How do you not beat your forearms up with those swings?
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I donāt know. Iām sure someone else can figure that out, haha.
Trained like a barbarian
Then ate like one
That was plate 1. There were more. Very certain I could take down a whole 18lb bird at this point.
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Just read your competition write up: awesome stuff. Enjoy the Disney Cruise!
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Pretty sure I speak in behalf of the whole forum when I say this; thatās a video Iād watch!
Congrats on all of the continued awesomeness in here!
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@TrainForPain Thanks so much man! We are a big fan of cruising Disney.
@alex_uk I feel like my future as a competitive eater is more promising than a strongman at this point, haha.
Got in a 2+ mile walk w/40lbs to help digest
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Final day of 4 day weekend. Got in my 300 push ups and squats with a focus on rep quality this time, and some weighted vest walking with the dog, and then this half hour murder session
30 minute workout
175 on squat (bodyweight-ish)
100lb log
As many reps of squats as possible, but EMOM do 3 Viper Presses
I got 78 total. That was awesome.
Gonna be living off leftover turkey all week. Thatās a GOOD week.
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And itās only October!
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But itās Canadian Thanksgiving!
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AM WORKOUT (0425 wake up via alarm)
40 Minutes of Conditioning
EMOM
3 trap bar lifts w/225
5 dips
For the first 20 rounds, wear a 40lb vest and use low handles on trap bar
Next 10 rounds, high handles
Final 10 rounds, remove the vest
Followed by
20 standing ab wheels
Lateral raise dropset
20 pull aparts
.28 mile walk around block w/40lb vest
Breakfast
Walk w/dog
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AM WORKOUT (0425 give up via alarm: very rough night of sleep, kept overheating)
40 minute bodyweight circuit. As many rounds as possible of
- 3 prisoner squats
- 3 push ups
- 1 chin
But EMOM, do 1 axle floor to overhead w/103lbs
105 rounds completed: 100 in under 38 minutes
Poundstone curls
100xAxle
Breakfast
Walk w/dog
Notes:
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Still just playing the week by ear and really enjoying how organically the process unfolds. Was feeling beat up from all the heavy work so picked bodyweight, and also made this a way to get in high quality reps for my daily 300, because I noted that my chest and triceps have been pretty sore these past few days, and itās BECAUSE I actually put in 300 quality reps of push ups vs the garbage partial reps Iāve been doing just to āget it doneā. Thereās a balancing act among all of this, and discovering that is part of the fun.
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Prisoner squats have an added shoulder stimulus from raising my hands and putting them behind my head. It seems insignificant, until you do it 300 times.
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Iāll always dig a floor to overhead as a ācatfishā movement. Just something to break up the rhythm and keep me honest. Without that, Iāll start to really slow down on the rounds and circuits, but knowing that I have A movement looming at the top of every minute is incentive to move quick.
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This is honestly like Kalsu turned on itās head. 100 rounds of bodyweight work interrupted by EMOM floor to overhead, vs 100 rounds of floor to overhead interrupted with bodyweight work.
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Iām leaner again. It still catches me off guard how my body will physically manifest illness now. Whenever I come down with a small bug, my face gets puffy, the area around my eyes gets block, and my midsection will hold more water. This didnāt happen before I transitioned my diet, which, in turn, leads me to believe that Iāve healed so much now FROM a state of perpetual illness. My body is now in a state where day to day it is thriving, and when it gets sick itās surviving, vs a state wherein day to day it was surviving such that, when I got ill, there was no physical manifestation to be had: I was already living it. Pretty wild really. Iāve got the Mrs to confirm this too, as she will comment on how my face looks puffy and how it looks better, and this morning she was agog when I came back upstairs post workout glow, telling me I was her eye-candy. Good place to be.
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Iām also seeing the benefit of that practice Thanksgiving as far as large meal/carb refeed goes, whereas I didnāt experience that last week because of the illness. Again: really cool to see how all of this goes. And while Iām celebrating/documenting stuff, Iām about a month sober of energy drinks and coffee and experienced no withdraw when I just suddenly stopped. Also, my dad reached his initial goal of 40lbs lost with his ketogenic diet approach, met with his doc, got his blood pressure meds cut in half (and heās looking to just stop them entirely) and is going through a brief stabilization period before he takes on another 15lb loss. Just doing absolutely awesome: super proud of him.
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Everyone needs a practice feast now and again.
