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Weights up, scales down…

Hyde said:
If you are enjoying training, don’t be shy about that! That’s how you enrich your life with it. Do what you find satisfying or value.
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That is a very important part to enjoy and make it where it’s still work and still productive to whatever goals one has but enjoying the process.
 
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Warmups

Deadlift-
45x10
115x6
135x6
155x3
10x3x170
1x3x205

Close grip bench-
45x10
115x8
4x8x130

Stiff legged deadlift-
45x10
4x8x115

Bent over BB row- head support on incline bench
4x8x95

BB OHP
45x10
95x5
115x5
125x5
95x8

Band under bench- seated lateral raise
5x10

Seated lateral raise- plates
5x10x10

Think I started with really good numbers to base the percentages off. Things are feeling great. This is hard to describe, feels like I’m finally tuning into more power and drive things seem to be a lot more explosive if that makes any sense at all.

Really excited for this 8 week block.
 
It makes perfect sense, and it is always a good thing to be excited about your training block!
 
W3-D1

Warmups

Squat-
45x10
115x6
135x5
155x3
185x2
3x6x195

Squat pause-
3x5x155

Bulgarian split squat-
3x10x25# plate

BB RDL
95x6
2x15x135

Plate curls
2x20x25

Sit-up
2x15 + 45# plate

1.5 mile treadmill jog

I was so tempted to do more squats with more weight 😅 they just grooving so easy.

Also going to do a scale check tomorrow morning, if I’m not at new low I’m dang close judging by clothes and mirror.

Also are chickens are laying eggs still got more to come but we have been clocking in about dozen every day now for the last 4 days! So needless to say been eating a lot of eggs.
 
akboom87 said:
Not quite a new low, but very close.

205.8 this morning
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Sounds like really good news, if you feel you look lean enough to be at a new low, but aren't. That's a pretty good sign you added some muscle.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Sounds like really good news, if you feel you look lean enough to be at a new low, but aren't. That's a pretty good sign you added some muscle.
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I think I’ve definitely added some tissue just looking back at old pictures. Not going to really change anything up just going to keep plugging along at what I have been doing!
 
akboom87 said:
Also are chickens are laying eggs still got more to come but we have been clocking in about dozen every day now for the last 4 days! So needless to say been eating a lot of eggs.
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a couple of our old broody hens past egg years started eating eggs from our new (this years chicks) layers so my wife moved them into the meat bird pen to figure out which one was the egg eater. Now that she's got it dialed down to the two culprits, I suspect they'll be going on a ride in the chicken plucker this weekend 😂
 
Dustin07 said:
a couple of our old broody hens past egg years started eating eggs from our new (this years chicks) layers so my wife moved them into the meat bird pen to figure out which one was the egg eater. Now that she's got it dialed down to the two culprits, I suspect they'll be going on a ride in the chicken plucker this weekend 😂
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Nothing like a little Aged chicken!
 
Dustin07 said:
a couple of our old broody hens past egg years started eating eggs from our new (this years chicks) layers so my wife moved them into the meat bird pen to figure out which one was the egg eater. Now that she's got it dialed down to the two culprits, I suspect they'll be going on a ride in the chicken plucker this weekend 😂
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Warmups

Bench-
45x10
115x5
135x5
155x3
170x3
3x6x170

Bench-pause
3x3x185

Incline bench-
5x8x125

Plate chest -
5x10x25
Superset- BB upright row
5x10x50


1 mile jog 4.5 mph

Man it rained this afternoon so this was one super humid garage session! Great pump, lots of good reps!
 
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Warmups

Squat- puase
45x10
115x5
135x5
155x2
6x2x180

Front squat-
115x5
150x10
150x8
150x6

Sit-ups
2x15 +45# plate

Pretty low drive this session. Also hand dug around the well house and drilled through the concrete to stub out my water line. Hope to make some good progress on the plumbing this weekend!
 
Dustin07 said:
if you rigged up a good battery bank/solar you'd be fully off grid then?
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We have solar that runs the lower well for stock tanks.

This is the main well up at the house. Not at this time looking to switch over (electric here is really not that much).

I should rephrase that used the backhoe to dig the trench then hand dug along the concrete and then drilled through to stub the pipe through.

