I’m not sure I get it, but congrats on great news!
Also my reading of “first drink” would be alcohol but given your life long no drink status, have I read that wrong?
Congratulations! Big step up
@alex_uk Much appreciated dude!
Not read wrong at all: a few years ago my boss at the time gave me a bottle of Maker’s Mark to celebrate a big accomplishment, and I intend to crack it open for this. Plan is to pour myself exactly one drink and have it with my steak, and most likely go back to not ever drinking again, haha.
@rroo Thanks dude!
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Man, more Berardi gold
Protein and fat meals should be consumed in the hours before weight training. John believes that carbohydrate meals should not be consumed too closely to weight training workouts. If eaten about 30 to 90 minutes before exercise, such meals can cause immediate hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia and this can lead to a rebound hypoglycemia (decreased blood glucose) about 30 minutes later. With this drop in blood glucose, exercise performance may be impaired at the peripheral (muscle) or the central (brain) level. Such meals may leave you feeling lethargic (like eating a high-carbohydrate meal for lunch) and affect your training intensity and mental outlook.
Yup. That’s exactly what I discovered with my high carb vs high fat pre-workout meal experiment. High carb, the topset of the day would be great and then I’d fade hard. High fat, no spikes in energy one way or the other. I can’t be original.
Your last meal of the day however, should be lower in carbs.
Got that covered. And this is funny given all the current folks saying you should eat carbs before bed to aid in sleep.
Since cardio can increase glucose and amino acid uptake in muscle and liver cells, then it can be anabolic from a nutrient partitioning viewpoint. Cardio also leads to increased muscular uptake of nutrients for hours after exercise.
I think this speaks well to my current weight gain approach. All the frequent conditioning and cardio has been improving nutrient partitioning.
To succeed in weight lifting, do shorter workouts than the magazines want you to, train heavier than your muscles want you to, do more reps than your mind wants you to, and eat more food than your stomach wants you to. As John says, “Getting big is a battle and my weapon is a fork.”
I just like this one. Seems to resonate well.
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These are really good, I need to print these and read them often.
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Thats a big achievement dude.
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Congratulations!
Great work in here as always, you’re a credit to your organization.
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Congratulations on the level up dude!
Makers Mark wouldn’t be my drink of choice for a life long non drinker but the steak plans sound amazing!
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Still want to be you the next time I’m 30.
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I think this may be the first time I actually understand your vagueness. Congrats dude, your work ethic in seemingly all areas of life remains an inspiration to me, and I’m sure many others.
I drank once, decided I’ll probably never do it again. I hated the taste so I’m not sure I’d choose to do it with what sounds like a great meal, haha, but that does sound like something fun to look forward to.
@simo74 For sure. There’s so much good stuff in the archives.
@dagill2 Thanks dude!
@jdm135 Much appreciated man! Thanks for following along.
@Koestrizer Thanks man! I’m not drinking it for the experience of drinking it, but more in appreciation for who gave it to me. He remains my favorite mentor, and the gift was touching. Otherwise, I’d abstain, haha.
@biker Always appreciated dude.
@jshaving Thanks man! Yeah, it’s purely in honor of the one who gifted it to me in the first place.
DEEP WATER BEGINNER Week 5, Workout 4
AM WORKOUT (0700) Post Night Shift
Axle bench press 246
3x10
Close grip axle bench press 216
3x10
(3) Incline DB bench 95s
1x9
1x8
1x7+3 w/rest pause
Dips
3xFailure
Push ups
3xFailure w/slingshot and catapult dropset on final set+25 pushdowns
20 standing ab wheel
40 reverse hypers
Notes: 2:20 between sets of benching, 2:00 between dips and push ups. Still seeing some solid growth out of this. Today is the day I stay up all day to reset my internal clock. Wanna get in some more conditioning but not beat up my back too much before my deadlift day.
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Lmao at the semiannual PRT
Your dominance of that event must be a joke compared with the regular people doing it alongside you
That makes a lot of sense then. Enjoy it, if only for the meaning and not the taste, haha.
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@jdm135 You’re using some terms I’m not familiar with, but I appreciate the sentiment none the less.
LUNCHTIME WORKOUT
30 Devil presses w/50lb DBs
50 burpees
15 devil presses
25 burpees
7 devil presses
12 burpees
Notes: That was awesome. New movement to add in. It’s about 116 in the garage at this point too, so broke a serious sweat.
This got my internal clock reset pretty good.
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Congrats dude! Sounds like a well earned level up.
I’m going to go ahead and disagree with @Koestrizer on this one and proclaim that Makers Mark is a fine first drink, especially paired with a steak. If you decide to go the rocks route, I’d suggest avoiding the quick melting ice from most automatic ice makers.
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I like Makers Mark! I just personally wouldn’t start with bourbon per se and chose a smooth/ mild Scotch or Irish whisky like Tullamore Dew or Chivas Regal. Maybe Jameson. I find that people who don’t usually enjoy whisky like them better.
Although that’s all irrelevant since the man’s mentor chose what he did. 
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Yes.
Still in agreement.
Aaaaaaand now you’ve lost me.
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Brutality
I done a similar workout a couple weeks back. Took me by surprise considering how short it was. I was a quivering wreck
Top work as always my man
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Haha love it, that’s a very Pwn thing to do, as a previously very heavy whisk(e)y drinker I commend your first (and last) drink and predict you probably won’t enjoy it at all.
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First, congrats on everything!!!
Question: What’s the point of drinking if there’s a high probability the experience will be unpleasant in an unproductive way