Great thoughts all around. I love you putting “play” in as essential. I think I’m always guilty of hanging up the stuff that seems like “I want to” in favor of what “I have to”. Labeling play as essential elevates it well above having permission to do it; I must do it, and I think it has earned that status.
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That’s very nice of you to say Jarred but I am sure that your sharing and transparent thought processes have helped me more than you will know. As I get older my faith in humanity is seriously dwindling and It is hard not to become more and more introverted (this is total opposite of my normal outgoing personality). At times I feel like am only one more stupid person away from buying an island. The relationships I have formed on this forum with similar minded people (I don’t use the term ‘like’, because we are all so different), have gone a long way to keeping me level and allowing me to process thoughts and feelings that would otherwise get buried down deep. Hearing that there are other awesome people out there, learning, growing, challenging themselves and doing their best to live their lives makes me happy. I still have a long way to go with regards to my own self acceptance and feel like it is a dads curse to always feel like they are failing at something. But people like you make me keep trying and that is always better than the alternative.
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@simo74 That was so big of you my dude: thanks for writing it. Iron absolutely sharpens iron, and that curse of fatherhood you speak of is too true. Always feel like we’re drowning. Duck on the water though!
@TrainForPain Totally spot on. I spent enough time being “not human” to really be able to appreciate just how valuable BEING human can be, and play is absolutely one of those things that makes us who we are. Need to get out there and get it.
AM WORKOUT (0425 wake up via alarm)
JUGGERYOKE Week 6, Workout 3 (should be 5, running out of order due to comp)
SUPERSET CIRCUIT (squat-shrug/press)
Buffalo bar squats
15x1x225+chains
Trap Bar Shrugs
8x3x445
24x355
19x355
Axle clean and strict press away
3x8x123
6x123
2x123
Hanging leg raise w/10 lat shrugs
5x5
CONDITIONING
“Cruel and Unusual Burpees”
15 KB throws-5 goblet squats-5 push ups
15-4-4
15-3-3
15-2-2
15-5(lost my mind and forgot what I was doing)-1
22 bodyweight squats
22 push ups
BREAKFAST
Short walk with dog
Notes:
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I went even lighter on the squats than I intended. Felt something tweak a little in the left glute on a warmup and my mind kept telling me “no” every time I looked at the bar loaded heavier than that, so I cut down to 225+chains and made it the goal to just blitz through the workout. You can see I start off with EMOM and realized it was slowing me down, so I just went back to back as fast as I could. I dig how this all shook out.
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The cute name for the conditioning is in reference to Dan John’s “Humane Burpee”, as these were anything BUT that. I really discovered gold with this KB throw, and it’s now become my hammer of a solution to every problem that looks like a nail. Mixing it up with the goblet squats and push ups is just awesome as well. I always forget how tonic goblet squats feel. Definitely something I need more of in my life.
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Tang Soo Do was a decent workout last night. “Wildcard Cardio”. Just a lot of different moving around. I’ve been neglecting the 300 push ups and squats, and stuff like this helps fulfill that “walk and play” portion.
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Dinner last night was great. Leftover bacon meatloaf that I threw some swiss onto and turned into a chaffle burger topped with grassfed sour cream, alongside some goat cheese, egg whites, pork rinds, and a little bit of a 80/20 grassfed patty left behind from a previous burger night. I always dig leftover night: gives me a chance to get creative.
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I read that 531 thread this morning. Arghh Do you want to go halves with me on that island.
Don’t let stupid people stop you from buying your own island!
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@simo74 I am constantly baffled at people that will spend 2 months on a program that wont spend an hour learning how to do it right.
Dinner tonight was two Iowa farm porkchops, plus all the fat off my wife’s chop…and all the fat on the leftover chop, alongside some goat cheese and egg whites. Look at how glorious the chop looks
I have piedmontese beef chuck short ribs ready for lunch tomorrow. I am definitely going to be fueled for this comp
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Wait what thread lol
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Feeling useless bench thread. Another good one.
Training Log: Entry 3073
AM WORKOUT (0500 wake up via alarm, sleeping in with day off work)
JUGGERYOKE Week 6, Workout 4 (out of sequence)
20 minutes of burpee chins, EMOM do 1 ab wheel rollout
125 burpee chins total
SUPERSET CIRCUIT
5x3 KB hammer curls
5x3 KB skull crushers
BREAKFAST
Long walk w/dog
Notes:
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Just keeping it easy leading up to the comp. Legs feel like lead from those high rep squats, so this was good for blood flow. Got in some more walking last night, and got the beef chuck ribs on the smoker now. Going to have an anabolic lunch for sure.
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Whenever I say I’m taking thigs easy and then do something like this, I remember this panel from Punisher Max when he takes on a bunch of Spec Ops guys and doesn’t want to kill them since they aren’t criminals, so he just beats the bejesus out of them
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trap bar high pulls . . I’m intrigued . . how do they compare to hang cleans for upper back and traps?
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Well I guess I gotta try pork rinds one day, you got me in interested in them pwn.
I like to imagine it taste like bacon if it’s crispy and crunchy?
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@ajb5478 the big thing I see is that high pulls spare the wrist compared to a clean. Dan John has spoken to that.
@tlgains They are a great way to add crunch while keeping food pure animal. I make sure to find the stuff that is just pork skin and salt.
AM WORKOUT (0530 wake up via wife’s alarm)
55 rounds in 15 minutes of
- 3 prisoner squats
- 2 push ups
*1 chin
Notes:
- Keeping it light and active today. Got in 2 hours of lawn maintenance and going to get in a long walk after lunch
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How I’m “growing up” these days.
THIS was tonight’s pre-comp meal
Double bacon lamb burger with goat cheese on top of chaffle buns made with grassfed swiss, topped with grassfed sour cream, alongside egg whites, pork rinds and goat cheese. Back in the day, this woulda been an XL pizza and a double quarter pounder from McDonalds, or a Taco Bell Bender, or a trip to an all you can eat joint. I went with burgers because the ground up meat means it’s “pre-digested”, which should settle in my guts easier, and then went high fats to ensure some good energy, but I heard a great quote from a podcast the other day where it’s about how it’s not what you ate the night before the the NIGHTS before, and I’ve been hitting quality nutrition this week.
On that note, HERE is the food I’m packing
Each container has 4 organic pasture raised eggs, 4oz of ground venison (personally shot and butchered by my Uncle-in-law) and a serving of grassfed sour cream. Back in the day, this was a full box of Poptarts, a bag of hostesss donettes, and a box of fruity pebbles cereal.
To drink: water, and some electrolytes. And maybe all of this is going to result in a not great competition performance, but at least I’m not going to spend the whole day playing “Diabetes Chicken” with my pancrease.
Oh yeah, got in a 5.5 mile walk out in the sun this afternoon as well.
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Man the first time I ever ran 531 I spent the first month adding 5kg to my squat/deadlift and 2.5kg to my bench/press every WEEK instead of every 4 
And I’d actually read it cover to cover.
Kinda wish I kept it up as I made pretty good beginner progress
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Good luck with the comp Pwn. Hope you have a fun day mate.
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You got this PWn
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Best of luck boss, excited to see how the training shifts affect you in competition. Lean and mean!
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Good luck!
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