[quote]Hallowed wrote:
On this page you have announced your intention to get to 225.
This is a good page for me to post on.
225… Me Gusta this goal.
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Ha! Glad to hear it. My bodyweight has finally stabilized at 215 with this carb backloading stuff, so now I can start incrementally upping fat and protein to see what the gaining “sweet spot” is for my body. 225 or bust. Or is it 225 and bust? I dunno.
Sucks skipping breakfast at first, but the leanness improvements and performance improvements are worth it. Plus now if I switch shirts for stones at the gym its not "oh there’s another strongman guy without a shirt on " it’s “how the hell are you so lean”… Or from the ladies “daaaaayyyyuuummmm”. /sovainbro.jpg.
If I remember right, you were cutting now? I thought I remember you doing something of a “hella bulk” as you called it. How did that go?
[quote]Hallowed wrote:
On this page you have announced your intention to get to 225.
This is a good page for me to post on.
225… Me Gusta this goal.
[/quote]
Ha! Glad to hear it. My bodyweight has finally stabilized at 215 with this carb backloading stuff, so now I can start incrementally upping fat and protein to see what the gaining “sweet spot” is for my body. 225 or bust. Or is it 225 and bust? I dunno.
Sucks skipping breakfast at first, but the leanness improvements and performance improvements are worth it. Plus now if I switch shirts for stones at the gym its not "oh there’s another strongman guy without a shirt on " it’s “how the hell are you so lean”… Or from the ladies “daaaaayyyyuuummmm”. /sovainbro.jpg.
If I remember right, you were cutting now? I thought I remember you doing something of a “hella bulk” as you called it. How did that go?[/quote]
Bulk went full dreamer mode! Oh yeah gained twice.the intended pounds booyah.
! Strong fat. Now… diet lol
Carbs backloading… you fancy!
Bulk went full dreamer mode! Oh yeah gained twice.the intended pounds booyah.
! Strong fat. Now… diet lol
Carbs backloading… you fancy!
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Nice work! Yeah, this is one of the few ways for me to eat that not only works with how I like to eat, but also provides consistent benefits. Pic related.
Screw You Shoulder, Right in Your Stupid Shouldery Face
2/16/12
My shoulder was a little irritable after work today. So I upped my dose of curcumin and told it to man the fuck up and away we went.
Warmup
Agile 8
Prone Y’s, T’s, I’s
Band Pull Aparts
Lat Stretch
Lacrosse Ball to Rhomboids, Pecs, Upper Traps
Log C&P 3’s
Log x lots
135x5
165x3
175x3
185x3 <–if I don’t one motion my shoulder doesn’t hurt. So fuck one motioning.
CGBP
Bar x10
135x5
185x3
195x3
205x3
Ring Pullups
50 gut wrenching, soul rending reps. Definitely broken. I suck at pullups. Shit.
Face Pulls Superset with Pronated Curls
3 sets.
DONE.
Heading down south a bit to the lady’s hometown (30 min drive) to hang with her family and nephew. 7 month old baby’s are fun to play with, especially when they’re obsessed with beards (like mine). Back in the gym Saturday. Going to forgo car deads for high rep from the floor deads to work on low back strength. Till then.
95x5
135x5
185x3
205x3
225x1 ← so fast it was ridiculous
255x2xfail <— juuuuuust couldn’t lock it out on both attempts. Oh well. Another day.
Atlas Stones over 50’ bar
270x3 so damn fast
300x2x1 just to practice the weight again.
Various Mobility, Conditioning, and Stretching.
DONE.
We are fixing to move gyms over to one where the owner basically has ALL EFS equipment. It’s super sweet and I’m really excited about having some actual gym stuff again to be able to work more accessory stuff. As for the push press, it was meh. I just wasn’t super motivated today. I need to eat before I train I guess again and just have Saturday be a diet breaker morning, because otherwise I lack the energy for all this strongman stuff. One shake over 3 hours of training just won’t cut it.
At any rate, things are looking up. Just got to keep on chuggin and doing my prehab stuff and I’ll be back to kicking ass in no time. As of now, back to a three day T/Th/Sa split for sure.
