Weights up, scales down…

W8-D2

Warmups

Bench-
45x10
115x5
135x5
155x5
175x2
185x2
3x8x165

Bench- pause
3x2x175 focused on driving speed

Bench- 2 board
3x5x205

Bench- wide grip
2x20x115

BB upright rows-
2x10x85
2x12x65

BB row- head support on incline bwnch
1x8x135
4x8x115

Band press downs
2x50

Band face pulls
2x50

1 mile jog

Such weird weather we keep getting the waves of rain then it will be nice and bam another wave.

Also pulled incline bench for the remainder of this block and will do 2 board press. Seems to be my weak spot that 3” mark off the chest.
 
Been jamming out to this lately
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W8- D3

Warmups

Squat-
45x8
135x5x5x5
155x5
180x2
6x2x180

Front squat-
135x10
155x8
175x6

JM press
45x10
65x10
85x10
3x8x95

Front plate raises
3x10x25

BB shrugs
135x10
185x10
225x10
255x12x12 wrist wraps losing grip x15 x15
225x18x12

Band face pulls
5 sets

Forearm band work

Took forever to get warmed up and going. Also over this rain and gloomy weather 😅
 
W8-D4

Warmups

Bench- close grip
45x10
95x8
135x5
3x8x135
5x155
3x185

Deadlift-
135x5x8x8
155x8
185x4
3x8x195
3x225
3x235

Stiff legged deadlift-
3x8x115
1x10x135

Situps-
4x10 +35# plate

Band chest flys
Curls

Man on the struggle bus yesterday and today just kinda in a funky mood and highly NOT motivated.
 
Good job pushing through while struggling!
 
Another busy weekend, got material to get the rest of the slab done. Tedious work and takes forever when it’s not a crew of 3-4 guys 😂

I’ll get some pictures up this week, hope to be pouring concrete end of the week.
 
W9-D1

Warm ups

Squat-
45x10
135x5x8
155x5
185x5
205x3
225x3
245x3
3x6x200
1x5x255

Squat- pause
3x5x160

Rack pull- 2” below knee
255x5
275x5
3x5x300

BB OHP-
45x10
95x5
115x5
135x5
2x25x95

RDL-
45x10
2x25x115

Change up from normal Monday routine. Good tunes had good food today so the body was fueled to go.

Also have a bit of a rant, going to save that for tomorrow morning as it’s late and need to hit the shower and get ready for bed.
 
So I have simmered down from yesterday evening but still annoyed.

So here’s my rant. It’s one of the neighboring pastures. Not sure who leases it but I’ve seen out of state pickups there a few times. But they run cattle on it. Notoriously people time and breed there cows so they calve in March/april. These people not sure if they just buy cows at the sale barn or what the story is but they have like 30-40 and they are just now calving.

They seem to be on a once a week basis on checking on them they had one die a month ago that laid by the road forever. Well yesterday noticed another dead one. The part that really got me was she had had a calf, he is maybe 2-4 days old. So last night we drove by just in a cruise and the whole herd is at the far end and this poor little guy is staying by his dead mom/cow. So it got the better of me I decided I was going to see if I could either just grab him and bring him back to are barn and bottle feed him untill I could either see those people or get a hold of them.

Well he is just old enough that he can run and was not interested in being caught out in the open. So then I just tried to herd him towards the herd but he would just circle back to where she was. So finally I just had to let it be.


But just highly upsets me. They should be checked on in my opinion every day. Not just for the sake of taking care of the animals ( which should be #1 priority). But also the fact these things are worth 4 grand a pop and a cow calf pair is like 6 grand. So financially you are losing money as well.

Just really rubs me wrong 😑

Rant over.
 
akboom87 said:
Well he is just old enough that he can run and was not interested in being caught out in the open. So then I just tried to herd him towards the herd but he would just circle back to where she was. So finally I just had to let it be.
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akboom87 said:
ut also the fact these things are worth 4 grand a pop and a cow calf pair is like 6 grand. So financially you are losing money as well.

Just really rubs me wrong 😑
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Its really bizarre to be a farmer and not see the importants/value in your herd. My wife and I talk about that all the time. Even with our cows at mom and dads, and my chickens, their health and happiness is so important to us despite the fact that yes we will indeed butcher them. I don't understand farmers who watch their animals die and dont' tend to them, I wasn't raised that way.

it happens of course, I lose about 1 chick every time I do a big new flock. but thats like within day 3. I can't remember the last time we lost a calf.

and yeah the price on beef is absolutely insane. my pie in the sky dream (lottery) is basically to do what they're doing, but hopefully better. leased or owned land (bigger than ours) and run cattle. maybe a nice tiny home for full time keeper if its not at our place or close. I've even thought about large swatches of land on the east side of our state where its like 90% cheaper and just getting the land close to other ranchers so I could lease the land to them and have them work it.
 
Probably best you didn't catch him people like that tend to be jerks and you "saving" the calf would have probably just caused you a headache.
 
