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[PolishHamm3r77]

Ya I usually do something like 5-8%. Yesterdays build on Front doubles went 95-155-205-255-290-315-340. I usually “plan” closer to 5 by the end but that conservative amount let’s me shift a little higher if I’m feeling better that day (initial plan was 335 but things felt good so went 340 instead).

It kind of depends on what you are building up for, intentions, and why, but for a single to be blunt if you think you can’t make the lift because jumps of that size are going to fatigue you then likely your just not strong enough for the lift or your capacity needs some work.

It would be different building up to say testing a 10rm. Then you might scale the reps down as you build to avoid fatigue, the weights still might be the same (but testing higher reps also means the further down percentage wise you are so not as many jumps and they may stay bigger). Most of the time though it’s not even really about “testing” but building in training so even at higher reps I’d keep building at same reps and accept a little less top set for the day because the goal stimulus is being achieved with my builds (again goal and intent dependent).

Depends on if you are more slow twitch or fast twitch individual. When I fail in a rep count I FAIL. I hit an absolute wall. Physics takes over and gravity wins. I’ve seen lifting partners fail, pause , and bust out 2 or 3 more reps. When I have gone for PR’s I did less reps b4 the attempt. But that is just me…

 

[Dustin07]

I mean, they seem reasonable increases and I'd do similar, but are you killing your endurance by doing thr 225 to begin with

135 - 225 are just warming up, and damn near required to get my hammies, glutes, biceps, and lats stretched and ready to go. I could pound out 21 x 225 and it wouldn't have a great effect on whatever my top rep of the day is. I tend to pull in the reigns and go more cautiously once I break 315ish. That's typically where I put on my belt, either at 315 or the next rep up.

 

[Dustin07]

Bench
10 x 95, 135

+ Red bands to dbs
3 x 135, 165
1 x 195, 225

No bands
1 x 250, 270, 290, 305 miss

Sling shot
1 x 315

Raw
10 x 225
15 x 185
20 x 135


Laterals
4 x 12 x 30s

Superset with cable flies
3 x 12

Dips
3 x 10


Notes
Slid 12" down the damn bench on the 305 attempt. and I mean really slid down. I felt like focus, barpath and leg drive were dialed in and next thing I knew my head was sliding off the bench and the bar was almost past the J hooks.

I made a second attempt but was gassed by then. Weird day to have such lagging top end but still rep out 225 so solidly. I've only ten repped it like twice ever.

Hopefully it's yesterdays 1rm attempt dogging me

Weight 200.00

 

[Dustin07]

Chest pump is insane

 

[markismighty]

Notes
Slid 12" down the damn bench on the 305 attempt. and I mean really slid down. I felt like focus, barpath and leg drive were dialed in and next thing I knew my head was sliding off the bench and the bar was almost past the J hooks.

if you’re on a commercial gym bench I highly recommend putting 1 or 2 yoga mats on it to make it more grippy.

 

[Dustin07]

if you’re on a commercial gym bench I highly recommend putting 1 or 2 yoga mats on it to make it more grippy.

I had this issue once many months ago and @dapack and @Hyde recommended the bands, so I actually did double wrap my red bands on the bench to make me grippier which worked wonders but I was just gassed on the 2nd attempt. the first one was pretty murderous, sliding that far back on the bench left my spotter and I both in a slightly awkward place

I hadn't slipped again since so didn't worry about it. although damn it does stretch the bands more than I like. I was so angry at my poor top end work today that the 225 was just plain easy. I did that one out of spite.

 

[Dustin07]

Bench
2 x 10 x 100
5 x 150, 200
1 x 235, 265, 285, 300 (PR)

Singlshot
1 x 315, 325, 335 (assisted)

Raw
9 x 235
18 x 185

Incline
3 x 10 x 135

Rope tricep extensions
3 x 15+

notes;
well I finally did it. I visualized that 300 for the last 4 days. had a plan in writing, and gorged myself on every carb I could find saturday, doubling down on sunday, for todays push.

finished my anabolic xt, and PA XT today. took double dose of epichaos and triton.

285 moved fast like a warm up rep. 300 was so fast and easy I almost went for 305 but said no, I don't want to fail today lets just stop there. I hit it. the pump was insane.

I went back to look at my training from June - August where I PR'd deads at 475 and Bench at 300.
I was stacking anabolic XT and anabolic effect (along with PA XT) but my training was harder and heavier.

instead of light speed banded work on bench and deads, I was doing my banded work as heavy as I can.
Instead of light 10 x 3 deficits I was working to the heaviest 3 rep sets I could.

