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[quote]dagill2 wrote:

[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Hello mate, I’m a fan of your blog, but it got me into trouble today. I went for a decent PR on my cleans, having read on your blog that sometimes the only way to know you’re pushing hard enough is to push too far and then dial it back. I literally thought that right before I went for the PR, which I made, but then I put the weight back down, and blacked straight out. I came too with all kinds of crap all over me (I have a home gym too). Not seriously hurt, so it’s pretty funny, but I wanted to let you know that your philosophy is lethal and I hold youo personally responsible for my brush with death. [/quote]

Wow, that takes some balls to try that with cleans, kudos.[/quote]

Sadly it can only be attributed to not knowing any better, as I’m still new to training seriously. My leg and back strength is comparatively strong, when compared with my feeble pressing strength. After a bad pressing day on Thursday, I was pushing quite hard for a consolation PR with my clean. I’m just glad I hit it and put the weight down before I stacked it, and that despite waking up with a benchpress on my face, I haven’t banged my head at all.

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[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:

[quote]dagill2 wrote:

[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Hello mate, I’m a fan of your blog, but it got me into trouble today. I went for a decent PR on my cleans, having read on your blog that sometimes the only way to know you’re pushing hard enough is to push too far and then dial it back. I literally thought that right before I went for the PR, which I made, but then I put the weight back down, and blacked straight out. I came too with all kinds of crap all over me (I have a home gym too). Not seriously hurt, so it’s pretty funny, but I wanted to let you know that your philosophy is lethal and I hold youo personally responsible for my brush with death. [/quote]

Wow, that takes some balls to try that with cleans, kudos.[/quote]

Sadly it can only be attributed to not knowing any better, as I’m still new to training seriously. My leg and back strength is comparatively strong, when compared with my feeble pressing strength. After a bad pressing day on Thursday, I was pushing quite hard for a consolation PR with my clean. I’m just glad I hit it and put the weight down before I stacked it, and that despite waking up with a benchpress on my face, I haven’t banged my head at all.
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I would be more concerned with broken wrists from a bad catch personally, but that may well be my dodgy form.

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Just came in to say that I’m a big fan of your blog, especially the random thoughts/thought salad posts. A lot of good insights and unconventional thinking.

464

[quote]Iron Condor wrote:
Just came in to say that I’m a big fan of your blog, especially the random thoughts/thought salad posts. A lot of good insights and unconventional thinking.[/quote]

Thanks man, much appreciated. Those are always fun to write. I got a whole bunch in a notebook right now that I need to transcribe to an electronic form, should be one of the next few entries.

Thanks for being a reader.

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Finished the day with 6x17 on NG chins.

EDIT: Also, got a BodPod appointment set up for 9 Sep. First time I’ve ever had my bodyfat % measured. I’ll probably try to take some photos around the same time so I can get an accurate pairing of “This bodyfat % LOOKS like this”

But being totally honest, I’ll most likely still have a pump in the photo to screw things up and look more awesome.

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Warm-up: Help friend move into new house
1.5 hours

(7) Mat Pulls 600+chains
17 reps total

Notes: 10 in the first, 3 in the second, 4 in the third. I am unstoppable. Helped a friend move into his new place, ate a massive cheat meal (more on that in a bit), then came back and crushed this. Jacked up something in my left hip and hamstring on the warm-up, but didn’t seem to affect me here. Actually did a great job getting my hips into the movement, felt smooth and short on ROM.

Was planning on following up the pulls of 600 with dead stops of 495+chains, but had nothing in me after the third attempt. I think I’ll save that approach for the days when I only get 2 pick ups in, or if there is some sort of technical failure.

DOH hold 405+chains
30 seconds

Squats 410 (rest pause, 15 deep breaths between sets)
1x6
1x5
1x4
1x3
1x2
1x1

Notes: Rushed the rehab, just got tired of lifting baby weights. Decided to do the exact same stupid protocol that got me injured in the first place as a way to come back. Weight was technically 412, but I’m just rounding the buffalo bar to 50lbs to make life easier. Definitely felt a lot more controlled with this, time in rehab paid off. NEED to do a feeder workout tomorrow so that I can actually squat on Tues/Weds.

General notes: Woke up at 193.4 today. Seem to have stabilized and kept on my weight loss approach. Got a good workout in with the move: tried to move the biggest pieces I could without assistance/furniture dolly.

