A mix of 5/3/1 and other programming: MatTheCur's stew

[benh2]

Whole milk!

Arla do a 450g pots of fat free yoghurt called Skyr and it's always on offer here in the UK. 42g protein/350cals per pot.

Buy a shít ton of nuts and make your own nut butters. Really fun and you have calories coming out your ears!

[MatTheCur]

I have been pause benching for what seems like forever lol.

Which is forever longer than I! hhahahah

PB and a spoon...best snack there is.

Ugh. Yeah there is such a thing as too much, hahahh

Whole milk!

Arla do a 450g pots of fat free yoghurt called Skyr and it's always on offer here in the UK. 42g protein/350cals per pot.

Buy a shít ton of nuts and make your own nut butters. Really fun and you have calories coming out your ears!

I, sadly, cannae stand milk, unless it's in cereal or a shake or has chocolate syrup in it.

Over here my fave is Oikos, and it's usually on sale. I'll take a pot, divide it in 2, put a scoop of whey in each. I should do that more often.

Oh, and my own protein bars. Damnit my brain is fried or something!

How in the hell do you make your own nut butters?

Also ... welcome!

[Jasonk282]

Ugh. Yeah there is such a thing as too much, hahahh

True, however it's not like it's as harmful as my Vodka and Oxy addiction was...

[bigwade800]

simply

you don't eat enough

[Anthony21]

simply

you don't eat enough

True story.

I remember starting with Wade weighing like 180 or 190lbs. Now I'm in the 242 class.

Gotta eat for big lifts.

[MatTheCur]

simply

you don't eat enough

True story.

I remember starting with Wade weighing like 180 or 190lbs. Now I'm in the 242 class.

Gotta eat for big lifts.

I just don't want to eat too much of the wrong stuff, like I've been doing for the past 30 years.

And I seem to make a bigger deal out of it than I should. Just eat meats, have veg, and starchy carbs throughout the day.

[pastorpritch]

I have the same problem ... I need to eat more plain and simple. The problem is our budget only allows for 1200 calories a day of the good food, eating right is too expensive.

[Filmbuff81]

You should try living here!

You'd shake your head at some of the prices.

I've been drinking a bunch of PB protein shakes to help save money and get enough calories.

Edit: pork chops, ground beef, yams, and rice are my best friends these days too.

[MatTheCur]

I have the same problem ... I need to eat more plain and simple. The problem is our budget only allows for 1200 calories a day of the good food, eating right is too expensive.

Part of my problem, I think. If I really go balls2thewall with this, and buy that much meat, I'll be spending a crapton of money. The gf and her girls aren't going to change their diets any.

Though, I might be able to budget things in... This is going to take some thoughts...

You should try living here!

You'd shake your head at some of the prices.

I've been drinking a bunch of PB protein shakes to help save money and get enough calories.

Edit: pork chops, ground beef, yams, and rice are my best friends these days too.

I have a Costco card now, so that might help a bit.

Ugh. Yams. Can't stand yams =/ I'll take sweet pertaters over those any day.

[benh2]

How in the hell do you make your own nut butters?

Also ... welcome!

Buy nuts in bulk and throw them in a food processor for 10-15 minutes until smooth. Add flavours if you want. No extra oil needed.

Glad to be here.

[Jasonk282]

Or you can just work on getting stronger at the weight class you're currently in.

[MatTheCur]

Buy nuts in bulk and throw them in a food processor for 10-15 minutes until smooth. Add flavours if you want. No extra oil needed.

Glad to be here.

Gotcha. I'll give that a shot, seeing as I've never had a nutter butter!

You have a log I can pop in on?

Or you can just work on getting stronger at the weight class you're currently in.

For the moment I don't have any kind of competition in sight. I want to get stronger/better at the Big 3 right now, dial form in, and eat better.

One step at a time

Training notes will be up a little later. Have to import my vids from last night, edit, etc.

[benh2]

Gotcha. I'll give that a shot, seeing as I've never had a nutter butter!

You have a log I can pop in on?

You'll never look back! My kitchen counter is stacked with almond butter, cashew butter, peanut, hazelnut...

No I don't have a log yet. I'm so behind the times, can't even work out how to add an avatar on my phone!

[MatTheCur]

Squat day

Warm up:

BW x 10
prayer stretch
bar close stance x 5
bar medium stance x 5
bar comp stance x 5
bar wide (little less than sumo) x 5

Squat comp. stance:

215 x 2
215 x 2
215 x 2
215 x 2
215 x 2
215 x 2

Close stance:

135 x 6
145 x 6
155 x 6

Wide stance:

95 x 10
95 x 10

Prone leg curls:

95 x 12
95 x 12
95 x 12

+5

Abs - HLR:

Roman Chair x 20
Roman Chair x 20
Roman Chair x 20
Roman Chair x 20
Roman Chair x 20

Toe Raises:

15
15
15

VIDEO:



Notes!

