started the day shoveling
it’s now winter
oddly parched and downed water after what was only a few minutes outside
first round of shoveling done, I slept back in, only after having done a few strict pushups
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woke up wishing I had steak already prepared, knowing I’m low on milk, and that a bunch of shoveling is needed, nor am I going to want to drive to the store
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sore?
yeah
we’ll figure some minimal lifting out, do so after the shoveling is done
realized I had caffeine yesterday, I really don’t handle caffeine well – that’s the thirst, soreness, etc – caffeine – a hell of a drug
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•avocado toast
•cranberry juice
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an hour of shoveling snow – I kinda get the stereotypical “weights? i’ve got your weights right here” sentiment
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1st Lift :
Press
8×165
okay, didn’t wuss out of lifting today despite all the snow – I was at home, that’s perfect logistics
…half hour later…
2nd Lift :
Side Press
10 each side w/75lb db
just to get a bit more than one set in
it’d be real nice to be able to load this movement up, it’s possibly the #1 press overall
(sand in contractor clean up bags tied to handle – would work even better with a kettlebell)
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real minimal lifts as the snow was seemingly never ending, and I was unclear as to my work schedule
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shoveling snow is gpp
almost 30 years old = almost 20 years of shoveling snow
my childhood best friend, who I haven’t heard from in about eight years, haven’t seen since the summer after graduation – he’d have been happier with life, not on antidepressants if he’d had outdoor time instead of just being one with the video games
that’s the SoCal suburban ennui
physical work, even when it breaks one down, is still healthier for a man than sedentary work
outdoor work is healthier than indoor work
the kitchen, as hot as it was, getting rashes stewing in your own sweat, the bad attitudes throughout restaurant staff, the fluorescent lights, the soybean oil thick in the air…that was hell
made worse by the manager’s bean counting about labor costs – all the while your soul dying to get outside
it amazes me that there were a bunch of staff there for over 5 years, a couple over 20
15 months of line cooking was 15 months too long, though I’d be willing to go back to a kitchen to simplify my life, walking to work, etc – just live real minimal for a time while knowing that I’m not going to make the mistake of getting out of shape allowing a miserable job to keep me from doing as I must with weights, wind, etc
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•chicken noodle casserole
•cranberry juice
will cook and eat steak a bit later
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evening nap
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•steak
•cranberry juice
cooked to a delicious medium rare –
there is nothing so enjoyable to eat as a nice juicy steak – the vegetarians and vegans miss out
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5, 15, 15 on pushups throughout the day, probably another set or two before bed
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•cranberry juice
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25 more
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stomach hurts – the chicken noodle casserole, maybe the noodles, probably the green beans – last time I ate green beans they bugged my stomach as well
french cut sits better than full grean beans generally
for how to treat them – see oats from the other day, follow the gut
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A Thought :
“I’m going to train today. I have to train today.”
That’s my mentality.
I realize I could start filming, though I’m still inclined to wait til I get stuff I want on camera to do so ;
•press 5+ x 225lbs
•20+ pullups
Heck, if I’m over 220lbs for it, this summer running a ≤6:00 mile, I think I’ll film the mile, it’d be sweat to get that, and 20+ pullups on the same video.
The 300+ lb clean and press? Get it, then start dropping bw to get it as light as possible. That thought struck me early today.
195-205lbs at 6′ is VERY FIT, and very strong with a 300lb c&p alongside it.
There’s value in NOT PROGRAMMING – I’ve gotten a decent bit better at pressing just doing lots of pressing over the past 15 months.
It’s not the equipment, it’s the effort.
You should only buy equipment or rent (ie gym dues) equipment that you’re going to put your heart and soul into.
~$115 for a 32kg kettlebell, bro I’d said “buy no equipment” within the last few weeks…having made that purchase, I’m going to have to earn it on the back end via effort – can’t let that bell just sit, gonna have to mini session it daily – work bottoms up presses weak side, smash front squats, and alongside their volume develope a swing, maybe even snatching, habit.
You understand?
If you don’t have the drive to train, we want you smashing bodyweight volume – you’re the gym.
You are!
Where you are right now.
A bunch of pushups, a bunch of bw squats or lunges, and flexing your back and biceps – pour the soul into it – it’ll get results.
Then when your mind is right you can start putting dollars into the process, at the start or upon a reset(s) put everything into it with what you have where you are.
When it arrives, I’ll probably have that kettlebell for the rest of my life, and you know what – I expect to earn it by using it to complement all the necessary squatting that I’d been ignoring with logistics as excuse.
Just go 5x(5r+5l) front squatting it at some point daily, and swing it 25x each hand, maybe bookended one hand, squats, other hand – treat this as a daily minimum in addition to some pushups, lift however as well.
Dude, home based training works better for lift & run than treadmills in a gym ever will.
If the block is about ¾ mile, well run that shit twice with weights bookended and middle.
Sprint and lifts mixed is even easier – grass and asphalt right there.
Maybe go rocky on this…I had fun in the past mixing 40yd dashes with 10×10 curls, snow boot up, jog/run the deep snow, lift, repeat.
Fuck being out of shape.
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I will read comments under youtube videos, not actually watching them.
Found this gem (paraphrased) :
“When all a person wants to do is train, he’s gonna end up built like the king of the jungle.”
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Passed the pushups spot, 40 more – mostly complete range of motion.
Really went to the kitchen for ;
•pb,b, & j toast
•milk
•cranberry juice
•wafer dessert thing
5th feeding as logged, four food, one just a glass of juice – four meals seems pretty ideal to me right now, the frequent feedings mostly happening as I’m working what is a seasonal job at the moving company having wmmany days off and often short shifts.
I need to figure out work, ideally moving would just be twice weekly gpp, while a full time job is against what I want to be doing with lifting.
How do I solve that?
Gym owner or independent personal trainer.
Find the space to really do this youtube thing.
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35, 15, 5 just before midnight
That was a amp up mini session – I feel alive from it. The feeling why I do lots of mini sessions.
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Persistence & Tenacity