheese greek yoghurt mix and fill the centre with cherry preserve. Garnish with chocolate curls (probably need some crunch)
Air fried cannoli with honey liver filling
For the cannoli shells
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp very cold butter, cubed
3 tbsp white wine
1 large egg yolk + 1 tsp milk
Directions
mix flour, sugar and salt. add cubed butter and mix until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.
pour in egg yolk mixture and wine to form a dough. chill dough for 15-20min
roll dough into 1/4 in thick sheet. Cut out circles with some object (I’ll probably use a cup). Wrap around greased cannoli stick thing. Airfry at 350 for 15min, rotate 1/2 way though. Allow to cool completely
For the filling
ingredients
1/2 cup sheep ricotta, drained on a cheese cloth for 1-2 hours
1/2 cup liver mousse (from above)
2 tbsp honey
Directions
whisk ingredients together. put in piping bag and chill until set
Assembly
Ingredients
cannoli shells
filling
very dark chocolate chips
Directions
pipe filling into shells and add chocolate chips to the ends
Overhead Tricep extensions: 4x15-17.5lbs, superset with 100 jumping jacks
Face pulls: 4x15-37.5lbs, superset with 100 jumping jacks
Cable rows: 2x5-85lbs w/5sec eccentric, 1x8-85lbs
short and sweet to get blood flowing, got HR up and did it’s job
Week 3: Day 2
Squat: 1x4-185lbs, 3x4-155lbs beltless w/max force
Lunges: 3x12-115lbs
Make up front squat set: 1x8-115lbs
btn press: 1x10,11,12-45lbs
Adductor machine: 4x14-55lbs
legs tired but got work done without much trouble squats felt stable