And now the cheat meal.

-3 Doritos locos crunch supreme tacos
-1 chicken quesadilla
-Chipotle loaded griller
-1 grilled stuffed nacho
-Large DIET mountain dew (gotta watch my figure)

Totals too:

Calories: 2050
Protein: 78
Carbs: 186
Fat: 111

Man, there is just NO protein in Taco Bell. Not totally unexpected. I still had an appetite after this, but knew I should stop. Fun fact: I have only ever been full twice in my life. Once was after a weigh in for a powerlifting meet where I made the mistake to recarb on pancakes and they swelled up in my stomach after drinking a bunch of gatorade, and the other time was when I was a high school kid, wrestling season had just ended and my mom took me out to El Torrito for dinner and Cold Stone for dessert.

This is why I was a fat kid growing up, haha.

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[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
Warm-up: Help friend move into new house
1.5 hours

(7) Mat Pulls 600+chains
17 reps total

Notes: 10 in the first, 3 in the second, 4 in the third. I am unstoppable. Helped a friend move into his new place, ate a massive cheat meal (more on that in a bit), then came back and crushed this. Jacked up something in my left hip and hamstring on the warm-up, but didn’t seem to affect me here. Actually did a great job getting my hips into the movement, felt smooth and short on ROM.

Was planning on following up the pulls of 600 with dead stops of 495+chains, but had nothing in me after the third attempt. I think I’ll save that approach for the days when I only get 2 pick ups in, or if there is some sort of technical failure.

DOH hold 405+chains
30 seconds

Squats 410 (rest pause, 15 deep breaths between sets)
1x6
1x5
1x4
1x3
1x2
1x1

Notes: Rushed the rehab, just got tired of lifting baby weights. Decided to do the exact same stupid protocol that got me injured in the first place as a way to come back. Weight was technically 412, but I’m just rounding the buffalo bar to 50lbs to make life easier. Definitely felt a lot more controlled with this, time in rehab paid off. NEED to do a feeder workout tomorrow so that I can actually squat on Tues/Weds.

General notes: Woke up at 193.4 today. Seem to have stabilized and kept on my weight loss approach. Got a good workout in with the move: tried to move the biggest pieces I could without assistance/furniture dolly.

And now the cheat meal.

-3 Doritos locos crunch supreme tacos
-1 chicken quesadilla
-Chipotle loaded griller
-1 grilled stuffed nacho
-Large DIET mountain dew (gotta watch my figure)

Totals too:

Calories: 2050
Protein: 78
Carbs: 186
Fat: 111

Man, there is just NO protein in Taco Bell. Not totally unexpected. I still had an appetite after this, but knew I should stop. Fun fact: I have only ever been full twice in my life. Once was after a weigh in for a powerlifting meet where I made the mistake to recarb on pancakes and they swelled up in my stomach after drinking a bunch of gatorade, and the other time was when I was a high school kid, wrestling season had just ended and my mom took me out to El Torrito for dinner and Cold Stone for dessert.

This is why I was a fat kid growing up, haha.[/quote]

I don’t think I have ever been “couldn’t take another bite” full, even logging 5,000+ calories in a meal. This is why I’m still a fat kid.

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[quote]dagill2 wrote:
I don’t think I have ever been “couldn’t take another bite” full, even logging 5,000+ calories in a meal. This is why I’m still a fat kid.[/quote]

It’s definitely an effort. It’s something a lot of self-proclaimed “hardgainers” fail to grasp. There is eating to satiety, eating until satisfied, eating to the point of discomfort, eating until you think you’re full, and then eating until full. Since I don’t count calories, this has been my handy “go to” for when I’m gaining or losing weight.

Weighted chins 55lbs
20 reps

Notes: Left lat seems to be just about 100%. Happy to really start pushing it.

Bench press
1x Trainwreck

superset w/

Band pull aparts
5x20

Notes: Not really even worth logging reps/sets/weights here, as I fell completely off the plan. 2 variables:

1: Was using my Ironmind bench here instead of the one I had been training with up until this point. I don’t think that could be causing the issues, but it’s A variable.

2: I had a good bench day when I did dips everyday the week prior. Haven’t done that since the contest, and have this to show for it.

I’m on the fence about the bench, but not about the dips. I’m making it a regular thing now. I may still have to take the weight down for the rest of the program, but I can at least ride it out.