I love having a log to look back on. I think I can see what adjustments should be made from here.

 

[Hyde]

if you’re on a commercial gym bench I highly recommend putting 1 or 2 yoga mats on it to make it more grippy.

^This is the best thing I’ve found if you don’t have bands but have a mat. Also helps widen the pad slightly, which is usually awfully narrow in a commercial setup.

Totally agree with @Resolve10 on working up. You need to save the energy by making biggest jumps reasonable on the top end, but there is a measure of conditioning required to train that should make 6 or so warmups no issue, & actually potentiate the max attempt from neurological practice.

Dustin, I would say do whatever you need to get warm/mobile enough to pull (as example):

225x3
295x1
345x1
385x1
420x1
450x1
480x1

And put your belt on a set earlier than normal training, to practice with equipment sooner.

 

[dapack]

You will get 305 next time. Number still looking solid and staying up there.

 

[gphagan1]

Happy Thanksgiving

 

[GreenMachineX]

Ya I usually do something like 5-8%. Yesterdays build on Front doubles went 95-155-205-255-290-315-340. I usually “plan” closer to 5 by the end but that conservative amount let’s me shift a little higher if I’m feeling better that day (initial plan was 335 but things felt good so went 340 instead).

I'm really trying to understand what you said here...can you say this differently? Lol sorry

 

[gphagan1]

I'm really trying to understand what you said here...can you say this differently? Lol sorry

He was referring to his increase in weight on each set being 5-8% of 1RM, and on the last set he went up 25 lbs instead of 20 because he felt good.

 

[GreenMachineX]

He was referring to his increase in weight on each set being 5-8% of 1RM, and on the last set he went up 25 lbs instead of 20 because he felt good.

But what are front doubles?

 

[akboom87]

@Dustin07 looking at the slingshots on sale, on the sizing what size you running? According to the sizing I should get 2x for 230# but I will cut again at some point so I’m conflicted if I should get the XL or 2X. Any thoughts?

 

[GreenMachineX]

Sorry Front Squat doubles.

He explained it right. 5% jump is about 20lbs which was the plan and what I usually aim for as default, but in that situation it felt good so I bumped up 25lbs which is closer to 8%.

Got it now! Thanks.

 

[Dustin07]

@Dustin07 looking at the slingshots on sale, on the sizing what size you running? According to the sizing I should get 2x for 230# but I will cut again at some point so I’m conflicted if I should get the XL or 2X. Any thoughts?

I'm running an XL and weighed in at 205 this morning. It's starting to get pretty tight around the upper arms but I don't think that's an issue yet, if anything it may be fitting a little better slightly lower on biceps.

Unless your arms are measuring in substantially over 17" and chest over 46+ I bet mine would fit you. My buddy wears mine and he is like 250lbs

 

[Dustin07]

Happy Thanksgiving

Back at you brother. Clocked in at +5lbs of muscle mass (I assume it's pure muscle) this morning

 

[akboom87]

I'm running an XL and weighed in at 205 this morning. It's starting to get pretty tight around the upper arms but I don't think that's an issue yet, if anything it may be fitting a little better slightly lower on biceps.

Unless your arms are measuring in substantially over 17" and chest over 46+ I bet mine would fit you. My buddy wears mine and he is like 250lbs

Awesome I ended up ordering XL and hard to beat the price in the outlet section they had a olive green one for 29 bucks.

 

[Dustin07]

Today we walked the dogs down to the beach. I tracked it on the runkeeper app to verify. This is the trip down hill, so the trip back will put it obviously well over 30min and... It's all uphill back home too lol.

Thinking of a December goal of 930 minutes of cardio (liss)... Or 31 x 30 for explanation. Allowing sat 1hr days to make up for missed days.

I wanna play with the whole increase cardio and keep cals high thing for a bit.

Awesome I ended up ordering XL and hard to beat the price in the outlet section they had a olive green one for 29 bucks.

For real!


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[PolishHamm3r77]

Beautiful dogs! German or Belgian?

 

[Dustin07]

Ended at 2.25miles
47+minutes
217 calories (although the uphill felt like 200 by itself.

Beautiful dogs! German or Belgian?

Thanks homie. He (Ax, or Axel) is Eastern German shepherd. She (Rox, or Roxy) is supposedly aussidor (Australian shepherd + lab) but we are convinced she's actually Kelpie + Lab. He's at 7 months and just over 70lbs, she's about 3 years old in December.

