Ultra just means sugar free, but being an energy drink they have to find a cooler name than “diet” or “zero sugar”.
Now I feel let down. I felt ultra cool drinking it, now it’s just diet food.
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I’m not all surprised to see my log turn into a discussion on the finer points of energy drinks, haha. I enjoyed helping you navigate your selection @jshaving. If carbonation isn’t your jam, they sell ones without carbonation. Typically marketed as “refresh” or something similar. However, like you, I can get hooked easy on the stuff, so I also seek out things that are a little on the bitter side so I drink them slower.
@kdjohn Much appreciated dude. It’s funny: I’d have preferred to just stay a white belt. I don’t care about rank at this point, and I like the “white belt mentality”, but our instructor is pretty faithful to the federation and they are strict on “white belts learn this technique, orange belts learn this, etc etc”. But it’s still fun to “progress”, and my kid is in awe of the process. Seeing their mom break a board also absolutely blew their mind, haha.
@antiquity Never have any difficulty falling alseep. I’ve had issues staying asleep right around the time COVID intensified. But along with that stress, I was dealing with my medical stupidity AND was (in turn) the leannest I had ever been in my life while eating pretty much zero fat, so hormones were all jacked up as well. I’ve been working to undo that damage, but I still seem to wake up about every 1-2 hours. But I fall right back asleep when I do. I don’t think the schedule is a major contributor, but more just a variable.
PM WORKOUT (2100)
30 thrusters w/135lbs
Time: 3:23
Notes: Getting better at this. Can already feel the soreness starting to creep in, so gotta keep chasing it away with movement like this. And food. LOTS of food. My in-laws are in town, so I’ll be eating well. I got my piedmontese shipment in, and part of that was some bison burgers that I am amped to have on the 4th. @boilerman 's constant photos of burgers are getting to me, haha.
It’s funny: most folks get excited for Christmas, but summer is my jam. LOVE BBQ season. Meat cooked on fire: yes please. I have my annual physical coming due soonish, so I’m still going to behave in the hopes that my lipids are at least good enough to get left alone, but if that DOES happen, I’m going to make sure I get some beef ribs in my life.
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Watching it right at this moment, haha. It’s REALLY good. Much better than some of the previous ones. Mark is being significantly less annoying.
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I’m calling it practice before the big grill day, but in reality I just love them haha
Yeessss dude
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The only episode of his I listened to was with Brian Alsruhe, and iirc he was a good host. I really only remember Brian speaking most of the show and Mark asking some questions but mostly letting his guest have the floor. Then the next episode came on (long drive) and I was like whoa I need to get this crap off the radio, haha.
@boilerman A good burger needs no excuse. Hell, even a bad one doesn’t, haha. My mom would buy me these ones from Costco that were frozen and ready made, bread and all, that you just zapped in the microwave. They definitely weren’t great…yet I still ate the hell out of them. And beef ribs take second on my last meal, trailing slightly behind nachos, but not by much…and now I’m thinking beef rib nachos need to get into my life.
@mr.v3lv3t That episode wasn’t awful, but far more because Brian was a great subject for the interview. Still got frustrated that Mark has this fantastic, interesting guest on the podcast and he wants to talk about poop stories. His gimmick early in was annoying, but this one with Jon actually seemed pretty solid.
DEEP WATER INTERMEDIATE, Week 1, Workout 2
AM WORKOUT (0620) Post Night Shift
Axle clean and push press away
10x10x175 (3:45 between sets)
Sets of 8 chins between even sets
Sets of 10 pull aparts between odd sets
Immediately post final set
50 dips w/25 pushdown chaser
DB lateral raise stripset (no rest)
22x20lbs
22x5lbs
22x10
22x2.5
22xEmpty hands
Poundstone curls
110xAxle+2.5 per side
25kb swings w/40kg bell
PM WORKOUT (1600) post sleep
Fran WOD
Time: 5:45
PM WORKOUT II
12 Tabata rounds (20 seconds on/10 seconds off) as follows
Round 1: 40kg KB swing
Round 2: 20lb devil’s presses
Round 3: 20lb DB thrusters
Repeat
Finish with 25 kb swings
Notes: Full day of training, I’ll see what I can remember worth logging. Observant readers will note my axle weight is ending with a 5 vs the traditional 6, and that’s because I wasn’t using my kilo plates to get to a 136lb baseline like usual, instead slapping 2 35s onto a 15kg axle and then using 1lb collars to get me to 175lbs. This weight is the absolute right weight for this phase of the program. I actually missed the final rep of the final set due to a misgroove, and the last 4 reps of the final 5 sets were challenging. Cleaning the axle at the start continues to be the money/high IQ move. Really happy I’ve kept that. Had to be quiet for the first half of the workout and then could open up a bit more after that. Swings after Poundstone curls are amazingly terrible. My push press ability has really gotten strong.
