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Thats awesome brother. I live in southeast minnesota, moved here from down south. I find the brutal, soul crushing cold to be a bonus. Cold doesnt lie to you. Its just barbaric. I find alot of beauty in the brutality of it.
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@NoECM22 No argument here: Cold is my element
Makes me feel aliveā¦even though it can kill me, haha.
Went old school with Tabata Double KB front squats with the 24s today, to give the muscle tear a break. These are still awful. Tang Soo Do was pretty standard.
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Iāve had to take that test at least half a dozen times for various classes in school, and always found that I clocked as either introverted or extroverted depending on whether or not I liked the class I was taking lol. Mood at time of taking the test definitely has a big factor.
(Which, as @anna_5588 pointed out, is a big reason why the test isnāt actually valid for anything but classroom pseudo-intellectual discussions)
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Got some of the best sleep Iāve had in years until about 0730. Got up and did 40 burpees over bar, fasted. I should note that Iām referring to lateral over bar vs forward.
Later in the afternoon, I did 1 round of Armor Bearer where I got in 23 ABCs. In the evening, another round, with 22 ABCs. Not bad with the torn muscle.
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Iām late to the party, but I liked the DISC assessment so I could call myself the biggest D in the room out loud in a corporate setting
Checking in to let you know i am still closely watching your progress.
Really fascinating how certain types of training gel with certain people in certain stages of their lives. I like to train how you do usually: get 2 or 3 exercises, make them quite heavy and try to keep pace for a few rounds. It gives me way more direction.
@Panopticum Glad to have you check in. In truth, this is less about training gelling with me and more about āundoing/prepping for Super Squatsā. I spent 6 weeks doing 1 big set of a lot of reps, so now Iām spending time doing lots of sets with few reps. I did 6 weeks using the same bar for squats, so now 6 weeks rotating bars. Etc. I feel like this will set me up well.
Slept until 0730, got in 40 fasted burpees over bar, did a bunch of meal prep, going to tackle my day. Had the original Spike flavor yesterday and it was fantastic as well, so Iām gonna say Iām a fan of all the Spike flavors. Great product.
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Interesting stuff. Sounds like duality.
What gels with your mindset the best at this point?
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Video games and nachos 
Exercise and eating right sucks
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hahaha
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PM WORKOUT
3 rounds of āArmor Bearerā
I got 26 ABCs in the first go, with 18 unbroken, tying my recordā¦and then doing ANYTHING after that was absolutely miserable.
And I feel a need to re-iterate: my lat/armpit is STILL torn. I am not 100%. So thatās pretty amazing.
Going for front squats and axle clean and press tomorrow. See how it shakes out.
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AM WORKOUT (0338 natural wake up)
CHAOS IS THE PLAN Week 3, Day 1
MAIN WORK
11 rounds in 30 minutes of
- 5x235 Front Squat
- 5x141 axle clean each rep and strict press
Typo in the youtube title: will fix later
ASSISTANCE WORK
Set timer for 8 minutes and got in
- 4 rounds of Max Dips-Max Laterals-Max pull aparts
- 20 standing ab wheels
- 25 pushdowns
Poundstone curls
142xAxle
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
ASSISTANCE/CONDITIONING
30 GHRs
62x180 reverse hypers, immediately into 7 minutes of burpee into DKB clean and press AMRAP (19 total rounds accomplished)
Notes:
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Very happy I could get through this today. I was curious how cleans were gonna go with the muscle tear, but as long as I pulled slow on the initial break off the floor and got set things were good. Which, honestly, is actually how youāre āsupposedā to clean, vs my typical spazzy jerk from the floor, so thatās good.
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Went light on the weight advances due to circumstances, but still seeing progress. I allowed 40 seconds between ending the round and levering my belt in prep for the next round. Was definitely huffing and puffing at the end.
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I like what I came up with combining the reverse hypers and conditioning. These high rep hypers are conditioning on their own, and from there I had the bells set-ups and just immediately ran up and hit my first burpee. Iād jump from the burpee to the bells, hit the clean and press, then ride the bells down to the floor, bear crawl backwards a step or two and start and process over. Actually had a few rounds where I had to pause on my hands and knees: definitely gassed.
