Hyde’s Strength Odyssey

jimbuick said:
What's in the vials? A SARM?
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2 of them, in pretty high concentrations. Testolone & S23. Supposedly being nano will cause greater absorption, but injectable definitely should be more potent per mg. It appeared to be in oil when I ordered but it says it’s water-based...like test suspension would be
 
2/11/21 - Press & Squat
BW 234.2

Monster Miniband Pullaparts, Light Band Tri Pressdown & One-arm Rows
3x25/each

BW Boxsquat 2x10, Reverse Hyper 90x15

Axle Strictpress
45,95x8
135x5
165,185,205,225,240x1 PR
250 MISS
190x6
170x8,6
150x10

Frontsquat
45,95,135,175x8
205x10,15 RPE10

240 is the most I’ve ever strictpressed on a barbell (or any implement), about 5 years ago. Axle is harder strict, and I haven’t been training standing strict, so to see a PR on it and at a lower bodyweight was terrific - put about 15lbs back on it over the winter while losing weight. Planned to do some Trapbar deads but I went to failure on volume fronts & it vaporized me; legs were pumped and core felt pushed to the brink of good sense.

Getting snipped tomorrow afternoon - this time in a couple months I intend to be shooting blanks So that will mean no training for the next week likely while I heal. Going to use that time to try to drop a couple lbs and maybe do a 2-3 day fast even towards the end.
 
Hyde said:
2/11/21 - Press & Squat
BW 234.2

Monster Miniband Pullaparts, Light Band Tri Pressdown & One-arm Rows
3x25/each

BW Boxsquat 2x10, Reverse Hyper 90x15

Axle Strictpress
45,95x8
135x5
165,185,205,225,240x1 PR
250 MISS
190x6
170x8,6
150x10

Frontsquat
45,95,135,175x8
205x10,15 RPE10

240 is the most I’ve ever strictpressed on a barbell (or any implement), about 5 years ago. Axle is harder strict, and I haven’t been training standing strict, so to see a PR on it and at a lower bodyweight was terrific - put about 15lbs back on it over the winter while losing weight. Planned to do some Trapbar deads but I went to failure on volume fronts & it vaporized me; legs were pumped and core felt pushed to the brink of good sense.

Getting snipped tomorrow afternoon - this time in a couple months I intend to be shooting blanks So that will mean no training for the next week likely while I heal. Going to use that time to try to drop a couple lbs and maybe do a 2-3 day fast even towards the end.
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Nice PR mate!

Good luck with the procedure!
 
I got snipped about 40 years ago, being young and dumb, I went back to work to soon and tore my stiches, Ouch !!!! Take to time out you need to heal !! (Now I'm Old and Forgetful)
 
Hyde said:
2/11/21 - Press & Squat
BW 234.2

Monster Miniband Pullaparts, Light Band Tri Pressdown & One-arm Rows
3x25/each

BW Boxsquat 2x10, Reverse Hyper 90x15

Axle Strictpress
45,95x8
135x5
165,185,205,225,240x1 PR
250 MISS
190x6
170x8,6
150x10

Frontsquat
45,95,135,175x8
205x10,15 RPE10

240 is the most I’ve ever strictpressed on a barbell (or any implement), about 5 years ago. Axle is harder strict, and I haven’t been training standing strict, so to see a PR on it and at a lower bodyweight was terrific - put about 15lbs back on it over the winter while losing weight. Planned to do some Trapbar deads but I went to failure on volume fronts & it vaporized me; legs were pumped and core felt pushed to the brink of good sense.

Getting snipped tomorrow afternoon - this time in a couple months I intend to be shooting blanks So that will mean no training for the next week likely while I heal. Going to use that time to try to drop a couple lbs and maybe do a 2-3 day fast even towards the end.
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Keep us posted. I’m trying to get mine scheduled here in June. Hoping I can drafted to Team Creampie in the first round.
 
You will be g2g. I was back to normal in about 36-48 hours. Just chill and ice em up.

The anxiety a day or two before was pretty bad, and on the first snip he lost the noodle. He was down there fukkn around for like 15 minutes on one side. I kinda thought something was wrong but didn't really know, its not like I've had it done before ya know?

Once he was able to locate the noodle and pull it back down I could feel that **** in my stomach. Kinda making me a bit queezy just typing about it.

Then once that side was all fused together, the other side took literally like 4 minutes. Thats when I knew he messed up. Of course he didn't tell me until afterwards.

But besides all that, you should be good 🤠
I was back to boning in 3 days. That was a lil bit of anxiety also. Go through all that, blow a batch thinking in the back of your mind "what if I blow them fusions back open"
 
I wasn 't worried till the dude can in with a straight razor, "I'm here to shave you" with that, down there ??
 
