Ohhh! You throwing down a gauntlet? 
Actually, I may give that a shot next weekend. It seems pretty feasible. 50 per hand= 4 sets of 25.
I’ll probably need to take a rest or two though.
Nice!
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Honestly, don’t do damage to yourself - but the true way to do it, once you feel comfortable, is never x sets of y, it’s just one set until you can’t do anymore, then a few breaths, then a few more, and repeat until it’s done.
Kind of like @T3hPwnisher’s 225x100 deadlift challenge, when he did it in some amount of time, and people came along doing 10x10 in a shorter time and assuming that that means they can do it faster - pushing for that number with no strategy other than AMRAPing it and stopping only to avoid death makes it way harder.
I’d say do what you can, take the rests that you need, and don’t go ham the first time. That will give you a baseline to improve on.
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Thanks for the pointers.
That’s the test of conditioning. Breaking it up is more of a test of strategy. If you break it up right/enough it’s absolutely do-able. Not really a conditioning thing at all.
I think it’s pretty neat though. I’ve pushed myself pretty hard this year at work, so I know I’m in good condition for that type of stuff, so we’ll see. 
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It’s going great for the Steelers so far! They’re on track to stay ahead of the Chiefs! It’s too early to start counting chickens, but it’s looking good from here.
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A little ride.
7.4 miles in 25 minutes. Felt kind of meh, could definitely tell when the cardio kicked in, right at about 18.5 min.
@flappinit Sorry, but not gonna be able to do that challenge at this point. By half way through yesterday doing tree stuff I felt like my right shoulder was going to just fall apart.
Going to have to work more on stability and whatnot for a little while.
Since I don’t want to contaminate your log, I just wanted to take this to demonstrate how deceptive pictures and fat/lean mass can be.
And to commemorate that time I woke up feelin’ swole! 
But for real, not that it’s a great pic, but after 4 takes and enough contortions, I got one.
A cold light of day, straight on, hands down to sides pic makes me look like a pierogi. 
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I got a bar and some more weights!
That’s my whole set at this point.
Here’s lifting them. Like 200 total I think. I didn’t actually weigh the bar.
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No need to apologize. You’re well aware of where your limitations are right now and how hard you can reasonably push yourself. It’s just a tool in your toolbox at this point, and something you can break out when you feel ready.
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Yeah, It just pains me to back down from a challenge.
There are whole sections of Manlaw that this violates. I might even get kicked out!
You’re exempt - wasn’t a challenge, just a suggestion.
I challenge you to exfoliate your nipples with 80 grit sandpaper.
That’s just a regular Friday night in the Skyz house!
I am going to be hurting tomorrow though. In my enthusiasm for new stuff and such a nice day I did triples up to 200, then that for 5 sets, then RDLs at 135 for 6x6 coupled with one arm rows for 10 reps, then a drop set of ez bar curls with the plates arranged at 2.5, 5, 5, 10, 10, all sets to failure for my finisher.
Not a whole lot to log. Had another bad go-round with statins lately.
Rode 5 miles in 20 min., pretty standard, but I kinda had fun with the P of RPE by running the rpms up with my legs, then maintaining it with my arms only until I got accustomed to it, then taking over with legs only which kicked the rpm up to like 60ish, Then putting the arms back in up to like 70. Then backing down to 50 again. Not like sprint intervals, but like steps.
An old favorite song:
It takes me back to when I was a kid and this was like some real hardcore devil worshiping stuff. I liked walking around in the morning delivering papers and listening to Blizzard Of Ozz.
Anyhow, this came up on the playlist and that’s where my mind went on my ride tonight.
Also figured @dt79 would get a kick out of some Randy Rhoads.
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Everyone loves some Ozzy man.
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Put in a nice 6 mile ride in 25 minutes tonight. Nothing crazy, just keeping things moving.
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Keep getting it Pete.
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Howdy stranger!
I’ve still been a bit hit or miss, but at least more hit than miss with the cardio.
