[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Joe, you are about the hardest worker I’ve yet seen. Marble legs FTW![/quote]
When I’m not particularly suited for something but I want to do it anyway I just try and keep my head down and moving forward. I usually do okay that way, but its never spectacular.[/quote]
That is the soldier coming out in you… This is damn good to follow![/quote]
I was really lucky in that both in sports and in the Marines I got a lot of wisdom from men who kept repeating how important it was just to keep going.
Also it seems that D-aspartic turns me into an enormous horndog. [/quote]
Smolov has not broken you if you still have a drive
are you taking it straight? who suggested it to you?
congrats on hitting all that volume with your PRs!
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Yeah I take it straight. I read that Fishcer and a few other guys were using it and decided to give it a try. I personally have no doubt it boosts testosterone.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Putting it out there Joe. If I had the opportunity in terms of food, rest, low stress, supps, etc , Would love to try it. Im a fan.[/quote]
I’m not going to lie, I don’t know that I could do this if we had kids.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Putting it out there Joe. If I had the opportunity in terms of food, rest, low stress, supps, etc , Would love to try it. Im a fan.[/quote]
I’m not going to lie, I don’t know that I could do this if we had kids.[/quote]
I had the same convo this week - a customer of mine was impressed by the my hours clocked in the gym and I reminded them that having no kids gives me a lot of personal time. I’m not saying that one choice is better than the other only to put it in perspective.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Putting it out there Joe. If I had the opportunity in terms of food, rest, low stress, supps, etc , Would love to try it. Im a fan.[/quote]
I’m not going to lie, I don’t know that I could do this if we had kids.[/quote]
I had the same convo this week - a customer of mine was impressed by the my hours clocked in the gym and I reminded them that having no kids gives me a lot of personal time. I’m not saying that one choice is better than the other only to put it in perspective.
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Yeah, I could do 5/3/1 with kids because I lift at lunch but now way I could get away with Smolov.
On a quick day of 5/3/1 I’m done in 45 minutes. A quick day of Sheiko is 90 minutes to 2 hours.
To be honest as much as I’m enjoying the challenge I do not see this program as a longterm option. I’m giving it the full 12 weeks and then I’ll do a proper pro/con write-up.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
I present to you the callus I have on my back were the bar hits thaks to Smolov.[/quote]
I had to scroll down a bit to see whether you were still surviving.
You should get your wife to pumice that for you. That sounds like a great valentine activity.
So you must be close to finished week three right? How are you feeling overall? Are you worn down? How are your joints?[/quote]
This afternoon will be day 2 of week three.
So far I feel fine. That is to say I am destroyed after days 3 and 4 but I am recovering very quickly. I will say this though, not getting enough sleep or food makes recovery almost impossible until you catch up.
Next week I retest my maxes. In all honesty I’m not sure how much my maxes will have gone up. I am without a doubt significantly stronger but I’m not sure its going to translate to my 1RM.
I also was a bit carb blotted from the holidays when I started this and I’m leaning out just a bit. I don’t thinkk I’m losing weight per see but I’m looking a bit leaner and bigger according to observers.
I am cautiously optimistic that I will hit my numbes this week, assuming day 3 doesn’t crush me and after retesting I’ll do the two week switching phase which I think is going to really bore me. In a way I’m looking forward to the four week intense phase which has an odd loading pattern, at least to me.
I think a lot of people could benefit from just doing the base mesocycle.
