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Thor's Thunder: Electrake's Epic Training Tales
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Segansational
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Think it's going around... feeling a little like something's about to hit me too. Sneezing a lot, runny nose too.
Electrake
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4/8/24
Main - Squat
Weight - 214.6
Oof! Really had to dig deep to finish the bench! I'm pretty happy that my weight is still down nearly 10lb from a month+ ago but I'm still lifting the same weights. How that happened is another story. Finished my tub of Karbolyn today as well as PEA relief, time to drop some money it looks like.
Also, I squished my fingers reracking 45s
Main - Squat
- 5 x 155lb
- 5 x 195
- 5 x 265
- 5 x 315
- 5 x 335
- 3 x 370
- 10 x 5 @ 210
- cable rows 5x10 220
- Single arm tricep extensions 5x10 30lb
- Leg Press 5x10 885lb
- calf press 2x25 1005
Weight - 214.6
Oof! Really had to dig deep to finish the bench! I'm pretty happy that my weight is still down nearly 10lb from a month+ ago but I'm still lifting the same weights. How that happened is another story. Finished my tub of Karbolyn today as well as PEA relief, time to drop some money it looks like.
Also, I squished my fingers reracking 45s
Dustin07
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isn't that funny though after all the weight you moved?
It's like how there's no weight heavier in the world than the 45s you have to unrack from a barbell after a PR deadlift
when I was xfit'ing I thought barbell jacks were sacrilegious, now I am pissed every gym doesn't have them
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isn't that funny though after all the weight you moved?
It's like how there's no weight heavier in the world than the 45s you have to unrack from a barbell after a PR deadlift
when I was xfit'ing I thought barbell jacks were sacrilegious, now I am pissed every gym doesn't have them
It's kind of like how most injuries are caused by lower weights - and people racking them or just grabbing them up and getting injured bc of not bracing or preparing correctly like we would for a lift.
Hyde
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isn't that funny though after all the weight you moved?
It's like how there's no weight heavier in the world than the 45s you have to unrack from a barbell after a PR deadlift
when I was xfit'ing I thought barbell jacks were sacrilegious, now I am pissed every gym doesn't have them
Gotta roll the inside plate near the collar onto a chip homie. You can do that anywhere to jack one end up quick.
Dustin07
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thats exactly why I keep a 5# beside my platform when I'm pulling
and if I'm down to 225 on the way down, I'll usually just set that last rep on the rack and unrack manually that way
Electrake
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Protein for days...
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That's a cup of oyster mushrooms sauteed in garlic and ghee, 2 full eggs, 4 egg whites, 3 Kodiak protein pancakes (made with milk and egg) with a tablespoon peanut butter between each, cup of spinach, feta, and .33lb pork tenderloin. Macrofactor says only 960cal. Get it
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That's a cup of oyster mushrooms sauteed in garlic and ghee, 2 full eggs, 4 egg whites, 3 Kodiak protein pancakes (made with milk and egg) with a tablespoon peanut butter between each, cup of spinach, feta, and .33lb pork tenderloin. Macrofactor says only 960cal. Get it
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SkRaw85
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You really are a fun guy!
Dustin07
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gonna try this move on the wife I think
Dustin07
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I'm cutting hard and I'm gonna have to unsubscribe to this thread with all the food talk going on lol
the food pr0n always pops up around here on my fasting days
sns8778
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the food pr0n always pops up around here on my fasting days
I've only talked to a couple people on here privately about the cut I'm doing now. I haven't posted the details about it bc its not the 'smart' way to do it or a way that I would recommend anyone else do it. It's extreme extreme - both in terms of fat loss supplements and the diet itself.
I'd let myself gain a lot of fat back after slacking off after Thanksgiving and it was really affecting me mentally. Then I had a really bad family situation I'm dealing with, and mentally I hit the point where I have to get this fat off now - it almost became more of a mental health issue and anxiety trigger if that makes sense.
All my life, I've been a depression eater. And I can't do that right now with this situation bc I had already gained so much fat it was really affecting me mentally. But I know me and know I can't do a prolonged gradual 'smart' cut bc I will screw it up and eat bc of the stress I'm under. So instead, I'm doing an extreme - feel like walking death type of cut haha.
Electrake
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So get this ****, I've been working on a new pre-qual mortgage because of my current life events and I like to be prepared ahead of time. I get a call from my loan officer at Rocket, with whom I currently have a mortgage, he says that I am being blacklisted from them for future mortgages AND he is under scrutiny after being with them for 12 years. I had to switch my role with my current employer from a 1099 employee to a W2 salary employee, which i had been working on since before dealing with a new mortgage. Whatever cock bag is director of their department is blaming this poor guy for "coaching" me, which is very illegal for a guy in his role, to switch my employment to W2, which he didn't do. Not even a huge problem, I just can't believe the ridiculousness of it, I just need to reapply with another company.
I'll share today's workout in a bit, really jacked up my elbow and shoulder
I'll share today's workout in a bit, really jacked up my elbow and shoulder
Electrake
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Thanks for dropping in! Definitely a foodie...
sns8778
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I'm sorry to hear about your elbow and shoulder, and about the mortgage situation.