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23 ABCs in 5 min w/24kg bells. Felt like I was moving through sand. Hitting these after that morning workout is brutal
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AM WORKOUT (0340 natural wake up)
CHAOS IS THE PLAN Week 3, Workout 2
MAIN WORK
10 rounds in 30 mins of:
- 10x155 SSB Good mornings from pins
- 10x80lb weighted dips
ASSISTANCE
33 Axle shrugs against strong shorts bands INTO
67x180 reverse hypers INTO
20 standing ab wheels INTO
50 pull aparts INTO
25 pushdowns
25 band curls
CONDITIONING
22 rounds in 10 minutes of:
- Burpee, jump to KBs, Double KB clean and press, jump back to burpee, SSB squat
Notes:
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Bruising is finally showing on the lat, and, in turn, it wasnāt ready to play with deadlifts. Pulled a few reps of 155 on the axle and could tell it just wasnāt going to be a good idea to go heavy today. So pivoted, went with GMs from straps and pushed the reps on the high side to keep it lighter. Decent enough workout for main work, and pushed the conditioning to compensate.
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Iām really finding something with that conditioning. Going from the floor into a full ROM movement really has some magic to it.
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Gonna be time to start thinking about the way forward from here. No real plans to speak ofā¦aside from Chaos of course.
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TABEARTA upon getting home. Healing continues
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Injured muscle: we want a break 
Pwn: the beatings will continue until performance improves
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@anna_5588 Hah! I wish. Injuries keep winning and getting leeway, but I thankfully have enough toys and experience that I can train around them without skipping a beat. Chins and deads will come back one day.
AM WORKOUT (0435 natural wake up) FASTED
CHAOS IS THE PLAN Week 3, Day 3
30 minute EMOM with the following approach:
- Top of the minute, do 1 thruster out of the rack w/95lbs
- Remainder of minute fill with burpee into a double KB clean and press w/24kg bells
Add a thruster each minute until you get beat by the clock, then start over.
I managed to get through 3 rounds of 8 thrusters, then worked my way through a round with 5 thrusters before time ran out
- 20 standing ab wheels
- 50 pull aparts
- 30 GHRs
Notes:
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Came up with this last night and pretty pleased with how it turned out. Lat is currently not in a good state for swings or chins, and I didnāt want to completely murder my legs with front squats, so this did the trick. Still a good amount of magic in the burpee into DKB C&P, and thrusters are always a miserable time. Taking it from the rack spared the lat a touch as well. Beyond that, no real expectations, so getting to 8 three times was pretty clutch. I was definitely hurting and sucking wind, and the time passed decently quick with the challenge of adding a thruster each round. In general, EMOM workouts drive me crazy, so having to find little ways to distract myself go far.
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Iām in that post flat and fat phase of reduced calories and, in term, feeling like Iām ālean enoughā from here. Way forward may be a 1 week deload to try to get the lat to heal and then back to gaining.
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Tang Soo Do later tonight, with heavy squats tomorrow.
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Schedule was tight, so went with 40 burpees over bar in the PM. Jumping after this morningās workout was brutal. Also reminds me I havenāt done jumps in a while
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AM WORKOUT (0338 natural wake up)
CHAOS IS THE PLAN Week 3, Workout 4
10 rounds in 30 minutes of:
- 2x435 Buffalo bar squat
- 2x200lb log clean each rep and strict press
ASSISTANCE
4 rounds of max dips into max lateral raise into max pull aparts
20 standing ab wheels
50 pull aparts
25 pushdowns
25 band curls
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
ASSISTANCE/CONDITIONING
30 GHRs
70x180 reverse hypers straight into tabata DKB work (holding onto the bells, go into a burpee, come up into a double KB clean, repeat)
Notes:
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Iām really happy with how this turned out. Last time I did the heavy squat workout was in an afternoon session, so being able to come at it 10lbs heavier in the morning is a great sign. Scrapped the keg and went with the log for the sake of my lat. Itās healing and getting more stable, but the keg is a LOT of chaos to throw at it. The log allows a lot more control, and I was able to slow down where I needed to shift weight off the lat as needed. It was certainly heavy pressing work, which was a pleasant surprise. The squats moved very well, but re-racking it tends to cause a good amount of pain. Itās a LOT of rapid decompression.
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I was absolutely nuked when it was all said and done, and scrambling coming up with fitting conditioning. The KB work was decent. I had done enough pressing, so just stuck with cleans, which made it move faster.
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Tang Soo Do was a decent enough workout last night. Got some kudos on my kicks. Head height is becoming very frequently achievable now.
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