You could do it, film it, attribute your weight loss and awesome physique to it then come up with a terrible name - Squatxercise and market classes to obese people, then franchise it, float it and sell all shares before people realise it’s a con.
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Probably works better than my “Feel hungry and still lose the weight” approach, haha.
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I dunno you’re currently results are impressive… But I’m happy for you to “experiment” for us as long as you film it haha.
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Gonna have to log details later, but hit 3x235 log strict press today. Things are looking well
Also, on my walk with my wife, some kid around 4 years old said to me “I like your huge muscles” so that’s always nice.
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That was impressive!
Also your shoulder mobility looks a good bit improved over what you’ve shown in the past, no?
Thanks dude.
Honestly wouldn’t know how to evaluate shoulder mobility progress. I was experiencing pain getting into a barbell squat position when I was heavier and it went away with the weight loss, so that could be at play.
It just looks like you were able to get your head through better but maybe I’m reading a bit oo much into the video here.
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Glad to see the lights came on for this one. I think it adds an extra element of cool how the music stops for the last rep too.
As always, I’m enjoying this log.
Its amazing how good this makes us feel. Nice pressing as always mate
Man that’s awesome. Log pressing is so much more difficult for me than BB press. Quite a feat my brotha!! Keep it up!
Wow!!! You got lights on!
Yea the press was ok too.
@Koestrizer It’s something I noticed that correlated with when I did some behind the neck pressing last year. Axle was locking out much straighter overhead. Part of it is just a different camera angle: I used my phone for this one vs my video camera, since I didn’t bring it my camera. Wasn’t expecting anything big, and then suddenly things were going great so I figured I’d take some footage. But I’m also a true strongman (read: cheater), so I’ll only push my head as far forward as I need in a comp, haha.
@alex_uk and @caesium32 Same exact lights as always. Camera is just different. Appreciate the support.
@simo74 Thanks dude! Kids are amazing that way. You always know where you stand. I think the industry is missing out by not employing them for physique assessments. People will spend hundreds to have a “qualified eye” tell them what they need to improve, where a 4 year old will flat out tell you “You’re fat”, haha.
@marcb84 Thanks dude! The log is such a great implement for brute strength. Even if I didn’t compete, I’d still make regular use of it.
YESTERDAY’S LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
GIANT SETS (chins-press-abs)
Weighted NG Chins
3x50
3x95
3x120
3x130
2x3x140
Log clean and press away
3xLog
3x150
3x170
3x200
3x220
3x235 (some sort of PR I’m sure. I’ve hit 1x265 and 2x250 before at much heavier bodyweights)
Standing ab wheel
6x10
GIANT SETS (rows-Weighted dips/DB press odd sets OR behind the neck barbell press/dips even sets-raise)
Cable rows 105
4x12
2x10
Weighted dips 85/DB press 50s
2x12/failure
1x11/failure
Behind the neck barbell press 100/dips
3x10/failure
DB lateral raise 15s
4x11
2x10
Band pull aparts
50
Notes: Only rested long enough to load equipment for sets up to 200lb on log, then 90 second rests. 90 second rests for second round of giant sets. This was a surprisingly good day, and it was also a day where I went with a high fat pre-workout meal vs high carb. My benching day last week showed similar results. I may be onto something there. Log cleans were snappy until the very end, where I got out of my head and was focused too much on the press and not how I was going to get there. Things were feeling great. I imagine lack of abdominal circumference is actually a significant variable there: I don’t have to roll the log over my gut, and it moves smoothly into place. Press was feeling strong, and I feel like my strength is stabilizing from the initial drop with the weight loss.
With those behind the neck presses, a Nine Inch Nails lyric sums it up well: “And in a dream I’m a different me/With a perfect you/We fit perfectly/And for once in my life I feel complete/And I still want to ruin it” Things are moving great, so of course I’m gonna change it, haha. Got infected with the drive to do these again after re-reading “Complete Keys to Progress”. Also picked up the helpful tip to start them from the FRONT, then bring them down behind the neck and go from there. It’s a jillion times better than how I was doing it before, and I think it will make it far more sustainable. I dig how little weight this movement takes to just obliterate the shoulders.
That said, I feel like I’ve got a good approach going where I do the Max Effort movement as supplemental work the week before, because it gives me a chance to rebuild the skills the week before I really need to move heavy weight, so I think how I’m going to shake this out is that, on weeks I’m pressing the axle as Max Effort work, I’ll do either trap bar or log (depending on what is next on the schedule) for supplemental work. On weeks I’m pressing a trap bar or log, I’ll do behind the neck press. Since the axle gets rotated in every other week, I’m not too worried about losing skills on it. Should keep my shoulders in good repair as well.
The weighted dips remain awesome, and my elbows aren’t pissed off like they usually are after long periods of weighted dips and chins.
Moved the greens supplement to my post workout shake rather than my later day meals. It goes down smooth enough that way.
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I can picture it now. “Well mister your arms and back are like the hulk but you legs are more like Loki”
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@simo74 Another great one I had was back in my MMA days when my blood pressure apparently wasn’t so good and some kid in the jits class pointed to me and asked his dad “Why is that guy’s face so red?” His dad was kind enough to say that it’s something that happens when you get older, but the kid didn’t miss a beat and went “But you’re older than him and your face doesn’t do that”
I replied “It’s not the age: it’s the mileage”, haha.
AM WORKOUT
MAX EFFORT
(1) Elevated High Handle Trap Bar Pulls
5x155
5x245
3x335
1x425
1x515
1x605
1x655
2x700
11x605
GIANT SETS (dead-row-chin-neck)
2 Count Pause High handle trap bar pull 425
3x9
T-bar rows 155
3x9
NG chins (various grips)
1x9
2x8
Neck harness 45
3x27
CONDITIONING
Lapping an unloaded stone of steel 30 times in 4 min 5 seconds
Notes: 3:45 between heavy pulls, 2:00 between giant sets. REALLY wanted a triple at 700, but went too quick between rep 2 and 3 and got out of position. Went for redemption with the 605. Wanted 10, then I went to go pull it and thought to myself “I don’t have it in me to break it off the floor” when I went for the initial pull, and then it went up way easier than it had a right to so I chased after it. Was a nice way to cap the max effort work. Giant set was far more exhausting than usual as a result. I do wanna start throwing in some good mornings soon, but since I was going to hit the stone for conditioning I decided to let that be enough.
At first, I thought just lapping an unloaded stone wouldn’t be enough, but doing it at the end made it work out just perfect. I was torched when it was over.
Woke up at 182.6 this morning. That’s just a .2lb loss from my light day last week, but given I ate an extra meal a day for 4 of those days to include going out to Red Lobster on Friday, it’s a fantastic trend. Was completely carb depleted this morning: peeled abs again. Seems the trend is that I dry out on the weekends since I’m not training and carbs are low, then I build back up for 3 days and then repeat. It’s working well enough.
Only have to work 5 days in a row this week, so that’s pretty cool.
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You sir are a monster!
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I think you made a typo here dude.
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On your t bar rows are you just grabbing the bar? Or do you have some kind of handles for that? Also do you stand on plates or something to get you up off the floor?
What the fuck, dude. That’s a hell of a set, and a big blow to the “I did a cut and lost all my muscle” crowd. You tick the “big”, “strong”, and “lean” boxes now. Awesome.
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We get it, no need to show off and make the rest of us feel bad 
Get this on a t shirt 