Thanks! I am curious too. Looking forward to seeing the PR reps creep up. Hopefully, the progress shows in the pictures as well. I’ll post one at the end of every program.
Oh, Mediterranean food. The place I went to had an option for 2 whole roast chickens, a huge bowl each of salad and lemon rice for $36. I almost walked out with it.
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5/3/1 Hardgainer, W2, D1
Box Jumps
Band Pull Aparts
Squats
5 x 140
5 x 160
5+ x 180 (7)
20 x 140
DB Row
5 x 10 x 35
DB Incline Press
5 x 10 x 35s
SS
KBS
5 x 10 x 35
Me last week, Widowmaker squats:
15… pause… 5. Oh, that wasn’t too bad, maybe I started too light?
Me this week, Widowmaker squats:
10… pause… it’s only 15 more pounds… 3. pause…oh come on. 4… pause… breathe… 3… Rack. Nope. Not too light.
I forgot to take a picture of the meal prep this week, but you all probably don’t care about my food anyway.
The rest of this week isn’t going to be great for the waist:
Thurs: Irish Guiness Stew. Of course.
Fri: Hubby B-day dinner with the in-laws.
Sat: Breakfast will be homemade biscuits and gravy for hubby. Then likely sushi for dinner, and/or go to our favorite donut shop.
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Yep, you did it just right! Nice work.
Actually, I find your food prep pictures to be quite enticing—they make me hungry!
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Full concur. Love the food prep photos. Good for people to understand what “eating to gain” LOOKS like.
Great stuff!
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@SvenG
@T3hPwnisher
Good to know, thank you both! I will be sure to not slack on the meal photos next week!
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Mote melty cheese on the next ones please.
Seriously. Missed opportunity. I made a “meat-zza” Sunday night. Plus I have been putting turkey pepperoni, bell peppers and mozzarella cheese in my last few omlets. Om-zza. So. Good.
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Pictures or it didn’t happen. As a lactose intolerant fatty, i need to live vicariously through others.
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5/3/1 Hardgainer, W2, D2
Box Jumps
Band Pull Aparts
Bench
5 x 95
5 x 105
5 x 5 x 115
5 x 10 Pushups
5 x 10 Inverted Rows
Sled, 125lbs, 20 minutes, rounds of 3-5 minutes SS w/ the assistance.
Nothing super special today. Went in for the bare minimum to get in and get out to stuff after the gym. I had a dream last night that we moved to a place with an unfinished basement and I was mapping out a home gym. I envy those of you with a home set up. The sled work is a lot me trying not to run over people.
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5/3/1 Hardgainer, W2, D3
Box Jumps
Band Pull Aparts
Deadlift
5 x 140
5 x 160
5+ x 180 (10)
5 x 15 Assisted Dips
4 x 15 x 20 DB curls
4 x 10 x 20’s Bulgarian Split Squats
Hubby surprised me by stopping at our favorite coffee shop and cookie shop (they are right next to each other) on our way to the gym. We got a latte to share and two cookies. It was awesome. Anabolic cookies? Between the coffee, boozy whisky buttercream and sugar, the session felt great.
Then I went home and made Irish Soda Bread for a work treat today. I have never made it before, turned out pretty tasty. 100% whole wheat and I opted for the greek yogurt version instead of buttermilk. Macros aren’t half bad. For bread.
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Omg soda bread is amazing. Btw, I have a recipe for a sourdough version
Oh my. It gets better. I will have to give that one a go. Thank you!
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it’s delicious! (yes, that’s my blog LOL)
I’ve also tried a version of soda bread where I mix in flavour into the liquid (ie 2tbsp of mustard) and it’s also really good
Friday
1.5 mile walk w/ 25lb pack
Got off work early, went for a second walk without the pack for a total of 17k steps. Nothing hard, but the weather was super nice all day.
5/3/1 Hardgainer, W2, D4
(Saturday)
Band pull aparts
Box Jumps
Press
5 x 65
5 x 75
5 x 80
10 x 5 x 65
DB flat bench
4 x 15 x 35
Band assisted pull ups
10 x 5
In place of Sled:
Assult Bike conditioning
8 Rounds: 20s/10s Sprints
2 Min 70lb farmer’s carry
8 Rounds: 10s/20s Sprints
2 min 70lb farmer’s carry
8 Rounds: 10s/20s Sprints
5 minutes moderate assult bike
Forgive me, for I have 531 sinned. The gym location that has the sled was closed for a competition, so I went to the second location. No sled. So I swamped out for the Assult Bike sprints. Back on the sled next week.
Week 2 of Hardgainer done. Still plugging along and liking it. Weights are good, we will see just how good next week. So far, feeling on track for a normal 10/5lb increase.
The food this weekend was off the rails. Carbs and fats everywhere. Felt lethargic all day Sunday. I think it had caught up to me.
Homemade biscuits and gravy
@dagill2 Your cheese sir. Baked penne, sauce has cottage cheese and greek yogurt in it. Topped with mozzarella. Dairy trifecta.
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That looks like cheesy tomatoey goodness. My stomach just skipped a beat.
Love this audible. Solid choice. Still a no eccentric gut buster.
If you have your own vehicle (and a driver), you can always push it as a make-up prowler. I used to do that before I had one.
It was amazing, already thinking about the leftovers waiting for me tonight.
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That sounds kind of fun. I’ll keep that in mind if the sled is unavailable again.
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I did it in college with my Mrs’ (fiancee at the time) Honda Civic. The “workout” lasted all of about 10 minutes, after which point I dry heaved a few times, had her drive me to the dinning hall, ate all the food and then passed out in her dorm room for 2 hours and spent the rest of the day being useless.
That was my first taste of “real” conditioning.
…man I miss college.
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5/3/1 Hardgainer, W3, D1
(Monday night)
Box Jumps
Band Pullaparts
Squat
5 x 150
5 x 170
5+ x 190 (6)
20 x 150
Incline DB press
4 x 15 x 35
DB Row
5 x 10 x 40
KBS
3 x 20 x 40
The Widowmaker set felt easier this week than last. I blame the weekend food. Also had the pasta above before heading to the gym. Pasta is squat fuel.
5/3/1 Hardgainer, W3, D2
(Tuesday morning)
Band Pullaparts
Box Jumps
Bench
5 x 100
5 x 110
5 x 5 x 115 (mistake on my spreadsheet, was supposed to be 120)
Sled drag/push
5 x 4 mins
Assisted Dips
4 x 20
Pushups
4 x 15
Got in, got out. Bench right into sled pull. Another set, Sled pull, etc. Did push ups and dips when I got to work, ran out of time.
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