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Slicin' and Dicin'

Congrats on the Incline Bench PR. That was a good workout, a lot of volume. I bet you had a good arm pump after that.💪😎👍
Oh man I was feeling jacked. that was a great combo with the refeed carbs + sodium after feeling pretty flat for a while. I wasn't expecting that surge of strength but the pump was fantastic.

I'm feeling trashed today though lol. Between Fridays deads/back ext/lower back work, and then yesterday I built a new set of stairs off the far end of our deck to go down to my wife's greenhouse so we don't have to jump anymore, haha. It was only like 23", but it worked out to be the perfect height for a 3 stair riser from Home Depot so I put that in and layered it with that 5/4" cedar decking to match the rest of our deck. Not exactly a huge project, but about 4-5 hrs (and 2 home depot trips) of bending over left my lower back a bit locked up, lol. Fasting on mondays always seems to be a good anti-inflammatory cure though.

Awesome PR and session!

Koe is awesome seen him in concert last year and this year going to red rocks to see him.

Check out his song lonesome dove. It is a release but will not make an album he said. Really different but I really enjoy it
listening to it now! He is a bit different but every once in a while someone like him or Chase Rice pop up, or even when Sam Hunt first came out I was pretty into him. Funny thing is when I was doing the deck work yesterday I for whatever reason was feeling Old Dominion so I just went through their albums all afternoon.
 
instead of Monday TRF, pushed through overnight for a 36hr fast. Caught the scale at 188 this morning, but everything is sore today so I might forego my planned lower day for a simple cardio day but we'll wait and see.

Broke fast with hardboiled eggs and avocado this morning, and about to crush my normal jasmine rice + ground turkey breakfast.
 
Warmup
Bike - 10 min

Leg curls
2 x 15

H/W leg press
10 x 90
5 x 230
3 x 320
1 x 410
2 x 8 x 500

RDL - DB
10 x 80, 100
(Holy lats)

Leg ext
15 x 145, 205

Incline LISS
20 min

Notes
This workout brought to you by the letters "A" and "I".

Wife had great luck consulting the robotic overlords to break through her sticking point and since 190lbs is always the same way for me I fell down the matrix rabbit hole myself.

AI wanted me to adjust for cortisol, take yesterday completely off, carb load, hit the sauna and come back hard for the rest of the week before I travel this weekend.

Woke up at 190.00 so that's good. I decided since I'm still experiencing knee/hamstring pain here and there I would go deeper and let it write me a lower day.

One the one hand I never would have done a single on a leg press warmup set. On the other hand, I did 16 reps at 500lbs which is higher than before.

AIs goals on this was to preserve muscle mass and recovery, minimize cortisol spike, and make best use of glyco and knock out the whole session in under an hour.

This one came in at 1hr 3min from checkin to leave including locker room changing twice, so not bad.
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Warmup
Bike - 10 min

Leg curls
2 x 15

H/W leg press
10 x 90
5 x 230
3 x 320
1 x 410
2 x 8 x 500

RDL - DB
10 x 80, 100
(Holy lats)

Leg ext
15 x 145, 205

Incline LISS
20 min

Notes
This workout brought to you by the letters "A" and "I".

Wife had great luck consulting the robotic overlords to break through her sticking point and since 190lbs is always the same way for me I fell down the matrix rabbit hole myself.

AI wanted me to adjust for cortisol, take yesterday completely off, carb load, hit the sauna and come back hard for the rest of the week before I travel this weekend.

Woke up at 190.00 so that's good. I decided since I'm still experiencing knee/hamstring pain here and there I would go deeper and let it write me a lower day.

One the one hand I never would have done a single on a leg press warmup set. On the other hand, I did 16 reps at 500lbs which is higher than before.

AIs goals on this was to preserve muscle mass and recovery, minimize cortisol spike, and make best use of glyco and knock out the whole session in under an hour.

This one came in at 1hr 3min from checkin to leave including locker room changing twice, so not bad.
So, what we learned from this is that you indeed do not need the higher volume warm ups, and when you don't overwork your warm ups you can lift more weight on your work sets. I know this contradicts what you previously thought, but it seems like we were right about not needing that much volume for your warmups.