Typically, I go with Grace on press days, but I picked Fran because I wanted to get in more thruster work AND, with my in-laws in town, I didn’t want to make the ruckus that comes with dropping 136lbs overhead 30+ times. Time was slow, but makes sense with the circumstances.
Little pre-work circuit answered the mail. Just digging those swings.
Thinking it’s gonna be log cleans vs barbell cleans tomorrow. I can be much more quiet on a log. DO need to watch out for my elbows on that though: can’t let it down too gentle. It’s going to be a tight day as it is, because I work a 12 that night, but it means I get the 4th off.
I am incredibly sore. Waking up in the middle of the day and walking to the bathroom I feel about a million years old. Good incentive to eat more. I actually think I’m getting ahead of the leg soreness again. It hurts, but already seems to be moving in the right direction.
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Brian has a very good table talk with EliteFTS if you haven’t watched that already. Dave is an infinitely better host than Mark
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Let’s agree to disagree on this one. Nachos are so far ahead of beef ribs that they’re lapping them. Unless you take the meat from the ribs and put them on chips, melt some cheese, add some jalapenos and guac…then the gap narrows substantially.
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@rroo I watched it the day it came out, haha. Absolutely true: Dave is an infinitely better host. Funny too, considering how he “raised” Mark Bell. Mark seemed to pick up on the business of things but not so much on the being a host thing. I think the hardest thing is how transparent of a character Mark is. His pro-wrestling background comes through and he’s playing a role, because you can see in his brother’s documentary just how naturally introverted and quiet he is. The overcompensation is grating.
@antiquity Beef rib nachos, we gotta make it happen, haha. I had some brisket nachos that were underwhelming. But meanwhile, my wife and I made bacon nachos one time and they were SO good we had to promise ourselves to never make them again. Funny how that happens…
DEEP WATER INTERMEDIATE Week 1, Workout 3
AM WORKOUT (0600) Post Night Shift
Chins (various grips) (2:00 between sets)
3xFailure
Clean pulls 235 (2:00 between sets)
3x10
Log cleans 150 (3:45 between sets)
10x10
PM WORKOUT (1700)
75 swings w/40kg bell
30 devil’s presses w/20lb DBs
Time: 5:00
Notes: Deviance in the programming, but it was absolutely the right call. I actually focused on using all the lessons I’ve learned on the barbell clean into the log clean, and they were the most explosive log cleans I’ve ever done. Actually got it to pop into place like I’ve seen others do. Getting triple extension on it much better than I can with a barbell. Things are really moving along.
Tore both my hands on the log. Didn’t notice until it was done and I washed my hands. They’ll heal fast enough.
150 was just about perfect for weight. Cleans are a bit of a different animal with Deep Water, because you can set the implement down and take a breather, so discipline is big. I was hurting on those later rounds.
This totally lit up my middle back. Very interesting sensation.
Real question is if I’m just gonna use the log the whole time, or if I rotate in barbell, axle and keg. Lots of room to play here.
The conditioning workout before work was actually pretty nifty. Set a timer, get the 75 swings, and then as many presses as possible until time runs out. I’m training “less” right now with family in town and crazy work schedules, but I’m getting in what I can, where I can.
I’m proud and upset at the same time about the fact my kid broke their first board today at Tang Soo Do and I unfortunately missed it due to needing to sleep from the night shift. But I’m more proud than sad, so that helps.
Plans to eat big on the 4th tomorrow. Happy Birthday America.
