Where did you get the starter? Do you use a stone? A mister?
@The_Myth I made my own starter! Cooked the loafs in a cast iron combo cooker.
I have read a few different recipes and formulas and have ended up just trying my own thing.
The first batch was a 72% hydration, 50/50 AP and Wheat flour mix. 2% salt. I create the levain the night before, autolyse the flour and water in the am, combined it all plus the salt and performed 4 sets of stretch and folds ever 30 mins, then allowed to bulk ferment for 4 hours in my oven (light on only). Pre shaped, bench rested 30 mins, final shape and final ferment for another 2 hours in the oven. It was a 1 day bake.
The second batch I took slower. 80% hydration, 80% AP and 20% wheat flours 2% salt. I made the levain the night before, autolyse in the am,bulk ferment for 8 hours (while at work), pre shape, bench rest, final shape and final ferment over night in the fridge. Bake in the next AM.
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2/12 45 mins cardio.
how complicated is making your own bread? What about sourdough or eziekeil bread? something ive always been semi intrested in doing but never got round to actualy doing or researching . . .
@tj55 honestly it’s not very complicated at all. It’s mostly just time consuming with a bit of a learning curve (how to tell when the dough has risen enough but not too much, how to shape the bread etc)
I am currently making sourdough bread only. I haven’t played with any other types.
The hardest part of sourdough is maintaining your starter. The starter is a mix of flour and water that you consistently feed by removing some and adding new flour and water to grow natural yeast. Takes just a few mins a day to maintain but you gotta take care of it in order to make sourdough bread.
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thankyou for the info!
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Happy to help. If you are interested I recommend picking the a book called flour water salt yeast and reading through a blog called the perfect loaf. Its a good place to start
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2/14
So… Valentine’s day plans has skewed this weekend lol. Yesterday I went dress shopping. Tonight I prime and prep for a very nice dinner at Mizuna. It’s a 6 course meal with optional wine pairings. I shall lift… Tomorrow!
2/15 had my little bro with me today. He tried to match me. He is 6’1 and 145 lbs lol
Squats 115 5x3+ last set 12 (he did 8)
Bench press 65 6x10+ last set 25. ( This was as many sets as possible he hit 5 so I did amrp on one more set.)
Ss DB row 6x10 45 lbs (he dropped to 35 and 5 reps)
Cable face pull as tricep push down 50 lbs 25x2 he used 40 then 30 and did 50 reps in 4 sets.
Today was fun. Lil bro calls me a beast
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2/16 still had lil bro with me.
Deadlifts 185 5x3+ last set 12 reps
Ohp 5x10 SS lat pull down 5x10 70 lbs
Lil bro did 185 for 2 reps. I made him drop the weight. He followed up with 135 for 3x5 with last set at 8.
He matched my ohp and dropped the weight on lat pull downs to 55 lbs.
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2/18
Squat 5x3+ 125 last set 8
Bench 5x10 70 ss
Seated cable row 5x10 85
Cable face pull as tricep push downs 2x25 50 lbs
2/19
Ohp 5x3+ 65 last set 8
Deadlift 5x10 135
Pull ups 3,2,2,1,1
Lat pull downs 5x10 85
Shoulder raises front,side and rear giant set 3x10 10lbs
Curls 3x10 12.5
2/20
Squats
45x5
65x5
75x5
85x5
100x3
115x3
130x1
145x1
95 10x5
Bench
45x5
55x5
65x5
70x5
80x5
90x5
Seated cable rows 3x10 85
2/23
Ohp
45x5
55x5
65x3
75x1
85x1
55 5x10
Deadlift
135 3x5
145x5
170x5
190x5
Lat pull down 3x10 100
2/24 triceps were sore all day.
Squat
45x5
65x5
85x5
100x5
115x5
125x5
130x5
Bench
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x3
85x3
95x1
105x1
115x1
125x1
130x1!! New PR
135x1… Kind of. I had it but… My spotter didn’t let me finish grinding. He tapped it past my sticking point before it started to fall. Will try again next week.
Bench 70 5x10 ss row 100 5x10
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2/26
Ohp
45 2x5
50 x5
55x5
65x5
70x5
Deadlift
135 3x5
160x3
180x3
205x1
225x1
145 10x5 ss lat pull down 4x mrs (3x10, 1x5 100) then ss lat front side and rear raises 2x10,2x5 10 lbs and ez bar curls 2x10, 2x5 20 total lbs
Decline sit ups 3x20
Alright alright alright. I been doing my own blend of 531 and gzcl for a little bit. R/weightroom is holding a program party. A pretty large groom of people will be running average to savage 2.0. i had attempted to start this program and for what ever reason stopped.
I am gonna try again. Hopefully… Doing along side this group will help keep me accountable. Starts March 1st. Today I test 3 rep maxes and tomorrow I rest before jumping in.
Edit. So… Ankle hurt yesterday. Opted to rest instead of test. Calculated an estimated 3 rep max for the spreadsheet. Will likely start today
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ATS2.0 W1D1
I am running the 5 day variant
Main work:
Squats
Worked up to 145x1 ™
100lbs 7x5
Push Press
Worked up to 85x1 ™
50lbs 7x7
Pull ups
2,2,2,2,1,1,1 this was better than i thought i was gonna be able to do. Held last reps for a slow decent.
Optional accessories:
Lat front, side and rear raises
10 lbs 3x5 ea
Ss bicep curls
10 lbs 3x10
Seated calf raises
45 lbs total 3x20
Lat pull down
2x10 85 lbs
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3/1/20
ATS2.0 W1D2
Main work:
Bench
Worked up to 115x1 tm
80 lbs 7x5
Front squat
45 lbs 7x7 kep this light due to ankle issues
Inverted rows 3x10
Optional accessories
Hyper extentions 3x15 with 10 second hold on last one.
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3/3 ATS 2.0
W1D3
Main work:
Deadlift
Worked up to 225x1
160 7x5
Incline bench
Worked up to 95x1
55 7x7
Pull ups
3,2,2,2,2,1
Optional accessories
Seated calf raises 75 lbs 3x20
Lat front,side, and rear raises 10 lbs 3x6 ss curls 10 lbs 3x11