Chasing Infinity: Moses' journey to discover the limits of size and strength

[The Solution]

So you guys ended up dropping 100$ a person including drinks

Holy cow!

The quality is that good? Seems like bites for real'

[hamiltronj]

Food looks amazing. Glad to see you had a great time.

[Bnizzle163]

Looks like you enjoyed NYE. I wouldn't know what to do at a restaurant of that caliber. I would request ultra small utensils just so I didn't eat each plate in one bite

[snrygo]

So you guys ended up dropping 100$ a person including drinks

Holy cow!

The quality is that good? Seems like bites for real'

this is pretty reasonable for a high end restaurant

[The Solution]

this is pretty reasonable for a high end restaurant

Im looking to go to one in Pittsburgh for my birthday in March, Prices are around 40-50$ per entree

http://www.spoonpgh.com/

Rodzilla off the boards who owns Rodzilla Reviews suggested it because we went to school together.

[Shazriki]

Will update properly tomorrow, but it seemsuce contracted a random stomach virus. No solids today and minimal tomorrow. Good night sweet routine this week

[Dexter3000]

Will update properly tomorrow, but it seemsuce contracted a random stomach virus. No solids today and minimal tomorrow. Good night sweet routine this week

Sh!t happens bro.







Sorry I couldn't help it

[NaturalPursuit]

Ah sorry to hear man...hope things get better soon!

[Shazriki]

Sweet updates dude!

Floor presses are something I really found to help my bench quite a bit. Aside from working through your sticking point, you can also get a feel for heavier weights, similar to how some people to heavy squat walk out and how rack pulls can often show huge carry over to a normal deadlift.

Enjoy the New Year and everything that's to come in 2013

This is one of the reasons Im excited to give floor presses a shot, getting more practice with that feeling of heavier weight. One of the issues I've had when trying to bench 220 is that it feels so damn heavy and it truly affects me. Hopefully some floor pressing with some heavy DBs will fix that.

Thanks Ryan, same to you!

quality workouts and eats as usual Moses. Looks like you are having a great xmas/ny break

Thanks Chris, it's been great! Now just need to get on some more revision lol!

So you guys ended up dropping 100$ a person including drinks

Holy cow!

The quality is that good? Seems like bites for real'

Yea you never really go to a place like that expecting to leave as full as you would an AYCE place. It's just a different food experience, definitely worth it though. I definitely think it's worth it!

Food looks amazing. Glad to see you had a great time.

Thanks Jamie!

Looks like you enjoyed NYE. I wouldn't know what to do at a restaurant of that caliber. I would request ultra small utensils just so I didn't eat each plate in one bite

I did man, twas good. Oh man I know exactly what you mean, I do have to consciously slow myself down and appreciate every bite, but the food is outstanding!

this is pretty reasonable for a high end restaurant

This

Im looking to go to one in Pittsburgh for my birthday in March, Prices are around 40-50$ per entree

http://www.spoonpgh.com/

Rodzilla off the boards who owns Rodzilla Reviews suggested it because we went to school together.

Sounds about right, restaurant looks legit!

Sh!t happens bro.

Sorry I couldn't help it

Actually this was a stomach virus when stuff went upstream, wasn't pleasant

Ah sorry to hear man...hope things get better soon!

Thanks Alex, feeling much better today already!

[FrmrHoss]

Yeah Bob, you can't really try to put a $ value on the food itself, it's more about the experience. I've only done it a few times but I feel like it's always money well spent (but that's also one of the things I enjoy and choose to spend my discretionary money on). Too bad El Bulli is closing up shop or I'd fly out there to road trip with you man .

Hope the stomach virus clears up.

[Jumpman3210]

Get well brah!

[bigryan03]

MAN! What is with everyone getting sick lately??? Get well soon, Moses.

[Rypt1]

Get well soon, Moses.

[Shazriki]

Yeah Bob, you can't really try to put a $ value on the food itself, it's more about the experience. I've only done it a few times but I feel like it's always money well spent (but that's also one of the things I enjoy and choose to spend my discretionary money on). Too bad El Bulli is closing up shop or I'd fly out there to road trip with you man .

Hope the stomach virus clears up.

Pretty much this (much better articulated than my opinion I might add lol).

Bulli regrettably closed up a while ago already, apparently the chef/owner was tired of life in the trenches and went on to do some teaching instead. There is another 3-michelin restaurant in the area called Celler de Can Roca which is supposed to be similar in overall style.

Get well brah!

MAN! What is with everyone getting sick lately??? Get well soon, Moses.

Get well soon, Moses.