Shoulder circuit
3 rounds

Notes: Got a set of 10-50 powerblocks for $50 this weekend, so I’m using those now. For that price, I really like them, and I’m excited about a few of the new avenues it opens.

DB rows 105
8x3
1x26

General notes: Woke up at 194.4 this morning. Still feeling the after effects of the cheat meal (was kinda hoping it’d help on bench, but no so luck), to include the fact that, even though my weight is up, my physique is substantially improved. I imagine I was “flat” from lack of carbs and this helped me swell up a bit. Morning abs were intense, fully on display. Got in a feeder workout of 1x40 BW squats yesterday and legs still feel like they got hit by a train, will maybe hit up the GHR today to keep getting blood into them.

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I was looking through your channel and I found this video. Probably one of the best videos I’ve seen in a while. Loving your “rant” videos.

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[quote]Benanything wrote:

I was looking through your channel and I found this video. Probably one of the best videos I’ve seen in a while. Loving your “rant” videos.[/quote]

Thanks man, those are fun to shoot. It takes a while for me to build the head full of steam I need to be able to sit down and talk uninterrupted for that long about something, haha. I appreciate having you as a viewer.

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what is your site / blog called?

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[quote]TheCB wrote:
what is your site / blog called?[/quote]

MythicalStrength. You can find a link for it in my hub, or if you just google MythicalStrength it should show up.

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Rounding out the day with

NG pull ups
5x20

Dips
1x45

Band pull aparts
1x90

Notes: Got tired of waiting for the 5x20, just knocked it out. Might hang on that for a bit before moving up on weight. Happy to see that I didn’t lose much on the dips after so long away from them.

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[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:

And now the cheat meal.

-3 Doritos locos crunch supreme tacos
-1 chicken quesadilla
-Chipotle loaded griller
-1 grilled stuffed nacho
-Large DIET mountain dew (gotta watch my figure)

Totals too:

Calories: 2050
Protein: 78
Carbs: 186
Fat: 111

Man, there is just NO protein in Taco Bell. Not totally unexpected. I still had an appetite after this, but knew I should stop. Fun fact: I have only ever been full twice in my life. Once was after a weigh in for a powerlifting meet where I made the mistake to recarb on pancakes and they swelled up in my stomach after drinking a bunch of gatorade, and the other time was when I was a high school kid, wrestling season had just ended and my mom took me out to El Torrito for dinner and Cold Stone for dessert.

This is why I was a fat kid growing up, haha.[/quote]

I only cheat with Five Guys or Wendy’s. If I’m gonna carb out I best be getting a superfluous amount of protein, and no other burger joint can really top the amount of meat you get in either one of those aforementioned places. Taco Bell is pretty shit for me, it’s always ended poorly the next day lol so I don’t eat there any more.

Also, I too enjoyed the “rant” videos on your channel a lot. Things we know, but choose to not take as objective truth because we always search for contrived alternatives that cause us to chase our tail like dogs. Everything we need is right here in front of us. I’m gonna finally sub!

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[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:

I only cheat with Five Guys or Wendy’s. If I’m gonna carb out I best be getting a superfluous amount of protein, and no other burger joint can really top the amount of meat you get in either one of those aforementioned places. Taco Bell is pretty shit for me, it’s always ended poorly the next day lol so I don’t eat there any more.

Also, I too enjoyed the “rant” videos on your channel a lot. Things we know, but choose to not take as objective truth because we always search for contrived alternatives that cause us to chase our tail like dogs. Everything we need is right here in front of us. I’m gonna finally sub! [/quote]

It honestly feels like a sin that I live in a state with In n Out and don’t go there as often as I should, but I also love a good burger binge. Taco Bell has alays been good deadlift fuel for me though; I don’t try to understand it, haha.

And thanks for the support man. It’s always reassuring when I see other successful trainees share a similar perspective. I tend to notice the same traits/thoughts in a lot of the guys that make it big, despite how much the internet wants to pretend that they are polar opposites locked into some kind of war.

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That rant brings to mind the Teddy Roosevelt quote that Alpha had in his log a few weeks ago. Excellent outlook. As a 50 year old who only started powerlifting a few years ago, I can attest to a lot of what you said.

Also, jealous that you’re in a place where you can get In-N-Out… A double-double with both kinds of onions was part of my drive home from work nearly every day, before I moved to Kansas.

