DukeTheSlaya's Journey to Overhead Pressing Like a God

[brady888]

@kd13

butted heads my entire school life with this lad, he was all mouth and it was no more than threats and the odd scuffle.

Butted heads, lad, and odd scuffle. All word choices/vernacular that made me much happier than they should

[MarkKO]

@brady888

Never know if someone has a knife, will bring a knife later, or legal repercussions. Not worth it in the slightest.

So much this

[littlesleeper]

@duketheslaya

Now im fucking pissed. Im going to train 10× harder

Sorry to hear about you going through this shit Duke.

I often have a similar mindset after a stressful day at work, but here is a quote from a recent TNation article from Paul Carter that I though was appropriate:

"Think Heavy Deadlifting IS How You De-stress?
It’s not. It may take your mind off work stress or life stress but it’s still another form of stress. Your opinion on this is irrelevant. You can’t fool your body.

I’m not telling you that you can’t do some deadlifts, but taking a walk and clearing your mind, then finding ways to laugh and unwind, is better. Then do your deadlifts the next day because it will almost certainly yield a more productive workout.

Try it. Gauge this for a few weeks. On a stressful day, offset it with something that allows your parasympathetic (puppies and massage) nervous system to respond."

So it may actually be more beneficial for you to take this as a rest day and find a way to just relax and enjoy yourself.

[kd13]

@T3hPwnisher very true! Not sure how much flowing testosterone I had in my early teens, I left school pretty much a foot shorter than all my mates. Then one day in my 20s I was like “shit when did I get taller than you guys!”

[hugh_gilly]

Suppose so and avoiding a fight is the better thing to do but when you outweigh your classmates by 30kg things are smoother flowing in my experience. Stay safe Duke and don’t listen to me lol.

[duketheslaya]

@Irishman92

ou can tell me if I’m out of line Duke, but do you have someone close that you can talk to about this crazy sort of stuff? It’s tough being a teen and having all your emotions and stresses placed on you, and we all know how much it can help your mental health if you can just talk to a close family member or friend.

I only ask because I went through some periods in late high school where I was holding a lot of my gfs stress (she had depression) and I also had my own worries. I had issues sleeping, I was getting acne, I felt overwhelmed at school and had to take days off every couple of weeks etc.

My mum called me out one day and we had a good talk. I than had a deep chat with my girl and after that I kept the communication up and felt so much better.

It might not seem like much but just having a talk with someone can really make a difference

No way man ! Thats not out of line, i dont really talk to people much about all my problems, but i have a few mates and family i cantalk to and i have had counselling before. It helped a little so i might get counselling again. Thanks man

[duketheslaya]

@kd13

guess the point is, just because someone is giving you shit it does not mean anything is wrong with you or the way you behave. Don’t take it too personal, it’s probably a problem in there life they don’t know how to deal with.

hope your good

Thankyou im alright just was a little wound up thats all.

[duketheslaya]

@kd13

s hoping my stories got the message across that trying to prove to the aggressors that your not to be messed with could actually make matters much worse and starting a fight should be avoided.

I conpletely agree with this. Aside from the dangers of it id much rather avoid getting into trouble. Unfortunately yesterday i was just on no sleep and had no tolerance whatsoever so i just went rage mode.

[duketheslaya]

@hugh_gilly

when you outweigh your classmates by 30kg things are smoother flowing in my experience. Stay safe Duke and don’t listen to me lol.

Lol i wont

[duketheslaya]

@brady888

Feel free to use it as motivation to train hard, but don’t fight. 99.9999% the better choice is to walk/run away. Never know if someone has adww knife, will bring a knife later, or legal repercussions. Not worth it in the slighte

Yeah, when i posted that i was a bit enraged and sleep deprived , i will still use it as motivation to train hard haha but yeah i generally will only fight if someone assaults me first because well what do i do at a school situation? If i walk away from being punched everyone will call me a wimp and il be bullied.

[brady888]

@duketheslaya

call me a wimp

You will look back on this in 5 or less years and laugh. Others opinions do not matter, especially on some perceived notion of masculinity.

I can think of a list of people who were the “tough guys” in high school. None of them have had any lasting impact on my life. I can just about guarantee it will be the same for you.

I’m not saying take abuse and roll over. However, if you ask someone to explain their conflict, they usually quickly see that physical confrontation is silly.

