Carnivore brunch crushed. Captured both rounds
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Ok, another wild day, as usual for weekends. All good things.
Slept off and on until about 0800, immediately upon waking got in 150 push ups and 100 squats, then soon after 400 swings done in 2 sets of 200, each taking about 5:10 to accomplish, so thatās good to know for baseline. Fasted all the way to brunch at 1000, which was pure carnivore.
Did chores, came home, knocked out 180 more swings in and used the remaining time of a 10 minute timer to get in another 100 push ups and squats.
Saw a play with the family, picked up Panda Express on the way home, large entre of Teriyaki Chicken and then I made āNoodlesā using those egg wraps. Turned out pretty decent. Bottom right is just some piedmontese steak tips I cut up small for some gyros/tacos this week.
Got in a deadlift workout immediately after dinner:
405+chains off 3 mats for 8+4+3
Went for immediate 3 mile walk and then 50 push ups and squats.
Didnāt do a Rampage this week, but got in a carb up after dinner.
Some thin sliced homemade sourdough with some raw local honey mixed with pumpkin, a small smear of some peanut butter, sunflower butter or nuts nā more depending on the slice, sprinkled with naked PB, some slices toasted, some not, alongside 100 calories of applejax with some protein powder mixed in, some of that protein egg white cake I made and a cereal bar that I actually swapped out for a Peanut Butter Finibar because I realized, if I wanted a Peanut Butter bar, I HAD better choices I could make.
I have some VERY evil intentions for my workout tomorrow morning. This was an awesome day.
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Do you have a recipe you typically use for that? Have been wanting to try baking some for a while now.
Looking crazy jacked in the thumbnail btw. As always.
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Not sure how you intend it but I heard that as someone saying āNeitcheā like Ric Flair says his nick name āNature Boyā
WOOOOOOOO!
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Looking absolutely chiseled mate
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I like it!
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Now you have me walking around going Wooooo!
Thanks. LOL
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@creative_name Thanks for that man! In truth, my wife is the baker in the family (not shocking from the carnivore). We got the starter from a local restaurant, because weāre friends with the owners, and my wife feeds it daily and makes a new loaf about once a week.
@Lonnie123 and @The_Myth Surely itās āWoo woo!ā, haha.
@ChongLordUno Hell yeah dude! Hard work and hard living makes hard bodies.
AM WORKOUT (0420 wake up via alarm) FED
āTo Valhallaā Week 3, Workout 1: āBailing Out The Vasa When It Hits Deep Water On Way To Ragnarokā
Deep Water meets the 10k swing challenge. Seriously, f- -k you: Iām a Viking.
SSB Squats
10x10x275+chains
Rest no longer than 4 minutes between squats.
Do 50 KB swings between sets.
The swings are done DURING the rest period. You do not start the rest after the swings. The ship is SINKING gets: bail it out!
BREAKFAST
75 more swings
50 push ups
50 squats
2 mile walk
Notes:
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I came up with this yesterday and got giddy with myself for being so twisted. I was thinking to myself that the instinctive training has been awesome, but that Iām FULLY aware that, instinctively, I am a hedonist, not an ascetic. The WODs have been hard, but not challenging. They were not pushing me beyond my limits. So it was time to take something that does EXACTLY that. Iām thinking of doing a whole week of Deep Water workouts with a Viking twist and that 15k challenge looming.
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The story: The Vasa is a ship with an amazing history that you should look up, but ultimately it serves as a fantastic symbol of manās hubris. Itās a warship that is too big to sail. It sunk on its maiden voyage due to its own volume. What a fantastic metaphor. āI donāt care if I die, as long as they bury me in a BIG goddamn box!ā We should all strive to be so large that we capsize. But, in turn, just imagine the SHEER amount of force and strength it would take to row such a beast to KEEP it afloat on your way to war? This requires the labor and strength of legendary fallen warriors. But even THEY can only keep the Vasa afloat for so long: it WILL take on water. Which is why, after each set, we bail it out with 50 KB swings. We are rowing into DEEP WATER my friends: we cannot stop or we will drown.
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We lost 2 oarsmen at set 8 and one at set 9. We went back for them. We will need every man for this war.
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I kept it at 2 min of rest for the first 3 sets, then like 2:15 for a few, then 2:45 and some 3:00s in there.
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The SSB is ABSOLUTELY the most Viking bar one could squat with, no question. Another option would be actual Viking squats with the landmine, but this is what I settled on. Chains, of course, are far more Viking than without chains. If I wanted to make it even more Viking, the swings would be replaced with something like Viking handle deadlifts or floor to overhead. Thrusters would be TOO stupid, because itād be squats on top of squats. Oh yeah, and, of course, actual rowing would make the most sense.
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This was ABSOLUTELY what I was looking for as far as pushing my limits goes. And Iām opening myself up to all sorts of possibilities in that regard. Iām thinking that I could have some weeks where itās pure intuitive/instinctive training, followed by 1 week of ācounterintuitiveā training BY DESIGN to create disruption/intentional dissonance and chaos to force growth. Harmony is beautiful: disharmony DRIVES a necessary adaptation to return TO harmony, and itās that adaptation that IS growth, and that growth IS strength.
