Took a weekend ski trip to Sugarbush, Vermont with my brother, brother-in-law, and a friend and his dad. Skied 8 hours Fri/Sat and 4 hours Sunday before making the 10 hour trip back home. Best skiing of my life - they had 3-5 feet of powder everywhere so we just stayed in the steep trees all day. Getting in shape made it so much more fun because my conditioning was finally up to the same level as my skills, so I could rip through challenging stuff all day and not get worn out. Still a hell of a workout, my obliques/quads/hammies/calves/tibialis anterior are pretty sore today.
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Wow beautiful views!
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That really makes me want to break out the snowboard…im jealous. Unfortuantly i am not super close to any ski hills anymore so its hard to get away for it
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I’m in a tough situation here as well, because we just have two small resorts near me. Sweet terrain parks, though - 3 kickers with a 30 foot clear distance. The closest “real” mountain is 5 hours away in West Virginia, and the closest “big” mountain (over 2000 feet vertical) is 8 hours away in New York. The advantage I do have right now is that my wife is super supportive of me getting out and doing things I love, which is likely a function of the fact that we don’t have kids yet and that our house/property is low-maintenance. Hopefully you get the chance to get away once your little one grows up a bit!
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Yeah it would be fun to go for sure…i would really like it if my boy was interested too but, thats a fair ways away
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2/10/2021 - Pervertor L1W3D3
Up and moving, I’ve been totally wiped out since my trip and had no energy. Forced myself to do this today. Normal PWO routine.
Deadlift
195 x 5
240 x 5
285 x 3
330 x 5
375 x 5
420 x 5 - speed reps
375 - 5 x 5
Assistance - SS w/ deadlift
Ab wheel - 3 x 15
Dips - BWT x 10, +25 lbs - 2 x 10, +45 lbs x 10
Banded face pulls - 2 x 25
Cardio
8 minute Tabata on the rower
The only ill effects from my week off and ski trip were mild decrease in cardio ability - mostly attributable to bad diet and more booze than I should be having. Deads were ridiculously fast and light-feeling today, I could get used to that. Back was stable and legs did their job. Assistance felt good, dips were surprising because they didn’t cause any pain in my left elbow (fuck bad baseball coaches). Face pulls were tough. Cardio was good, think my footrest on my rower is gonna break soon though - starting to show some stress cracking.
Rest of this week: no more booze, no more bad snacking, whole food at all times.
Next week: no carb sources (incidentals only). Lunch will be peas/carrots/green beans mixed with taco seasoned ground beef and kick-ass, barrel-aged hot sauce. Dinners will be a hunk of meat, big salad, and we’re gonna saute the veggies we get in our Perfectly Imperfect Produce box.
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Always the kicker. Looks like a solid session, though!
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That’s incredible. I used to do a bit of skiing in northern Michigan when I was younger because my family had a place up there. That was nice but nothing compared to your views!
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Skiing in the east is super underrated, especially if you like trees. You can get vertical drops that are every bit as big as out west, with resorts that have 2000+ acres including backcountry. The one we went to had 2600 feet of vertical, 5 peaks, and 500+ acres of trails alone. Add in 1000+ acres of backcountry and you’re in the same realm as Whitefish in Montana and several in the Rockies. Just way lower incidence of altitude sickness 
The resorts I’ve visited have verticals less than 1/4 of what you’re describing. But I imagine what you’re saying is especially true out in Vermont and such.
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Yep. I take it you never went to the UP for the big resort up there? It’s super advanced, like experts only and you sign a waiver for it, but it looks incredible. Just take you up to the top on a snowcat and turn you loose to find your way to the bottom through the trees and cliffs. 980’ of vertical I believe.
2/12/2021 - Pervertor L1W3D4
Up and moving, still struggling with energy this week. Normal PWO routine.
Press
45 x 5
65 x 5
80 x 5
95 x 3
110 x 5
125 x 5
140 x 5
125 - 5 x 5
Assistance
SS w/ press
Chin/pull up - BWT x 5, +25 lbs - 5 x 5
SS w/ each other
Good morning - 95 lbs - 3 x 10
Upright row - 45 lbs - 2 x 25
Press was difficult from a coordination standpoint today, likely because my core was torched from deadlifting yesterday. Hyped myself up just a bit for the 140 set and it moved just fine, though. 5 x 5 was tough but I needed it. Decided to take the posterior chain work a bit easy today and get blood flowing rather than try to do too much. Chins kicked ass, getting better at them and may be ready to add either weight or reps. Upright rows are something I’m gonna keep doing to help my sad/weak delts. Will try and rock some cardio later.
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I’d take some joy in the fact that my press is (marginally) stronger than yours, but then I remember that all your other lifts blow mine out of the water.
Then I cry.
Also, upright rows are great. Nothing works my side delts as well.
Hey dude, stronger is stronger. Plus, you look the part. Your progress picture was a very stark reminder to me that I need to try really hard to suck less at things involving shoulders 
Also, I noticed upright rows torched my side delts. They’re the ones I struggle the most with, plus my skeletal structure necessitates huge side delts to look even remotely like I lift. Being wide is cool but you need bowling ball shoulders to not look like a pencil
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Keep at ‘em, especially with a wider grip (bordering on snatch-grip width). Boulder shoulders in no time.
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Will do man. I knew I was in trouble when an empty bar did the trick
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Whenever you approach a door with a group of people. Pause and look at it as if analyzing it. Then when you proceed through the door always go through sideways as if you figured you wouldn’t fit through if walking normally. That will make other’s notice shoulder development, or make them think you are really dumb.
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No way, I wasn’t that good! We frequented Nub’s Nob and Boyne Highlands since my family’s place was minutes away from them. Now you’re making me want to go skiing again. It’s pretty fun, but I recall it being pretty exhausting if you’re there all day and night.
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2/15/2021 - Pervertor L2W1D1
My wife woke me up from a nightmare that was so bad it stopped my breathing in real life. So I got shit sleep last night and had goosebumps until noon today. Normal PWO routine, but lifting later because work literally exploded.
Squat
45 x 5
145 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
265 x 5
305 x 5
340 x 5
265 - 10 x 5, 90 sec rest
Assistance - SS w/ squat
Nordic ham curls - 3 x 10
DB curls - 25 lbs - 5 x 10
Incline DB bench - 65 lbs - 3 x 10 - too much weight (for today’s stress level at least)
Cardio - later
I feel like hammered shit’s fat older brother today. Garbage sleep, stress through the roof, no food. I absolutely needed the break from life that lifting provided, as well as the physical stress of heavier weight, but I’m gonna pay for it. I have a stress knot in my left trap slightly larger than a golf ball and it honeydicked my squat and bench form to be pretty lopsided. My back hurt quite a bit towards the end of the BBS sets, so I used my inversion table between sets and it helped a lot. Having a couple bites of tiramisu to get my blood sugar back to double digits before I have a protein shake and what was supposed to be my lunch.
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