Sometimes AI drives me nuts but this looks like a good plan. I don't really think there is a reason to adjust your workout trying to limit cortisol. Sometimes getting into the minutia too much takes the ability of seeing the big picture away. Cortisol is part of the process. Working out is a catabolic event, and it should be, that is part of what signals super-compensation afterwards. If you want to minimize catabolism during a session having some carbs in your system is the absolute best thing you can do.

I will say that this is a very low volume session overall which is due to the AI trying to limit cortisol via the session, and not the nutrients. That being said, some low volume high intensity might just be the switch up your muscles need right now to spur on a little more progress.

This verification of thought process brought to you by the letters "A" and "I".

"
To control cortisol during a deficit while training, prioritizing adequate blood sugar and glycogen is generally more effective than simply cutting volume.
While reducing volume can lower the total "stress load," training in a glycogen-depleted state significantly spikes cortisol. When blood glucose drops, the body releases cortisol to trigger gluconeogenesis—effectively breaking down muscle tissue to create the energy it isn't getting from carbs.
Here is how to balance the two for muscle preservation:
  • Intra-workout Nutrition: Consuming a small amount of fast-acting carbohydrates (like a sports drink or highly branched cyclic dextrin) during your session can blunt the cortisol response by providing an immediate glucose source, signaling to your body that it doesn't need to catabolize muscle for fuel.
  • The "Effective Volume" Limit: You should still monitor volume, but don't slash it preemptively. Aim for the Minimum Effective Dose—enough sets to provide a growth stimulus (usually 6–10 hard sets per muscle group per week), but no "fluff" sets that only serve to burn calories and increase systemic fatigue.
  • Rest Periods: In a deficit, increasing rest between sets (2–3 minutes) can keep your heart rate and perceived exertion lower, which helps manage the acute stress response.
In short: Fuel the work to keep cortisol low, then do only as much work as is necessary to keep the muscle. "
 
so with all that said where do you land on it? LOL

So, what we learned from this is that you indeed do not need the higher volume warm ups, and when you don't overwork your warm ups you can lift more weight on your work sets. I know this contradicts what you previously thought, but it seems like we were right about not needing that much volume for your warmups.
Full Disclaimer: I went into my 500lb sets nervous about everything. still a bit tight in glutes, and inside of hammies almost to adductor region. Of 16 reps, I'd say 10 were full rom. I often will do a half rep, a 3/4 rep, then a full rep when I am testing a "very heavy for me" leg press like this. I do NOT do that with squats, but with the leg press, i need that confidence in my rom as I'm testing a lot of joints, ligaments, and muscles that don't really want to do it.

other than that, yeah I'd say it went pretty dang well!
I will say that this is a very low volume session overall which is due to the AI trying to limit cortisol via the session, and not the nutrients. That being said, some low volume high intensity might just be the switch up your muscles need right now to spur on a little more progress.
its embarrasing low volume but I did end up with a great pump and it forced me out of my comfort zone to attempt some harder/heavier stuff with less warm-ups, knowing there was no drop set to follow, etc. I'm going to do a AI screen snip photo dump here in a minute as I keep the conversation developing into a plan that we can review and pick a part or chase...
 
I mean, I'm under no impression that AI is 100% accurate. I'm still trying to figure out why it wants me to save energy on wednesdays for dinner 😂

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Funny way to explain it:

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I might have to get AI to agree to more days before I send the prescription to my wife

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but hey its wednesday, so guess what babe.

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I had AI explain why I am having a cheat meal on Saturday AND a high carb refeed on Sunday, the math actually made sense to me. It also moved legs to Thursday to account for my usual family dinner weds night which is typically a carb and sodium increase in my diet.

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Updated Pound Town to Smash, added daily cardio RX

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I mean all in all its an interesting conversation and layout.
 
