@T3hPwnisher you looking jacked AF my man.
Tang soo do sounds fun, have you tried any chinese Kung fu?
Appreciate it dude. Iāve sparred some Wing Chun dudes before and got a BRIEF exposure to that method when I was running a martial arts club in college, but thatās about it. My background is Tae Kwon Do, and then I did folkstyle wrestling in high school, which allowed me to transition to some MMA stuff. Picked up boxing and Muay Thai along the way and some jits/submission wrestling and fought in 1 pankration tournament in CA back before MMA was legal, haha. I miss sparring.
Your daily level of activity is INSANE. Itās no wonder youāre so shredded!
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Thanks man. Itās a pure COVIDism. Iāve got nothing else to do, haha. Life revolves around cooking, eating, working and training.
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Thatās actually sounds pretty cool! Iām jealous!
Awesome work dude. I never did any martial arts when i was younger, but i did do wrestling and track and from time to time miss the competitive side of all that. I have tried to convince my wife that joining an arm wrestling league is a good idea, but she never agreed haha
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Thanks man. 100% hear you on missing the competition. Itās funny too: I was never a competitive person growing up, but I really came into it in my 20s and began to thrive on it, and now it sucks not to have it. Hell, I never even cared for grappling, it was just something I HAD to do to be able to fight MMA, and I even find myself missing that. These times of isolation have really taught us stuff.
Shame on the arm-wrestling. I remember seeing those dudes when I was at a strongman competition. I think thatās a fantastic strength sport for dudes that wanna look jacked too. Biggest arms Iād ever seen on those dudes!
I just re-read this post and my SoCal is TOTALLY showing with how much I used the word ādudeā, haha.
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I didnāt realize you were struggling a little with ābalanceā (whatever that means anymore). Good on you for taking it head-on and finding support from somebody sharp
Thanks man. My whole life thatās been the driving struggle, and still is to this day. Iām very binary: on or off, 0 or 100. Never been good at finding the middleground.
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I totally understand. When I was in the army, it was my job and my life. When I got out, I didnāt even enjoy working out anymore, because who cares since I didnāt have to. I still have to remind myself that I canāt pin everything on any single facet of life, because thatās the āeasierā fallback.
Anyway, not trying to take over the story; just saying I totally get it. And apparently share our insomnia.
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Absolutely appreciate the sharing dude. The insomnia is improving thankfully. Not 100%, but better. Putting back on some bodyfat helped, and playing around with pre-bed nutrition too. And tomorrow night Iāll sleep REALLY well, because itās the day I come off nights so I stay up all day until the next evening, haha.
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Ah - youāre on nights right now! Got it.
Glad the sleeping has improved! It gets miserable when the hole starts getting deep. As you know all too well, a night or two is no big deal, but as it goes on it gets worse.
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No more than I use āmateā mate.
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I have always been competitive and im one of.those guys who will do almost anything on a dare. Since becoming a dad the dare thing has calmed down but i did still jump in the river back in the fall when it was partly froze haha. At the very least, i get to be competitive at work in a few ways so that helps. I did join a strength league that puts on stuff for strongman, mas wrestling and powerlifting a couple years ago, but they didnt have much going on until covid started so we will see how that goes.
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Read this post and all I could think was āhold
My beerā. Lol
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Yeahā¦i have called myself the hold my beer guy for a whileā¦except i dont need a beer haha
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@simo74 I can only hope others find it as endearing as I find it when you do it, haha.
@bigdaddi Finding my spouse toned me down quite a bit, and having the kiddo even moreso. Although now itās less that Iāll do anything on a dare and more that Iām full on papa bear mode and way too ready to do unspeakable harm to protect the family, haha. Since I AM so So-Cal, I am frequently in shorts and flip-flops, and a running gag now is me asking the question āAm I going to have to kick this dudeās butt while wearing flip-flops?ā
Hopefully we see a return of all that madness after COVID.
BUILDING THE MONOLITH Week 2, Workout 4
AM WORKOUT (0800) Coming off night shift
Juarez Valley Front Squats of 255 superset w/5 six count burpees
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7
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Time: 13:55 (PR by 2:40)
Transition immediately to 5 rounds of
10 chins
4 standing ab wheels
8 reverse hypers
10 dips w/25 pushdowns after final set
50 pull aparts
Belt squat stripset (no rest/lockout)
35x150
Reps of 125, 100, 75, 50, 25 and Axle (somewhere between 4 to 7)
Notes: I felt awful coming into this. Night shifts are just getting rough on my guts. Stomach was swollen, belt was tight, and this was the closest Iāve come to throwing up in a workout in a LONG time. I wonder if I actually got the workout done faster because of that: just wanting to be done with it. Iām feeling better now, I think I forced the digestion to sort itself out. Had some bar slippage issues to contend with on the front squat.
Depending on how the day goes, may get in some walking or something, or this might be it. Iām staying up all day today to reset my clock.
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Ha ha, I totally get this. When I was younger and worked shift work, I had no problem on nights. I could eat anything and train after night shift, no problem. Awhile after switching to straight days, I picked up an OT night shift and I can tell you that after midnight, my body was wondering what the hell I was doing and was definitely rebelling.
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Is this your log PWN ? When I open these logs sometimes I donāt know who they belong too??
Scott
Suddenly I want a teacup chihuahua
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