Had a lull in the action, decided to hop back to the lifting room and hit a quick 10 min conditioning session.
As many rounds as possible in ten mins
1 pullup
2 dips
3 BW squats
2 pullups
4 dips
6 BW squats
3 pullup
8 dips
12 bw squats
4 pullup
16 dips
24 bw squat
5 pullup
32 dips
48 bw squat
6 pullup
16 dips
Yo @boilerman i caught up on your log, I see that I missed a LOT when i slowed down my T-nation usage back around the beginning of last summer.
Congratulations on the baby, and on still kicking ass at everything! You look great and are strong AF.
Building the Monolith W1D2
DL
135x5
185x5
225x5
300x5
340x5
3x5 at 385
Start to superset bench in after 300x5 deadlift
Bench
95x5
135x5
155x5
5x5 at 175
Second topset of bench start superset of
Uni DB Row (each side, R-L)
60x32
70x24
70x24
70x18
Curls were not superset
Alternating db hammer curl (each)
25x20
20x22
20x20
20x20
20x20
Todays lifting was brought to you by 2 mimosas, 8 coronas, 2 16oz 8.2% IPAs and about 2 lbs of short rib ragu. I feel like I’m back in high school, but fancier. I fucking crushed this shit today and I feel like my muscles are about to rip my skin open.
Long time no talk dude. I appreciate you posting that, and thank you for all the kind words. I’ve poked into your new log a few times and I apologize for not posting- as I’m sure you know all too well, things have been a bit nuts lately and I have a tough time keeping up on here.
Congratulations to you and your family on the big move by the way! Hawaii is such a wonderful place, and if given any opportunity I know my wife and I would jump on it without a second thought. Keep killing it in lifting and life man, I’ll be sure to keep checking in and get a more in depth look on how things are working out for you!
2 mile walk with the dog
BtM W1D3
Squat
135x5
185x5
230x5
260x5
295x5
OHP
10x5 at 100
Chin +25lb
5x5
BPA 10x10
Snatch grip shrug
225x21
225x20
225x20
225x17
225x14
225x11
Squat
145x57
Supersets through main work were BPA-chin then BPA-Shrug then just shrug by the end of the OHP sets.
Started this off with a 2 mile walk with the family.
My lower back was definitely the limiting factor on the squat set, followed by quads as a close second. Week 2 potentially starts friday depending on work. I’ve done a couple of 12 hr days this week, but was able to get out on time today.
Time to complete- 53:__
Hah! Goddamn dude, great work! I forget: is this your first run of BtM? That’s absolutely crushing it.
Thanks man! It was absolutely a rough set. The last 20+ reps were absolutely brutal. It really.blows me away how you were able to hit essentially double that, haha. It just does not compute in my brain.
I ran this a year ago I believe? Maybe a couple of summers ago? Did the diet he recommends back then, too. I’m not following it this time around, but I can absolutely guarantee I’m getting well over 1.5 lbs of meat daily.
Outstanding dude! I thought you had done so before, but wasn’t too sure. Awesome you’re finding new ways to challenge yourself. And I’m in the same boat: coming up short on the eggs but high on the meat.
And at one point, it’s no longer physical. You end up just shutting it down because you know that no good is going to come from it, haha.
I figure giving it a fair shake the first run through allows me a little grace when it comes to the diet portion- I’m still eating big, as are you judging by the posts you’ve put up in your log!!
Haha, that’s good to know. I can’t completely shut it off yet whenever I want. I was there during that second run through of deepwater a few times. There comes a point where it’s tapping into the fight or flight part of my brain. I think I just need you or Jon Andersen here slapping my face and telling me I have more in me haha
Conditioning
More stuff from Brian, don’t want to type it out due to it being a paid program. 10 minutes of suck, though.
Lots of weighted stairs and climbing today at work.
