•cheese stick (before work)
I definitely don’t want to be fully fasted with this job right now – energy is way better with little bits of stuff
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Before Work Pushups :
real minimal, I’m talking 2×5 minimal – last night I felt “I don’t have to do pushups every day”, still did them, and this morning I was thinking about how it’d be fine to just do strict high activation reps in low volume – to change it up
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Work :
pretty easy, mostly stuff to the first floor, it cracks me up how much cab griping there is when the customer is like “actually can you move that to the other bedroom”, and ESPECIALLY when they want us to unpack
guys, they’re paying for a service, we’re getting paid to do it – our job, and while unpacking is tedious – it’s easy money, you’re literally just unpacking
and when we take all the empty boxes and trash tape and brown wrap – it ends up adding a bunch of shop time clearing out the trucks and actually getting the stuff into the dumpster
my mentality is different than that of these dudes – many don’t want to be there, at present, while I know this isn’t a lifetime job, I’m happy to be working
I noticed my energy was really good today –
the fish sticks dinner may be worth having as a regular one
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•16oz coffee milk
kinda a preworkout, kinda – the time frame was a bit off
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•fish sticks (¼ box) w/4 slices american cheese
•½ salami sandwich
•16oz milk
•16oz cranberry juice
At the end of each work week I end up eating the leftover work food – it doesn’t really get eaten most shifts.
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Lift :
Power Snatch
3×1 w/165lbs
Sn OH Walk
155lbs for 60yd (3x20yd stretch w/turns)
155lbs for 50yd (2½x20yd stretch w/turns)
155lbs for 50yd (2½x20yd stretch w/turns)
Fat Grips Deadlift
155
165
185
195
205
215
225
4×205
4×195
7×185
33×135 in 2:00
Press
17×135
the oh walk is a NICE touch, you really have to have a stable upper body and sure footedness
all the snatch work, particularly the time under tension of the walks prefatigues the rest of the movements
a neighborhood dog got AMPED as he and his owner walked by me walking with the bar overhead – he always reacts to me lifting this way
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& relatedly – I’m excitedly waiting to get the “your order has shipped” email telling me my kettlebell is on the way
I can already hit bottoms up presses with my strong side with that weight, how to do it weak side?
I figure get it to position with one hand, then use the free hand as a method of self spotting – trying to stabilize the bell in position for as long as possible, catching it with the free hand as necessary, and once you can clean it, stabilize it, then start pressing it.
It’s gonna be cool to be able to bottoms up pressa 32kg kettlebell with either hand.
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Video Idea :
“The Gorilla Minute” – :60 of gorilla cleans with my 75lb dumbbell and 32kg kettlebell
also see-saw pressing with both
it’s entirely okay that it’s an uneven weight and different implements
and I’m pretty sure I can turkish get up either – these implements travel, and open up some video opportunities
also – neck harness – get to where the kb is training weight
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Some of the stuff in labor jobs, the way you manhandle it, it’s never going to be replicated in the gym.
Moving crates around inside a box or trailer is one thing – getting empty crates by hand from box to trailer is a whole different crew sized ball game.
Then you push (occasionally pull) those crates in every manner.
You’d have to drag sleds at weird angles and do isometrics against immovable objects at the same in many variants.
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I just had a kid, white, probably 16 while walking by me still being outside after lifting say something to me, I replied “hell yeah man” then his buddy, same description, said something like “this fool/foo blah blah blah”, half turned, and seemingly flashed gang signs.
Did I just get banged on here in new england?
By a white high schooler?
In a 97% white, borderline redneck area?
Couldn’t tell for sure if they were drunk/high, they seemed tipsy, while either way they were teenagers acting dumb feeding off each other’s energy.
Funny to hear mexican gang banger come out of them. Where in pop culture did they pick that up?
At least with myself I can claim “half my childhood was in SoCal”.
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Dinner/PostWorkout Meal
•1¼lbs ground beef
•two packs ramen
•grits – enough to soak up extra water
•american cheese – four slices per big bowl
•12oz root beer
•12oz milk
For whatever reason I was viewing it as a challenge to eat the whole thing.
I realized the absurdity of force feeding right now, stopping after having my fill at almost two big bowls, having eaten about 75% of the mixture which only did not have vegetables because I didn’t want to use the bag of mixed veggies containing both corn (basically pure sugar to me) and green beans (not the consistency I wanted).
By figuring out how to rice broccoli, cauliflower, and mushrooms I could make this far healthier – the aforementioned vegetables instead of the ramen.
I don’t really give a damn about any dietary details right now other than “is my job performance adequate”, and “is my work capacity improving”.
Lifting and moving are feeding into each other nicely at present.
My abilities are improving.
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•24oz orange juice con pulpo
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35 pushups TOTAL on the day, all strict, 2×5 in the am, 2×5 maybe ten minutes before showering, a set of 15 immediately before showering
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Persistence & Tenacity