Hell yea they do bro! It’s amazing!! I too am willing to inject random drugs into my body, but I draw the line at surgery cokes too . They make me feel like trash!
It sounds good but I’m just short on times I can consistently eat. I’m already stuffing my face at all the available times lol I’d love to try hard to work another small meal in at 3pm. That would be ideal. Maybe I can give this some more though.
Love me some cheesy Gordita crunches!!
I miss the meximelt. It was the best thing on the menu
I recently found the diet Baja blast too, never got the regular because diet soda is all I’m willing to drink (booze is somehow fine though), shit is delicious.
Cheesy Gordita Crunch is the single greatest fast food item, TB has gotten expensive though
Taco Bell is one of the creepiest fast food places in my town, haha. And in nearby towns as well. Bad management? So Taco John’s is my preferred option, but maybe that’s more of a regional thing? @mnben87 - we’re kinda in the same area, you got many TJ’s around there?
Taco John’s seems to be mostly outside of big cities (from what I have noticed). I actually do live by one though, as I am on the outskirts of Minneapolis (3rd ring suburb), and I have to go another 10 minutes away form from the city to get there.
I love the potato oles. Their hot sauce is good too. 6 pack and a pound is a pretty affordable dinner occasionally.
Sardines are really nutrient dense, so is bacon. Both can travel/pack pretty well if you need a quick snack, but at 4100 calories and nearly 250g protein daily, I don’t think you need more food intake tbh. More food =/= more muscle, you can only put on so much muscle in a period.
I think your training style could use to be revamped honestly, you’ve got a great hypertrophy program, but you’re missing some of the biggest movements like deads, weighted dips/pull ups, leg press, etc.
You’re blasting and bulking (no shade) but focusing on arm workouts more than much larger muscle groups… I don’t think this is the best prioritizing of your time when arms are simply a small muscle group. Feel free to ignore what I’m saying here, I just think you might do better with less junk volume and more effective exercise selection.
If scale weight isn’t going up then it’s not enough food.
I agree, just not sure what.
I did deadlifts for a bit but stopped because they don’t add much in my mind. I also definitely do weighted dips, don’t do weighted pull ups though but get plenty of back work in. I physically can’t leg press, for the same reasons I can’t squat. I do hack squats though and my wuads and hanmies seem to respond well to what I do.
Do you even read my journal lol? Not only arm arm days new, it’s the most skipped body parts out there lol
My larger muscle groups are leaps and bounds above things like my arms.
I think I’ve done a pretty good job of eliminating every ounce of junk volume. Everything I do serves a specific purpose and was put there with thought.
Yes, the salmon and rice is my last meal of the day and usually eaten at 8-8:30 because that’s when I get home.
I’d also like to add I’m recovering from the fuckin Covid lol so that is why I’m skipping my back day, because I still feel like death, and easing my way back into my routine with something like arms, which is still a real day for me, makes sense.
We’re talking 2 different things, unless what you are saying is you are going to bed at 9:00 pm, in which case we’re on the same page.
If that IS the case, I’d consider something higher in fats for that meal. There’s also the old school approach of leaving a protein shake on the top of your toilet and drinking it when you get up to pee in the night
I’m in bed after eating and cleaning up from cooking. I could add some more nuts and maybe even some more avacado if you think more fat would help. Would definitely be an easy thing to try.
I also don’t wake up to pee. I do wake up a lot though. But idk if I’m coherent enough to remember to eat/drink
If you like really Bodybuilding Focused Training, I think Fortitude Training might be my very favorite option of that genre. It’s very flexible in terms of exercise selection and volume but still gives you a structure in how to group things and basically when to do what. The ebook is a steal at $20 with how much info is packed into it. I think an experienced lifter like you could get a lot from it!
Just another form of discipline my dude. You can make yourself get up to pee by increasing fluids.
Avocado is awesome. My pre-bed meal is eggs, grassfed beef, avocado, cottage cheese, and nut butters, and that’s when I’m trying to slow down the rate that I’m losing weight at. When gaining, I’ll add in some keto treats, toast, macadamia nuts and pecans, summer sausage, etc.
That’s a good call. If I don’t have enough calories by the time I’m going to bed, I’ll pour peanuts or almonds into my mouth straight from the plastic jar like I’m drinking water lol
I re-read the intro to Forever recently and at one point Wendler says something along the lines “that at some point you need to pick something to believe in” with regard to training. I think his main point is that not having a philosophy leads to pointless spinning but I think your “all-in” approach gives you that benefit with an added sense of belief that is pretty powerful. At least that is the feeling I get when I can apply a consistent set of principles to myself.
Agreed, but you’re also recovering from Covid. It wont necessarily hurt to eat more, you probably just don’t want to hard bulk and just end up fat is all.
I don’t think they add much directly, but if you see all the biggest dudes deadlifting - its probably beneficial to have in the repertoire. As far as leg press, I knew about the squat thing - didn’t know it extended to leg press as well. But as you said, your legs respond well to what you’re doing.
I could say the same thing about my original PPL program and in reality - I still had junk volume. I don’t mean this in an inflammatory way, it’s that doing 3 versions of biceps movements on cables probably is less effective than one really fucking heavy BB or EZ curl exercise (i know you do EZ Curl as well). I just see a limited number of non-isolation movements, and personally I attribute a lot of growth to the secondary muscles stimulated in movements, like BB Row instead of Cable Row for example.
I do read your log, but it’s hard to keep up with considering all the conversations. It’s also kinda hard to keep up with the program you’re running because it looks like it changes a lot. I should have put a no flame disclaimer in my other post because I feel like it came out with some heat on it - and that wasn’t intentional. I put my foot in my mouth more often than I care to admit
Oh 100%. Randall Strossen helped reinforce that for me in “Super Squats” and it’s been something I’ve seen time and again. The power of the mind is real.
. They make me feel like trash!