Borrowing money is a crazy process now days - you see and hear of people getting loans and wonder how they were even able to; and then people that have good credit and you'd think could easily, can't or have a very difficult time with it.
Electrake
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Yeah this is just such an unusual situation, I've literally never heard of something like this happening! I don't generally believe things happen for a reason, but things do end up as they are supposed to. So we will see.
Electrake
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I'll just type it out instead of my copy/paste
4/9/24
OHP got up to 170lb today, 6th set, went for my third press which would be a rep PR. Angry lifting, elbow broke out (not literally) to the side and shoulder spasmed or something on the other side, and I dropped back down to my front rack and reracked the bar. I don't really have another opportunity to lift until Saturday, so I'm going to take it easy and maybe add in an extra pepti-plex and PEA when it gets in.
As far as the angry, the mortgage thing got to me, particularly the admission that I was getting what I asked for until "Customer Protection" went insane and got me. It'll all be fine, my body will heal, and I'll get what I need financially. But damn
4/9/24
OHP got up to 170lb today, 6th set, went for my third press which would be a rep PR. Angry lifting, elbow broke out (not literally) to the side and shoulder spasmed or something on the other side, and I dropped back down to my front rack and reracked the bar. I don't really have another opportunity to lift until Saturday, so I'm going to take it easy and maybe add in an extra pepti-plex and PEA when it gets in.
As far as the angry, the mortgage thing got to me, particularly the admission that I was getting what I asked for until "Customer Protection" went insane and got me. It'll all be fine, my body will heal, and I'll get what I need financially. But damn
sns8778
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I never allow myself to lift when I'm mad, because I've had similar experiences of tweeking things when I did.
I've had weird things happen with loans too - like having a refi approved and then the lender not being able to do it bc they themselves had over lended, which had zero to do with me. I hate the thought of even trying anything with loans now days bc it always seems ridiculously over complicated. And then just pisses you off when you see other people that you know you're more qualified than, get loans like its nothing.
akboom87
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Sorry to hear about the elbow. Yeah I don’t have a clue how so many people get loans that should not but then ones that qualify jump through the hoops. I am not a fan of mortgage company’s/banks/insurance and many other places but I’ll leave that tin foil hat for another day 
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Electrake
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100% necessary evils in this day... the thread on it at Kleens log covers it well lolSorry to hear about the elbow. Yeah I don’t have a clue how so many people get loans that should not but then ones that qualify jump through the hoops. I am not a fan of mortgage company’s/banks/insurance and many other places but I’ll leave that tin foil hat for another day
akboom87
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Yes it does. People make jokes about my older vehicles(no car payments) and not having all the stuff like they do. But then I hear them cry bloody murder when water heater,air conditioner etc etc breaks. They got to go get a loan or another credit card to fund the repair.
Dustin07
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I'm the opposite, when the good times roll, so do my jelly fat rolls
Good luck homie!! It takes me really finding the grit in determination to pull off great cuts. I was super happy with my results from NYE to mid Feb's Mexico trip and now that my wife is doing better and is joining me for a work trip in mid/late may I feel "inspired" to pull back some athleticism and drop a few more.
Dustin07
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this is irritating to say the least. I honestly don't even see the issue if there had been coaching. at the end of the day its on you to prove you are viable for a loan and it's on them to approve it, but explaining how you may be a better candidate seems not only fine but like good business practice to me.
Electrake
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I'm alive!!!
Went out of town Thursday last week, my army unit was retiring their colors and had a ball that alumni were invited to. It was a glorious mess. Anyway, life update, got preapproved through another mortgage company Penfed and that's basically just waiting on the sell of my house now. HUGE weight off my shoulders, but far from even close to being done with this crap.
Hoping to get into the gym this afternoon, moving furniture out of the house to willing takers.
Went out of town Thursday last week, my army unit was retiring their colors and had a ball that alumni were invited to. It was a glorious mess. Anyway, life update, got preapproved through another mortgage company Penfed and that's basically just waiting on the sell of my house now. HUGE weight off my shoulders, but far from even close to being done with this crap.
Hoping to get into the gym this afternoon, moving furniture out of the house to willing takers.
akboom87
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Sounds like you had a good time! Glad things are moving along in the right direction!
Electrake
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Haven't trained in a week Today is the day though. The future exwife was here the last two days so I had to take advantage of that time to use her help to prep the house for sale, getting rid of crap, rehoming my breakfast makers (chickens) etc. It'll be 4 days back to back this week. I'm considering starting dedicated recomp cycle, my schedule won't be any sort of normal again until I move in Mid-June if I'm lucky, I dont expect to watch any training weights going up until then. Regardless, I'm going to start the 531 cycle I'm on back to week 1 today and push through Saturday.
Today is the day though. The future exwife was here the last two days so I had to take advantage of that time to use her help to prep the house for sale, getting rid of crap, rehoming my breakfast makers (chickens) etc. It'll be 4 days back to back this week. I'm considering starting dedicated recomp cycle, my schedule won't be any sort of normal again until I move in Mid-June if I'm lucky, I dont expect to watch any training weights going up until then. Regardless, I'm going to start the 531 cycle I'm on back to week 1 today and push through Saturday.
