Happy birthday man! It’s been quite a journey of strength since that picture.
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Feeling old knowing I’ve been passively following along since your 20s. Happy Birthday!
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@freshyfresh @shaneinga @atlas13 @SvenG @PowPowPunishment @dchris Appreciate all the birthday love folks!
AM WORKOUT (0415 wake up via backup alarm)
TACTICAL BARBELL GREY MAN Week 1, Workout 3
MAIN WORK
Axle bench press
5x8x216
(6) Texas Deadlift Bar Mat Pulls
10+4+4x470
SUPPLEMENTAL CLUSTER
Lever belt squats
4x12x180
Dips/axle curl superset
3x12x55, 1x8+3+1x55
2x12x68, 1x9+3x68
Notes:
- Had set my first alarm incorrectly. I need to set my back up alarm earlier, because I ended up shaving off some stuff out of this workout due to time constraints. Still hit the majority of the important stuff, but instead of 5 sets in the supplemental cluster, I went with 4. For a first week break in, I’ll take it.
- Weight is perfectly dialed in on everything.
- Once again, performing miracles with those mat pulls. The warm ups felt stupidly heavy, and I was feeling the DOMS, but when I went for that first pull it broke much easier than I anticipated it would. Kept the reps reasonable for a first week back.
- I had 2 minutes rest on the bench and 1 minute on the squats. Went too short on rests with the dips/curls, just for time.
- The belt squat felt a million times better switching from lifters to flat soled shoes. I also made an effort to avoid lockout at the top and keep tension in the quads. I used to do that all the time with my muscle building work: good to remember that.
- This workout was fueled by 2 slices of the Valkyrie’s pumpkin cheesecake last night. Could not ask for a better birthday cake, or better training fuel. Tang Soo Do was actually pretty low energy, but another class tonight.
- Keg carry yesterday was 201lbs. Weighed 84.0 this morning.
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Happy 40th dude! Excited to see how you kill this decade ahead!!
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Gongrats!
I’m couple years behind you biologically, but lightyears behind compared in training. You’re insane (in a good way).
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Best ever for sure. Perfect anytime of year, but you lucked out having a birthday during peak pumpkin season.
Happy 40th!
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Thanks so much! And you’re absolutely correct there. I truthfully don’t know if I’m such a pumpkin fiend because it’s just such an awesome flavor or if it’s because I always associate it with my birth month and so it just excites me to be around, but either way I’m happy. And the Valkyrie is NOT a pumpkin fiend like me and just makes this out of love…but she actually enjoyed this recipe enough to have a second slice, which means I’ve scored here! Haha.
@SepCalla Always appreciate that sentiment dude! @DJoftheJungle1 thanks for swinging by!
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Happy 40th! May your day be filled with meat and mirth!
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I see what you did here, quality. Happy 40th fella!
Thanks man! I feel like I am missing an inside joke, haha
5 x 8 = 40? < I figured this was intentional… 
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Ah, nope. Just following the plan, haha
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I like where your heads at haha
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Nutrition Recap
Breakfast was a repeat of yesterday (damn those burger patties are good). Dinner was a leftovers night, with 3 whole eggs, 5 whites, leftover meatloaf and a keto pizza casserole the Valkyrie made on Sunday.
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Happy Belated Birthday mate! Welcome to the club.
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Happy 40th! You’ve still got your best years ahead of you - in life and in training.
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@wiseman83 and @antiquity Much appreciated gents! This is definitely shaping up to be the best decade yet.
AM WORKOUT (0350 wake up via alarm)
TACTICAL BARBELL GREY MAN Week 1, Workout 4
“GO RUCK YOURSELF”
Treadmill walk w/20.4lb tac carrier
Speed: 3.5
Incline: 4.5
Distance: 5.25 miles
Time: 90 minutes
Notes:
- This went really well. I’ve switched from watching television dramas/movies to documentaries, and it’s a gamechanger as far as steady state work goes. Dramas are formulaic in their delivery, which means you have awareness of the passing time as things move from first act to second act to third. Documentaries are a little more free form and, therefore, captivating. Before I knew it, the show was over and I was halfway done with my walk. It’s also nice to have a little lighter mood while I walk. Of course, this was also a lighter weight and lower incline than Operator, but it was a .5 increase in incline compared to last Grey Man cycle. I’m trying hard NOT to become the rucking champion of the world and to just make this a basic workout, but I can still make some small increases.
- My right knee feels the best it’s felt in a long time, so my experiment with the belt squat was a success. However, I’m noticing it has 2 different kinds of pain, and one seems like patellar tendonosis and the other seems like lacking cartilage, the latter triggered by the jumps we do in Tang Soo Do (which I did last night). I do something like a “Hatfield Jump” a s part of my warm-up on squat days, but maybe I should bring back just some basic jumps like I used to do in 5/3/1 and see if I can get myself reconditioned.
- On that note, Tang Soo Do was actually a decent workout last night. Had a different instructor than usual and he ran us through a solid lesson. Got to work some board breaks at the end too.
- Keg carry was 202.5 yesterday, and bodyweight was 82.9kg this morning. We’re going out to a new Brazilian Steakhouse for brunch on Saturday to extend my birthday (since celebrating on a Tuesday is hard), so I’m excited and so happy it’s gaining season. Also cashing in some birthday freebies on Friday: a sidekick of ribs at Texas Roadhouse and 6 free wings at Buffalo Wild Wings. Sign up for these places: they give out cool stuff.
- With the cold weather, I’ve rediscovered a love for black coffee. I am also still incredibly sore from Monday’s training. Dr. Chaffee would say those two things relate: curious to see.
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Happy (very late) birthday dude.
I’m gonna blame the lateness on the timezones
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Happy Birthday!
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Happy birthday - may this be your best year ever!
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