The GSD comes from a breeder my wife got her last GSD for, she bred K9s for many years, our last boy was from that lineage, she imported this new stud to move her blood lines over to ESA type shepherds. We don't "need" an ESA dog, but I would prefer a mellow GSD vs an aggressive one lol

 

[PolishHamm3r77]

Ended at 2.25miles
47+minutes
217 calories (although the uphill felt like 200 by itself.
Thanks homie. He (Ax, or Axel) is Eastern German shepherd. She (Rox, or Roxy) is supposedly aussidor (Australian shepherd + lab) but we are convinced she's actually Kelpie + Lab. He's at 7 months and just over 70lbs, she's about 3 years old in December.

The GSD comes from a breeder my wife got her last GSD for, she bred K9s for many years, our last boy was from that lineage, she imported this new stud to move her blood lines over to ESA type shepherds. We don't "need" an ESA dog, but I would prefer a mellow GSD vs an aggressive one lol

Both beautiful dogs!!!
I would love a German Rott but don’t wanna offend my American Bully Blue. Had a German Rott in high school. Amazing dog

 

[MrKleen73]

Beautiful dogs and scenery!

 

[GreenMachineX]

Today we walked the dogs down to the beach. I tracked it on the runkeeper app to verify. This is the trip down hill, so the trip back will put it obviously well over 30min and... It's all uphill back home too lol.

Thinking of a December goal of 930 minutes of cardio (liss)... Or 31 x 30 for explanation. Allowing sat 1hr days to make up for missed days.

I wanna play with the whole increase cardio and keep cals high thing for a bit.

For real!


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Wait, you live on the beach?! What body of water is that?

 

[PolishHamm3r77]

Today we walked the dogs down to the beach. I tracked it on the runkeeper app to verify. This is the trip down hill, so the trip back will put it obviously well over 30min and... It's all uphill back home too lol.

Thinking of a December goal of 930 minutes of cardio (liss)... Or 31 x 30 for explanation. Allowing sat 1hr days to make up for missed days.

I wanna play with the whole increase cardio and keep cals high thing for a bit.

For real!


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In the north west are most shorelines that type of stone/rock? I was so taken by the dogs I didn’t notice the AMAZING shoreline!!!

 

[Hyde]

Wait, you live on the beach?! What body of water is that?

That’s not a real beach; that’s just what people on the NW and NE call it where the water meets the rocks Good place still for a walk though, no doubt!

 

[Dustin07]

Bench
15 x bar, 95, 135
2 x 185, 225, 255
1 x 275, 290, 290, 295

Slingshot
1 x 315
6 x 275

Raw
10 x 230 (PR by reps)
18 x 185

Tricep rope pushdowns
3 sets to failureish
+1 dropset

Flat DB bench
15 x 60s, 70s
10 x 80s

(While my boy did accessory bicep work)

Hammer strength dips
3 x 12-15 x +180lbs

Cool down LISS
10 minutes

Notes:
Sunday session with the boy. Weighed in at 205 today, putting Thanksgiving to good use . Fighting a minor head cold but nothing worth writing home about. (RIP family gatherings)

I don't usually sit there and hammer out the singles in my top end, so pretty happy with this session. Needed to be sorta safe with my 14yr old spotting me.

275 and 290 both felt slow the first time, then the second 290 felt pretty fast.

 

[Hyde]

Great looking session - making solid progress towards your goal!

 

[Dustin07]

Thanks man it felt great! I didn't stress too much over my ramp up weights since I wanted to stay where the boy could spot me safely but 290 felt good enough to hammer out some more work there and not risk a failed rep.

Wait, you live on the beach?! What body of water is that?

Pretty much, the cabin is on the water and the floorboards get wet at high tide. My wife's family settled out here like 100+ years ago (boat builders and farmers. Some awesome stories there)

so they have this family plot on the water that's shared between like 8 of us but we live a couple hundred yards up the hill from it, so we can walk down the road (about 1 mile) to the cabin and beach. Its Puget Sound, not too far from Tacoma. Our house is probably like 500-1000 yards off the water as the bird flies. Amazing views and amazing weather damage on that side of the house every year

Hydes right, we have very very few actually sandy beaches. Most are pretty rocky out here. That was a medium high tide, on a low tide there's about 40-50 more feet of beach. Our tidal swings can be like 14+ feet.