Or just go to my default cheesy action line (it’s actually saved me twice). “I might lose, but you’ll remember me. An eye or a testicle…which would you miss more? You can’t cover both.”

[Irishman92]

@brady888

Or just go to my default cheesy action line (it’s actually saved me twice). “I might lose, but you’ll remember me. An eye or a testicle…which would you miss more? You can’t cover both.”

That’s a good one!

I am very good at talking people out of being aggressive towards myself or my mates but if conflict is eminent I usually go with “ok go for it, but I’m a really dirty fighter.” that usually gets them thinking about what ‘rules’ i am going to break.

It helps to be quietly confident in your abilities and to be positively assertive in all your communication.

[duketheslaya]

@brady888

I’m not saying take abuse and roll over. However, if you ask someone to explain their conflict, they usually quickly see that physical confrontation is silly.

Or just go to my default cheesy action line (it’s actually saved me twice). “I might lose, but you’ll remember me. An eye or a testicle…which would you miss more? You can’t cover both.”

I like that action line lol, generally i find if people annoy you and you ignore them they stop if you dont give them a reaction. My prpblem sometimes is that i react.

[simo74]

@duketheslaya

generally i find if people annoy you and you ignore them they stop if you dont give them a reaction

You are wise beyond your years with this comment Duke. Just do your best to stay away and ignore all the bull shit mate. Focus on yourself and keep training and educating yourself and you will go far young man.

[duketheslaya]

Todays training /nutrition

Bulgarian split squats all the racks were taken so i decided to try these
4×6 bodyweight ( need to adjust to them and the form etc)
Superset with lat pulldowns 4×6
Leg curls 4×6 73kg
Leg press superset with lunges
Farmers walks and some core stuff

I wouldlike to do a triset of leg curls/leg press/ and lunges to save time but unfortunately people steal the leg press etc as soon as you get off it. Very rude…

Oh and another bad thing today. Man i hope this really stops because before the weekend i was doing ok.
I got a letter sent home from school because i didnt finish an English assignment and my aunty says until i do better at school no gym diet. So well back to eating whatever i can find. This extremely triggers me. I like routine and i need to eat my diet to gain weight and strength. Im pissed and honestly the demands of school are stupid. I already had a bunch of assigments i struggled to get done and missing one shouldnt mean my only thing i look forward to in the day ( gym) is ruined by not having my diet.
I guess i shouldn’t really complain about this to much, il just try harder to get things done and get my diet back on track as soon as possible.

[simo74]

Whilst it may seem like an unfair lesson try to consider what you can change to make sure you don’t miss another assignment. After all knowone made you miss it. You have years of training ahead of you and if you continue to be consistent and work hard over the long run a few meals won’t matter for shit. Focus on planning your time to get your work done and then fit in your training around it. Plan shorter workouts when you know you have school work to finish. This won’t hamper your progress and if you plan it right, some shorter workouts where you program one exercise e.g deadlifts and focus on some heavier weights with low reps may help. Try and look at these issues as opportunities to get better and remain positive.

[duketheslaya]

@simo74

You are wise beyond your years with this comment Duke. Just do your best to stay away and ignore all the bull shit mate. Focus on yourself and keep training and educating yourself and you will go far young man.

Thankyou that means alot man!

[duketheslaya]

@simo74

try to consider what you can change to make sure you don’t miss another assignment. After all know one made you miss it. You have years of training ahead of you and if you continue to be consistent and work hard over the long run a few meals won’t matter for shit. Focus on planning your time to get your work done and then fit in your training around it. Plan shorter workouts when you know you have school work to finish

i consider it to be a bit of an over reaction, but she just wants me to succeed thats all.

Yeah iv started reducing my workouts significantly by doing supsersets and reducing rest times. So far its been good to get some more study time in. I mainly just have to improve my work ethic in classes such as Art, media, sport, woowdwork etc because i put lots of effort in english , maths , science, hass ( main subjects) but i slack of in the others.

[simo74]

Life Is always about balance, for some classes doing enough to get by will be fine as long as you do good in the ones you like or are naturally good at.

[duketheslaya]

Ohp day
Ohp 4×6 40kg superset with db chest supported rows
Pushups superset seated rows 3×10 , im dropping seated rows for machine rows.
Incline smith press superset with flat dumbell 3×10

Facepulls superset with cable lateral raises 2×15
Biceptricep supersets