Month: June 2021

6/18/21
According to merriam webster both nonideal and unideal are proper english.

Therefore by definition, and on principle either works well enough.

It’s whether you’re willing to make it work or not that makes all the difference.

I bought two hot dogs and some milk on the go.

Didn’t have much time that evening, not not going to train, a couple days in a row on “empty” I wanted to get something in me.

Call it a cheat meal, not that I’m dieting, my life of long work hours and gym volume daily has me on “the unintentional cut”, a lifestyle thing, brute force instead of being finely planned out.

I feel great with those calories in me, soon I’ll be at the gym, I’m writing first as time management is coming up a lot lately.

What are my priorities?

I’m not slacking off on the gym.

Instead of bodybuilder style eating, chicken breast in my crockpot while at work, I’ve been eating lots of frozen chicken, fish sticks, breaded protein from the freezer made in the microwave.

That’s a step to take, tightening up lifestyle.

How I eat. What I eat. When I eat.

Even though, as is I’m looking more bodybuilder, starting to get leaner, not just retaining, but building muscle and hearing lots of “he lifts” type comments in public.

Work a physical job, barely eat, and insist on daily calisthenic volume – it ends up being contest prep.

Persistence & Tenacity

6/17/21
Another day, a 24 hour fast the day after one meal and a couple gatorades…

Pushing makes you better.
It”s not even pushing.

I feel good, drank a full gallon of water, no calories, lots of work hours, still train.

Lots of “you lift” type comments lately, multiple today, obviously what I’m doing is working.

Work long hours. Train volume regardless, daily, because I do.

High testosterone.

That’s what it is, and it’s easy to be.

Just be it, like nike says just do it, be it…live it.

Men are superior on “empty”, you don’t need as much sleep, food, even hydration as you think you need to dominate your day.

Less makes you more.

Too many calories is worse than not enough.

Too much everything, not enough and you learn who you are.

I’ll always train.

It doesn’t matter what went on in my day, I’ll always train.

I train everyday.

Showering up at 10pm? Later?
A okay – I train.

The results come.

Work.
Train.
Daily.

700+ pushups

Dinner most of a box of fish sticks and a candy bar, a bit of milk and grape juice.

All good.

Again tomorrow.

Persistence & Tenacity

6/17/21
They’re lined up outside some type of trendy little fitness place, it’s about ten til four, must be after their workday, they’re in line waiting for the door to open.

I look at the group saying “now if you were all real motivated you’d be hitting burpees right now waiting for the door to unlock”.

The one guy in the group, tall, decent shape, mid 50s, says “you lead then”, I told the group I was still at work, but I’d be hitting them later at pf, this I considered an open invitation.

Get clients!

Interesting reactions to my joke, the one man replied back, most of the women laughed, one or two jokingly groaned “no not burpees” to some laughs/giggles, and the best looking woman in the group, an attractive (good hips, muscular legged) very fit, very tanned early 40 something – she stared at me squared up, head down in gunslinger body language with that look in her eyes.

I ended up fasting about 24 hours, zero calories – no gatorade at work today, drank over a gallon of water, 700+ pushups as the majority of the training this night.

•train lots.
•talk lots.

You feel great doing both.
Do both lots.

It makes for a more enjoyable day.

You need both.
So I do.

Persistence & Tenacity

•stomach hit
•toe touch
•pushup(s)

The first rep a one pump, the second a two pump burpee, I’m laddering the number of pushups (___ pump burpees) up each rep.

This was in addition to ten sets of daily pushups, additionally, not in place of.

Ladder 1-12, ladder 1-10 or 12.

If I’m resting I’m jogging in place.

I love the soaked tshirt, the sweat – I feel great, it’d be even better outside shirtless in the sun, I’m inside the gym ending the day right with burpees.

Burpees set the world right.
Set you right.

I do them. So should you.

I’ve seen some varied individuals doing burpees, a retiree who’d been military, an obese girl looking to change that.

I hope she did. I like seeing people put in honest work.

Working out is the simplest of things, needing nothing but you and your heart.

You can do burpees daily, anywhere, everywhere.

They’re something I would’ve been well served doing consistently much younger.

As I trained I thought of bodybuilding.

I can see myself big with abs, but not doing the whole stereotypical lifestyle.

The drugs were never a possibility. I’ve never drank, never smoked, why would I do a cycle – I like being “natural” – I view it as a challenge.

I’ve went far on heart alone.

I’ve never ate clean.
I’ve been at the gym after labor shifts.

I train.

It’s what I do.

You close the gym – I’ve always got pushups.

Zero equipment. Zero training partners. I still do the pushups.

No bench press?
I put people on my back.
Or massive volume of vanilla pushups.

I’ve gotten more into bodybuilding, but my way – as it’s supposed to be, as an individual thing.

Ten sets of pushups, 20+ mantra reps per set has become the daily standard.

The volume makes me strong and lean.

I’m “cutting” solely not eating during the day, and insisting on keeping gym volume up every evening while working a physical job.

Doing so is possible, its not hard, you could be working to death in a libyan salt mine your roman overseer whipping you for not moving rocks fast enough.

Physical job, lots of upper body calisthenics, some leg work, some dumbbell work. Daily.

I look forward to the adaption.
I know it’s coming.

This progress isn’t it!
The potential is much higher.

Thus far I’ve been solid at everything.

15+ chins baked in EVERY DAY

I’m pushing enough volume, at a moderate intensity, at a decent calorie level to put on muscle while dropping fat fast.

It’s possible, but you’ve got to believe, and prior training experience helps.

I didn’t pull it off starting out.

I’m doing it now.

You’ve gotta always keep training.

The rewards are compounding.

Persistence & Tenacity