The Biggest Smont ever! 🤔 Lets find out

Hyde said:
Well that recommendation was specifically for him since he was on the fence over using soy sauce on his rice but really wanted some. The coconut aminos I’ve used were something like half of the content in reduced sodium soy even.

Definitely different, as they’re a little sweet. I think it’s really good with cubed up grilled or baked chicken or chops, but they don’t work as well with canned tuna or ground turkey. So depends on what else is going with the rice.
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I usually use it on chicken like you said or I will turn it into a salad dressing. It's mainly the rice I'm 50/50 with. It does work well with oil and vinegar and citrus juices to make dressing
 
Smont said:
I usually use it on chicken like you said or I will turn it into a salad dressing. It's mainly the rice I'm 50/50 with. It does work well with oil and vinegar and citrus juices to make dressing
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That’s a cool idea! Thanks
 
Tonight I'm turning a Costco rotisserie chicken into chicken and dumplings soup
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Weights not really going up and I'm power eating lol. I'm not even posting all the food. I grabbed McDonald's earlier and had a bunch of Greek yogurt, dark chocolate and banana concoction for dessert lol.
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I'm not going to get any crazier then I've already been eating, Im just going to add more good food but jusus, I feel like I been pounding food and the scale doesn't really budge
 
Tomorrow should be a fantastic workout, I basically had two and a half days of nothing but resting and eating. I got a lot of steps in just doing stuff around the house but no strenuous activity.
 
Hyde said:
Well that recommendation was specifically for him since he was on the fence over using soy sauce on his rice but really wanted some. The coconut aminos I’ve used were something like half of the content in reduced sodium soy even.

Definitely different, as they’re a little sweet. I think it’s really good with cubed up grilled or baked chicken or chops, but they don’t work as well with canned tuna or ground turkey. So depends on what else is going with the rice.
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Yeah the brand we have at the house now is the low sodium one. I used a little less than a tablespoon and was perfect with the other seasonings I had already put in. Also if you guys like salmon. I have a pretty good recipe for a salmon maki bowl I can post. Didn’t want to take up @Smont’s thread with recipes.
 
jfigliuolo said:
Never heard of the stuff until now. Need to try it.

True confession... I take swigs of soy sauce straight from the bottle!
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I've heard weirder ****. Sometimes after I eat sushi il take the last of the soy mixed with wasabi and shoot it lol. Not too bad
 
Smont said:
I've heard weirder ****. Sometimes after I eat sushi il take the last of the soy mixed with wasabi and shoot it lol. Not too bad
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We’re going to eat all you can eat sushi with some friends this weekend. I’ll prob get kicked out since I’m craving it so bad.
 
I know it's definitely not ideal to be doing all this stuff I did before those zurchers, but I had the class and had to put the kids through it and there was an odd number of people and if I didn't do them with them, the whole class was going to be f***** up. Oh well lol

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I did take a 10 minute break between the class and my first set of Zurchers
 
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Smont said:
I know it's definitely not ideal to be doing all this stuff I did before those zurchers, but I had the class and had to put the kids through it and there was an odd number of people and if I didn't do them with them, the whole class was going to be f***** up. Oh well lol

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Well you can definitely say you had your blood pumping and was good and warmed up before the Zurchers.💪
 
You're gunna have to change the title of this thread to Smont's Food Network if you keep it up with the food ;)
 
I have a feeling that your conditioned enough that what you did before zerchers didn't really impede you too much. I know there's a fine line but...

Smont said:
Oh no, I performed the surgery. I have a 4th job doing Brazilian butt lifts out the back of the gym
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when my wife had her mastectomy I told her I wanted the reconstruction surgeons job. The first time we visited him it was a little cucky having another man draw on your wife like that but after like the 3rd visit I'm sitting back with my monocle and hand on my chin like we're both looking at a fine peice of art. except this is the art you can touch 😂

I'm like hey doc, how much for another 50cc's

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Dustin07 said:
I have a feeling that your conditioned enough that what you did before zerchers didn't really impede you too much. I know there's a fine line but...


