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

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I actually do have a jump rope, but im not the biggest fan of the size of it, at least the last time I used it. Il have to try it out

Just did. Eh. I can make it work. Theres not a the most height in the house, so I will have to watch for the ceiling fans. The rope also doesn’t have as much weight as I would like. Its a rope one, I like the beaded ones. Last year at school I got pretty good at jump roping, I got up to criss crossing everyother jump, It was great, I think that was when I was my leanest actually. I enjoy jump roping.

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Today’s food
Breakfast:
2 eggs
1/2 cup mashed potatoes
2.5 oz duck
----Total: 456 Kcal, 24g fat, 21g carbs, 38g protein

Lunch
2 oz duck
1/2 cup candied sweet potatoes
3 oz ground beef(bbq)
1/4 cup corn
2 oz eclair
2 cookies
----Total: 847 Kcal, 40g fat, 74g carbs, 44g protein

Snack
1lb ground chicken (measured raw)
3 sweet pepper
1 celery stalk
1 pack olives
1/4 cup oats
2 tbsp half and half
----Total: 812 Kcal, 45g fat, 16g carbs, 83g protein

Dinner
3 chicken patties
1 roll
3 slices cheese
1 oz ham
1/2 cup Chex mix (homemade)
----Total: 1012 Kcal, 48g fat, 72g carbs, 63g protein

Days total: 3127 Kcal, 157g fat, 183g carbs, 229g protein

If it wasn’t for the crap, I would have been within my calories. This was before I said anything about not having the crap. So I am now done with it. Just because it is there does not mean I have to eat it.

Foods I get to eat to support my goals
Meat
Unsweetened dairy
vegetables
fruits
grains (oats)
seeds
nuts/nut butter (peanut butter is sweetened, but, it can be very useful
protein granola
Leftovers (if they are healthy)

Foods that do not fall into this list:
Cookies
Candy
Eclair
Chips (POTATO CHIPS ARE NOT A VEGETABLE)
Anything fried
anything sweetened (other than my granola since it helps me get my protein in.
Chex mix
Breads

So in short: Eat healthy food.

Im also giving myself a new rule. Drink an extra liter of water a day. I got a 1L water canister for Christmas, and my goal is to use it fully everyday. Its a minimum, so I can have as much water as a want (duh)

Im going to do some stretches and some movement. I need some. I feel lazy.

1188

December 27 2025 W5D6 Hopefully Bench/Squat/S1.

If I can go to the gym today, I will atleast be doing Bench, Pullups, Tricep Extension, and Maybe some leg machines. I will see if squat will cooperate, but it feels like my back won’t agree. If I can’t go to the gym, I will to 100 pushups, 50 pullups, and something else. Maybe wall sits, not sure.

I will do some cleaning today, and put the tires on my bike and test them out today. Im excited.

After I do my workout today, I will do some jump rope as a cool down and to get used to the rope.

Time to get moving. I had breakfast already, but Il track that later. I followed the list.

1189

The inner tubes don’t fit. We ordered a 20inch bike set. WHY ARE THERE A 29 INCH INNER TUBES? The tires are the right size, but they didn’t put in the correct tubes. Stupid…

Food so far:
Breakfast:
2 eggs
1.5 oz turkey
3/4 cup cottage cheese,
1/2 cup protein granola
6 blackberries
1 banana
----Total: 647 Kcal, 21g fat, 65g carbs, 49g protein

Snack
2 oz beef bbq
1/3 cup macaroni and cheese
----Total: 291 Kcal, 17g fat, 12g carbs, 21g protein

Need 1962 Kcal and 144g protein.

I will go clean up the garage soon since it is a mess. I have some plans.

1190

Hey man I read you were struggling with the conditioning options. Don’t discount just walking for easy conditioning. K Black explicitly lists that as an option for a reason, and I’ve just been walking 30-60 minutes daily (bundled up in 2-3 layers) rather than my usual rucking sessions. Another option you might consider is easy bodyweight circuits; stuff like squats, burpees, jumping jacks, squat thrusts, mountain climbers, etc. Just remember to not to blow yourself to pieces on those like its some kind of crossfit games hero session. Your heart rate should be up but you should still be able to hold a conversation.

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Yeah, Il try to keep that in mind. I think a big reason why I haven’t done any of the conditioning is because my mind tries to believe “well, walking isn’t really exercise, so if I cut it out it won’t make any difference”, even though that’s wrong. I remember using walking to cut fat 2 summers ago. It worked.

Bodyweight circuits should be fun, and I also have a Wii game for fitness, so I can use that as conditioning.