Up in the San Juan Islands there are a couple decently sandy areas but it's only warm for like 4-6 weeks of the year

 

[akboom87]

Bench
15 x bar, 95, 135
2 x 185, 225, 255
1 x 275, 290, 290, 295

Slingshot
1 x 315
6 x 275

Raw
10 x 230 (PR by reps)
18 x 185

Tricep rope pushdowns
3 sets to failureish
+1 dropset

Flat DB bench
15 x 60s, 70s
10 x 80s

(While my boy did accessory bicep work)

Hammer strength dips
3 x 12-15 x +180lbs

Cool down LISS
10 minutes

Notes:
Sunday session with the boy. Weighed in at 205 today, putting Thanksgiving to good use . Fighting a minor head cold but nothing worth writing home about. (RIP family gatherings)

I don't usually sit there and hammer out the singles in my top end, so pretty happy with this session. Needed to be sorta safe with my 14yr old spotting me.

275 and 290 both felt slow the first time, then the second 290 felt pretty fast.

Nice work on the bench!

 

[gphagan1]

Thanks man it felt great! I didn't stress too much over my ramp up weights since I wanted to stay where the boy could spot me safely but 290 felt good enough to hammer out some more work there and not risk a failed rep. Pretty much, the cabin is on the water and the floorboards get wet at high tide. My wife's family settled out here like 100+ years ago (boat builders and farmers. Some awesome stories there)

so they have this family plot on the water that's shared between like 8 of us but we live a couple hundred yards up the hill from it, so we can walk down the road (about 1 mile) to the cabin and beach. Its Puget Sound, not too far from Tacoma. Our house is probably like 500-1000 yards off the water as the bird flies. Amazing views and amazing weather damage on that side of the house every year

Hydes right, we have very very few actually sandy beaches. Most are pretty rocky out here. That was a medium high tide, on a low tide there's about 40-50 more feet of beach. Our tidal swings can be like 14+ feet.

Up in the San Juan Islands there are a couple decently sandy areas but it's only warm for like 4-6 weeks of the year

I bet you and your wife have some great views. Are you near any of the volcanoes?

 

[Dustin07]

I bet you and your wife have some great views. Are you near any of the volcanoes?

Baker, Rainier, Adams and Helens. Mt Rainier everyone out here sorta claims as "our mountain". When I was a kid mom and dads driveway was 1/4 mile walk from bus stop to house facing the mountain the whole way. My home town was about 45 minutes to either the Mt Rainier area (Crystal mountain snowboarding) or the Summit at Snoqualmie (more snowboarding).

Now days we are like 2 hrs away from the snow so our extra curricular time is spent more on the water.

this is a shot my wife got from our place:

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This is my favorite shot from boating up in the islands. on a clear day you can see the Olympic Mtn range to the west, and the cascades (mt Baker area) to the east. It's surreal waking up in the Skagit mudflats in a layout boat after the sun rise run of ducks come over and you see nothing but the snow covered mountains.

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[gphagan1]

Baker, Rainier, Adams and Helens. Mt Rainier everyone out here sorta claims as "our mountain". When I was a kid mom and dads driveway was 1/4 mile walk from bus stop to house facing the mountain the whole way. My home town was about 45 minutes to either the Mt Rainier area (Crystal mountain snowboarding) or the Summit at Snoqualmie (more snowboarding).

Now days we are like 2 hrs away from the snow so our extra curricular time is spent more on the water.

this is a shot my wife got from our place:

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This is my favorite shot from boating up in the islands. on a clear day you can see the Olympic Mtn range to the west, and the cascades (mt Baker area) to the east. It's surreal waking up in the Skagit mudflats in a layout boat after the sun rise run of ducks come over and you see nothing but the snow covered mountains.

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Wow, that’s incredible.

 

[GreenMachineX]

Baker, Rainier, Adams and Helens. Mt Rainier everyone out here sorta claims as "our mountain". When I was a kid mom and dads driveway was 1/4 mile walk from bus stop to house facing the mountain the whole way. My home town was about 45 minutes to either the Mt Rainier area (Crystal mountain snowboarding) or the Summit at Snoqualmie (more snowboarding).

Now days we are like 2 hrs away from the snow so our extra curricular time is spent more on the water.

this is a shot my wife got from our place:

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This is my favorite shot from boating up in the islands. on a clear day you can see the Olympic Mtn range to the west, and the cascades (mt Baker area) to the east. It's surreal waking up in the Skagit mudflats in a layout boat after the sun rise run of ducks come over and you see nothing but the snow covered mountains.

