That’s very interesting and kind of scary… I’ll definitely look into that, thanks anna
Pwns TBDL death set
135lb x 138
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Hell yea dude, such a mental and physical battle. Might have to bust my trap bar back out in a bit and give it another run
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Dude definitely! I did it because you had mentioned it a few days ago, actually. I can see myself doing this weekly trying to beat my previous reps just like the axle curls. This hits all the biggest areas I feel like I’m super weak in… conditioning, upper back, grip (even with straps, my forearms were on fire) and quads.
Did you end up doing it a few times?
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I did it twice I think then a very limited effort set that was disgraceful but was at 240.
Think my best effort was 150 x 101, I’ll try and beat that in about a month.
I don’t know if I would do these weekly, recovery would be tough but if you could recover you’d explode, I’m sure.
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Well… I mean a stupidly high rep DL set at 240lbs does not sound like limited effort to me man haha.
I was thinking this as well… I’m eating a ridiculous amount of food right now. I am hoping it’s enough to allow me to do crazy stuff like this and be able to hit the regular 3x a week for GMM, at least for a few months
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GMM W2D2
Squat
135x10
225x5
275x4
305x3
345x2
365x1
295x15
60 second rest
295x10
Stiff leg DL
135x5
185x5
255x4
305x2
345x1 (double overheard PR?)
255x17
RFESS at bodyweight
3x20 ea leg
Went into today expecting to feel like garbage just due to how frequently I’ve been squatting and deadlifting… But ended up doing well on the main stuff. Stayed on the lighter side of the sldls due to deadlifting 138 reps yesterday. Legs are trashed right now. Loving it.
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That’s a very pretty squat boilerman
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Thanks dude, I’ve been concentrating on the cues you guys gave me and it seems to have made it look and feel a bit better
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Curiosity got the best of me yesterday and I weighed myself after work. Still at 201 lb. Not a big deal, but I am blown away by how much food I have to put away to gain weight. I have pretty much been eating unrestricted for 3ish weeks now with zero weight gain.
Benching after work then out to celebrate Mrs boilers birthday. We’re going to a nice restaurant that she chose. We’ve been there one time before and I had this lamb that was out of this world. I looked at their menu and they now serve a tomahawk which is ridiculously expensive… but tempting.
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Happy Birthday Boilerwoman, have fun eating at the restaurant dude.
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Same here dude.
I also find unrestricted eating to not be enough. I have to plan my meals and force myself to eat. Even then I’m struggling. I’m basically at my capacity for “clean” food and am about to start adding in yummy foods to get the scale moving 
been stuck at ~209 for a bit.
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Hey boilerman, do you think you burn a lot of calories at work?
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eyes with envy…
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This is what John Berardi talks about here
So, if you’re not gifted with a screaming metabolic rate or you don’t have a polypharmacy of metabolic enhancement drugs coursing through your veins, it should be obvious that building a fantastic body means eating a lot and exercising a lot.
You’ve accomplished something that took me like 2 decades to figure out. There’s SO much out there that talks about gaining muscle by doing LESS so you can save calories, but it’s so backwards. Your physical activity is high, your metabolism is jacked up, and so you put SO many nutrients through your system…and it just makes the system scream even faster, because you have SO much great stuff going through your system supercharging ALL the metabolic processes.
CAUTION: I am a barbarian, not a scientist. Dietary fat and cholesterol are involved in the production of testosterone. When you can only take in 8oz of steak a day because your physical activity is too low to allow for more, you’re not going to get a lot of that stuff in you. When you are burning through 32oz of steak a day, yeah, the calories are a zero sum game, but those other effects are still there and still real.
All this to say, you are in a great place. If I were in your situation and I REALLY wanted to get the gains going, I’d start experimenting with pre and post workout carbs a bit more. But as far as just being a badass and tearing through stuff, you’re in the perfect spot for it.
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Thanks man I most definitely will!
Yeah I’m sure I do. I’m pretty active while home as well, on top of lifting.
That’s a good idea. I have just been adding extra to each of my main meals, so 3 a day, and then making sure to consistently eat in between them and before I go to bed. I pretty much eat from 7pm-10pm every night haha. I have been trying really hard to stick with pretty much whole foods/clean foods as well. Although I have added in some carbs with breakfast, preworkout and light stuff for dinner.
I think it’s a curse disguised as a blessing, honestly. I’m sick of eating. Not that I don’t enjoy food or anything like that, just the time consuming process of getting all the food down. I find myself zoning out on my phone or some other stupid form of entertainment just to distract me from how monotonous and boring eating has become.
@T3hPwnisher as always, a massively insightful post. I definitely want to dig deeper into this conversation and I read the first few paragraphs of the article during my preworkout plazma inhalation. I plan on spending more time reading and retaining the entire thing. I started this reply during lunch today and plan to circle back into this tomorrow when time allows!
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GMM W2D3
Bench
95x10
115x5
135x4
150x3
175x2
200x1
175x15
60 second rest
175x7
Incline axle press at 115
23, 14, 10
TB row
165x8
165x8
145x12
145x12
Axle curl
1x210
Work up to
1x475 high handle TBDL
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Ah yes, boilerman doing typical boilerman things, such a strong fellow.
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Almost every article or book I’ve read on gaining programs has said to “eat to gain weight”, “you might get fluffy…”, or something else along those lines. It makes me feel like I’m going about this all wrong because I’ve been losing or maintaining weight for close to a year now. It’s like I’m failing to produce the results the creator has expected from running a program, even with high (not necessarily perfect) compliance.
A lot of the stuff I read just doesn’t feel like the author is speaking to me. It feels like it’s written for a population who go to work and sit in front of a desk all day. “Remember your cardio!”, “Do an hour of moving 3 days a week, doesn’t matter what it is, just move!”. I get 50-60 hours of movement at work, then another however many hours of movement after work while not lifting, and then the 6-8 hours of planned lifting and conditioning on top of all that. Those articles just aren’t meant for me, and I’m sure @wanna_be can relate.
I know for a fact I’ve read that’s how to gain mass. Stimulate, don’t annihilate… Make sure to rest on your rest days, don’t leave the couch, make sure the scale is moving up… Etc.
Maybe if I moved less I could gain weight, but you’re right, why would I want that? How would lowering my energy expenditure benefit me in any way? Sure, the scale might move but at what cost? Less muscle gain? More fat?
Your description of what is going on with me seems like exactly what is happening. My body is just at this point where I can feed it a stupid amount and it just wants more. Maybe that’s why I feel so shitty when I consciously cut calories back. My body needs a lot to maintain, and once I start restricting how much I give it, it just burns through it so quickly that I can’t even begin to recover from the stress I put on it.
This is a great way of explaining this whole thing to a laymen like me.
I will dig a bit more into carb timing and sources. I’ve hopped back on to the plazma train for my preworkout, for now. I’d like the find a less expensive option though.
I agree I’m in a good spot, even though I may not fully realize it. I’m getting stronger and more resilient when it comes to pushing sets beyond where I would normally call them done. The bodyweight thing just throws me for a loop because almost everyone says that weight gain is what you need for muscle gain. Without an increase in weight, you’re not gaining muscle. I see now that is not necessarily the case.
I appreciate the post, as always. It gives me a lot to think about and opens up some doors I didn’t know were there.
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Haha thanks Tim
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