I will say that this is a very low volume session overall which is due to the AI trying to limit cortisol via the session, and not the nutrients. That being said, some low volume high intensity might just be the switch up your muscles need right now to spur on a little more progress.
all I can say is that I got up to walk after being at my desk for an hour and everything below my waist felt it lol.
Now since I was following a low volume program attempt today, I did increase intensity. It's not unusual for me to fall into junk volume and hit 50 reps at 85lbs or whatever on leg ext, I often do this for joint preservation because it "feels" better on say knees etc to move light weight and with enough reps I can get a pump sensation that feels accomplished, so hitting over 200lbs on leg ext today is actually quite high for me. the set of 15 was 10, and the following 5 reps were all clean, but it was like fully excuted rom with a breath at the bottom of each rep to start the next rep, they were not 15 easy rapid fire reps, I mean I did go hard.

same with the DB RDL's. I usually use those as an accessory or a warm up and I'll go as light as 50-70lbs whereas today, already warm and knowing I only had 2 prescribed sets, I started heavier than usual at 80lbs then went to our heaviest dumbbells we even have at 100lbs. which was a grip challenge but realistically, this should likely be my minimum anyways since 275lb-315lb RDL's are not uncommon for me with barbell.

so I have no idea if this is a good approach or not. but I felt something, lol.
 
PM session
Incline LISS - 30 min
Incline 10-12
Speed 2.8mph

All in all I sweat pretty dang good both sessions and I feel it in the legs so maybe today was surprisingly more effective than expected without my usual overindulging in junk volume.
 
Was hitting volume sets on the rope pushdowns and Daryl, this older dude that reminds me of a jacked Morgan Freeman comes over in his Morgan Freeman voice and goes "really? Really? I don't think so" pulls the pin on my like 110lb push downs and drops it to 180lbs.

I was like dude I was saving gas in the tank to impress you later.

So I dropped sets from 20 reps to 12-15 at 160+ lol.

This right here is a boss move.
 
same with the DB RDL's. I usually use those as an accessory or a warm up and I'll go as light as 50-70lbs whereas today, already warm and knowing I only had 2 prescribed sets, I started heavier than usual at 80lbs then went to our heaviest dumbbells we even have at 100lbs. which was a grip challenge but realistically, this should likely be my minimum anyways since 275lb-315lb RDL's are not uncommon for me with barbell.
This is the exact reason I never bother with DB RDLs. The weight is so radically lower than what you can do with a barbell, it makes no sense (short of having no access to machines). And then I’d at least choke a HEAVY band to a rack & place it around my hips to increase resistance somewhat.

Using dbs for upper body pressing makes sense because it trains stabilizers that a barbell can’t, but will benefit all upper training & help prevent injury. But using DBs for RDLs is just a poor way to load a very simple pattern. A Good Morning would be a far superior variant if BB RDLs were getting stale or off the table.
 
This is the exact reason I never bother with DB RDLs. The weight is so radically lower than what you can do with a barbell, it makes no sense (short of having no access to machines). And then I’d at least choke a HEAVY band to a rack & place it around my hips to increase resistance somewhat.
I had the same thought, but I do have to admit that it was fun to go a bit heavier since I never "train" DB RDL's and just use them as a warmup really, and it was solid grip work since I can't cheat it with a switch grip. I was prepared to replace it with bb RDL's next time but the bands aren't a bad idea... my legs are feeling it a bit today so something in the intensity aspect must have hit OK.
 
I had the same thought, but I do have to admit that it was fun to go a bit heavier since I never "train" DB RDL's and just use them as a warmup really, and it was solid grip work since I can't cheat it with a switch grip. I was prepared to replace it with bb RDL's next time but the bands aren't a bad idea... my legs are feeling it a bit today so something in the intensity aspect must have hit OK.
Adding a big band for hip distraction won’t really feel the same as added weight, but it should at least up the intensity where you’d otherwise gain leverage towards lockout. It’s something different and a fast setup at least.
 