MrKleen73 said:
Probably best you didn't catch him people like that tend to be jerks and you "saving" the calf would have probably just caused you a headache.
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I had a similar thought based on my own experiences but not knowing Kansas culture much i have no idea. back home we would have to help people get animals back here and there, but where my wife and I live now if I see someone weird on my property I grab the 9 just in case.
 
akboom87 said:
Yeah hindsight it was not the right move but that part was overlooked in the moment
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Well when you see a helpless baby that is probably going to end up passing, your heart is likely to take over. That's a good sign you aren't a cold hearted SOB!
 
Update the calf did make it through the night, called one of the other ranchers and got the guys number and let him know the cow was dead and there is a calf with her that needs saving. Also let him know that I drove in his pasture and told him I was doing a wellness check on it to make sure it was okay.
 
akboom87 said:
Update the calf did make it through the night, called one of the other ranchers and got the guys number and let him know the cow was dead and there is a calf with her that needs saving. Also let him know that I drove in his pasture and told him I was doing a wellness check on it to make sure it was okay.
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Hopefully they will have someone go up there and start feeding that baby. Job well done on following through, and letting someone know.
 
man I don't know how you're building a whole damn house. I've been working out the details on a small 3 stall barn. I figure I'll need 47 x 10ft logs. I doubt I'm going to pull this off but I'm still working it.
 
Dustin07 said:
man I don't know how you're building a whole damn house. I've been working out the details on a small 3 stall barn. I figure I'll need 47 x 10ft logs. I doubt I'm going to pull this off but I'm still working it.
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most of my stuff up in auto cad but all in all it was about 12 months of drawing looking at other layouts, research and then re drawing in my head 😂.
 
akboom87 said:
most of my stuff up in auto cad but all in all it was about 12 months of drawing looking at other layouts, research and then re drawing in my head 😂.
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man its pretty awesome. I've been looking at plans, working on schematics and parts lists with ai, watching youtube videos. then at one point I sat and thought about and thought man thats actually a pretty big structure. lol.
 
Dustin07 said:
man its pretty awesome. I've been looking at plans, working on schematics and parts lists with ai, watching youtube videos. then at one point I sat and thought about and thought man thats actually a pretty big structure. lol.
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At that was just the shell and layout for room sizes and bathrooms. I’ll have all the interior to scheme on how I’m going to build and construct coming up next 🤣
 
Dustin07 said:
man I don't know how you're building a whole damn house. I've been working out the details on a small 3 stall barn. I figure I'll need 47 x 10ft logs. I doubt I'm going to pull this off but I'm still working it.
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You should go build a rocky iv, Siberian style home gym out of logs , mud, moss etc . Get some rusted bars and a rack and just make it a primal compound lift cave 💪
 
akboom87 said:
At that was just the shell and layout for room sizes and bathrooms. I’ll have all the interior to scheme on how I’m going to build and construct coming up next 🤣
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It will actually help a lot having the slab done first. Our architect did a very good job but we realized some stupid stuff like doors not going in the best places, places we needed windows and didn’t have them, rooms not being as big as we thought after it was framed. Looked like it worked fine when we did the 3d walk though in the room with the architect on a big screen tv, but still different until your in the space.

With the slab done you can take tape and draw out your layout
 
Rockslide said:
It will actually help a lot having the slab done first. Our architect did a very good job but we realized some stupid stuff like doors not going in the best places, places we needed windows and didn’t have them, rooms not being as big as we thought after it was framed. Looked like it worked fine when we did the 3d walk though in the room with the architect on a big screen tv, but still different until your in the space.

With the slab done you can take tape and draw out your layout
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Yeah I will have a lot of time to plan out. What I’m doing is a 30’x50 slab have the plumbing laid out and set where I want the bathrooms kitchen, laundry room. After 3 week cure time outfit will come install the shop building. I laid out some windows and 2 doors in areas I think are ideal.

Then on the one end I will have a 12’x14’ garage door. So the plan will be to put my 5th wheel camper inside. I’ll have the water hook up and connect to septic line to the toilet flange for the time being.

Then it will be laying out and deciding how I want the interior laid out. It will be 18’ to the the lid so the back half I will have 2 story the top half will be storage/ spare room and I’m going to make the rest my home office. Then down below that will be the main bedrooms and bathrooms. The front half will be a huge open living room and kitchen with vaulted ceilings and lots of natural light with windows. I’ll work on insulating and framing up half of the backside and then when that’s done I can pull the camper out and will close in the garage door and finish framing out the inside.


Probably be a 4-5 year process as I’m doing it all out of pocket and all self preformed.
 
W9-D2
Warmups

Bench-
45x10
95x5
135x5
155x5
195x3
3x6x175
2x3x225
1x2x245
Slingshot
1x2x255
1x1x260 - slingshot PR
1x20x135

Plate curls-
4x12x25

Band lateral raise-
4x18

Band pressdown
2x50

BB row- head support on incline bench
4x8x135

Was a fun session, felt strong and great. Skipped dinner as I was working on laying pex pipe out and finishing up some loose ends. Had a protein shake and some sourdough bread as was good to go.
 
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