I want to consume large amounts of food from Five Guys right now. I am not going to but I could really go for some right now.
This is great advice but it can be hard for some people. I think the old saying of you have 2 ears and 1 mouth is always a good principle to stick to in most situations.
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Found out today I am getting that second interview for a possible winter internship. Also me and my buddy started tackling that awesome student org event idea for the spring. Second lifting session of week 4 will be most likely be tomorrow. Itās about rush hour right now and I canāt seem to find the mental strength to deal with that going to the gym, which is why I typically go early. My buddy got caught up with work so our zoom meeting started about an hour later than as we planned initially.
Deep Water Beginner
Day 2 of Week 4
Pull-ups
1 x 10
1 x 10
1 x 9
1 x 6
Bent Over Rows
205 lbs x 10
205 lbs x 10
205 lbs x 10
Clean Pull
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 10
60 second plank - 20 sit ups - 3 sets no rest
I canāt believe Iām almost done with my second run of Deep Water Beginner. Thereās only two more weeks left.
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I always thought beginner flew by and intermediate felt like purgatory. It just goes on forever.
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Dude I would be lying if I said that I wasnāt getting tired of Deep Water at the moment. I know somewhere out there in the different dimension, there is a tlgains who will run Super Squats after the second run of Deep Water Intermediate. Not gonna be me cause I could use a break from hard programs. Good thing Mr.Pwn (@T3hPwnisher) recommended I run 5/3/1 with FSL widowmakers after intermediate. The squats and deadlifts are always dreadful. It always feels like garbage for the first couple of sets.
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Negative: I only shared what I did/would do. I donāt make recommendations outside of VERY limited circumstances.
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Deep Water Beginner
Day 3 of Week 4
Strict Press
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 10
135 lbs x 8
135 lbs x 10ish (last 3 reps didnāt count as a lockout lol I struggled)
130 lbs x 10
130 lbs x 10
Barbell Curl
95 lbs x 10
95 lbs x 10
95 lbs x 10
95 lbs x 10
95 lbs x 10
Dumbbell Lateral Raises
Used 20 lb dumbbells and did like 50+ reps
Sit ups 3 sets 20 reps
Gym doesnāt have back extension machine for some reason
Next week Iāll just go back to 130 lbs for press, no sense in screwing around with 135 since Iāll reach it eventually. After the gym I did a little shopping.
2 jugs of milk
2 lbs of bacon
108 eggs
2 lbs of cooked shrimp
4 lbs of ribeye steaks
2 tubs of cream cheese
1 container of minced garlic
1 container of thyme leaves
1 pack of unsalted butter
I still have quite a ton of food at my apartment. Iām just sick of eating canned chicken, tuna, or salmon for breakfast. Variety is definitely key to developing good eating habits. Unfortunately it looks like one of my milk jugs I bought 2 weeks ago is to expire 11/9 so I might do GOMAD for a day lol.
These are typically more fuzzy suggestions. Give it the sniff test. Milk will let you know pretty quick when it goes bad.
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Oh yeah I also did 20 minutes of the stairmaster today (medium intensity)
I think my quality of sleep is making me irritable. Because of all the eating and other life stuff, I always finish eating my meals by nighttime. Ever since Deep Water I drink soooo much water which is a good thing but a nuisance during the night. I canāt remember the last time I slept where I didnāt have to wake up in the middle of the night to piss. Just thinking about it makes me very very angry.
Thatās a pretty alarming response, Iām not going to lie. You may want to look into that.
As someone who has had limited and broken sleep since 2010, the best I can offer is that, from my experience, itās survivable and still allows for solid muscular growth. But itās an adaptation process. And I love me some caffeine.
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I drastically exaggerated with the very very angry part. Itās just a nuisance and I donāt like the way my eyes feel in the morning. I suppose it has actually become kinda normal.
Besides that Mr.Pwn, I saw ur buddy Chong Lordās post this morning and I watched one of your rant videos. The one titled āThere will be no survivorsā Iām trying to understand the main point youāre getting across. Are you saying āIf Iām training in a way thatās out of the ordinary and itās making me stronger, I will keep doing itā or is something more general like āsuccessful people go outside of the boxā or both
Youāll have to keep in mind: itās a rant video. Thereās no main point. I didnāt have a script I was working off of: it was whatever came off the top of my head at that moment. Something to appreciate from that video (as someone interested in public speaking) is that I endeavored to have no verbal pauses during that, despite it being entirely ad libbed. No āumsā āuhsā āya knowsā, etc.
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I mean considering that I will run Super Squats down the road after Iām done with Deep Water, you might be able to figure out my plan. Regardless Iāll just say it here, I want to run every single hard program out there. Itāll be a pain but Iāll definitely get some good results. Way too early to be figuring out what to do after I run all those programs I listed in my log but, running every hard program seems painfully fun.
Welp, my interview is in 3 hours today, I will crush it!
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You got this dude!
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Itās a rather long story but I did crush that interview indeed. Unfortunately I did not get the outcome I wanted. Winter internships are 3-4 weeks and they only squeeze interns in on special occasions. Also you have to have already worked a summer internship with them. The interviewer was a Vice President and they said if ācompany Iām working for this summerā doesnāt work our for you then keep in touch. She also told me to shoot her an email in the fall of next year if I want to intern there.
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Sorry to hear the internship didnāt work out, but thatās great news from the VP! I would definitely stay in contact and try to build a relationship. Whether or not it actually leads to something isnāt completely the point, but itās good to learn how to develop (and actually develop) your professional network especially when youāre young.
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