Adding a big band for hip distraction won’t really feel the same as added weight, but it should at least up the intensity where you’d otherwise gain leverage towards lockout. It’s something different and a fast setup at least.
man I gotta admit something about whatever I did hit differently, I have the doms today as though I did a normal high volume barbell day. but energy level is higher so I feel both worked, and recovered better than usual if that makes sense. There's no way this routine could be useful long term but it sure felt like a nice break lol
 
Warm up
Bike - 10 min

Deads
10 x 135
5 x 225
3 x 275
5 x 315, 335

Weighted pullups
8 x +10lbs, +20lbs, +30lbs
(Rx was 3 x 6-8)

Seated cables rows with pause
10 x 130, 145, 145

Face pulls
3 x 15

H/S ab crunch
15 x 25lb, 50lb, 50lb, 50lb

Finisher
Treadmill LISS - 20 min


Notes
Playing with this AI thing to see what comes of it. Today is a PSMF 16:8 so lifting fasted but also coming off last night's family dinner (chili and cornbread + an avocado, but limited cheese) so actually energy level is pretty good.

Kept deads to Rx weight/reps and went DOH on all which is something I usually ditch around 275.

Honestly, sick pump today. I never do targeted ab work anymore but it was prescribed so who am I to say no. I think I'll regret that tomorrow.
 
man I gotta admit something about whatever I did hit differently, I have the doms today as though I did a normal high volume barbell day. but energy level is higher so I feel both worked, and recovered better than usual if that makes sense. There's no way this routine could be useful long term but it sure felt like a nice break lol
There is a real stimulus from novelty in training! So even if something may not be as intense on paper, if it’s sufficient and novel, you can get more out of “less”.
 
There is a real stimulus from novelty in training! So even if something may not be as intense on paper, if it’s sufficient and novel, you can get more out of “less”.
I think that's a lot of it, not just novel modalities but my approach to them. And ya know, if I'm sitting here at 10 weeks into a 16 week cut and find something that lights a new fire of effort, energy, and discipline then it's a net positive to embrace the placebo for a little while. I have to constantly remind myself I can come back to a strength program when I check this goal off the list.

But the thing is I have to admit my energy level is higher and I have a small weekend vacation starting tomorrow night so anything that yields a little more deficit and discipline for the next week is twice as valuable....
 
Evening cardio
Incline LISS - 30 min
10 incline 2.8-3.0 mph

Dinner, sticking to PSMF will be protein shake, tilapia,band Brussels. Tomorrow will be much of the same. We have a very late flight tomorrow night and I expect that Saturday morning will be clean egg whites etc and Saturday dinner will be a solid surplus of tacos or burgers. Planning to lift Sunday, chest is the scheduled plan of attack.
 
Warm up
Bike - 10 min

Incline DB
20 x 45
3 x 15 x 70

Flies
3 x 20 x 160

Ez bar curls
4 x 10 x 70

SS with hammer strength dips
4 x 15 x +180

Hammer curls
3 x 15 x 40

SS with tri cable pushdowns - rope
3 x 15 x 120

Nautilus ab crunch machine
4 x 15

Incline LISS
30 min


Notes
Woke up at 190.00
Crazy great pump despite lifting in a fasted state and running a 16:8 PSMF

AI programmed this as a last hurrah before I travel tonight. I will try to hit a gym Sunday or Monday though.
 
AI would prioritize pecs and arms before an extended period off 😂

I’m always thinking, better hit a lot of muscle with squats or pulls if I’m going to be out several days!
 
Tbf tho I had 500lb leg press sets on lower day Weds, deadlifts Thursday with back so today was like chest and arms.

Came home to our first snowfall of the year!!! About 3" by the time I got home. We have easily got 3" more since then.

Told my wife to expect 6 more tonight cause I'm 99% sure that our 205 minute flight delay is going to be a cancellation tonight since SeaTac is CLOSED until 11pm

We don't handle snow out here. I kept telling everyone be patient, it will snow. Bad timing


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Tbf tho I had 500lb leg press sets on lower day Weds, deadlifts Thursday with back so today was like chest and arms.

Came home to our first snowfall of the year!!! About 3" by the time I got home. We have easily got 3" more since then.

