2 and a half?
Makes complete sense man. I am one of those people that play a song to death, leave it for 4-5 months, and then put it into regular rotation.
I definitely agree with you here. My father had 10 favorite albums that he would rotate through, and it took me a long time to choose to listen to them for myself. Some I don’t even listen to anymore for the reasons you explained.
Nope, just one
but he’ll need to consume 10 big boileritos beforehand
I am glad you heard my stupid joke.
Lol i wish
Hey you haven’t tried it though, who knows?
Feed me 90 lbs of chili and I can probably squat two planets.
Channeling the spirit of Bruce Randall up in here
I’ll admit I had to look him up.
“Before slimming down, Randall ate between 12 and 18 eggs per day and drank an average of 8 to 10 quarts of milk”
This guy sounds awesome
Yup! Put on 20lbs just by training arms. Got a 600lb squat with a broken knee by training the good morning. Was convinced he could deadlift 1000lbs if he weighed 500lbs. We could all stand to learn from him.
I’ve been sort of hot and cold on lifting these past few weeks. Life has been busy and I’ve been in a funk. My stomach has been feeling off and while I’ve been eating decently well, I haven’t actually felt hungry. I feel lazy and I feel weak. I weight 203lbs but I look like I’ve gained fat. These past few months have shown me that I don’t really need carbs. They turn my stomach into a concrete block and I feel so weighed down and disgusting.
I’m going to continue running the keys to progress program until the squats become too heavy to progress any further
I’m going to cut out all direct carb sources, except plazma and whole lactose free milk
I’m going to start doing SOMETHING every day again
More frequent conditioning, with a plan
I have some goals for the next couple months that I think I can hit if I get my mind right. I’ve been sort of shooting in the dark, not really having a goal, just a mish mash of “get stronger and get bigger”.
Main goals for the summer
Squat 405 for reps
Log press one plate
Get leaner than the last time I ran deepwater
Attempt to keep weight up, around 200lbs
I’ve been feeling sorry for myself lately and I’m not sure what shifted my mindset. It’s not ok and I don’t think taking it easy on myself is doing me any favors.
In a similar boat the last few weeks, just keep swimming and you’ll see the returns (is what I tell myself and hope is true)!
Log press one plate
What’s the log’s weight on its own? Are you strict or push pressing it?
I think it is, dude. Just have to keep attacking
The log weighs 84lbs, so it’ll be a 174lb clean and strict press. I’ve hit 164, but it felt more like a viper press than a strict press, and I’ve hit 159 for a clean and strict press. So, I’m pretty close.
Hey boilerman I never knew you wanted to stay at the same weight but, continue getting stronger. That’s pretty cool dude, excited to follow along.
Hey dude, so it’s not necessarily wanting to stay at 200… it’s more that my body, especially when I’m eating lower carb, doesn’t like being above 200. Even eating unrestricted like I have been the past month or two, I have a really tough time putting on weight.
In a perfect world I’d be 225 and ripped to shreds. Maybe some day.
What does a typical day of eating look you like for you boilerman? (If you don’t mind listing up out your meals and the foods)
Yeah dude no problem
645 AM
Two breakfast sandwiches which is
Two hard rolls
4 eggs total
~6 pieces of bacon
2 slices American cheese
10AM
3-4 scoops PB
12pm
1/2 to 3/4 lb meat (ground beef/chicken)
4 or 5pm
Couple glasses of whole milk and peanut butter
5pm
Plazma on lifting days (carbs and protein)
8pm
Typical dinner (basically what I post pics of in here) is around 1 to 1 1/2 lbs of meat, vegetables and an avocado, then just graze until bed. Normally have peanut butter, unless my wife doesn’t finish her dinner, and then I’ll just eat what she doesnt
Edit to add: weekends are a different story. I don’t track what I’m eating, but I’ve been going wild on weekends. I’m not on call so I am home eating steadily throughout the day. Dinner is obviously my biggest meal and it’s the same on weekends.
Dude I think you are super super capable of gaining weight. In fact seeing this makes me super excited!!! You push your body to the max with lifting, your career, and all that conditioning. I definitely think you just need to eat more food. You may think you’re eating enough but sometimes that may not be true. If I were in your situation boilerman I would go absolutely stupid bonkers and stupid serious about the food.
In your situation what I would do is eat
Breakfast: 7-9 eggs , some bacon, 3 tbsp of peanut butter/avocado/ 3 handfuls of nuts
Lunch: 1 lb of meat, 3 tbsp of peanut butter/avocado/ 3 handfuls of nuts
Lunch 2: 1 lb of meat, 3 tbsp of peanut butter/avocado/ 3 handfuls of nuts
Dinner: 1 lb of meat, 3 tbsp of peanut butter/avocado/ 3 handfuls of nuts
Then drink a half gallon of milk throughout the day
If you’re still not gaining then either increase the milk or fats.
or add another meal
If that doesn’t work and you find it hard squeezing in time to fit in more meals then I would cut out some conditioning.
This is just what I would do but, boilerman you work like a machine and have great spirit, it’s just I think you need to get even more aggressive with the food. You’ll have your 225 lb jacked body easily.
you could also try adding that Get Big Drink to your diet
I 100% agree man
[quote=“tlgains, post:2715, topic:254882”] it’s just I think you need to get even more aggressive with the food
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Yeah dude, I think you’re right. After writing my daily intake down I noticed there are definitely some missed opportunities in there. I really appreciate you writing all that out for me! I may try to work in a second lunch somewhere. Maybe keep the PB and add a few more things into the mix when I have a few extra minutes at work.
I saw that in the book and immediately considered it, haha.
Beltless breathing squat
135x5
225x5
285x5
330x5
330x5
330x5
Front squat
175x10
150x10
135x10
Bench
165x8
185x8
170x8
165x8
Hang clean
135x5
135x5
Power clean
170x5
170x5
170x5
Bent over row
170x10
155x10
150x10
140x10
140x10
Behind the neck axle press at Axle +65lbs
x8, x8, x8
Superset with axle curl at Axle +65lbs
x5, x3, x3
5 min amrap 104lb log vipers, no idea how many. Not as many as there should’ve been. I definitely need to keep conditioning on my non lifting days. Totally winded after this.
100 BW dips
It’s been two days since I’ve cut out direct carbs, and I have already been noticing some changes. I am very, very hungry again. Going from being constantly bloated and feeling like I don’t want to eat to feeling like I can’t get enough food in is a good feeling.
I’ve taken some of the advice from @tlgains and put more food in my lunch box. Today I have my normal AM meal of breakfast sandwiches without the rolls, and for lunch there is 3/4 lb 80/20 grass fed ground beef and I added 6 scrambled eggs. I’ll probably split my lunch into two smaller ones… eat half around 10 and the other half around noon. I’m probably going to stop and pick up some almonds as well to keep on my truck for some food between noon and when I get out of work.
I just looked back to the beginning of my log, which I started March of 2019. I think if I keep my head down and keep consistency up for another three years, I’ll be in (what I believe to be) a very good place both strength and aesthetics-wise. A lot has changed in three years, and I don’t think it’ll stop.
I like adding these to look back on and realize that things are changing and getting closer to what I want. Daily changes are impossible to recognize, but looking back throughout the few years I’ve been lifting makes the shit we put our bodies and brains through seem worth it. Just have to keep being better than before.
Love the vibe in this post, my man. Amazing progress—clearly you’ve been crushing it!
