Mostly I do my pushups in the kitchen. When I stand I see my reflection in the microwave.
May 13, 2026 will make ten years of daily pushups unbroken.
Wouldn’t it be something if it went back unbroken to ~July 4, 2012 or even moreso to summer 2008.
At some point in November I’ll be at six months of daily hindu squats.
…goes and checks calendar…
On November 5th.
They, like pushups, have fallen into a very low volume though every day slot…
Recently I bought a set of powerlifting type bands.
The main idea was to once a week train band assisted pullups – just get more volume that way vs doing a set or two of 3-5 reps before losing interest weighing my current 295 to 297lbs, as well as regularly do band weighted pushups.
A powerlifting type resistance band works for solo training weighted pushups.
Quickly I realized the medium band is a ~12rm on one arm overhead press.
Same band – real fun for a few various yielding isometric holds for upper back/triceps/shoulders…
“Archer” pose. “Double Arm Pushout”
Probably stuff done with ye olde cable chest expanders 50+ years ago.
But where I’m getting the most usage of the band is full on total broski – whether a set at the end or as supersets, it’s some angle(s) of band curl to compliment the pushups.
And though I’ve long liked it, I’d long been away from the pushup + curl combo.
It’s nice to be back to it, which brings me to a strength training philosophy point ;
Volume makes me strong.
A pushup is light to medium in the “weight” sense.
Band curls with a medium band are relatively moderate in “weight”.
Whether superset or just a good single curl set after a few sets of pushups – it’s a solid upper body pump, and I know from years and years of my personal n=1 disregarding of “science” combined with simple, continued, daily “with what you have, where you are, right now” style of strength training…
I’ll be stronger on everything upper body as time ticks – it’s all about showing up and not being an overly lazy goober about it.
Besides this is the no excuse pump training, to which I’ve always been a high responder.
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Food Things :
1. I can sense vitality in certain foods. I’ve been drinking raw milk since finding it somewhat locally back in May. It’s the raw milk where this is noticed most obviously.
Raw, local to fairly local, honey – it applies here as well. I consider THIS a source of pure energy.
Silly internet trend to drizzle honey in meat?
Either way I like it.
A real course bread vs most bread in stores ditto. You can tell the difference.
2. Meat tastes better, digests better when cooked correctly in a pan vs baked in the oven.
I’ve been buying four to five pound packs of chicken breast – partly financial, partly I’ve learned to cook it well and now enjoy it.
Work an asterisk. It has to be cooked right.
Chop it up real small. Throw all that into your biggest frying pan. All the chopping and turning it in the pan may take a more hands on forty minutes, but it’s way more enjoyable a finished product compared to baked for an hour.
I’m eating anywhere from12oz to 24oz most days.
The simplest meal is to make a combination of quesadilla and burrito.
Simple in that it’s just line the largest of flour tortillas with cheese and the aforementioned chicken.
Burrito in that after a minute or less in the microwave it’s rolled up like a burrito.
3. I still think 200g of protein a day is plenty in any circumstance, though not necessarily a stop point.
That there’s no point to protein powder.
That plenty can come from eating just fine.
And that even 150g/day will do it for most.
That’s a little less than from a pound of chicken breast, three eggs, and a quart of milk.
Besides you’ll always have incidentals. The cheese that went with the meat. The protein in your carbs. Like I only drank a quart of milk.
4. There is no such thing as too much onion or too much garlic.
You’ll be content with a bunch of fried onions over any type of meat.
You COULD pretty easily do one meal a day with a pan, a meat, and a couple big onions.
5.
Persistence & Tenacity
the following has been on repeat lately ;
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=loTjRIL7qWo
resist and bite – sabaton