Told my wife to expect 6 more tonight cause I'm 99% sure that our 205 minute flight delay is going to be a cancellation tonight since SeaTac is CLOSED until 11pm

We don't handle snow out here. I kept telling everyone be patient, it will snow. Bad timing


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Snow day = pound town
 
Tbf tho I had 500lb leg press sets on lower day Weds, deadlifts Thursday with back so today was like chest and arms.

Came home to our first snowfall of the year!!! About 3" by the time I got home. We have easily got 3" more since then.

Told my wife to expect 6 more tonight cause I'm 99% sure that our 205 minute flight delay is going to be a cancellation tonight since SeaTac is CLOSED until 11pm

We don't handle snow out here. I kept telling everyone be patient, it will snow. Bad timing


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Lucky lol, we had snow for one single hour so far this year. I remember 2 weeks ago I looked outside during work and saw it was snowing and I was shocked.
It wasn’t even enough snow to collect on the ground though lol.
 
It got pretty juicy and kept falling heavy until in true PNW fashion it suddenly turned to rain.

We were supposed to depart I think at 8:XX PM

My wife and I were ready to take the refund when they bumped us to 12:24AM but we are traveling with friends who are highly optimistic.

It's 8:42pm now, well past my bedtime and in an hour unless we receive some further notification, we will head to the airport lol.

I am still 50/50 on whether they cancel us or not but even if they don't holy crap my eyes are gonna be tired come 3am when we land in phoenix

It's crazy warm down there, what a juxtaposition!

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Well it's 2:11am and I'm seated on a plane, I'll be paying for this in a few hours

Hopefully wheels up soon, 6hr delay isn't too bad.

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Wake Up Big Dawg!

all I can say is that I got up to walk after being at my desk for an hour and everything below my waist felt it lol.
Now since I was following a low volume program attempt today, I did increase intensity. It's not unusual for me to fall into junk volume and hit 50 reps at 85lbs or whatever on leg ext, I often do this for joint preservation because it "feels" better on say knees etc to move light weight and with enough reps I can get a pump sensation that feels accomplished, so hitting over 200lbs on leg ext today is actually quite high for me. the set of 15 was 10, and the following 5 reps were all clean, but it was like fully excuted rom with a breath at the bottom of each rep to start the next rep, they were not 15 easy rapid fire reps, I mean I did go hard.

same with the DB RDL's. I usually use those as an accessory or a warm up and I'll go as light as 50-70lbs whereas today, already warm and knowing I only had 2 prescribed sets, I started heavier than usual at 80lbs then went to our heaviest dumbbells we even have at 100lbs. which was a grip challenge but realistically, this should likely be my minimum anyways since 275lb-315lb RDL's are not uncommon for me with barbell.

so I have no idea if this is a good approach or not. but I felt something, lol.
Nothing wrong with the approach, like I said you could see some nice progress with the change, of course it would be better with food for growth. I built a lot of my muscle with full body 2 sets per exercise. The HST program by Bryan Haycock was one of the things that got me started on it. I did it for about 18-24 months then started adding in drop set and the like to increase intensity. Simple 2 set structure, but the weight progression was built in. You knew your training weight when you walked in the door. It was great. It was how I trained going into my first body building competition.
man I gotta admit something about whatever I did hit differently, I have the doms today as though I did a normal high volume barbell day. but energy level is higher so I feel both worked, and recovered better than usual if that makes sense. There's no way this routine could be useful long term but it sure felt like a nice break lol
Increased intensity closes the gap on volume, you don't see as much sarcoplasmic growth, but the actual muscle fibers grow very well. The novelty works longer than you would think for growth. Especially when going from high volume to lower more intense, or vice versa. Honestly, I have mentioned it before, I would LOVE to see your results from trying 3 months on DC Training while eating to grow. I think you would be shocked what you can get out of it, and come to love the Rest Pause, probably even over the drop set.