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I would tend to agree with you. I'm definitely not at my absolute freshest for this, but I'm far from tired or whatever from that stuff. I actually will sit out a round or a set from what I have them doing. I keep any weights I use lighter then if I was actually doing it for a workout. I started using a intra again too so I got creatine, amino acids and like 50gm of carbs I start sipping during warm ups or twords the end of working with the class.


It went up fairly quickly, but I knew I couldn't walk it across the room. The combination of the heavy weight on my sternum not allowing me to breathe and not being 100% fresh definitely had a small effect on that.

On that note, I think I'm gonna build on my reps at 225-275 so I can get use to bracing and not holding my breath, or getting the bar into a better position where it's not cutting off my air.
 
Assuming my warm ups are going to be working with my class on Thursday, here's what I'm thinking for the next workout. Saturday is a full body and Sunday, if there's time, arms cardio.


Thursday

Box jumps 4x6
Explosive single leg squats 4x6 each side

With a partner, sled drag and rope pull. Your going to have the sled on the other side of the room and use the rope to drag it to you. Then you're going to hop on the other side of the sled and pull backwards to the starting point where your partner will then drag the sled back with the rope and repeat the process. 2-3 rounds on the clock.

Quick shoulder warm up 5min with some pushups mixed in.

Bench press(slight 15-20°incline) 15,10,5,5,5
Weighted chins 10,5,5,5
90° weighted back hypers 4x8-10
Hack squat 4x8-10
 
seems like you're in a really good place right now to get some awesome results dude. with your conditionining already high, adding these extra calories I bet your body takes them like a sponge for quite a while before progress starts to plateau
 
Dustin07 said:
seems like you're in a really good place right now to get some awesome results dude. with your conditionining already high, adding these extra calories I bet your body takes them like a sponge for quite a while before progress starts to plateau
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Definitely, I think with all my big compounds being De - trained (is detrained a actual word lol) since they've been on the back burner for quite a while, and coming out of a cut, and eating everything on sight and introducing a cycle....... I think no matter what im going to regain strength and size at a ridiculously fast-paced for at least a month or 2. I definitely think I'm in a good place right now. I'm worried that I'm cutting too much cardio and conditioning out but 1. I need to so I don't have to eat 5-6,000 calories and 2. If I do get fat, I'm really good at stripping it back off so I shouldn't be overly concerned with it
 
Smont said:
I think with all my big compounds being De - trained (is detrained a actual word lol) since they've been on the back burner for quite a while, and coming out of a cut, and eating everything on sight and introducing a cycle....... I think no matter what im going to regain strength and size at a ridiculously fast-paced
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in for the newbie gains (again)! 😂 😂
Smont said:
I'm worried that I'm cutting too much cardio and conditioning out but 1. I need to so I don't have to eat 5-6,000 calories and 2. If I do get fat, I'm really good at stripping it back off so I shouldn't be overly concerned with it
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tough call. its easier to cut 400 calories from a daily intake than it is to burn 400 calories on a treadmill, but there is also the consideration of fatigue etc when strength training... But there is a reason why specializing creates results!
 
Dustin07 said:
in for the newbie gains (again)! 😂 😂


tough call. its easier to cut 400 calories from a daily intake than it is to burn 400 calories on a treadmill, but there is also the consideration of fatigue etc when strength training... But there is a reason why specializing creates results!
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Agree with this 100%. Much easier to adjust the calorie consumption. Also, when you’re focused on strength training versus body building type workouts, you’ll need more calories to push through. At least that’s what I’ve experienced since I started powerlifting about a year and a half ago. I would feel really run down in the middle of a lifting schedule but thought it was normal. Having that “beat up” feeling is normal at times but I found that on my off days I was hungry all the time and craved carbs. I ate what I felt I needed to eat and felt much better. So @Smont I’d ride out the calories you’re taking in and keep the cardio where it is for another week or two until you see the scale moving and the abs starting to washout, then you can up the cardio.
 
