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Nice family benching, also, don’t do suicide grip or you’ll kill yourself!![]()
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
Nice family benching, also, don’t do suicide grip or you’ll kill yourself!![]()
Haha Nice and Timely!“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
Haha Nice and Timely!
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Everytime I think of going suicide I hear Mark Rippetoe saying It's Your Funeral.Nice family benching, also, don’t do suicide grip or you’ll kill yourself!![]()


Still pretty good volume on the pulls. The weather here has just been overcast and cool and blah feeling. No plans to stay up past 9 here eitherDeads
10 x 135, 225
5 x 275, 315, 365
10 x 315
DB Rows
3 x 10
Superset with
DB curls
3 x 10-13
Lat pull downs
4 sets to failure
Notes
Really looking forward to January and getting back to normal routine. Took another Marine buddy today, he's 64. We had a great time but I really need to get my headphones on and be back in my zone with time to move heavy weight. Kept him at 95lbs since he hasn't pulled in ten years (he runs daily, he's still active just no powerlifting )
Very early morning lift, I don't usually like to say negative things about my sessions, but this was a very blah session. I have no intentions of staying up till midnight tonight, I want to hit my first session tomorrow strong and healthy.
Yeah I'm just a little frustrated with myself becaue we stayed out too late, too many drinks. That's when my buddy and I said hey let's lift together tomorrow and walk 9 holes of golf for cardio instead of the treadmill, 8am at the gym came pretty early after being out late and I tend to treat my gym sessions like competitive events. Even if I'm "just training" I eat, sleep, supplement, and hydrate for my sessions so going into a pull day half cocked was sorta a wake up call to take better care of myself.Still pretty good volume on the pulls. The weather here has just been overcast and cool and blah feeling. No plans to stay up past 9 here eitherhope you have a great session tomorrow morning!

Absolutely. We are going dry for the month of January, my wife is recovered so well she's starting PT and some legit lifting tomorrow (with some limitations) and our meal prep game has fifteen years of practiceLet's get it Dustin!!!!

Awesome glad the recovery is going great! That salsa looks like it’s going to be a winner! We made a bunch of peach/haberno salsa this summer then a batch with just jalapeños. I need to start breaking that out. Also have started eating are homemade sour kruat every day.Absolutely. We are going dry for the month of January, my wife is recovered so well she's starting PT and some legit lifting tomorrow (with some limitations) and our meal prep game has fifteen years of practice
Also, I setup a fire stick in her little exercise room where she has the spin bike and treadmill so we might start doing 30min extra a night together after work while watching a show to see how that goes (beats sitting on the couch in cold wet January)
Do you freeze it or does it preserve well canned? (The salsa)Awesome glad the recovery is going great! That salsa looks like it’s going to be a winner! We made a bunch of peach/haberno salsa this summer then a batch with just jalapeños. I need to start breaking that out. Also have started eating are homemade sour kruat every day.

