I’ll get back here to bask in my glory and recap last night’s workout - been some whirlwind flights and I appreciate everyone humoring my self-aggrandizing
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Knocked out solid pull and push workouts despite redeye flights, etc. I’m doing a better job of going back to just getting the work in, like you have to do to be successful, and let the circumstances fall where they may.
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Actually got my cardio in this morning (30 minutes elliptical) and caught a flight out this evening I didn’t think I’d make so I’ll be able to surprise my kids at their field day tomorrow morning. Lots of wins.
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This is so good. Salute to you sir.
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I’ll get back in here and log a full workout, eventually, but for now just know I’m still hitting all my workouts, half-assing my diet, crushing work, and at least getting the weekends in with my kids (I’m pretty big on not flying on Sundays anymore).
I’ll get back to do a final weigh-in for my 6-week challenge team Thursday night, and some of them have some pretty impressive numbers even before I pull out the cheater tricks I’ll certainly be doing for the next 96 hours. I’m talking 10 - 30 lbs lost so far per participant, so we’ll be able to post 20-45 lbs at the final. They’ve really bought in and it’s been cool to watch.
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Holy hell you’re looking massive man!!! Best arms on the forum??
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Ha! Thanks man. The trick is an unacceptably high bodyfat percentage.
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Forgot to follow up about my 6-weekers! Incredibly performance by this team:
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One gent lost 39.7 lbs (he started at 283, so had room). Incredible work and he never missed a training day so it’s not like we just starved it out of him. IF, biking, and old-school lifting worked for him.
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Another guy, an Army vet, lost just under 25. He struggled with foot injuries, but did really well with a lot of steady state cardio, portion control, and static lifting.
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The mom in my group lost 6.2kg (she speaks in metric system!) and loved 6 meals a day, bodybuilding workouts, and timing her carbs - right after my own heart.
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Finally, my last guy lost 8 lbs and nailed a 42” box jump on our last workout. He’s pretty springy and started lean; keys for him are CrossFit-style workouts and getting his protein up. He got significantly stronger and was pretty baller at leaving it all on the floor.
Super impressed with the team. We’re taking a week off and then we’ll get rolling on a new plan. Number one and two still have weight to lose, but we need to start getting more sustainable; 2 also has some barbell goals he wants to hit. 3 and 4 want to add a little muscle. I could legit get 3 on stage by winter if she wanted (that’s not the plan, that’s just the condition/ mindset she has) and number 4 has some performance goals we’ll write down and nail.
We’ve also got to figure out what’s sustainable for me - I’m getting pretty busy and this is tough. They motivate me with their work ethics though.
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Pretty fun playground workout next to the hotel today, and I left with the same number of kids I showed up with so no felonies were committed.
My beautiful wife went with me and we did a bunch of pull-ups and push-ups and even split squats and hanging leg raises. Then she decided it was time for a run so I ran to the gas station for coffee.
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fixed that for you
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Your group’s results are awesome! Give every one of them a fist bump for me! And, I love, love, love that you helped each of them find the approach that fit them best. I nominate you Trainer of the Year!!!
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Lets not make his head get any bigger, he already got voted best arms. LOL
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He needs a bigger head to match the arms so he doesn’t start looking like Johnny Bravo. 
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This has become my favorite alternate reality
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Not gonna lie, that’s the picture of you I have in my head. lol
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I saw his legs, and that’s pretty accurate
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Dude, a jacked upper body and small legs is never a bad look, I don’t care who you are
Dude’s name is literally “Strong Guy”. Can’t top that.
And THIS dude was awesome in “Guilty Gear”
…I guess it was really more a “90s” look come to think about it…but that was the best decade!
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Agreed all-around! I’m just happy we’re representing the 90s on here!
I was trying to respond with a “Street Fighter” image… but they all look to have thick legs to go with their arms.
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I gotchu!
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Uhmmm… I dunno, recently I have been seeing a guy in town that absolutely needs that copy of SuperSquats. He looks positively ridiculous.
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