Nice!
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Love it man! Those and the lamb look absolutely outstanding!
That’s a very cool setup you have for long cooks- something you designed yourself??
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Hey @boilerman , the drum smoker was a combined effort between a number of us homebrewers back in the day. We all built similar versions. But essentially a 44 gallon drum, and a lid off an old weber bbq (the lids fit perfectly over the drum).
A few bolts to hold your grille (I have 2 grilles in mine so can do wings etc too)
You can adjust air flow manually of course, just adjust the ball valves at the bottom, but with a computer fan (in block box) linked to a temperature sensor (grey box) you can dial it in to perfection and sleep soundly during longer cooks. I also have wireless twin probe sensors for the meat and air temperatures, the former to confirm the meat’s cooked.
But yep a fun little engineering project from many years ago. It doesn’t get used enough, but I need to get back into the slow cooks for sure. Meat is soooo tasty and tender.
Ugly drum smoker search shows a heap of ‘nicer’ DIY models too…
ugly drum smoker - Bing images
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Wow man, that is really, really cool. This may be something I end up making at home…Thank you for the inspiration!
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It took me a while to figure that out about folks from Australia. Yep, BBQ is definitely a type of food here in the south. I had a good friend from Australia about 10 years ago and he would always refer the the act of cooking on the grill as “a barbecue.” I was confused and thought that he was just drunk, which he was, but eventually I figured it out the difference. 
That brisket and lamb looks amazing. Cool drum smoker as well. I have the green egg and very much enjoy being able to dial in the temperature using air intake/outtake like you do on yours. It really helps. Some excellent work going on in here in the gym too!
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No shit Sherlock. He was an Aussie.
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Agiven, huh?
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3/5/1 - c11w1d3 (gym)
28.07.2023 (5.45am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Lat band engagement stuff
24kg KB Swing x 15
Vertical jumps x 6
Hex Deadlifts
bar x 8
60 x 5
80 x 5
.
90 x 3
105 x 3 - belt on
117.5 x 3+ (7)
DB Rows 25kg x 10, 10, 10, 13 (43r)
-ss-
RDL’s 2x 25kg DB’s 4 x 10 (40r)
Dreadmill
250m runs x 4 rounds with 100m brisk walk between (10mins ish)
-desensitized session, no earbuds, crappy gym music endured. wanted 10reps on final set, alas called it at 7. A little flat but all ok.
-thanks @TM79 getting the work done amongst business of life!
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Food looks great in here.
Nice consistent work as well. Nice OHP PR this week as well. Those are always hard to come by.
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3/5/1 - c11w1d4 (gym)
29.07.2023 (6.45am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Plyo pushups x 10
Bench
bar x 10
40kg x 8
.
60 x 3
65 x 3
72.5 x 3+ (8)
-ss-
BPA’s 6 x 20 at various angles
DB Flyes 12.5kg 3 x 12
-ss-
Laterals 7.5kg’s 3 x 12
Rope tri’s x 6 sets to failure each time, dropping weight stack as rqd
Dreadmill
High incline 10mins 100+ cals HR115+
-might be a rep pr on bench? need to check my other pc spreadsheet.
-thanks @shaneinga it’s the toughest one to move up for sure!
-another desensitized session, no tunes, just lifting. And crappy gym music.
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Don’t know why gyms do music. Everyone just wears ear phones anyway.
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3/5/1 - c11w2d1 (gym)
31.07.2023 (5.45am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Banded box walks, clamshells x8 L/R, KB paused squat x3 x 5sec
Box jumps x 6
Squats
Ankle mobility work, hip aeroplanes
Bar x 10
40kg x 8
.
65 x 5
75 x 5 - belt on
85 x 5
Bulgarian split squats (L/R)
Twin 12.5kg DB’s 3 x 8
Foam rolling legs
Dreadmill
15mins SSC
-resting HR60
-good weekend, and solid simple session for start of 5’s week.
-hey @cavalier good to have you drop in as always! We have maybe 30-40% in attendance that don’t have earphones, but dare say it varies gym to gym.
-edit: another load of firewood collected saturday so load up the ute then unload at home, 1tonne should get us through the rest of winter… i hope. Extra manual labour work ftw.
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3/5/1 - c11w2d2 (gym)
01.08.2023 (5.30am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
15kg Ball slams x 10, 8
OHP
bar x 10
30 x 6
.
