Glad your pancreas isn’t showing.
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@biker Probably because I don’t consume enough carbs to generate insulin anymore, haha.
@simo74 Appreciate it dude! No stopping the Juggernaut, haha.
BUILDING THE MONOLITH Week 4, Workout 3
AM WORKOUT (0305 natural wake up)
Texas Deadlift Bar touch and go deadlifts
5x135
5x225
5x380
5x425
3x5x480
Axle bench press
5x136
5x206
5x236
5x5x266
DB rows 90
3x20
1x18
1x19
Poundstone curls
103xAxle+2.5 per side
Lateral raise dropset
20x10lbs
20x5
20x2.5
20xEmpty Hands
Notes: Started with giant sets of row-dead-bench with plate change rests. Rows stopped once I hit worksets for deads, so then it was supersets of dead-bench, with 2 minutes between supersets. Bench was better than last week: really tried to focus on technique. Deads were BRUTAL. Early morning pulling is always rough, and once again this was just about surviving to the end. I see why Jim made this 3 sets, because that’s the amount that I can talk myself into doing. You get that first set done and you know you can hold on for 2 more. Went with the weighted poundstone curls for the sake of time, as I was cutting it close on getting out the door on time. In all, still a solid workout, but this day is always a ball buster.
PM WORKOUT (1530)
EMOM workout mixed with daily work
Top of every minute, buy in with 5 alternating 1 arm KB swings, then use the rest of the minute to do daily work until all reps complete. Took 10 rounds. Good way to squeeze in the work AND some conditioning.
Hey @Chris_Colucci or @Mod_Phoenix ; with the site update, I can’t log-in from new locations anymore. Places I’ve logged into before and stayed logged in like my phone and laptop are fine, but even going incognito mode and trying to log in I get this
I don’t want to go about requesting a new password in the chance it locks me COMPLETELY out of my account. Any ideas what is going on?
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BUILDING THE MONOLITH Week 4, Workout 4
AM WORKOUT (0315 wake up via alarm)
Juarez Valley Front Squats 255lbs w/5 six count burpees between sets
8
1
7
2
6
3
5
4
Time: 15:36
Transition immediately to EMOM workout of daily work w/5 1 armed alternating KB swings as buy-in
11 rounds
Belt squat stripset (no lockout/no rest between sets)
30x150
5x125
5x100
5x75
5x50
5x25
5xAxle
Notes: Not a PR on the Juarez valley, but a PR for that workout at that time of day, so that’s something. I fully intended to use 235lbs, and THOUGHT I had loaded that, until I unracked and went for the first rep and noted how heavy things felt. After getting through 8 reps, I quickly re-calculated, realized my mistake and decided to just go with it. Seems like it was the right call: solid workout.
My left hamstring is PISSED. Going to will it to heal today in time for the widowmaker tomorrow.
That EMOM daily work combo is pretty legit.
Had Tang Soo Do last night as well. We went over breakfalls/rollfalls. It’s been a LONG time since I did any of those, but they came back pretty quick. Hamstring wasn’t terribly happy in class. Noticed the impact of all the neck work I’ve been doing: my neck is filling out my dobak nicely. When combined with my overdeveloped traps, I’m really getting the yoke going.
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I’m trying to work out if this is a good thing or a bad thing 
I ended up taking the plunge and it is a non-factor. Password reset didn’t allow me to log-in. I have to e-mail myself the login link instead. Work arounds abound.
Imagine a T-nation with the big @T3hPwnisher.
Would be like Back To The Future 2 when Biff Tannen is mayor.
A dark, dystopian alternative where gains, like food and compassion, are scarce
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Two questions mate.
This is disgusting. I can’t believe you deadlifted close to 500 pounds at this time of the morning! How much sleep do you get, I see a lot of early mornings from you?
You’ve mentioned this a few times lately. Are you doing anything other than ‘willing’ it to try and recover it? You are putting it through some insane shit right now including martial arts which you haven’t done for ages. I would hate to see you damage yourself chasing numbers, especially when you aren’t prepping for comp.
Hope I don’t come across as entitled or a douche, just a bit concerned for you.
