ZM Strong like Bull training log (Tactical Barbell training log)

Got it. Il do that starting next week.

Breakfast: Not great, didn’t have many options. I didn’t feel like washing the pan I use to cook eggs

1 Jimmy Dean sandwich
55 turtle crackers
----Total: 550 Kcal, 32g fat, 46g carbs, 16g protein

2350 Kcal and 197g protein… this is gonna be tough. I shouldn’t have eaten that crap for breakfast.

Lunch
some M&Ms
some Chex mix
1 chicken patty
1 oz shaved turkey
1 cup milk
1/2 cup protein granola
----Total: 783 Kcal, 31g fat, 91g carbs, 36g protein

Need 1567 Kcal and 161g protein…

We’re having spaghetti with beef, and kielbasa on the side for dinner. So Im not going to eat until then so I can eat a lot of beef without being too far over my Calories.

WTF IS THIS AD???

Dinner: A big meal
1.5 cup spaghetti
10 oz ground beef
2 oz sauce
2.5 slices bread
2 tbsp butter
2 oz Polska kielbasa
2 oz mozzarella cheese
1 pack protein oatmeal
1 cup milk
1 can tuna
----Total: 2220 Kcal, 110g fat, 133g carbs, 160g protein

Days total: 3553 Kcal, 173g fat, 269g carbs, 213g protein

Had to eat a lot, but I did it.

December 8 2025; W3D1 Recovery day

Il have to figure out my number for the workouts this week. Il be doing 3 reps at 80% 1rm for main lifts, and and 8 reps at 65% for my Supplementary work.

I know what I want for Christmas. Baptism. I don’t care if its not soon after, I just need to be baptized.

Im going to start studying this week. Im thinking on Wednesday should be good. At least. Maybe today. I want to type of my notes for everything on a type writer, so I can look back on everything with ease and not need to decipher things. Then Il be able to review and whatnot.

8 minutes until breakfast.

Today was good. Felt really locked in during class.

Breakfast:
2 eggs
1/2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup protein granola
10 raspberries
----Total: 526 Kcal, 26g fat, 38g carbs, 36g protein

Lunch
1 wrap Italian meat with cheese lettuce tomato
1 juice box
----Total: 363 Kcal, 14g fat, 37g carbs, 21g protein

Snack
1/2 cup spaghetti
2 oz ground beef
1 oz sauce
1 slice Italian bread
1 oz shaved turkey
3 oz ground turkey
2 pieces baklava
1 pack protein oatmeal
----Total: 1032 Kcal, 45g fat, 70g carbs, 81g protein

Dinner
2.5 pork chop things
1/2 cup rice
1/4 cup glazed carrots
1 tsp butter
1 cup milk
1 tsp sugar
3 tsp cinnamon
1 piece baklava
----Total: 1001 Kcal, 44g fat, 49g carbs, 93g protein

Days total: 2923 Kcal, 130g fat, 193g carbs, 231g protein

Decent eating today

Tomorrows and Thursdays weights
Bench: 160 x 3
Squat: 205 x 3
Pullups: 8 x bodyweight (my weight is going up at rate where I don’t need to add extra weight… yay..?)
Tricep ext. 60 x 8
Kettlebell swings: I think I can up it to 25 reps as my goal.

Thursdays
OHP
80 x 3

Deadlift
225 x 3

Dips
BW x 8

BB curl
60lbs x 8

Lunge:
Total weight 85 (rounding to 90, so 45lb DBS)
45’s x 8 reps

Sounds like solid workouts.

This is actually the largest grouping of food you ate today. What made this a snack vs a meal?

Excited for your training!

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It was snack time, lol. It wasn’t breakfast, I had lunch at school, and it wasn’t dinner, so it was a snack. I suppose I could call it supper.


December 9 2025: W3D2 Strength day

Today I will be able to go to the science program (hopefully). It will be good to get back into the swing of things again.

Not much else to say.

It was snack time, lol. It wasn’t breakfast, I had lunch at school, and it wasn’t dinner, so it was a snack. I suppose I could call it supper.

I forget who, it may have been Paul Kelso or Mark Bell, but a solid quote I heard was ā€œany meal with less than 30g of protein isn’t a mealā€. I feel like that’s a pretty solid guiding principle. If applied to that day, your lunch was more a snack, and your snack would make an adequate lunch.

But that principle can also help as far as a nutritional vector goes. If a meal is coming up short on protein and heavy on carbs/fats, might be worthwhile to figure out a way to swap things around.

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That’s a good idea, il try to implement that.

