12/20/21 – Cold Air Barbell Club Musings :

My frequency of lifting at the Cold Air Barbell Club keeps going up and up.

Lifting a barbell in the fresh air, before work adds to my day – it makes me a better person, it makes me feel better with/in/within the world.

Today I noted that I lifted, but didn’t log the exacts.

I just got good effort in, and know as time progresses so shall the weight on the bar.

I’m not rushing it.

For the first time ever I’m viewing the weights through the lense that I’ve always viewed calisthenics – a journey where you put in effort, don’t consider numbers much, and progress as a guarantee since effort is put in consistently.

The lifts make me feel good – as said above the primary concern is not a number’s chase.

I’ve given myself permission to milk light bar weights for all their worth.

I don’t NEED to snatch heavier than my 20 rep overhead squat.

I don’t NEED to clean heavier than my 10 rep military press.

When I hit those overhead portion rep ranges I’ll obviously have enough pulling base to add 5 or 10lbs bar weight to the pull and progress the overhead reps portion to progression standard again.

An easy strength type progression.

Between sets of overhead squats and presses I was visualizing myself making a living training others.

This afternoon I could see it!
– like so many see it for me.

The obstacles were known by me to be surmountable!

↑ that’s why I was lifting.

Because it put(s) my mind in alignment with the universe.

After work I swung my tree branch “maces” and did some more pushups for even higher frequency.

Working in a kitchen I’m on my feet the entire shift – this is calorie burn, and all my mini PT and lift sessions throughout the day keep me building muscle.

It’s a great combination.

In a Dan John article the power snatch into overhead squat is referred to as “the exercise”.

In another Dan John article it is stated that you could do naught but the clean and press and be awesome.

The mythical strength blog recently spoke of floor to overhead as all you’ll ever need.

Bill Starr has an article about “no form points in weightlifting”, a paen to lifting weights, becoming stronger, and not considering form past function ie good enough.

That article is the permission you need to use “ugly” disadvantageous form lifting with metal plates outdoors in the winter.

I gave myself permission to thrive with it. I’m doing so! So. Can. You.

I’ll press off of what I call an “ugly ass muscle clean”, tending to be in straight/stiff leg, and not doing multiple pulls, but one pulling the bar into the catch.

Some would see this as limiting, however – remember I’m not chasing numbers, but focusing on the effort and the journey.

There are anecdotes of higher level lifters doing such things in training, so why not me?

“Why not me?” – an outlook that immediately raises your potential, while granting a freedom in methodology.

My other main movement is a power snatch, mostly with normal power form – I don’t purposefully ugly it up generally as I tend to do with cleans, into reps on the overhead squat.

Sometimes though I do still purposefully ugly up the snatch like I do the clean.

So to you, ye who struggle with programming, ye who trys to make excuses, ye who ….. Buy ye a 300lb weight set, put it outside, and lift it overhead any which a ways year round for many reps.

Why not be the one person to overhead squat bw x 15+ off of a power snatch?

Why not slpc & press 300+?

and enjoy the journey.

Persistence & Tenacity

11/20/21 Flow – “Weekend Warriors”, The Deadlift, The Beer Garden, & The Barbeque :

Honesty admits that the concept of “weekend warrior” is given a bad rap.

You don’t need to be in the gym everyday, and I almost can’t believe that I’m saying this…there are times where it makes sense not to be.

Any man putting in good effort on a leg or back compound exercise once a week, following something with a slow progression, will age far better than his inactive peers.

Buy a 300lb weight set – it’s great medicine…for life/for a lifetime.

Eventually stiff leg deadlift it with a snatch grip using some protocol involving effort, do this regularly, and you’re set.

Don’t necessarily make it solitary thing either, invite everyone to participate.

The german beer garden and gym combination strikes me as ideal.

Only in the current year is the gym far removed from healthy socialization AND the gaining of knowledge.

Socialization, knowledge, and lifting all in one – imagine…it puts a smile on my face.

The greeks had it set up that way.
The iranians and indians have their wrestling places be consecrated in addition!

Instead of watching “the game” in a gathering, imagine if the regular weekend thing was for you, your relatives, and your friends to meet up, barbeque, and deadlift!

Maybe too have a bonfire, throw some axes, shoot a bow, wrestle around, have a barbarian tribal party type thing instead of watching people you’ll never meet, who care nothing for you, run up and down a field on television.

I’m envisioning this already.
It too puts a smile on my face.

