I’ll tell you what. I’m hungry all the time so I’ll eat the breakfast for you.
Kent, according to Dan John, if you wanna get big, you have to live big. That means moving slower, and doing less. upgrade your account at netflix, and buy some more ice cream
Regarding grunting. Last night I had to train late. Like 7:45-9:45 pm. The gym was full of young . . . brotards? Is that what you call them? Well, one of these guys was a MAJOR moaner. Sounded like an orgasm on every rep (shitty bicep curls and DB presses all night long).
Anyway. Some guy came up to me to make conversation and said, “Wow, it really sounds like a gym in here, don’t you think?” To which I responded, “Sounds to me like someone’s trying to get a lot of attention.” The guy looked at me askance and left.
I don’t mind noise on a serious effort. But every rep of bicep curls?
DUDES!
Thanks for the slap-dick humor, I need it this morning. I’m feeling low, low, low, low. The news from my pal who got injured in Tripoli is affecting me. Plus I started reading “Omnivore’s Dilemma” and it has really upset me. This kind of stuff grabs me on a very emotional level, and it actually gets hard for me to handle. The quickest way to summarize it: The world is broken.
To distract myself, I’m attaching some photos. The first is something that confronted me in the staff fridge this morning. The second is the brand new, uber-cool deadlift platform at the YMCA where I lift. The last is an example of what I do for a living. Bonus points if anyone can guess, specifically, what we were trying to figure out.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Regarding grunting. Last night I had to train late. Like 7:45-9:45 pm. The gym was full of young . . . brotards? Is that what you call them? Well, one of these guys was a MAJOR moaner. Sounded like an orgasm on every rep (shitty bicep curls and DB presses all night long).
Anyway. Some guy came up to me to make conversation and said, “Wow, it really sounds like a gym in here, don’t you think?” To which I responded, “Sounds to me like someone’s trying to get a lot of attention.” The guy looked at me askance and left.
I don’t mind noise on a serious effort. But every rep of bicep curls?[/quote]
Wow were u at a gym in jersey? Thats some serious brotard behavior!
I wil definitely keep your friend in my prayers
My guess is that u worked on the set of a beautiful mind or good will hunting
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Geek-ness[/quote]
Chemical plant reaction control equations - pressure-volume-temperature include partial pressures of gasses
JUST THE FACTS MA’AM
I hate de-load weeks
Sumo deadlifts - 8x225, 8x225, 8x225, 8x225
1-leg romanian deadlifts - 12x35, 12x35, 12x35
swissball leg curls - 14, 14, 12, 10
Reverse hyperextensions - 12, 12, 10, 10
Shrugs - 12x225, 10x225, 8x225, 10x225
Last night I did a kickboxing class with a bunch of ladies. The entire experience was set to hyperactive dance remixes. I sweat like a roast boar. My core is wicked sore today.
Soldog - You are the closest. 'Twas an attempt to figure out the temperature increase when one high-pressure gas was depressured into a fixed-volume container. You have impressed the shitout of me.
Matty - Thx for the wishes. And what’s that smell…
Snap - Oh good, it’s not just me that finds that stuff unbearable.
MJ - A bodybuilder friend of mine once said to me “Stop doing so dmaned much cardio! You’re bulking! The only cardio you should be doing is getting up to open the refrigerator door!”
Joe - My being hardwired to not be hungry is a blessign when it comes time to lean down. A curse at all other times of the year.
For some idiot reason this wouldn’t post the first time. Here is the msot excellent deadlitf platform at my gym.
I’m jealous. The only way to deadlift at my place is by the rack, right in front of the cable pullovers which EVERYONE uses, just 6 inches from me.
That sir is a thing of beauty.
YEEEEEEEEHAW!!!
I’m in a good mood today. Maybe it’s because my co-worker (whose wife who is a distributor for a candy company) brought in ONE THOUSAND Twix bars and I just scarfed one down.
Maybe it’s because I just found this tune, which mashes together a couple of my favorites pieces of bubblegum pop.
