Natty status: questionable
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Itās why I always specify ādrug freeā when people ask if Iām natural. āNaturalā itself is a stupid term, as pretty much training itself is unnatural. Iāve had people get upset that I was using protein and creatine and referring to myself as natural, so I just avoid that idea.
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because you used protien and creatine? That is ridiculousā¦
Never allow yourself to be surprised at the stupidity of people.
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Way past that. I routinely have more faith in humanity than it deserves.
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Iāve always thought āNot naturalā was the dumbest argument going. Especially for a species that routinely flies through the air in steel tubes.
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@cstan097 My faith in humanity test is always the following. On a 1 way street, do you still look both ways? Thereās your faith, haha.
@dagill2 Yeah, ānaturalā went a way a LONG time ago, haha.
AM WORKOUT
MAX EFFORT
High handle trap bar lift
5x155
5x245
3x335
1x425
1x515
1x605
0x655
0x605
Notes: Just shut it down at that point. Iām still not 100%, and I was going to do more harm than good trying to push through any more than that. Pissed, as high handle trap bar is typically the highlight of the ME cycle. This was also a sign that new movements need to start as soon as next week, because I can see how things are going from here. May just do the good mornings to get a bar out my hands for a few weeks and evaluate from there.
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This is whatās funny to me. Iāve seen on other forums people complaining that only a few people didnāt zero an event or couldnāt complete it. In my mind, that should give you more drive to get stronger and come back a fucking mutant to slaughter the competition. Itās kind of like when Carter and Wendler wrote that standards article and people bitched and moaned about how outlandish the numbers were. They all missed the mark of shooting for something stupidly insane so you never hit your mark. Coming up short of something so insane still puts you in the top 5%.
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It is disappointing to see competitions lower weight. Fear of failure and doing my damnedest to not fail are a large driving force for me to get bigger, stronger, and faster.
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@oldbeancam Absolutely. I was having a discussion with someone in another location about this, where they were upset that the policy in strongman tends to be that, once you win a novice comp, you have to compete in open. They were upset because it meant they were going to have to zero a bunch of events from now on, and all I could think was āwell then f**king get stronger!ā I donāt get why people think thatās a bad thing.
@BEAst_in_I Absolutely. Itās the only reason I compete: because it makes me stronger. Without that goal to chase, Iām simply not going to push as hard.
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I just saw someone doing snatch grip deads and it reminded me that theyāre a thing. That could easily work itself into my ME rotation. I see myself using an axle, just to make it even sillier.
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Snatch Grip Deads are hard. Awesone lift. Extra punishing with decent band tension.
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I am doing them exclusively for a 4 week hypertrophy block. Pretty curious to see how it affects my normal deadlift.
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@BEAst_in_I I will have to learn the movement before I get too silly with bands, haha. I am sure they are intense though.
@Koestrizer I have always heard good things about them. Just never felt myself needing them until now.
AM WORKOUT
High handle trap bar lift
40x405lbs
Notes: Just wanted some redemption from yesterday and had a limited timeline. This was a total lungbreaker. I had a little more in me, but didnāt need to push until I died this morning.
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What the hell man.
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The best part was I came in thinking 30 would be a good number.
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Thatās evil
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Just to clarify, 30 or 3 x 10?
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Hah!
Love your work man, love your work. Quality
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