Nachos are my friend. I live in San Jose, and a new taqueria opened up ~50 yards from house. I am both immensely grateful and curse its existence due to outstanding burritos, tacos, and nachos. If I were a better man, I would carry heavy DBs or KBs to its location prior to partaking, but alas I am not.
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@simo74 I relate WAY too well to what you just said. I actually was JUST thinking it today, as I booked it home, threw the weights in the vest as soon as I got in the garage, shucked off my work clothes, changed quick into something to walk the dog with the vest on, immediately came home, grabbed some piedmontese steak tips out of the basement to thaw in the sink, dismantled a rusted out BBQ grill that Iām taking to the dump later, got in my truck to pick up my kid knowing I was going to turn around, make us both dinner and then air fry those steak tips for lunch tomorrow before heading out to my kidās sport practice. I thought to myself āI only know 1 speed, and itās my hair on fireā, and I THRIVE when Iām put under that kind of pressureā¦but I"m SO bad at slowing down, enjoying them moment, and appreciating the REWARD of that work. I see āfree timeā and wonder what ELSE I can cram into it.
@antiquity Hah! A rough situation for sure. Christian Thibaudeau has actually made such suggestions for dietary compliance. Just a small barrier of entry before engaging. I wanna go get a fast food burger? Sure: 10 minutes of mountain climbers first. Often, in the course of those mountain climbers, the craving passes, but if it doesnāt: at least I burned some calories first!
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Usually, Iāll do something stupid conditioning wise and then get 2 burgers!
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You remind me of how much I miss In n Out. No better post workout burger.
Although I used to eat this EVERY day at work over the summer when I was your age
But lettuce wrapped, of course
And then I wondered why I had LDL issues later in life, haha.
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The sad part is burgers from fast food places (around me) are almost the same prices as delish and nutritious foods from restaurants (at least the Jamaican placeās jerk chicken)
Like $10 for a 3 patty burger or $10 for jerk chicken. Itās a hard choice
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Oh man, no joke. Fast food burgers cost the same as sit down burgers. Thereās legit no reason to get fast food these days anymore except for it being yummy. Itās not cheaper than eating at home, nor is it faster.
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This made me think of a place I forgot about near me. They have a bunch of weird burgers like a PB&J burger, Nutella Burger, Mac and cheese burger, Cookie butter burger, and then a lot more normal ones. I might have to go there at some point soon.
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Maybe this needs to go in the Flame Free thread, but MAN was I disappointed with In n Out. It was hyped up SO much before I moved to SoCal, and when I got thereā¦ meh. Itās a good $4 burger, Iāll give it that, but nowhere near worth the hype.
Now Steak ān Shake on the other handā¦
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We had a place in Central Coast CA like that
http://tomsburgerslompoc.com/menu.html
Burger for every letter of the alphabet. Proof that a good burger is just plain awesome.
Oh hell, I just said Good Burger. Now I gottaā¦
This is the biggest issue: it canāt possibly live up to the cult of personality built around it. As a San Diego native, I will go to my grave over it, but I ALSO fully appreciate that itās sold as a religious experience and outsiders wonāt āget itā.
On that note that, my wife is traveling, had a layover in the Dallas Air Port and FINALLY had REAL brisket, and just like that she suddenly āgot itā, after a few years of trying sub-par brisket. Itās amazing when that moment arrives, haha.
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Now sheāll never be able to have any other kind again!
Nor should she! Sub-par brisket is an affront.
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AM WORKOUT (0350 natural wake up): FED. 1 scoop of metabolic drive at 0100, and then 1 whole egg and 1 egg white before training
PLAGUE OF STRENGTHāS āFEASTā ROUTINE Week 1, Workout 2
Axle Dead Bench superset w/band pull aparts
10x2x276
1x20x166 (wide grip)
1x14x166 (wide grip)
Weighted dips superset w/hanging leg raises
4x6x130
2xAMRAPxBW dips (something like 27 and 20+)
5xAMRAPxBW
Barbell strict press into Band āropeā pushdown into band tricep overhead extension
5x12x95lb (fast reps, no lockout)
5x12/5x12
Time: Sub 1hr 10 min
300 BW squats
300 push ups
BREAKFAST/DRIVE TO WORK
2 mile walk
Notes:
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Gonna highlight the program deviations first and then expand: dead bench was not prescribed: just bench. No pull aparts RX for this workout. All supersets/circuits are program deviations. Band tricep work is supposed to be cables.
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I feel like dead bench meets the intent of this program moreso than a traditional bench. Pause bench would be close, but this was SO brutal and Iām such a fan of how it turned out. I should have done a better job of remembering where I had the straps set up, as I spent more time on set-up than Iād care for, but this just hammered the holy hell out of me and did a fantastic job of driving home āeat more food dummy!ā I did my absolute best to let the second rep be as brutal as the first, but you canāt get that stretch reflex 100% away. Pro tip: I wore a beanie to keep from ripping out the hair in the back of my head every time I got set up on the bench. The axle is a GREAT choice for dead bench as well, because it doesnāt hurt nearly as much when it makes contact with the straps. I honestly could just keep writing about this. I love the lack of technical element to the dead bench: it just suits all of what I am so much.