Can’t go to the gym today. Brother is still sick, and its too icy out anyways. So I will have to do something here. 100 pushups, 50 pullups, 10 max time wall sits (this should kill my legs pretty good), and maybe Il do some core work too, like some planks or whatever.

Im going to start saving electronic scraps again. I did for awhile, but threw it all away (even though I had so much…) because I got discouraged from getting the gold because of my lack of equipment. I need to do it again. For every kilo of the gold plated finger things, I can extract about 1g of gold. If I use the school, I won’t have to buy anything. I might have to buy vinegar if I do the initial step here, but that’s pretty cheap.

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Overestimated myself for pullups and wall sits. I wasn’t able to do many pullups, I think I got 5 total? So I switched to inverted rows and did 50. I cut wall sits to 5, it was burning so much, I liked it but… man. Im going to finish with some core. Wil practice ab wheels. I can basically do it with my knees, so I need to get better. I want to be able to do it normally.

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Workout:
100 pushups
50 inv. rows
5 wall sits
a few knee ab roller exercises
Great chest pump from the pushups, better than when I do my normal lifts.

I will track my food stuff in a bit. Need to get in my protein, im 78g short, and 673 Kcal short.

1194

Yesterday’s food
I followed my diet well. The only deviance was with the mini croissants with dinner, but mom made them so I ate some.
Total: 2885 Kcal (15 UNDER?!), 106g fat, 252g carbs, 214g protein

I got my protein, and got under my calories slightly. That surprises me.

December 28th 2025 W5D7

Went to sleep at 10 (I was watching My Cousin Vinny with my parents, and I had to stay to the end because I wanted to see the part where the girl was testifying about how it couldn’t possibly be the same car), so I only got out of bed at 8. First waking up was at 6, which is a first for me. Normally I wake up at 4 when I go to bed around 8-9pm. That’s only 7-8 hours of sleep, so I know its not enough for me.

Today I want to clean my stuff up in the garage more, since yesterday I had been rewrapping the copper wire I had into a more manageable item. I got the deer hide moved out of the way, too.

I had an idea for a business. I would buy pennies, sort out the ones from 1962-1982, and then melt them down and get the 95% copper, sell it, and then with the extra money (it would yield about $1.41/dollar spent) I would buy more and keep that going until I had thousands of dollars. Of course, that’s illegal, stupid laws. So Il just do something legal, like taking the silver coins I may find in half dollar rolls.

I don’t know what I want to do with myself. Not just over break, but in general. I think I need to get my mind to realize, “Hey, it’s okay to have fun. Its okay to be happy”. I think a lot of times, I always think I need to find something to do because its not good to have fun. My mind, I think, doesn’t like (or says it doesn’t like) to have fun. I need to get rid of that.

I can think logically.

  1. Working on herbal pharmaceutical chemistry
  • I can learn about the different constituents of herbs
  • I can learn about the different extraction methods of herbs
  • I can learn about the medicinal properties of herbs
  • I can gain experience on what I will be doing if (Im really thinking I will) decide to become a botanical-pharmaceutical-chemical-person.
  • I can write a manuscript about the herbs, And how to prepare them to best extract the medicinal compounds

This sounds very good to do.

  1. Work on some craft projects, for fun.
  • gives my mind a break
  • Easy
  • I get something I can keep
  • I can sell stuff

These both sound good. Il flip a coin and find out what i want to do

Chemistry studies. I got heads 3 times in a row, with neutral feeling. I feel glad to be able to do chemistry stuff

Oh, my measurements for today:

170lbs (I did it… I made it to 170 by the end of this year. That means Ive gained just about 30lbs in a years time. Ive gained 40lbs since ive started lifting at about 130lbs. Crazy to think about.
Chest: 41+3/8 inch (+1/8 inch, probably just because its sore)
Waist: 32.5 inches
Biceps: 14+1/8 inch (+1/8 inch)
Glute: 37 inches
Thigh: 24 inches (+1/4 inch, that’s good)

Today I have to do my conditioning workout

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Not sure what I would actually do for chemistry stuff… Im gonna let it sit awhile.
I will do some crocheting, I want to make a jellyfish i made before, it would sell good.

But first, lunch.

1196

This is a Puritan idea, longstanding in American culture. Google Francine Prose “In defense of Naps.” You can’t get the actual essay but Google AI summarizes it.

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That’s right, I remember learning about that in AP US History last year.

I did search it up, and to what I see, Francine Prose didn’t write an essay of that name. However, there is a book written by Barbara Holland, of the title “Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences”. Is this what you were referring to?

