Its probably a combination of my horrible memory and the fact that you push yourself well beyond me lol. I probably did a set of 12, not 78
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Hah, that did dawn on me. I realized that the reps arenāt actually prescribed: just the time. 2-3 minutes for 1-2 sets. I, of course, pushed it to stupid levels, but part of that is because I came into this right off of Mass Made Simple, so high rep squatting was still grooved into me. Iām excited for your run of that program!
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I just need to take a moment to say Iāve been sleeping on lamb as a meat. Lamb is amazing. Iāve been living off of ground lamb and lamb chops this week (thanks Piedmontese weekly deals!) and itās been absolutely amazing. It honestly beats out beef in just about every category for me. I still default to beef when it comes to ribs, but Iāve honestly never had lamb ribs to be able to say.
Also, 18 Sep is National Cheeseburger day here in the states. Maybe a good day for lamb burgers. Lamburgers with goat cheese is exactly how an American would ruin a gyro, haha.
EDIT: Oh my goodness I am stupid. I HAVE had lamb ribs before: thatās what rack of lamb, chops are! Iād call myself a meathead but clearly I am not versed in the ways of meat. Now I am torn, because bone in lamb chops are absolutely fantasticā¦I think lamb might be a clear winner here.
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USA!
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We crush it! And on that noteā¦
Double lamb burger on chaffle buns, with a piedmontese sirloin filet, grassfed sour cream and goat cheese, next to egg whites and more goat cheese
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Did you ever post a review/results type post of your MMS run? I missed a few days and there was like 150 posts I missed
I posted it on my blog. I did a halfway post here.
Full review is on Mythical Strength titled āREVIEW OF DAN JOHNāS āMASS MADE SIMPLEāā
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Do you workout in a fasted state?
Yup. I stopped logging it because its my default. But I have a protein shake around midnight, so its not a long fast
Pulled this competely cold this morning. Loaded it the night before, walked in and pulled
In turn, I misloaded it last night and had 20lbs heavier than last week. 5+2+3x425 off 3 mats
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I was SO happy when I introduced my wife to lamp chops a few years back and she was like āI canāt believe Iāve been missing this my whole lifeā. I already knew she was the one, but that didnāt hurt any haha.
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Got yourself a Valkyrie there! Hit up piedmontese this week for their weekly deals if you need a lamb fix. Spend $200 and use the code THAWK for 2 free tomahawk stakes.
Really wow the Mrs that way, haha
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I usually do too but have been reading lately about how working out in a fasted state increase cortisol and then inhibits muscle growth. You concerned about that at all?
Not in the slightest, haha. Check out my most recent blogpost: I talk about this very cocept
sure, how do I find your blog?
Its called āMythical Strengthā. You can find it on google
Itās a great post, I was reflecting on my own journey and remembering how much in the early days Iād just read every thing going and just wanted to know all the studies and all the science, the further I go the more I realised itās all just real hard effort, and consistency, in the gym and in the kitchen, get those two right and they will win hands down every single time.
Yea there may be a particular path thatās optimal and given that path with the same consistency and effort will outperform, but really the only way youāll know is by trying it anyway, so just get lifting and eating, itās not complicated, just hard!
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They really need to give you an affiliate link haha. Thanks for the heads up!
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@mr.v3lv3t Itās hard not to feel like a shill sometime, haha. I WISH I could snag a deal with them, but I like them enough that Iām just gonna keep selling their good name, just like Jamie Lewis.
@alex_uk Appreciate you chiming in. As Dan John says āItās simple: not easyā.
Gonna do a quick sum-up, as itās already late.
Mrs. is away until Friday on a business trip. Got up and did that 10 minute conditioning circuit (3 prisoner squats, 2 push ups, 1 chin) for 33 rounds. Then my Valkyrie made me an amazing breakfast before I took the dog for a quick walk, we got on the road and I dropped her off at the airport.
Took the kiddo on a Costco run. Had lunch there. My kid had a slice of cheese pizza, I no joke ate off a rotisserie chicken. Since they tend to baste those things in a lot of seasonings, I pulled off all the skin, and then ate all the dark meat (2 thighs, 2 wings, and 2 drumsticks) and brought home the white meat for this upcoming famine. Costco hack: ask for 2 extra plates when you get your foodcourt item, so you can put the chicken youāre going to eat on one plate and then pour out all the rotisserie juice/skin onto another to throw away, leaving behind the chicken carcass with the white meat to bring home.
Came home, mowed the lawn/did yardwork for about 80 minutes, then went straight into that keg/stone conditioning workout, then took the kiddo for a 2+ mile walk before coming home and watching the Cowboys win again. During the game, I smoked the t-bone and the biggest beef liver Iād ever seen in my life along with some spare pieces of bacon. Did 220 for 45 minutes for the liver, around an hour for the steak and 30 minutes for the bacon. After smoking the steak, I threw it on my grill for 4 minutes per side with a little spray duckfat. It was a little TOO done for my barbaric liking, more on the medium side vs medium rare/rare, but it was absolutely delicious. I ate it off the bone, and the rest of my meal with my hands, because I earned that right.
Since Mrs is gone and I have no lunch obligations, gonna use this as a āhigh complianceā week as far as Velocity Diet/Famine week goes, and have protein powder for lunches. I have skipped my carb-up for the week, as, once again, I had no social reason to do it and I wasnāt going to make poison for myself to eat when I could have a 28oz t-bone instead. Amazingly, I was still hungry after it was gone, which is most likely a positive sign for just how on fire my system is. This famine is going to prime it hard. Iām planning on only running it for 5 days vs 14, since I do have a competition coming up in 13 days (which I have done no training for, because Chaos is the Plan) and then will go from there.
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