Thanks guys. I actually recovered quite quickly but am only posting now because I was away on a little road trip the last couple of days.

[Shazriki]

6 January 2012

Well it was my first day back in the gym since getting struck down by that virus, and coincidentally my first workout of 2013! The past couple of days I was in Barcelona with my dad and sister to do some sightseeing, hence the lack of updates, but it also explains my inability to get back into the gym earlier. Truth be told, given how I performed today I think going back any earlier would have been a bad idea. Past couple of days have just been sightseeing, eating, and taking my meds to nurse my frail self back to health

As a result of being out of the gym for "so long" I had to condense the last couple of workouts of my second cycle of 5's into one session for bench and squats. I prioritized the bench since that's what I suck at, did a couple of accessories, and moved straight onto squats where I didn't hit any extra reps, just the prescribed 5. It was actually a pretty tough session and I'm definitely not feeling 100% yet. Strong enough to train, though, and that's all that counts.

I'll whack some food pics up in a bit, it's my last night in Alicante and curry is on the menu!

Training - 531 Bench and Squats C2W1

Barbell Bench Press:

133.1 lb x 5 reps
149.6 lb x 5 reps
171.6 lb x 7 reps

Isolateral Plate Loaded Row:

99 lb x 10 reps
99 lb x 10 reps
99 lb x 10 reps

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press:

66 lb x 9 reps
66 lb x 9 reps
66 lb x 9 reps

Barbell Squat:

210.1 lb x 5 reps
243.1 lb x 5 reps
276.1 lb x 5 reps

Romanian Deadlift:

237.6 lb x 8 reps
237.6 lb x 8 reps
237.6 lb x 8 reps

Hanging Straight Leg Raise:

15 reps
15 reps
15 reps

[anuragp122195]

Feel better and take it easy, Moses. Props to you for getting a training session in.

I hope to see some sightseeing pictures! Barcelona's beautiful.

I saw the curry prep pic on fb. Should be good

[Ccm644]

Glad your better

Some sight seeing in Barcelona sounds great, sounds like you enjoyed your road trip

Good workout, hopefully your feel 100% soon

[FrmrHoss]

Glad to hear you're feeling better man. Yeah I'm apparently stuck in the past, I knew like 18 months ago that it was closing up "soon" but I guess I never realized that it was probably already closed for now.

Btw, we may be making a trip to London in May for a long weekend.

[The Solution]

Good to see you back, seems like everyone is getting sick.

[Shazriki]

Feel better and take it easy, Moses. Props to you for getting a training session in.

I hope to see some sightseeing pictures! Barcelona's beautiful.

I saw the curry prep pic on fb. Should be good

Thanks dude, it felt good to be back in the gym even though I wasn't quite firing on all cylinders. Didn't know you were interested, I'll get some up in a sec!

Glad your better

Some sight seeing in Barcelona sounds great, sounds like you enjoyed your road trip

Good workout, hopefully your feel 100% soon

Thanks man, feeling much better and it was a great time!

Glad to hear you're feeling better man. Yeah I'm apparently stuck in the past, I knew like 18 months ago that it was closing up "soon" but I guess I never realized that it was probably already closed for now.

Btw, we may be making a trip to London in May for a long weekend.

It's a crying shame because apparently it was truly an experience. Though I think we can expect to see more 3-michelin molecular gastronomy type restaurants in the coming years, it seems to be really fashionable now. Now if you can get a table...

Keep me in the loop about London, by May I should be more or less done with my lion's share of my thesis work and could more than likely come up to see you, or equally you could come down to Bath (it IS actually on the UK tourist map)

Good to see you back, seems like everyone is getting sick.

Thanks Bob, yea I guess it's just that time of year!

Food

Biscoff, Pignotta (pine nut), and Crema Catalan gelati



Curry!




And here's some Barcelona pics...

View from Parc Güell



Me myron some seriously artesanal chocolates in the Boquería market



About to smash some Porron (sweet wine, poured directly into the mouth)



Gelati with the sister and a friend

[jpfaherty]

Damn man. So jelly of your traveling! Living the life Moses!

Seems like people all over the world are getting sick right now. I still haven't fully recovered from the plague. Get better my friend

[snrygo]

you have the same jacket as my dad haha

[NaturalPursuit]

traveling seems to be awesome man! So sick! Hope things go safe!!!

[anuragp122195]

You have inspired me even more to do a study abroad program to Spain when I go to biz-school. Possibly Madrid or Barcelona. I'm trying to get as fluent as possible to integrate Spanish language to take my communication skills to a whole new level to enhance business communication, so traveling would help a lot (and be really fun).

