I can always find an excuse to go anywhere for work. I’ll message you!
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Sure… 
SO AWESOME!! Celebrate the win and keep on trucking! HIGH-FIVE!!
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Best news and thanks for making my weekend start on such a positive vibe. I have to get my yearly bloods done next week so I will hopefully post a similar update in 2 weeks.
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Thank you!
Absolutely!
Thanks man and I look forward to hearing the same from you!
So when you’re celebrating a win, you go get an eye-popping pec pump… after you walk the dog, of course. Otherwise, she grumbles at me.
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DB Bench
30/15
40/8
50/8
60/8
70/8
90/8
100/6
Crapped out earlier than I thought I would here.
80/18ish + 65/10 or so -
Incline Press
Paused all of these for a 2-count about 2” above my chest
45/8
135/8
155/8
175/6
Nope, not in kilos; just smoked -
Bench
Paused all these on my chest
155/8
165/8
155/8
155/8 -
Cable Flye
3 x 12-15 -
Assisted Dips
Just pump out the bottom portion
4 sets with 30s breaks -
Toe Press
We got some 100# plates, so I just threw one on each side and did 4 sets
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Trying to look like @simo74 so I knocked out some back work today. I lightened everything up and got a much better feel. I’m just coloring my duck purple on programming lately.
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One-arm BB Row
-/8
25/8
50/8 x 4 -
Pulldowns
Used the MAG handles and did two sets with each grip: wide, medium, narrow
6 x 10 -
C/S Row
Pretty explosive on the pull, little hold at the top
2pps/12
2.1pps/12
2.25pps/12 x 2 -
DB Prone Shrug
Great contraction all through my upper back on these!
50/10 x 4 -
Giant Set
- Straight-arm Pulldown
4 x 10 - Single Handle Pulldown
4 x 8 - Plate Shrugs
45s/20 x 4
- Assault Bike
15:45 x 10 minutes
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That’s quacktastic!
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Fixed that for you😂
Looked like a decent session.
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Taught my class and then did some hammies today.
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Standing Leg Curls
-/10
10/10
20/10
30/10
40/8
I wear out on these fast - I like them, though; might start rotating these in some. I don’t know if they’re quite as good a feel as a seated curl. -
Lying Leg Curl
Couple warmups
110/10 + 80/6 + 50/15 -
Leg Press
Feet high and wide so this is more hamstring
2pps/8
It’s actually a 100# plate either side to start with, but that’s confusing, so let’s just call it 2 plates
3pps/8
4pps/8
5pps/8 -
DB RDL
80/8
85/8 x 3 -
Hanging Leg Raise
4 x 10 -
Standing Calf Raise
Couple sets of whatever. I was hungry by this point!
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Forgot to throw in a diet update. Last night I made the most fantastic burgers maybe we’ve ever had. I did them on our pellet grill, which I really pleased me because I’ve tended to dry them out in the past. I mixed quality beef (we are often able to buy from a farm, which is fantastic), egg yolks (separated out the whites)… and nothing else. I ate them with lettuce as “buns” and my stomach didn’t explode, so easy add.
The last couple days I’ve kind of trended into @T3hPwnisher’s Family Man V-diet from last year. It’s not been on purpose and has been really comfortable, where last year I struggled to get through a day of shakes when I was trying to. I think doing the carnivore and getting myself “right” first is really paying dividends. I don’t know that this is “my plan” going forward; just pointing out that eating is getting easier because I didn’t really want anything else.
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I’ll have to try beef and egg yolk burgers sometime. One egg yolk to 1/4 lb beef or so?
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I went even lighter: 1 yolk to ~3/4 lbs and it all stuck together pretty well.
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This is an outstanding development dude! So glad you are experiencing it as well. Totally “high speed/low drag” living, and being able to appreciate those simple flavors is such a blessing
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Thanks man. I’m in such a better spot now than when I was trying to get it all together a year ago. Everything is autopilot and I’m just showing up.
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Shoulders today. Really easy workout; almost an active recovery.
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Rear Delt Machine
4 x 15 with pauses at top and bottom -
Side Raise Machine
4 x 8 with a pause at the top -
BB Front Raise
30/ 12 x 4 -
Seated DB Press
45/8
55/7
65/8
Probably should have taken another set, but the point was to not build up a bunch of fatigue -
Abs (4 rounds)
- BOSU Crunch
- Plank
That’s all!
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Why only the yolk?
*asking as someone who goes out of his way to reduce fats as much as possible.
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A bit saddened you’re no longer a fellow Eternal Warrior. I hope Thibs didn’t teach you the secret handshake.
Just kidding. Glad to see you’re still at it–I kinda envy your ability to improvise.
If you don’t mind my asking, where are you at with diet? Any thoughts about where you’re headed?