Segansational
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Back at it. Nice work!
Random, but my wife wants us to get chickens. Level of work to have to invest in? I'm not really loving the idea, but fresh eggs could be nice. And I hear they eat mosquitos.
Random, but my wife wants us to get chickens. Level of work to have to invest in? I'm not really loving the idea, but fresh eggs could be nice. And I hear they eat mosquitos.
Electrake
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I said it before, but I'm pretty stoked my strength is about where it was when **** hit the fan for me a few months ago, but endurance is in the crapper. All this weight I've dropped will make a fantastic platform to jump off of when I'm relocated and ready.
The initial investment as far as a coop/run isn't bad unless you go crazy with it, and my 10 peeps ate about ~$30 of food and scratch per month. Granted I had built an automatic waterer from a 250gal tote, my morning time investment was usually less than 5min. Throw out scratch and mealworms, maybe fill their gravity feeder I made from PVC, and grab eggs. They're actually pretty fulfilling to watch messing around and listen to the happy chicken sounds lol. But, they can also get quite smelly, and they do die for seemingly no reason occasionally lol.
akboom87
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That’s the way to get back after it! Good looking session man.
Dustin07
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I think my coop ran me close to $2k or more when I built it, but it was during COVID when lumber prices were just absolutely retarded high. I've added a run about 2-3x bigger than what you see here in the coop pictures.
I was able to roof it with leftover roofing tile I found, then put cedar shake siding on from leftovers we had off our house, and painted it with left over deck paint we had.
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I went down and did like an 18" trench all the way around the coop, ran predator fencing in there, backfilled with gravel. no rats or others have ever been able to penetrate it and I have videos at night of racoons climbing all over it. last week I caught a cougar on the cam walking right past the coop.
we keep 9 chickens and 2 ducks. got 8 eggs last night, average 6 or 7 a day. my wife just got 5 more chicks (doh) that she raises.......................... in the extra bathroom. but her idea was to have some birds a year younger than the rest so that the egg production doesn't stop next year....
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Electrake
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Ah, chicken math lol. Nice looking coop! My coop was all recycled from pallets, with a corrugated vinyl roof top, separate nesting boxes in the run also made from pallet wood. The run was chain link I snagged cheap off Craigslist, and built a roof over half, the rest just netting. No big predators here, but lots of birds of prey, neighborhood dogs, and rats. I've never seen a racoon, but I did have to kick a sleepy opossum out of the nesting boxes once. My last place, I made "Taj-mah-coop," similar to yours, completely impregnable and I spent a small fortune on it, damn pitbull tore through the hardware cloth and annihilated my flock
It was in a neighborhood, took every bit of me to not go out there with my 12g when I saw it stuck in the run and dead birds everywhere. Bastard was committed.
Dustin07
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damn pitbull tore through the hardware cloth and annihilated my flock
when I was a kid, dad caught the neighbors dog in our coop. the neighbor took his own dog out with a .22 on the spot.
My aussidor did get one of our chickens this year... dumb bird flew out of the run (no predator netting on top yet) and decided to fly right into the fenced in back yard with the dogs that I had protected it from. so even my wife had a hard time being mad at our dog......
but if I caught someone elses animal in my bird coop I'd probably shoot it. I have six acres to burry it.
that's cause you aint in kansas anymore amigo. no such thing as cheap in the pnw lol. I added a bunch of chainlink to our yard last year. I was able to repurpose chainlink from our garden to do half the back yard, but even the half I had to do myself I think closed in on $4k. the gates alone were over $200, it was just stupid expensive. I was at home depot a week or two ago and saw the gates are now 1/2 price what I paid. I looked everywhere for cheap left over materials on craigslist, fb marketplace etc and it was so expensive I just bought most of it new (and repurposed our own to save money).
Electrake
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Yeah I lived in a neighborhood in Charlotte that was featured on the show "Ganglands" and didn't really fit in, didn't want to start some turf wars
This was part of a long conversation I had with my family yesterday about not moving back lol. VERY easy to move away, but adapting to a lower cost of living makes moving back out of the question. Hell, I'm eyeballing 2500sqft on 8 acres for $400k, and that's expensive here! My dad's place in Lake Stevens on an acre next to the farm was just valued at $850k or some insanity like that..
Hyde
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That’s some feudal Japanese-level sh!t right there.
Dustin07
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it's no joke. I sold a studio loft, like 500sq ft, for $385k.
my first house is a 1bdrm 550sq ft house I sold to my former father in law, now worth $400k.
it seemed over priced when I bought it for $120k, then really over priced when I sold it to him for $220k.
for real, even my dad didn't like it. My dad went to the neighbor and said your dog got into my chickens again. Neighbor says how do you know it was my dog? Right about then the dog comes trotting down the driveway with a chicken in his mouth... neighbor says, can I borrow your .22?
Dad hesitantly says yeah..... I don't think he totally believed he was going to shoot his own dog.