I should be in bed, but I have to type something regularly. Writing is a form of medicine for me, and I may think better with smartphone keyboard click clack clicking.

Thank you!

Persistence & Tenacity

11/19/21 Flow :

Balance in training?
You’re giving it way too much thought.

I’ve had multiple periods of my training being reverted to naught but pushups, and my build has always been proportionate.

Maybe pushups are the perfectly balanced full body exercise.

Maybe it’s the fact that I have the best genetics.

Whatever the case I care not an iota that I’m training almost nothing but pushups, that my programming is imbalanced – it works for me.

Be consistent for long enough and you realize that any program works – it’s just a matter of the effort applied over a length of time.

That’s the magic required for physical progress – effort consistently applied over time.

It’s funny to compare what gym goers obsess about vs what is the “normal” way to live.

Most aren’t paying particular attention to any aspect of their diet.

Meanwhile there’s a “diet freak” type gym goer obsessing over every minute detail of what goes in.

The middle ground is the way for me here – I don’t count macros or calories, my diet starts with milk, meat is my second food group, and I try to have some bacon and beef each and every day.

That’s the guideline.

I can only laugh when people think I drink a lot of milk, as right now it’s not gomad, and in the past I averaged 10-12 gallons a week for a decent length of time.

I eat like men of yesteryear, and therefore I am built as rugged as they.

Look to and emulate rugged yesteryear to not be of the pansy current.

Simple.

I have immense physical strength, and while yes my mother was scary strong when she lifted as a high schooler, it for me was a matter of my training consistency and the eating of power building foods.

I actually shot myself in the foot from a strength and power perspective going from 212 to 178 as a high school freshman.

So much the gym goer buys into is detrimental.

The whey is going to raise your metabolism, not bulk you up.

I’ve been using some whey powder and protein bars the last month or two because I felt like it, stopped drinking whey daily as I wanted to keep weight on (I was losing weight faster than I expected with the utmostly scientific program of barely eat and work as a line cook), and have gotten a few laughs from people by referring to the met-rx bars I enjoy as “dessert protein”.

If you go to wherever supplements are sold, observe the display a moment, and are honest with yourself that is what the entire aisle is…dessert protein.

You don’t need that stuff, it can be amusing to incorporate, but you don’t need it

You can always just eat real foods, and thrive.

Meat and dairy, in either order, and some whatever else.

As far as training, I just want to get some implement to press with high frequency.

While a keg or yard axle (everyone should have a yard axle) sounds nice, I still have the giant duffle bag I used for a sandbag years ago.

That’d be the most sensible option at present – rebuild and daily use my giant sandbag.

Just go buy 200+ lbs of sand, a pack of contractor cleanup bags, a roll of duct tape, make 25lb miniature bags, then get to putting the thing overhead – 50/20 programming, bump it 25lbs when you hit that.

All the covid gym closures of last year could’ve been nulled by the individual doing just this.

Funny, I don’t think I once thought to do so, instead rocking ~150 pushups and an 8 mile bike ride daily, plus the occasional pullups during that period.

Sandbag training makes sense to me. Press a 200lb sandbag first, and you’ll press a 225lb barbell that way.

But, as it has been always, and is to be forever – I’m good doing my pushups.

And they are MINE
MY PUSHUPS

Now to practice on duolingo, drink some banana flavored whey in milk, and to bed.

Past midnight it’s already friday, I expect a good day, as one must always – there’s a million blessings to focus on, and as I continue to wake each day, there’s life to live – amen.

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11/8/21 – Early Am – Combining A Few Flows – More Than One In One :

The greatest aspect of calisthenics is that wherever you are, anytime you can do them.

This is frequency.

Frequency for some is necessary to keep negativity out of mind.

As the laundry runs I shadow box, putting power into it.

In mind I’m emulating Mike Tyson, I’m similar in height and proportion, and feel that’d be my style should I box.

So I’m trying to bob, weave, and uppercut in something that resembles it visually.

The movement patterns are likely off, a coach would say so I’m sure, but this is me, alone, getting myself out of breath because it improves my state of mind.

I’m not going to be focussing on the little that is bad.

Out of breath, now enjoying some chocolate milk, and typing up my thoughts – I feel good.

I’m on two to three times daily pushups and bw squats.

I’ll probably be joining the gym my friend goes to, but on a once or twice weekly program.

I’m very strong.
I feel it, and I visualize it as I’m doing my calisthenics.

I was repping 405 in mind as I did pushups earlier.

This practice builds even more strength.

Let’s rewind ;

I look in the bathroom mirror and resemble a pale king kong.