Breakfast:
3 eggs
1 tsp butter
3 oz ground beef
1/2 cup protein granola
1 cup milk
4 raspberries
----Total: 829 Kcal, 45g fat, 45g carbs, 59g protein

Workout: I got to do my Tricep extension and pullups before class. Damn I’m getting fat…
Bench:
95 x 7
115 x 5
135 x 4
160 x 3
160 x 3
160 x 3
160 x 3
160 x 3

Squat
115 x 5
135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 2
195 x 2
205 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 3
Ow.
Legs were not happy at all they were really hurting

Pullups: Dang I’m getting fat I can’t do as many pullups. Its like doing weighted stuff, without weight. Maybe I should do lat pulldown? Or should I stick to pullups and just deal with getting heavier.
8(barely)
4 +1/2
3 +1/2
1 normal, 3 neutral, 1/2 normal

Kettlebell swing
70.5 x 25
70.5 x 25
70.5 x 25
70.5 x 25

Tricep extension (this was the first exercise I did so I wasn’t really warmed up)
30 x a bunch (warmup)
60 x 6+1+1
60 x 8
60 x 8
60 x 8
I think there was something wrong with the machine, some of the reps were hard, and then the next one I could do easier, like the machine was sticking. This was harder than it should have been

Good workout.

Snack:
4 oz ground beef
----Total: 288 Kcal, 18g fat, 0g carbs, 29g protein

Lunch
1 sandwich, with turkey and cheese
1 side salad (I put in the sandwich)
----Total: 406 Kcal, 16g fat, 37g carbs, 26g protein

Dinner
1.25 ham steaks
2 chicken patties
1/2 cup buttered macaroni
1/4 cup green beans
3 oz ground turkey
1/2 cup rice
a few glazed carrot slices
1 piece baklava
1/2 cup granola
1 cup milk
----Total: 1383 Kcal, 60g fat, 104g carbs, 103g protein

Days total: 2906 Kcal, 140g fat, 186g carbs, 217g protein

Good eating

I got more college letters. One from Stanford University. Hey, I heard of that name!. Its for a summer program where I can attend the university and get a credit. Oh. Something worthless to me. We are NOT driving to the complete other side of the US just to do something I can probably do here. Or at school. Like I am doing, doing college level courses for free. With people I know.

Time to… shower and go to bed since its too late for homework. I guess I have to do that tomorrow.

Gluten abend (Damn autocorrect)

Not suggesting you change your mind, but Stanford is typically ranked in the top five universities in the country - alongside Harvard, Yale, MIT, etc . . . It’s in Palo Alto California which is the home to Google, Yahoo, etc . . . many of the founders of tech startups are grads.

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I know its a good college, but my parents aren’t driving me across the country (and we are not buying some airplane ticket). And, its from June 20 to August 13th I think. Thats most of my summer… Which, makes sense since its literally like a whole semester, but still.

I do want to go, it would be really cool. I just wouldn’t be able to.


December 10th 2025: W3D3 Rest/Recovery day

Lots of stuff to do today. Homework, a bit of review/organization of notes, and maybe helping the neighbor’s kid build a teepee with branches.

I’ve been feeling very motivated to learn recently. So thats awesome.

9 minutes until breakfast.

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Todays food

Breakfast:
2 eggs
3 oz ground turkey
3/4 cup milk
1 pack protein oatmeal
5 blackberries
----Total: 630 Kcal, 27g fat, 38g carbs, 54g protein

Lunch
1 sandwich, ham and cheese
1 juice box
----Total: 484 Kcal, 17g fat, 50g carbs, 31g protein

Snacks
1 cinnamon stick
1/2 cup rice
2.5 oz ground turkey
1/4 cup green beans
2 chicken patties
1/4 cup cheese
----Total: 731 Kcal, 41g fat, 44g carbs, 45g protein

Dinner:
5 oz beef
1.25 cup mashed potatoes
3/4 tbsp butter
3/4 cup Harvard beets
1 can tuna
some mustard
1 cup milk
1 packet m&ms
----Total: 1129 Kcal, 45g fat, 89g carbs, 88g protein

Days total: 2974 Kcal, 130g fat, 221g carbs, 219g protein

Decent eating

Got all my homework done.

I’ve been doing a little bit of research, and it seems like I can get some good solvents from car liquids. Antifreeze has ethylene glycol, and if I can get a bit of sulphuric acid (or do this at school), I can make [1, 4]dioxane, which is supposed to be a great solvent for organic chem. Its only drawback is it might be a carcinogen (well a lot of stuff is it seems like, so as long as I have safety measures in place its fine), and it can form peroxides (if I keep it contained in a cold place out of direct light, it will be minimal. Plus, its very slow, and I wouldn’t make a ton at a time)

Tomorrow I have my college science program. I get to make some more plans and then probably pour some more agar plates in prep for moss transplant.