Just can it and store it in the pantry, it preserves well. I do put it in the fridge a few days prior to opening. We did a few years back have a bad string of lids that didn’t seal right and we lost everything.Do you freeze it or does it preserve well canned? (The salsa)
Two mangos did the trick, it's got good heat from the habaneros and an awesome mango flavor.
I let my wife try the Verde for approval, then added chili de arbol for heat since I know she won't gravitate to it again this week lol.
Since I typically make boring breakfasts of rice and ground turkey etc I add salsa to every meal![]()
Oh man I’m doing this today.Do you freeze it or does it preserve well canned? (The salsa)
Two mangos did the trick, it's got good heat from the habaneros and an awesome mango flavor.
I let my wife try the Verde for approval, then added chili de arbol for heat since I know she won't gravitate to it again this week lol.
Since I typically make boring breakfasts of rice and ground turkey etc I add salsa to every meal![]()
just slathered a bunch on my rice and turkey.Oh man I’m doing this today.
I might have to give this one a shot. Probably not the mango because I have to keep carbs lower in the salsa to stay close to prescribed macros, but it has me in the mood to make another batch myself.just slathered a bunch on my rice and turkey.
2 mangos
5-6 roma tomatoes
bunch of garlic
bunch of onion
jalapeno, serrano, habanero
light dusting of olive oil and salt on all
roasted everything in the oven at 375 until I could start to see some char (except mangos did not get roasted)
remove, let cool down.
throw in cuisineart with additional fresh onion, garlic, cilantro and mangos.
squeeze in lime or add salt to taste.
so damn good.
side note for @rob111 to not clutter your thread further. I've had fantastic sleep for the past year but all the sudden had 2 or 3 days over the holidays where sleep was crap. I keep melatonin at home and last night took one about an hour before bed, instead of right before bed, and I was crashing on the couch fwiw![]()
Cheers Dustin, I will look into this! Sounds like it’s done the job?!
I can imagine that was awful, what strength do you have? Can’t seem to find it available in the UKthankfully, so far it seems to have helped! My wife and I are going dry in January so there won't be any bourbon to help. I had a stint in 2019 where my sleep was horrible while running 2 businesses and after a few days of no sleep it felt like my brain was dying, it was painful in a weird way. @GreenMachineX struggles with sleep from time to time, so when I had a bad night of restlessness I wanted to immediately try to find a solution because I know how bad that can get....
I can imagine that was awful, what strength do you have? Can’t seem to find it available in the UK
This is the year one of us finally hits 500lbs deads!!! You will be hitting 315lb bench to soon.
See it’s funny I can’t take melatonin because it’s like a have a hangover the next morningbut ZMA works and no effects in the morning.
You’re comparing apples to limes!Was this session during the fast or after? I don't get itDeads
10 x 135
+2" deficit
3 x 135, 225, 275, 325, 365, 405
Squats
10 x bar
5 x 95, 135, 185, 225, 265
(Really liking squatting in my flats)
Back extensions
10 x bw, +32.5, +37.5, +42.5
DB Hammer curls
3 x 10
Superset with
EZ bar curls
3 x 15 x 60
Superset with hammer strength lat pulldowns
3 x 12-15
Notes
Wrapped up a 34hr fast this morning with a pile of meat and rice.
Fasted weight 196.8lbs.
First legit session of the year, wanted 385+ on the deficits so I'm very happy with 405 x 3. I mean I think my best is 425 x 3 from the deficit so I'm actually very happy with this. and so far it FEELS like the fasting aspect is dialed. if I really focus on a solid carb load prewWO (2-4hrs) then a 30-36hr fast doesn't seem to have the negative effect on me I thought it did last winter when I first started trying it.
All lifters, and many folks, should be supplementing with zinc and magnesium at those physiological doses. These minerals are involved in more processes than we even understand fully.
Nobody is producing these doses of melatonin he’s talking aboutYou’re comparing apples to limes!
See it’s funny I can’t take melatonin because it’s like a have a hangover the next morningbut ZMA works and no effects in the morning.
Was this session during the fast or after? I don't get it
First off, congrats on the PR. Second, talk to me about the banded bench. I've never tried using them for bench press. So it gives resistance at the top, so are you using it mostly for emphasizing the lock out phase? Just wondering if that'd also be something to help me in my bench pursuit.
Yeah mostly groggy and brain fog, sometimes seemed like a headache but that went away quickly.you don't mean like a legit hangover with a headache and feeling sick, just groggy right? I have taken ZMA + Melatonin together before and it was super hard to wake up. I've taken ZMA for many many years for the reasons Hyde listed above, I just keep a bottle of melatonin available for nights where I don't feel like I'm going to fall asleep at the right time to help a bit. ZMA is by far preferred though...
Ate and lifted Monday (NY Day)
Fasted/reset everything all day Tuesday
Broke the fast around 6-7am Weds with meat and carb. Ate my big rice bowl again at 9-10am, lifted at lunch time.
So the weight was my 5am fasted weight Weds morning before I started eating again. about a 34hr fast I think.
I am not a fan of lifting fasted, personally... LISS / light cardio I don't mind but I prefer to be carb loaded a few hrs pre lift.
Congrats on the PR….looks like your bench is steadily moving up.Warm up
Laterals, forwards, power snatch with 10lb DB plates
Bench
10 x 95
5 x 135
+ Green bands to dbs (+60lbs ea??)
3 x 135, 175, 195
2 x 215
1 x 235
Raw
3 x 250
2 x 275
Slinger
2 x 300
1 x 315
6 x 275 (PR)
DB flat bench
3 x 10 x 80s
Hammer strength seated dips
3 x 12
Rope tricep push downs
3 x 10
Lat pull downs
3 x 10
Superset with
Machine flies
3 x 10
Note
What a weird PR lol.
Sometimes it amazes me how a session doesn't quite seem like enough in the moment, but a half hour later I'm trashed.
Had to scroll 9 pages to find your last Squat workout...needed a goal for myself today since I'm back to traditional Bar Squat (safety bar inopSquats!
8 x bar, 95
5 x 135
3 x 185
1 x 225, 255, 285, 315, 275
Deads
5 x 225
+2" deficit
5 x 225
2" deficit + green band
EMOTM
10 x 3 x 225
Leg ext
5 x 12
Superset with EZ bar curls
15 x 60
12 x 70
10 x 80
10 x 90
10 x 80 + 13 x 50 dropset
(this was serious cardio lol. we did not break between any sets and walked from machine to barbell and back for the full 5 rounds, damn near made it a WOD lol)
Notes
Haven't squatted in months and saw this as an opportunity to throw a couple reps in on my volume day. Might have overshot but it was fun and good to know I walk around with an untrained 315 in my back pocket. My buddy however squatted 445 so fast a guy from across the gym yelled at him and said throw another plate on
our take away today was that deads have more carry over to squats than squats do to deads cause as our deadlifts continue to progress, our squats aren't stalling at all, whereas when I was squat centric my deads suffered.
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Yeah I've been throwing them in as an accessory where I can, it's largely about time management for me. When I'm restricted I try to focus on things that are relevant to my main lifts (deads and bench) but when I have extra time I try to get my squats and/or OHP in. After taking a huge break from squats in 2023 I've grown to sorta start enjoying them again.Had to scroll 9 pages to find your last Squat workout...needed a goal for myself today since I'm back to traditional Bar Squat (safety bar inop).
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That’s impressive!Sunday morning bro sesh with the boys.
Warm up
Laterals, forwards, snatch, empty bb bench.
Bench
10 x 95, 135
2 x 185, 225, 265, 275
Slinger
2 x 300
4 x 275
Raw
10 x 225 + 1 assisted (cardio)
Bb curls
12 x 60, 80
10 x 90
Db Press
3 x 10 x 70s
Superset with hammer strength dips
3 x 10 x +180lbs
Peck deck
3 x 12
Fasted Weight 193.X
Carb loaded PreWO as much as my gut could hold. Slight shoulder twinge but otherwise all good.
My boy almost PRd bench at 180 today so I told him to log it as 1 assisted.
Although he was pinching the full stack on the adductor machine (his first time ever using that machine) son of a bitch punk
LISS
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Good stuff, congrats on the PR!!! Looks like the boy has that virgin strength in his adductors!
Nice session and a smaller waist to boot! Berry berry Niiiiiiiice!
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