You and I have such radically different tastes that I imagine my experience will be different.
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you also donāt care about taste, so I guess it doesnāt matter
I care about taste, but I donāt prioritize it.
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I will take the crab and shrimpā¦the other stuff is a nope from me haha. Wellā¦the veggies are fine too
I genuinely think there is not a single animal I wonāt eat.
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I randomly thought about eating seagulls a while back, googled it, changed my mind:
āIt tasted like bad game meat sprinkled with rotted fish juice.ā
Warning that article will make you hungry and want to eat a porcupine. (I have no idea who the dude is but fun job).
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Finished off the day with a 3 mile run with the Mrs. After BBB squats yesterday and Juarez Valley this morning, my legs feel like lead.
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Well seafood is where i draw a lineā¦im a born and raised alberta boy so i like cows, chicken, pig and some game meat like deer, moose and bear. I like fish/fishing too but i dont eat a ton of fish.
I hear catfish tastes like butt
You havenāt had good catfish then, but yeah, itās not the best
Havenāt had any
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probably not worth trying for you considering that you have access to much better fish
I live along the wrong coastline
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awwwā¦ well at least you still have moose
@bigdaddi My wifeās mom is similar. She grew up on a farm, will eat a fair amount of land animals, but fish sticks are as exotic as she goes for the aquatic, haha.
@voxel Iāve enjoyed the catfish Iāve had, but folks are turned off by them being bottom feeders. My grandpa had a house in Florida with a dock, and we used to catch catfish with hot dogs and bread. Theyāll eat ANYTHING, haha.
Settle in: thisāll be a long one.
First the training.
BBB BEEFCAKE, Week 3, Day 4
AM WORKOUT (0430 Wake up via dog)
CIRCUITS (chin-bench) plate rest between sets, 2 min before final set
Chins (underhand)
100 reps total
Axle bench press
5xAxle
5x156
5x216
5x246
5x276
SUPERSETS (bench-row) 2 min between sets
Axle bench press 216
5x10
DB rows 90
5x10
50 band pull aparts
DB bench press 90s rest pause (12 deep breaths between sets)
(Upright) 1x4
(5) 1x3
(4) 1x4
(3) 1x4
(2) 1x5
(1) 1x5
BW Dips 10+10+10+10+10
25 pushdowns
Poundstone curls
154xAxle
POST WORKOUT SHAKE
30 GHRS
20 Standing ab wheel
40 reverse hypers
PM WORKOUT (1600)
CONDITIONING: Going to call this one āDan Johnās Mistakeā
Tabata intervals
8 rounds of 95lb thrusters
7 rounds of 45lb KB swings (first 2 rounds 2 handed, next 5 rounds 1 handed alternating each swing)
1 round 95lb thruster
Notes:
LIFTING
Starting my first of 2 12s, although with daylight savings one of them is an 11, so thatās cool. Got in the early bench workout, which allowed me to be tired enough to grab a nap before that conditioning workout.
The topset of bench was challenging but mangable. 275lbs is always a significant number to me. When I first got to college I got a wild hair to test my bench max after a few years of lifting, and I ended up at 275lbs. Anytime I move that weight on bench, it brings me back. 5x275 isnāt my best, but itās something Iām happy with at this point in my life, with all the circumstances surrounding it.
I paused the first 2 reps of the first set of 216 and found out that wasnāt going to happen for the rest of the workout. This week was the right degree of heavy and challenging.
The weight on rows isnāt changing, but the technique is. Really focusing on the squeeze and contraction. Milking the most out of it.
I did much better on the DB benching than I anticipated. My arms are beat to hell from the log work, so getting the bells into position was a challenge, but strength for pressing was solid. Also, Iām doing this workout in my bedroom slippers because Iām too lazy to change shoes, so I didnāt have the best footing.