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@ChongLordUno Hah! I often end up departing sites like this after enough time. They suck up so much of my life. But in this instance, I can come on here at work and kill time, so you’re stuck with me for a bit.
@Irishman92 I’m getting about 5-6 hours of broken sleep a night these days. As of recently I just haven’t needed much sleep, and have really “lost” my ability to sleep in. Early shifts drive early wake ups, and we have a psychotic/overly dependent dog that likes to wake me up around 0500 when I DO get to sleep, so I’m pretty conditioned to the early mornings these days.
Regarding the hamstring: no specific recovery protocols. This is a fairly common flare up for me, especially whenever I do 5x5s, and time tends to be the ultimate healer for it. Time OFF does not do that: it just makes it linger and meander. Instead, training through it forces it to recover. It’s a page outta Steve Pulcinella’s “Paleo Rehab”: you basically just keep the demand imposed on the body and it forces recovery to happen because it realizes that there ARE no breaks, and if it doesn’t heal, it will die.
No numbers chasing right now: just wanting to add some quality bodyweight back on. And it’s worth noting my end is self-destruction. I want to eventually break myself enough that I CAN’T keep pushing, because then I’ll be DONE. I’ve had this monkey on my back to get bigger and stronger ever since I was 4. One day I’ll reach a point where I can’t do it, and then I’ll be done and can move on to something else. I figure that’s going to mean burning out than fading away, haha.
Behave mate
You’re not leaving us ever
This place is like the mafia. Once you’re in, you’re in
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Pwn leaves, collective self esteem goes up 10fold 
Hi I just saw this in the flame free thread.
IIRC you work hard and do so much so that you have to eat lots to recover. But, if eating so much is a pain, why don’t you just work less so you have to eat less to recover?
I’m guessing I’ve misunderstood you’re approach somewhere but I find it interesting to read about hence the question.
Thanks
Always happy to discuss dude.
I was severely undereating dietary fats during my fat loss period and suffered some damaging effects from it, so I’m now striving to have a very significant dietary fat intake to “right the ship” as it were. Training as hard as I do allows me to run all of that through my system as needed, along with a bunch of other nutrients.
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I ended up having to get the email link and once I got in, change my password. I tried re-entering my old one, but it said it wasn’t strong enough, so I’m wondering if that was the issue. Since I updated it, it’s worked like it used to - I can just enter my password on a computer and I’m logged in automatically on my phone.
No dice on my end when I tried that. Appreciate the share though.
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Not to be gross but the amount of time spent in a bathroom is by far my least favourite part of bulking.
Being full a lot of the time and cleaning pans are the next two
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Watched this and thought of you:
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@carlbm High praise dude! Going to one of his seminars was awesome, and getting a trophy from him has been the highlight of my strongman career
He’s STILL huge too, haha.
@rroo Dude, absolutely. It’s what’s driving me crazy right now. It’s where I’m spending the majority of my time. It’s why I always chuckle when people ask “How long can I bulk?”
Dude…you’ll know when you’re done, haha.
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and collective PR’s drop 30%
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The more I see of Kaz the more I like him. And if Big Loz says you’re the strongest ever - it’s a fair shout.
Whats the trophy for?
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Hey mate, I have some questions regarding your recent nutritional changes following some blood test results as I find myself in a similar boat.
As you yourself, I found myself in the office of a nephrologist.
A 24 hour blood pressure test showed an ever so slight elevation (2-3 point systolic pressure over desired result). The doc is not concerned about that at all, so all good on that front.
What he is mildly concerned about is the protein in my urin and elevated kreatinin. Now I repeatedly told him about my sport and asked about a connection. He said he thinks it’s plausible but just doesn’t really know. If there is a connection he said it’s not that healthy of a lifestyle.
And then, and this is where I thought about you, he told me my ldl cholesterin is high and advised to watch my nutrition. Not alarmingly high, especially in the context that I’m strong and healthy, but I should watch it.
What kind of nutritional changes have you found beneficial to lower cholesterin and are there good options that would allow me to maintain about the same bodyweight?
If I’m off base with my memory here, I’ll delete the post.