Procedure went well. About 20 minutes from pants off to pants on, negligible discomfort. But man, the 20mg Diazapam he gave me to be cool during the surgery has got me ZONKED lol.
 
Hyde said:
Procedure went well. About 20 minutes from pants off to pants on, negligible discomfort. But man, the 20mg Diazapam he gave me to be cool during the surgery has got me ZONKED lol.
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Lol Thats a hefty dose of Valium. Typically they use 10 or less, I believe. They must’ve consulted their veterinarian texts and given you the gorilla dosage.
 
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jswain34 said:
Lol Thats a hefty dose of Valium. Typically they use 10 or less, I believe. They must’ve consulted their veterinarian texts and given you the gorilla dosage.
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🤣🤣🤣

That’s what I was reading online to double check before administration. But I did see up to 20mg 3x a day was safe short term if necessary for some.

Doc was a pretty heavy tall guy and I could tell he could tell I was a big guy too. Also being that the goal was basically “be totally relaxed with a guy slicing into your ballsack” and not just to help some women manage her moderate anxiety affecting sleep at night, I think we were on the same page.
 
Hyde said:
🤣🤣🤣

That’s what I was reading online to double check before administration. But I did see up to 20mg 3x a day was safe short term if necessary for some.

Doc was a pretty heavy tall guy and I could tell he could tell I was a big guy too. Also being that the goal was basically “be totally relaxed with a guy slicing into your ballsack” and not just to help some women manage her moderate anxiety affecting sleep at night, I think we were on the same page.
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Haha yeah better to have too much than too little.

I used to get valium for flying and 20mg didn't seem to calm me down much without 4 shots of scotch, but if I dropped the 20 just to get a good night's sleep I'd be zonked all the next day.
 
Double up for the big dude, it's science !
 
Hope the recovery goes quickly lol One of my employees is getting snipped in April.

Sounds awful but I’ve had my junk cut on before and it sucks, big time.
 
Thanks everyone for all the well wishes and fun stories! Love it.

Frozen peas 30 min on & off last night tucked between my Reebok athletic undies & a pair of training tights/leggings like I would use under my clothes on a strongman day really eliminated any swelling. Didn’t need any painkiller post op at all, but I popped a Norco preemptively before bed since they were free with insurance and I didn’t know if I would wake up howling or something without icing while sleeping. Still no pain this morning & doing more icing, so I think this is going to be a super easy recovery. Just a little tugging when I first get up or move around but it’s all good. The entire experience has been ultra smooth!

Plus the wife bought me dinner & a bunch of awesome treats from the best bakery in the city afterwards ️
 
Hyde said:
Thanks everyone for all the well wishes and fun stories! Love it.

Frozen peas 30 min on & off last night tucked between my Reebok athletic undies & a pair of training tights/leggings like I would use under my clothes on a strongman day really eliminated any swelling. Didn’t need any painkiller post op at all, but I popped a Norco preemptively before bed since they were free with insurance and I didn’t know if I would wake up howling or something without icing while sleeping. Still no pain this morning & doing more icing, so I think this is going to be a super easy recovery. Just a little tugging when I first get up or move around but it’s all good. The entire experience has been ultra smooth!

Plus the wife bought me dinner & a bunch of awesome treats from the best bakery in the city afterwards ️
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I might get snipped again just for the Baked Goods !!
 
Hyde said:
Procedure went well. About 20 minutes from pants off to pants on, negligible discomfort. But man, the 20mg Diazapam he gave me to be cool during the surgery has got me ZONKED lol.
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give yourself the full recovery time bro. they told me I shouldn’t lift for 2 weeks. I thought fine I’ll give it a week but tbh after the week I knew i needed longer and did end up waiting the full 14 days. I’m assuming mine went normally and I was black and blue, like a good time with a Dom went wrong 😂

don’t rush it back for the sale of a few days brother
 
On a none balls related topic @Hyde you normally lift using a standard hex/trap bar for trap bars deads I’m guessing?

wondered if you’d also used an open trap bar at all, and specifically if you had a view on which is better? (For context I’m getting one or the other for my home gym, I’ve used an open bar once for heavy farmers and found it slightly harder to balance evenly than a normal one but might be as I wasn’t used to it. Can see some advantages to the open bar like lunge/split squat options, ease of loading and aesthetics but interested in the views of some proper lifters).....
 
