Press
105x5
125x5
145x5+ (9)
105x20
Incline press superset with close grip pulldowns, lateral raises, HLR’s all for 5x10
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@T3hPwnisher motivated me. Finished a 5 mile run with Alfie.
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Hell yeah dude: warrior breakfast! Looking forward to mine tomorrow.
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Yeah, some days eating just feels like going through the motions, but with steak and eggs around some form of activity - and this is probably just mental - it feels like you’re growing with each bite.
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this log is filled with training and food porn!
I am sooooo in!
great work, Flap~
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I absolutely understand what you mean. I felt that same feeling whenever I’d drink milk while running Super Squats. I could feel myself growing.
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Other day;
Deads
300x5
330x5
360x5+ (16)
300x20
Was feeling really beat up, so just hit iso plate rows and some pushups.
Today:
Have a negative covid test, so it’s not covid, but I’m fighting something off because standing up feels like a chore. Was sitting around listing reasons in my head to not workout and then just got up and decided to go. Tapped into some sort of hidden energy reserve.
Incline Bench
155x5
185x5
205x5
155x20
Incline dumbbells 75s 5x10 superset with wide grip pull-ups 5x10
Plate loaded machine preachers 2 plates 3x15 superset with tricep Extensions 3x20
Cable crossovers 3x15 superset with pushups 3xfailure
Straight arm lat pulldowns 3x10 superset with close grip pushups 3xfailure
Seated BB press 135 3x8 superset with chins 3xfailure
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Dadpower. Same energy that will let you carry a squirming kid all day around an amusement park or the zoo without your arms falling off before you get back home and collapse in an unmoving heap for 17 hours.
16 reps is awesome dude. Way to kill it.
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Our conversation in the other thread was a factor too - I was reading that guys stuff and having those thoughts about “can’t” and “won’t”, and got upset with myself, like “you’re trying to tell yourself YOU can’t, you fuckin hypocrite”, and just smashed it. I dunno if a psychologist would agree, but sometimes some self loathing is like jet fuel - just as long as it’s not a dependence.
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I’ve expressed the idea before that “willpower” is simply the manifestation of the cognitive dissonance between reality vs the ideal. The more disparate the difference between the two, the greater the willpower.
People that are satisfied with their situation WON’T have the willpower to change it. People GREATLY unsatisfied will have significant amounts of willpower. In such instances, self-loathing is ABSOLUTELY key for personal change.
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I would add that a lot of people think they’re self-loathing when they’re just self-pitying, and that’s why they don’t do anything about it.
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That’s an amazing observation! I love it. I may steal it for my blog.
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How crappy would you have to feel to call it quits
I’d appreciate it - I don’t think of building on an idea as stealing.
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Probably as crappy as you report feeling regularly. I know it’s tough for you right now so I’ll try not to pile on, but with your health issues, there is no feasible way for you to go from your present state to a ripped and muscular physique. It’s possible to get there, but you’re gonna have to go through a period where you genuinely do gain some pudge.
The shitty part is you have zero pudge and you already think you have lots of pudge, so when you DO get to the top of pudge mountain, you’re gonna have to work like hell not to go back down the way you came when you’re already over the summit.
Good news is, you can do it.
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Very little time for a workout today. Working from home remotely and it’s busy. Oldest son is getting the hang of riding his bike more and wanted me to run alongside him, so I got 2 miles running next to him and then ran to the gym to just hit my main and supplemental work. Or is it accessory? I mix them up sometimes. I think it’s supplemental - just the 5’s pro and BBB work this week.
180x5
200x5
230x5
180 5x10
Stomach was upset too, think I made my coffee too strong. Bracing with an upset stomach and untrustworthy farts is the epitome of livin’ on the edge. Danger zone, baby. Escaped with my boxers soaked with nothing but good ol’ sweat. Victory.
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Press day
115x5
130x5
145x5
115 5x10 superset with lat pulldowns 5x10
Incline DBs 75s 5x10 superset with cable rows 5x10
Leg Press 400 5x10
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Gotta thank you again for the blog inspiration this week dude. Hope you don’t mind, but I used the photos of your COVID gym. It just summed up your mentality so much that I felt like it needed sharing.
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What does this even mean?
Hey dude, I read the whole post with a stupid grin on my face. I just read the “how long haven’t you been training” article a couple days ago, the two topics can definitely tie into each other. Very much appreciate the shout out, and you built on the concept of pity vs. loathing in the way I hoped you would when you mentioned doing it first.
Such a cool concept, that loathing yourself and your situation doesn’t always have to be a bad thing; that we don’t always have to fist pump in the air and sing affirmations about ourselves and how beautiful we are - that sometimes it’s okay to say, “I can fucking be better than I am right now”, and in those circumstances, telling yourself that you’re good enough is a plague.
Anyways, you’ve been super helpful during the couple years I’ve been here, and are at least partially responsible for the best gains I’ve ever seen, so take a second to recognize the impact you’ve had on a lot of lifters here.
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