Merry Christmas Pwn
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Merry Xmas big man
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Just read the latest blog post, loved it. Great philosophy.
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Aye I just read it as well. Mindblowing.
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Merry Christmasā¦will be checking out the blog article!
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Much appreciated @dagill2, @ChongLordUno @tlgains and @whiplash1
@jdm135 and @ChongLordUno Glad you guys dug it. I think itās going to be a helpful vector.
Managed to get in some training today. Walked the dog for 2 miles with an 80lb vest and then did a 30 minute circuit of 20 seconds on/10 seconds off where every other movement was KB clusters with the 45lb bells. Otherwise, various sets of daily work and burpees. Got the heart rate up.
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Gday Pwn,
Boxing Day here but I am guessing still Christmas there. Just wanted to say a big thank you for everything you have shared this year both on here and your blog. You continue to have a massive positive effect on my own and many other peoples training and I love reading your log and blog and seeing you interact with other members on here both new and old. Merry Christmas to you and your family, stay strong, stay safe and keep being yourself.
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That really meant a lot @simo74 Couldnāt have asked for a better Christmas present. A merry one to you and yours and a happy new year.
Christmas day is winding down. I got a new pair of blue Rehband shorts, which are always good, and a copy of Alex Bromleyās āBase Strengthā book. I met Alex in 2014 at my second strongman comp and have been friends with him on facebook since. Heās a great dude and positive force out there, and Iām excited to give it a read. Also got a copy of āThe Bobās Burgers Burger Bookā, which will be a fun read, and a NiN t-shirt, which may get featured in a video at some point. Treated myself to a massive Piedmontese order while theyāre still running their 25% off sitewide sale.
Entering the final days of the gaining block. As I approach the next phase of training, I have to remember itās a diet BREAK: not fat loss. Iām too good at losing fat, and can easily drop myself to stupid lean levels in 7 weeks if thatās my goal, but itās not: itās about just giving the GI track a chance to rest and letting the metabolism slow down a touch so that I donāt need as many calories as I start my gaining block.
Got the shell of training figured out for the upcoming block, but still going to be some figuring. 2 press days, 1 squat day, 1 deadlift day. Squats will be Zenoās, Deads will be ROM progression, one press day for strict, one for push. Circuits for supplemental and assistance work. Want to get in weighted dips and behind the neck press, along with trap bar lifting and SSB squats. Poundstone curls, lateral raises and belt squats need to feature too.
I want to keep the prowler in until weather shuts me down. On top of that will be at least once weekly conditioning session where I try to break myself (ToB/Kalsu-esque stuff). Weighted vest walks whenever possible.
Still thinking I might have something with 12 weeks on/7 weeks āOffā. That said, I have a work trip at the end of Jan that will throw a small wrench into things. But traveling while on a diet break is SO much easier vs traveling while trying to gain.
EDIT: Meant to write: Iām planning on doing a āMass Made Simpleā approach to the diet break, going in reverse. Just change 1 thing each week. For week 1, Iām going to cut out the junk Iāve added just for the sake of calories that I donāt even notice or appreciate. Iāve been throwing in mini candy bars (peanut butter cups and snickers primarily), butter with my eggs, larger servings of avocado, cheeses, etc: just extra calories for the sake of extra calories. Cutting them out will be effortless. In fact, it will mean LESS effort.
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Slept until 0615, got in 22 rounds of fasted 20 seconds on/10 seconds off burpees over bar. Family is still sleeping off the holidays, so actually got most of my daily work knocked out too. Will try to finish up the Bench workout I skipped on Friday, but Iām finding proof of concept of how little I care about benching at this point. I may soon just hang that up, or put it on a semi-retired status. Keep heavy horizontal pressing, but rotate between various implements and permutations. Time will tell.
Havenāt even started the diet break and already feeling the ennui thinking about ātraining without buildingā. Grass is always greener. Having set time limits has helped.
Iāve mentioned there somewhere, canāt remember where, but Iām excited about an idea of, throughout 2022, dedicating some amount of time to eating only single ingredient/paleo-esque foods. At first I thought like one week a month, but I realize the kind of burden thatād place on my family. Perhaps just a day here and there to dip my toes in the water and work from there. It really wouldnāt be tough for me at this point: I genuinely have no excuse. Iād still permit myself foods that were processed so long as they were still single ingredient or close to it, nut butters with added salt being a prime example, along with regular butter, unflavored greek yogurt, etc. I think the biggest variable would be cutting out all the flavored crap I drink. Always been my vice. I grew up a fat kid because I was sucking down Koolaid any chance I got.
Current plan post diet break is jumping back into Deep Water for a 3rd run. If something else shiny comes along my way, Iām not afraid to abandon course. Super Squats keep popping into my brain, but I genuinely donāt think Iād want to run the program without the gallon of milk and, in turn, I donāt think that would be the best for my interest.
Wife signed us up for a 10 mile run in April. I should start running again. And get new running shoes. Sheās been tracking calories and has lost 5lbs in 2 weeks. Super proud of her. She asks me questions about nutrition and I have to fight so hard not to totally nerd out on her. Sheās also gained a significant appreciation for all the food I buy now, realizing the method to my madness.
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I really appreciated the blog post. Really good to see the big picture, and how that trickles down into surrogate goals and training philosophy. I think too many of us pick our methods before our goals and get lost in the woods there.
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For sure! So much wisdom there itās almost unbelievable. But at the same time, I wouldnāt really expect any less from Pwn.
@T3hPwnisher - That you continue to share this wisdom, readily and freelyānow that is unbelievable. Thank you.
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where could i find these blog posts everyone is posting about? Feel like I am losing out
I find them under the header āMythical Strengthā.
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Google mythicalstrength
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Currently binging posts atm. Love the insight.
@T3hPwnisher has anyone told you, you kinda look like Jocko Willink?
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They go to the same barber
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Re: SS without the gallons of milk. Iād be in that boat if I ran it, wife has a deadly dairy allergy so I can only consume milk under very specific circumstances. Any suggestions for getting to yes?
Lactose free milk is a thing over here. It wouldnāt be prohibitively expensive for 6 weeks.
Not applicable in this circumstance. She is allergic to the protein in milk (whey and casein).
You can either do almond milk or if sheās allergic to the a1 protein in milk, if you look for a2 milk they have milk made only with the a2 protein (regular milk hasnāt both).
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