Smont said:
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that is my favorite lift by far. Now days I only throw them in here and there for explosiveness training, but the clean and jerk is definitely my favorite. and when you're setup right in a good oly gym, you just go ham clangin' and bangin'. love it
 
Did a grab bag for work today, chicken in a protein wrap, protein bar, greek yogurt, banana and coffee. After work il mix up that intra workout with some extra carbs and I think I'm doing steaks and rice for my late night last meal after work. Il get the food porn rolling hard on Saturday. I'm gonna try to do a full day of eating type thing Saturday (my girlfriend birthday too so we're going out that night)

Il be back later with dinner and the log book
 
After doing all the box jumps and the class stuff

Both the bench and the chin-ups had three warm-up sets

Low incline bench 235x5,5,5
Chin-ups to 45x5,5,5

After this I got thrown off track with a conversation followed by a gym staff meeting and I wrapped it up.

Saturday is a full body and Sunday is a free day so I'll pick up the slack sometime over the weekend.

Food time , I got well over 2000 calorie to go so this will be fun lol
 
Sorry, I mangled this plate of pork before I took any pictures but I got the finished product
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2 cups rice and 10oz of pulled pork, the peppers and salsa came from the garden this summer (I jar up a lot of stuff and hot water bath it to process and make it shelf stable
 
Smont said:
Sorry, I mangled this plate of pork before I took any pictures but I got the finished product View attachment 257753View attachment 257754
2 cups rice and 10oz of pulled pork, the peppers and salsa came from the garden this summer (I jar up a lot of stuff and hot water bath it to process and make it shelf stable
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Still looks good…. I love homemade salsa, and I’ll put it on all kinds of things. Love homegrown fresh peppers and vegetables too, and it feels good when you’re eating stuff that you grew.👍
 
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gphagan1 said:
Still looks good…. I love homemade salsa too, and I’ll put it on all kinds of things. Love homegrown fresh peppers and vegetables too, and it feels good when you’re eating stuff that you grew.👍
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It was good but hard to finish, don't got the appitate today, I need a decent amount more calories today and I'm not hungry, probably going to cram some pbjs and cereal and get to bed
 
Smont said:
cram some pbjs
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One of the easiest things to get down in my opinion! Brings me back to my childhood days everytime I eat a PB&J!
 
I know this is coming from ignorance... But I cannot for the life of me understand not being able to eat enough to gain. This is coming from a place of having to have caloric restraint all my life.
 
jfigliuolo said:
I know this is coming from ignorance... But I cannot for the life of me understand not being able to eat enough to gain. This is coming from a place of having to have caloric restraint all my life.
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Well ..... It's more about food choices then it is actual food. My maintenance calories are about 3300-3500 (I never know exactly but that's about the range) so to gain I need 3600-4000 and those numbers are only going to go up as my body weight goes up. I can easily put down 5000 calories in a sitting, I have a binge eating problem and I do this often believe it or not. Like at least 2x month I go off the rails for a day or 2. But eating 5000 cal from cake and Pop-Tarts is a lot different then chicken and rice. When my appitate is low, I can easily pound McDonald's or Pop-Tarts or whatever junk is around, but that's a recipe to become morbidly obese lol. I can enough food, but food quality matters and if 50% of my daily calls are junk, well, you are what you eat. My own personal past experience tells me if about 75% of my food is good quality whole foods, the other 25% I can focus on calories. But even then, 1000 cal a day from junk food isn't very healthy or good for my gut. It's kinda complicated for me to balance it, I mean it's actually very simple to balance it but mentally it's very complicated for me to balance it lol. When I eat bad, I want more crap, more McDonald's, more pizza, more Oreos and cake rolls lol
 
I got 20 winni tabs left over that I might throw in 50mg for 20 days. No real reason other then I want to lol. But I also may save that for after NPP.


