Thanks man, I’ll stuff a tripod in my bag next time I have a chance and video a little so I can see what works!
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Just finished up week 3 day 2 of building the monolith yesterday. Hit 3x5 at 405lb on deadlifts, and I weighed in at 202lbs tonight after a large meal. Seems like I’m not eating as much as I probably should be.
Either way this was kind of an inevitable win for me. Hit 2x bodyweight deadlifts, or gain weight. Both are awesome, but this makes things even sweeter, being slightly under “target” weight, still performing and ready to tackle the remainder of the program.
Also, I’m filling out shirts like I was when I was much heavier. Taking a short break from lifting has seriously reinvigorated something in me!
I posted this in my log, but it’s just too good not to share. ~1lb of flank steak and a couple of tortillas the size of a dinner plate…
3 weeks and 1 day left of building the.monolith, then I’m working my way into the 531 6 week rest pause challenge.
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This is it! Nice job!
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I had something similar a couple of days ago, but in burrito form. This burrito had to be about 5 pounds! Steak, lime chicken, rice, black beans, cheese, green onions and salsa. So good! I hit the Stan Efferding 10 minute walk after this one lol
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Burrito Wellington! Wow!
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That is truly a thing of beauty, and if the picture is true to life, seemingly the size of a football.
I have a tough time thinking of a better food item post lifting than the humble burrito. It is so perfect in every way.
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They do a burrito at the place by me that’s steak and chicken (and rice and beans) with sausage, shrimp, pineapple, and queso on top. It’s incredible
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???
That’s what I thought, but it’s an incredible addition. I now judge harshly and unfairly any burrito without pineapple
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Pineapple works very well with meats, it’s the pineapple+ queso that gets me
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Sounds like a little slice of heaven on earth!
Do they call it the surf turf turf turf?
All kidding aside, you’re making me miss a place that closed down up the street from the apartment I used to live in. They had the best surf and turf burrito, but unfortunately only one turf animal made the cut. It was still very, very good though.
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must be an Australian Burrito
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Wife recently commented that my biceps look like cantaloupes and my quads look like pigs (in a good way).
And i put this photo in my log because ive never seen my back, well, hardly at all, but certainly not looking this good!
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Pineapple is crazy. When you cook it as an ingredient it takes on new dimensions. Especially good with spicy heat seasonings.
I’m kinda surprised it isn’t more popular.
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Update: I’m down 6.8 pounds, which I was surprised to realize, doing the math, is a pound a week. So definitely not fast loss, but reasonable. If it continues, I should hit the end of the challenge right at my goal of -20. I think a lot about how I want to eat when I hit goal. I’ll have 500 calories a day to spend and I’d like to do better about spending wisely. I think the increased protein will make that easier and more pleasurable.
I’m also feeling strong. Weights are going up during workouts - also very slowly, but eh, that’s life.
I woke up at 3 this morning, wishing it was daytime so I could lift and go for a hike and set my treadmill on incline and run fast up it and fool around with my husband and read Hemingway in advance of a Key West trip next week. I think I was hungry. Ultimately we were both awake and one of the goals was met. I had to eat a small piece of chicken to stop the gnawing in my stomach before I could go back to sleep at 5:30. Now I’m dragging a bit and much less enthusiastic about the workout, hike, and uphill sprint goals. However, that’s the agenda (hike is a maybe, we’ll see).
Seven weeks in, things are going well! How’s everyone else doing?
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This was an incredible update! Losing weight, performance up, and (generally) excited for the next session - how could it be better?
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By not waking up hungry! lol
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The timing might not be “optimal”, but I can consistently keep most of my calories to the end of the day. Usually split like this:
B: 400-450, L: 450-500, D: 600-650. Then keep space in the budget for a small, protein snack, 100-150cals, around 8pm. (I go to bed around 9). Keeps me sleeping like a baby. I can’t stand going to bed hungry, let alone waking up at 3am with a growling belly.
Might help you too?
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Best update yet thank you for sharing not just the amazing progress but the real life impact of just feeling better. Love this, very motivating.
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Down 2kg ish here, and down a belt notch. Conditioning and circuit training days are far less motivating than lifting heavier things, but powering through regardless.
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