I love your dinners, but as a dude on a cut, get extremely irritable after reading about them lol
Edit: Never stop posting them, I need someone to live vicariously through
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@atlas13 you’re really going to hate me because I’m uploading a picture… Skip the next post haha.
Haha yeah man. Both are necessary though
Edit: also, @SvenG I’m wondering if my axle is lighter than what I think it is. I haven’t ever weighed it. The site said it weighs 33lbs but that may be false. I should weigh it so I can be sure I’m not living a lie.
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Had a very active day at work. Was working a job that had 8 flights of stairs I was lugging tools up, must’ve done it 10 times up and down.
So, a ribeye, 13 air fried chicken wings with buffalo sauce (grass fed better and red hot), large salad with blue cheese dressing, broccoli and baked french fries with a small amount of garlic and parmesan cheese on them. Not pictured is 3 spears of pineapple. This is a pretty large volume of food and I’m kind of amazed that I feel like I could keep eating.
Overall a great day of eating. I had an awesome snack after work, too. Two egg white wraps with a few spoonfuls of 96/4 ground beef (maybe a 2-3 ounces) and a small handful of shredded cheddar cheese, microwave it for 30 seconds until the cheese melts into the beef, then put some Sriracha on it. Super quick and very tasty.
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I would like to consume your wings boilerman. Surrender them now.
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You’re too late bro, they’re gone…
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Squat
135x5
225x5
275x5
320x5
350x5
SS db pullover 5x20
FS
160x10
145x10
135x10
Bench
160x8
185x8
170x8
165x8
Hang clean
135x5
135x5
Power clean
165x5
165x5
165x5
BB row
165x10
155x10
145x10
135x10
135x10
BtN press
105x8
95x8
80x8
Flew through this after work. Kept rest at 90 sec between sets and just changing equipment between movements. 350 moved well. Curls and conditioning tomorrow.
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Weighed 203 this morning, running some errands with my better half then hitting curls and conditioning
Circuit style
BB curl at 45x10
Pull up x 5
BPA x 15
Curl at 55x10
Pull up x 5
BPA x 15
Curl at 65x10
Pull up x 5
BPA x 15
Curl at 75x10
Pull up x 5
BPA x 15
Curl at 75 x 9
Pull up x 5
BPA x 15
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Going on a little break for a few days, I went back to lift yesterday and hit 325 x 5 on squats and called it. I’ve been feeling super weak and exhausted since Sunday, my wife has been sick (which means I’m probably fighting it off) and having all the telltale signs of overextending myself.
Exhaustion, joint pain, slight dull headache, sleeping like a log but never feeling like it’s enough, irritability, and a new one… my eye has been twitching for the past couple weeks. I haven’t taken a real break since my vacation in July, so it seems like it’s about time.
I’m feeling better today than I have in the past 4-5 days, so I’m hoping to get back into it on Saturday or Sunday. Sticking with the complete keys program, although I might set back the squat weights a little and work back up.
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My wife gets eye twitches when she’s overly tired or stressed. I only know from her experience, but that’s terrible (and annoying!).
Rest up—you’ll be killin’ it again in no time.
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I sometimes get them for an hour or two if I’m over caffeinated, but this has been going on for too long. It happens basically all day, even while I’m trying to go to sleep. I’ve been noticing improvements over the past 36 hours, so it seems like taking a break is helping.
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Rest well Boilerman!
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Beltless breathing squat
135x5
225x5
275x5
325x5
325x5
325x5
Front squat
165x10
145x10
135x10
Bench
165x8
185x8
170x8
165x8
Hang clean
135x5
135x5
Power clean
165x5
165x5
165x5
BB row
165x10
155x10
145x10
135x10
135x10
BtN press
95x8
95x7
95x7
Axle +10lb curl
x 100
Feeling about 90%. Lungs were the limiting factor today as I tried to keep rest short. I’m wondering if I had a respiratory issue this week because I was absolutely gasping for air through this. Feels good to get it done though.
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The boilerman returns!!!
Hoorah!!!
May the HVAC gods bestow upon him endless progress and timely recovery!!
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Haha thanks bud, yep definitely feeling great today.
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I’m thinking about posting up some tunes every once and a while, maybe a weekly thing, that get me in a mood. Doesn’t have to be aggressive or anything, just stuff that gets me in a headspace where I want to do better. It’s more of a brain dump due to not having a real outlet for this type of thing other than on here.
This week is a double shot of awesomeness. Heard the Switch song on the radio this morning and realized it was the sample for the Rich Boy song. Love them both and I’ve been blaring them all morning while replacing a window in my house.
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Hey boilerman do you want to hear a very unfunny joke?
I"m just recently able to listen to any music from that era.
It’s suddenly 1982, Saturday morning, and if that comes on, early, out of the blue, I’m going to be cleaning all day.
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Fire it up, dude
You have no idea how much that hits home man. Some of these songs can immediately send me into a different mindset. I absolutely love it.
Any particular reason why?
I’m kind of young to really have anything to do with this era of music but was lucky enough that my entire family, grandparents, aunts and uncles, parents and siblings are absolutely.obsessed with music. My dad’s side of the family is massively into blues and my mom’s side is into country/western and rock and roll, so I got the best of both worlds.
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You won’t be dissapointed, take a guess.
How many boilermen does it take to deadlift 1000 pounds?
I’m 48.
The way I consume music and the way my parents did are very different.
My children have never heard me play the same song twice. There is always something new being released by artists my age and since the barrier to entry is so low, now there is a constant stream of new music and artists to listen to.
My parents on the other hand. I was alive for 8 tracks, reel to reel, records, and finally cassettes. They played the same songs over and over. I was sick of it for a long time. Not nostalgic for it, heard it so much over the years. And the songs that would be created from the samples of that music, I was more interested in, but they didn’t like rap, yet.
I’m nostalgic for the music from my teen years 86-91. when I started to get to choose what I listened to. went from a walkman to a discman. vanilla ice, mc hammer, nwa and so on
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