35 x 5
40 x 5
45 x 5
-ss-
Chins x 4, 4, 4 pull up x 4, 5
-ss-
BPA 6 x 20
Dips
BW x 15, 12, 12, 10, 5
(54reps)
Tri’s (L/R) overhead extension 10kg DB x 8, 8, 8
-ss-
Reverse curls, twists, side to sides - tennis elbow rehab work 3 x 10-12
Seated Laterals 7.5kg’s x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8+4rp
Dreadmill
20mins SSC low incline, HR 115 ave
-good session, decent volume today
-BW67-68kg , no snacking after dinner makes a difference for sure
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3/5/1 - conditioning (gym)
02.08.2023 (6.15am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Conditioning
20mins emom tabata
ABC’s Twin 16kg KB x 2 rep
-ss-
Skip rope 20sec
Ab wheel
x 24 (rep pr), 22, 20
(66reps)
Seated CR
+40kg x 15, 15, 15
(45reps)
Dreadmill
15mins SSC
-resting HR59
-cracking day, sun’s out after a frosty morning. plenty of good higher HR work done today, those abc’s are tough as.
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Very nice on the BW! Hoping to join you in six weeks or so!
Agree 1000% on the after dinner snacking. It’s the worst.
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3/5/1 - c11w2d3 (gym)
03.08.2023 (5.45am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Lat band engagement stuff
20kg KB Swing x 20
Vertical jumps x 6
Hex Deadlifts
bar x 8
60 x 5
.
85 x 5
97.5 x 5 - belt on
110 x 5
Kroc Rows 25kg x 25, 23, 20 (68r)
-ss-
RDL’s 2x 25kg DB’s 3 x 10 (30r)
Dreadmill
20mins SSC low incline HR123ave
-the ‘worst’ or the ‘best’ (re tasty snacking!?) ah the dilemma indeed, thanks @burien_top_team
-solid session, Kroc rows for something different for today. Simple 5’s week continues
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3/5/1 - c11w2d4 (gym)
04.08.2023 (5.45am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Plyo pushups x 12
Bench
bar x 10
40kg x 8
.
55 x 5
60 x 6
65 x 5
-ss-
BPA’s 5 x 20 at various angles
CGBP
40kg x 20, 15, 12+6rp
(53r)
Rear delts 33kg x 15, 15, 10+5rp
(45r)
6 way shoulders
4kg DB’s x 7, 6, 5+3rp
Dreadmill
10mins low incline, HR120ish
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3/5/1 - conditioning (gym)
05.08.2023 (6.15am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Conditioning
20mins emom tabata
ABC’s Twin 20kg KB x 1 rep
then 2-3 burpees to round out the 20sec
Ab wheel
x 15, 15, 15
(45reps)
Seated CR
+45kg x 12, 12, 12
(36reps)
Dreadmill
20mins SSC
-resting HR59
-first time at 20kg for the abc’s - brutal as to be expected, really working the core on the front squat portion
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3/5/1 - c11w3d1 (gym)
07.08.2023 (5.45am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
Banded box walks, clamshells x8 L/R, 20kg KB paused squat x3 x 5sec
Box jumps x nil
Squats
Ankle mobility work, hip aeroplanes
Bar x 10
40kg x 8
60 x 5
.
75 x 5 - belt on
85 x 3
95 x 1+ (5)
Reverse lunges (L/R)
Twin 10kg DB’s x 10, 13, 13, 13, 11 (60r)
Dreadmill
15mins SSC
-resting HR58
-sunday off, back into it today - alas wanted a few more reps today but wasn’t there. Dropped BW defo makes a difference it seems for me.
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3/5/1 - c11w3d2 (gym)
08.08.2023 (5.30am fasted session)
Mobility, warmup
10kg Ball slams side to side L/R x8
15kg Ball slams x 8
OHP
bar x 10
30 x 6
.
40 x 5
45 x 3
50 x 1+ (7)
.
55 x 1 - joker
60 x 1 - joker (matches all time pr)
-ss-
Chins x 5, 5, 5 pull up x 5, 5
-ss-
BPA 7 x 20
Incline Press
12.5kg DB’s x 20
17.5kg DB’s x 10, 10, 10
(50r)
-ss-
Seated Laterals 6kg DB’s x 8, 8, 8, 9+3rp
(36r)
Dips
BW x 12, 12, 8+5
(39reps)
Dreadmill
10mins SSC medium incline, HR 118 ave
-back to solid form, 60kg ohp rep was slow as but got it
-yesterday’s squat’s session just a heavy gravity day?
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