Boilerman Wants It All

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3221

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a couple days since I’ve posted in here- I’m really slacking. There has been way too much going on lately and I’m ready to settle back in to a routine. I’m off call tomorrow which should open up some time after work, and I will have a full weekend at home with no plans coming up… Finally.

I’m not trying to turn this into a personal journal/venting space, but my job has been having influence on my life/lifting lately and I’m not feeling too great about it. It might just be recovering from the complete burnout of the past 3 years, or me coming to the realization that I am not built for the corporate world, but I’m falling out of love with my job. It’s been 9 months since I’ve moved to the new company and I find myself reluctantly dragging myself out of bed every morning and just going through the motions. I liked being my own boss before the changeover, and I liked the more personal connections I had with customers. It’s been difficult to stay motivated in anything when 1/3-1/2 of my day is spent doing something, deep down, I know I don’t enjoy anymore.

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3222

W1D2

Stiff leg DL, 4 second lowering, explode up
135x10
225x13
275x10
315x8

Seated BB good morning
135x10
205x12

Unilateral band leg curl
3x20 each leg

Unilateral band leg extension
3x20 each leg

Close stance heel elevated goblet squat with a 25lb plate, 6 second lower
2x20

Plank
2min 36 sec
60 second rest
1min 36 seconds
60 second rest
1 min 6 sec

My legs and abs are going to be absolutely shot tomorrow. Those leg curls+extensions+ goblet squats were brutal. As were the planks.

Wanted to note that I was initially having a tough time isolating the smaller muscles during the accessory stuff. Once they become pumped its a bit easier to feel them, but I think doing this single leg/arm stuff is going to be beneficial to building MMC. I like it.

I recall pwn posting that people this far into their lifting journey are still just weak everywhere and it’s becoming very apparent that that’s the case for me- sure I can rip DLs off the ground or squat X amount of weight, but not being able to connect my mind to my fucking hamstrings just screams weak. There is so much room for improvement.

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3223

Good to vent, and no judgement here! Can you slide your work focus into the areas that you do enjoy and delegate other bits?

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3224

Man, I wish. I’m a service technician at a mechanical contracting company and I work alone, so unfortunately I’m sort of pigeonholed into what I’m doing.

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3225

Haven’t done a dinner picture in a while

15oz grass fed ribeye, green beans, bacon and onions, large salad with blue cheese dressing

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3226

Tlgains advice:

Hello boilerman, slowly make plans to find a different job. If you are unhappy you do not have to make yourself suffer. Think about the kind of career you want and start researching and applying.

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3227

Ouch.

Job-wise, I’m still saying you should open a restaurant. Probably less paperwork that way.

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3228

That’s some straight up and sound advice buddy. I’ve been thinking about it over the past year or so and so far haven’t had much luck. I find it pretty difficult to discern between what I want to do and what I think I should do. In a perfect world, I’d be able to get both of those boxes checked.

There’s going to be some trial and error but I’m not too worried about it.

Yeah… By week 4 he has me up around RPE 9 which is going to really suck.

I hate paperwork with a fiery passion.

Maybe I’ll set up a cart near my buddies gym. It’ll be called Meatheads and we’ll serve grass fed Ribeyes on a stick and tomahawks exclusively for portability..

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3229

W1D3

Axle curl
Axle+40lb x 10
Axle+20lb, 2x20

3x20 band face pulls superset between curls

Larsen close grip Spoto press (5-2-x tempo)
5x1 at 185lb

BB row at 155
3x12

Wide grip pull up
2x7

Lateral raise at 12.5lb
3x20

Unilateral overhead tricep extension at 22.5lb
x12
x18

Took every single rep slow and controlled and the weights used are expressing that. Mr. Coach wrote this in as an integral part to the program, and I’m realizing that I have been missing out on a LOT of progress by lifting “fast”. All accessory shit is super slow with a big stretch and a hard flex.

I feel like my triceps are going to get nice and strong with all of the accessories dedicated to them. Really digging this program so far. I’m excited for the higher RPE and amrap percentage work coming up.

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3230

W1D4

Back squat, ATG (3-1-x tempo)
255x8
275x8
275x8

Unilateral band leg curl
3x20 each

Unilateral band leg extension
3x25 each

B stance DB rdl at 62.5lb (slloowwww tempo)
2x12 each

Calf raise
2x30

Hanging knee tucks
x 17, 12

Maaaan fuck all this tempo stuff! It’s hard as hell, and extremely humbling!