December 11th 2025 - W3D4 Strength day OHP/Deadlift/S2

Only two weeks until christmas… I need to get my presents made up. I know what im making for my Brother and my Mom, I just need to figure out something for Dad.

Today I have my science program, if I can get a rid to go there. I hope so.

Not much else to say. 16 minutes until breakfast.

Today was good

Breakfast:
3 eggs
1/2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup protein granola
1 cup milk
2 tbsp peanut butter
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup Harvard beets
----Total: 1036 Kcal, 54g fat, 85g carbs, 51g protein

Lunch
1 sandwich with turkey cheese, with lettuce on top
----Total: 447 Kcal, 16g fat, 51g carbs, 24g protein

Dinner:
rice a Roni with kielbasa, beans and peas
----Total: 675 Kcal, 33g fat, 71g carbs, 22g protein

Snack
2 cans tuna
1/4 cup cheese
a bit of milk
1 lemon
some chips
1 packet protein oatmeal
1 cup milk
----Total: 843 Kcal, 28g fat, 55g carbs, 87g protein

and 12 Kcal from 2 cinnamon sticks throughout the day
Days total: I can’t eat anymore…
3013 Kcal, 130g fat, 263g carbs, and a measly 185g protein…

I can’t eat anymore. My stomach’s already gonna be upset I’m pretty sure. I should get more protein, but the only sources are dairy and the only one I think I could stomach is milk, and I need like 4 cups of milk even then… Thats a quart of milk…

oh well.

My day was good. Got my workout in as planned.

At the college program, people (students/professors) from a university near us came and we chatted about our projects. I was at first reluctant (inwardly), but I soon found it very fun and mentally stimulating. I didn’t feel like I was being treated like a dummy who doesn’t know what they are doing at all (I swear… sometimes…). I know it’s not people’s fault a lot of the time, some people its just part of there personality. Overly positive in an unconfident way. If that makes sense. Part of it also is because I generally struggle with speaking, coming up with words to say on the fly. Writing is fine for me, just not physically speaking. I don’t get it.

I didn’t get to pour any agar plates, but that’s fine because now I have some more ideas to further my hypothesis and add on to my experimentation. I will have to read some stuff.

I need to shower and go to bed.

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December 12 2025 - W3D5 Recovery day

Will have to do homework today and get crocheting done. Lots of work to do.

12 minutes until breakfast.

Food so far
2 eggs
3/4 cup cottage cheese
1/2 protein granola
11 raspberries
1 Jimmy Dean sandwich
----Total: 936 Kcal, 50g fat, 65g carbs, 52g protein

Lunch:
1 wrap, lettuce with turkey and cheese (WHY was the wrap over half lettuce)
1 juice box
----Total: 184 Kcal, 3g fat, 31g carbs, 8g protein

Snack
2 chicken patties
1 reeses peanut butter tree
6 oz tilapia
----Total: 626 Kcal, 31g fat, 23g carbs, 63g protein

Need 1155 Kcal and 90g protein

Dinner is gonna be crap. Ugh. Looks like I’ll be eating more than I would like of other stuff

Im making my Christmas list finalized. Only things I REALLY ought to have. Wheels for my bike, a calculator, and of course some stuff I should have like a battery for my pocketwatch. I do want some chemistry stuff too, but, Its not too important really.

Eventually I want to go to the mall probably next year, and get a 3 piece suit and the whole chebang. It could be useful.

I’ve been thinking.

I might consider using creatine. It is supposed to help increase the rate of muscle growth, which would be good since I have a goal of being Superman for halloween 2027. I want to make sure I’m plenty big.

The reason I might get creatine is because it will be able to atleast somewhat counteract the fact I can’t eat a much beef and meat as I want. I really want to eat lots of beef but my mom will not get it. If I get creatine, and protein powder, I can ensure that I get enough of what I need for optimal muscle growth.

Then again, It would also mean I don’t get to say I have never used creatine. And it might feel like cheating to me, since its not something that can simply be obtained by drinking something/drying and powderizing something (like nonfat milk for protein powder)

Creatine could be a really powerful tool for me, and I might get it on Amazon. Of course I will only get the monohydrate since its the most common and effective. Suggestions on anything?


Currently eating. I will make myself go over my calories as much as I need today, I need to get my protein in.

I got all my protein in, il update tomorrow, its getting late.