Next time I’m thinking of bypassing the possibly beneficial ingredients and just sucking on a block of lard…
Coconut oil. When I did the Velocity diet a while back, I subbed PB (which I knew I couldn’t keep in the house, because I’d just eat it straight from the jar with my fingers) for coconut oil. In its solid state, it’s like lard. I had to gag it down. No danger of me bingeing on that shit. Plus it has MCTs so it’s full of win. Just…gross to eat, unfortunately.
I don’t think your supposed to eat the coconut oil like PB. But hey, whatever works!
Mmm…nutella…i’d give up sex for that sweet, chocolatey deliciousness…
btw, I was recently told that coconut oil an hour before working out will do wonders - anyone know about this?
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I’d say you’re missing out on something then. Plus, sex results in a caloric deficit as well. Double plus.
I’ll tell you what…I felt SO far from anything sexy after that little act of debauchery, I can’t quite equate Nutella with sex anymore…quelle domage.
I had below parallel squats for 1pps for 22, then hacks; 3.5pps narrow footing for 16 rest/pause plus 6, stumbled out of the sled and apparently looked like I was about to hurl (certainly felt like it) because my coach went hurdling across the deadlift bar to grab a trash can. Was lulz. Then did 70lbs per leg for 14 on xtensions, 4pps for leg press calves for 13 plus 4 and seated calf raise 100lbs for 8 plus 3 plus 3, then died on the floor. It was a good day. I could barely hold down the brake on the way home. WINNAR.
THEN I ate.
The end.
OMG all those RP sets on legs?!?1 Makes me simultaneously horrified and excited. Definitely motivating. I would say you have fully repented for your Nutella slip. I mean where’s the fun in life if you can’t be ridiculously naughty with chocolate hazelnut spread and then wreck your legs in a fit of passion?!?
So do you go to failure? Is that why your reps are what they are?
Serious weight you’re moving there.
I do what I’m told. High intensity, high reps for legs. I do around 5 warm up sets, gradually moving up to my working weight, then one highly intense working set. I’m done when my form fails. Maybe that’s why we train with high reps for legs. E.g. Bar x 12 2 second pause at bottom atg, 10#ps x 10 atg, 20#ps x 6 below parallel, 30#ps x 4, 40#ps x 3 then my working set 45#ps x 22. I never do rest pause on squats. I only do each body part once per week, so I have lots of recovery time.
I did 55#ps x 13 last week on below parallel squats and it sucked so badly I had to go down this week so I could guarantee success. It was entirely mental, and since I feel satisfied that I killed it this week, I’ll go up to 50#ps next week. I’m tempted to put the 55 back on, but it might just psyche me out again and that’s fatal to my performance. Baby steps work well for me.
Day off today (aka driving around in the car running errands day)
It’s little Spiderman’s 4th bday tomorrow, so no doubt there will be an over abundance of nomming things I shouldn’t. Meh…my mantra will be “let it go, let it go, let it go”
just saying Hola!!
That’s a good mantra to use a lot of the times FM, just let it go. You’re killing it, all the time, so try not to let some of the little annoyances get to you.
Keep kicking ass
Oh, and Happy Birthday to Little Spiderman!
Hola MiM
Squatting 155 lb. for 13 reps at your size is very impressive. Very good indeed. You must have a very high 1 RM.
I was thinking the same thing on my walk this morning K!
Strong work FM…
And Happy 4th to your little Man!
Thank you! He’s having a fun morning…he slept by his door last night, unbeknownst to me. When I asked him why, he said he didn’t want to miss his birthday lol. So cute. He got an Ironman helmet and set of blastery things that flash and talk and all I can hear is “Ironman powering down for diagnostics blah blah blah” followed by “arf arf arf arf” from the prima donna chihuahua who hates the helmet…ahhhh joy
You know, I have no idea what my 1rm is, I’ve never trained that way. I know there are calculators for it, but I feel a littl sceptical about those…this probably sounds ridiculous, but it always frightened me that I’d get hurt that way and not be able to train anymore. All mental of course.
I’m currently eating a celebratory “I pushed out an 8.5lb baby without drugs” breakfast of 2 wholewheat waffles, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/4 c sugar free syrup, 2 slices turkey bacon and a cup of egg whites with a hefty dollop of ketchup. Aaaaahhhhhhhh bliss
Indeed - Happy Birthday to the Little Man!
Do enjoy your decadent (smiling here) breakfast!
As a mom, I’ve always thought that the kids’ birthdays should be honoring us as well. I, also, pushed out two decent sized babies with no drugs. And that should be celebrated every year.
^ Probably entirely inappropriate for me to comment here (since my gender precludes me from having any real street-cred on the subject) but I’d have to agree with you entirely! I was only able to ‘watch’ the birth of my three children and was (and still am) in awe of the entire process and what women are capable of with regard to this! If the propagation of the species was left up to men - I’m afraid we’d have become extinct long ago… ;o) Cheers!
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You know, I have no idea what my 1rm is, I’ve never trained that way. I know there are calculators for it, but I feel a littl sceptical about those…this probably sounds ridiculous, but it always frightened me that I’d get hurt that way and not be able to train anymore. All mental of course.
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Well, from everything I’ve seen and experienced, the 1RM calculators drift farther from the truth the higher up in reps you use.
The one Wendler uses in his 5/3/1 book is weight x reps x 0.0333 + weight = 1RM
So your 55#ps (155#s on the bar) with 13 reps, would give you an estimated 1rm of about 225.
That’s freakin bad ass right there! Just something to think about, if you’re ever allowed to do lower reps, try to calculate it again and see if ot comes out the same
Oh, and jealous over you breakfast is at maximum levels over here!
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^ Probably entirely inappropriate for me to comment here (since my gender precludes me from having any real street-cred on the subject) but I’d have to agree with you entirely! I was only able to ‘watch’ the birth of my three children and was (and still am) in awe of the entire process and what women are capable of with regard to this! If the propagation of the species was left up to men - I’m afraid we’d have become extinct long ago… ;o) Cheers![/quote]
Seriously. We’re all just a bunch of ‘girls’ when it comes to pain. I mean that in the most respectful way to all the women here, and the least respectful to us guys
The whole process of having a baby is rediculous, it’s just so amazing what the female body is capable of, physically and mentally.