Whisky said:
On a none balls related topic @Hyde you normally lift using a standard hex/trap bar for trap bars deads I’m guessing?

wondered if you’d also used an open trap bar at all, and specifically if you had a view on which is better? (For context I’m getting one or the other for my home gym, I’ve used an open bar once for heavy farmers and found it slightly harder to balance evenly than a normal one but might be as I wasn’t used to it. Can see some advantages to the open bar like lunge/split squat options, ease of loading and aesthetics but interested in the views of some proper lifters).....
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I think @ZOO has one
 
Whisky said:
On a none balls related topic @Hyde you normally lift using a standard hex/trap bar for trap bars deads I’m guessing?

wondered if you’d also used an open trap bar at all, and specifically if you had a view on which is better? (For context I’m getting one or the other for my home gym, I’ve used an open bar once for heavy farmers and found it slightly harder to balance evenly than a normal one but might be as I wasn’t used to it. Can see some advantages to the open bar like lunge/split squat options, ease of loading and aesthetics but interested in the views of some proper lifters).....
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My Trapbar is a cheapo design that for some reason ONLY has the 2” high handle...our last gym owner was like hey do you want this for $40? So we nabbed it

I don’t really like the open ones due to balance being a little different, but once you learn it you’d be fine. They would be better for split leg work, farmer’s carries (you can just drop it with bumpers and keep moving forward without having to jump over anything if you have too much momentum), I think there are rows you can do with them even. A more versatile tool honestly if money isn’t a real object vs space.
 
wfreiling said:
I think @ZOO has one
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Yeah I have the Kabuki Strength Trap HD. It's expensive compared to a standard but it's extremely versatile and durable. I especially love the built in jacks to change plates around. I need it since I can't lift the bar and load it by myself.
 
I'm probably going to end up selling my Rogue TB-1 for the Kabuki sometime in the future. I feel like the Kabuki is 100% the trap bar to get if you're getting one.
 
jimbuick said:
I'm probably going to end up selling my Rogue TB-1 for the Kabuki sometime in the future. I feel like the Kabuki is 100% the trap bar to get if you're getting one.
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cant get it in the uk unfortunately....

I’m looking at

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jimbuick said:
I'm probably going to end up selling my Rogue TB-1 for the Kabuki sometime in the future. I feel like the Kabuki is 100% the trap bar to get if you're getting one.
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You won't regret it. I'm super interested in their squat bar too, but the price haha
 
ZOO said:
You won't regret it. I'm super interested in their squat bar too, but the price haha
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Fair warning, a squat bar is even harder on your arms...the primary benefit of its extra thickness is that it’s smoother to squat over like 400 because it doesn’t flex or wobble like a power bar. Unless you are doing a lot of meets or running a strength gym it’s a pretty specific item to have.

Unless you meant their Transformer Bar. That thing is dope!!!
 
Hyde said:
Fair warning, a squat bar is even harder on your arms...the primary benefit of its extra thickness is that it’s smoother to squat over like 400 because it doesn’t flex or wobble like a power bar. Unless you are doing a lot of meets or running a strength gym it’s a pretty specific item to have.

Unless you meant their Transformer Bar. That thing is dope!!!
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The transformer, yes. Trust me I learned the standard BB squat bar is no go early on lol. Tried it shortly after the re-injury in July and it really messed things up more.
 
Recovery going well. Weighed a low of 231.2 around the 8 days ago. Kinda just went totally off the rails Thursday-Sunday. After carry out Cracker Barrel on Valentine’s breakfast and pan pizza, cookies, doughnuts that night I was 244.6 that evening!

One more day of antibiotics today so I still have to eat, but 8 hour window of 2000 cals of low carb/high protein, some potassium and bowel movements yesterday got me down to 236.2 today. That’s the plan again, probably even a lower cal, then I am planning to fast tomorrow. We’ll see where that goes; may do 2-3 days. Finish out this forced rest week with some autophagy to really heal up before a new period of training begins.
 
Hyde said:
Recovery going well. Weighed a low of 231.2 around the 8 days ago. Kinda just went totally off the rails Thursday-Sunday. After carry out Cracker Barrel on Valentine’s breakfast and pan pizza, cookies, doughnuts that night I was 244.6 that evening!

One more day of antibiotics today so I still have to eat, but 8 hour window of 2000 cals of low carb/high protein, some potassium and bowel movements yesterday got me down to 236.2 today. That’s the plan again, probably even a lower cal, then I am planning to fast tomorrow. We’ll see where that goes; may do 2-3 days. Finish out this forced rest week with some autophagy to really heal up before a new period of training begins.
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8.4# in 36hrs, that's some serious BMs!

