Dude, you get more impressive every time I visit this log!
Nice work on that PR, BTW.
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Okay, I feel a slight need to clarify very quickly lol.
I am by no means an Operator, boots on the ground, or anything close to impressive like that. When I was back in college, I did a couple screeners to kind of test my aptitude for those communities, and I ended up doing pretty well, but I blew my knee out my senior year and ended up getting a med DQ from anything that I was really interested in along those lines.
So I did get to do a few pretty sick training evolutions, flown out to do some cool stuff with some much cooler guys than myself, but at the end of the day I ended up going a different route. Donāt want to give off the impression I am doing anything along the lines of combat arms, especially given how poorly my fitness would reflect on that community. Much respect to all the ones who do, but it aināt me lol.
Even so, my manāyour work ethic is impressive. Keep on grinding!
Well said!
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Just reading this and nodding in agreement, I ate it too. Oh and I am pretty sure @T3hPwnisher really hates it, that is why he uses it. LOL
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Awesome progress man, keep it up. That range day sounds like a blast too, Iāve never gone through more than a few hundred rounds in a single go. Thousands is legit, haha.
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Lol, the thousands was a bit much, but all In good fun. To be fair, probably about 2000 of that was straight .22LR , I donāt make enough to be dropping that on anything else. I also just loving shooting my little ruger, grew up learning to shoot with a 10/22, it holds a special place in my heart lol. With 4 guys, the cost wasnāt too terrible, and weāve been planning it for a long time now so we figured we would make the most of it.
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I dig it man, .22 is pure joy haha. A drop in kit from CMMG has been on my wish list for a while now.
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Work for today:
Notes:
- absolutely earned that deadlift PR. Feeling a little off on my warmups, weights were just moving slow. Hit the top set, had to stop to breath after only rep 4, so I knew it was going to be a tough set. Every rep felt slow, but every rep moved. Just kind of a āoff day but my strength is there dammitā kind of PR.
- Press and Pull-ups moved well, no complaints
- going to see a chiropractor tomorrow because I won some thing at a festival last weekend that got me a free adjustment. Never done that before, honestly going partially out of curiosity lol.
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Smashed the deadlift mate very nice work. Now you are just doing it to make me look weak. LOL
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Your bench is still far beyond mine, and we all know thatās the only lift that counts lol
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I thought curls was where the action was. LOL
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Work for today:
Notes:
- had about a half hour wait at an appointment yesterday, spent it diving into bench press technique. Came to the realization that my bench grip is a bit too narrow. So, tried wider today, hands at the rings. Honestly, it felt good, but I think I over corrected. 195 freaking flew, but I definitely lost my brace on my top set on the 8th rep and everything kind of fell apart. Stripped down to 135 and played with different grips, found a good width thatās in between the rings and where I normally hold. Feeling MUCH more chest when I do it this way, think I have been doing a purely triceps bench for too long.
- that being said, I am starting to care about bench. My press and my deadlift are decent, which is definitely because they are the 2 lifts I have always cared the most about. I honestly havenāt given a damn about bench in a while, but thatās recently changed. Idk why, but I care about getting some big bench numbers again. Maybe because I see it going down as I drop weight and it annoys me.
- that being said, dropping weight is still the main goal. It just has to be, Iām not at a good place yet. That being said, as soon as I get down to 200, Iām really going to start trying to up the calories and chase some numbers. Tired of cutting, I want to grow.
- pull-ups went well, elbow feeling a bit better than it has in a while, think the straps and babying it is paying off.
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AM Weigh in: 224.0
Hell yeah.
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Give me a Hell Yeah !
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I meant to comment when I first saw this, but itās a radical transformation. Youāre just killing this dude.
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@simo74 trying weekly weigh ins instead of the daily I was doing, mainly due to schedule. Seeing the drop just hits a little harder when itās a gauge of the past 7 days instead of just the past 1 lol.
@T3hPwnisher thanks boss, I appreciate it. Honestly, I think itās come a bit easier for me than others because Iāve been an athlete for most of my life. Being relatively āin shapeā is probably more of my baseline, so getting back to that really feels as if itās what my body wants to do. The wifeās comments on my traps donāt hurt anything either lol
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Traps are the REAL love handles if youāre doing things right, haha.
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Oh Iām so using this line lol
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Work for today:
5 minutes cycling to warm up. Cold in the garage, early AM lift
Notes:
- 155 moved well. Not a PR, but Iāve never pressed that while being this light, so I guess thatās win
- deadlifts did not want to move today. Everything felt heavy. Did this without any food yet for the day, think that may have something to do with it. Still, they moved
- Happy with Pull-ups. Really want to work up to 45x5 on weighted.
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Work for today:
Notes:
- happy with the SSB PR, 10lbs up from last month and it moved well. Definitely doing some good morning squats, but Iām alright with that on the SSB. I feel like the SSB doesnāt train the āsquatā as much as it trains āstand the f&$@ up with a heavy weight trying to crush youā lol
- Pull-ups went well. Went slower and controlled on the reps, still hit 10. 11 will fall soon.
- bench just felt all sorts of wrong, but also moved well. Not gonna look to deep into that.
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