Newton’s first law applies to the human body, and all it’s physical pursuits.
A laborer has a simpler task to get to the gym than an office worker.
Those who work on their feet are more likely to have active hobbies than the sedentary, who stay sedentary with electronics in their free time.
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I’m happy to be back working as a mover.
Immediate upon restarting it was apparent that I felt more motivation to do pullups, run/run bleachers – to outside of work do the things that will carryover to work performances.
I am not viewing moving as a long term thing, but as a short term way to accomplish a few things :
•money
•weight loss
•challenge
•fresh air/outdoor work
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It’s a new year, and this year I expect to be great!
I have much to work and improve upon, and it’s all a blessing.
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Went for a ~2 mile stroll with an old acquaintance.
He would like me to join a gym with him, help him powerlift.
I’m not much into the idea of going to a gym at this point – it’d be easy, too easy with 24/7 access, plus I’m content with MY “Cold Air Barbell Club”.
And bing forced to cardio outdoors forces me to have drive.
A prowler or stair climber is too convenient.
Thrive, with drive, on the INCONVENIENT.
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Lift :
Fat Gripz Deadlift
5×3 w/165lbs
Press
8×165 STRICT, pauses at bottom
Lifted in the dark, early 5 o’clock hour – I’ve a lot of room for improvement on fat grips deadlifts. Today I decided to pull conventional vs the sldl that I normally use, and the clean feels so light after the thicker grip.
The conventional deadlift, done light, really leg pressing the bar off the ground and flexing the glutes at lockout – this is a great feeling.
Then you get this feel with heavier and heavier weight.
You get strong always training within your means, 40-80% 1rm say – the percentages can be stupid light.
Old time lifters would really maximize a weight before upping the weight, I have room to improve reps on both before upping the weight.
In reality, getting something like these reps but with 300+ lbs is a really strong individual.
It’s the START of the year.
I’m very consistent with my training.
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I spoke roughly the following to my acquaintance earlier today :
The natural state of man is roughly what we consider to be elite athletes.
It’s lifestyle that causes the average person walking around walmart to be the average person walking around walmart instead of the average person being at least equivalent to a d1 athlete.
Maybe you’re not going to set a world record, but you, me, everyone at some point in their life, if lifestyle had been on point for this, could/could’ve been middle of the pack at a high level d1 track meet, I’ll even say at decathlon which is probably the most all around example of fitness found in any organized competition.
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Part of dinner was part of a rotisserie chicken.
Man is that affordable and convenient.
It may be less expansive than cooking chicken for yourself, and it’s ready to eat!
$5 to $7 generally, then pick it apart.
It was a primal joy to make a mess of my hands tearing it apart, eating everything in the bird off the bone as I cleaned it for putting away, eating the skin, etc.
Bone in meat is better than boneless meat.
Skin is better than skinless.
You want to eat primal with your meat, the less processed the better.
I’m willing to pay $6/lb for steak vs $3.50 for the cheapest ground, and made a discovery – pork rib, at 1.75/lb was the lowest cost per pound of meat in the store.
I meant to have some steak today, but ended up skipping cooking it as I had the chicken.
My eyes were far larger than my stomach, but the days food was rather clean, with everything eaten in a four hour window.
4pm – 12oz flavored milk
730pm – smorgasbord
I almost never go to that market basket, however the selection was noticably different – worth alternating trips.
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Didn’t run bleachers, but did get that aforementioned stroll.
Noticed my hands pumped up during the walk.
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1045pm
Tonight’s pushups were bomb!
Great pump. Particularly the upper back and lats.
I figure it was the healthy level of activity today, the 2-2½ mile walk, the high muscular activation fat grips deadlift, the press done strict with pauses at the bottom.
A couple times today I flexed my neck in the bathroom mirror.
I’ll do a chin up before bed.
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1 chin – they’re better to do outside, the doorway bar is too low – do them anyway.
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Persistence & Tenacity