Absolutely dude! I forgot to mention I am also excited to be able to support a North Dakota company too. So much win!
I dug these egg white rice and noodle bowl I made.
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AM WORKOUT (0420 wake up via alarm) FED
āTO VALHALLA Week 3, Workout 2: āBailing out the Vasa in Deep Waterā Part 2: Viking Thrusters and Swings
10x10x115 (on the axle) Viking Thrusters w/2 min rest between thrusters
50 KB swings between thrusters
Rest time starts at end of Thrusters. Swings done DURING rest.
Finish the 10x10, transition to 5 minutes of Burpserkers (yes, Iām renaming burpee chins to be more Viking and I love it): 38 total
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300 push ups and squats
3 AMRAP hanging leg raises
Curls w/20lb DBs until pumped
BREAKFAST
75 swings
2 mile walk
Notes:
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Continuing on with my terrible idea of combining Vikings with Deep Water with the swing challenge. This was an interesting combination where it seemed like it wasnāt challenging enough except I am clearly dying in the later rounds due to the stupid short rest times and full ROM movement of a thruster. The second and third round of swings in both of these workouts are when I feel the most like puking. Finishing the workout in 28 minutes put me in a mood to throw in those Burpserkers, which, also, @ChongLordUno , Iām failry certain you should don the title of āBurpserkerā in general and also consider picking a burpee variant and giving it that title.
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Kept it 2 minutes the whole time for rest times, which was a fantastic added challenge. The overhead work is always a balancing act when it comes to weight.
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My legs are absolutely trashed from yesterday, as are my glutes, which is quite a sensation. My bodyweight is up to 181.0, which I imagine a big part of that is simply inflammation from how totally swollen my entire lower body has become.
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It was good to get some direct ab and arm training in. I recognize that, left to my own devices these things DONāT get done, and itās what Jamieās program was good for to me. Iāll need to get back into something like that.
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Tang Soo Do may be happening tonight. Schedules are a little screwy with travel.
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In my quest for continual process improvement, I believe Iāve found a way to address my compulsive gum chewing (like a smoker, Iām almost a pack a day dude) and underhydration by switching to ice chips. The gum chewing is a holdover from my days of always EATING something, and it seems Iām just used to my mouth always being in motion (yes, make your jokes now). Meanwhile, because I was always chewing gum, I wasnāt drinking fluids. So now Iām chomping on a bunch of ice chips at work, which is getting me some water, satiating the need to chew something, and some argue raising my metabolic rate ever so slightly. Aside from being a little weird on the social side, I feel like this is a win.
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I am digging my switch from plastic egg cookers to glass jars. This is such a small thing and a big thing at the same time. Today Iāll try whole eggs vs just whites.
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I have been including this bone broth WITH many of my egg white creations, along with mixing it with my coffee and a few other spots, and plan to make it the base of my carnivore chili when I come around to it. Also used it for the chuck roast that I cut up this week for sandwich meat and it was amazing. I love all the things Iām discovering through this process. They also have a chicken and veggie variant.
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My bearfoot shoes are supposed to come in tomorrow, and a Piedmontese order soon after. Iām thinking Iām gonna have a summer of āRampageā meals where itās family steak night/BBQ and I eat some real, authentic goddamn delicious Nebraska sweet corn, sweet potatoes, local raw honey and sourdough bread. Iām already seeing the benefits from my carb up on Sunday, thereās no denying that I need these weekly carbs, but I also really just donāt need to eat junk, and I can FEEL the difference when I load up on junk vs not. I wrote on my past 2 previous Rampage meal post workouts how the workout was ācleansingā and I was āsweating Criscoā, and could observe how foul my body odor was, whereas doing the Deep Water squats off of homemade sourdough and local honey just had me training hard and feeling fine. And I have plenty of Finibars for dessert, which are delicious.
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5266 swings so far: halfway to 10k and a third of the way to 15.
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Burpzerker it is!
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Hell yeah @ChongLordUno !
Pretty proud of this
I made a casserole out of leftovers using the microwave.
4 egg whites mixed with a splash of beef broth, 12 chicken meatballs cut in half, and a shaving of grassfed Dubliner cheese. About 4 minutes in the microwave total. Just a little soupy on the bottom, which I have a few ways I could address it, but otherwise the slices came out clean. Pasta-less casserole. I topped with some grassfed sour cream because that stuff is delicious. āCookedā it in some glassware storage: stupidly simple.
Tang Soo Do was a decent workout. More evil in store for tomorrow.
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Pwnisherās Not Lasagna
@tlgains This is more āhot dishā or casserole. Very āmid-westā. It lacks the necessary layers of a lasagna, but I DO have ideas for a carnivore lasagna. If we wanted to make this a pun, Iād throw some bacon in with the eggs in there and make it āchicken carnivaraā, haha.
AM WORKOUT (0420 natural wake up): FED
āTO VALHALLA Week 3, Workout 3 āBailing Out The Vasa When It Hits Deep Waterā Part 3: Keg Cleans and Swings
10x10x155lb Keg clean
- 2 min rest between sets
- 50KB swings w/24kg bell between sets
- Rest periods starts at end of clean: swing on your rest times
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12 rounds of combinations of daily work and 300 squats and 120 push ups. Got in 5xAMRAP leg raises, 2x25 band pull aparts, 2 sets of curls, 2 sets of lateral raises.