Also, just began supplementing with Co-q-10 as recommend by the pharmacist to treat the sides of statins. Seems to be working so far.
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Big tl/dr warning. Megapost inbound! (for me anyways).
A bit of an update:
So I hit a real rough patch which I had alluded to in other posts and it has taken a little while to settle in.
On Sunday evening (12/13) after about a week or so of just feeling like complete crap I had a bout of uncontrolled angina. It essentially had all of the symptoms of a heart attack without the myocardial infarction. In the week or so prior, I had severe exhaustion, brain blur and bouts of nausea. I just thought it was a winter bug of some sort, but also noticed some abdominal bloating and tightness but chalked that up to the bug. Then Sunday night feeling a great need to lay down, my heart rate shot through the roof and I could feel my pulse banging inside of my head like thunder. As I got up to get the wife a wave of nausea hit, and I told her we had to go to the ER. As I put my jacket on a streak of pain shot up my chest and neck, so we called an ambulance instead. They arrived quickly and administered a bunch of aspirin and nitroglycerin which knocked the symptoms back pretty good, then loaded me up and we got on our way.
Once at the ER, after a quick evaluation and bloods a heparin drip was started but it was a while before the pinching/pain subsided, which I was relieved for. Last time was a whole different ballgame with a team waiting, surgical prep and everything that followed after I lost consciousness. Unfortunately, I only had about 20 minutes with my wife and son before they were asked to leave, as there are no visitors allowed at this time. I was then admitted and taken to my room. Then vitals and blood draws and no fucking sleep. Or food.
Monday was stress/CT imaging and lost more vitals, blood draws, no sleep and I didn’t even get to eat until dinner time, so 20 some hours without food, and a deep loneliness was setting in. The fear was just simmering. Put the 3 together and I was just in a really bad place. The one Doc called to let me know that there were some irregularities in the imaging. The tissue adjacent to the previous damage was suffering a lack of blood flow, and they would perform an angioplasty and probably some stents to open up a 70% blockage further down in the circumflex than the previous blockage/stent. That this existed was new to me, but apparently it had been there the whole time. So that was kind of a kick in the nuts. On a different note, the stabbing pain in my back between my left shoulder blade and spine had gone away and my brain blur was clearing up. And they had butterscotch pudding with dinner. A welcome departure from the ole green jello. Not much sleep though and a whole lot more fear and loneliness. The nurses and aides were nice, and seemed a little more attentive, but I missed my wife and son so badly, and was racked with remorse for this situation.
The angioplasty was a bust. The previous stent was blocking their ability to get down far enough to break the blockage and stent the problemed area. So that just really sucked. These guys are accomplished and respected surgeons, and that was that. The alternate treatment will be via a medicine that opens up the arteries and helps the heart operate more efficiently, which seems to be working. So it’s not a total bust. And once again, I was starved for like 26 hours. That actually really fucking pissed me off, because no nurse or aide would help to feed me, which I couldn’t do myself because I had to remain dead still for 4 hrs after they removed the catheter from my artery. Then they left the food sitting right next to me. After a couple of hours of that I got up and ate it regardless of time or risk, which is exactly when the nurse came in and yelled at me for moving. I told her that I don’t care, and that this was only the second time I ate since Sunday night.
Some observation and recovery overnight, and I was released Wednesday (12/16) after a fucking massive apple pancake and turkey sausage breakfast. I think that was actually kinda special. Maybe somebody was looking out for me?
Now I’m grounded until Monday. 
Since they went in through the femural artery I need to just chill for a few days. As I was typing this the doc called and gave me that info.
I still have a heaping pile of ambivalence.
And I can’t thank @Basement_Gainz enough for keeping me company via text. Honestly, There were a lot of tears this past week, and some were out of regard for his kindness.
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An addendum: so yeah, Monday is when I’ll start getting into the T-ransformation.
Gently, but in none the less. I’m also down like 6 lbs. since my morning weigh in on Monday. Purging fluid like a mother right now.
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