@whang Are you trying to learn cooking? I know a lot of recipes (easy ones!) We’re in the same country so the ingredients will be accessible to you.
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@johnimperial yezzir! trying is the operative word. Haha! Sure man! Would love to try some out!
Do you have an oven or a slow cooker? Best cooking tool ever. Just place the ingredients, wait a bit (overnight for the slow cooker) and voila, very tasty food.
My go to meals when in a hurry:
Slow cooked beef stew - beef brisket, onions, potatoes, carrots, beef stock, pepper, tomato sauce, canned liver (optional). Sort of the like the local dish caldereta. Pair with rice of course.
Baked chipotle chicken - chicken part of choice (I like the leg quarters but you can try any part), chipotle powder, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil. This tastes so good! Pair with rice or any carb of choice.
Tuna Pasta - boil pasta, drain. Sauté garlic, onion. Add a can of tuna. Add pasta back. Add parmesan cheese. Salt and pepper to taste.
Sorry bro, just a stove at the moment.
Bookmarked the recipes though! thanks!
27 November 2019
Finally got in a proper workout
Conventional 60 x 5, 70 x 5, 80kg x 5 reps x 3 sets
Form broke down pretty bad on the last rep so I’m good with 80kg for now for practicing technique
Sumo 90kg x 5, 100kg x 6
OHP 30 x 5, 35 x 5, 40kg x 3
Crap. Will try to hit 5 reps again next week
Side lateral 5kg x 10 supersetted with
Face pulls 15kg x 10 x 4 rounds
Pull ups 4, 3, 3, 3, 2 supersetted with
Dips 5, 5, 5
Was honestly surprised to reach 4 reps on the first set for the pullups
Back raises BW 10 reps x 3 sets
KB swings 10kg x ~30s x 3 sets
Yeah so went a little crazy with the assistance stuff lol
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My guy I’m pretty sure it wasn’t that bad. Mike Tuscherer has a thing called the 80% technique heuristic which is like don’t obsess over sexy technique at the cost of making gains: if technically ur 80% ur good to go make gains
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But did you get hurt?
@guineapig has a good point: too much worrying about technique and picture perfect form leads to not much lifting of weights.
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Lol, didn’t realize I miscounted cause a gym buddy of mine talked to me
@flappinit, @Frank_C, and anyone else doing dips - am I doing this correctly? No shoulder pain as of now, I just feel the stretch in the front delt. The discomfort quickly goes away. Sorry for the guy who walked in lol. It was the only place I could set my phone to get a decent angle
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@guineapig Hmm… good point. Gotta move on with my conventional. Now, got to get stronger than you bro. lol
@dagill2 no, just the usual soreness from deadlifting. and thanks!
@SkyzykS tried eggs with milk and butter instead of oil. Gotta say, those were delicious!
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I’ve found two ways to do dips. The way you’re doing them hits the triceps more and “stretches” the front of the shoulder.
The other way hits your chest. I put my feet in front of me. It changes the angle of everything and makes the movement similar to what you’d do on decline press.
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I see… hmm…well since I don’t do any direct arm work, might as well do them for the triceps. Thanks, J!
Start with eating more food and getting big af brother
Lol trying to hit 75kg for now is currently a chore
Use that dr money and get you a couple of kilo of rib eye ez
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29 November 2019
Squat 80kg x 5, 90kg x 5, 100kg x 5, FSL paused squat 1 x 5
Was a little hesitant to put on 100kg but I went for it. Felt heavy, 3rd rep felt like it was high, so I made sure I was below parallel at the 4th and 5th, both of which moved slow. RPE 9 to 9.5 maybe? Really happy that I didn’t really have trouble getting technique back with this. Probably my best lift in terms of technique
Single leg leg press 4 plates x 10 x 3
Bench 45kg x 5, 50kg x 5, 55kg x 5
Damn, these felt heavy.
Pullups 3, 3, 3
Didn’t complete my 15 reps. Lats still felt burnt after the deadlifts. Bummer, but at least I know I’m using my lats in the deadlift
Dips 5, 5, 5
Lat pull downs 40kg x 10, 45 x 10, 42.5 x 8
Single arm cable rows 3 plates x 10 x 4
KB swings 12kg x ~60s x 3
I should be a little more patient trying to get back where I was 3 months ago
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1 December 2019
Conventional 90kg x 3 sets of 5
Moved my stance wider, grip wider, toes flared, tried to be patient with setting my back flat. Actually really happy with these. Lower back doesn’t seem so rounded with this technique. I’ll keep moving forward with this
Sumo 100kg x 5, 110 x 5
OHP 30 x 5, 35 x 5, 40kg x 5, FSL 3 x 5
Grindy reps on the 40 but happy to be back
Side laterals 5kg x 12 x 4
Seated cable face pulls 20kg x 10 x 3
Pull ups 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
On the last few sets, more like 2.5 reps cause the last reps I wasn’t able to reach as high
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What’s the thinking with sumo as a supplemental lift?
Just me messing around with it while the conventional is still light. I’ve been trying to sort out my conventional for the longest time now, but I think I’m happy with the latest, and as others have pointed out, I shouldn’t be too anal about it anymore as long as technique is somewhat 80% of ideal.
But yeah I added it because on paper, sumo is supposed to be better for athletes because it strengthens the hips more than conventional. So added those just to cure that itch for lifting something “heavy” from the floor while conventional was light.
Will most likely just do it once in a while when I get back on 5/3/1 though
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Now that you’ve mentioned it, I think you are correct