That reminds me, I've had zero issues with NPP this time. I think the test and EQ is in a good balance to keep estrogen in check and I'm dodging the nandrolone sides completely right now. Knock on wood
 
jfigliuolo said:
I know this is coming from ignorance... But I cannot for the life of me understand not being able to eat enough to gain. This is coming from a place of having to have caloric restraint all my life.
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Smont said:
Well ..... It's more about food choices then it is actual food. My maintenance calories are about 3300-3500 (I never know exactly but that's about the range) so to gain I need 3600-4000 and those numbers are only going to go up as my body weight goes up. I can easily put down 5000 calories in a sitting, I have a binge eating problem and I do this often believe it or not. Like at least 2x month I go off the rails for a day or 2. But eating 5000 cal from cake and Pop-Tarts is a lot different then chicken and rice. When my appitate is low, I can easily pound McDonald's or Pop-Tarts or whatever junk is around, but that's a recipe to become morbidly obese lol. I can enough food, but food quality matters and if 50% of my daily calls are junk, well, you are what you eat. My own personal past experience tells me if about 75% of my food is good quality whole foods, the other 25% I can focus on calories. But even then, 1000 cal a day from junk food isn't very healthy or good for my gut. It's kinda complicated for me to balance it, I mean it's actually very simple to balance it but mentally it's very complicated for me to balance it lol. When I eat bad, I want more crap, more McDonald's, more pizza, more Oreos and cake rolls lol
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The other thing though, gear aside, is you don't drink and you have a super active job. IDK about jfigliulol but if a person has a few drinks (or a lot on the weekend say) I mean there's 200-300 per serving, and if they're sitting at a desk like me, well there's a loss of maybe 1,000 calories in NEAT etc for the day. so even if you do have a high metabolism naturally, you're still a lot more active than most people by default and you are restricting the liquid calories that a lot of people, even moderate drinkers, are taking in.

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Yeah... three things I didn't consider.
1. Gear
2. Trying to keep it clean
3. Active job.

All makes sense. As far as alcohol... I drink very little. I LOVE porters and stouts but the calories kill me. So I only indulge on holidays. Otherwise I'd be a day drinker lol
 
Smont said:
I got 20 winni tabs left over that I might throw in 50mg for 20 days. No real reason other then I want to lol. But I also may save that for after NPP.


That reminds me, I've had zero issues with NPP this time. I think the test and EQ is in a good balance to keep estrogen in check and I'm dodging the nandrolone sides completely right now. Knock on wood
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That’s good that you’re not getting any sides from NPP, because it’s great on a bulk. Looks like EQ is working for you. Too bad you get too many sides from Trest, because it’s another one that is good on a bulk. Of course it’s all about the diet, but those two will put it on you when you’re pounding calories. As far as that goes running Test at high doses will too. But I know you know all that.
That is a good point about the kind of food you eat on a bulk, and gut health, especially when running gear.
 
jfigliuolo said:
All makes sense. As far as alcohol... I drink very little. I LOVE porters and stouts but the calories kill me. So I only indulge on holidays. Otherwise I'd be a day drinker lol
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I get that, its one of the reasons I tend to stick to bourbon. My favorite IPA's would be like 240 calories for a glass vs a shot of bourbon at like 80. But when I'm serious about a cut I go completely dry. I know smont hasn't had a drink in years so thats a lot of saved calories compared to your avg even moderate drinker.
 
Dustin07 said:
I get that, its one of the reasons I tend to stick to bourbon. My favorite IPA's would be like 240 calories for a glass vs a shot of bourbon at like 80. But when I'm serious about a cut I go completely dry. I know smont hasn't had a drink in years so thats a lot of saved calories compared to your avg even moderate drinker.
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Bourbon…..the nectar of the Gods
 
Another good snack I really enjoy is a cheese quesadilla and a bowl of cottage cheese and yes I dip the quesadilla in the cottage cheese 😂
 
akboom87 said:
Another good snack I really enjoy is a cheese quesadilla and a bowl of cottage cheese and yes I dip the quesadilla in the cottage cheese 😂
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Better up the fiber dosage with that meal or you might not sh$t for a good couple of days :ROFLMAO:
 
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