Congrats man! Lots of exciting stuff going on for you
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Congratulations sleepy.
Your life as you know it is over, when the baby arrives.
But donât worry, the best part is coming.
Just ask all the dadâs around here.
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You donât really have to peak. The whole point of ME every week is so that youâre never more than 3 weeks out from being able to hit a max weight.
You CAN do weird things like circamax ( takes a lot of knowledge and experimenting ) but for the most part a simple taper works.
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What % are you doing your speed work at?
Thanks Hog! Helluva year coming up.
Haha, thanks Mort!
I still need to do some more reading on conjugate, kind of just blindly following it at the moment (coached). I donât fully understand the system.
That was 45%, last week was 40% which felt much faster.
See how your 50% goes next week and if that all feels too slow, bump it back down 5% so youâd go 35,40 ,45
Sometimes lighter is better for speed work.
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Congrats!!! And itâs a boy so the pressure to carry on the family name is off 
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Get ready to meet your nemesis. If your son is anything like mine then youâll feel like youâre staring at yourself. As he gets older and more defiant (the terrible 2âs, 3âs and 4âs), youâll feel like youâre arguing with yourself 
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I canât help but laugh during these moments. If you get mad then youâre just getting mad at yourself!
Iâm happy for you guys and all of the excitement you have planned for the year. My daughter was due on March 23rd and we closed on selling our house on March 22nd. We failed to find a new home and found ourselves in an apartment for six months with a newborn. The little guy wonât notice that youâre not in your forever home when he arrives.
A couple of tips (unsolicited, of course):
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Youâre building your own home. Consider adding extra insulation in the interior walls and ceiling or using some sort of sound suppressant for your home gym so you can train and not disturb the sleeping baby.
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(this one is really mamaâs call) Put the little guy in his own room/bed from day one. They get attached to sleeping with you if you let them and itâs a tough habit to break. But if your wife decides to breastfeed then itâs really tough to tell her to get out of bed and walk across the house to do the nighttime feedings. We did formula so we took turns.
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Thanks man, happy to hear that. Coach did mention that this week. He did comment that if speed doesnât improve next week (perhaps yesterday was just an off day) then he will drop us down some to emphasize speed. Iâm glad your comment was in support of this, confirms that he at least kind of knows what he is talking about, lol.
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Man thatâs awesome! Congrats!
Haha, exactly!
Oh boy, I am in for a treat. He is going to be a Royal Shit. There are a long line of shit disturbers in the family, and there is no chance he will be any different.
Tips are welcome and appreciated!
- Wife actually mentioned sound proofing my weight room lol. We have it designed so that it is under the main living space rather than anyoneâs bedroom as Iâm sure I will be working out when he has gone to bed.
- In our current living situation, there is no other room lol (studio-type apartment). Hoping to only be there for the first 2-3 months, so hopefully we can still break the habit after that. The plan is definitely to breast feed, but plans change in a hurry. A lot of mothers we know just werenât able to.
Thank you! How goes your battle?
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Ha! It goes, ones a little shit that likes to party all night (my wifeâs daughter) and one that eats, shits, goes right back to sleep between feedings (my daughter). Weâve got them on the NICU schedule still (we wake them up every 2.5-3 hours to feed them until theyâre around 7lbs probably) so the schedule itself isnât terrible, itâs just that little sister (younger by 46 minutes) has decided that 10p-3a is her time to shine 
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Thatâs awesome man. Already learning so much about their personalities and schedules. I canât wait (even though Iâll probably be sick of it at timesâŠoften)! Just starting to feel him moving around now and it is getting me quite excited to meet the little bugger.
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Itâs nothing like I ever imagined (weâre at 2.5 weeks old now) it is absolutely a mixture of frustration (when they cry and you have no idea why) adoration (when they do literally anything except cry) and every other stereotype that youâve heard joked about, ha! The NICU doc gave us some sound advice though (he had great bedside manner) he told us when we left that babies are simple, âFeed them when theyâre hungry, change them when theyâre messy, and sleep when they sleep.â It seemed too simple when I was there staring at both of them, but it really is a fairly simple endeavor haha at least until theyâre old enough to mentally scar them with dad jokes, fanny packs, and grilling advice.
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Here I was excited for more in-depth conjugate training discussion and itâs just a baby.
Well, congrats I guess⊠
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Your coach is dead on from what I see. He knows what he is doing. You found a âgymâ of a coach.
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See? Mentally scarring dad jokes like thisâŠ
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I have quite a bit of experience with infants/toddlers so Iâm not terribly worried (I made good money as a babysitter in my youth), but my wife is quite concerned as she has very little experience being around young children. I tell her all the time that it is much different when the child is yours because you arenât as afraid of breaking it lol. Youâd hate to break someone elseâs kid.
Hahaha! Thanks man.
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I see exactly what you mean. Canât wait!
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Having literally just gone through all the excitement, I am genuinely excited for you, man!
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Congrats man! Youâve got a hell of a year ahead of you.
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Wow that is such great news. Congratulations to you both.