Congrats on the life time pr
So used to reading about you doing good things that I almost didnāt notice this. Good work mate. Oh no wait a min. Good lifting dude
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Appreciate all the comments. Will reply when time is better.
Got my 1000 push ups this morning. 20 EMOM for 50 min, done at 0400.
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@ChongLordUno Really loved the way you dove deep into the different approaches to conditioning. Itās such an overlooked aspect of training. Everyone wants to lift weights because thatās the EASY part: feeling your lungs on fire and heart ready to burst is no fun, and, in turn, part of being great. Focus on performance is huge too: when you have to perform, you have to eat, and that takes out the guess work.
@bigdaddi Thanks man!
@simo74 Much appreciated dude!
Alright, some more accurate data
AM WORKOUT (0400) FASTED
20 push ups, EMOM, for 50 minutes. Go for max on last round until minute is up (managed 37 total)
Notes: This is a classic for me. Fantastic chest pump. It always feel easy until those last 4 rounds, and then you hang on and get it going.
PM WORKOUT (1600)
Started off with this
When I got through it, I did the set of 40 again, and then did a set of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, then 50 mountain climbers and 65 jumping jacks to make it a solid 30 minutes of activity.
I have been thriving with my hotel room cooking with my 4" skillet. I made chicken tacos tonight
And breakfast this morning was 2 fried eggs, 2oz of grassfed organic ground beef, and half an avocado
Itās been nice traveling and not having to eat junk the whole time.
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Great job hitting 430lbs for the 5x5, not an easy feat!
I think Iām more impressed with you doing 1000 pushups though. This seems so much less attainable to/for me.
Also, very creative meals working with a 4ā skillet. No room for excuses in this log.
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I think this is something that needs a little more attention.
Contrary to popular belief @T3hPwnisher is actually a human being (notice I didnāt say normal human being), he has a full time job which sometimes involves travel, he has a wife and a family, he has a house that no doubt needs occasional maintenance or at the very least some chores, he even has 2 very fierce dogs that need looking after.
He manages to do all of this and still put in some vomit inducing sessions that most of us would shy away from, as well as stay strong, look damn good (no or maybe some homo) and even fit in some martial arts and relaxation time. Hell I am pretty sure he even goes out for dinner with his wife
How does he manage all this ? What is the secret ? How can we be more like him ?
I will let Pwn give his own response if he choses to, but my answer to these questions is simple. Hard work and discipline. There is no magic pill or secret formula just ask @ChongLordUno, there is only effort and time.
Pwn you are a model of hard work and someone for all of us to look up to and try to catch up to. Well done to you sir and please donāt ever change.
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@littlesleeper Thanks all around man. Youāve been killing it in your log, and inspiring me to keep getting after it. And I attribute my youth to the push ups, haha. When I was a kid, my dad told me a story about a guy he knew in the service that was jacked out of his mind, and his āsecretā was 200 push ups a night. I made that a goal, got itā¦and wasnāt all that jacked, haha. But Iāve done SO many push ups in my life now that theyāre just always āinā me.
And Iāve said it before: limitations breed creativity. I actually have a bit of fun trying to come up with creative meal ideas with what little I have. I found out that they actually WILL send a microwave to my room if I request it, but at this point I feel like I have to go without just to prove something, haha.
@simo74 You have no idea how big a compliment that is. I appreciate the sentiment behind people calling me a machine, and I embrace it as well, but sometimes it can feel like being written off. What you wrote is exactly what I keep hoping to convey: Iām no one special. I have the exact same struggles as everyone else. Weāre all having a rough go at this, and we all have to make it work.
The āsecretā, aside from just plain sleeping less (which everyone assures me is SUPER bad for me, haha) is really just āget to yesā. I donāt think anything is impossible: I just know that sometimes the juice isnāt worth the squeeze. But I ALWAYS find a way to get to the end, itās just a question of if I want to take that way or not. Itās bitten me a few times where I just would NOT accept defeat and was willing to sacrifice a disproportionate amount to get āvictoryā, but otherwise, approaching things with the mentality that itās all possible, simply a question of how much Iāll give for it, has gone a long way. Power of positive thinking is HUGE. As much as Iām a cynic about the world, I am an optimist about myself, and I cut out a lot of negativity when I encounter it. I donāt need it.
