Anna, please stop. If you’re going to steal anything from me: steal EATING. I am genuinely uncomfortable posting my training knowing that you’re using it to slowly kill yourself.
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I’m sorry, I’ll refrain from commenting in your log in the future
As effective as your nutrition protocols are, I find them very mentally stressful
I do as well. But dying prematurely is also mentally stressful…
EDIT: And to clarify, I wasn’t asking you to stop commenting: I was asking you to stop using my training as a means to self destruct.
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PM WORKOUT (1630)
Thrusters w/95lbs and swings w/45lbs
21 thrusters
5 swings
3T
5S
18T
5S
6T
5S
15T
5S
9T
5S
12T
5S
Time: 10:30
Notes: Little adaptation of a previous workout. Originally it was burpees between thrusters, but I’ve done enough of those today. This worked well for sure; was breathing hard, “broken lungs”.
Date night became date mid morning/afternoon. Weather was rolling in and the babysitter was willing to come early. So we hit up Cheesecake Factory and I treated myself to eating like a normal person. We both ordered appetizers and shared our plates, and then we both skipped the entre and ordered cheesecake slices and shared. She got the celebration cake (birthday cake cheesecake), I got some sort of decadent peanut butter monstrosity. I liked mine more, which isn’t shocking: I’m a peanut butter fiend. I have it every night before bed and I still love it. After that, walked around a mall for a few hours and just kinda remembered what life used to be like. Good for the soul. Mrs was shocked that I ate the way I did. She thought for sure I was going go order the low carb/low sugar stuff and discect the stuff on my plate. Was happy I could surprise her. Said “What’s the point of being strict all the time if it means I can’t actually enjoy myself on a night out”
After the meal, the workout and my shower, I looked the leanest I ever did in my life. Imagine my body sucked up the carbs pretty well.
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AM WORKOUT (0315 wake up via alarm: breakfast of 3 hard boiled cage free organic eggs and 3oz grassfed sirloin)
SUPERSETS (chin-bench): only resting long enough to change plates
Chins (underhand)
1x20
4x15
1x12+5+3 (rest pause)
Axle bench press
5xAxle
5x181
5x206
5x236
SUPERSETS (bench-row): 1 minute rest between sets
Axle bench press 181
5x10
DB row 115
5x5
DB press mechanical advantage dropset (lowering incline a notch each set w/rest pause: 12 deep breaths between set) 75lbs
(6-Seated upright press)x9
(5)x4
(4)x5
(3)x5
(2)x5
(1)x6
Flatx6
Band pull aparts
1x50
Poundstone Curls
146xAxle
25 band pushdowns
Post lifting meal: Egg white shake w/protein powder and greens supplement
Tabata Rounds on BAS
20 standing ab wheel
40 BW reverse hyper
Notes: I’m really digging SVR II again. I’m meandering less in my training and have far more a laser focus on what needs doing, and once that is done, THEN I meander. Got the main work done in an hour today, and then used some extra time to knock out most of my daily work: just owe some dips and GHRs.
Set a goal of 100 chins before moving on to something else. I wanna get more rowing in, just because rowing is awesome. I’ve gotten a few glimpses of my back recently and it looks like that’s where all my muscle gain is going, which is cool, because big backs are also awesome. Sub-max DB rowing is something I’ve done a bit of in the past. I’ve shied away from it recently because unilateral work takes longer than bilateral, but now that I have a little more training time available it’s become viable again.
The BBB work isn’t terribly challenging yet, so I can keep the rest periods stupid short on it. The final rep of the final set was tough, but not a grinder. If need be, I’ll implement pausing or something, but right now it’s answering the mail.
Always wanted to do that mechanical advantage dropset on the benching. Once again, multiple avenues available to make it even crazier. Can throw on the slingshots or change weights or finish it off with some push ups (in retrospect, I shoulda done that: next time), etc etc. I plan to keep it on the BBB days, since I’m already doing straight sets of pressing.
Breakfast worked well. Much faster than having to cook anything.
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would that be something you’d consider adding to daily work?
If I did, it’d have to be bodyweight rows, which I’m most likely too lazy to consistently set up. I’d just as soon rob from my chins during training sessions to make room for more rows. I like including t-bar rows in my squat day, since I already have the landmine set up for it.
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Been meaning to share this somewhere, and since the Flame Free thread has once again become just absolutely awful, I’ll do it here.
A while back, I loaned 355lbs of plates to a kid that was on the high school powerlifting team and had a rack and bar but no plates. He used them for about 5-6 months before he was able to secure enough weights on his own to no longer need my loaners.
Last week, he won his weight class with a 145lb lead over the next competitor. And he competes in the 130s, so more than his bodyweight.
I like to think those weights I loaned him helped with that.
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That’s so awesome! Congrats to him.
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Thanks man. Really makes it “worth it”. I noticed he looked bigger when he was bringing the weights back too, which was cool. I keep telling the Mrs to let his mom know my gym is open to him if he ever wants to cross over to the darkside and do some strongman. I have to keep from being overbearing, haha.
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This might’ve come up before, but have you ever thought about coaching? Especially younger lifters who need a nudge in the right direction.
Why is that a confession? Isn’t there a thread for things that make you happy?
It’s definitely something I’ve considered doing once I’m retired. Love to be able to volunteer and be beholden to no one.
@anna_5588 It’s not a confession.
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What are poundstone curls?
Named after strongman Derek Poundstone, they are curls performed with an unloaded axle for max reps in a single set without setting down the axle.
Paul Carter wrote an article about it here
And you can see Derek doing them here
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That video is just absurd haha. I tried the using that overhead rest position once and it did not bode well for me.
I consider it cheating myself, haha. I try to rest in the down position. Absolutely murders my forearms.
I’ve tried other curl protocols, and nothing tops this. Primarily because it STARTS a a bicep exercise but ends up being a full body exercise by the time it’s done. You end up blowing up your biceps, shoulders, traps and forearms when it’s all said and done. Adding 1 rep a week has been more than enough for me, and as evidenced by my 146, I’m 6 weeks away from having stuck with it for a year. I MAY add a 2.5 per side once that is done, but we’ll see.
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I do the same and for the first handful of weeks the forearm pump was the limiting factor haha.
I pretty much came to peace with nixxing a conditioning session after them because my arms and hands are so useless.
@mr.v3lv3t Oh man, that’s the best! My tabata rounds on the BAS look like something out of Rocky, haha.
Finished up the day with Tabata KB snatches with the 45lb bell. This was my first time ever doing the movement: I really dig it. I was curious if my shoulders would be stable enough, but it seems they hold up well. Got an option with DBs sometime too.
Haha dude the first time I did them I had plans to hit the heavy bag after for conditioning. I looked at the 80lb bag on the floor and determined that pushups were on the menu.
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