Demigod before 35 (Aldebaran)

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Thank you! What I like about this program is that it is making me tougher. I’m way less afraid/emotional of heavy bars. For sure though this 150 Zercher looked a bit frightening but when I did it, of course 135 felt way less of a challenge. My mental is more focused.

11/03 - Dynamic Upper

A1. Weighted Pull-ups 4 x 3 with 20 kgs

A2. Reactive Banded Rows 4 x 5

A3. Med Ball Slam 4 x 5

A4. Banded Pull-ups

B. Dips 1 x 50 AFAP

C. Wall Ball Shots 5 x 10 with 20’’ rest

D. Rower ergometer 1 x 750m, 1 x 500m

I don’t know if coaches already tried it but I decided to try it. The bulk of the program uses French Contrast instead of the traditional 6-12 x 2 with 1’ rest for the dynamic day. I love French Contrast and I never got much out of regular speed work. This is also more in line with my goal of being overall more athletic. It’s rotating as well each week. One week lower is horizontal plane/hinge, one is vertical/squat pattern (the opposite of the max effort day).

Anyway today some back French Contrast for a change. The French Lifesaving Team coach was in love with my program and uses the bulk of it for his youth athletes right now, so we did some back explosive work, which is really good for them. Power endurance is a blessing in this sport, they already love doing their contrast training.

Anyway, here it is, first set felt a bit weird (ball wasn’t heavy enough) but the subsequent felt really great! Also my back is shredded WTFFFF

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My mate and I were shocked when we saw the pics ahahah. We can see some fat in the lower back/ love handles but in a few week I think I’ll actually look amazing and will do some great photoshoots.

Cardio is not so bad, the wall-balls were easy AF, the rower quite good but I didn’t kill myself (around 1:45/500m pace)

Today everything is sore but especially my QUADS are killing me so I’m very happy because this is one of my bodyparts who is the least sore. Called my mate because I thought it was because of alcohol (drank yesterday) but no he’s crippled as well ahah

Yesterday went to my brother’s, we were with my friends, and one of them is actually becoming a DAD! This came as a shock for us ahah the first of friend who becomes one! We were so happy, and at the same time I felt envy in my head because I’m still living at my mom’s, with 0 money and no girl. Really looking forward to having my degree and quitting this damn MacDonald’s!

Nedless to say we got drunk, but for real, once again I can’t hold my alcohol! I was dying on the couch at 11PM and felt asleep quickly after. Today is a chore, even did a 2 hours nap, no work done either, and combined with the DOMS we are postponing the session to tomorrow

So yeah that was the last time. It’s ruining my days, I eat countless garbage, don’t recover enough, don’t work… I have to get shredded for my shoots and my business and work more! FFS I have to stop wasting time I’m 30 and it’s already march

Got my first paycheck as a coach yesterday though and it felt so great

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Congrats! Maybe I missed it, but what was the coaching session like?

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Nothing in person, it was writing a plan for a Street Workout athlete who has a competition in July to add training to improve mobility and stability

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Got it. It’s almost like I forgot COVID existed when I asked that.

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Pull the fuxking finger out Shreddy Mercury!!!

If you’re not out of there by 35 then you’re there for life :tired_face:

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Yeah I know mate, really eager to, my brother even proposed to live with him right now, but I can wait a few more months. Right now I just don’t have the money to live on my own. I earn 850€ from Maccies and the loans for the car, the school, the insurances and all cost me 400€. You add gas for the car, paying the gym, the food etc… A tiny flat here (20m²) is at least 450€

Can’t wait to have to have my degree, really coach, making some money and start my new life I’m telling you

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Why not take your brother up on the offer?

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Right now it would be just more of a hassle and less € just for what? Not much. I prefer have more money for a few months

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If he’s not out by 35 I’m flying over myself and doing a high risk extraction

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Rofl got me legit laughing! Yeah I’ve been waiting for a while, but right now finishing my degree, paying for the school, writing articles, doing the website, starting my business etc if my priority then I’ll leave this place

13/03 - Dynamic Lower

A1. Trap-Bar Deadlift 4 x 3 with 160 kgs

A2. Broad Jump 4 x 3

A3. Snatch-Grip Jump 4 x 5

A4. Sprint

B. Band-Resisted Sprint 4 x 10m

C. EZ Bar Curls 21’s 2 x 3 kgs

Quick session before work, felt nice, really loving these dynamic days…

The band-resisted sprints felt great and were a really cool sprinting drill! I have to improve it because of my crooked legs and all, sometimes I run with “duck feet” ahah

Little curls afterward to reward the boys but one was too tired to even do them lolol

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Fair enough.