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Pull aparts, because always pull aparts.
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Dips are almost like my dessert for eating my veggies. Iām not sure what it is about me that is absolutely built for heavy dipping, but itās nice to lean into it.
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I was absolutely gassed getting into the military press. Original plan was BtN press, but I think Iād have to use an empty bar at that point. Jamie prescribes short and fast reps for this, no lockout, keep tension on the muscle. The pushdowns and extensions were just making the most of what I had. Originally I went wide stance to anchor my feet on the overhead work, but I eventually got it figured out.
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SO happy I got in all the required work for the day before starting work. Itās awesome when whatever training I have is my choice vs an obligation. Iād like to get in a weighted vest walk with the dog later, and maybe a short quick conditioning chipper, but Iām done. In that regard, the mandatory walk has got to be one of the most positive things Iāve introduced into my daily routine. Jamie is so underappreciated in his genius.
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Finding my way with the nutrition. Wanted to try a fed session and went with the egg/egg white combo vs my traditional approach of sunflower seed/nut butters. Trying to see how far down the rabbithole I can chase this carnivore thing. But also thinking maybe just keep up the Apex Predator and just add more shakes as needed. Iām doing two meals a day now vs one, and sticking with bone-in/fatty meat in the evening and lean meat with eggs for lunch. Lean meat is piedmontese grassfed steak tips, eggs are pasture raised whole eggs, because STEAK AND EGGS IS ALWAYS THE ANSWER. Fatty meat is chicken drumsticks and wings until I run out, and then maybe breaking out the rack of lamb.
- Iām using this first week of the program more as a break-in as far as the āfeastingā goes. Iām very slowly upping calories and intake, just to re-adjust to having food in my guts in general. But I DO have a plan. The wife is running a half-marathon on Sunday and the kiddo has been awesome while our lives have been chaos, so weāre going out to a combination Pizza Buffet/Fun-Zone to celebrate. Iāve been to this place SO many times and always just terrorize the salad bar. My plan is to actually go, cut loose and enjoy myself. A real deal celebratory feast for coming out of this famine: working 7 12s in a row straight into a week of 8s, living off shakes and pushing myself to my limit. Sunday will kickstart the next 2-3 weeks of feasting and growing. I really love the āstoryā this protocol tells. Itās got me totally bought in.
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- @QuadQueen I have an idea that I know is crazy, so I wanna loop you in just to see āhowā crazy it is. Thoughts on a raw egg in a protein shake? Iām thinking about throwing that into my āwake and shakeā. When I was a kid, we used to throw raw eggs into actual milkshakes to make them more frothy. I hear lots of opinions regarding the nutrition of a raw egg vs a cooked one. Also aware of the safety considerations. But Iād really dig just the QuadQueen perspective in general there.
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Go for it! If youāre not risk averse regarding the Salmonella potential, then thereās no other real reason to not. From a nutrition standpoint, thereās not a huge amount of benefit to raw vs. cooked. Cooking does decrease the antioxidant content of the yolk a bit, but other than that the other differences are negligible.
For what itās worth, I know a guy that drinks 3 raw egg yolks first thing in the morning and has been for doing it for years. Heās strong as hell and ripped too, so maybe thereās something to it. LOL!
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@QuadQueen well hell, now Iām sold, haha. I really appreciate that! Iāll try to remember tonight and see how it turns out. Eggs are just magic to me.
Totally meant to throw this into the log notes, but my plan for tomorrowās pull session has become high handle trap bar pulls, to the absolute delight of @flappinit I am sure. As far as intent of the program goes, I feel like that nails it. I could not possibly pull any heavier than I can with that. And then I intend to flip the handles around for the bent over rows, which Iām really excited about and love the homage it will pay to Paul Kelso. In turn, Iām thinking some real deal Kelso Shrugs instead of the laterals/face pulls that are programmed in. And then it looks like a curl fest that will make @TrainForPain proud.
Day 3ās structure, as a reminder
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Ha! Iām positively giddy!
I should have added - Iām plagiarizing the raw egg bit (thanks to you and @QuadQueen). I loved Rocky with a passion as a kid, and actually did this before my mom made me stop. I canāt wait to report tomorrow that I added 600 lbs to all lifts!
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Hell yeah man! Itās funny: Iām thinking of it as less than hardcore, because itās taking my water and powder shake and making it frothy and yummy, haha.
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@T3hPwnisher and @TrainForPain - Let me know how it goes and also, I am not liable if either of you get Salmonella. LOL!
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Iāll just call that the start of the next āfamineā phase, haha.
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Nothing like a nasty bout of diarrhea to get the party startedā¦ lol
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