This effect is only amplified with a pump, and after driving home shirtless I did some squats and triceps heavy pushup variants before going indoors, during rests I drank chocolate milk.

In the bathroom before the night’s shower I did another couple sets of vanilla pushups…but visualised heavy benching, a bench rep during each pushup, seeing myself first repping 315, 345, 365, 405, then on the next set 345, 365, 405, all powerfully executed, all for reps.

I look like king kong in the mirror.
My neck is thicker.
My traps have grown recently.

I have serious upper body development.

The comical thing is my calorie burn is quite high from work.

I’m barely eating.
Without the chocolate milk I’d be on starvation rations.

I am however pretty good about getting in some beef and some bacon each day.

Working in a restaurant has its perks.

My bacon cheeseburger grilled cheese sandwich with a root beer or dr pepper near the end of shift is what keeps me in the food.

I’ll usually eat something really small, cheese or chicken outside of work.

I stopped drinking whey again.
It was causing an even higher rate of…weight loss? fat loss?

I felt warmer, which makes sense as protein speeds the metabolism.

Don’t really want to feel even warmer working in a kitchen.

The coworker who wears a hoodie sometimes is nuts.

I could toy around, see what happens going back to up to 6 scoops daily.

Caffeine consumption is up.
I don’t dodge the soda fountain every shift.

However, instead of water or soda I mostly drink ginger ale at work.

It has taste, keeps some calories in you, and doesn’t have caffeine.
This was something I learned to do as a mover one summer.

At a point water bothered the stomach and didn’t have the necessary taste, while gatorade/powerade was too sugary.

Ginger ale hits the spot in this situation, while high quality ginger beer is downright medicinal.

I get little bits of free protein from mess up items.

I’m in a good place eating wise.
Leaning out is just what the time calls for, and I’m very strong right now.

My buddy will be happy if I join the gym he goes to.

I filmed there the other day, and the place would work for infrequent big lift training.

I can see myself just specializing on push/pull for a while there.

A man would be set training just back and shoulders.

Doing that right involves plenty of leg work.

You’re not going to clean & press nor deadlift without leg work happening.

If you’re worried about it throw in some heavy 10s or 20s on front squats, partial front squats, or do something meaningful overhead squatting for reps.

I know the type of programming that works.

•deadlifts
•partials
•c&p
•bent row
•front squats
•overhead squats

Any man would thrive on this.

Frequency?
Anywhere from multiple times daily to once every 10-14 days.

That’s the beauty of lifting. Whether high frequency or low frequency – all work.

Do what works for you, mentally, logistically, whatever.

I’d rather see you getting it in the gym than to not train.

The “weekend warrior” gets a bad rap.

A man could hit the big three or something similar on saturday or maybe after church each Sunday, not stress lifting or even waste a single thought about lifting the rest of the week, and be set.

It’s better to lift than not to lift.

Maintain a 405+ deadlift into your 80+. Aging needn’t be bad.

I know the path of aging I’m on.

I’m 27. I’ll never be weak.

37 will be stronger than 27.
47 will be stronger than 37.
etc, etc, etc, etc, etc

I’ve read accounts of the germanic tribes during the time of rome.

All the men were able bodied, all aged roughly 15 to 80 strapped on shields, picked up spears, and marched to battle joyously.

Heck, the roman legionaries served a 30 year enlistment term, aged 20 to 50.

A 50 year old roman was marching 18 miles a day under load, then building fortifications each and every night.

These were the norm.
Humans are meant to be awesome.

Aging in the modern world is a travesty.

In one of the icelandic sagas, one of the men became feeble in his 90s, was mocked by the women for his being feeble, and within a year or two was dead.

Feeble only came about on one’s deathbed.

This says that for many in modern times, their living is naught but a slow death.

The fuck are you waddling around slurping down naught but bullshit for?

WITH NOTHING FOR EQUIPMENT YOU CAN HIT YOUR PUSHUPS AND SQUATS TWICE A DAY!

An hour or less at minimum wage will feed you a gallon of milk and pound of ground beef each day.

The squats and pushups take 5:00 to 10:00 tops each day.

Aging is a choice.
I know the path I’ve chosen.

That “dad bod” thing is disgusting.

Hit your pushups and squats, your kids will love to be on your back for both.

“Dad used to duck walk considerable distances with me/us riding on his shoulders.” – my kids in the future

Yes, I envision and plan on doing calisthenics with my kids.

(Both with them as weight and doing them together.)

