Nice setup!
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This is rad dude.
Thanks. Also, I’ve been noticing a lot of people have dropped off the radar (only been here a couple years, but that’s obviously a pretty common occurrence) and I like the fact that people here will check on the well-being of others whose logs drop off the map, so I genuinely appreciate the check-in, and I genuinely appreciate all the support I’ve gotten while lifting unimpressive weights.
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Regardless of the weights lifted, your work ethic is inspiring. I’m also entertained by your posts both here and in other threads so you have to keep it up.
It’s too bad that some people disappear altogether when their training stops or they hit a rough patch.
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That’s awesome mate! Top stuff!
Home set up looking good mate. Glad to see you are still putting the work in.
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Amazing that you can build a squat stand and a bench, I couldn’t do that, I have to pay for everything.
Really dig it.
I’ve heard that the deep waters are calling your name Flap. Must obey the lifting gods.
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I think @T3hPwnisher would be ok with this new nickname
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Always a treat to get a @flappinit reply
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For sure! And I agree - it’s cool when folks check in. We’ve got a good little internet weight/ cinderblock lifting community.
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Dude, that’s bad-assed. I don’t wanna do something like this because as soon as I do my gym is gonna open up, I know it…
Inspiring!
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Crazy talk. This is one of the more impressive logs around here, and that’s before we even get to the food.
Thinking of buying you a plane ticket so you can come over here and build me a setup like yours.
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If you guys don’t stop flattering me and gassing my head up, I’m going to write my own beginner program that looks suspiciously like the most popular percentage-based strength progression plan in the world.
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Just be sure to include recipes.
By the way - a special “fuck you” to the few different people who came in here saying the two words I’ve dreaded most since I read an e-book a couple years ago:
Deep Water: Beginner Program Week 1, Day 1
Less-conservative E1RM’s:
Dead: 345
Squat: 250
Bench: 240
Strict Press: 150
Push Press: 155
Power Clean: dunno, will adjust based on how much suck I can handle
Won’t really be able to do incline press - don’t trust my homemade bench to be elevated without the simpson ties bending, so I’ll be doing feet-elevated pushups on the pushup handles. It’s just 3 sets per week, and I can take those 3 sets to failure before doing my regular pushups for 3 sets to failure. Given the circumstances, I think making just one adjustment to the program to potentially save my life is acceptable.
Deadlifts
185 3x10
Squats
135 10x10
Lunges
65 3x10 lol, put 95 on the bar and went to do one and was like nerp, racked it and did the smart thing - I’ve fucked my hips up from BB lunges before.
Superset 3 sets of 20 supermans (BW back extensions lying on the ground and lifting legs and torso off the ground) and 20 full range sit-ups. I was like “oh, this will be easy without the planks”, and then halfway through the second set of sit-ups, stomach cramp came on so fast I forgot to get into the seal stretch, lay down and my abs were squirming like an alien was about to pop out of my stomach. Finally rolled over and stretched them out and finished. Took a while, had to entertain both my kids during it, and did my squats in my completely rain-soaked backyard on a piece of wet plywood. Took a video of the 10th set. Looked strong. Felt sucky.
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Noooooo! Dislike!
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who experiences this with old fashioned sit ups.
Don’t you do clean pulls in Beginner to prep for cleans with the intermediate program?
Oh man this log, haha.
Those post squat lunges are no joke. Good on you getting after it dude.
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Haha, I seriously read over and considered the John Meadows program right before this, but fuckin @mortdk and @T3hPwnisher and @kdjohn basically called me out, plus after learning to eat like I did with BTM, it seems a shame to waste this opportunity to push myself.
Also, Deep Water is amazingly simple and perfect for a home gym. All sorts of adjustments to be made with the Meadows one. Down to do that later this year though, when gyms reopen.
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I felt kind of nauseous after them. I honestly feel pretty good right now though (until tomorrow), and tonight was supposed to be steak asparagus and potatoes, but I’m just going to up my steak portion and drop the taters. Really going to make a push to not do carbs, which SUCKS because they’re literally my favorite thing in the world. Would give up all candy for the rest of my life if I could eat bread and mashed potatoes. But I do love meat and greens enough to see what an effect it can have.
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