I’ve never used farmers handles so I can’t comment at all.
I think for me personally, with the trapbar I have, I would end up hitting the back of the bar like I do with rows, but your mileage may vary.
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Fair point. May be unnecessarily re-inventing the wheel. I just hate picking up dumbbells off the floor, haha.
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PM WORKOUT (1500)
Axle Grace
2:57 (33 second PR/lifetime PR)
Notes: No idea where that came from. Another one of those workouts where I didn’t wanna do it. My conditioning has never been this good, and pairing it with some better technique is allowing me to match/beat some Ogre-PRs I had from before.
Going to make an effort to add some more cals in. Program will be getting harder soon.
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Training Log: Entry 2357
AM WORKOUT (0430 wake up via dog)
FASTED
30 GHRs
5 round circuit of
10 chins
4 standing ab wheel
10 dips
8 reverse hypers
25 pushdowns
50 pull aparts
BREAKFAST
AM WORKOUT PART II (0645)
BBB BEEFCAKE Week 2, Day 3
CIRCUIT (squat-row) plate change rest between sets
Buffalo bar squat
5xBar
5x140
5x210
5x285
5x330
5x375
T-bar rows 150
5x10
SUPERSETS (squat-hyper) 90 seconds rest between sets
Buffalo bar squat 285
5x10
Reverse hyper 410
1x11
4x10
Belt squat stripset (no rest between sets)
32x150
5x125
4x100
4x75
4x50
4x25
5xAxle
Notes: Flew through this workout. Very strict on the 90 second rests: timer goes off and it’s time to squat. No fiddling around with the belt or sleeves. Woke up this morning feeling pretty beat, and it’s my first day off in a while, so I went with the daily work to get my body back online rather than going straight into squats. Added the keto waffle to breakfast for some extra calories, and tested out some piedmontese steak tips cooked in the instant pot. Going for a short run with the Mrs later today, and plan to get in some sort of short conditioning workout.
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That is not a breakfast.
For some reason I’m reminded of this 
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1700 kcals man. Doesn’t leave a lot of actual food if you still want to eat a decent meal with your kids at night.
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Ohhhh man. For a whole slew of reasons that has me laughing too much.
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PM WORKOUT PART I (1400)
Stone of steel to shoulder
30 reps in 7:33
PM WORKOUT PART II (1500)
5k run with the Mrs
Notes: The stone was on the slow side, but got the job done of getting some blood flowing to my lower body post squat. Run wasn’t fun, but my CV system is doing just fine: just all the little muscles involved in running that sucked. Gotta get back in running shape.
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AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via dog)
BBB BEEFCAKE Week 2, Workout 4
30 GHRS
CIRCUITS (chin-bench) plate change rest between sets
Chins (underhand)
100 reps total
Axle bench press
5xAxle
5x136
5x186
5x216
5x246
SUPERSETS (bench-row)
Axle pause bench 186
5x10
DB row 90
5x10
Incline DB bench mechanical advantage dropset w/rest pause (12 deep breaths between sets)
(Upright) 5x90lbs
(5) 3x90
(4) 4x90
(3) 5x90
(2) 6x90
(1) 4x90
11 dips
25 band pushdowns
7 dips
32 more dips
Poundstone curls
153xAxle
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
35 minute 80lb weighted vest walk with dogs
Notes: Dog is getting to be a handful, but it means I get more time to train in the morning. Doing my best to make the 5s week tough. On the first 2 sets of the BBB work I only paused the first 3 reps, but after that I paused them all: good additional challenge. DB pressing was solid. Really focused on “crunching” the back on the rows.
Something in my left lat is locked up now for some reason. Can’t quite fully extend. Not sure what’s going on there.
May get in some outdoor conditioning later. We got some good weather and I’m trying to make the most of it.
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Cook outs are also a great way to do this, just FYI. I had to translate that because I’m pretty sure I’d get in trouble if I call it a BBQ.
I actually came here to let you know that I liked your latest blog post so much, I’ll be plagiarising it heavily in future.
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I’m calling it “grilling”, but planning on doing a lot of that too. I got a grassfed tri-tip on the ready, along with those piedmontese hot dogs slated for later in the week. Salmon burgers too.
And much appreciated dude! Plagerize away. Been meaning to write that one for a while.
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PM WORKOUT (1330)
High handle prowler pushes, loaded w/180lbs
11 rounds w/1 minute rest
Notes: First time taking the prowler out in years. My kid’s school’s blacktop ended up being a great spot for it. Went the distance that the basketball court was marked off, which I have no idea how far that is, but it doesn’t really matter. By the 11th round I was breathing hard and quietly saying the f-word to myself, which is typically my metric. I didn’t want to absolutely destroy myself my first day back, especially with my heaviest deadlift day of the cycle right around the corner. If this weather keeps up, I can keep this going.
My warm-up was administering first aid to some kid that scrapped up his knees falling off a scooter. He’ll live, but he’s probably gonna need a colotomy bag.
In very exciting news, my kid is willing to try out the Tang So Do place nearby us. Trial class is next week. Fingers crossed. I enjoyed my time training my kid, but it got to the point where it was straining our relationship. Be good to have outside instruction.
Edit: may as well post the update photo too
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Wrt your latest blog post…towards the end, I realized, D-uh!, this is why people think the way they do today -'da google means nobody has to use their brain anymore -modern society/young 'uns enter society with a brain debt LOL.
Thanks for the epiphany.
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Oh, and I think in your current picture, the 3rd ab on your left side is a shade less vascular. @anna_5588
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Unlike me, pwn has visible abs 
X-factor is obvious on this one.
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…is not starting from a DEBT.
Read his latest blog post, and substitute nutrition for exercise.
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the emoji is there for a reason
And I ignore it, because you always use “the emoji” when you’re trying to get a free pass with your (obvious) deflection(s).
(I shouldn’t have linked you, but I just couldn’t resist after that last ridiculous “comparison photo” you railed about. To me, all of pwn’s photos look the same -jacked- I just assume it’s a bigger version based on his current weight.)
((apologies for derailing the log, will be my last spitting into the wind anna post here))
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What is pwns blog called? I wouldnt mind reading it a bit