I’m doing 2” pvc into the house and sliding 1” PEX through that will connect for the water. I wanted to do a sleeve just for the rare case something ever happened to the water line, I could pull the pex and replace.
 
akboom87 said:
I’m doing 2” pvc into the house and sliding 1” PEX through that will connect for the water. I wanted to do a sleeve just for the rare case something ever happened to the water line, I could pull the pex and replace.
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clearly not your first rodeo. when I first pictured that I was like oh crap man, if your pex was to burst how would you ever find it without busting open your PVC, but then I realized your long term plan there. that's actuually pretty genius, wish I had done that when I redid ours a couple summers ago!


akboom87 said:
Also first duck eggs!

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that looks awesome. my wife wants to get more ducks and I'm 100% ok with it since ours have passed their egg bearing years.
 
That breakfast looks good, and very smart on using PVC as a conduit.
 
W3-D4

Warm ups

Deadlift-
45x10
115x8
135x5
155x5
180x1
6x3x180
1x3x220

Close grip bench- pause
45x10
115x5
135x5
140x2
4x6x140

Stiff legged deadlift-
115x5
135x3
3x10x135

BB row- head supported on incline bench
95x5
3x10x100

BB OHP-
45x5
95x3
100x3
120x3
130x3
140x3

BB shrugs-
2x15x185

Was a late session, by the time I set batter boards and re stringing the pad then ate and took the kids for a walk, well the evening was gone 😂
 
Whew this weekend was brutal. Got some plumbing dug in and dug up the connection to the sewer line so I can come up with fittings to tie in.

Most of the digging was with a pick and shovel. On top 100 degrees each day it was a tot body workout.

Was really hoping to be done with plumbing this weekend but didn’t happen. Also to not I’m a super meticulous so I keep adjusting until it’s perfect, so that adds more time.
 
akboom87 said:
On the lumber and bigger ticket items they are close.
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yeah I go back and forth between wilco and home depot out here. I need about 125 fence posts for my current project and those add up fast at $14.99 for the 3" rounds and close to $30 for the 5". so I do shop those out some.
 
Dustin07 said:
yeah I go back and forth between wilco and home depot out here. I need about 125 fence posts for my current project and those add up fast at $14.99 for the 3" rounds and close to $30 for the 5". so I do shop those out some.
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Fence posts are no joke man. I about fell over when I saw the price of 3” sch 40 pvc at basically 60$ a stick.
 
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Warmups

Squat-
45x10
135x5
155x5
185x5
205x1
4x4x205

Squat- pause
3x3x160

Bulgarian split squats
2x10x35

BB RDL
95x10
135x5
2x12x155

BB curls
2x20x45
Superset
Plate strict curls
2x20x15

Band curls
2x30

Situps
2x20 + 45# plate

Whew this was a session, body pretty tired from all the regular outdoor work.

Was hoping to get a few other things done this evening but needed to get oil changed on 2 trucks. Compost needed swapping out for a new batch. Then mowed along the road it needed it plus I need the grass clippings to start my other compost pile. Then the chicken coop need a hosing out 😂

Then like that it was evening and the kids wanted to go for a side by ride so we went and had a cruise. 😎


Alsooooo tomorrow is opening day of dove season so pretty excited for that. So tomorrow evening will be all about getting setup for that.
 
Nice workout, especially considering all your chores in addition to. It looks like your wife is giving you a little hint with the shirt that she’s liking your results from your training. 😎👍
 
akboom87 said:
Also incoming mid workout selfie. The wife got me this shirt and it cracks me up that is the one she picked

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gphagan1 said:
Nice workout, especially considering all your chores in addition to. It looks like your wife is giving you a little hint with the shirt that she’s liking your results from your training.
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Haha, spicy! For sure she's liking those results!! good on ya mate.
 
good wife, good squats, huge chore day. looking forward to seeing a pile of doves!!
I keep going back and forth between gearing up for duck and deer season... its just getting harder and harder with less and less public land to work (especially for ducks)
 
Dustin07 said:
good wife, good squats, huge chore day. looking forward to seeing a pile of doves!!
I keep going back and forth between gearing up for duck and deer season... its just getting harder and harder with less and less public land to work (especially for ducks)
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My brother in law just came down to visit while mom was here and told me I need to come out to hunt his 40 acres. I asked him about processing the deer, and he was like Dude, we process it at the house, put it in a big cooler, pack it with ice and send it home with you. So now, I might be heading up to Arkansas this year to get some venison, and some other game meats. He just moved there recently from a big place in Ohio he had. So I need to try to take advantage of that, especially if not paying for processing that would end up being some cheap meat!
 