There are no excuses.

Your health and fitness is a part of you, it’s entirely under your control – always has been, always will be.

I refuse to be one of those looked at in disgust, for being…disgusting, a disgusting human body.

It’s not just physical, it’s spiritual.

Your spirit is reflected in your appearance.

Your spirit is slovenly?
Why!
THERE ARE PUSHUPS AND SQUATS TO DO!

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11/1/21 – Day Pass Shenanigans :

My buddy was going for a 700lb deadlift tonight. I had the today, and tomorrow off from work, so I wrangled up the money for a day pass, and joined him for the session.

The first thing I did on the gym floor was an off camera really clean 70lb bottoms up press.

He was pulling plate by plate, so I singled from 135-495, mixed grip on the 405 and 495 singles.

This was my 1st 495 pull in 3+ years. I last did 495+ in 2017 or maybe 2018.

Maybe ten minutes after the first bottoms up press and deadlifting I took a few tries to get something okay for the camera, not recalling if I had a 70lb bottoms up press on camera or not from years ago.

And…

I did.

Somewhere around this time I got absolutely nowhere with a 340lb and then a 320lb atlas stone.

Having saw me press the 70lber, my friend suggested I go both hands, so I ended up with video (not the best set) with the 53lber on the weak side.


You can hear my friend doubling? what I think was 600 something in the background. Boom around the :28 mark.

It was no dice managing to get a pair of 53s simultaneously bottoms up.

At least for more than a fraction of second anyway.

I tried.
Double bell bottoms up pressing is far more challenging than one handed.

Fun day, guest passing at the little hole in the wall place.

While my buddy zoned out amping up for a second attempt at 700, I no warm up, no spot, and on a weird bench (yet designed for and liked by powerlifters) hit a 10×275 bench…

Lifetime PR!
+ that 50% set 5×275 a minute later both what I consider wide gripped, my pinkies on the ring.

With the rolling thunder I pulled 135 each hand.

Having short term access to toys I put a 135lb?/150lb? (my buddy and the board stating equipment weights disagree) block overhead a few times for a laugh.


A laugh, very fun, the type of thing to leave outside year round to mess around with.

I did a few good form 10 rep sets of pullups.

I went back to the bench taking
315 as a warmup after spotting a dude at something like 170lbs bar weight

Then I took a lift off for a 345 bench that kinda counts, the spotter (the guy I’d just spotted) may have touched the bar when I slowed down at a high ¾ to lockout sticking point, and then I hit the j hook on the right side before locking out.

Within a couple minutes I took 345 for another spin, wanting to make it solidly, to solidify a lifetime 1 rep PR.

I took the lift off, and made sure I didn’t get out of line and hit the j hooks this time.

I too clarified to this spotter (another guy this time) not to touch it unless I told him to.

He actually had acted hesitant to spot 345, thinking it heavy, and I assured him it would be fine, then had him laughing at my “when a brazilian girl spots you at the SoCal bodybuilding gym” story.

I did pushups there, kicked into a couple handstands, and goofed around trying to, and kinda succeeding at bottoms up pressing a small keg with some sand in it.

That was humorous. I carried the keg around bottoms up in my right hand awhile, more than a minute, trash talking my buddy all the while.

I ended with a handful of axle deadlifts with a wicked thick, probably 3″ bar.

I hit what I think was 205 on it, unless it was 245. I was unclear as to which axle supposedly weighed what.

When I was mostly waiting for my buddy to finish his assistance work I was goofing around flexing, flexing at him (a few different bicep poses, the come at me bro victory pose variation, and a front double bi in kung fu leg raised position), flexing behind him making it look like he had extra arms, the best being flexing a front double bi in stork/kung fu/tae kwon leap pose.

I even mimicked his curling.

I was having a blast lifting barbells, playing with the toys, and goofing off.

Maybe I’ll end up joining the gym, on a regimen of once or twice weekly lifting as the guideline.

Like every program that too works.

Today I was wicked strong.
Why? Cause I’m the Man.

I was having a blast, and testing out top end strength after doing what really had been lots of reps lately.

Why so serious?
You can treat the gym as play, and make great gains.

And as we drove off I joked “have you ever seen me have post workout protein”, as I ate a chocolate chip cookie dough met-rx bar and drank a 24oz thermos full of milk.

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10/30/21 ~230am

10/30/21 ~230am

Man have I Iived this last week and a half!