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DEEP WATER INTERMEDIATE Week 1 Workout 4
AM WORKOUT (0620) Post Night Shift
25 chins
Axle Bench Press 251
2x10
1x8
Axle close grip bench press 216
1x10
1x9
1x8
(3) Incline DB bench 95
2x10
1x9+set of dips
Dips
1xfailure
1xfailure+set of push ups
Push ups
1xF
1xF+burnout w/slingshot+burnout w/catapult+25 pushdowns
20 standing ab wheels
40 reverse hypers
CONDITIONING
5 rounds (no rest) of
20 kb swings w/40kg bell
5 chins
Time 4:36
Notes: 2:00 rest between everything. Wanted to get this done speedy to get back to the family. Saw growth across the board: awesome results. Conditioning helped me finish out my daily work and was honestly pretty brutal. My grip is the real limiting factor on these swings, especially with the torn callouses, so I’m excited for the opportunity this will have to improve things. Will ideally get in some more conditioning today, and then Juarez valley before my early shift tomorrow.
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That sweet Juarez Valley action
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@ChongLordUno I wish it wasn’t so damned effective so I could do something else, haha.
PM WORKOUT (1430)
MEAT EATER CANNIBAL
10 rounds of
10 kb swings w/40kg bell
10 devil’s presses w/20lb dumbbells
45 seconds per round
Time: 21:10
Chased with unbroken burpees set to Iced Earth’s “1776” to celebrate the 4th
Helluva workout
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1776 unbroken burpees?
I didn’t count
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DEEP WATER INTERMEDIATE Week 1, Workout 5
AM WORKOUT (0310 Wake up via alarm)
Juarez Valley front squats 280lbs w/5 six count burpees between sets
7
1
6*
2
5*
3
4-Time: 17:02
6x225 Time: 20:04
Transition immediately to 15 rounds of EMOM daily work w/4 swing buy in w/40kg bell
Transition immediately to belt squat stripset w/no lockout or rest between sets
36x150
125
100
75
50
25
Axle
Notes: Wanted to do something I hadn’t done before so I’d have no baseline to chase. First time doing a sub 8 rep workout. It’s STILL a lung breaker. Amazing how it just always scales. Stakes were high on this one as the in-laws are still in town so I REALLY didn’t wanna dump the bar at 0300. Came close a few times too. Threw on that set of 225 at the end just to make it a 20 minute workout. 8 reps was in me for 280, but that woulda been in for the workout. Already I had some “eyes on the cheeks” reps, to quote Jasha Faye.
Think I’m gonna pull the trigger on the comp in Sep. Logistics seem to be working out. And then the wife wants to run a half marathon 2 weeks after that and asked if I wanted to join her…so I might so that too, because I’m great at making bad decisions. This might actually make DC the right call, since I’d have a bit more time to get in some running.
I ate well yesterday for the 4th: double bison burger and a piedmontese hot dog with some local sweet corn. Once again, I really have no desire for “cheat food” any more: I just want more and more protein. The corn was my “cheat”, and all it needed was a little salt to be totally magical. I’m also just happy with how much my relationship with food has improved, as I remember last 4th of Jul I was racking my brain over what I was going to eat/how, and then really just melted down once I got to the meal itself. Only issue I had this time was that I was sleep deprived coming off my night shift and rushing from making everyone’s food that I was halfway through my burger before I realized I hadn’t even tasted it: I was just shoveling it down trying to get to the “next objective”. Slowed myself down and savored it.
Taking tomorrow off of DW, as I don’t have any forced downtime coming up that I’m aware of. Got the first week knocked out: 5 more to go. I’m so over gaining weight, so a break will be nice. That said, I’m tossing up a new idea of keeping the weight the same as beginners for my deadlift workout and using the axle instead of the texas deadlift bar. Got a day to make a decision on it.
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Corn, salt and butter is a combination sent by God himself.
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Oh man, you do NOT butter corn around my in-laws, haha. I became a pariah the first time I did that. Apparently “good corn doesn’t need butter”.
I found a gain of truth in that when we started eating local sweet corn.
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I will always butter my corn, just enough to get the salt to stick.
Haters gonna hate.
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