Notes: Great to see Grace continue to improve. Part of it is proficiency, but part of it is also conditioning. I’m training it fast enough that it really sucks when it’s over. The run was at a leisurely pace: used my trick of breathing through my nose the whole time to ensure I wasn’t pushing myself too hard. Have deadlifts tomorrow and can’t afford to burn out on it.
On the nutrition front, slowly introducing more fats and extra snacks into the daily diet. Baby steps. It’s taking way more rationalization than it should to get me to do these things, but I’m hoping it’s all progress none-the-less.
@kdjohn Paul is just a fantastic storyteller, very much similar to Dan John. These days, I care less about how good someone is with excel and far more about their ability to keep me captivated.
@ChongLordUno Ash will always remain my hero. I remember being a kid and thinking how jacked Bruce looked in Evil Dead II, haha.
Swiss bar rows against bands
10xMiddle grip
10xWide
10xNarrow
2x10xMiddle
Swiss bar shrugs against bands (no rest between sets)
27xMiddle
10xWide
5xNarrow
Kroc rows 115
1x17
Band pull aparts
1x60
Notes: Rested long enough for plate changes on the top work until the last 2 sets, at which point I took 2 minute rests. Surprise: axle is harder than deadlift bar, which makes this an awesome workout. I’m rediscovering how to deadlift. Today I caught myself looking down toward the floor when I pulled, which I realized is how I USED to deadlift back when I was pulling my heaviest poundages. I recently started looking forward instead of down, and I imagine that’s been jacking up my spinal alignment. It’s the little things. Originally planned to hit weighted dips between sets of deads, as dips and deads are an amazing superset, but the BBB work took enough out of me that I nope’d right out of it. Considering I’m supposed to do 50 reps of pulling for assistance work this day and I ended up doing 269 reps instead, maybe that’s a factor. Plan is to only hit the daily work today and MAYBE a tabata workout if I’m feeling froggy.
Had an amazing Mountain Dog/Deep Water breakfast of grass fed beef and organic cage free eggs with grass fed butter on it this morning. I’m set up to have this for the foreseeable future, but will occasionally swap in the keto waffles and the Better Oats if I’m feeling particularly flat.
Finished Kelso’s book yesterday. So refreshing to read. Thanks for recommending it. His attitude towards training really helped me get over some of this funk I’m in.
And oh my goodness, the food section? I was drooling. I know what some of my food prep is gonna be this weekend.
It’s pre-packaged too: just crazy. Something Costco sells. Super convenient: I have steak for like a week now.
Glad you enjoyed the book dude! I was hoping it’d have that effect. Just so great to get back to the basics. And I LOVE that part of the book. I always considered that book an “all in one/on stop shop” sorta book where, if someone said “What is ONE book I can read that will tell me everything I need”, it’s what I’d give them, and that food section is a big contributor to that. You could do FAR worse as far as training nutrition goes. If you make any of the recipes, let me know how it goes!
I miss Costco so much. Where I live fucked up royally on negotiating a Costco here because of municipal bureaucratic squabbling. Costco eventually said, “Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
Definitely. I wanna try making that corn/pepper/onion/cheese dish he talks about. Super easy, and using some corn chips or tortillas as a delivery system? Chef’s kiss
@kdjohn Ah man, that’s lame for sure. Living without the bulk stores is rough. I was once in very northern North Dakota, where we’d end up driving for 2 hours just to get to Sam’s Club. Made those hot dogs something magical, haha.
That dish in particular always caught my eye. Definitely excited to hear about that.
Mrs signed us up for a 10 mile race in Apr. Good to have something on the horizon, and glad I’ve kept in running shape.
Last race I did was pretty good about it. Staggered start times for all racers, and started with a mask on. Granted, compliance isn’t enforced, so it doesn’t matter. One of my favorite quotes from Hobbes “Covenants without the sword are but words, and are of no strength to secure a man”
Notes: Becoming something of a weekend morning tradition. Got through the first 45 without stopping. Part of it is proficiency and part of it is conditioning. This is also rather tonic the day after deads. May get in another conditioning workout later today, but otherwise it’s a non-lifting day. Mrs and I are having a date night. It may be Cheesecake Factory for appetizers and dessert, but if the weather turns we’ll end up somewhere a bit more mild. Either way, plan is to have an enjoyable meal and an evening of walking.