I still don't get the "save energy" on Wednesday thing, saying having a hard workout before a high calorie meal would not give it a place to land makes absolutely no sense to me. Maybe pussyfooting around Wednesday leaves more of that meal in the tank for the next day rather than being used for the hard training Wednesday? Honestly, I think that part is just an AI hallucination because it doesn't track even when it tried to explain why. It even added make it intense in the explanation which is not "saving energy". Sometimes AI is like that person who was wrong and when you question them rather than just say ok, it tries to move the goal post or be slick in managing the error. I typically just call it out as nonsense and make it prove me wrong. Typically, once I tell it what I know was wrong, it verifies and concedes the error then tells my why it made the error and that it will work not to do that in the future.
 
No, just stole it off the internet since Dustin was heading to AZ. I figured he would get there at about Sunrise, but you’re right it is a gorgeous picture.
I bought plane tickets to watch sunset on the flight and instead we drove in to our resting place at sunrise

We got a short nap in but for the most part this has been the most bizarre day ever because by 6pm I could no longer remember what happened on which day of the last 48hrs. Friday, which is yesterday, felt like three days ago but in actuality I left Seattle this morning and it's still today! Weird brain experience..

Fountain Hills is doing St Patrick's day early for obvious reasons we we kept the rally going but I believe today will be the day (night) we catch up on sleep and finally become human again. It's been nice, despite it all, to spend so much time with my wife not doing real work. Gonna head up to cave creek tomorrow! Actual vacation type stuff!


@MrKleen73 I will get back to your comments, lots to dig into and reflect on!

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I bet the day seemed off. Hope you enjoyed the rest of it though!
 
Well, glad you finally made it out! I hate when airlines push the delays multiple times. I'd honestly rather them cancel, so you can plan accordingly. We had that happen once to us coming home from FL. They just kept pushing back by an hour multiple times in a row, until finally they cancelled. But if we had known they were going to cancel the first time in the morning, we could've actually spent another real day doing activities vs sitting in an airport...
 
Well, glad you finally made it out! I hate when airlines push the delays multiple times. I'd honestly rather them cancel, so you can plan accordingly. We had that happen once to us coming home from FL. They just kept pushing back by an hour multiple times in a row, until finally they cancelled. But if we had known they were going to cancel the first time in the morning, we could've actually spent another real day doing activities vs sitting in an airport...
Yeah I definitely wanted to cancel, we got our first snowfall of the year no work for days, no need to leave for me but we travelled with some friends and they were gung ho on seeing it through so we went for it....
 
Warm up-
30 minute walk to gym

Bench
20 x bar
10 x 95
6 x 135
3 x 185
1 x 215
5 x 225, 235,
3 x 5 x 240

Incline DB
10 x 65
2 x 10 x 75

Dips
3 x 10

Flies
2 x 15 x 35

Hanging leg raises
2 x 10
(My abs are still crazy sore from last weeks work lol)

Finisher cardio
30 min walk back to house

Notes: I did pack wrist wraps, gym shoes, clothes etc, but not my normal carry on backpack so I'm rocking my wife's fabletics fanny pack today at the gym. I'm super cool.

Yesterday I was able to eek out a 16:8 to try to keep control of things, broke fast with a fat salad with brisket as the meat of choice on top but I think it was like 2oz meat and like 4oz sauce lol.
 
I bet you looked fabulous in your fabletics! I miss the days of the fanny pack being in style. You could'nt get more convenient, and I loved not having things in my pocket normally digging into my legs. I wore one for 2-3 years after they went out of style just because I didn't want to give up the convenience of it.
 
So friday plane departure of like 8pm was postponed 205 minutes (gag). We get to the airport and it was pushed out substantially further. we finally went wheels up at 3:20am. Very little sleep if any, on the 2.5hr flight. landed around 6am, grabbed Uber, got to the house around 7 and we basically were all wired so we went to breakfast. we had a short 'nap', but by around 1pm. we were out and about. We all slept hard that night. Sunday walked around Cave Creek so everyone could trinket shop.

Monday they wanted to go into scottsdale, hit the mall etc, and I skipped that to hit the gym, then back to the house for a couple quiet hours to grab my Anthony Bourdain book. Monday night had a date night with my wife. (Prime Rib + potatoes, AI prescribed, lol).

