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DEEP WATER BEGINNER, Week 4, Workout 1 (out of sequence due to schedule)
AM WORKOUT (0325 natural wake up)
Texas Deadlift Bar deadlifts
9x10x380lbs
1x10+5 deadstop rest pause x 380lbs
KB front rack lunges
3x10x55s
CORE SUPERSET CIRCUIT
Reverse hyper
3x20x270
Standing ab wheel
3x10
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
CONDITIONING
Buffalo bar squat 280-chins-dips
15-5-10
Time: 6:01
Notes: 2:50 between sets of deads, 90 seconds on the lunges. I misloaded the deads. Came home late last night, got up early amped up to get this knocked out, and used the wrong plate configuration. Was excited at how I was just crushing sets until I did the calculation on the 5th set. Got pissed off, decided to just ride it out and throw in that set at the end to make up for it. It honestly felt like the “right” weight, because I was still hurting at the end. I started this cycle with 400, did 380 today: I’m thinking 390 on the final week to make it interesting. Or go full 400. I can think of this like 3/5/1 in that regard. But either way, this was still a total ballbuster of a workout, as those lunges kicked me in the nuts and then that conditioning circuit at the very end had me almost losing chow. I got all of Deep Water done first thing this morning: normally I have to chunk it up. That’s pretty awesome, and it’s saved my weekend.
Ironmaster just released a new weight vest
Pulled the trigger on it. I already have an 80lb vest, but this looks to be a much better fit/quality, and I dig being able to use the plates I already have vs a bunch of bags of sand. Hoping it works well.
Got one more 1400-2200 shift today, and then a weekend. Using more weight on the tabata squats now. I let the start of the Deep Water week determine the increase.
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Got my Tabata KB front squats done with the 55lb bells before heading to work. Holding the rack position is tough after hitting up DW this morning. Love this challenge.
We’re cooking up a whole turkey this weekend. I am SO excited. Could not be a better time for one.
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I don’t know why I don’t do this. It’s such a relatively cheap way to get a ton of meat, and if you want, a fun day of grilling.
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Absolutely! I’ve had no issue doing a turkey a week. Such good meat. And drumsticks rock.
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And eating them with t your hands makes you feel like a barbarian 
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@simo74 Yup! Get to live out my Conan fantasies. Same with this one
Slept until 0622 and hit up a fasted workout of 30 rounds of the Burpmuda triangle. I’m really digging what I’ve found there. It’s like “Snakehandler Mass-lite”. The Tabata structure makes it different enough. Hmm, a speed mass eh? Where have I seen that before…
Supposed to be thunderstorms today, so my typical walk with the dog may get scrapped, but I got this in and KB squats are inevitable.
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PM WORKOUT (1400)
2 mile weighted vest treadmill walk w/80lbs
Speed: 3.0
Incline: 6.0 for first 35 minutes, then upped the incline .5 every minute, and then played around in the final minute to end up at 9.0
PM WORKOUT II (1745)
Tabata KB front squats w/55lb bells. 8s across for first 7 rounds: 9 on the final.
Notes: Bit of downtime since I got all the chores done already, so used it to get in that walk. Treadmill definitely pushes me harder: less stopping compared to with the dog. Had it in my head to do a circuit with the BAS and some rope skipping, but I really just needed something mindless I can check out on.
Wanted to discuss with those front squats: just like the 10x10 of Deep Water, every workout in a journey. It’s amazing how differently I feel at the 2nd round vs the 6th. And since I keep upping the weight, it never gets easier.
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Slept until 0611. Dog got me up. Did the following Fasted. Going to call it “Comrade Fran puts on some weight, goes out swinging and takes a dip in the Burpmuada triangle”. Yeah, that name isn’t going to stick.
KB (55lb) thrusters-strict chins
21-15-9-5 (time: 6:48)
KB (40kg) swings-dips
21-15-9-5
KB (55lb) clusters-burpee chins-KB (40kg) swings
3-2-1
Total time: 15:26
50 pull aparts
25 push downs
20 standing ab wheels
Came up with it while I was putting on my shoes for the workout, so that’s cool. Got the heart rate up and most of the daily work done. Cooking our turkey today: great day for gaining.
