Lol looks like I will be sitting in some peas when I get home !!
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The mini deload session from last night seems to have done the trick. No major soreness today and I am already itching to train again.
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Going to train deadlift and oh press later tonight. Got home from work, need to spend a little time with the kids then get them to bed. Session is a mini deload to will be pretty quick tonight. Will do a little extra warm up and mobility before I deadlift and will be monitoring the hammie pretty closely.
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Thursday 31st May Micro 6 week 1 - deadlift and oh press
Deadlift
Bar x 10
Bar x 10
65 x 5
105 x 5
112.5 x 6 x 3 sets
Everything worked ok tonight. Tried to work on bracing hard. Didn’t want to move the bar too fast tonight as still nursing hammie a little. Reps felt easy, kept rests around 2 mins.
OH press - lots to band pull aparts between sets
Bar x 10
47.5 x 7 x 4 sets
No issues with press tonight.
No accessories
Hanging leg raise x 20 SS Ab wheel roll outs x 10 - 2 rounds -did I mention how much I hate these.
All went ok today now to rest and eat and get ready for a good week next week. Happy
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No training tonight, so went to my 2nd daughters basketball game again. The team won again this week and my daughter had so much fun. She is getting better every week and even though she is yet to score she just loves it soo much. It’s so good watching her running up and down and changing from defence and trying to mark up or intercept a pass, to offence and trying to get into space or grab a rebound. My son and 2nd daughter have footie (Aussie rules football) tomorrow morning so we will be up early and out in the cold. Daughter 1 has karate tomorrow morning as well so wife and I have to decide and conquer.
This is the best thing about not being a fat dad. I get involved with helping coaching, run around with the kids and just have heaps of fun. The kids all love it and it just makes my weekend.
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I might have said it before, but I coached my sons soccer team for years, the best damn thing I’ve ever done. So rewarding being with kids, that do what they love.
I think they knew that the coaches all did it for free, and they really payed back with so much love and energy.
Enjoy it for as long as you can 
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That’s great, and your bang on it is the best.
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Spent the afternoon at the park with the kids. 11yr old nephew came too so spend an hour playing 1 on 1 basketball with him in the sun. Was wet with sweat by the end. Conditioning is not what it used to be but still good enough to give the nephew a good work out. Quality
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Enjoy it while you can mate. I used to coach my son’s basketball up until earlier this year when he quit.
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Thanks mate, with the speed they are all growing up I am already dreading the day they no longer wanna kick a footie, or play Cricket or basketball with dad. I really love those moments when we play together.
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I tell you Simo, when the days come and you have to look back, you better think, hell yeah I was there, I did stuff with the little punks.
Remember how they look at you, because suddenly they look and it’s not “Hey it’s superman” it’s more like “come on dad, it’s embarrassing”.
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Lol I know that say will come but you can’t stop the tide, you have to embrace it. I will make a great embarrassing dad.
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Haha embarrassing dad, love it, my little fella has recently got a girlfriend, he’s 12, nearly 13. My Mrs has taught her and the younger daughter last year so knows the parents well. He went there last Friday after school and said, “Dad cannot come and pick me up” apparently I’m embarrassing, haha!
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Yer I bet you are man. Quality
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I’m a police officer. I’m 6’5" and heading down the road to 250-260 lbs. I also have tattoos. I hope I’m terrifying to any boy who takes an interest in my daughter.
She’s only 5 so I have plenty of time to get more guns and tattoos 
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Lol I sure you will do a good job of making sure she finds the right boy !!!
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10 years later JMaier is 6’5", 450lbs, compeletely covered in tattoos. For some reason his daughter cannot find a boyfriend
But really, I’m not a dad but what you (every father) are doing is you’re showing your daughter what a man is supposed to be like, and I think you’re doing quite good job with it.
And I don’t mean that just JM is doing good job with it, from what I’ve read on here it seems like all of you are
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Thanks. I agree with you and believe that the best thing a parent can do is to lead the way for the next generation. Love, protect, educate and nurture them. Whether that’s just being healthy and happy or showing them the value of hard work, teaching them respect for others and care for those in need. I think this extends to the wider community too. Help at school, coach some kids, help out a neighbor etc etc. If we can do these simple things there is a chance our kids and our community will be be better for it.
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Look at you sounding all compassionate and stuff.
A couple of things have started to stand out to me at work lately.
- People need to be self reliant and independent as individuals. Dependence on other people is a recipe for disaster.
- People need to take relationships seriously.
I don’t think everyone has to do what I’ve done and get married and have kids. But if you want to date and have fun then you need to take it seriously or don’t do it at all. I’d guess that 90% of the people I meet at work are not married. Most of them have kids though.
Having fun and not taking things seriously leads to single parenthood. Life is already difficult when you’re young and trying to find your way. It can be damn near impossible to find success as a single parent.
It seems like a common factor of strong people is strong families and support systems. A common factor for broken people is broken families with no support.
For my daughter I hope to teach her to be confident and independent. I want her to choose to have a man in her life. It should be his pleasure to be a part of her life. I don’t want her to need him in any way. That way she’ll have the ability to drop him on his ass if he gets out of line. I see too many women stuck in miserable situations because they don’t have the ability to do anything on their own (no job, no money, no family).
For my son, I hope to teach him to be the same way and to show him how to treat a woman. I hope he turns out to be respectful and compassionate.
In a nutshell I hope my kids can evaluate a person in the following manner:
What do you bring to the relationship? Are you adding to my life or taking away from it? If you’re not adding to my life and contributing to the relationship then there is no place for you in my life. I will not support you.
I wouldn’t mind getting involved with kids via coaching or mentoring someday so I can pass along my experiences to them. I see a lot of young girls/women who are at pivotal moments in their lives. If they can learn to be strong and independent then they can make it. If they run from their parents’ house without any plans or resources then they become dependent on men and usually live a long and miserable life of abuse.
On the flip side these knucklehead boys need a strong male role model in their lives to teach them how to behave towards women. I didn’t realize it at the time but apparently I made a lasting impression on the group of boys I worked with a few years ago at my wife’s school. I ran a seven week preseason conditioning program for the ones not playing a fall sport. I guess some of those boys still ask my wife about me. I think being a fit and strong male, father, and husband stands out to them.
It also helps that during one of our pick-up basketball games I shattered the backboard on an alley oop. They went nuts when that happened (I felt dumb for breaking the goal).
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My kids talk about bucket fillers and bucket dippers. The basic concept being a bucket filler is someone who gives or does nice things and a dipper just takes.
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