Full respect received.
I get most of my grassfed beef from piedmontese dot com. The code “power” from Mark Bell’s power project will get you 25% off, and they’re located 40 minutes away from me, so it’s local enough. The dairy is all from the local grocery store, but most of it comes from Iowa farms, which, again, is close enough.
There’s value in the Stoics for sure, but also value in completely ignoring them, haha.
Familiar with The Law of One: Ra Material?
It’s a little wacky, but I like it.
Thanks for the sources. There are a couple of farms along my bike ride into town - mostly vegetables, but also eggs, and a pretty good farmer’s market on Wednesdays that I could probably connect with providers (it feels like we’re talking about gear here), but everything is so expensive here. NY Strip is $21.99 at the grocery store.
I’ll keep hunting, keep taking fish oil to offset the grain fed hamburger I buy, keep eating chicken thighs, and consider moving to Nebraska.
Needs taco meat and it’s perfect 
@The_Myth Not familiar with that one: I’ll have to look it up. And man, beef has just gotten crazy in general. Piedmontese is at least worth the cost. We’re going out to Texas Roadhouse tonight and the sticker shock is real, haha.
@tlgains A fantastic idea. I’ve done steak on top of it, and my carnivore chili is soon to come to life as well, which would also be a great topper.
AM WORKOUT (0440 natural wake up) FED
TO VALHALLA Week 2, Workout 4 “Festival of Orm Stórolfsson Part 1: Feats of Endurance”
38 rounds of
15 KB swings w/24kg bell
8 squats
8 push-ups
While wearing our armor (10lb vest)
BREAKFAST
2+ mile walk w/dog
Notes:
The festival runs through the day and ends with a feast! We start off the morning with a light breakfast and feats of endurance
“Why 38 rounds?” Because we’re still going to get 15k swings in 26 days, and 38 rounds of 15 got us to 570, with 5 more tacked on for 575, which puts us on pace. 8s for push ups and squats got us slightly over 300: our daily goal.
Folks, the festival continues to be fantastic. We feasted for lunch
From there, we paid tribute to Orm in the most satisfactory of manner: a Viking Powerlifting Meet and Timed hold with the bar on our back
“VIKING POWERLIFTING MEET & TRIBUTE TO ORM”
A Viking would not debase himself by lying down, so there is no benching here.
Double bodyweight on squats, bodyweight on log, 3/4 bodyweight on stone. I weighed in at 177 this morning
2 reps per lift: one for me and one for Orm.
18 rounds, because 6 attempts per lift: once again, 1 meet for me, 1 meet for Orm.
When it’s over, we load up the bar much like the ships mast that did in our hero and we hold for as long as we can. That was 645lbs. Nothing significant about the number: it was the heaviest I could load onto the bar in the fastest time.
This evening, I feast at some manner of Texas steakhouse, whereupon I have been informed the ribs of a swine await me alongside some manner of barely warmed bovine. To Valhalla!
I’m loving the story time that goes along with these workouts.
Glad to have you along dude! You reminded me that I TOTALLY forgot to mention that part of the tribute was wearing my “Hercules” shirt to honor the champion of strength while listening to the World’s Strongest Man soundtrack on repeat.
Honestly thought I was done logging, but the evening turned out pretty awesome. I got an 8oz thick cut NY Strip Steak at Texas Roadhouse. For my side, I asked for 2 house salads with no lettuce, tomato or crutons “just eggs and cheese”. Our server made me a SALAD out of shredded cheddar cheese and eggs. I brought home like a pound of shredded cheese, because eating it would have been absurd. I also got a sidekick of ribs without sauce, and they were delicious AND free because they took a while to come out. It was a fantastic meal, and then my kiddo pitched the idea of a 5 mile walk after dinner, which I just got back from. No finer way to celebrate the memory of Orm: feasting and festival.
Man it’s been a while since I’ve kept up, so if you’ve answered this already I apologize, although I’m digging back in
I don’t see you eating egg yolks much though fatty meat seems fairly common?
Always great to have you along dude.
I get in a minimum of 3 yolks a day. 1 whole raw egg on my midnight shake and an afternoon snack at work of 2 whole eggs. On weekends, they are part of my breakfast
Well that makes sense then. Dude this family man style you’re doing is right on!
@bjiral Thanks for that man! Means a lot to hear. Finding this balance has been incredible.
AM WORKOUT (0440 wake up via alarm, absolutely exhausted from yesterday) FED
TO VALHALLA Week 2, Workout 5 ”Blacksmith of Valhalla Outfits the Fallen”
575 kb swings w/24kg bell, but EMOM do a Viking Armor Building Complex w/90lbs loaded on axle.
225 squats and push ups in 6 minutes
BREAKFAST
2+ mile walk in the sun
Notes:
Got it done inside 35 rounds. It was awful. We are building armor here folks! Gotta swing that hammer.
