Morgan S.'s Summer Shred - w6d4
Wednesday - 24 July 2024
Workout: Conditioning, 1205-1230 (25 minutes)
5 rounds of:
Assault bike - 12 cals
DB squeeze press - 2x45 lbs - 10
Clean & press - 85 lbs - 8
Okay, that’s a wrap—the rest of the week will be what it will be.
Oh, and it’s either gonna be the best damn conference they’ve ever seen, or the worst. There will be no in-between!
Wish me luck!
Good luck on conference!!!
Alive and kicking, friends, just buried in conference goodness.
I got in a fair amount of walking around downtown Denver on Thursday, and I didn’t sit down for more than 20 minutes for most of yesterday from about 0600-1900, so there’s that. And…
The work over the past 9-10 months has paid off—my ducks ARE in a row, so with the Day 1 behind me, I’m feeling good: It will be the best damn conference they’ve ever seen.
Besides, here’s a shot of me from the opening, and I’m not looking too un-swole:
Granted, the majority of the crowd is a bunch of pencil-neck CS-types and engineers, but I watched the live stream playback, and I neither look nor sound like a total idiot!
Oh, and I did get two compliments:
Onward and upward!
Thank you!
You know as well as anyone, luck favors the well-prepared, so we’re definitely off to a great start!
Dude what do you do for work
@tlgains - I’m a (non-)pencil-neck CS-type and engineer, haha!
I work for a major semi-conductor manufacturer on their future GPU architectures…
Congratulations man. Good to see your hard work paying off. You do indeed look like you have been working out standing behind the podium. 
Nothing better than presenting to the masses in a T-shirt sir.
Suns out, guns out!
Is that code for building a giant laser to take over the world for some secret criminal organisation.
@raven78 - Right you are, mate. Funny thing is, I was considered “dressed up” compared to most people in the room: I was in pants, wearing a belt, and had closed-toe shoes!
@simo74 - That laser bit was my previous job, wherein I did work for the US DoD. (Haha! But not really…) But no: No code here—that is the literal description of what I do. Sadly, I don’t know how to put it into plain English…
Still good here, but still buried in conference-related shenanigans. Getting in a fair amount of walking, at least relative to what I do at home, but that’s it.
It’s now been a week since I last picked up a barbell or did any kind of conditioning. I swear I’m experiencing growth, though, because I feel bigger now than when I left—at least in an un-pumped way ('cause you can’t beat that feeling during/after a great bodybuilding workout). If not bigger, than definitely not smaller, so that’s a win.
I think that’s some kind of known phenomenon (or experience, at least), and it probably has as much to do with seeing myself in unfamiliar surroundings (which I’ve commented on before), but I must say: I’m pleased.
But even so, I am ready to get going again, I’m ready to be done eating out, and I’m ready to be home. Friday can’t get here fast enough…
Edit: Oh, and I got two more “compliments” earlier this week: Of all the strangest things, my boss and I got to talking about lifting, and eventually it ended with him asking, “So you’ve always been buff?”
I actually hate that, because it overlooks the work I do—it’s effectively, “Oh, so you look this or that way because of genetics”—but I’m taking it as a compliment nonetheless.
Then a former-student-turned-colleague-and-friend who used to be a serious powerlifter and that I haven’t seen in a few years, said, “Yeah, you look great BTW. Are you still bodybuilding?”
Again, all of this has to be moderated against the crowd I’m interacting with at present—I’m not satisfied with being “above average” in a pool of today’s average—but I confess the powerlifter’s comments were a nice ego boost!
Winning!!
Yes of course, I was born this way
Just catching up, you look awesome!
As someone who works in automotive manufacturing supply chain I’m intimately familiar with this term but wasn’t pre covid.
All good mate? You back home yet?
Just checking on ya. Everything okay?
Hey, @ChickenLittle! Thanks for checking in. Yes, all is well here—I just crashed really hard after that stupid conference and haven’t done jack $hit for weeks. I’m actually looking to reboot within the next week or two: Beginning today, actually, Mrs. SvenG and I have engaged the coach from the bodybuilding clinic she did earlier this summer.
Your timing is excellent!
Stay tuned for more, y’all. SvenG is headed this way!
Happy to hear this! We all need a break sometime. Looking foward to the new training.
Looking forward to it !!!
Good to hear you’re still kicking.
You’re one log i was starting wonder about, you were so crazy consistent when i was all over the shot.
Hope this new bodybuilding angle goes well.