This makes me think of when Beavis thought he was pregnant
 

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Hyde said:
Recovery going well. Weighed a low of 231.2 around the 8 days ago. Kinda just went totally off the rails Thursday-Sunday. After carry out Cracker Barrel on Valentine’s breakfast and pan pizza, cookies, doughnuts that night I was 244.6 that evening!

One more day of antibiotics today so I still have to eat, but 8 hour window of 2000 cals of low carb/high protein, some potassium and bowel movements yesterday got me down to 236.2 today. That’s the plan again, probably even a lower cal, then I am planning to fast tomorrow. We’ll see where that goes; may do 2-3 days. Finish out this forced rest week with some autophagy to really heal up before a new period of training begins.
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having not fasted since I started my bulk I’ve realised how much I did get from it - nothing to do with weight loss, even my 5 day water fast didn’t really equal much in the way of weight loss but as a clean up mechanism it definitely keeps things feeling better
 
ZOO said:
You won't regret it. I'm super interested in their squat bar too, but the price haha
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I pre-ordered that. It's a quality bar.

ETA: I see you meant the transformer. That thing looks dope, but I've not gotten one yet myself.
 
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jimbuick said:
Eleiko is pricy, but it is damned good too if you feel like splurging.
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ironically the one I tried was the eleiko (our local 24/7 gym is mostly eleiko bars and plates). You can feel the quality but for my garage gym even if I can afford it I’m not sure I’d do it 😂
 
236.x on Tuesday after low carb, lower cal, 8-hour feeding window on Monday.

232.8 on Wednesday after another day of the same.

228.8 today. Fasted yesterday on lots of water, salt, black coffee, green tea, ephedrine.

Today is day 2 of fasting as above. Planning on one more day tomorrow as well.

ECT (ephedrine/coffee/tea) stack FTW
 
Hyde said:
236.x on Tuesday after low carb, lower cal, 8-hour feeding window on Monday.

232.8 on Wednesday after another day of the same.

228.8 today. Fasted yesterday on lots of water, salt, black coffee, green tea, ephedrine.

Today is day 2 of fasting as above. Planning on one more day tomorrow as well.

ECT (ephedrine/coffee/tea) stack FTW
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8Ib in 2 days....nice!
 
Hyde said:
236.x on Tuesday after low carb, lower cal, 8-hour feeding window on Monday.

232.8 on Wednesday after another day of the same.

228.8 today. Fasted yesterday on lots of water, salt, black coffee, green tea, ephedrine.

Today is day 2 of fasting as above. Planning on one more day tomorrow as well.

ECT (ephedrine/coffee/tea) stack FTW
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It’s going to be cool to see your weight once you wrap up the fast. Not to mention your observations on how you feel after the autophagy phase, cleaning all those cells up and what not.
 
227.0 now this morning. Tried to add more sodium to yesterday’s water.

BennyMagoo79 said:
8Ib in 2 days....nice!
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Shoot, I have dropped 15lbs in one day cutting weight for a meet. The scale is easy enough to manipulate if you know how to set it up - and are willing to suffer for a bit.

theswede said:
It’s going to be cool to see your weight once you wrap up the fast. Not to mention your observations on how you feel after the autophagy phase, cleaning all those cells up and what not.
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I expect to rebound to 231-233 most likely. Goals were just to take advantage of the forced downtime to clean up the previous week’s dietary damage, reestablish discipline, & give the body a break (especially after having to deal with the little operation & the systemic disruption from antibiotics).
 
2/20/21 - Bench 3s
BW 226.4 (ended 83-hour fast)

Jumping Jacks, Hurdle Duck Unders, Squat Stretch, Band Facepulls, Band Pressdown, Band Rows
x2 rounds

Bench
45,95x10
135,185x5
225,255x3
285x6
315x1
335x1 in phoenix
225 5x5

Inverted Rows
3x10
alt w/ Overheard Band Tricep Extensions
Monster Miniband 3x15/arm

Pullaparts
Monster Miniband 2x20
alt w/ Push-ups
25,20

Took a walk with the fam last night and everything feeling good & healed fully from surgery. 3-day fast ended this morning; got a couple solid salty meals in before training and lots of periWO carbs. Didn’t feel particularly strong but there’s really no reason I should have - everything does feel pretty rested up though.

Spent a lot of time thinking/reading about training the last couple days and settled on some 5/3/1 Forever stuff. Will be using 3/5/1 undulating waves with the traditional PR set at the end, optional Joker singles, and the First Set Last protocol where you do 5x5 with the first work set’s weight after for some supplemental volume. This for all of the big 4 for now, and I’ll continue with EOD/8-day microcycle training for now and see how I recover. Training maxes are especially conservative on squat and dead for now.
 