In any case, I may read this book. The title had put me off initially, but after reading some reviews and the initial summary I found on a few booksites, I think I would enjoy it. It agrees with me, in the sense (of what I’ve read in the reviews), that I should enjoy simply things such as a “…fresh peach, [or] an afternoon spent laying on a hammock reading…”. That is what I actually find enjoyable and leasurely,

If I ever get through the book I’m reading that was due in October that desperatly needs to be renewed or returned, I will see if our library has that.

Food so far:

Breakfast:
1 bagel
2 tbsp peanut butter
1/2 tbsp honey
2 oz ground beef
1/2 cup candied sweet potatoes
-----Total: 740 Kcal, 30g fat, 83g carbs, 32g protein

Lunch
2 oz ground beef and gravy
1/2 cup mashed potatoes
1/4 cup corn
1/2 tsp butter
1 pack protein oatmeal
----Total: 511 Kcal, 19g fat, 53g carbs, 29g protein

Need 1649 Kcal and 152g protein

I found out I have another jump rope. It was in a drawer in my room with my exercise stuff that I got in Christmas 2024.

I am going to calmly, and happily, crochet a keychain while I drink water.

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I had to read it a while ago, remember it as an essay but it could have been an excerpt. It is well written and interesting.

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Not sure what to do for my exercise. Ive been doing some movement, but it doesn’t feel like exercise.

I cant jump a bunch, it hurts my back a bit
I can’t run, its icy/cold/its night out
I can’t ride my bike, i don’t have inner tubes,/its icy/cold/ its night out
I can’t jog in place, it hurts my back a bit

I don’t know what to do for conditioning. I don’t know why my back still hurts. I don’t know what to do. Im supposed to deadlift/ohp and stuff tomorrow… not with this back im not. Well, for overhead press I can sit down, but deadlift, ?

It hurts when I arch my back backwards. When I lay down, it hurts for a little bit and then subsides. Why? How do I fix it? I think its from bad posture when crocheting… a week ago. It shouldn’t have affected it that much nor for this long.

1200

I wish it wasn’t so tedious to get my food in. Need to get 44g protein and 441 Kcal. I thought I had plenty of protein, guess not.

Time to have breakfast for the last meal of the day

1201

Days total: 3087 Kcal, 127g fat, 252g carbs, 214g protein

Decent eating today. followed all my rules, minus some of the bread I had. I don’t find bread to be an issue, so I will allow that just for peace of mind

I have a goal for the next year: Work on making my crochet/jewelry business. I want to make a decent profit (at least 1k net, a really good goal is 5k net but ehhhh we will see)

I have 15lbs of copper wire, a bunch of yarn, and lots of other supplies, so I can start it.

Time for sleep

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With all the fancy exercise equipment shoved our way the jump rope might be the ultimate conditioning tool. I used to jump a lot of rope in my youth. There are two varieties I found beneficial. The first is the good old leather rope boxers use:

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The next type I found useful, and I bought my first one around 1984, is the Lifeline USA beaded rope:

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Find the right length and get outside, or inside, and start skipping rope. Regarding back pain, if need be star with 100 skips and work from there. If all else fails pick up an assault bike.

Good Luck

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Yeah I was seeing those when I was looking online about it. I have one that is what they call a licorice rope. Not too different from the leather one, just a different material. I like the beaded ones, they have a good feel to them.

Yeah the back pain, I don’t know whether it would be good for me to jump rope. Its not a pain I trust to aggregate. I’ve been adding in catcows, not sure if its working or if I being lazy with them.

December 29 2025, W6D1 I don’t even know…

Il see if I can go to the gym, and try to lift there, but Im not counting on it. If I can go there, but not lift, I probably will just go on the treadmill or stair stepper and get some conditioning.

Kinda feel depressed sometimes. My eyesight is slowly getting worse, and I hate the notion that I need my glasses. It makes me feel useless. I know its just a pair of glasses, but still. And with my back pain, that frustrates me because it makes me feel like I can’t do anything physical. And being frustrated makes me upset and sad. And I’m just confused on what to do with myself sometimes, too.

But at the same time, I’m happy and at peace. Its really a dissonance between me, and myself.

Nevertheless, today I have hope. I have stuff I get to do today, like crocheting, and working on making copper linked jewelry. I plan on making a good profit on it.

Time for breakfast

1204

Breakfast:
2 slices toast
3 tbsp peanut butter
1 tsp honey
1 cup milk
1/2 cup protein granola
2 oz ground beef
1 cup black/spearmint tea
----Total: 943 Kcal, 47g fat, 79g carbs, 49g protein

Need 1957 Kcal and 164g protein.

Time to work on finishing this crochet keychain I’m making, then I might work on my jewelry making.

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Delusional self forgiveness!