Erik's Weight Training Log - Lifting, Food, Fun

[connorpat1995]

so basically you're turning your eating disorder inside-out and reusing it...

doesn't work with condoms...
but i missed fat erik anyway so go ahead

[Jasonk282]

Video #1! Month of Unlimited Macros (#1) : Weigh in, Indian Food, Pizza!

I think the fact that you're doing a syte load of cycling is helping big time. Back in my RECON days and training all day for hours on end with little to no food, we'd pound down like crazy when we had the chance and really gained no weight from it mainly because we're expending so many cals, like you are when you're riding.

[AFC96]

so basically you're turning your eating disorder inside-out and reusing it...

Inb4 chitstorm..

[ErikTheElectric]

“The Teds Tot Challenge!"











The Video
Coming soon!


The Location:
“Players Bar and Grill”, San Marcos, CA



The Challenge:


5 Pounds of “Sloppy Tater tots”, creamy cheddar cheese, chili, Philly Cheesesteak meat. Topped with sour cream and 2 fried eggs. 30 minutes to finish, or I had to fork over 35$!

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The prize:


Name up on the wall of fame

Meal free

T shirt

Eternal Glory!











Final Thoughts:


So tonight I took on Players Sports Bar’s “Teds Tot Challenge”. 5 pounds of delicious, cheese filled goodness! The funny and most notable part about this challenge is that it’s RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE! I’ve been searching around San Diego for remaining food challenges and was made aware of this only a few days ago, so I just HAD to go and take it down!



Only ONE person has done this before, he managed to finish it in 29 minutes...You have 30 minutes to finish the challenge. So I wanted to enjoy it, but not go too hard too fast. The plate/food were weighed and it came out piping hot, I could tell that I was going to be able to take it down.. it was just a matter of what time it would be done.



The challenge was simple, I actually had a few of my girlfriends fries during the challenge. The cheese was HEAVY and disgusting, seriously though.. I had to put ketchup and ranch on most of the tots for it to actually be somewhat appealing. After I got bored of that, I ordered a sprite just to switch up the flavor profiles.. but I gutted through it and got it done. In 18 minutes I had this bad boy down! I wasn’t going for speed, but I’m sure if I was.. it would be done in under 12-15 minutes. The best part about the challenge was the meat, it was cooked perfectly! The nastiest part of it was (of course) the massive amount of cheese and chili. But I still enjoyed it nonetheless!

Stay tuned for the video!









Finished product!

[ErikTheElectric]

so basically you're turning your eating disorder inside-out and reusing it...

doesn't work with condoms...
but i missed fat erik anyway so go ahead

[ErikTheElectric]

I think the fact that you're doing a syte load of cycling is helping big time. Back in my RECON days and training all day for hours on end with little to no food, we'd pound down like crazy when we had the chance and really gained no weight from it mainly because we're expending so many cals, like you are when you're riding.

Yeah, cycling is SO great for appetite. It's something that helps tremendously when I need to get more cals in. Gotta love it! Do you have a bike right now?

[determined4000]

cheesesteak and potatoes

approve selection

[ErikTheElectric]

cheesesteak and potatoes

approve selection

The amount of cheese.. I thought would be the first thing you'd approve of.. lol. Definitely was over 1lb

[Jasonk282]

Yeah, cycling is SO great for appetite. It's something that helps tremendously when I need to get more cals in. Gotta love it! Do you have a bike right now?

No I don't have a bike, however we( wife and I) will be getting one in probably the next few years as our daughter is gonna be learning how to ride pretty soon. Son already knows. I've got a couple of friends that have rode the trail from Pittsburgh to D.C and back which cuts right though our town. So I can easily ride that for a few miles.

From Cumberland to Frostburgh Md is 20 miles round trip and the frist to is a steady clime from 627' to 2070'

[dailob]

not sure if this is any useful but saw it and figured maybe you could look into it

http://slickdeals.net/f/7637878-sidi...-free-shipping

[ErikTheElectric]

And the video is LIVE! Feel free to drop it a like, subscribe, and share it with all your friends!









Stay tuned for the next one!

[ErikTheElectric]

No I don't have a bike, however we( wife and I) will be getting one in probably the next few years as our daughter is gonna be learning how to ride pretty soon. Son already knows. I've got a couple of friends that have rode the trail from Pittsburgh to D.C and back which cuts right though our town. So I can easily ride that for a few miles.

From Cumberland to Frostburgh Md is 20 miles round trip and the frist to is a steady clime from 627' to 2070'

Definitely would recommend checking out a few hybrids or possible road bikes! You'd love them man.

not sure if this is any useful but saw it and figured maybe you could look into it

http://slickdeals.net/f/7637878-sidi...-free-shipping

Thanks brother! Already got a sweet pair, but I'll keep it in mind.