MrKleen73 said:
My brother in law just came down to visit while mom was here and told me I need to come out to hunt his 40 acres. I asked him about processing the deer, and he was like Dude, we process it at the house, put it in a big cooler, pack it with ice and send it home with you. So now, I might be heading up to Arkansas this year to get some venison, and some other game meats. He just moved there recently from a big place in Ohio he had. So I need to try to take advantage of that, especially if not paying for processing that would end up being some cheap meat!
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Dude you absolutely should. I know it can be a bit to do, packing all your **** to head off for a hunt, but its amazingly therapeutic and I don't know what processors charge in TX-Arkansas areas but I know up here being able to do it yourself will save you at least $160-200+.

another thing my wife and I have done is take the fattiest pork butt we can find and grind it in with vension to make some of the most delicious ground venison burgers you could possibly have.... so even if the wife doesn't take to venison steak, ground is always good.
 
MrKleen73 said:
My brother in law just came down to visit while mom was here and told me I need to come out to hunt his 40 acres. I asked him about processing the deer, and he was like Dude, we process it at the house, put it in a big cooler, pack it with ice and send it home with you. So now, I might be heading up to Arkansas this year to get some venison, and some other game meats. He just moved there recently from a big place in Ohio he had. So I need to try to take advantage of that, especially if not paying for processing that would end up being some cheap meat!
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For sure if you can I would take advantage of that. Definitely not to hard to process a deer lots of YouTube videos to at least get a general idea. When processing your self you can also save a lot more meat then taking to processing plant.

On average when we do a deer after it’s already cleaned and skinned and aged. Cutting/grinding/ wrapping-vacuum sealing 2 people we can usually have it done in 4 hours give or take.


Also don’t forget it makes great jerky! You can buy the jerky marinade and then smoke it and worlds best jerky
 
Dustin07 said:
good wife, good squats, huge chore day. looking forward to seeing a pile of doves!!
I keep going back and forth between gearing up for duck and deer season... its just getting harder and harder with less and less public land to work (especially for ducks)
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I fully understand that, when I was living up North I was like this freaking sucks there is little public ground I had no private ground to hunt.


Now being back down south have a rough estimate of probably 10,000 acres of private land to hunt. And then the area is full of Walk in hunting land that opens in November and goes to February. Granted the reason there is so much it’s an incentive from the state they pay farmers to roll there ground in for the winter months for public land.
 
What sauce / salsa is that? Looks fire!
 
akboom87 said:
It’s the cholula chipotle hot sauce, my new favorite
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Oh nice, I was thinking probably a chipotle with the color. I haven't tried that one. I might have to get myself a bottle.
 
MrKleen73 said:
What is funny is I got on here to give an status update and got distracted. The last week and a half I have been pushing things harder anywhere I can. I decided what I love is the hard work, the fight, and I really need that to truly enjoy my training. I am not really worried about the neck and all of the nerve pain any longer as long as I am careful with things that cause problems. Also the issue with my AC joint, and my collarbone and therefor shoulder being unstable is simply not going to go away any time soon. So I can't keep babying it so much. I need to refrain from things that cause pain, but kick ass otherwise.

So the last 2 weeks I have really been testing limits and pushing harder in the gym.

Basically been pushing things as hard as I can on anything I feel I can safely, going to one rep before form failure, then either adding in long range partials, or 2 rest pauses on the last set of exercises depending on the movement or situation. Legs have been more sets per exercise, less exercises kind of thing. Been doing 2 compound movements

Today is a full body Muscle Round day. Then I wait a day or two and start over depending on how my shoulder is feeling. It click, pops, and snags now when I have to protract it under force. It's like the distal end of my collarbone is loosely attached, and just gets pushed around as I move through certain ranges of motion. Surprisingly it is not as painful as one would think, unless it gets really out of place like it did with overhead press last week. However it being this loose is causing more guarding, so my trap, pec, and right side of my neck and scalines get super tight when it gets pushed, but it is not something I can't work around. The way I see it, I might as well just push as hard as I can on what I can and get as much enjoyment out of training as I can.

