Lookin swole
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All that cardio is keeping you lean!
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Looking good Flap
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I’m super late to your party. I see you’re doing things a little differently, but staying in shape.
What did you think of your doggcrapp plus cardio experiment? pros/ cons?
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Pros - I started gaining strength very quickly with high intensity low volume workouts.
Cons - I designed it myself and things began hurting quickly, so I can’t say if it was DC or my DC inspired program that did it. It’s also very difficult to always maintain that type of intensity and then if you can’t one day, you get that one RP set and that’s it.
Overall - it was just not my thing. Still effective for strength though.
Full body though - I am LOVING. Really. It’s moderate volume, high frequency, and the intensity isn’t quite as high, so it’s a great middle ground while I keep my endurance up. I have a 10 mile trail run in 2.5 weeks.
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Yeah, plus my eating approach.
No breakfast.
Up with the kids early.
Coffee at 10am, at the gym by 11.
Home by 1215-1230. Shake with 2 scoops protein, large scoop PB, half banana, big scoop of oatmeal, milk. 70g protein and nearly 1000 calories.
4 hours later- big meal with chicken/turkey/beef, rice/potatoes, greens. Another 1000 calories, another 60-70g of protein.
3 hours later - snack - nuts/boiled eggs/peanut butter, just fats and protein. ~20g of protein.
Home after work - just some protein - either a shake with water, or some cottage cheese. Another 20-30g of protein.
Hitting anywhere from 170-190g of protein, caring about very little else, and plenty of exercise, and I’ve been able to build muscle while staying lean. One large meal, 2 snacks, and 1 shake a day. That’s it.
Also @TrainForPain I’m not a big proponent anymore of 2g/lb of protein (although apparently higher protein intake during cuts is beneficial so I’m okay with it) but I LOVE the idea of just tracking protein, which I first heard from Dante but don’t know if it’s an original idea from him. It’s just so simple. Get your protein in and make sure to keep carbs WAY away from bedtime, and as long as it’s clean and reasonably portioned you’re good. I am not a calorie counter.
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Awesome - thank you.
I tend to be a high volume guy, and my joints feel great, but I’m really upping my cardio lately and I’m a normal human being and don’t have 3 hours a day to be in the gym.
I’ve tried the Alpha stuff, but it’s kind of a detriment to try to set up in unfamiliar gyms (I recognize there are always workarounds) so I’m just kind of thinking through alternatives.
I don’t know what I’ll try.
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Try my program! 3 days a week, 1 hourish per session, cardio/conditioning when you want on off days.
This gives the overview. Reps and sets change every other week, and each rep/set scheme is followed the week after by supersetting your 6 exercises into 3 supersets with the same rep/set schemes. 8 weeks total.
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Thanks! I’ll definitely check it out… who knows where my ADHD will take me?
Great observations on the full body training life. I started CT’s High Volume program over the summer - which uses 3x/week full body workouts - and don’t want to do anything else. CT’s program can run a little long (especially in the third block with seven sets of six exercises; nearly two hours including warmup), but that’s the only downside for me.
How often/many days per week are you doing triathlon training?
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2-3 days a week. Only because it’s the off-season. When I get back to the regular season it’ll be 4 days a week with one Tri training day being with a lifting day, 3 days on non-lifting days, and one day with no training at all.
…but does your neurotype agree with that training method and plan of nutrition?
Lol sorry couldn’t help it haha
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I’ve got a plan for diet I’m going to implement soon. 6 eggs and 1lb of meat per day, then fill the rest with veggies and clean-ish carb sources. Should make life and progress real “easy”.
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Sounds like you have breakfast covered, but what about the rest of the day? 
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So similar to building the monolith? Building the mini monolith?
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More like drawing up a rough architectural sketch of the monolith.
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Yeah, pretty much. Call it building the… granite mailbox post?
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@ironone sorry to drag you into my petty insult, I just remember you being a fan of long brisk walks as a good form of cardio, and it’s clearly not been detrimental to your physique. Mine is nothing to write home about but I just find it funny when a guy who hasn’t ever posted a picture and touts Keto as beneficial for muscle growth is shitting on LISS cardio. Besides the extra calories burned, it’s just a ridiculous thing to pick at when most people, especially overweight people trying to get down to their ‘dream weight’ need to do just that: get their asses out and walk somewhere. I know some big ass dudes that just do 30-60 minutes of fast walking on treadmills for their cardio.
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That kennycrox guy is…interesting. He goes overboard quite often to the point to where he just fucks the whole post up lol
Love my LISS. However, lately I’ve been cranking the incline to 10-15 and upping the pace to 4. Not sure it’s LISS when HR gets 140+ sustained
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I like harder cardio/conditioning. But telling people to do nothing because it’s better than doing something is the type of thing people who read shit without applying it do.
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