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Just wanted to say I liked the last two blog posts on eating like a small thing from middle earth and backwards everything doing ! Also noticed the mention in there of 3 million views which is crazy awesome dude (switching from my usual lingo to yours for better effect).
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Hey Pwn, how did the turkey turn out?
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@simo74 Very much appreciated dude! Glad you enjoyed them. And thanks for continuing my So-Cal legacy! Haha.
@tlgains It was fantastic! Mrs knocked it out of the park. And splitting an 18lb turkey among 2.5 people means LOTS of leftovers, so I’m good for the week.
Got in a 2 mile 80lb weighted vest walk with the dog and my Tabata KB front squats. 8s across, 10 on the final. Took down 2 drumsticks and a turkey wing. Honestly had room for much more. Discipline sucks sometimes.
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DEEP WATER BEGINNER, Week 4, Workout 2
AM WORKOUT (0325 natural wake up)
Chins (various grips)
4xFailure
Pendlay rows
3x10x240
Clean pulls
3x10x190
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DONE BACK TO BACK WITHOUT REST (shrug-shrug-pull-neck-core-dips-push)
Axle shrugs against short strong bands
1x47
KB Kelso shrugs
18x55lbs
Band pull aparts
1x50
Neck work
Reverse hyper superset standing ab wheel
3x20x340lbs/12 reps
50 dips
25 pushdowns
Kroc rows
20x115
30 GHRs
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
10 minutes of snow shoveling
CONDITIONING
30 rounds of Tabearta w/95bs
Notes: 90 seconds rest between everything that needed rest. We got a little bit of snow last night, so I hit some speed shoveling before the conditioning to clear out a space on the driveway, then immediately shucked the winter gear, threw on my lifters and hit the 30 rounds of Tabearta. It’s still a total asskicker. The axle shrugs are really feeling full body, and KB handles seem like “the answer” to Kelso shrugs. Added more weight to the reverse hypers and more reps to the ab wheel. It was a solid day, but back day on Deep Water is always pretty unsexy.
Keeping the weight on the clean pulls light and focusing on explosion. Really felt like I got my traps to play today.
If winter conditions continue, hill run day might just become a straight run. We’ll see.
Working through leftovers. Doing dark meat turkey omelets vs beef. They’re fantastic. Also, I’ve brought blackberries into the diet: mixed into the yogurt. Keeping the dosage light, but I think Metamucil is giving me the support I need for digestion.
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I always found left over turkey works very well in a curry.
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There is SOMETHING in curry that causes me to have a terrible allergic reaction to the point that I cannot breathe. I’m not sure what specific ingredient it is, but it’s not worth finding out, haha.
But fear not! My upbringing has taught me that turkey ALSO functions VERY well in tacos. I actually imagine that’s a bit more true to form for them anyway. Although today I made it asian using riced cauliflower stir fry and eating it with chopsticks.
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Well then please ignore my recommendation and never make a turkey curry. LOL
My mum always used to make turkey and ham pies with left over christmas meat and they were amazing.
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I noticed your latest kind offer to buy super squats on kindle was again totally ignored. In fact I think the very next post from the OP was a question to Chris about what program was good to run and had diet as well as training. I nearly spat my damn coffee at the keyboard at that point.
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@simo74 It wasn’t lost on me, haha. He replied to EVERYONE but me too. Paul Kelso talked about this exact kind of kid. They want to be told all hope is lost before they start so they don’t have the pressure to do anything. They HATE solutions. It’s ok though @tlgains is crushing it WITHOUT my sponsorship.
Got in my daily tabata KB front squats w/55lb bells. 8s across, 10s on the final. Feeling beat to hell on these. The journey from sets 2-7 is quite amazing.
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I just wanna take a moment to second this: kid showed up and was kind of a little twerp, then just shut up, listened, put his head down and got to work. Perfect example.
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