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3231

W2D1

Wide grip bench (4-1-x)
95x6
125x6
155x6
185x6
185x6
175x6
175x6
165x6

NG chin
x 12, 10, 7

Chest supported DB retraction row at 25lb
x 15, 15

Unilateral banded tricep pushdown, red band
4x20

Spider curl at 20lb
x 18
22.5lb
x 15, 15

Had a very interesting past few days both personally and physically. Basically told my boss off on Monday, told him I was extremely close to quitting. I think he saw the writing on the wall. I’m not going to be around very long, especially if the raise they promised me 2 months ago doesn’t go through in the next week or two.

Over the weekend I started feeling like I was about to get sick, come Monday AM and I’m feeling super dehydrated and shitty. Wrote it off as just fatigue and being in a bad mood. Ended up getting sent to a shit job for the next two weeks (should be able to get it done in a little over a week) rebuilding a fan wall on a massive air handler with an apprentice.

There were four 10hp motors weighing 170lb a piece on a pallet in a truck, and i decided to pull the pallet out to the tailgate so the lull could get to it. I felt something weird in my hand, I look down and my thumb is bent in the wrong direction. I dislocated my left thumb by PULLING something? I immediately reach down and pop it back in. Great, no pain.

Fast forward a few hours and it was swollen and shit so I took yesterday off of lifting to see if it would feel better. It’s not 100%, but good enough to do false grip on everything.

So work the next week or so will be humping steel up a ladder, setting motors, cutting out bearings, fan wheels, shafts and pulleys and rebuilding it. It’s very physical work and I’m getting to a point in my life where I can’t fit into these tiny places as well as I used to.

Also, on the diet front, I need to eat more. Weighed 202 yesterday after work.

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3232

No lifting today, but i made a 2lb flank steak for dinner. Seasoned it yesterday afternoon and cooked it on the cast iron pan. One of the best I’ve made so far.

Ended up making a taco bowl with jalapeno cheddar, 2 mini avocados, some greens, pineapple-mango salsa and some tequila salsa.

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Gotta get my ass in gear and lift tomorrow.

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3233

W2D2

Stiff legged deadlift (4-1-x)
135x10
225x10
275x8
315x12
315x10
315x8

Seated BB good morning
205x12
215x10

Unilateral band leg curl each leg
3x20

Unilateral band leg extension each leg
3x20

Close stance heel elevated goblet squat (6-1-x)
25lb
x24
x22

Timed planks
2 min 42 seconds
60 second rest
1 min 43 seconds
60 seconds rest
1 min 17 seconds

Progressed in either weight or reps on everything except band curls and extensions.

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Double wrapped burrito for dinner

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3234

Now sounds like an ideal time to throw on some straps. Hope the thumb isn’t giving you too much trouble

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3235

W2D3

Axle curl at axle +50
x10
Axle curl at axle +20
2x20

Superset 3 x 25 band face pulls between curls

Larsen close grip Spoto press
1 at 195
4x1 at 200

BB row at 165
2x12
1x13

Wide grip pull up
x9
x8

Db lateral raise at 17.5
x20
x20
x18RP2

Unilateral overhead tricep extension at 22.5
x20
x20

Nice. Feeling so much better than the beginning of the week.

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3236

Thanks dude! I usually use straps on all DL/row stuff anyhow so thankfully it hasn’t been much of an issue as far as lifting is concerned… I’d say benching with false/suicide grip causes the most pain right now but it’s manageable.

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3237

Didn’t know that about the straps. I just started using them on deadlifts. I’ve never had grip be an issue, but I have gotten some serious elbow pain from lots of deadlifts and pull-ups, so it’s been a nice way for be to ease some tension off the elbow while still training deadlifts heavy.

Sorry you are forced with suicide grip, but you may come to love it. I started doing it when I was benching with an axle, now it’s the only way that feels “right”

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3238

W2D4

Back squat, ATG (3-1-x tempo)

135x8
185x8
225x8

275x8
285x8
275x8
260x8

Unilateral band leg curl, red band, each leg
3x25

Unilateral band leg extension, red band, each leg
3x25

B stance DB rdl at 62.5
2x12

Calf raise
2x30

Hanging knee tucks
x20
x15

Also, weighed under 202 this morning.

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3239

Good music choice.

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3240

Thanks! Manchester is in one of my top spots right now. I’ve had their newest on repeat since it came out last year and I always love going back and replaying the older ones too.

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