BREAKFAST
2 mile walk
Notes:
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Gotta save the loot from the Deep Water!
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This was absolutely brutal. The posterior chain gets no rest at all.
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Went non-berserker because the powder coat on that keg will tear the hell out of my skin even THROUGH the shirt. In turn, I was soaked in sweat at the end. Just fantastically challenging and exactly what I needed. My legs are still nuked from Monday.
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Possibly more Tang Soo Do tonight. Still need to get in 75 more swings to get to 5841 for the day, and the remaining push ups as well. Really glad I could get in that extra work though. Itās good to return to some ab training.
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A breakfast lasagna?
Please tag me when you make it
Iā¦I donāt think you and I agree on what ācarnivoreā means, haha.
But if I make it Iāll be sure to tag you!
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Off topic, but do you like Garfield?
I havenāt read the comic in years, but I was a big fan of it growing up. Watched āGarfield and Friendsā whenever it was on, and my kiddo and I watch the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials each year when appropriate. Read the comic every morning through high school. Jim Davis is pretty unapologetic at what a cash grab it isā¦and is worth 800 million dollars, so it works, haha.
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I have literally no idea what any of those numbers reflect but good to know something is working
@simo74 Blood pressure of 107/61 and a resting heart rate of 47 bpm
And I was literally drinking an energy drink on my way in to the doctorsā¦so thatās not a true RHR, haha
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One more photo, amazingly not food
Wore them to pick up my kid. I like them, despite looking like clown shoes on my geisha feet.
Oh yeah, and got in my 75 swings and 180 other push ups. TSD got canx though.
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They are great numbers mate.
I had my blood pressure taken multiple times recently when I was in hospital for a day procedure, both pre and post general anesthesia my BP was around 110 over 70, I was very happy with that and so were all of the nurses. Resting HR was 50-55 but I will blame the excitement for that.
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@simo74 Good to see man! Itās funny: when weāre young, the numbers we brag about our bench press. We get older and āBPā stands for āblood pressureā, haha.
AM WORKOUT (0420 wake up via alarm) FED
āTO VALHALLAWeek 3, Workout 4**āPrisoners Earn Freedom When The Vasa Hits Deep Waterā**
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10x10x295 Trap Bar Pulls while wearing chains
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50 KB swings w/24kg bell between sets
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2 min rests between sets, ultimately boiled down to non-stop movement
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On final set, take off chains and do another 10 reps
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5xAMRAP leg raises and 200 bodyweight squats
BREAKFAST
2 mile walk with my āBearfootā shoes, then 75 swings
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I had to talk myself into this workout. I woke up exhausted, and all I wanted to do was go for a walk. But this week has been about training AGAINST my nature, and today will mark the final day of feasting (which will have us go out big with our County Fair tonightā¦getting my turkey leg on), so a brutal workout fit the bill. Factor of that exhaustion is my Valkyrie Queen fell ill yesterday and I spent the day tending to her, and may have contracted a touch of whatever plagued her. But also so much time in Deep Water has most likely taxed me. The compromise I came to was high handles vs low.
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Wearing the chains is such a money move. Aside from making this āmore Vikingā, it forces a more upright torso and I feel like strikes a decent balance of āOx liftā without having to deal with the silliness of set-up. Less weight in the hands, but still heavy weight being moved. And easier/faster than having to deal with a vest.
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The story: the Vasa continues to take on Deep Water, and in such situations, even those taken prisoner will pitch in, because we all drown together if we drown. So we wear our chains and take on the Deep Water, and through our valor we are granted our freedom. First, we shed the chains, then we shed the shackles (straps) and from there we stand equal. We are warriors. To Valhalla!
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Digging my bearfoot shoes so far. 2 miles wasnāt too big an ask for my feet. They are remarkably sensitive. I was able to tell when very small pebbles had gotten caught in the tread.
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Swing count is at 6416 in 10 days. I owe 100 squats and 300 push ups, and should get in a lot of outside walking at the fair tonight.
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I typically rock at 140/90 and 55 RHR.
Iām jelly!
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@The_Myth On the plus side, I bet you havenāt ever woken up on the floor after pressing a weight overhead, so the envy can run both ways! Haha.
Breaking of old habits is going on well. Going through a lot of ice chips at work and not nearly as much gum. Also focusing on bigger meals when I eat. I used to eat something literally every half hour, if not even MORE frequently, and Iām sure my insulin was just constantly spiked and crazy. From what Iāve seen, a big bolus of protein does better than a microdrip, so I took my mid-afternoon snack of 2 whole eggs and have been throwing it onto my lunch these past 2 days. So far, intended effect works: zero hunger until dinner.
Once again: this makes sense. When youāre hungry: eat until you arenāt. Donāt āsave itā.
EDIT: Oh yeah, also, that āprotein cakeā I made last weekend
I had some this morning pre-training, and realized that I made a poor cake but I made an AWESOME protein bar. Thereās no filler junk in this: itās just egg whites, Metabolic Drive, salt, cinnamon and beef broth. It has lasted all week, travels well, and is exactly the macros I want. How wild. I might make another batch as a result. This time, Iām thinking baking them and using a liner to make extraction simpler.
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