Lower Tuesday, Upper Thursday, Events Saturday. That simple. It works for me so I’m going back to it for now until I can swing being in the gym more days per week. I need to study today, but its gloomy and dark out so I’ll likely end up napping instead. Now I have to go catch up on everyone else’s logs.
[quote]Kalle wrote:
ewe at 50 ring pull ups, that sounds awful
Awesome at new gym news[/quote]
Ha, not nearly as awful as your airdyne exploits. And I’m hoping this new gym thing works out, can’t be all bad if he’s got all EFS equipment right? Especially for $40/month.
Rough day today at the clinic. CI was sick and so I got put with another PT, who is super controlling and second guessed everything I said/did. I’m gonna have my DPT in May, get off my junk lady. And the director of some-bullshit-or-other came in today and started busting my balls about my treatments. He can tell me to adjust my language in notes for medicare all he wants, but a speech therapist has no place telling a physical therapist how to do his job. Can’t fix little dicks on power trips I suppose.
Here’s today’s work:
Warmup
Agile 8
March Mobs Challenge (contest I have with g/f, got to mob everyday)
Hip Flexor Stretch
Front Squats
Bar x lots
135x5
185x3
205x1
Work Sets
225x5
255x3
285x1(4) ← Pretty sure that’s a PR
Rear Foot Elevated Split Squats
3x8
Circuit: Pulldown Abs/Prowler+90x150’/GHR
3 Rounds.
That’ll do, pig.
Feeling pretty exhausted right now. Fixing to shower and chow down on tacos to get my strength back up. Still sitting pretty at 215 lbs. Wish the weight would pack on. Also wish I had mo’ money to eat on haha.
“Here?s the thing: average is bullshit. You think it?s fine because you?re also surrounded by average dudes, so any small difference makes you feel good about yourself. But you need to stop fucking around. It?s still average, you know it, and you?re better than that.”
Tough day at work again, but it is what it is. Was able to nap poolside thanks to freakishly warm weather here, and I was amped up when the time came to train.
Warmup
Foam Roll
Agile 8
Lacrosse Ball Pecs, Rhomboids, Upper Traps
Prone I’s, T’s, Y’s
3 Way Delts (Scaption, Lateral, Bent Over)
Log Press
Log x lots
135x5
155x5
175x3
195x1(5) <— Great! Would have had more, but lost the groove and tweaked the wrist. Next time.
Waiting for Training Partners to get there (They were all late because of traffic)
Lat Pulldowns
3x10
Face Pulls
4x10
Bent Over Laterals
25x2x10
Training Partners Arrived Finally
Bench
Bar x lots
135x5
175x5
195x3
215x6 <–Motherfucking back cramp. Every time. Gah. shoulder felt solid though which is awesome
Farmers Walks
110x150’
200x150’
DONE.
Ready to rest up and kick Saturday’s ass. I’m not sure yet what my plan is, but I am pretty sure I’m going to try either the axle or Barbell press again just to see what I can hit. Everything else is gravy. Time to catch up with stuff and eat moar donuts.
Also, here’s the link for the Arkansas show I plan to do. Hussafell stone is a strong point for me, the log I’ll will have to work for, the car deadlift is up in the air now, I have no clue about pulling a fire truck, and I’ll go gangbusters on the Atlas stones (light AND low)… Now if only the Shreveport show will post events…
Also, here’s an interesting point on bracing and achieving proper ROM through hips and spine. If I don’t get whiteboxed with this like I did for the Steve Pulcinella motivation vid that is… Kelly is a pretty brilliant physical therapist, and even if he works mostly with Crossfit athletes, you can’t deny that he must know what works if Pat Mendes and Donnie Thompson also seek him out for advice right?
[quote]Kalle wrote:
ewe at 50 ring pull ups, that sounds awful
Awesome at new gym news[/quote]
Ha, not nearly as awful as your airdyne exploits. And I’m hoping this new gym thing works out, can’t be all bad if he’s got all EFS equipment right? Especially for $40/month.[/quote]
This is true, I did 15 minutes on that damn thing last night. I hate it so much some times I forget to put it in my log.
