Much appreciated @EmilyQ ! Age is just a number, and right now I have the high score! Haha.
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Would ten-years-ago-you have bested now-you? Curious. Iām thinking no.
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That would have been RIGHT after I had blown out my ACL and was waiting on surgery, so Iād have it in the bag! Haha. But I get your intent. 10 years ago me would have slightly more recent grappling training/experience, which would help, and would be significantly stronger than current me, but also about 20lbs+ heavier without as good of conditioning.
Iām honestly not worried about the age difference from a capability level but more just a maturity level. Itās nice grappling dudes my age, because we āget itā and arenāt going to risk blowing out an Achilles to win a plastic trophy.
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Happy Belated Birthday!
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It seems less sincere when multiple others have just said it, but Happy Birthday!
Okay, so youāre just my go-to guy for these random training questions: one of my brotherās football season just ended. Heās got about a month off now, ending a couple months of some lifting (I think just once or twice a week?) in addition to the normal in-season stuff, and before starting the teamās off-season lifting regimen. He doesnāt feel like he should just not do anything for the next month, and he asked me what I thought.
In my mind, heās coming off a season of a rough sport, and in a month heāll be lifting hard several times a week, so nowās a good time to let his body recover, while still keeping his body moving. I was thinking lots of bodyweight work, maybe some dumbbell or band pump stuff to get blood flowing and joints healthy (thinking shoulders and knees mainly). If he wanted to feel like he was lifting something heavy, maybe doing āeasierā versions of moves - RDL instead of deadlift, goblet squat instead of with a barbell, etc.
Any thoughts? Like I always say, I know youāre not a trainer or anything, but youāve never steered me wrong and I get a lot out of your advice.
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@shaneinga Thanks so much man!
@jshaving Hey still very much appreciated dude. Does your brother have any training in the olympic lifts? Dan John has his ātransformation programā would would be a perfect fit in this scenario.
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Unfortunately no, no Oly-lift experience. That program would be pretty awesome if he did. Dan John never fails. Thank for sharing!
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Absolutely dude! For another āOff the shelfā program, Iād consider running the 5/3/1 Krypteia base phase. Lotta focus on bodyweight work and goblet squats, while still getting in some basic barbell work.
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Happy belated birthday!
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Happy Birthday!
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Thanks @freshyfresh and @Friedrich !
Back to the Operation Conan reports. Tonight we did burgers. Mine turned into meatballs, because Iām liking that approach more than burgers.
I took 2lbs of venison and mixed it with 1 egg white and a bunch of salt and made 4 meatballs out of it. Air fried them for 15 minutes at 390 after spraying them with some duckfat. I took two of them and put a slice of Sargento thin sliced swiss on them (really trying to keep the cheese under control) and had that for my burgers. For the bun, I got creative and used some leftover pork rind crumbs (1/4 cup), 1 whole egg and 1 tablespoon of beef gelatin in a dash miniskillet. It was decent enough, savory and enjoyable, and not overly cheesy like a chaffle. Slathered the bread with grassfed sour cream, put a fried egg on top of the burger (couldnāt make it a double: was just too gigantic), had another egg on the side with some grassfed cottage cheese and cracklin. Very solid showing.
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AM WORKOUT (0350 natural wakeup, snooze until 0400)
Roll out on LAX ball
90x320 reverse hypers
3.5 mile/60 minute treadmill walk at 4.0 incline
2:20 hang from bar (pull up every 30 seconds)
BREAKFAST
Short walk w/dogs
Notes:
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Finding the rhythm of having a legit recovery day after the squats, vs a day where I āpushā the conditioning with a little harder of a walk. Keeping the pace and incline reasonable and just letting myself bounce back and feel strong.
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Tang Soo Do was a little intense on the hips last night, so focused on rolling them out well this morning. Iām hoping that my discovery on the ab wheel will provide a way forward. Got more Tang Soo Do tonight, but only 2 nights this week in general, due to Halloween.
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Chaos is the plan: my intent was to get in the 3rd workout this Saturday, since I took Monday off, but found out my kiddo has an obligation that day. Workout may not happen, or if I do it, itās only going to be the squats and presses. Either situation is fine.
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Hey this is pretty cool.
EDIT: Ok, this was too damn funny, but I donāt want to crap on the kid in his own topic
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My morbidly obese Type II Diabetic father cautions me about my protein intake, lol.
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Itās always the least healthy people who like to share their āfactsā. The guy who brought McDonalds for lunch today lecturing me about the dangers of locally farmed red meat and wild caught seafood, etc.
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Yer but his mum told him so it must be true
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Iāve been on 2 per day lately! Love breaky!!!
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@The_Myth Itās downright mind boggling how people will engage in SO many unhealthy habits and then see fit to dole out advice to those who are out there eating unprocessed foods and transforming themselves, haha. āCaptain Crunch is fine, but keto will kill youā
@BrandonCrawford Itās Dunning Kruger live.
@simo74 The immediate turn around gets me. āI read thisā āWhat did you read?ā āWell I didnāt actually READ itā
@s.gentz Hell yeah brother!
Operation Conan nightly SITREP
15oz of piedmontese grassfed New York strip (10 there, and the half my kid left behind) covered in grassfed ghee, 4 pastured eggs in ghee, can of Trader Joe sardines, grassfed cottage cheese and cracklin. And a small piece of liver.
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It made me laugh but unfortunately it didnāt surprise me.
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Think I mentioned my kid was eleven when he told me Capān Crunch sounded like diabetes.
Protein overdose, lol. My dad still busts on me for my diet - you know the drill.
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