It reminds me of that scene in Goodfellas where Tuddy is mad that Henry helps that one dude.
“You wasted 8 f-in’ reps on this guy!”
“We gotta toughen this kid up.”
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Lol nice, I had a split second thought to say “hang on” and bang out like two more reps, but he was already stapled for like 4-5 seconds before I realized.
When you said “destroy everything” i imagined you meant like everything but you. Now I’m not sure if you’re the one that got it wrong, or if I am 
Are you getting surgery/did you get surgery for it?
Going pretty well tbh, refocusing priorities on the gym (not like they really shifted away from this). Now if only i could convince myself to eat properly lol.
Glad to see you posting, I’ll try to follow along (I’m admittedly bad at this).
It’s cool bro no worries.
I actually just named my log this after a song that gets me hyped to crush a top set. “Destroy everything” by Hatebreed. I listen to basically two playlists. One has metal and one has basically EDM/hip hop with good beats and minimal lyrics.
ACL is good now blew that out at about 18 years old in wrestling, skateboarding. So that was 21 years ago. Only thing is my knee gets swollen if I run or don’t watch technique on lunges or lateral stuff. Hip has been a bit buggy lately if I sit too much or don’t warm up enough on squats. Probly related to previous knee injury.
In regards to eating properly, everybody has to figure out what works for them but a little trick I’ve been doing lately is cooking about 3 Ny strips in my ninja foodi on sous vid. Then I just pan sear them for about 5-6 mins when I want to eat. I do this with other dinners too like chicken leg quarters. I’ll bake like 3 dinners worth one night, then just air fry them for the next two nights to reheat. Helps me not eat crap because I’ve already cooked this food so I have to eat it.
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7-22
Main
Bench
205x5
235x5
265x3 maybe could get one more here but would have been a struggle
Sup
Bench
205
10,10,9,9,9 rest 15s, 3
Both press days tm are a touch high but this is the hardest day so I’m rolling with it.
SS w/ underhand grip bb rows
135x21,18,12
Go to work
Played golf 18 holes
Daily work and some Abs
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Yates Row… Favorite pull movement by far
7-23
Little conditioning after work
ABC’ s
5:00 got 14 with 24kgs
Daily work
Messed with some weights
Quick set of OHP PP 10
Bench 10
Front squat 10
Back squat 10
Assault bike Tabattas 10 work/20 rest
8 rounds 4:00 mins total
Tweaked back a little and squats felt shitty
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Yeah there Ight, I bought a handle for T-bar rows that’s basically like an underhand ez bar grip feel I like that one too
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Here’s a link for some row variations from Brian Alsruhe.
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Good to see those ABCs! If you’re doing front squat, back squat and press for daily work, any thoughts into running a bear complex?
I consider that my mobility work. If I didn’t do daily ABCs, I could easily see that filling a daily role. Just gets everything moving in all sorts of ranges, especially if you use some slop and go Cluster into back squat thruster vs Clean-Front Squat-Press-back squat-press
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You know what, that may be the ticket for me. I remember you commenting on @boilerman ‘s log and completely forgot about that. I’ll give it a go. Been slacking on conditioning so a new shiny challenge might be the motivation I need.
For the record that stuff wasn’t my @daily work per se I just felt like getting some kind of weight lifting in there yesterday. My daily work as of late has been all body weight. But your monument is so insane it got me thinking, “hey I should do that too.” That’s about when I realized that it truly is a monumental undertaking, and I’m even more impressed with the weights your doing for that kind of volume and with such little rest.
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Lower back and hip felt like trash upon waking.
Drank coffee then did 2 rounds of agile 8 with daily work. Packed up a lot of my stuff in prep for moving back to NJ. Went and hit balls at the range to test back out felt ok so played 9.
Squats tomorrow!!
