Yeah, he’s pretty much good at everything he tries. Jerk.
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It wasn’t too bad, no where near as bad as the 22.4km (14 mile) race I did which was from the bottom to the top of Mt Buller. (Small mountain near Melbourne). The race going from around 200m to 1400m of elevation. You basically run up the road that snakes up the mountain. It was 2hrs and 29 mins of constantly running uphill and by the half way mark I literally just wanted to sit by the side of the road and curl up into a ball !! Lol
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Haha, thanks! But this is completely untrue. You should see me try and swim…lets just say I won’t be doing a triathlon any time soon.
What in the…? Torture.
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Woke at 213.2lbs this morning. I’m still thinking of running another cycle of 5/3/1 Hardgainer’s after this one and I’m going to keep the food coming. The most I’ve weighed in the morning was 217lbs and I feel like hitting the 220lb mark and holding it there for a little while. Since I’m competing with the 220’s now, I may as well fill out the weight class!
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07/26
W3D1
OHP
45 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5
185 x 10 ← This set was supposed to be with 175 but there is a whiteboard in the basement that I’m working out at and one of my buddies who trains there sometimes had “185x9 Strict OHP” written on the board…so game on. This is my Strongman buddy I’ve mentioned previously in my log.
135 x 5 x 10sets
DB Bulg. Split Squats
80lb DB x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 (one DB in same hand as forward leg)
BW Pushups
20, 20, 20, 20, 20
DB Explosive Shrugs - a la Nick Best
80lbs x 40, 40, 40
Good workout. Another hot and sweaty one. Nice pump. Feeling pretty bulky, in a good way.
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Nice pressing man, time to up my game
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That was easy man, nice pressing.
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@simo74 @mortdk - Thanks guys! I was worried my overhead strength would have diminished as I neglected it for a few months leading up to my PL competition, but seems like most of it has stuck around!
Woke up at 216.8lbs this morning. My wife and I went out for ice cream last night…but the store was closed! I did eat a couple cookies last night to curb my sweet tooth. I was pretty bloated this morning, so I’m sure the 216 won’t stick around too long.
On one end of the spectrum there are Hardgainers, then on the other end there is me, who can think about putting on weight and add 3lbs overnight! lol
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I dont understand how people can be hardgainers! I can sit down and consume ten plates of food at an all you can eat restaurant and get hungry again two hours later lol
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I bet it boils down to supply and demand. I’m actually finding it tough to eat enough to gain weight at 240 lbs (gasp!). When I was 220 and making sure I had abs I was hungry all the damn time. I felt like I would eat and get hungry 30 minutes later so I spent the next 2 hours waiting to eat again.
Now that I’m a bit larger, I get busy and simply don’t have time to eat all of my food. Another problem is actually having food ready to eat. I’m not the type who cooks one meal. I cook in bulk. The downside of that is that when I run out of prepared food I might have a day or two of undereating because I’m too lazy to cook more food (or it’s the end of the month and we have no food).
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Spaghetti bog or something like chicken alfredo etc… fill a massive container full of that and you’ll be set. That’s what I’d take to school last year.
What about drinking your calories? Make your own weight gainer shakes e.g couple scoops of protein, oats,banana, milk, dash of olive oil and bang calories.
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What do you think I’ve been doing!? Sometimes I just fail to prepare. It gets tedious. I hate meal prepping these days. We normally cook two boxes of pasta and stir in the sauce and have that in the refrigerator. I also have a family of four so some days I get home from work and the food I planned to eat the next day has been consumed by someone else.
Really, running out of food is just laziness or failure to plan ahead.
I’m drinking about four scoops of protein per day now. It’s expensive to get all of my protein from actual meat. I’m still enjoying my plunder from my shopping spree earlier this year from the failed supplement company. I bought $900 worth of stuff for $300 cash. I just opened my last 10 lb bag of BSN Syntha-6 protein but I have four or five 5 lb containers left.
On days where I get behind I just don’t feel like eating much past 7pm. I’m trying to minimize fat gain and avoid the dirty bulk. I’m still paranoid that eating and then going to bed will lead to more fat storage. It might not be true, but better safe than sorry.
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I think you’ll surprise yourself. Being able to run at a decent pace seems to be something you can build to pretty quickly. On the flip side, I’ve discovered it certainly goes away quickly…
When I was actually medium-fast, it was the only thing I was training for; but I was able to do pretty well (say 6:30 pace for a 5k) running just 3 times a week:
- One run about 50-75% farther than your goal distance (this changes if your goal distance is more than 7 miles I think). You’re just getting this one done, but try to maintain a steady pace throughout (so your first half should be slow).
- One run right around or even a little less than your goal distance. You want to push yourself on this one, but not die.
- Some kind of intervals. I like 400m - 800m, because I think they carry over to everything. Mile repeats are good for longer-distance runners, but I don’t think they’re applicable to you. Shorter than 400m is probably more fun for folks that want to lift, but I just never saw the same benefit to a mile or more. Fartleks, hills, whatever are also fine. I think you want to keep your total mileage here to around your goal distance or so, but you’ll probably know when to stop.
So, let’s say you want a 13-minute 2 mile. Really doable, and you’d have a sub-7 mile at the end.
- Monday: Run 3-4 miles over terrain (not on a track) at a comfortable pace.
- Wednesday: Run 2 miles at about 80% of what you could do. This can be on the track if it’s easier with your dog.
- Friday: Run 2 x 800m and 2 x 400m (this is way worse than it looks on paper) at your track. Push yourself on these, but rest close to completely between. You want your first one to be about 90-95% of what you can do, then not lose more than 5% on each subsequent interval. That’s just how you want to push, though; this isn’t really the kind of plan that requires a lot of thinking.
Hopefully that wasn’t too much info. I saw you don’t actually care that much after I typed all this up!
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Yeah that’s true
Yeah meat is damn expensive
I think it depends on what you eat. I mean if you think about it sleep is when your body repairs itself so wouldn’t eating before bed be beneficial?
Ya, it is tough for me to put myself in their shoes. I have a buddy who is in great shape (plays lots of ball hockey, touch football, and works out) and says it doesn’t matter what he does he will always weigh 140lbs (he is ~5’6"). I’ve told him MANY times he needs to eat more since he is so active, but then he gets defensive and tells me he eats more than me and could eat me under the table right now…zzzzz
Well I understand stalling out at a certain point and it becoming more difficult. But it’s tough for me to see how someone could be 140lbs and having trouble putting on weight! 3500-4000cals/day would no doubt add some mass to their frame and isn’t THAT difficult to consume.
I consume ~1000cals within 1-2hrs of going to bed every day.
Not at all, I appreciate the information regardless of whether I decide to pursue it or not. I like learning about all training related things! I’m definitely not working towards a 2-mile time though lol, lets stick with 1 mile for now. Today is a rest day, so I might go hit the track tonight depending on the weather and at least run a couple 400m intervals to feel it out.
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Challenge him to an eat off lol
Haha, the thing is, he could probably eat more than me at a single sitting! But it’s not about who CAN eat more, it’s about who DOES eat more 7days/week, 365days/yr. He is also much more active than me with his other sports and active job, so he would probably require even more food to kickstart the bulk.
Also, a brief aside; I found this article quite entertaining.
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Haha, the thiljng is, he could probably eat more than me at a single sitting!
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But how?? You need to step up your game lol
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