I’m probably gonna cook up a thin patty with that .25lbs of meat I have and eat it on the side, possibly with more of that harissa seasoning - would go super well with that dish, I think. Like the grilled salmon though, cool idea.
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I also think it’s because you and Mark also spend plenty of time interacting in OTHER people’s logs. Some people complain that nobody traffics their logs while never giving a shit about what anybody else is doing and expecting everyone else to care about what they’re doing. Give to get kinda thing.
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Agree flap - ya only get out what ya put in
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Bingo. If I pop into the site and have no notifications then it’s usually because I’ve been absent. If I post stuff in various locations then I’ll have 10 notifications. Funny how that works.
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You’ve got a point there. I try to interact with the people I consider my friends on here, even if it’s only to like a post if I have nothing interesting to say.
I think @JMaier31and you and I get traffic because, as pointed out, we don’t just post training but thoughts and ideas around it. We discuss things.
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I think the “extra” stuff (non training) actually shows our personality and character. The training stuff is like bullet points. It can be boring. But the life stuff - the thoughts about training and the real stuff with which we’re dealing shows that we’re human.
It’s easy to say “do this and you’ll achieve that”. But when we share that we’re trying to do this to achieve that, but also dealing with other stuff, it gives a more realistic view of progress (and the slow pace at which it happens).
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The ‘do this to achieve that’ part is very accurate. Getting better at this, unlike some other pursuits, requires a degree of effort in almost every aspect of life. Simply listing the training part is much less useful without talking about everything else surrounding it.
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@Voxel holy shit dude. That was a great dish. 2 Anaheim peppers and a big habanero made that a spicy dish! The eggs were so creamy and amazing, the yolks looked unreal. That is a STAPLE from now on.
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I’m glad you liked it! The times I’ve been happiest with the outcome is when I’ve managed to make a really thick sauce where its possible to momentarily make a shallow bowl shape using the back of a big spoon and crack the egg into the void. Now, experiment away and make it your own!
That is a delicious looking meal Flat.
I just googled it, there’s lots of recipes on the web.
I’ll have a go one day, I’m pretty sure.
Another thought on this occured to me today. I don’t know about you, but most of my training logs browsing is done by following the suggested links at the bottom of the logs I regularly follow. If someone doesn’t interact regularly, they won’t feature on those links and I’ll never see those logs.
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Yours looks a lot less cholesterol inducing than my version.
I’m horrible at thinking out loud with regards to life stuff. My thought process is too messy, and quick, before I’d be able to get a sentence down I’ve iterated over the thought too many times making the words I was about to put down outdated.
I’m perfectly capable of writing down the process in which I execute on work-items, or put into writing my thought-process when problem-solving. Or share my already established thoughts and views as part of a discussion. I am however thankful for everyone that visits my log, and engages with me there. I wish I was better at being attentive to the words that people leave behind, but usually my mind is already kind of made-up especially with regards to training so I fear I come across as disrespectful when people chime in.
The way reality plays out is, I’ll have fixated on doing something a certain way and then months later I’ll revisit what other people have left behind for me with regards to suggestions and the like.
But I am nevertheless grateful to be a part of this community.
In my teenage years, my girlfriend at the time was part of an online community that no longer exists. It’s origin story was that it was a forum dedicated to hair, specifically dreads if memory serves, but it became more of just an online space for people that were comfortable talking to one another about a lot of different topics. Then, and for years after (even though we had broken up), I’d sometimes think that it would be nice to find something akin to that for myself. Eventually I did. Here.
Granted, their commune was a little smaller than this one. They were all from the same country, and arranged meet-ups every now and again but I understand a few of you in the states have been able to do this from time to time.
TL;DR: Much love for y’all.
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I have FAILED!
Just kidding, but I woke up and realized I didn’t cook up the .25lbs of beef I was supposed to eat last night, so I cooked it up with the last of the shakshouka (only 1 egg after my wife demolished her serving), it was DELICIOUS with the crispy beef patty. Mmmmmm.
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I feel exactly like this too. People have offered me plenty of very smart advice over the years, and I’m sure many have left feeling like it’s been ignored.
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I imagine if you are forthcoming about it it won’t be a big deal. Most folks who comment on my log at this point have probably realized that, if I don’t explicitly ask for advice, I am most likely not going to follow it, Haha. Stubbornness can oftentimes be a necessary quality for physical change. It’s only when you keep begging for advice and then never follow it that people get peeved.
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But what if I ask for advice and you don’t give me the advice I want? What am I supposed to do then?
I think part of the issue is that very few of us just take peoples ideas and training styles and swallow them hook, line and sinker. More likely we add it into our training approach subtly and over time. Without too much smoke blowing, you’ve probably been one of the biggest influences on my training and yet my training looks nothing like yours because we’re very different people with very different backgrounds. There’s definitely been a big influence, but not a copy.
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To append to this, I tried following @T3hPwnisher’s hypertrophy plan but couldn’t see the first third through even. At least I realised before commiting to yet another program that… I shouldn’t commit to following programs.
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Most people see BtM and skip to the “training” days. They fail to read and repeat the article multiple times and understand it’s less of a 3-day-lifting program and more of a 6-day-training program. Building mass doesn’t mean you have to become sloppy and that’s what BtM does very well. It stays in my top 5 programs for that reason because it can truly build solid mass in a short amount of time. And if you superset things, it gets even more interesting.
The sooner people start realizing that 5/3/1 isn’t a program but a progression, the better.
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Week 2 day 1
Squats
145x5
170x5
190 5x5
OHP
95x5
105x5
115x5
95x22
100 pull-ups and dips, was crunched for time so just went back and forth on these til I was done, then 100 band pullaparts in one set and rushed to get the kids
Had 1 egg this morning, so PWO was 5 fried eggs with some shakshouka veggies while I cooked all my beef, and the beef looked so good I threw half a patty in after eating an egg and demolished it all.
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