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Supposedly it keeps it together a little better than adding the whites in there as well. I didn’t want to put any other “binding” in there (bread crumbs, etc.) and wanted to stay pretty rare, so I tried that. It worked out!
I know man. I’m pretty bad about staying on task sometimes. The slow eccentrics and the multiple “do this for a minute or two” just kind of bored me, and I give myself too many excuses to just do what I feel like. The T-ransformation was good for me for a couple years for that because I had a deadline. I need to figure something like that out again (but not just weight loss focused).
I’m also traveling a ton right now, so I’m just doing whatever. I will get back on a program in mid-June, when things should be closed and settled down. I’m only home like 3 days the next 6 weeks!
I don’t mind at all! This is the one thing I’ve actually stuck with. Carnivore was an awesome change of pace for me. I was hungry for max 2 days. I started eating a little more protein, and that took care of itself. It’s also fairly convenient for travel, although I’d say I still think portion (not necessarily calorie, although its the same endpoint) counting is the easiest route here.
I had a few V-diet days the last few days, but not really on purpose; it was just easy. Mostly I’ve been eating eggs in the morning, maybe a shake somewhere in the day, and fatty meat at night (burgers and ribs lately). I can eat up and stop losing weight on it, but I’m not famished to the point where I feel I need to. I’ve added some mushrooms here and there, some lettuce for the burgers once, and I had a bite of watermelon at some point, but I really haven’t added anything back in yet.
Yes! This is not going to be a permanent lifestyle for me, but the reset seriously was fantastic (thanks to @T3hPwnisher @hillbillyk @QuadQueen for all the help here). I think the absolute biggest takeaway, for me, was just getting the processed food out of the diet. Even if it’s macro-friendly, that stuff is just screwing up the whole hunger-signaling cycle and it’s eye-opening to see by how much. Number 2 was finding out some foods, that I wouldn’t have suspected, were disagreeing with me (I had some peppers and onions early and my guts hurt for the whole night).
I’d like to start adding workout nutrition back in, because that makes when I train/ eat just incredibly forgiving. Like if I don’t eat all day, I can go straight to the gym. If I’m up at 4 and roll straight in, I start feeling fine at first sip. It’s just an easy button. Aside from that, I will start slowly introducing things, but I’m thinking it’s like broccoli with steak at dinner to start with. I do intend to get back to some more mixed meals (potatoes, rice) simply because I liked them and I felt better, but staying away from gluten and the much-maligned FODMAPs.
Summary: great starting point, I’m no longer hungry, easy to take good habits into a transition. I’d recommend @T3hPwnisher’s “family man V-diet” to anyone that needs this reset, because I think that’s the simplest version of what I’m ending up backing into that doesn’t have you just thinking about food all the time.
In other news, maybe a PSA, if you don’t formally resign your commission, the Army can ask you back. In my case, apparently the war efforts simply couldn’t continue unless they had me in a reserve role doing nothing… so that’s added a small bit to my schedule. When I went to get my ID, the young Petty Officer (legit half my age) was like “did you… want to come back?” When I made some joke about they chose me, she said she’s starting to see that. Oh well. It’s not just a job… it’s a really easy job.
I’m home in the main gym this afternoon and then I’m taking my daughter to WWE Smackdown (they’re in town) tonight! She’s so excited. I’ll probably do a ton of arms, duh, and maybe some kind of explosive circuit because @jskrabac got me all jazzed up about that. Maybe I figure out how to combine the two in a way that doesn’t irritate me?
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Dude, I’m so delighted to hear about all the discoveries you experienced with the carnivore experiment. It’s why I’m such a zealot about it: it’s such an eye opening experience that NEEDS to be shared with others so that they can have a chance to see it as well. It sounds like the reset has really done some good and you’ve got an excellent way forward.
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Much appreciated! As I am with everything, I’ll admit to skepticism. Seeing how you rolled with it, though, was more than reason enough to try it out. Great experience and I can say it doesn’t feel like sacrifice (after a couple days) like other diets. Like my kids can be eating pizza or ice cream or whatever, and I don’t feel like I’m saying “no;” I just don’t really want any.
@Chris_Shugart long talked about not doing cheat meals for a similar reason - just get the little addictions out of your system.
…except coffee. Never coffee. I stayed plant there, so I guess I was never true carnivore.
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No one ever is, haha. I still have 2 green teas a day, to say nothing of my weekly family meal and some pickles here and there. Or, I suppose, Metabolic Drive for that matter too, haha. I fell for the pitfall of trying to be “King Carnivore” and there’s really no prize for that. It’s about feeling good. That ability to NOT have to deny yourself: to legit just enjoy the food you’re eating and not feel like a martyr when other people are eating things around you, that’s huge.
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