Just made a couple of fried eggs with beef, inspiring log.
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I added fried eggs to my burritos yesterday as well. In times like these, we need solidarity.
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On the other hand…just imagine all the cows and chickens that had to make the ultimate sacrifice to make this log a reality.
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Got my 6 eggs down after my workout, cooked my beef and FORGOT IT AT HOME. Will do my best to make it up tonight, may just have to do a surplus tomorrow.
Deadlifts
175x5
205x5
235 3x5
Bench
125x5
145x5
165 5x5 my TM is too low, lol. Fortunately week 3 is for adjusting. It’s too low on deadlifts too. But hey - starting too light ain’t bad.
Had to MURDER assistance to make up.
DB rows 90s 5x20 each arm some body English last 2 sets
100 curls with 55 lbs rest-pause.
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Those rows sound sick, bro. Noice.
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I’ve been having egg and cheese toasted sandwiches
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K. Gym is closed, glad I got in today.
Bought this just now:
Reviews are all stellar. Should do the trick.
Have my eye on a couple squat stands as well, but right now the goal is to find weights ASAP. Guy at work said he might know someone who has some lying around. Craigslist/Facebook marketplace and sports stores are my options, going to hit the stores tomorrow AM before nonessential businesses close.
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Bar gets here between next Tuesday and Thursday. Considering I’ll be not lifting til then and only doing conditioning, I’m going to narrow the diet back down to just the beef, eggs, and veggies. No more bread, no more potatoes, no pasta - pretty much just low-carb, lotsa protein and fat. Tonight I’m just about to cook up my 1.5 lbs of beef. Today was such a clusterfuck after me forgetting my food, I ate a bag of mixed nuts out of the vending machine all day and kind of got past the initial hunger - I wish I could slam 6 eggs and 1.5 lbs of beef at 11 PM without feeling seriously ill, but I’m just going to eat a few extra eggs tomorrow on top of my dozen, and I’ll be fine. Life happens, especially with 2 toddlers and during a pandemic. The important thing is, a couple lost eggs out of the 504 total eggs that the program prescribes isn’t a big deal, and I’m not giving up on the program. Hell, I could eat 2 extra eggs for the next 3 days and make up for it. I think @T3hPwnisher’s Husky story kind of got to me - not even for a personal pride thing, which was the initial reaction, but for all the people who come on here and just claim they can’t do something. If I can get down my 1.5 lbs of beef and 12 eggs a day (legally, assuming food isn’t rationed), order workout equipment and throw together a home gym in the backyard of a townhome that doesn’t have a basement, and finish this program, it’ll be a genuine lesson for some of these people. It’s also like something is testing me - I know this is a serious issue that has nothing to do with me lifting - but the timing of it is crazy, and I have every reason in the world to say fuck it, do bodyweight and light dumbbell stuff, spend no money, eat much less food, and ride out the quarantine, but I all I want to do is say FUCK YOU and finish this shit, even if it’s on a delayed schedule.
Tomorrow, since I don’t have a pullup bar yet, I’m going to do a modified cindy with 5 burpees, 10 pushups and 15 air squats for 20 minutes. Sounds much worse than the original cindy 
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I made my first squat stand with buckets of concrete with 2x4’s stuck in them…handled probably 200-250 lbs, in case you want to go the DIY route. No clue what squat stands run for so I’m not sure if it’s much cheaper.
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Dude! I REALLY appreciate this. Super simple and cost effective. Hitting up Lowes tomorrow.
Pretty sure with some tweaks those could handle more than 250 lbs. May need a modified base.
Oh I absolutely think it could handle more than 250, that’s just all I ever had on it.
Once it’s up there, it’s definitely not going to cause the beam to just collapse or anything, just make sure you don’t tip the bucket over as you’re racking it.
Post pics if you go through with it. You could also make it low enough to bench with I think.
The picture you posted has 2 levels - one for squat and one for bench. I’ll do the same, the squat one being used for OHP as well obviously.
Oh yeah, haha, didn’t notice that.
Man this takes me back though. My Sears barbell set that my neighbor gave me for $10 and then the stand. Lots of presses and curls. Slightly better than the typical bench and curl bro but not much.
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I made a sandbag today with 60lb worth of sand, some heavy-duty garbage bags, and a duffel bag that I had lying around.
The duffel bag is too big and the sand shifts around too much because I had it portioned into three different garbage bags, but otherwise it is great.
I love it. I hope to get some usage out of it soon. If I get used to it then I plan on getting more sand.
Said 60lb of sand cost about 3 USD at Home Depot. The duffel bag is admittedly expensive, but the entire thing is still cheaper than a barbell + weights and is much easier to store.
See, now I feel all bodyweight shamed.
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Dude a set of these can open up alot of exercises and also add banded resistance to presses to up the weight of any dumbells you buy. They all clip and link together for varied resistance.
They have an anchor you can shut in a door so can do stuff like tricep push downs and straight arm pull overs, face pulls.
They are a great addition for little cash.
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Hey flap - you CAN make your own weights and save a fuckload of money - but it’s a little time consuming. I made 320 lbs for my calf machine for 20 dam bucks. Pics etc are in my training log
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Kids wanted to do a workout with me, so I’ll hold off the modified cindy until tomorrow.
Today: Tabata workouts: 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest
Pushups x8 rounds
Crunches x8 rounds
Flutter kicks x8 rounds
Air Squats x8 rounds
Jumping Jacks x8 rounds
KB Swings with the 50# KB x8 rounds
30 minutes. Sweating balls. Time to eat.
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