Maybe I just managed to change mental channels. Who gives a s##t? It’s a nice wave, so I plan to grab my surfboard and coast as long as it carries me.
Regarding De-Load Weeks
I do them as prescribed because I am a lousy judge of when I need a break. Twice I have trained myself into major injuries because of it. Being one of those “hard learners” I protect myself by doing scheduled de-loads. It does hurt my ego to drop weight the week after scoring a PR, but then again training the higher rep ranges is just a sensible thing to do once in a while.
Regarding Douchebags & Commerical Gyms
I have to stop being a downer. Gyms are largely populated by totally respectful, cheerful, polite, and reasonable people. One in a thousand is a screaming, showboating douchebag. I’d like to report that my last five forays to the gym have been entirely pleasant, largely due to the genuinely nice folks sharing the space with me.
It’s ridiculous of me to complain about the masturbatory meatheads when I didn’t even say anything to them and give them a chance to modify their behaviors. Next time I’ll politely ask if they could keep it down. Heck, these are young dudes in a small city, they may not actually know better!
Regarding My Program Planning
Today I weighed 195 lb. I’m pretty sure I’m tighter than the last time I was this weight. I’m gonna push hard for another 5 weeks to see if I can hit 200 again before I switch gears and diet hard for summer. Break out the olive oil!
Why am I dieting at all? For my sanity, to kick start a rebound come fall, and to keep total bf at a reasonable level. I’m a firm believer that past about 15% fat gain overtakes LBM gain.
So then come winter I’m going to try one last cycle through this. If all goes really well, I might have hit my lifetime goal by summer of 2012. Even if I don’t I’m going to hit the maintenance road for a least a couple seasons because this “bulk/cut” thing is draining. When I look at my future in the iron and see an infinite repetition of “bulk/cut” it annoys me. Now I have a goal and an endpoint, and that gives me some motivation. Hell, I’m still kinda contemplating trying out a natty show… 2012?
Awesome post! I have actually am at peace with my commercial gym, and have a general affinity towards it. I am an avid people watcher, commercial gyms are like people zoos. Its great to see how people interact with each other and the obligatory bro-tards are fascinating!
Is that you in the pic? lookin RIPPED!
Matty - Yup, that is me pumping up for an on-line physique contest. My buddy took the photos and did some fancy “distressing” to make it look like a garage gym photo. It takes a real pal to agree to take pictures of another oiled up dude in his underwear.
Cavalier - Yeah, I’m impressed with this gym, especially considering it’s the YMCA in a city of 65,000 people in the solid center fo the rural Albertan bible belt. I, too, have had the pleasure of deadlifting in the tiny space before the cables; nose to some flabby lady’s butt cheeks as I bend over the bar to set up.
So I’m not gonna post my last two workouts because this is a de-load week, and quite frankly, who gives a shit??!?!?! I am starting to give some serious thought to stepping on stage. There’s a natty show in my area with a masters division. I could conceivably make a run for next spring. Problem is I’M SMALL! And my last couple bulk/cut cycles have been a year long process of packing on 20ish pounds to gain 5ish lbs of muscle, and a long and painful diet. It’s stupid. It’s impractical. It would be a strain on my family.
Why do I want this?!?!?
Surely there must be a way to put on a little muscle without too much blubber coming along. Maybe we can look at your diet.
Oh, and while this is deload week, are you still training your son?
I am having the strangest case of deja vu.
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'Twas an attempt to figure out the temperature increase when one high-pressure gas was depressured into a fixed-volume container. You have impressed the shitout of me.
But surely depressurising a gas would yield a temperature decrease - no?
alright K, I am going to give you the best bit of non-fat bulking advice you have ever had.
ready?
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buy a half a bison (tasty, with optimal omega 3/6 ratio, and mostly yummy grassfed proteiny goodness)
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eat it between now and your show.
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you should probably lift fairly often
good luck!
Me Vs. Food
Man this sucks. An other wise really great morning gets blown to bits when I have to pile-drive back another meal and waddle around the rest of the day like an over-stuffed penguin.
Ugh.