Haha, I love sitting at the kids table. I’d gladly stay here forever
@simo74 thank you very much man!
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2.5lb grass fed chuck roast
135 v bar rows at 60lbs, rest paused. Last rep held halfway until I couldn’t.
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GMM W5D2
Bench
95x10
115x5
135x4
155x3
175x2
205x1
175x14
60 second rest
175x8
Incline press at 115
17, 14, 13
TB row
185x8
185x8
160x12
160x12
Axle curl x 225
TBDL up to 405x3
Was about to shoot for 475x5 but my head just wasn’t in it today. I rushed through this only to find out that I had hurried for no reason. I’m not too worried about it, maybe next weekend I’ll work up to it and see what kind of damage I can do.
I might start the new program next week. While these open ended programs seem to work for a little while, I’m finding that I like having a time line/end date to shoot for. It makes enduring the suck a little bit more bearable.
In somewhat related news, I definitely feel like I’m getting bigger. Pecs and shoulders are feeling good (not pumped) and my sleeves have been fitting a little bit tighter on my legs… Also, biceps and triceps and forearms have definitely been growing too. All good things.
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200 pushups before dinner
First set 57
13 hour work day, super tired
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Woof.
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No lifting today. Another long day at work, high stress, super intense physically, mentally and emotionally. Getting pretty sick of it.
Dinner makes it better though
I’ll hit the final front squat day tomorrow and throw in log grace, then on to 531 on Monday.
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I’m really curious of what a work day is like for you but then again that’s none of my business. Like I usually say, you’re making hungry boilerman, I want to eat your dinner.
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It’s not a problem at all man, anything specifically or just a general overview?
Wow thanks boilerman, just a general overview, it is just that it sounds like your career is super demanding judging by ur recent log post.
I’m not sure how other companies run things, but I think this is a unique situation due to a lot of factors… covid, retirements, being bought out etc
My day starts with finishing up the previous days paperwork, making sure I have my time and description of work for each job done with parts used.
I have a plan for what I want to get done throughout the day. I’ll start on the most important job, or the job that has been on my list the longest. Additional service calls roll in constantly either to my personal phone or to the office, where they get dispatched. The new company had said they’d be fielding some of the calls from my companies customers, but I have yet to see that except two times so far. I have two co workers at this point, one pipe fitter and one apprentice.
This past week, I have been replacing the control system in a church that has a vari-vac steam system. I gutted the old panel and installed all new controls, rewired the steam valves and began pulling wire for additional sensors in the sanctuary that will eventually control a roof top cooling unit.
I’m about 80% wired in here.
This is just a job I can get to when I have the time. If calls come in, they have priority. We have also been replacing a sectional cast iron boiler, so the pipe fitter and apprentice have been doing most of the work at that job, I just come in to assist with wiring of the boiler and doing the startup procedures.
The reason the job is hectic is because of how many calls come in. I could be expected to get to 4-8 calls a day. This wouldn’t usually be an issue, but the new company has a 4 hour minimum charge, which IMO doesn’t fly. Their techs do TWO service calls a day. That means for every 1-2 hour job I do, the company makes 2-3 hours of extra money off of me, and continues adding workload expecting me to do 4-8 calls a day. Not only do I take care of my own work, but my boss seems to view me as the figurehead for the accounts we take care of. I am expected to plan, explain and support my co workers like a manager would, even though it is not in my job description. These past couple months I’ve been getting phone calls from 12-17 people a day with multiple phone calls per person. I’ve had days where I’ve had 60+ incoming phone calls, all with unique questions, all while trying to finish my work.
Edit: I guess to sum it all up it goes like this
Paperwork
Arrive at first job, unload tools and necessary parts
Find and fix issue
Clean up, pick up tools
Paperwork
Drive to next job
Unload tools
Diagnose issue
If parts are needed, drive to get parts or order parts
Fix issue
Etc until the jobs are done or I’ve had anough.
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Nice panel!
Great soundtrack for the big squat workout the other day.
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Hey dude, piedmontese is doing 30% off assorted cuts for president’s day
Gonna tag @flappinit and @punnyguy as well to clue them in.
Those junior hot dogs are f**king amazing. They spoil you though. I can’t eat another hot dog anywhere else, haha.
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Thanks dude! It needs some tidying up, but that’ll be the last thing I do.