We are 2 weeks in and I am maintaining well with MIL around making food all the time. I am not making much in the way of progress but not really backsliding, and the calories aren't hurting my training so... I am not going to stress and will clean things up once she heads back home this weekend.
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Dustin07 said:
Dude you absolutely should. I know it can be a bit to do, packing all your **** to head off for a hunt, but its amazingly therapeutic and I don't know what processors charge in TX-Arkansas areas but I know up here being able to do it yourself will save you at least $160-200+.

another thing my wife and I have done is take the fattiest pork butt we can find and grind it in with vension to make some of the most delicious ground venison burgers you could possibly have.... so even if the wife doesn't take to venison steak, ground is always good.
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akboom87 said:
For sure if you can I would take advantage of that. Definitely not to hard to process a deer lots of YouTube videos to at least get a general idea. When processing your self you can also save a lot more meat then taking to processing plant.

On average when we do a deer after it’s already cleaned and skinned and aged. Cutting/grinding/ wrapping-vacuum sealing 2 people we can usually have it done in 4 hours give or take.


Also don’t forget it makes great jerky! You can buy the jerky marinade and then smoke it and worlds best jerky
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I typically leave my ground without anything added. Probably comes out like 96/4 with deer or elk or leaner even, maybe closer to like 99/1 with antelope. I think take some like 85/15 beef and mix 1:1 and boom, perfect burger. I can taste the deer/game , but my wife doesn’t turn her nose up at it . Nice and lean compared to regular beef but enough fat where it doesn’t just go dry.
 
Rockslide said:
I typically leave my ground without anything added. Probably comes out like 96/4 with deer or elk or leaner even, maybe closer to like 99/1 with antelope. I think take some like 85/15 beef and mix 1:1 and boom, perfect burger. I can taste the deer/game , but my wife doesn’t turn her nose up at it . Nice and lean compared to regular beef but enough fat where it doesn’t just go dry.
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I don’t add any fat to my wild game ground either, a lot of people also throw some fat once in a while to lube the grinder. I chill mine in the freezer makes it grind a lot easier and I do add ice cubes here and there to clear the grinder if it starts getting mushy.
 
Had a great evening with the wife and kids dove hunting. First time taking the kids out and they did great and had a load of fun. Definitely should have got more but it was a great evening and making great memories 🙏🏻

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Warmups

Hyde’s posts had me fired up!

Bench-
45x10
95x10
135x5
155x5
175x3
180x1
4x4x180- felt great so reached out
205x2
225x2
245x2
250x2- slingshot
255x2- slingshot

Bench- paused
3x2x170

Bench-incline
3x8x135

BB row-
3x10x135
Superset- band lat row
3x10

Skull crusher-
2x15x85

Feeling great, one of those sessions that just clicked and was in the groove 🤘🏻
 
My lawyer would like me to say that in no way can I accept liability for what may, or may not, happen should you choose to go off program after I (allegedly) “maxed out” at a “powerlifting meet” this past weekend.

But nice lifting 😝🤘

Glad you got to make some memories with the littles!!! Sounds like a tasty haul. I’ve never tried dove, but I’m fasting so everything sounds good right now.
 
Hyde said:
My lawyer would like me to say that in no way can I accept liability for what may, or may not, happen should you choose to go off program after I (allegedly) “maxed out” at a “powerlifting meet” this past weekend.

But nice lifting 😝🤘

Glad you got to make some memories with the littles!!! Sounds like a tasty haul. I’ve never tried dove, but I’m fasting so everything sounds good right now.
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Oh I’ll post up some pics when we cook up a big batch of the dove poppers!!

Yeah man you smashed that meet to then put that mofo back together and smashed it again 💪🏻

So I felt inspired to smash a few pieces myself 😎🤣
 
akboom87 said:
Oh I’ll post up some pics when we cook up a big batch of the dove poppers!!

Yeah man you smashed that meet to then put that mofo back together and smashed it again 💪🏻

So I felt inspired to smash a few pieces myself 😎🤣
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Dove poppers just sounds awesome
 
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