I was absolutely EXHAUSTED coming into this. Genuinely did not want to do it. Spent some time looking at my feet and wondering if there was any room to not train today. Discovered there was not. Yesterday was INCREDIBLE. I had the most fun training and living I’ve had in a LONG time. My wife told me she literally could not remember the last time she had seen me so happy. But BOY was it a LOT of activity. Orm would be proud. I may have to make that an annual thing.
Hey, while I’m talking feet: I’m thinking of getting into barefoot style shoes for these daily walks. Anyone out there have any recommendations? I’m out of my element there.
Got in the majority of push ups and squats, but wanted to keep the workout time lower and get some stuff done. I have Tang Soo Do tonight, which will provide more opportunities for activity.
575 swings done, so I’m at 2936 in 5 days: ahead of schedule. Good place to be.
I’m traveling to the family farm next weekend. I’m bringing some bags of Metabolic Drive with me. Going to make it a Velocity Diet weekend. I love how easy of a plan that is to come up with. Back in the day, this would have been SUCH an ordeal. I AM gonna bring along a kettlebell to keep up with the challenge, but otherwise just be active and have some love and family time.
I picked up a pair of Lems a couple weeks ago and they’re fantastic. They’re not true barefoot shoes, but they have the zero drop and wide toe box. I got some styled more for casual wear, because I’m a shoe snob and even my casual shoes need to be of high quality and functional haha. I’d recommend them as a good bridging the gap option between traditional shoes, and the over the top barefoot style shoe.
FWIW i really love my Xero Prios. Not great for off road or sled pushing on damp grass or anything due to the lask of lugs on the bottom, its like wearing chuck taylors, but super minimal and lightweight and wide, great for lifitng or walking or road running if your technique isnt too flat footed.
Hungrier than usual. 2 carnivore chicken tacos with grassfed sour cream and cheese, egg whites and a chicken thigh.
@mr.v3lv3t and @Deadliftnstill Thanks so much for the recommendations gents! I’ll be sure to look into them.
Ya’ll see my dinner porn and Rampage meals. None of it is staged. I am eating every bite. I am walking around this lean
This was first thing this morning. No pump, filter, tricks, etc.
Its wild how well this works. I tried so hard doing this in ways that made no sense before.
Did you keep track of how many strength sport competitions you competed in over the years?
3 Powerlifitng meets and 13 or 14 strongman comps
Figured out a better way to do the food porn
Here we go, sum up the day. Bottom right is breakfast: omelet 3 whole pasture raised eggs, grassfed dubliner cheese, grassfied piedmontese steak tips, chicken bacon, an egg white, next to a Don Lee farms chicken patty, paleo chicken sausages, and this kickass bacon I found
I honestly need to just hook up with our local butcher, but that will do for now.
Lunch was some leftover air fried chicken thighs and egg whites, bottom left.
Upper right is meal prep: took a piedmontese chuck roast and pressure cooked it in some beef bone broth…and that was it. And it turned out fantastic, and I sliced it thin and I’m thinking tacos or gyros now.
Upperleft is dinner: pork ribs and chopped brisket from our favorite local BBQ place. This chopped brisket really redeemed them, because their sliced brisket was very sub-par. Once again, I traded my kid my cornbread for their brisket. Sucker!
And upper middle…a “nailed it” esque attempt at a protein egg white cake in the slow cooker. I think cooking it was the mistake. Even though it’s egg whites, I feel safe enough making it a no-bake next time and seeing how that goes. It’s edible, but dry. I can resolve that, of course, but the attempts are part of the fun. And it only took 15 minutes to get the bottom of the instant pot cleaned out!
As far as training goes, first thing upon waking up my feet hit the floor, 150 push ups and 250 squats. 100 KB swings while taking out the trash, another 50 after taking the dog for a 2+ mile walk, then I got in this Viking WOD
“To Valhalla” Week 2, Workout 6: “Berserker POW of Ragnarok”
Max swings, EMOM 3 burpee chins. 425 was the goal to reach my 575 for the day, but I had enough time to go over that. 24kg bell.
So I’m at a total of 3536 in 6 days, and ahead of schedule. Good place to be…again.
Then got in a 3 mile walk with my kiddo after dinner, and somewhere along the line the rest of my push ups and squats.
I bought a rower! It’s this model
I know that’s like a kid’s toy for the rowers out there, but the price was right, since I got it off facebook market. It fits in perfectly in the gym.
We’re trying for brunch again tomorrow, but I’m honestly not feeling a rampage right now. I may make it a carnivore brunch, purely for the challenge of it, and then just have a nice carb up meal at lunch or dinner instead, and keep it a bit on the cleaner side. But, of course…
Chaos is the plan.