Why Should I Worry – Oliver & Company

The Remedy – Jason Mraz

St. Elmo’s Fire/Man In Motion

Firework – Katy Perry

Leave The Light On – Sam Hunt

And I’m dancing around to all of it at 2am, doing 5 pushups, stand, repeat, repeat, repeat,

You Can Buy Dirt ft Luke Bryan

More of the pushups.

The good, the bad, all alone, pushups in the kitchen, out of breath, a tear in my eye, years in a minute – nightmares, flashback memories, the pain, the happiness, …

a few more pushups, then bed, then with God’s blessings another day

a job, the town, the region, the west coast, the world

the ups, the downs

MY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS!
MY HEART! MY BALLS!

I’m living!

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10/5/21 – He Had Dislocated His Shoulder :

10/5/21 – Late Night – Gym Floor
He comes over to me to talk, well vent, at 5’8″ and a 170lbs that looks like 200lbs, he’s very well built, lean and muscular, with his right arm is in a sling.

“I dislocated my shoulder.”

“Damn dude, what in a motorcycle accident? There’s a massive bruise above your eyebrow.”

“Huh, there’s no bruise on my forehead”, he turns and looks in the mirror, wiping what was grime from the weight plates off, “I was at the other gym I go to, overhead pressing 95s, and felt something pop on that side”.

“It’s good to see that you’re here training legs when you can’t do upper, what day did this happen?”

“Sunday.”

Now consider this – WE’RE TALKING ON TUESDAY!

He fucked up his shoulder on Sunday, and 48 hours later he’s working his legs on the machines because that’s what he can do.

We had a good conversation, I was dropping ideas to him on leg stuff to try right now like all out 50 rep leg pressing, and some philosophical gym notes.

We part ways and I train my full body as usual.

Deciding to end with a little more chin ups, while walking back to the bar, I was surprised to see him on the machine preacher curl.

We spoke a few more minutes, and he’s there seeing what he can do for the bad side, after having done some one arm work that I hadn’t seen.

This is the mentality you see in those who truly are in their training.

Hurt and injury don’t stop you, you’re going to be in the gym doing something, because there’s something you can do.

I love seeing that heart!

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September 2021 Flow – Elbow Tendonitis? There’s Still A Way To Train :

I like to keep my mental point of origin as “more than human” while doing things physical, so I hate to admit that, of all things, I’m having something of an elbow tendonitis flare up.

It’s been the case for maybe two weeks, and is tied wholly to my having loaded up squats too quickly.

For me, the handful of times I’ve had elbow tendonitis, it’s always been when I’ve pushed up my back squat max – the elbow tendon(s) adapting more slowly to squat every day (or heavier weights alone) more slowly than the rest of the body.

In general I hate taking time off from the gym.

I only do so when mentally I’m okay with doing so.

This isn’t that time!

I’ve been in the gym daily, with some double sessions.

Why?
•I want to.
•screw sitting around the house

You learn things observing the gym floor.

I’ve noticed the in shape 50ish crowd tends to just do lots of light pump work.

So I took a page out of their playbook – I’m doing lots of light work, training around the flare up.

I cut pushups down to 100 a day, 200 tops.

I actually get a euphoric stretch from dips when I’m strongly checked in mentally, so I’ll hit an easy 5 rep warmup set at bw, then one set easy, but more meaningful – for more reps, at bw+45.

Pictured – Marvin Eder going a bit heavier than bw+45.

Just for a laugh I’ve refused to do bw pullups this month, only doing weighted chins a handful of times.

(This decision was before the elbow tendonitis flare up, and low volume, not amrap sets of weighted chin have been fine on it.)

I actually wonder now if dropping the loads of bw chins I was doing in some manner led to the elbow tendonitis flare up.

I could see less work actually have been a problem in this case, the chins may have kept the tendon good, or better than it/they are right now with the flare up from the heavy smith squats.

But I’ve been loving the squats so I’ve just been hitting sets of 10 at 1p each session.

So light, but enough to get a pump, my glutes and quads having been feeling nicely solid.

Hell my back feels “one piece”, the muscular system well worked, but not in a way so as to create soreness.

This feeling also comes with the volume wrestler’s bridging that I’ve been doing.

The wrestler’s bridge is your best friend if an elbow bugs you!
All day baby! Bridging all day!

This full body light feel the muscle work has the muscles left in a way that I’m amped up to go back, and have been – it’s been double sessions for days.

Look around the gym, plenty of women have nice firm builds using very light weights, often on machines ; you, as a man, effectively are on testosterone overdose in comparison, and therefore can do the same thing.