Hyde said:
2/20/21 - Bench 3s
BW 226.4 (ended 83-hour fast)

Jumping Jacks, Hurdle Duck Unders, Squat Stretch, Band Facepulls, Band Pressdown, Band Rows
x2 rounds

Bench
45,95x10
135,185x5
225,255x3
285x6
315x1
335x1 in phoenix
225 5x5

Inverted Rows
3x10
alt w/ Overheard Band Tricep Extensions
Monster Miniband 3x15/arm

Pullaparts
Monster Miniband 2x20
alt w/ Push-ups
25,20

Took a walk with the fam last night and everything feeling good & healed fully from surgery. 3-day fast ended this morning; got a couple solid salty meals in before training and lots of periWO carbs. Didn’t feel particularly strong but there’s really no reason I should have - everything does feel pretty rested up though.

Spent a lot of time thinking/reading about training the last couple days and settled on some 5/3/1 Forever stuff. Will be using 3/5/1 undulating waves with the traditional PR set at the end, optional Joker singles, and the First Set Last protocol where you do 5x5 with the first work set’s weight after for some supplemental volume. This for all of the big 4 for now, and I’ll continue with EOD/8-day microcycle training for now and see how I recover. Training maxes are especially conservative on squat and dead for now.
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Bro I was just going through all my templates and decided after a deload to do more volume and was looking into FSL, kinda wild to read this. Interested to see how you like it.
 
wfreiling said:
Bro I was just going through all my templates and decided after a deload to do more volume and was looking into FSL, kinda wild to read this. Interested to see how you like it.
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So I have only read (and reread) the OG 5/3/1. Never beyond. But reading the most recent 5/3/1 Forever, it reinforced a ton of things I thought/suspected regarding the original. Things like not going to true failure even on AMRAPs, and that training max shouldn’t even remotely be correlated to a safe every day max - it’s literally just a number you decide on so when you plug it into the 5/3/1 percentage scheme you end up with loads that allow you to effectively TRAIN. And the stronger and more advanced you are, the lower percentage you need to work with to get better, both because you will be dealing with greater loads that will be required to recover from and because the difference between competitive max is so much greater than day to day abilities. And not all lifts will need to be programmed at the same % training max either. He also has emphasis on 3 day per week/9 day micros for more advanced guys being just as good or better - what’s best for you is what you respond best to.
 
Hyde said:
So I have only read (and reread) the OG 5/3/1. Never beyond. But reading the most recent 5/3/1 Forever, it reinforced a ton of things I thought/suspected regarding the original. Things like not going to true failure even on AMRAPs, and that training max shouldn’t even remotely be correlated to a safe every day max - it’s literally just a number you decide on so when you plug it into the 5/3/1 percentage scheme you end up with loads that allow you to effectively TRAIN. And the stronger and more advanced you are, the lower percentage you need to work with to get better, both because you will be dealing with greater loads that will be required to recover from and because the difference between competitive max is so much greater than day to day abilities. And not all lifts will need to be programmed at the same % training max either. He also has emphasis on 3 day per week/9 day micros for more advanced guys being just as good or better - what’s best for you is what you respond best to.
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This makes a lot of sense. I was purely going on what I liked from the different templates in my app. What I decided On is a 3 day split
 
2/22/21 - Squat 3s
BW 230.4

Agile 8, Bird Dogs, Glute Bridges

Reverse Hypers
90 3x15 (last set at end of workout)

Squat
45 2x8
135,185x5
225,265,295,335x3
375,405x1
375x8 in belt
295 3x5

Band Stomps
Avg 2x30/leg

Lying Leg Raises
2x20

Last time I took the 12mg Ostarine was last Tuesday due to the fast Wednesday. Decided to just leave it out. Today I noticed significantly improved cardiovascular endurance through warmups and all of training - and I have been doing zero cardio. It’s the only thing I can think of that’s any different at all, so definitely done with that and sticking with my 75mg test e & 250iu HCG twice per week.

I also haven’t needed any AI since the cycle ended a month ago, and I have been using DIM instead. Normally I always have to use some Aromasin along with a SERM like Nolva to PCT and I think that has been great for my body to not be in the picture all the time now like it basically needed to be. Libido and function have been perfect since ending blast too; not overdriven like on cycle but everything just works great when I need it and isn’t distracting when I don’t. Feeling very good every day - even with a newborn.

Incredibly happy so far with the decision to cruise. Quality of life hasn’t been this great in a long time.
 
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