Curious your thoughts. I never looked for scale gains, but was always pleased with my recovery. Knowing how much I destroyed myself in the gym, day after day, and at a relatively older age than most of the guys I was competing against, I still believe it was effective in allowing me to make yearly improvements training as intense as I was,
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@The_Mighty_Stu same on my end: wasnāt looking to see my numbers climb on it, but more just āget backā. I am fairly certain I crashed my hormones pretty hard going from an extremely high fat diet to a minimal fat diet almost overnight and was experiencing a lot of negatives alongside it, and since including the Alpha Male along with bringing fats back things are feeling a lot more like how they used to. Iām also eating a lot more and staying lean, so thatās cool. I just pulled to trigger on the Rez-V and Mineral Support stuff, so weāll see how that plays along.
LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
Keg sprints (carry 150lbs keg, drop it off, sprint back to start, sprint back to keg, carry keg back to start)
6 rounds w/1 minute rest
Notes: No idea what the distance is: I ran the keg from the start of my part of the driveway to a fire hydrant as a consistent marker. Havenāt run kegs in a LONG time: missed it dearly. Great to get out in the cool weather and try to break my lungs. Unfortunately, my cardiovascular system is way better than my local skeletal musculature, so my body brokedown first, but it was still a solid effort, and itās helping me stay awake today.
@T3hPwnisher mate, when was the last time you read Brawn?
I read it back in 2002.
I have this urge to read it again for some reason. Itās calling me
Funny enough, I was re-reading it last month as part of my ongoing voracious appetite to read things about training. Itās MUCH better than āBeyond Brawnā, Iāll say that much. Still a bit repetitive. I would go tackle Powerlifitng Basics, Complete Keys or Super Squats first. Iām also 200 pages deep into āPurposive Primitiveā by Marty Gallagher and REALLY digging it. Itās like what Jamie Lewisā 365 days of Brutality should have been.
I experienced some of my greatest gains after reading Brawn
It was the proverbial rocket up the arse.
I have this idyllic image burning in my head of me going back to basics and re-experiencing these gains.
Twice a week training focusing on squeezing every last drop out of the big lifts.
It would definitely complement the family lifestyle however would the gains flow like they did back then?
Or am I like some punch drunk lifter? Living off past gains
It should still work. I keep hearing the sirenās call of Super Squats. But Iām just going stir crazy myself wanting SOMETHING to train for.
You got a fair shot of getting something good out of it dude.
My situation is similar and itās burning my iron soul.
Why am I training?
I go to work and all I think about is hitting the gym.
I have these scenes burned into my head like an old CRTV which has been showing the same image in a shop window for years.
Visions of me, in the gym, rattling out set after set of machine shoulder presses.
My delts resembling genetically modified watermelons plucked from a field in the Dominican Republic and consumed by Charles Poliquin, over a sink, so he doesnāt get any spilled melon juice on his t shirt.
The reality?
I get to the gym and Iām bored within seconds because deep down I know Iām aimlessly performing manual labour and PAYING for the privilege.
I convince myself Iām training because as a fitness instructor, I have to look the part. Which I know is bollocks
Or maybe itās because as a dad of 3, itās my obligation to ensure Iām on Godās green earth as long as possible to provide my children with a presence that I never experienced, having watched my father pass away at an early age(him, not me)
Yet I yearn for that training session which is free from stress or meaning. Just me taming the iron through simple means.
This is why Brawn is my song to the siren.
I find beyond Brawn really hard going. Itās like reading the Old Testament!! I re read Dinosaur training the other day which I really like. Made me think of Pwn.
Most of Beyond Brawn is filler
I just bought a copy of Brawn off Ebay there
There was a copy going for Ā£95
Iād expect the pages to be laced with Tren for that price
@chonglorduno In my case, itās less an existential crisis of lifting and more the case that, until I get cleared from my doc on my blood lipids, Iām not willing to push the bodyweight up high, but I also donāt care to lose any more fat, so Iām in a bit of a holding pattern. My conditioning is getting awesome, but I really wanna get back to growing again, and having a competition to train for would be awesome for that, but COVID is really crushing that. Hope Brawn relights that spark!
@simo74 Dude, the Old Testament was the good one. Itās got Samson in it! Haha.
AM WORKOUT (0645. Woke up at 0520 via alarm)
ALTERNATING SETS (incline-flat)
Close grip incline bench 200
3x10
Axle bench press 230
2x10
1x8
(1) Low incline DB bench
10x105
DROPSET
8x105
3x105 w/slingshot
3x105 w/catapult
50
50 w/slingshot
50 w/catapult
25
Push ups
19x50s
Underhand chins between sets of benching
6x12
11s for the rest
Dips w/rest pause
175 total reps
Poundstone curls
137xAxle
50 pull aparts
25 pushdowns
Notes: 2:30 between sets of benching. Another bench workout where I came into it feeling totally crushed and was a zombie between sets but had no issues once I got to the bar. Wonder if this is an effect of training the day after those gnarly squat workouts. Either way, results have been solid. Held off on the conditioning as I had nothing left in me: will get some more work in later today.
Next is to add another dropset by continuing push-ups from your knees and/or an incline!
Thereās a lot more room for play in it for sure, but this is where I settled on stopping. Same reason I donāt take the 25s with the slingshot. But itās also why itās so mindblowing when people CANāT figure out how to train with limited equipment, haha.
New T shirt coming soon. Quality
Always happy to inspire, haha. I WAS the top theology student of my high school: gotta make use of it.
Instead of more conditioning, I spend 6 hours today installing a truck bed cover on my truck. I think that counts, because I am exhausted.
Maybe that opportunity to use it was devine intervention
That is quite a task solo. Nicely done haha.
@mr.v3lv3t The trick is to do a bad job and swear a lot, haha.
AM WORKOUT (0830)
High handle trap bar pulls 135
1x301
Notes: Think I finally found my limit here. Was good to just go all out. Time was tight today: next week I am going to try to make this extra workout longer.
Haha man, I can only imagine what new combos of curse words Iād string together. I donāt even like helping a friend put theirs on.
See, on anyone elseās log, this would make my jaw drop.
On here, Iām just like, āYep, Pwnās at it again.ā
@T3hPwnisher Thanks man. Laying off the iron till I get home. Gonna let that fire build and build