• Have to watch my speed, keep it explosive out of the hole.
• The kids were back deadlifting, this time MUCH better than before.
• Punishing myself with "higher than knee raises but less than leg raises" raises. srs bzns
• Hoping my slingshot comes in soon..........

You'll never look back! My kitchen counter is stacked with almond butter, cashew butter, peanut, hazelnut...

No I don't have a log yet. I'm so behind the times, can't even work out how to add an avatar on my phone!

Think you have to do it through your bodyspace, and I haven't been bothered to figure it out on mobile, lmfao

Wait wait wait.... D'you just process a bunch of nuts to make your own butters? Or are those butters in addition to the processing of nuts that you mentioned earlier?

[mstatefan91]

I don't think you did enough squats.

[Jasonk282]

Do you even squat?

[MatTheCur]

I don't think you did enough squats.

Do you even squat?

Guys you're gonna get me in trouble with the coach... :'(

[Jasonk282]

Guys you're gonna get me in trouble with the coach... :'(

Well...can't be any worse than me telling the foreman to fuk off the other day...

[jshaw5]

Too many squats

[Jasonk282]

Too many squats

said no one ever!

[MatTheCur]

Well...can't be any worse than me telling the foreman to fuk off the other day...

Ah ... No. No, probably not!

[jshaw5]

said no one ever!

Ah ... No. No, probably not!

I say that all the time on my volume days haha.

[HARRYBEAST]

Did you do warm up sets? Just curious Wade has me doing
45x5
135x3
225x2 etc

[Jasonk282]

Did you do warm up sets? Just curious Wade has me doing
45x5
135x3
225x2 etc

pfffttt warm up.

just put 405 on the bar and GO!!!!!!!

[MatTheCur]

Too many squats

I'm enjoying it, to be honest. I'm sure that I'm going to get beaten up soon, but I think I do well with volume.

Can't wait to see where I am in a few weeks when my body's conditioned...

Did you do warm up sets? Just curious Wade has me doing
45x5
135x3
225x2 etc

He's got me doing

BW squat x 10 with a prayer stretch at the end (that's my addition, approved by Wade)
45 x 5 close stance
45 x 5 medium stance
45 x 5 comp stance
45 x 5 wide stance

Then has me go into the working sets. I am, by the time I'm into the comp stance, sweaty and warm. I'll probably have to start doing warm up sets like you do when my working sets get a bit higher.

[jshaw5]

Then has me go into the working sets. I am, by the time I'm into the comp stance, sweaty and warm. I'll probably have to start doing warm up sets like you do when my working sets get a bit higher.

So you're jumping straight from 45 to 225 without at least doing like 135 in between?

[HARRYBEAST]

I'm enjoying it, to be honest. I'm sure that I'm going to get beaten up soon, but I think I do well with volume.

Can't wait to see where I am in a few weeks when my body's conditioned...



He's got me doing

BW squat x 10 with a prayer stretch at the end (that's my addition, approved by Wade)
45 x 5 close stance
45 x 5 medium stance
45 x 5 comp stance
45 x 5 wide stance

Then has me go into the working sets. I am, by the time I'm into the comp stance, sweaty and warm. I'll probably have to start doing warm up sets like you do when my working sets get a bit higher.

makes sense/10

[MatTheCur]

So you're jumping straight from 45 to 225 without at least doing like 135 in between?

I'm beginning to think that maybe I should put in a set of like 95 x 5, then 135x3.

Haven't really brought it up with Wade, as my first squat session he wrote "do your prayer set, then as written", then went into the 205x6x2. I just figure that it's still light enough at 215x6x2 that after doing a close, then medium, then comp, then wide warmup I can jump right into it.

But I'm sticking to his plan and am not making any changes until they're discussed

makes sense/10

OK. Good.

[MatTheCur]

OK so next squat day, I'll be adding in a 95 x 5, 135 x 3, 185 x 1 before working sets.

This whole having a coach thing is pretty great!

[Anthony21]

I'm not coach but I always progress in weight with my warm ups.

45x10
95x5
135x3
185x1
225x1
275x1

Then based off my workset it depends if i'll add another one or not.

I guess this allows me to get warmed up properly and find that groove for squats, especially if I'm having an off day.