CONDITIONING
Alright, onto conditioning. The title is awesome. Dan John originally prescribed Thrusters for Tabata work in the way back when, and later walked it back saying it was a bad idea. Reading that something is a bad idea tends to get my attention, so I gave it a try. They will absolutely smoke you. I DID find that the press portion became the limiting factor over time, which is why I can imagine Dan preferred front squats for this. I tacked on the swings to get in more conditioning time and keep it Dan John-esque. Were I to do this again, Iād alternate rounds of thrusters and swings to allow recovery between the exercises. Another option would be thrusters 1 round, front squats the next. Could also do all 3. Thereās so much room for modifications.
LIFE
My kid had their first Tang So Do lesson today and they are completely in love with it, so now weāre signed up. I was happy with the instruction. Iām VERY happy with the business practice. No contracts, month to month, about half the price of what we paid back in 1990s dollars when I was doing it as a kid: definitely not the āmoney machineā that a lot of martial arts schools end up as. The stances and basics are very similar to what I learned and what I was teaching my kid from Tae Kwon Do, so itās nice to have some transferrable skills, and thereās a chance my kid can test out of the basic class, which is cool. I have to restrain from becoming the coach from the sideline with my kid, as this is ultimately what my kid needed. I loved training them, but it was becoming too stressful for both of us, and they didnāt have anyone their size to train with/practice on.
Also, the Tang So Do school is literally next door to a cupcake bakery. Kismet.
NUTRITION
Tried out the riced cauliflower oatmeal. It scratched the itch. I put too much cashew milk in it and turned it into more a porridge/soup, but then added in some Walden Farms chocolate syrup and thickened it back up. Good flavor too. Iāll add the pancake syrup next time. Might incentivize me to get their blueberry or strawberry flavor. Overall, Iāll call it a win, and itās something else I can include alongside my breakfast.
On that note, I keep catching myself undereating. When I can find ways to shave off food total, I tend to take it. My instincts are still all backwards. That said, breakfast seems to be the meal where I allow myself the most leeway, so I keep loading it up with what I can. I still have my āthou shaltsā, but even those seem to flex if I go totally off script. Such as today, where I had a Chinese buffet for lunch. I am proud of how I ate there today: no mental calculations or binging on veggies to get full or anything like that: I hit up the Mongolian grill portion, loaded up on meat and veggies, then did an āaround the worldā trip at the buffet line where I grabbed 1 of each item that looked good. Which, if youāve ever tried that, youāll STILL have a full plate when itās done: which shows just how MUCH food you get at a buffet if you load up the ladle.
I tried out Sunbutter tonight as part of my high fat meal, and Iām kicking myself for having not had it earlier in my life. Itās amazing, and pretty much pure fat, some protein and almost zero net carb. I canāt find solid information on the Omega 6 content, but I think I get enough Omega 3s to not worry about it. I believe this will eventually replace peanut butter in my diet, but right now Iām going to rotate between peanut butter, almond butter and Sunbutter. Should also help prevent me from developing allergies.
Iām still doing the high fat meal in the evening and then grassfed cottage cheese immediately before bed. I think itās been good for me, but Iām falling slightly out of love with the high fat meal. It was originally to help me sleep through the night, but Iām still waking up about every hour after midnight. I like getting my fats in, the meal is yummy, but I donāt quite so much enjoy going to bed feeling like a gassy whale and waking up in the morning with a world ending bowel movement. I may take to alternating between high fat meals in the evening with high lean protein meals, or at least vary my fat source away from pure nut butters. Once again, no shortage of options.
On the digestion front, cleaning out my work water bottle was a game changer, and Iām actually digesting and absorbing nutrients. Thatās a positive.
The program is getting challenging, so that should be the catalyst to keep eating big.
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Iām very confused, is this because of some fungus or bacteria?
That would be my guess, yeah. Ran it through the dish washer and my digestion problems stopped.
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Interesting. I never washed my water bottle when I was at school, but didnāt have noticeable improvements in digestion issues once I came to Florida and drank out of a washed glass, but
does have me thinking. Maybe Iām absorbing more nutrients now that Iām not drinking from a dirty water bottle
I was legitimately passing food wholly undigested for a while. I imagine your tendency to binge and purge already has issues with digestion, but combined with other elements like that it can definitely make things even crazier Iām sure.
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okay, that never happened to me