Excited to read about dude! You did the “diet break” I’ve talked about. And it had the intended effect: you WANT to get back on the program now. If you ever get a chance to read “The Complete Keys to Progress”, John McCallum wrote about this as a “softening up” process. It worked decades ago, and it works today too.
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Thanks dude I’ll definitely check that out
Yeah this is definitely what’s happening. Not quite was I was expecting having a hard “ok that’s enough” but I know myself well enough that continuing to push the diet any further won’t be good for anybody, haha.
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Bench
95x10
115x5
135x5
150x3
170x3
195x3
CGBP at 135, 10x10
Superset
NG chin
x 7, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Seated db French press at 32.5
x 15, 15, 13
4 fairly urgent phone calls throughout this today, so my head wasn’t quite in it. Pushed hard on the CGBP stuff, but overall just feeling exhausted the past few days. Not exactly sure what’s going on, but I think the change in diet is going to help.
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That’s a lot of benching, my man—particularly if you’re already feeling run down. Keep up the good work!
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Yeah man. Trying to find something to get my bench strength moving in any direction but complete stagnation, haha. I don’t care that much about it, but it’d be nice to actually see some progress…
I’ve mentioned this before- I don’t know what the hell I’m doing, so my answer to pretty much everything is more volume and try harder.
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Christ, dude. Ouch.
Another vote for ‘Complete Keys’. I think it might be my favorite training related book I’ve read.
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Awesome dude, I bought it last night on Kindle and am hoping to start digging into it within the next few days!
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Low handle TBDL
135x10
225x5
250x5
295x3
335x3
380x3
High handle TBDL
10x10 at 250, GVT style
DW ab stuff
Wide grip BB shrugs
95x25
135x25
185x20
210x15
Traps were already pretty spicy after deadlifts so I decided to lean into it a bit and totally destroy them.
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I’m digging through The Complete Keys to Progress slowly but surely and taking my time trying to retain as much information as possible. So far I’m really enjoying it. It all makes sense to me. Work hard, squat heavy and eat well.
I haven’t done a picture update in a while.
First pic is from November 6th, second is from last Friday. I’m feeling pretty good about the aesthetic gains, even with maybe some additional fat? I definitely feel like I’ve been putting on some muscle though.
Edit: 100 dips before dinner
2x30 at BW
1x20 at +25
2x10 at +50
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Log press
84x5
84x5
94x5
119x5
134x3
149x1
159x1
10x10 at 89lb, superset with 60 foot 165lb sandbag carries
5x15 bw dips
Getting very close to a one plate log press.
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The Boilerman!!!
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Doing my best @T3hPwnisher impression
5 free range eggs, handful of spinach and a couple rings of home made pickled habaneros on two egg white wraps
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It’s been a little bit less than normal past few days, but I had planned all of it. No lifting or conditioning and diet has been so-so. Still getting food in, but not as much as usual.
Sunday was a concert in Buffalo at the river works. The opener was Foxing and headliner was Manchester Orchestra. I can’t remember the last time I was legitimately blown away by a live show. They played some older stuff and the majority of their new album. The sound was spot on, I love that venue.
Last night was coheed and Cambria in Rochester. It was a great show, but I’ve seen them so many times that I kind of knew what to expect from them. They always put on a great show, but the crowd was kind of a pain in the ass. There were a ton of people packed up to the front, but it wasn’t crazy like it normally is. Kind of a bummer. People just standing around clapping. I ended up leaving a bit early because it was almost identical to the set the last time I saw them.
Squatting after work today, I think. I might try to take a quick nap too. I’m super tired.
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Glad you were able to enjoy yourself boilerman!
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Thank you dude, it was nice to break the monotony and see some friends I haven’t seen in a long time. We had 4 out of 5 band members together, so it was pretty awesome.
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Squat
135x5
225x5
275x5
315x5
345x5
Superset with
5x20 db pullovers at 20lb
Front squat
155x10
145x10
135x10
Bench press
155x8
185x8
170x8
165x8
Hang clean
135x5
135x5
Power clean
165x5
165x5
165x5
BB row
165x10
155x10
145x10
135x10
135x10
Behind the neck BB press
105x7
95x7
80x8
Hitting axle curls tomorrow after work, and maybe a quick conditioning session. Started this late and was starving by the end of it.
I’m dropping GVT, it just wasn’t really interesting to me. I feel like I’ve been bouncing around quite a bit lately… but whatever. I just want to find something that I am 100% committed to that isn’t deepwater. This was pretty awesome and has a lot of room for progress.
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Is that from keys to progress?
Yup it is. It’s within the first few chapters of the book, which is the point I’ve read to. I’m still slowly digging through it, so I’m sure there are more to come.
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Axle curl x 250
EMOM 5 power cleans at 135
10 rounds
Dinner is going to be a ribeye, 10 chicken wings, broccoli, some air fried french fries, pineapple and a salad.
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Not sure what’s more impressive: 250 curls or your dinner! Keep it up, my man.
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