Be good to see how it goes. And yeah: perfect program for a limited gym.
Long enough without carbs and you forget about it. Especially when you are eating meat like it’s your job, haha.
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That’s going to be the plan. Any time I crave carbs, eat meat. I balloon up on carbs, plus Jon’s diet explanation is way more strict than Jim was about his diet, especially since his sample diet included french fries and double cheeseburgers, lol.
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I’ll be here for this. Running two of my favorite programs back-to-back I gotta show some support.
The ab portion of the program is deceptively hard. Especially during the 2 minute rest weeks. Good luck man, you’re gonna kill it.
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Yeah, you’re right - was just referring to this section of the book:
"BEGINNER DEEP WATER PROGRAM
Anybody interested in engaging in a serious Deep Water program should establish a 1-repmax in thefollowing exercises
• Squat
• Deadlift
• Push press
• Strict standing press
• Power clean
• Bench press
• Incline press
• Narrow-grip bench press
And I have no idea what I can power clean, but I guess I’ll find out by doing the clean pulls.
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Good luck man. It’s definitely built for a home gym. I shall follow along
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After reading your log, I really feel like a pussy now:joy:
Keep up the good work! 
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I never had established 1RMs when I ran it and won’t when I plan to run it again. I went slightly lower than what something I could do for 10 was. Some lifts were easy and I wanted them to be harder so I bumped up the weight. You can run most of this off of feel, but definitely start lighter than heavier.
I think the real magic of the program comes from the later weeks. The beginner is definitely built to build tolerance and threshold, whereas the later weeks are for pushing until your eyes bleed.
I also wanted to add that I saw a video of Jon’s not long ago where he was answering questions and someone asked what to do after the beginner program. He just said “do it again, then do it again, then do it again and move on to the next part when you want.”
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Definitely in for this log again.
Anna, you aren’t a pussy.
Or a slacker.
Today, for example, you did the kettlebell swings.
Plus 200 pushups.
Plus 40 goblet squats.
Plus 400 air squats.
I’m just doing what’s written down. I hate responding to your kindness in a rude manner, but I can’t even count how many people have taken the time to come onto your log and told you to tone it down, so when you post the most insane workout I’ve ever seen in your log and then call yourself a slacker in the same for not doing more, I honestly feel a little bit insulted.
Gotta say it again - you’re a hard worker. But you don’t give two shits about recovery or nutrition, and if my log motivates you to do that workout but not eat two cheeseburgers and chase them down with a half dozen eggs, then you’re not reading my log correctly.
Sorry again, I retyped this post a few times and thought of deleting it and not saying anything, but I figured this can kind of be my final statement on the matter - I’ve said this ad nauseum, and if you choose not to listen to it, or to any of the other people helping you, then I’ll consider my opinion irrelevant from here on out.
Anyways, I do promise this’ll be the last time I say anything on the subject, because I know you hear about it a lot.
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Just had this for dinner. Steak with peppercorn sauce and asparagus.
Got this (wife’s leftover steak and rest of the asparagus) for later
And will have another protein shake (had a 60g shake plus peanut butter PWO) before bed, sans peanut butter, just protein and water.
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That post about Anna was so spot on I couldn’t just like it w/o an actual sentence.
Damn, that steak picture just made my stomach growl.
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It was so fuckin tender, dude. Went to the store for strip steaks and they were out, but there were two beautiful ribeyes sitting there for a really nice price, super high quality too. Rendered the fuck out of the fat after searing it ~3 minutes a side and it just fell apart when I cut it. Already getting excited to eat it again.
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The sear and the level of doneness is totally on point!
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I’m very sorry, I’ll refrain from commenting going forward
That’s what’s so admirable about you. I did what I did because I found the original too mentally hard
Also, Your grilling skills are spot on!!!
Jon is good with PB fit powder, if you miss peanut butter.
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I didn’t know he was against PB - the book says “Make no mistake, you will eat some unintentional carbohydrates. Mostly in the form of protein shakes, avocado, nuts, and nut butter”, the list of deep water-friendly foods includes peanut butter, and the sample diet has peanut butter in the PWO shake. Had some earlier in my PWO shake, but if I missed elsewhere where he’s against it, I doubt I’d even notice it if I switched to PB fit in a shake, which is pretty much the only time I eat it.
Nah, he’s not against it at all: I just saw what you wrote and thought you were going a real strict route with it. Just another avenue of approach I figure you’d be interested in.
If nothing else, I also found it a good way to add calories to stuff. I’d mix it with cottage cheese and avocados in the evening.
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Ohhhhh, okay - was confused there for a second.
I’d stick up my nose at the cottage cheese/pb/avocado combo except I have eaten cottage cheese with all sorts of weird stuff and it is always good, haha.
It was honestly pretty awful, haha. But a good chunk of calories, protein and fat.
Woah. Didn’t think you were gonna jump the gun this soon. Thought you were gonna give 5/3/1 a few more cycles before doing this. Pretty soon, you’ll be posting pics of Jon Andersen as your reply too lol!