And yeah man Rage gets me going for sure. Love them
Thanks dude! I will definitely get an order in. I’ll try the hot dogs, I remember you mentioning before that you loved them. I can’t remember the last time I had one, so I’m excited!
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I really appreciate the write up boilerman as I have definitely learned something new today. New terms I learned: Vari vac steam system, pipe fitter, sectional cast iron boiler. I like to think that when I’m a superintendent for commercial construction in the future, I’ll be exposed to this if I was ever on any building project. Boilerman, do you use shop drawings on your job or do you just know a lot through experience and know what to do? What kind of paperwork do you do, is it related to how you get compensated, a daily log of work that was done, or something else?
I do hope you’re getting compensated fairly for all that work though. This is unrelated to anything but here at college, I’m buddies with a 52 year old HVAC technician named Willie. Then there’s you who’s also a HVAC dude. How many more great HVAC dudes will I run into 
But, yk what boilerman I should most definitely form some kind of student org event based off of learning from people in trades, as I really do enjoy learning about your perspective.
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I’ll be honest, you won’t see too much of the vari-vac or cast iron sectional stuff on new builds. Most of were installed between the 50’s and 80’s and never get installed anymore. Hot water is so much easier to manipulate temperature-wise and the efficiency of not having to deal with a change of state and easy modulation makes it a no brainer for new construction.
We are literally the only people in our area who can competently deal with vac systems, just due to nobody learning them anymore. There are still tons of jobs that require retrofit and upgrading, but nobody wants to take the time to learn how the systems should operate. It’s sad because there are a ton of old churches and schools who use these systems, and they have almost no one to turn to when things break or things go wrong, not to mention they (churches especially) are running low on funds I’ve seen many close just due to not being able to maintain their buildings.
I will rarely have to follow prints unless it is a subbed job from a GC. However, using manufacturers literature is a daily occurrence to ensure the equipment is running at spec and efficiently. We work on so many different things that remembering it all would be very difficult, so a lot of reading is required. Also, reading wiring diagrams has become like a second language to me.
The majority of the paperwork is through timesheets and “work performed”. Basically what the customer sees upon receiving their bill. Included in that is a list of parts used and future recommendations. I’ll have to do warranty paperwork and commissioning write ups occasionally but it’s far from an everyday thing.
I think that’s an awesome idea. The more you know, the more marketable and independent you can be. Being able to hold a technical conversation with a tradesman or co worker would go a long way in solidifying respect and understanding from them.
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The last thing I want to do is be an adversarial douche. 2 weeks ago I believe there was this lady (who’s a co Professor) who works for Turner Construction. I think someone asked her about her experience in the office and field (I think she might be a project manager or super idk). I remember in the conversation she said something along the lines of “I’m a different animal when I’m in the field”. Shit made me cringe so hard.
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GMM final day
Front squat, heels elevated on 25lb bumper, this felt way better and I was able to stay super upright. Felt like it hit quads better.
95x10
115x5
155x4
185x3
215x2
255x1
145x17
60 second rest
145x12
Belt squat at 210
25, 23, 33
Walking bw lunges
One set until it sucked
255 is probably a PR, but I feel like I could do way more if I concentrated a bit more on FS.
Overall a decent run of GMM, hit some.PRs and rep PRs but I’m ready to move on. Log viper grace will either be later today or possibly tomorrow before HHTBDLs.
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Hey boilerman do you listen to Grunge music?
124lb log viper grace in 5:32
@tlgains yeah man a little bit, I’m pretty sure Silverchairs frogstomp was the first album I ever purchased. I was born a little late to really be in the grunge prime. It really peaked when I was like 4 years old.
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531+FL/GVT mashup
Press 1
Log press
84x5
104x5
114x5
134x5
BtN press at 74lb, pull-up (switch grips)
10, wg5
9, ng6
9, wg3
7, ng5
6, wg3
7, ng4
7, wg3
6, ng4
6, ng4
6, ng4
CG axle press (first 3 sets at 74, remainder at 94), Db hammer curl at 22.5
10x10 each
All sets done with 90 seconds rest, 4 second eccentric on all reps except the 531 sets.
That was pretty intense. Felt really good to push (humblingly) low weight really really far. The BtN press eccentrics were painful and intense, and I had a hell of a time getting the later reps out of the bottom. Had a bulbous pump by the end.
Food needs to match the work, so I seasoned a 3lb chuck roast last night and cooked it in the crock pot all day.
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