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Jelly

 

[Dustin07]

it really is man, we're super blessed. We want to name our next boat bendecida (blessed in Espanol). we wouldn't even be considering moving to Mexico except we are just tired of the politics, cost of living, taxes, and massive congestion in our region. I used to drive into Seattle 2 times per week for rock concerts and now days it's hard to motivate ourselves to fight the traffic even every other month to visit the city.

 

[PolishHamm3r77]

Baker, Rainier, Adams and Helens. Mt Rainier everyone out here sorta claims as "our mountain". When I was a kid mom and dads driveway was 1/4 mile walk from bus stop to house facing the mountain the whole way. My home town was about 45 minutes to either the Mt Rainier area (Crystal mountain snowboarding) or the Summit at Snoqualmie (more snowboarding).

Now days we are like 2 hrs away from the snow so our extra curricular time is spent more on the water.

this is a shot my wife got from our place:

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This is my favorite shot from boating up in the islands. on a clear day you can see the Olympic Mtn range to the west, and the cascades (mt Baker area) to the east. It's surreal waking up in the Skagit mudflats in a layout boat after the sun rise run of ducks come over and you see nothing but the snow covered mountains.

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That is a relaxing view!!!!!

 

[MrKleen73]

Great workout, pictures and views. Really serving it up for us today!

 

[Dustin07]

That is a relaxing view!!!!!

Great workout, pictures and views. Really serving it up for us today!

yeah despite my bitching about certain things in WA and the cold weather, there are these few months during the summer where even being at home feels like being on vacation:

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I forgot about this one, this was our first boat we bought together. (she said you know it would be a neat wedding present if you just went ahead and bought that maxum before we got married and surprised me) so I did LOLOLOLOL I'm shocked that worked out so well


My wife's aunt and uncle had this buoy put in down at the cabin (same place I took the dogs this weekend) so we could tie up there and row the dinghy into shore. Not sure if I trust the buoy long time cause the currents really get moving in that area but it made for a fun shot.

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[Dustin07]

we usually get a great full moon like that around my wifes bday that looks like it's coming right out of the mountain so we always make it a point to catch that one with wine on the back deck or something.

 

[MrKleen73]

Wow now that pic with the full moon is beautiful for sure!

 

[Dustin07]

Wow now that pic with the full moon is beautiful for sure!

I'll see if I can catch a good clear night with the Ferry crossing sometime for you. I think I have one somewhere. the ferry is all lit up headed to the island while the moon was out. totally surreal to see

 

[gphagan1]

we usually get a great full moon like that around my wifes bday that looks like it's coming right out of the mountain so we always make it a point to catch that one with wine on the back deck or something.

My wife loves photography, and she really takes some great pictures. After seeing those photos, now she wants to visit the Northwest.

 

[Dustin07]

My wife loves photography, and she really takes some great pictures. After seeing those photos, now she wants to visit the Northwest.

1st and 2nd week of August are usually the warmest and driest lol
boaters call it fogust because we tend to have a marine layer in the morning, but my wife and I prefer to plan our San Juan Islands trips in early august around her birthday rather than risking rain in June/July.

if you guys come up here, hit me up!!

 

[Dustin07]

Yeah sorta backed myself into a corner with that 445 pull lol.
+ 20lbs at 465 would likely be my last top effort of the day, so no PR but probably would have got it
+35lbs a bit harder, but a PR attempt.

rethinking everything; I think a decent approach for the next few weeks might be to drop 5lbs next week and make 10lb efforts going forward. so top sets/reps of:

week 1 = 460
week 2 = 470
week 3 = 480
week 4 = 490
week 5 = 500

(last week was 455).

of course training isn't necessarily linear but it might make an interesting attempt/approach. My deficits are doing their job, I think RDLs are working so I need to add weight to both of those, and maybe sprinkle in a rack pull day every other week.

Booking marking this for easy reference.

 

[gphagan1]

1st and 2nd week of August are usually the warmest and driest lol
boaters call it fogust because we tend to have a marine layer in the morning, but my wife and I prefer to plan our San Juan Islands trips in early august around her birthday rather than risking rain in June/July.

if you guys come up here, hit me up!!

Yeah, absolutely….sure will.

 

[Dustin07]

Deads
10 x 135
2 x 5 x 185
1 x 235, 285, 335, 370, 400, 430, 460
5 x 375
12 x 315


Back extensions
Bw x 16
+25lb x 12, 12
(Wow, been a while! Felt these more than the deads )

Superset with barbell rows
12 x 135
10 x 145
10 x 155

Hammer strength lat pull downs
3 sets.