AM WORKOUT (0400) FASTED
1 hour EMOM circuit
Minute 1: Jumping jacks
Minute 2: Air squats
Minute 3: Mountain climbers
Minute 4: Walking lunges
Minute 5: Shadow boxing
Minute 6: Burpees
Repeat
Notes: Came up with this on the fly. Just wanted to move for an hour. Intensity wasnāt super big, but good way to start the day. Did an old school heart rate check of taking my pulse for 30 seconds and clocked in at 114. Given my last resting heart rate was 46 after an energy drink, I suppose that means I did alright.
I actually found something in my hotel room to do pull ups off of, and Iām doing some nordic hamstring curls off some furniture, so the daily work has pretty much continued uninterrupted as well.
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You are most welcome mate, and it is well deserved.
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The guy is a legend
Youās all are
Love this place man. It keeps the wolf from the door
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Youāre welcome, and I appreciate these words. I absolutely agree with what @simo74 has posted above so eloquently. My training has hit another tier recently, and it has solely been due to your influence. Youāve managed to strip me from my excuses, and brought the accountability back to ME, rather than blaming my current life situation for the lack of effort in the gym.
I still have lots of room to push my training harder/further, but I think Iām currently sitting at my lifetime biggest (not fattest) and strongest right now, which is a very satisfying place to be.
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@littlesleeper Hell yeah dude. Glad I could have an impact, and seeing what youāre putting out with it is amazing.
Got in my daily work, and finished up with some tabata thrusters using this end table in my room
The handle is the diameter of an axle, and having all the weight toward the top made it off balance and a bit of a fight, which was cool. My shoulders feel like theyāre going to fall off from those push ups, so this added some agony.
May go for a walk tomorrow. Thereās a great fish taco place about 3 miles away: I can probably burn off most of the food getting there and back.
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With your dietary and work discipline I would never say āNo Wayā, just that the human body is a very efficient machine.
When I rode my bike everywhere for a few years people would ask me my āsecretā. Iād tell them that I ride my bike to the grocery store and only fill my backpack so that I could ride back home,which was true. And was repeated 3x per week.
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I was my leanest and most tan when I didnāt have a car and was living in Alabama for one summer. We walked to the grocery store every day, which was about a half our walk, loaded up our backpacks and walked back home. When you have to carry everything back, you become VERY strategic with your nutrition. No room for junk, haha.
I was a newly wed at the time too. Shocker I didnāt become newly divorced that same timeā¦
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There is so win much built into that strategy. No room for junk is a big part of it!
Definitely a keeper. Iād bet the feeling is mutual.
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@SkyzykS No joke, Iāve always said if she served me divorce papers, Iād just thank her for hanging on for as long as she did, haha. I definitely married up.
BUILDING THE MONOLITH Week 6, Workout 2
AM WORKOUT, Fasted
4.5 miles walked
MEAL
3.5 miles walked
Notes: This is a bit of a weird one, but Iām going to count it. Went on a fasted walk first thing this morning to a local convivence store half a mile away to pick up some sunblock, as I had plans to later go walking to a great fish taco spot that was 3.5 miles away for lunch. On the way back, I figured Iād just keep the fast going until lunch, which broke down to about 14 hours between meals. Go intermittent fasting. Had my meal and walked back the 3.5 miles, so itās a total of 8 for the day. Wasnāt weighted, but close enough to meet intent for BtM. It was what the doctor ordered too: woke up this morning in full on hit by bus mode, so some light activity and good food will restore that.
Speaking of: the food
Shrimp burrito and fish taco in a corn tortilla (the way God intended). I legit couldnāt eat the whole shrimp burrito: been SO long since I had that many carbs that my body was rebelling. I ate half of it, and then the shrimp and beans out of the other half. Had a chip from the side. Semi-cheat meal, but not really full tilt into it.
Big part of not being able to finish is my new ability to savor a meal vs just inhale it. Big improvement in just basic lifestyle stuff.
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Iām surprised you never went into a coma after that carb fest my man
@ChongLordUno Itās why I had to employ strategic eating, haha. Having to walk back helped too: had no option but to keep moving.
Got in the daily work. Did handstand push ups for 50 reps as I donāt have a decent dip set up. Got the job done.
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Was thinking about this very thing today. I felt like a school kid. My wife packed me a huge lunch. If you are going to marry, marry up. This is the way.
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@zeptrey yup! She even sent me a photo of the meatloaf, but I thought sharing that may be a little NSFW, haha.
AM WORKOUT (0500 natural wake up) Fasted
Did this
Time: 29:40
And followed it up with daily work. Flying home today, then working an early 12 tomorrow. Might throw the prowler in the truck again.
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