My motivator for eating to grow is that I get more calories when I cut. Started this cut at a solid 3100cal give or take and down to 2800cal and haven’t felt the cutting flu yet despite losing 11lbs.
@strongmanbrett I’m the opposite: fewer calories means less cooking and cleaning, haha.
AM WORKOUT (0230 wake up, woke up from hunger, rookie mistake)
SUPERSET (press-chin)
Barbell strict press
5xBar
5x65
3x135
3x155
8+3+3x175
14x135
Chins (underhand)
6x12
GIANT SETS (press-raise-pull apart): same rest protocol as last week: no rest between sets 1 and 2, 30 seconds between 2 and 3, 45 seconds between 3 and 4, 60 seconds between 4 and 5, 75 seconds between 5 and 6
BtN Press 95
6x10
KB lateral raise 18s
6x11
Band pull apart
6x15
5 MINUTE REST
GRACE WOD (30 barbell clean and presses w/135lbs)
5min 10 seconds
Kroc rows 125 w/rest pause
15+3+3
Shrug machine w/45s per side
1x55
Notes: Liked how this turned out, especially given the circumstances. Grace in the middle was an interesting move, and ultimately I liked it. Got in some more pressing and back work that way. I’ve done Grace sub 3 minutes before, but that was fresh. Hitting it with a bit of fatigue was a good challenge.
My appetite is insatiable. I actually woke up at midnight last night and ate some greek yogurt mixed with PB fit.
Since it’s my birthday, my pre-training meal/breakfast 1 this morning was a smores poptart with some greek yogurt and shredded miniwheat. That poptart took me right back to my childhood. Hard to eat just one.
Also, I’m now qualified to be put out to pasture in the 35 and older section of the site.
But I think I got a bit left in me.
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I dunno man, I think you need to “get real” (I’m not quite clear what that means).
Happy birthday man.
Edit: it also seems like your shoulder has outgrown your tattoo. I swear your tattoo used to be bigger.
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He can be used as a case study by all the tattoo naysayers questioning what happens to them as you age.
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Looking immense, happy birthday!
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We’ll miss you. Enjoy hanging out with the seniors, you old fart.
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You’re too strong and too agile for the over 35 forum. Your workout routines would kill a lot of those guys who would try them.
Stay with the guys young enough to try/survive your workouts.
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@dagill2 Thanks man. It’s what happens when you get it at 19, haha.
@alex_uk Thanks!
@kdjohn It helps that I’m an old soul. And dude, you are fighting the good fight in that other log, but it’s a non-winning situation. Hopefully you don’t exert too much energy.
@biker I’m always trying to stop growing up, haha
Finished the day with 100 burpees done in 8:45. Also forgot to log that part of my AM workout included 30 GHRs and 20 GHR sit ups. Finished up the 25 pushdowns later.
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AM WORKOUT (0245 Wakeup. Travel has been rough on me)
LITVINOV-esque (Front squat followed immediately by Rogue Butcher push loaded w/45lb plate. Distance unknown but consistent)
8xBar/sprint
8x95/sprint
8x135/sprint
8x185/sprint (begin 90 second rests between sets)
3x8x255/sprint
3x8x225/sprint
8x185/sprint
25 followed immediately by 8 back squats/sprint
GHR
1x30
GHR sit ups
1x20
Chins (various grips)
Rest pause to 50
CONDITIONING
Assault bike tabata intervals
Breakfast
50 pull aparts
50 band pushdowns
Notes: Last workout before returning home, and then I’m going to take 2 days off before running my half. Going to celebrate my birthday tomorrow, since I’ll actually be home, and engage in some nutritional debauchery that should help carb load for the race. I’ve been carb depleting leading up to that to make up for it.
This was an awesome workout. I seem to be adapting to the front squats very well. My hips are also aching significantly less. Just really feeling like I’m firing on all cylinders, minus sleep being jacked.
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I know, but I had to at least get wounded on the hill, if not die on it, haha. After everyone else jumped in and said everything else I wanted to say much better than I did (thanks, @flappinit), I figured I’d just leave it.
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@T3hPwnisher with your recent interest in nutrition and health have you paid any attention to keeping your protein intake at around 1g/lbs? As opposed to, you know, way above that.
I never count calories or macros, so it would be a bit of a challenge. Now that the kidney thing is cleared up, it isn’t anything I am concerned with.
@kdjohn Just nuts man. To say nothing of the fact you are both a psycho squatter and accomplished martial artist. When you talk fighting, I listen. He should do the same.
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AM WORKOUT (0445 wake up via dog, slept very well)
1 hour weighted vest sog walk w/80lb vest
Notes: Got to break out the new toy. Wasn’t too much more taxing on the cardio, but pulls on the traps pretty decent. Happy to have it.
Rest of the day is going to be a fast food/grease fest to officially celebrate the birthday now that I am home. Good loading up for half marathon in 2 days.
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Looks good, what’s inside?
Bacon, chorizo, egg, cheese and sour cream.
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Happy belated birthday my scorpio iron brother. You have jumped over a plateau in strength and size in the last few years.
Honored to witness the trial and tribulations of this log in the 7-8 years I’ve been here. 
Here’s to the remaining time we have left to be badasses.
edit (idk why T-nation says facepunch when you mouseover that emoji. That’s the last thing I would do to you LOL. Fist bump. B U M P).
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Hell yeah @strongmanvinny2! Brothers in Iron and lunacy, haha. Been great to have you along and to witness your own brand of crazy.
Happy Birthday pwn.
Thank you for years of patient advice.
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