Absolutely! Gives me a chance to strategize. And itās a Dan John approved approach (heās where I got the idea from). No joke though: weāve done it for a few years now and itās been a game changer. Before, weād ALWAYS biff something on the big day: forget a side, misjudge the turkey cook time, screw up the carving, etc. When you only do it once a year, you get rusty. But having a practice run the month before gives you a chance to knock off the ring-rust, PLUS you can get creative with the leftovers. I had turkey nachos on pork rinds last night.
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AM WORKOUT (0425 wake up via alarm, much better night of sleep)
TOWER OF BABEL
170lb Front Squats (bodyweight)
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
5 burpees between each set
Then 10 squats as a backoff
1 mile 40lb weighted vest walk
20 standing ab wheels
25 push ups
25 squats
25 band pull aparts
Breakfast
Walk w/dog
Notes:
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I keep forgetting the impacts of the famine, but I came into the gym this morning absolutely not wanting to do anything and moving real slow, and then remembered that this is how I tend to feel on the final days. So it means everything is going according to plan.
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First time running a beltless version of the tower. Itās a much faster transition this way: fewer places to hide. I also set up inside the rack vs on the yoke, so it was a very quick turn around onto the burpees. Tried to focus on the jump in the burpee.
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All this said, I wasnāt as floored as I was during my last run of this, which was forever ago. Part of me thinks the belt might be worth using, because it allows for heavier weight used. But it could also just be Iām not as strong and also in better shape, so Iām not putting as much stress on myself and recovering better.
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Took the page out of the Dan John Easy Strength for Fat Loss book and went for the walk afterwards, since weāre predicting severe thunderstorms tonight and walk opportunities are minimal. Also got in those push ups and squats to get me to an even 100 reps total, counting the stuff from the burpees. Keeping the ab work in because I tend to neglect it when left to my own devices.
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Thinking about the future, I really need to get some DB rowing, GHRs and Reverse Hypers back into my training.
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Noooooooooo.
Nice work mate
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@simo74 Thanks! Brought back another classic this morning.
AM WORKOUT (0423 natural wake up)
MONUMENT TO NON-EXISTENCE: JASON VOORHEES EDITION (Happy Friday the 13th!)
As many rounds as possible in 40 minutes of
- 13 thrusters
- 13 front squats
- 13 squats
- 13 deadlifts
w/95lbs
Follow-on:
240 push ups in 15 minutes
Notes:
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Got inspired to do this last night, coming up with ideas for the morning workout. Been a long while since I ran a Monument, and itās typically not something I do for an AM workout since it can get loud, but keeping the load light so I could run through multiple rounds seemed to be the solution.
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Had to drop the front squats a few times. Ultimately, it was holding the rack position that was beating me up. If I cross armed it, I may have had a better chance.
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Great way to cap off this week of madness. Pushed me hard and got in some quality reps.
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On the subject of quality reps, that was the goal with the push ups. I could have gotten more with some sloppy stuff, but I really wanted to get in some solid work, as Iām seeing better results/impacts from that.
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In-laws come into town today to watch the kiddo while Mrs and I go on the cruise, so life/nutrition/training will get busy and chaotic again, which is where I thrive. Itās my last day of the famine and my goal was met. Iām lean again and really postured to take advantage of all the great food Iāll have. Weāre departing out of NYC, which means Iāll get some amazing street pizza, and then will make it a goal to eat every animal while Iām cruising.
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My son called it āFakesgivingā when I made a turkey another day and it was so clever I just wanted to smoke birds every week.
Just catching up - enjoy the cruise! If you come back through NYC, we might overlap (depending on timing). Iād absolutely meet you for a burpee and a slice.
Have a great time at sea!
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@TrainForPain Love it! Iād love to meet up, but itās gonna be tight unfortunately.
Wild times are about to kick off. I fly out for NYC in less than 12 hours. Ran a 5k this morning as a family. Got in 55 burpee chins in 5 minutes at some point today.
Had an outstanding post-race breakfast of an Abelardoās steak and egg breakfast burrito, no potatoes, extra steak, just eating the inside and throwing away the shell. Find something more anabolic.
I suppose I will on this cruise! No electronics: Iāll be back next Saturday/Sunday. Stay classy folks!
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Hope youāre too busy enjoying your vacation to see this until you return, but, I wanted to pop in and let you know how much I appreciated the Power Thirst shout out in your most recent blog entry. I still quote some part of one of those videos at least once a week.
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