Anyone used the home gym to kill 2-birds?
For instance hit a lift then take the hounds for a walk or cut the grass, eat a snack and come back and hit another body part or lift.
I’m finding this is gold!!!
I’ll end up doing this for like 3-hours and hit PRs on top of PRs because I’m not treating my lifting as a sprint.
I used to get all mad because I’d get interrupted when lifting at home, but now I use it as a tool, FRAC fellas……..it’s great.
I’m an old man too, an old man with crap genetics and wish I knew this decades ago.
I don’t use my home gym to kill birds. That’s a loser mindset where you just do things to pass the time while it delivers you to your grave.
A loser mindset is one who just goes through the motions and someone who thinks only Black and White.
There are times when I only get a 1/2 hour to lift, during those times I make it happen.
I take the situation I’m in that day and make the absolute most out of it to get bigger stronger and leaner.
That’s what a winner does!!!
My goal is to win everyday, that means hoisting more weight and/or reps and/or sets than yesterday.
I have no interest in trophies even though I have a few from many ago years in strongman. The only reason I kept some of them is because they are cool looking daggers and swords and battle ax.
So its like a meet day. You hit a few near max efforts, then a long rest interval, lather rinse repeat.
. If it works, do it. If it doesn’t, then dont. 
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I tried that a while ago after reading something CT wrote about it. Maybe someone smarter than me in them world-wide internets can track down the actual thread, but here’s the closest I could find 16 Hour Workout vs 2 Hour Workout - #3 by James_Brown
I liked it for a little bit, but lost interest pretty quickly. Mentally it got in the way of everything else.
I liked OLAD in my home gym much more.
That’s a really great way to view it and something that is really worth giving a shot at as well!!!
I also do this with sets of the same exercise, in fact I did this today-
2.5” handle thumbless curls-
Maxed a set of 26reps
Ran some errands and ate an apple
Came back and did a few curls with the same weight-
Added 5# and maxed out a set of 21 reps
I was stuck at 17reps the last time I did that weight, so I got a 4-rep PR!
That wasn’t planned, it wasn’t a ritual thing, I came back from my errand and said, let’s do this and I did got it done.
My biceps are so pumped now, hours later, completely worth it!!!
I don’t think that matters because we all know we aren’t setting PRs every time we lift. We would all be benching a ton if that were the case. But he thinks he found the Holy Grail.
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PR = weight and/or reps and/or sets.
I would also include speed and tempo, for instance if you squat a weight for 21reps nonstop then come back and hit that same weight for 30reps nonstop, that would be a speed tempo PR.
Also @zecarlo the holy grail is change, change is the absolute key because confusing the body is what gets the body to respond.
This is nothing new either, we all know that when the body is used to something progress slows down.
This is why I don’t do rituals. This is why I take things day by day and I embrace days that I only get a 1/2 hour to train because I’m then confusing my body, in contrast getting interrupted and taking a long break, the thinks “oh I’m done now?” But it’s not.
Another trick is using different warm up poundage instead of using 135, use 120 or 145 etc.
If the body expects 135, 185 warmups every time, the body becomes complacent.