W4d3
W4d4
Short and sharp today.
Average AB sprint 915 watts. Top effort was round 4 where I hit 1065 watts
Forgot to log yesterday but most important life
Was squats for 5x3 with 180kg
Had a chat with my mate and feel like the current program is probably to generally based on balance. I’m looking for more strength, power and conditioning so we’re going to shift for a bit and hit it hard 4x per week + additional running/swimming or BJJ that I feel like.
Considering I squatted yesterday we called that “day 1”
W1D2
Man my legs were toast on the AB. Just had zero power today but it hacked the HR up and that’s the point
6km of intervals today
600m slow
400m fast
Nothing fancy just getting the work done
W1D3
7x3 min boxing rounds with the Ol Bas Rutten tapes followed by a sauna.
35 is the new 25. I have now entered my ‘are you taking testosterone?’ Phase. It’s easier for people to believe that than to squat heavy and do sprints for a decade I guess.
It’s moustache season again
35 goals right there.
You can eclipse this brother, there is no spoon!
Thats my goal for 50 next year. LOL
W1D4
Oh I really liked today
Little sauna afterwards too
W2D1
Looking like a beast as always, your leanness got me thinking, there aren’t many even on these boards who carry that level of leanness off year round (recognise you still go up and down but don’t think I’ve ever seen a photo without you looking like you could step on stage within 6 weeks), in fact the only other person that immediately comes to mind is @T3hPwnisher - which got me thinking about commonalities, because on the surface, your training and diet are pretty different, he’s carnivore, you frequently go veggie if I remember correctly? You’re quite oly lifting focus and Pwn is well…strongman/chaos?! Your conditioning is quite different as well.
In fact the only real similarities I can see are years/decades of consistency in training and eating, and both of you take conditioning as seriously as lifting.
Both inspirational dudes who provide one of the many roadmaps to success.
(Apologies if I missed any other tnationers who ride the year round lean train).
Oh man, that’s esteemed company and high praise. Thanks so much man!
I think it goes to show that consistency and effort over a long period of time probably matter more than individual programs, diets, or exercises. They all matter of course, but maybe not as much as people think in the short term.
Could I have built more muscle by now if I’d bulked like a body builder? Absolutely. Would I find it as easy to stay lean year round without having to adversely change my lifestyle? Probably not.
Partly I’ve got to thank GSP for that, he was the first person I ever looked at as a young adult and said THAT is what I want to look like.
W2D2
Goal smashed!
Yup, absolutely no substitute, no short cuts, and ultimately no excuses, we’re all a product of our choices, for better or worse!
Really appreciate the nod here Alex, and it’s high esteem to parallel me with @kleinhound in that regard. I feel that what we’ve discovered here is “eating to type”. It took me a LONG time to effectively give myself the permission to eat the way that I am currently eating, and once I did I finally started thriving rather than surviving. It happens that my “to type” is simply animal based. The more animals I eat, the better I feel. The further I stray from it, the worse I feel. My body sends me clear signs in that regard. I imagine @kleinhound has discovered something similar with his approach.
And, of course, with that, I feel like there’s something to be said about hormesis and the benefit of nutritional chaos, but we can’t ALWAYS be in a state of hormesis, for that is effectively a long slow death. The poison is the dosage.
W2D3
Pool swim 400m pretty decent pace
W2D4
Energy wise was feeling a bit flat today, so will carry the conditioning over to Saturday and hit it hard