So I’ve been training light with high frequency – fuck giving up to an inflamed elbow tendon!

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Thinking, Thoughts, The Hard & The Soft :

The idea of thinking yourself fit, healthy intrigues me.

Through the mind to be the Wim Hof mantra of “happy, strong, & healthy”.

I’m not convinced of the sheer necessity of physical training.

Conscious thought is the difference between gym development and labor builds generally.

A gym built body is more aesthetic as thought was aiming for that.

Yet on the flip side I’ve seen and done many things on the job, on the mat, and on the field where it was beyond my perceived, or my estimation of them based on, gym “limitations”.

I’ve known laborers stronger than gym knowledge says they should be, far stronger, and that’s a matter of not thinking the limitations.

I’ve done a few things like that myself.

The mind is working towards something, that’s a given.

The above examples show it goes both ways – the thing is to control it, and guide it.

The “necessity” of warm ups comes to mind.

Plenty of experience tells me that you only need to warm up as much as you think you do.

Once the mind accepts this as truth you’ll be set to, or soon will be, able to hit 90+% 1rm performances essentially on the spot.

I ask you this ; did the rugged workers of yesteryear warm up?

The answer is a hearty no.

There’s freedom to, not shine – that’s the wrong word by definition, do as thou wert designed when you don’t have any conception of what “proper” ability is.

“proper” the result of societally imposed limits.

Without having been raised by wolves in a cave, without being the nature boy – it’s best to look at only the elite, the top, the record performances, and systematically, until it is your genuinely held belief and instinctive expectation for these to be the norm, more especially the norm for yourself.

You have the necessary genetics.
I have the necessary genetics.

Why are you saying someone has better genetics than you!

That shit is just a cop out for being, fat, lazy, but worst of all resigned, and apathetic.

I hated seeing the fat kid say the school running back was in shape because of “good genetics”, while I barely kept the thought inside, my thought ; “you fat motherfucker, why not try lifting hard, and running bleachers every day, and see where you truly stand”.

I’ve put in enough training time that good results are a given.

I have the best genetics.

In martial arts there’s the concept of hard and soft.

Both work!

It’s just not the typical western way to practice muscle control and meditation, thinking yourself to the image of health you desire – from the start.

But going the “hard” route (note the quotations, as doing what you must is anything but difficult), moving that weight, brute force, like a bull in a china shop…eventually you actualize the power and validity of the “soft” (thinking) route.

Everything works!

You must believe.
You must take the actions.
You must give it time.

Frequency doesn’t matter.
What you eat doesn’t matter.

There’s plenty of precedence to individuals of humanity shining beyond what “science” says is limit.

Go build muscle barely training, barely eating, on little protein.

I guarantee it’s been done before!

Every so called limit is thrown out the window by, note this is an and/or proposition, a zen state and/or a madman state of “fuck it, you can’t stop me”.

What is called lunacy and zen are two sides of the same coin.

It’s all in the perception, and what works for you in the moment.

Go train.
Or don’t.

Eat clean.
Eat dirty.

Barely eat, fast.
Smorgasbord, feast.

It’s all in the choice, the belief, and having the tenacity to own these fully.

Self ownership, knowledge of rightness in all that you do.

Accepting both the hard and the soft styles, having them both work for you.

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The Easiest Vegetarian Bodybuilding Meal Prep :

Vegetarian bodybuilding meal prep ; I realize how simple, and inexpensive 5000+ vegetarian calories daily could be.

Food “allergies” galore on this one :

A big 40oz jar of peanut butter says :

35 servings of 190 calories, 16g fat, 6g carbs, 7g protein.

That’s :

•6650 calories
•560g fat
•210g carbs
•245g protein
for the whole jar

Eat that at 20oz each day, the big jar good for two days, and maybe mix it into some top ramen, or make some sandwiches with bread for ease of eating.

Though you can just eat it out of the jar.

The spoon method, hands even…if you must.

You know the calories and macros on a gallon of sweet sweet beautiful lovely whole milk.

So you’re just massacring :
•peanut butter
•milk

It’s more than 5000 calories, nearing 6k, bout 250g protein, plenty of carbs, plenty of fat.

Stock that fridge up with gallons, fill the pantry with peanut butter.

You could even do this out of a backpack with the help of a few large thermos.

Easy!

Affordable and zero prep work involved.

Could even work for those who aren’t vegetarians, pb travels well, and milk has both the gas station method and the thermos method.

Before you ask – lol, nope. I ain’t a vegetarian.

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