11/20/23
Yeah, with day 30 of press every day being today I’m going to continue it, through I’m gonna change the approach.
Once or twice a week it’ll be barbell focused, the majority is going to be density training with kettlebells – the 40kg single bell when it arrives, mixed with going slightly heavy on the Sig Klein challenge with two bells, the 32kg and the 40.
Makes more sense to me, and streamlines past my, possibly never going away, mental issue with setup/breakdown.
Maybe that’s part of why I almost never do warmups – mentally I find it easier just to have the weight sitting there, and to get to it.
Kettlebell based will be better in the snow than barbell, the barbell really requires a level spot, deiced, while the kettlebell can be taken ANYWHERE, standing in snow not an issue in the slightest.
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I feel closer and closer to eating right.
Maybe over the next few months, and I will be shirtless in many videos despite winter, you’ll see me get leaner, stockier, built more along the lines of one of the stereotypical kettlebell builds, lats, shoulders, glutes, thighs, fit (can run – think rugby players), and stocky without fat on them.
Despite some popcorn chicken being in my bowl, I’m really craving chicken breast and fried eggs.
It may be within days to go back on the daily eggs, start at ¾lb of chicken breast and three eggs, and build up from there.
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I have this sense that I’m going to make it!
Filming myself workout is an investment into making my living from “gym” (even without the gym), while the dollars spent on the 40kg kettlebell I’m antsy for is both an investment into my strength, health, joy/happiness, AND the above!
And you know what ; filming myself is motivation by accountability, purpose, a few things – helping myself out simply by running the camera.
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Look at the camera, tell stories, but more importantly share knowledge.
Imagine having a handful of kettlebells and the knowledge to clean and press them violently as habit as a teenage shot putter!
When you see me one arm press you can tell I put the shot right handed, there’s just so much more power there. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
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Just after midnight, I’ve a great pushups pump, and some food already in me.
(Light, just some popcorn chicken, m&ms, a glass of milk.)
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I’m real obsessive with checking the stats, hoping for subscribers, comments, likes, lots of views.
There are so many things I want to do!
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Later in the day…
It’s almost time to workout/film.
I switch into the channel account, this is recommended.
What a beautiful beast!
Sometimes looking at nature’s powerful, the predators above humanity in the food chain, that can be a way to center yourself/amp up for the workout.
I never really know what the session is gonna be til I do it.
Finish up in the bathroom.
Put the phone on airplane mode (cause I’m never losing footage due to a request to update software again).
Outside. Time. To. Lift.
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Didn’t go exactly as planned, failing a 235lb clean, then failing a 225lb press, going to failure but not a PR pressing 205lbs, then call the audible…amrap a plate – breaking 20 reps, I wanted that on video, and then a curl grip PR too.
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Waited till after dark (if barely), and wasn’t feeling kb snatch, but was feeling the idea of burpees in the chilly air.
Bout 30°f out now, 5:00 EMOM of 5 one pump burpees with a 3 rep bw squat chaser, stopped, then 5:00, maybe 7:00 later, repeated the exact same thing over.
I realize, after dark – once I light up my lifting and filming spot, once snow is on the ground, me often shirtless and playing without gloves/hat/footwear…and being as heavy as I am, getting to it is gonna be quite the burpees content…
There’s no limit to where I can take this!
Just do lots of density training, barbell, kb, burpees, calisthenics, mixed implement/modality…
And thank you to the subscribers!
You motivate me more than you know.
-J
Persistence & Tenacity