Tuesday we hit Mariners Spring Training in Peoria, we stopped in scottsdale on the way to visit Old Town and take my buddy to Baseballisms. After the game we basically hung by the pool the rest of the afternoon/evening and finished off the groceries we had bought (mostly).

Weds, 6:40am departure, smooth flight. Landed, 1hr drive home. Got in my car and drove an hour south to look at a truck for sale (we are needing a farm truck). Back home, grilled up a couple lbs of chicken so my wife and I have meal prep done for the rest of the week and protein in the fridge for the weekend.

I hit my supplements weds night (did not take them with me). Then this morning, up at 4:30am back to normal full regiment. Red light, Epiandro, Carnitine, PA XT, M-Test, and I found an old bottle of horny goatweed so I pounded some so I could finish it off lol. I hate having bottles of supplements that are unfinished.

Today will be my AI prescribed lower day, 2 cardio sessions, and probably Sauna.

also, my boy texted me a video from high school weight class. he absolutely burried a 395 squat PR perfectly, then made an attempt at 405 which honestly he damn near had. he got it about half way up before bringing it back down to the safety bars. I think on a fresh day he could likely take the jump from around 375, skip 395, and easily secure the 405. at 16, all he does is recover.
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You knew your training weight when you walked in the door. It was great.
I've been keeping a conversation going with gemini so I can keep building data and once I decided this might work (or at least be interesting for a while) I started giving it my lift numbers each session so it has data on how much weight to rx me, we'll see where that goes. Right now it thinks I'm a monster of a man with those 240lb sets this week on a cut 😂 😂
I would LOVE to see your results from trying 3 months on DC Training while eating to grow.

Might not be far off, I only have about 6 or 6 1/2 weeks left for my May 1st goal on this cut, then I'll have 10 days off and will at that point be able to reflect on things and see if we double down on another cut, maintain, or attempt a more controlled strength cycle. but I'll tell you its wild how 190lbs is the new 178lbs for me. definitely don't feel fat, so there is more lean mass but its a wildly hard barrier to break through.
 
Sucks about the big flight delay, but sounds like a good vacay overall. A coworker who was supposed to go to Denmark with his daughter for her foreign exchange program Sunday night out of Chicago was totally cancelled that day and next; had to bag the trip.

Congrats on your boy’s new squat PR! It’s exciting he’s enjoying it so much 😄
 
I bet you looked fabulous in your fabletics! I miss the days of the fanny pack being in style. You could'nt get more convenient, and I loved not having things in my pocket normally digging into my legs. I wore one for 2-3 years after they went out of style just because I didn't want to give up the convenience of it.
IDK feeling cute, might have to bring it back if I can find a neon colored one. I feel like since I'm 43 and happily married I have more freedom to embrace the full racer back tank top, short shorts, knee high socks, fanny pack, and might go old school with a walkman as well.

Sucks about the big flight delay, but sounds like a good vacay overall. A coworker who was supposed to go to Denmark with his daughter for her foreign exchange program Sunday night out of Chicago was totally cancelled that day and next; had to bag the trip.

Congrats on your boy’s new squat PR! It’s exciting he’s enjoying it so much 😄

So funny coincidence we had this plane tracker. Our plane came from Chicago that day but was forced to land in Boise since SeaTac closed, and those poor people who did get out of Chicago ended up grounded in Boise for like 12hrs, only to catch a midnight plane back to SeaTac finally, lol. silver lining for my group is that when they told us our flight was delayed 3 hrs we were at least able to stay at home to kill time rather than get trapped in an airport!

And yeah I think its pretty cool that these teenagers are pulling out their cameras in weightlifting class to record eachothers PR attempts!! No matter how much texting brocoli heads annoy us all in the gym, the high t energy this kids are putting off is awesome.
 
Man all the flight delays have really sucked all over, but glad everything worked out for you. Hopefully you didn’t have to rock pink Fabletics.😂 It is funny you brought up the fanny pack and Walkman….ha, those were the days. I was rocking the big leg muscle pants and tank tops back then.🤘
Oh and congrats to your boy on his squat PR, that is great.💪
 
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