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[quote]OTHSteve wrote:
That rant brings to mind the Teddy Roosevelt quote that Alpha had in his log a few weeks ago. Excellent outlook. As a 50 year old who only started powerlifting a few years ago, I can attest to a lot of what you said.

Also, jealous that you’re in a place where you can get In-N-Out… A double-double with both kinds of onions was part of my drive home from work nearly every day, before I moved to Kansas.[/quote]

That sounds like an awesome commute, haha. In n Out might make an appearance for me this weekend. I appreciate your insight as well dude, means a lot.

NG chins
5x20

Dips
1x47

Band pull aparts
1x94

Notes: Woke up at 194.2. Seeing the scale move down slightly, but it’s something. This might just be a stall I need to grind through like I did with 197. Right shoulder is pretty pissed with the dips, but last time that happened I just pushed through, so I’m going to stick with that.

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(15) Chain Suspended SSB Squats
0x455+chains
7x365+chains

Notes: Think I’ve exhausted my ability to progress with the heavy weight. Most likely COA is to reset the weight and shoot for rep PRs. Think I’m going to keep the backoff set weight the same, as I’m still seeing decent progress there. Big factor was legs and hips too sore to really get anything moving on this. Saturday’s workout tends to just beat me up, and even with 2 feeder workouts beforehand I’m still in a bit of pain. I’ve got an old Inzer Champion suit I’ve worn once or twice, worse comes to worse I might try popping that out and going straps down with it to see if it helps.

Very tempted to switch to the buffalo bar on this, but I’ve noticed that straight bar work has less carryover to strongman lifts compared to the SSB. Still, it’s A tool I can consider.

GHR sit-ups w/25lb plate
2x8
1x6

Car deadlift simulator
10x8 plates
10x6 plates

Notes: This took a lot out of me, but I’m very pleased with it. Hit my goal. Pretty soon I’m going to have to get creative on how to lift more weight with this. Few ideas are: deficit (standing on mats), bands, chains, and that rig I designed earlier. Good problems to have.

Reverse hyper 25lbs per side
3 minutes

Notes: Those 3 minutes were with rest as needed. No longer than a few seconds of dead time. This IS brutal, but I’m honestly unsold on the benefits of it. Felt like it did a great job taxing my body entirely, but not my low back specifically. Think I’m going to stick with heavy reverse hypers, and maybe just alternate between strict form and loose form.

Neck harness w/45lbs
1x50

General notes: Woke up at 194.4. Lost 4.2lbs of water overnight, so I’m thinking something must be up. If I’m seeing this week next week, I might get a little more drastic on my approach. Right shoulder feels fine, entire left side is a mess though. Tricep, hamstring and hip all feel pretty beat up.

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Ended the day with

NG chins
5x20

Dips
1x52

Band pull aparts
1x104

Notes: New PR on dips. Shoulders feeling much better. Threw on the elbow cuffs, and it helped a ton for joint pain. Chins are getting easier, might push the reps next week.

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Log Clean and Press (clean each rep) 180
1x6
1x5

Notes: Have some sort of annoying cold, was hacking up a lung and just feeling beat up. Cardio seemed to be the factor here, as cleaning and pressing the log was no issue, but recovering sucked. Left glute/hip connector is a little inflamed as well. This movement is going to be a major stable on “skill day”. Thinking this and sanbag clean and press, with an occasional keg making an appearance.

DB incline press 105
(5) 1x5
(4) 1x8
(3) 1x8
(2) 1x7
(1) 1x6

superset w/

D ring lat pulldown/kelso shrug combo 90

5x10/10

Notes: Left hip cramped up something fierce on the first set of incline presses, so I was pressing with only 1 foot on the floor. At 5, it’s practically a shoulder press, which is awesome. The pulldown/kelso shrug combo is a ball buster for sure, had to actually strap up at one point because it was frying out my forearms. With how many chin ups I’m doing everyday, I might consider doing a row on this day instead and keeping the kelsos. Something to think about at least.

Hammer curls 15lbs
1x60

Notes: Running short on time, wasn’t able to fit in my axle curl dropset, so grabbed the powerblocks and curled until time ran out. Got a decent pump.

General notes: Woke up at 193.0 today. Think I finally got over the slump. Still going to try to play it a little more sane with future cheat meals.