Becoming Canis dirus - SvenG's Training Log

Signs of Life - Day 6

Saturday - 06 April 2024
Workout: Easy conditioning (50 minutes)

Walk - 45 minutes

I’ve been opting for 120 calories on the bike because, well, time: The bike rides are pretty quick. But my wife wanted to try out her new weighted vest, and she agreed to try my route, so I double-dipped: Time with her and some “training.”

That’s likely it for today, but I got 5 weight lifting workouts and some conditioning in this week, and that’s infinitely better than what I did for almost all of March!

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I love it when I can get a walk in with the wife. It’s hard to align schedules so it is extra special when we can.

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Mate, I don’t think truer words have ever been spoken!

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Welcome back!

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@shaneinga - Thanks, my friend! And you, too: Those cabin views were awesome!

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Signs of Life - Day 7

Sunday - 07 April 2024
Workout: Easy conditioning (50 minutes)

Walk - 45 minutes

Double-dipped again today: Time with Mrs. SvenG and some “training.”

this is the way

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I hope the break was volunaterly taken and has done you good!

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@Koestrizer - Voluntarily taken, yes, but I’m not so sure about that second part: I’m finding it hard to get back into my groove, to be honest.

:confused:

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Signs of Life - Day 8

Monday - 08 April 2024
Workout: No training

No workout today, but we were less than two hours from the path of totality, so we made the drive and hung out in the middle of nowhere for the afternoon.

But let me tell you, it was absolutely worth it—had to be one of the craziest things I’ve ever witnessed:

eclipse

If nothing else, the glasses made me feel like the terminator:

and I did play some basketball with my son when we got home, so at least I was moving a bit…

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I know you will get back. Take it one step at a time and set small goals. Take the small steps instead of jumping in full throttle again. You’ve got this

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I drove up about an hour and got a great show of clouds, which was roughly what I’d been getting for the last 3 straight weeks haha. I’d already been to one where I got the full experience, so not too bummed, but can’t imagine the huge amount of people who traveled for this and got clouds.

Glad you got the full show though, super awesome.

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Bit quiet, hope everything is good. Was watching the fallout series last night and struck me to my mind you look like a jacked and more handsome version of Walton Goggins (obviously pre nuclear holocaust)

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@Koestrizer, @heretolog, @aholding88 - Thanks for not giving up on me, guys!

I’m still not doing anything these days, but I confess I did crack open my copy of Forever yesterday, and SST has totally invaded my mind.

I’m on travel the rest of this week, but the idea of 5/3/1 again might just be enough to help me pull my big dumb head out of my big fat a$$…

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Alternatively you could jump on the DC train, it’s getting me excited about lifting again. @boilerman is like the 2nd coolest person here behind @tlgains and he is doing it

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@SvenG looking forward to your return!

To have my name mentioned alongside such greatness has me all giddy! I usually feel like the 3rd grader on the playground who gets picked last for sportsball because he’s too busy picking his nose behind that hot metal slide that would skin you alive if you went down it in shorts.

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Better than being the Old caretaker fixing the fence, LOL

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If you wanna get SUPER BEYOND EXCITED, look at @davemccright @KonsuTheTraveller @PowPowPunishment @throwawayfitness

We’re just tagging awesome people right now right?

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I appreciate that man! And I’m not currently running DC, but rather Fortitude Training, which takes heavy inspiration from DC and its creator Dr. Scott Stevenson, was a long time practitioner and DC coach himself!

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Hope you’ve been well Sven and I can’t wait to see what you’ve got coming up next!

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I have always been impressed by your work capacity. You put in some serious workouts in here man. Often times I have wondered how you were able to recover from some of those workouts.

There is a lot of value in just punching the clock too. Just my 2 cents and you know what that’s worth.

Good luck, we will be here when/if you decide to come back.

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