Superset with EZ bar curls
3 sets

Weight 203

note for sake of history on log:
Thursday/thanksgiving went great. woke up friday with pretty good sore throat. fought that off and golfed in 27f weather.
did not sleep well fri/sat/sun kept waking up with drainage. small headaches in the morning. doubled down on elderberry and C. had pho for dinner last night. the head cold is still lingering today (Monday). have stayed very carbed up all weekend, trying to hydrate well. Todays lift went really well despite the cold, but it did leave my throat more sore.

That 460 was a good pull, but I did not have another attempt in me. it was my goal, I just wish it was easier to make next week a good push forward. I might have had 465 or 470 in me, but I did not have a second attempt thats for sure.

the 12 x 315 was super easy. stopped at 12 just cause it seemed like enough, definitely had 15+ in me if I wanted it.

 

[Dustin07]

one other notation thinking about my own hunger (or lack thereof postWO) and @MrKleen73 s current macros. I am sorta at a weird point where getting high quality calories in simply is not easy. I could probably force down junk food or liquid calories but aside from my protein shake, the 1/2 lb+ of turkey I have in my lunch doesn't even look appealing to me yet.

 

[MrKleen73]

one other notation thinking about my own hunger (or lack thereof postWO) and @MrKleen73 s current macros. I am sorta at a weird point where getting high quality calories in simply is not easy. I could probably force down junk food or liquid calories but aside from my protein shake, the 1/2 lb+ of turkey I have in my lunch doesn't even look appealing to me yet.

Depends on what you want to eat of add into things. If you are anti-protein shake like you have said before it might not help, but my first 2 meals are like this in order for me to get them in easily and be ready for and then recover from my gym session.

Meal 1 = 150g frozen pineapple, 150g banana, 42g of honey, and 2 scoops of whey
Meal 2 = 90g cream of rice cereal, 21g Honey, 100g blueberries and 60g worth of protein from whey.

Very easy to digest and actually pretty easy to get down even if not hungry. Definitely not junk food but tasty as all get out and easily downed.

 

[Dustin07]

If you are anti-protein shake like you have said before it might not help, but my first 2 meals are like this in order for me to get them in easily and be ready for and then recover from my gym session.

well lol, i'm not anti protein shake. I was just surprised that they're still such a staple for so many people I have a protein shake intraworkout almost every session. I still have a bunch of those single serving muscle milks my wife grabbed at costco so always toss one in my gym bag. already had one today! got back to the office after lunch and was NOT hungry though. I have on a few occasions had my intraWO shake, then didn't actually get to my lunch meal until I was at home like 4-5pm... then had dinner with my wife at 6-7pm lol

I usually don't tell her "I just ate" when she makes dinner. I just man up and eat again.

Meal 1 = 150g frozen pineapple, 150g banana, 42g of honey, and 2 scoops of whey
Meal 2 = 90g cream of rice cereal, 21g Honey, 100g blueberries and 60g worth of protein from whey.

Very easy to digest and actually pretty easy to get down even if not hungry. Definitely not junk food but tasty as all get out and easily downed.

that's awesome and a fantastic idea. one of the things I really liked about your macro break down was the moderation in fat calories. It's easy to slam 1000 calories if you don't mind 75g of fat lol. But eating clean is much harder in volume. LOVE this iea of added fruit.

 

[MrKleen73]

well lol, i'm not anti protein shake. I was just surprised that they're still such a staple for so many people I have a protein shake intraworkout almost every session. I still have a bunch of those single serving muscle milks my wife grabbed at costco so always toss one in my gym bag. already had one today! got back to the office after lunch and was NOT hungry though. I have on a few occasions had my intraWO shake, then didn't actually get to my lunch meal until I was at home like 4-5pm... then had dinner with my wife at 6-7pm lol

I usually don't tell her "I just ate" when she makes dinner. I just man up and eat again.



that's awesome and a fantastic idea. one of the things I really liked about your macro break down was the moderation in fat calories. It's easy to slam 1000 calories if you don't mind 75g of fat lol. But eating clean is much harder in volume. LOVE this iea of added fruit.

Yeah, it is also a great way to make sure I am getting some vitamins. fiber. and antioxidants in regularly. Which is a huge benefit in my eyes. If you decide to try the breakfast I would recommend eating the banana, and making a smoothie with the pineapple, protein, and honey. As good as i thought the banana would be in it, it just frothed everything up and made the shake almost flavorless. Banana's in a shake are a good add in but not 150 grams worth.