The number 300 before the word squats blows my mind! WOW so awesome! Ugly High whatever… You stood that number up.
! MiM my back is feeling better, much better!! I hav eto be care though, still crossign fingers adn very thankful its going good thus far-- Thanks!
Hey Kristof!- Your workout partner is lucky to have you push him… And really smart since he like squats :)!
DEWIN THE DEW!! I am a lil sad however…i found out the new dew flaovr is that horrible supernova :{ have you tried it? its strawberry melon flavored mtn dew…DISGUTSING. how those flavors could be good together i have NO idea.
thanks Nadia!!
laugh I’ll pass along to him that you said that. Tomorrow is bench day, I’m already chuckling about the grumbling and pensive looks he’ll be giving the bar.
I have not tried the new Dew. In all honesty I’m usually a Dr. Pepper man when I do drink soda; the Dewing of the Dew was entirely in honor of your exploits. But! Now I’m curious about the new flavor and will have to give it a go. I’ll try to keep your ringing endorsement of it off my taste buds and let it have an honest shot. 
I don’t like any Dew but the original. But then again, I’ve also been banned from having Mountain Dew by fam because I used to get too hyper. I doubt that it’ll still have the same effects on me, but they’re not taking that chance =)
Kristof, that’s ok, dr pepper is one of the better soda choices…give dew another chance and it probably will win you over:)
no dew ! nikki! that is heartbreaking! Mtn dew doesn’t even have that much caffeine compared to other thigns these days…you should…sneak some
today
My version of clean and jerk is more like clean and push press.
c&j 89#x6x3 sets,99#x4x3 sets, 111#x2x2 sets, 121, 126, fail at 133.
back was getting tired, tried to bench but no go again.
Nice jerks/push presses!
Mountain Dew is caffeine free in Canada I think. Dr Pepper is my pop of choice <3
WHAT?!! caffenine free? that’s strange!
There are some strange laws around soda and caffeine here. I think only ‘dark’ cola like drinks are allowed to be caffeinated or something like that.
I love Irn Bru (a Scottish soft drink) but the version they import has no caffeine and it’s just not the same.
i’ve had iron bru! non caffeinated in canadia either?? what?
yeah! i forgot you Canadians have probably the same health and safety things they do in england. the dew you guys have is more like sprite
Sprite-like Dew just doesn’t seem very…extreme. 
I have to hold off eating for awhile yet for a research study (sigh, soooo hungry), but I’ll see if I can scare up one of these New Dews afterwards.
So we benched. His butt came off the bar the slightest bit on his last single, I told him it didn’t count. He started to get defensive, so I bodyweight squatted a fuzz high and asked him if he would count that as a rep for me squatting a single. He made a face, got on the bench, and crushed it.
Maybe you and Mr. B. Press should take a day or two away from each other. It’s still early in the relationship, don’t want to smother each other (yet). (I only say that because twice now instead of ‘hooray’ benching days you’ve had ‘meh’ benching days)
AH! you are tough! I tend to flaot my butt when i bench sometimes too… :{!!
A reaserch study? are you a lab rat for a study? interesting! I’m totally taking anyone’s advice that says to wait to bench again…with absolutely no resistance!
today
hmpf. not feeling it. sleep is all screwed up again-- my body decided on its own and went back to day schedule out of no where yesterday.
ended up staying up WELL past my normal bedtime until 9pm, them waking up at 10:30pm thinking it was later. so now screwed up, but gotta stay awake so i can fall asleep for tonights shift.
Bulgarians 100x10/leg x 2 sets
push press 95x10x3 sets, 105x7x2 sets
tricep extensions w db’s, some kettle ball stuff. that’s all.no umph today.
dew has caffine in it in Aussie / NZ - but the Canadian laws do kinda make sense to me (with respect to parents being perhaps better able to monitor caffine intake of their kids). what got me in the US was the corn syrup in the soda. sugar really does taste so much better. i’m in love with ginger beer. it is brewed like beer but not alchoholic. full of sugar, though.
i wish i had your press, brute.
strongman would be cool. heaps of fun. lots of hot guys. win.
If everyone is sounding off on soda choices, I’ll chime in on the Dr. Pepper vote. Or Cherry Dr. Pepper.
About sleep and shift work - I’m trying to adjust to sleeping more in general. I don’t need as much sleep as most people. Frequently get about 5 hours. No problem falling asleep, I just wake up super early and I’m wide awake and can’t get back to sleep. I’ve always liked that about myself, but now I’m wondering if it’s effecting my recovery and production of GH.
Brute, I just checked out the pics in your hub. You have an awesome build - athletic. The strongman stuff is amazing.
Dr Pepper is my favorite soft drink. Yum.
When I was a kid (well a younger kid) I used to say “Wow that’s spicy!”
Curse you and your push presses Brute.
Okay I don’t mean that.
But damn!
I ‘was’ a lab rat, my part is finished as of this morning. squeak of joy Four miles at a -12 degree incline is not awesome, if you ever wondered. Especially if you’re a fatty who doesn’t run (i.e. me). But it’s for SCIENCE!! so I do what I must.
The push presses are nice, the Bulgarians are what blew me away. Another jaw-dropping feat of strength, likely executed in either supercute stripes or some old school faded type outfit with cartoon characters having fun.
Sucks when your body starts setting its own alarms. I do night work on the weekends, the transition into the ‘normal’ week is awful. Hope you get to lounge and laze around before your next session.
Puff–thanks!! sleeps no joke! --and as a graveyard vampire like myself,it becomes quite an obsession. kinda like how old people become captivated with their BM’s. fellow vampires can talk with either other for days about this,because we usually are up for several days in a row …you run out of shit to do!
But if you feel refreshed after 5 hours, more power too you!! i love waking up on my own without an alarm and just being awake with out batting an alarm clock off. i think that’s way cool you got that:)!
me, when i was a day dweller…years ago…i’d sleep for the USA. Gold metal deep distance sleeper at the drop of a hat right here! now, I can only fall asleep in my own bed, in my own place. …sometime sonly a few hours a day. LIMITING! I can be totally exhausted, but can’t even pass out on the couch anymore–but put me behind the wheel and its anotherscary… story…! 
BOOOO!! it sucks not just being able to recharge my batteries unless i trek home. at least i have a home!
see how much i just wrote about it? and i edited it quite a bit!
Kristof! what kinda torture had you signed up for? I hope they paid you well! i do like Bulgarians, but they are tricky to balance. that’s the main limiting factor, some days i am lopsided as all hell.
Nikki! ha! my mom used to always tell us how they originally marketed dr pepper hot. like put it in the microwave and drink it --whatever! another soda fact is that dr pepper has raising/saltana flavor in it some place.raisins rule! i’m obsessed with sleep and soda.
today
warmup bw squats, bird dogs, glute activation etc
deadlifts bar x5,135x3,185, 225, 245x5x 3 sets,x4, 225x10, 235x7, 245, 265, wacky 80% of 275. whatever-- 225x5, 225x3
good mornings ss w/reverse alternating lunges 95x8/total not per leg x 4 sets, 115x8total not per leg x 2 sets
ghetto glute ham raises, misc fat man pullups
stretching and stuff
I also read that OH squats are good to end a workout with,so i did em.
95#x27-- love them so
95# x 27 OH squats. Pssh.
Great workout. Tomorrow I hit shoulders and I also made a pact in Deb’s log to squat everyday. Thus, OH squats might be on the menu tomorrow.
Brute is a vampire! I knew it! Awesome. Yes you do seem to love the OH squats! Good grief!
very nice deads you got there Brute
reminds me what I am striving for.