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7-25
Beefcake cycle 2
Main
Squats
135x5
135x10
185x5
225x5
260x5
295x5
Sup
Squat
225-5x10 11:00 mins
Assistance
Dips
22,18,11 (3) sets
Chins
10,10,8,5,5,6,6 (7) sets
Right hip and back have been shitty lately. So I did about 10 mins of yoga like stretching. That was fine so I gave golf swing speed training drills a shot that went well so it was off to the gym with a good sweat going started light and wore a belt for all sets but warmups. Little pain in the beginning so didn’t push my top set past 5 reps. The fsl squats felt pretty good actually 10 felt right so kept the intensity up with shorter rest periods. Started with one minute rest and was usually under the bar again 1:30 later or so.
Finished up with hitting the range and started out hitting the ball great. Kinda lost it a bit towards the end but still not terrible, hit way more balls then I planned to or should have. Swing is getting a lot better and I’m pleased with my progress. It’s always a fine line pushing the weight and my recovery affecting my golf game. I’m in a good place right now.
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8-26
Jobs coming to an end for me. I’ll be heading back to NJ on Friday. Going to be working for a different office starting 8-15. Taking a break from work as I’ve been grinding pretty hard for 1.5 years on a new construction power plant. Can’t wait to be home!!
Main
OHP
Barx10
65x10
85x5
110x5
125x5
140x5
Sup
OHP
110 5x10
First 2 sets all strict
Sets 3 and 4, 8 strict 2 PP
Set 5, 6 strict last 4 Push press, all leg drive on final rep
Row complex
145x5 pendlay, 5 bent row standing upright a little more, 5 deadlift row as a complex 3 times
145x8 pendlay to get past 50 reps
Assistance
Ab wheel
20,10,10,10 top ab started to cramp after set 2 while stretching but finished it out.
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Also I should note I’m trying to get my eggs and beef intake bumped up. Last week I was getting 6 eggs and about 1 lb of beef. This week bumped it to 8 eggs and 1.25 beef. Various steaks and ground beef.
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7-27
Did 20 mins of yoga for stiff hips/back.
Golf over speed swings. Hit balls at range for a while.
Deads tomorrow!!
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7-28
Was able to leave work at 11. Finished packing and loaded my truck as fast as I could and drove 8hrs to NJ. Got in about 9pm and unloaded the bed, set up TV and speakers. Had dinner and spent time with my gf.
Deads are moved to Friday.
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7-29
Rejoined anytime fitness.
Main
Deadlift
135x10
225x5
290x5
335x5
385x5
Sup
Deadlift
290-5x10 12:30
Assistance
Dips 25,18,10
Face pulls 40x20,30,30,20
Supplemental deads were hard but manageable
With a stiff back I’m happy as hell to get this in today without much issue. Grip felt hard on forearms after warmups but I used straps after so wasn’t too bad.
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7-30
Played 18 holes of golf.
Went to aunt and uncles pool for the day and had nieces and nephews climbing on me all day and trying to rip my head off of my shoulders in the pool but neck is too strong lol.
Gym at 9pm at night.
Main
Bench
Barx20
135x5
165x5
195x5
225x5
255x4 maybe could have got one more but decided to save it for the volume
Sup
Bench
195x10,10,10,10,8-rest 15s, 2
Assistance
Dumbbell rows face down on low incline
45lb dumbbells controlled reps squeeze at top
Ab wheel 15,10,10,10,10
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8-1
Main
Squat
Barx10
135x10
185x5
210x5
245x5
275x8
Sup
Squat
210-5x10 10:00 mins
Assistance
Dips
BW+20
17,12,11,10 (4 sets)
Chins
11,10,8,8,8,5 (6 sets) alternate between wide overhand and closer grip underhand
Hit 50 Bw dips in 3 sets last 2 times so added 20 lbs, managed to get the chins in 6 sets while 7 has been the norm, so I’m improving on these. That’s good because building the monolith has like double the volume in one workout. I’m planning to start at the low end of the 100-200 dips and increase by 15 or so reps and progress it that way.
Also played 18 holes of golf in drizzle and drove 3 hours.
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