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Like, I could do a Viking Deep Water week, a Viking Building the Monolith week, a Viking Super Squats Week, etc. Fully understanding these are PROGRAMS, with their own logical build up and structure, and a week of them isnāt necessarily meeting THEIR designā¦but it SURE meets mine.
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My glutes and hamstrings are locking up like mad. This was a fantastic stimulus. This week, I travel out on Friday and spend time with family, away from the gym and my modern conveniences. Iām planning on bringing the kettlebell, to stay with the challenge, and will accomplish my daily minimums and regular physical activity, but will otherwise run a mini-famine, if not kickstart the full famine from that starting point.
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While talking nutrition: it honestly felt good to skip the Rampage for a week and just do a simple, āwholesomeā carb up. Iām running into the issue I ran into with āDeep Mountainā: this style of eating is so sustainable and suitable that I honestly donāt WANT to deviate from it. And itās so simple that I have to consciously choose to NOT eat the way that I want to eat. Everywhere we went that had an opportunity to Rampage and carb up ALSO had an opportunity to just eat meat, and I wanted to MEAT, NOT the carbs. I was never a sugar addicted, and pretty much the only reason I ever ācravedā carbs was because I was limiting myself on meat for SOME reason, but once I told myself āif itās animal, itās allowedā, I have no desire to eat anything beyond that. BUT, I recognized that this training had COMPLETELY drained my glycogen stores. I am looking and feeling flat, and I DO experience improvements in training and physique when I include a regular weekly carb up. Holy hell, this speaks EXACTLY to what I wrote about above creating intentional disharmony for the sake of growth: thatās nuts!
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So all THAT said, I REALLY dug how this carb up shook out. Homemade bread, local honey, minimally processed nut butters, etc. Very ācleanā carbs, and I tried to go as low fat as possible while keeping protein higher to really shake things up. The dirtiest carb was the breakfast cereal and, consequentially, it was the least enjoyable part of it. If I were to do it over, Iād get a sweet potato instead: I always liked those. Capping it off with the Finibar was the perfect touch, because itās gentle on the guts and definitely had me feeling satiated, to say nothing of the fact that those things are just goddamn delicious. I microwaved it, to make it a real treat. And I went to bed feeling GREAT: not bloated, stuffed, sweating and miserable like I do after the Rampages. Iām still going to eat what I want from here on out, which means that, if I find myself in a state that a REAL Rampage sounds great, Iāll do exactly that. The Brunch I had last weekend, with French toast and pancakes and etc, was exactly that. But the brunch I had THIS weekend was ALSO fantastic, and it was pure carnivore. Iām not going to eat junk just to eat junk, because thatās stupid, but if I want to eat it, thereās a great avenue for it, and otherwise, I know how to get in some carbs and meet the objectives.
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A few other nutrition points: we called this āCarb backloadingā back in the day, so thatās cool. Also, I swapped out the grassfed whole cream I was putting in my coffee with beef broth, which makes it more like a soup, and Iām totally ok with. I honestly didnāt care for the cream in the coffee: was just looking for an opportunity to consume a bit more animal. ALSO, I made my egg whites in a mason jar this morning vs my microwave egg cooker, and now thereās no going back. The fewer heated plastics, the better.
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I bet I have even MORE to say: I always forget something. But this was a great brain dump.
EDIT: Remembered more brain dumps
- I pulled the trigger on some ābarefoot shoesā. Went with the Ursus
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I legit picked them because theyāre made of leather and Iām full on embracing this āanimal basedā thing. And Brian Alsruhe supports the company, and Chris Duffin is a part owner of it, so it all lined up. Iām excited to give them a go.
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I also bought Brianās newest e-book on EMOM training. Itās evil, as expected.
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Current swing total is 4691 in 7 days.
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If you ever make it to Stockholm the Vasa museum is well worth a visit
Thatās how I learned about it, haha. That was an amazing trip.
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Are you eating set quantities, or just going by feel on the amounts of meat per meal?
And I love the new alsruhe book, canāt wait to see your take on it.
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I eat until I am done. If I want more: I eat more.
What kind of take are you looking for my dude? I actually shared it: itās evil! Haha.
Evil is an understatement! I thought I was in good shape until I did EMOM deadās
Thanks for the reply on the nutrition question
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Coffee?
Say it aint so!
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I know: plants! Haha. But it seems to help my digestion.
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I just remembered you liking energy drinks and disliking coffee. The switch felt dramatic.
Thatās cool about the digestive benefits.
Iāve been putting collagen in my coffee, but it doesnāt taste like much.
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Ah, I like both now, haha. The Velocity Diet had me cut out all the āfake foodā I was eating and really re-sensitized me to the joy of simple tastes and flavors, and coffee became delicious, haha.
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In your next video You gotta cut a promo as the Neitche Boy, wooooooo! And tell the weights how youāre about to dominate them
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If it werenāt 0400 and my beautiful Valkyrie wasnāt blissfully slumbering upstairs I absolutely would! Itās part of the reason I pull touch and go, haha.
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Youāll have to let me know what you think of these once they come in. I have had a pair in my cart half a dozen times and just havenāt pulled the trigger