BtM W2D1
Squat
135x5
185x5
210x5
245x5
5x5 at 275
Superset
9x10 chin
9x10 dip
OHP
65x5
90x5
110x5
120x5
90x18
Superset
cable face pull 1x20 at 20lb, 4 x20 at 25lb
1x10 chin
3x10 dip
1x15 dip
1x5 dip
Damn, next week is going to suck ass, haha. This shit was hard… constant movement and I just barely got it done in an hour with a short 5 minute work phone call towards the end.
BtM W2D2
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
275x5
320x5
3x5 at 365
Bench superset after 275 deadlift
90x5
125x5
145x5
5x5 at 165
Fairly strict DB Row (each side, LR)
70x39
70x31
70x25
70x21
Cable curls not superset
20x25
20x28
20x26
20x24
Pumpalicious. Completed in about 50 mins, moving a bit slow today for some reason. Despite that, another great session in the books.
Planning on a long walk with the family this afternoon. The sun is out!
Lifting later today after work.
I’ll be acquiring a weight vest from a relative of mine within the next week or two. Not sure what style/brand, but free is free. Not that I really need more weighted walking, but at least this will centralize the weight on my body as opposed to wearing my tool backpack.
I’m feeling quite similar to how I was the last time I ran BtM… Just have a full-body ache constantly. My traps and forearms are screaming the most.
The middle week is SUCH a mindscrew. It all feels so heavy, but then somehow the heavy week is light. Jim is a sorcerer.
You’re killing it dude! And score on a free vest!
I was late to the 145x57 squats, but damn that’s brutal. Great work.
More importantly, though, these 2 mile family walks. They are good for so much more than just your recovery. They’re good for your relationship, and even for the baby just being outside and coming to learn that walking for the sake of walking is normal.
I sure hope so. I’m trying my best not to look ahead, as I’ve found a sort of calm from not doing so… but I did look at my deadlift weights coming up and it’s a little bit scary haha.
In the end, all I can do is eat eat eat and lift with purpose. It’ll all work out!
@jdm135 thanks man. And I absolutely agree with your thoughts on walking with the family. It’s one of my favorite parts of the day. Zero distractions, and being able to fully be in the moment, completely engaged with each other.
This is going to be a bit of a rant, but to add onto your thoughts on walking being normal…
I don’t know if my wife and I did this consciously or it just kind of happened, but our little fella hasn’t really seen us watch television in his entire life so far. We’ll throw something on after he’s in bed for us to wind down from the day, but when he’s up, we’re taking walks, reading books, making food, playing guitar for him (which he absolutely LOVES) etc etc and I hope it becomes engrained in his brain that there is more to life than screens.
I’m going to start bringing him up to my family’s cabin this spring at 10 months old, just like my parents did for me. From birth, I saw my dad build things with his bare hands, a whole “house” in the middle of the woods. We spent weeks at a time there, year round, without electricity, running water or really anything to “do”. In summer, we would fish, ride bikes/dirt bikes, hike, swim and make our own fun. In winter we would ice fish, hike, read and take care of the wood burning stove.
I can say with absolute certainty that seeing and being around things like that have had a massive impact on who I am as a person and I want to extend that opportunity of self-sufficiency and self-reliance to him as well.
I’m sure the other parents here may have some thoughts on this, and I’d welcome any discussion from people here (whether parents or not). I’m not saying any of this as an attack on other ways of living, but the importance, to me, of self motivation and drive are huge.
This is the motivator right there! I was thinking about it today. I’m growing, and in doing so, I’m getting a little fluffier. If this was just a day-to-day thing, I’d be concerned about that, and feel like it needs addressing. But while running BtM? I just wanna survive. I’ll get as fluffy as needed. Like a bear getting ready for winter: we gotta eat to live through this! Haha.
1000%.
I worry for the generation that is growing up embedded into their screens.
The Wall-E people, etc.
My kids, and yours, are going to be superhumans by comparison.
And if poo ever hits the fan, they’ll be better prepared to cope.