[redsfinnared]

read that guys post bout u having an eating disorder. so thats ur secret on how ur able to eat so much huh

i am not that impressed anymore

[ErikTheElectric]

read that guys post bout u having an eating disorder. so thats ur secret on how ur able to eat so much huh

i am not that impressed anymore

I'm not either.

[Flagaba]

That challenge looks pretty good indeed, it's just too bad the cheese wasn't all that...it doesn't look quite tasty in the pictures to start with (meat seems to make up for it though...hnng I'd love to taste it!).

Well done once again brother!

[hcoyle545]

hey, this log is good reading. i'm subbed

[ErikTheElectric]

That challenge looks pretty good indeed, it's just too bad the cheese wasn't all that...it doesn't look quite tasty in the pictures to start with (meat seems to make up for it though...hnng I'd love to taste it!).

Well done once again brother!

Other than the chili cheese it was awesome! Thanks Carl!!

[ErikTheElectric]

The Month of Unlimited Macros (#2) : Weigh in, First Century, Food Challenge!

[Prednisone666]

man that cheese looks disgusting, looks like american cheese rather than cheddar or whatever. I HATE that stuff. Mirin ability to dig through all that crap haha

[ErikTheElectric]

man that cheese looks disgusting, looks like american cheese rather than cheddar or whatever. I HATE that stuff. Mirin ability to dig through all that crap haha

Haha thanks Brotha. Reminded me of a giant tray of nachos for some reason.

[WMLifting]

Loved watching that video man. I agree that nacho cheese would have been much more enjoyable than cheddar, but cheese is cheese. Also, nachos are BOMB.

Do you ever puke or **** right after those competitions? I feel like I would have to poo.

[ErikTheElectric]

2/7/2015





Alright, so it's been a HUGE past couple of days for me..


Still a little "frazzled" mentally right now, but I'm just so excited and happy that I'm still trying to piece everything together in my head, lol. I've been pretty distant from the log and most of my usual "online stuff" quite recently, but that's just something I wanted to preface this post with. The past few days have been CRAZY. As I'm sure the few of you still following along this boring journal have read, I did my food challenge on thursday.. moving my TOTAL to 11 wins and 1 loss (in san diego of course). Which was HUGE for me, obviously I've already posted about that already.. but still, it was something that I was proud of and has been buzzing around the work place among my co-workers, which has really made me smile.


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Which brings me to my job/work...Things have been DEATHLY SLOW at the shop ever since the new year started. There have been days where we've literally had 3-4 customers in the entire store. Only generating a few dollars of actual revenue, no bike sales, no service orders, literally NOTHING being done. That being said, one of my close friends/co-workers was let go because of his lack of sales and some other issues. And it hit me hard, this was about a week ago. Basically, the owner of the company came into my store (we're local, have 6 stores in SD) and basically bombarded me with everything.. lit a fire under my ass, and told me that I needed to start making things happen. That was a few days ago, and today.. was my BEST DAY in sales that I've had ever since starting this job. Started just like normal, but as the day progressed.. more and more guests came into the store.. and before I knew it.. I was at 3,000$ in sales. Which is pretty much TEN TIMES the amount I normally sell in a day! I got two BIG service orders sold and managed to get 2 huge bike sales today.
Today really hit me hard, made me realize how hard sales jobs are, and how much I need to be consistent and improve.


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AND ON THURSDAY I DID MY FIRST EVER CENTURY!
(For you non-cyclists, that means 100 miles on a bicycle)
Totally spontaneous, totally something I just never thought I could do. And I friggin did it. I'll never forget the feeling I got when I got home and dismounted the bike, it'll be with me until the day I die. That was no easy feat, and I'll never live it down. Was on the bike from daylight until dark.. and it's something the average rider USUALLY has to train months and months for. But I did it, and KILLED IT. Put all of my effort into it, and with power.. determination, and some intra-ride carbs.. I DEMOLISHED THAT RIDE!





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Headed into the gym today after a LONG day at work. Still tired and sore from the century, the food challenge, and this massive day of being on my feet. But I put in work, got some cardio in and I'm ready to get back to the grind tomorrow! Working 50 hour weeks right now and am trying to get these classes balanced out, but I've never been more happy and motivated!