Some nice PRs this week. the Pro/AM shrevport show? those just got posted
[quote]Kalle wrote:
ewe at 50 ring pull ups, that sounds awful
Awesome at new gym news[/quote]
Ha, not nearly as awful as your airdyne exploits. And I’m hoping this new gym thing works out, can’t be all bad if he’s got all EFS equipment right? Especially for $40/month.[/quote]
This is true, I did 15 minutes on that damn thing last night. I hate it so much some times I forget to put it in my log.
Some nice PRs this week. the Pro/AM shrevport show? those just got posted[/quote]
You think 15 minutes is gay … try an hour nonstop after a two-a-day with teh weightz …
[quote]Kalle wrote:
ewe at 50 ring pull ups, that sounds awful
Awesome at new gym news[/quote]
Ha, not nearly as awful as your airdyne exploits. And I’m hoping this new gym thing works out, can’t be all bad if he’s got all EFS equipment right? Especially for $40/month.[/quote]
This is true, I did 15 minutes on that damn thing last night. I hate it so much some times I forget to put it in my log.
Some nice PRs this week. the Pro/AM shrevport show? those just got posted[/quote]
Yeah I saw it finally. Apparently I am doing the Kentucky show now. No way in hell I can post anything with the HW weights, and they only have the heavies and the strongman fitness classes. Oh well. Long ass drive to KY it is. Now if I can manage to get a 250 log and a 150 circus DB before May, perhaps I won’t zero the first event haha
I’m leaving the May contest date open. I don’t know if I’ll do Kentucky or if I may try a smaller show. My goal is to try and qualify for nationals this year, and I won’t be able to do that if I’m zeroing events. That’s also no way for me to build strength either: by zeroing events, so the car deadlift is on the back burner for now until I build some more strength to do it properly.
My diet. Backloading isn’t working well anymore. It felt awesome the first week or so, and since then I’ve just been sluggish and miserable all day. Workouts are done off sheer willpower, and I haven’t had what I’ve really felt like was a good day in a while. I think I’m going to tweak it some and eat when I’m hungry, but still keep most of my carbs until workout/PWO time periods.
The principles are sound I think. I understand why it should work, but my body just doesn’t seem to respond consistently to it for whatever reason. I tend to forget that I still haven’t changed bodies since my days of running, and it needs fuel to do awesome shit. I’m not fueling it enough I don’t think, hence the shitty sluggish feeling and constant need for caffeine. At any rate, a large wise dentist on this site once said: “Hamburgers.”
I think that’s good advice for my situation. I’ll be back after I pick up some heavy shit. I feel like playing with the circus DB today.
[quote]Kalle wrote:
ewe at 50 ring pull ups, that sounds awful
Awesome at new gym news[/quote]
Ha, not nearly as awful as your airdyne exploits. And I’m hoping this new gym thing works out, can’t be all bad if he’s got all EFS equipment right? Especially for $40/month.[/quote]
This is true, I did 15 minutes on that damn thing last night. I hate it so much some times I forget to put it in my log.
Some nice PRs this week. the Pro/AM shrevport show? those just got posted[/quote]
You think 15 minutes is gay … try an hour nonstop after a two-a-day with teh weightz …[/quote]
Mad respect I hope my life does not reach this level of gay
[quote]Kalle wrote:
ewe at 50 ring pull ups, that sounds awful
Awesome at new gym news[/quote]
Ha, not nearly as awful as your airdyne exploits. And I’m hoping this new gym thing works out, can’t be all bad if he’s got all EFS equipment right? Especially for $40/month.[/quote]
This is true, I did 15 minutes on that damn thing last night. I hate it so much some times I forget to put it in my log.
Some nice PRs this week. the Pro/AM shrevport show? those just got posted[/quote]
Yeah I saw it finally. Apparently I am doing the Kentucky show now. No way in hell I can post anything with the HW weights, and they only have the heavies and the strongman fitness classes. Oh well. Long ass drive to KY it is. Now if I can manage to get a 250 log and a 150 circus DB before May, perhaps I won’t zero the first event haha
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yeah thats a heaby show for the Pro/am I’m waiting till Dallas for my strongman fitness debut