I’ve always learned a lot about changing my living arrangements, even if the changes haven’t always made sense financially. It increases the odds of being exposed to new and different perspectives and experiences, and has also served to teach me more about myself. The way what’s outside changes expands the mind, but the way one reacts to the changes also serves to do the same.

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Back looks freaky!

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Are you always training without shirts now? X) I worry some of thepeople frequenting this log will froth at the mouths so much they become dehydrated.

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Indeed, indeed. I’m really eager to. It’s not that it wouldn’t make sense financially, it’s just that I can’t do it right now plain and simple ahahah. I have like 100€ in savings.

I might have hanged with too many crossfiters lol…

Some friends repproched it to me recently, “I’m doing too much”. When i was fat, close people would call me a fat fuck, now some of them just say that I’m a show off :man_shrugging:

Like I said, it’s for IG. I’m not advertising or anything, not a coach yet, but I got 3 contacts in the lasts few days… Before people can appreciate me for my coaching qualities and my wits, they appreciate my body… That’s how the world works nowadays. Hence why I’ll be doing shootings and all

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You have a head start if you look great but trust me, real expertise will eventually shine through and set you apart. I’ve never looked particularely great in a sense that a client would look at me and go “yeah that’s how I want to look too!” (Unless they’re a football player or something) but in every facility I’ve worked as a coach, I eventually set myself apart and had every coach who was serious about their abilities come to me for advice and clients would hear about what I had to offer, so I didn’t need to worry about that. Resulsts + word of mouth is still the way to go. The most fun is coaching high profile athletes. They are serious about resulsts and eager to learn. Contrary to common believe those guys are a lot easier to coach than common folk as long as they see results.

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Yes I agree with you on all these points. But

I don’t work in a facility, and who knows when they’ll open?

I still haven’t done any internship, and I was talking with my mate who’s the gym owner, and he said it’s an handicap (because I can tell I coached whatever all I knwo, this doesn’t hold much in here), they want to hire people 100% funcitonal/independant

To have results and word of mouth, I need clients —> for now I get clients with my looks. I can’t do it the other way. The people I coached, well I didn’t take any pictures or whatever at the time and even if they vouch for me, that’s not enough to make a living right now.

Getting myself a bit known in the athletic scene but it’s very nepotic

And indeed I really want to train athletes, this is so much fun, hence why I’m doing S&C studies at my school hopefully next year

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Yeah I get that. Building up a personal trainer business is a hard task and it usually is much easier generating clients in an already established facility first to then take with you.

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15/03 - ME upper

A. Banded Bench Press 1 x 94kgs, 2 x 84 kgs

B1. HBT Incline Bench 4 x 8 with 60 kgs (20 hanging)

B2. Wide Neutral Grip Lats Pulldown 4 x 8 with 70 kgs

B3. Kettlebell Halo 4 x 12 with 20 kgs

C1. Machine Dips 4 x 8 with 100 kgs

C2. Seal Rows 4 x 10 with 26 kgs DBs

C3. Weighted Sit-ups 4 x 10

First time doing banded bench and oh boy!!! So tough. The bands are supposed to be 15 kgs but perhaps because they were folded in 2, they felt much harder. Because my max was 94 + 30 kgs but it was much harder than my 120 kgs regular bench. Also exposes weaknesses, as my max was lower than my partner’s who has the same regular bench as me (but perhaps it was because of my right pec who hasn’t recovered yet, it was probably a micro-tear…)

Tough on the triceps, and really great stuff. Then nothing much to say, regular, tough session

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Using the goon light for some picture, don’t look too bad! Yesterday was my first day where I resisted McDonalds…(still ate some shit at home but it’s less caloric, more micro nutrient dense and still a victory to me!) let’s keep going! I will be moving more this week

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Hahah, you fucker. Say it like it is: You look good

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Would that not double the resistance?

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