All that gelati, chocolate, curry, and the sightseeing sounds like it was great. Might convince my parents to have this as our next vacation since we are deciding on our next one.

[Bnizzle163]

Dang, dude. You've got me wanting to just pack my bags and hop on a plane lol.

Eats look unreal.

[bigryan03]

Mang you adventures look like so much fun!!! Come visit Aus next

[Shazriki]

Damn man. So jelly of your traveling! Living the life Moses!

Seems like people all over the world are getting sick right now. I still haven't fully recovered from the plague. Get better my friend

It was definitely a fun trip, I'm really fortunate to have such a great city just a few hours drive away!

Plague is definitely flying around, first time in my life I've been sick like that, just came outta nowhere.

you have the same jacket as my dad haha

He and I clearly have excellent taste!

traveling seems to be awesome man! So sick! Hope things go safe!!!

It is dude, as I said I'm just blessed to live in a place where you don't need to go far to enjoy some serious culture and sights!

You have inspired me even more to do a study abroad program to Spain when I go to biz-school. Possibly Madrid or Barcelona. I'm trying to get as fluent as possible to integrate Spanish language to take my communication skills to a whole new level to enhance business communication, so traveling would help a lot (and be really fun).

All that gelati, chocolate, curry, and the sightseeing sounds like it was great. Might convince my parents to have this as our next vacation since we are deciding on our next one.

Well you have made one hell of a decision there Anurag. The only way to truly grasp a language is to immerse yourself and that's only going to happen by getting out of the states (unless you want to go to Mexico haha). Having been to both Madrid and now Barcelona recently I would recommend Barca over Madrid. It's a little smaller and it's touristy in a more tasteful way if that makes sense. Still in your face, but less so than Madrid and prices are a bit lower.

Dang, dude. You've got me wanting to just pack my bags and hop on a plane lol.

Eats look unreal.

Do it, my doorstep is waiting!

Mang you adventures look like so much fun!!! Come visit Aus next

Yes chief! The great downundah is high on my checklist, believe you me.

[Shazriki]

8 January 2013

So second workout of 2013 done and even though I managed to hit all my prescribed reps + a bit extra I wasn't very happy with today's performance. I'm not worried though because yesterday's nutrition was a bit lacking and as a result I was probably a little low on gas heading into today. As I did on sunday I combined the first two workouts of my 3's week, doing OHP and deadlift on the same day. I'm going to continue doing this for the next 3 weeks until the end of my exams, since I need to minimize my time doing anything except studying, basically. This will mean some of my accessory work will take a back seat, and progress in the gym may not be optimal, but as long as I can hit my basic numbers through the exam period I'll be happy.

In other news, I decided to weigh in today for the first time since before the vacation and after 3 weeks of no macro tracking. Well it all went better than expected and I woke up at ~195 which actually means I got ever so slightly lighter of the holiday season, assuming this isn't an outlier. I'm pretty happy with that considering I more or less wanted to maintain without stressing about food, and both of those goals where firmly accomplished.

Even though the no macro tracking experiment was fun, as of today I'm back on my numbers for the simple reason that I want to start eating my giant sludge bowls again and the only way I can do that AND keep my weight steady is by weighing stuff out. Cereal is just too damn easy to eat. It's just nice to know that I can turn off bodybuilder-mode for an extended period without everything going to sh!t.

Training - 531 OHP/Deads C2W2

Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP):

99 lb x 3 reps
115.5 lb x 3 reps
128.7 lb x 5 reps

Isolateral Plate Loaded Row:

99 lb x 8 reps
99 lb x 10 reps
99 lb x 9 reps

Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown:

191.4 lb x 10 reps
191.4 lb x 4 reps
191.4 lb x 3 reps
Myo-reps

Sumo Deadlift:

302.5 lb x 3 reps
348.7 lb x 3 reps
392.7 lb x 4 reps

Leg Extensions:

203.5 lb x 12 reps
203.5 lb x 4 reps
203.5 lb x 4 reps
203.5 lb x 4 reps
Myo-reps

Cable Twist:

57.8 lb x 12 reps
57.8 lb x 12 reps
57.8 lb x 12 reps
Three sets each side

[Bnizzle163]

Awesome work, especially on keeping it together without tracking food whilst losing weight. Killer job, Moses!

[bigjimmy123]

kudos on the weight, I managed to do the same on my ski holiday over the holidays and was -2lbs down despite a few very liquid evenings. Sadly I don't think Brazil will be the same lol

gl with the exams and look forward to catching up when I get back

Jimmy