Snapshots

Training -2/7/15




PM (after work)


Warmup
30 minute spin



High bar squat
Bar x 12
135 x 12
165 x 8
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185 x 5
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225 x 5
225 x 5
225 x 5
(Light/easy)




DB flat bench
35s x 12
55sx 8
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65s x 8
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90s x 3
80sx 5
80s x 5
(Happy)

BB curls (paused)
55x 12
55 x 12
55 x 12
55 x 12

Calves
4 sets

Flies
4 sets


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Parmesan Cous Cous /chicken mixed veggies

El pollo loco!

Sludge bowl /Cheerios

[ErikTheElectric]

Loved watching that video man. I agree that nacho cheese would have been much more enjoyable than cheddar, but cheese is cheese. Also, nachos are BOMB.

Do you ever puke or **** right after those competitions? I feel like I would have to poo.

Thanks Billy! Yeah, the cheese was horrible man. Haha

Never have puked after a competition, that would be quite.. painful? haha. I do get this question quite frequently though.

Hope things are well!

[ilove2run]

If an owner is taking the lack of sales and traffic into the shops out on employees, I feel as though the owner needs to reestablish his standards on selling bikes (and maybe thought process). It's typical for this area of business. You go through frequent lows because not a lot of people are wanting to come into a bike shop and drop a few hundred+$$$ every day. In addition, once you buy a bike, most people never purchase one again.

If I were you, don't act like it's your fault that the store isn't receiving as much service as the owner wants.

[Jasonk282]

Which brings me to my job/work...Things have been DEATHLY SLOW at the shop ever since the new year started. There have been days where we've literally had 3-4 customers in the entire store. Only generating a few dollars of actual revenue, no bike sales, no service orders, literally NOTHING being done. That being said, one of my close friends/co-workers was let go because of his lack of sales and some other issues. And it hit me hard, this was about a week ago. Basically, the owner of the company came into my store (we're local, have 6 stores in SD) and basically bombarded me with everything.. lit a fire under my ass, and told me that I needed to start making things happen. That was a few days ago, and today.. was my BEST DAY in sales that I've had ever since starting this job. Started just like normal, but as the day progressed.. more and more guests came into the store.. and before I knew it.. I was at 3,000$ in sales. Which is pretty much TEN TIMES the amount I normally sell in a day! I got two BIG service orders sold and managed to get 2 huge bike sales today.
Today really hit me hard, made me realize how hard sales jobs are, and how much I need to be consistent and improve.

A couple things...

1. welcome to business, trust no one they'll stab you in the back ASAP.
2. There's reasons as to why sales are slow...a. it's after the new year and folks are done with XMAS shopping and pretty much tapped on cash. b. It's jan/feb...sales typically pick up after April when folks get their refunds and the weather starts to improve.
3. Now that you did that...it's going to be expected time and time again.
4. your owner is a dik

GJDM

[ErikTheElectric]

Race pictures finally got posted! (I'm the one in the full white kit)


Leading the pack


This fool was on my hitlist



Led first for 7 laps! (Out of 13)




Misc

[ErikTheElectric]

If an owner is taking the lack of sales and traffic into the shops out on employees, I feel as though the owner needs to reestablish his standards on selling bikes (and maybe thought process). It's typical for this area of business. You go through frequent lows because not a lot of people are wanting to come into a bike shop and drop a few hundred+$$$ every day. In addition, once you buy a bike, most people never purchase one again.

If I were you, don't act like it's your fault that the store isn't receiving as much service as the owner wants.

I guess I should've worded it differently. The owner is one of the nicest and most down to earth people I've ever come across, she's just a bit uptight right now and overly pessimistic about the way we've been as a store. Things have been tremendous though over the past few days!

[ErikTheElectric]

A couple things...

1. welcome to business, trust no one they'll stab you in the back ASAP.
2. There's reasons as to why sales are slow...a. it's after the new year and folks are done with XMAS shopping and pretty much tapped on cash. b. It's jan/feb...sales typically pick up after April when folks get their refunds and the weather starts to improve.
3. Now that you did that...it's going to be expected time and time again.
4. your owner is a dik

GJDM

Definitely agree with everything (nearly everything haha). Luckily I've had a couple years of experience in the sales field and know that there WILL be highs and lows, it's all about working through them.

Thanks brother.

[Jasonk282]

Definitely agree with everything (nearly everything haha). Luckily I've had a couple years of experience in the sales field and know that there WILL be highs and lows, it's all about working through them.

Thanks brother.

Yeah sales, like pretty much everything, goes through cycles. Your owner is probably strapped for cash and has bills due or something else, because this cht is pretty typical of any retail business.

[ErikTheElectric]

Yeah sales, like pretty much everything, goes through cycles. Your owner is probably strapped for cash and has bills due or something else, because this cht is pretty typical of any retail business.

Heh. Yeah, pretty much. Bike shops are like that, especially at this time of the year!