Eat like a bear.

[jdrush]

Yes it's true it's a different kind of pizza and yes we do have fast food pizza, but ranch on pizza just sounds awful to me.

Though I'll only do it with fast food pizza; if I'm going to take the time to make it myself or go to a mom and pop place, then I don't feel it's needed.

[DAaaMan64]

I don't like ranch...........


but ranch with pizza is bomb af srs

[jdrush]

I don't like ranch...........


but ranch with pizza is bomb af srs

Same here actually; when it comes to salad, I'm more of Raspberry Vinaigrette kinda gal. Though now I make my own honey mustard.


Pull Day

Deadlifts: 315 X 2, 2, 1, 1
Pullups: BW X 4, 3, 3, 3 *
DB Rows: 100 X 9, 7, 6, 6
DB Hammer Curls: 30's X 10, 10, 7, 7
Shrugs: 315 X 7, 5, 5, 2 **
Lat Pulldown: 70 X 7, 5, 7, 7
mixed speed run 30 minutes at mixed MPH - 3.3 Mi

* Some guy seemed to be hogging the pullup area so I had to use another are that made me face palms forward, and this is rough on my right bicep.

** Grip was going by this point, I chalk it up to the good reps before hand.

[jdrush]

Push Day

Bench: 180 X 4, 2, 3, 2
Triceps Pushdown/rope: 65 X 10, 7, 7, 5
DB Incline: 60's X 10, 9, 6, 5
Dips: 10 X 10, 6, 7, 5 *
BB OHP: 95 X 6, 4, 3, 3
Easy run 30 minutes at 5.5 MPH - 2.75 Mi

* Did the 10 pound weight today on dips, it's easy for now. Gonna get harder to hold on with my feet, but I think this will do until I can get a belt.


I swear as soon as I drop 100 calories my bench just goes out the window.

[Domicron]

someone once told me they liked to go real high sodium the night before they benched...get that water retention up so they could kill it the next day...

[jdrush]

someone once told me they liked to go real high sodium the night before they benched...get that water retention up so they could kill it the next day...

Might try this, I've been adding in more sodium lately and my BP is still 113/79.




I think I overcompensated for my cheat day last Sunday and had absolutely no energy for my run Saturday. Had a good meal this weekend though and came out with over 20 minutes (41 rounds) of 80 lb kettlebell swings. That's a current PR.

As of right now I'm not gaining or losing, just want to maintain. Kinda have a good meal on the weekend and then go into a slight deficit over the week while riding the glycogen train. It's been making for some good workouts lately, keeping around 160, I can do some food challenges if I want.

Just really not concerned now with dropping and could care less about my BF% as of right now. I'm not Obese and by all technical means only 4 pounds above 25 BMI.

Wife got a "Grinder" at Rudinos pizza and Grinders. Basically this thing is a sub (she got Reuben) in between what looked like two pieces of garlic bread and loaded with enough cheese to send anybody to the bathroom.

I of course got my 16" pizza and pretty well polished off that basket of cheese fries you see.

[wlodarczykn]

That looks spectacular. I love a good Reuben! The only time I'll eat rye bread.

[DAaaMan64]

There is no link etween salt consumption and blood pressure, AFAIK.

[jdrush]

Legs Day

Squats: 185 X 5, 4, 3, 3 *
Leg Curls: 110 X 10, 10, 7, 7
Leg Extensions: 150 X 9, 7, 7, 6
Leg Press/Calves: 8 Plates X 6, 7, 6, 6 **
Glute Bridges: 245 X 10, 10, 10, 10 ***
Front Squats: 135 X 7, 5, 5, 5
Easy run 30 minutes at 5.5 MPH - 2.75 Mi

* Dropped too fast on a rep in squats and didn't do too well on that set. On top I didn't eat as much this weekend (probably for the best, a 10K day every weekend is not best)

** I think I'm going to move on to the plate loaded squat press as much as it's available now, I like the increased ROM that goes with it.

*** On the second set I added more height to the box I rest my shoulder blades on for more ROM on the thrust (gotta work dem hip pumpin muscles).



After all of your words of wisdom on sodium intake I did some more research myself and have discovered that I'm likely losing 2 g of sodium per hour that I'm running. My Saturday morning run takes 2 hours and I don't think I've gotten 2 g in one day.

Hitting more sodium now, BRB... Tastier food.

[wlodarczykn]

[b]

* Dropped too fast on a rep in squats and didn't do too well on that set.

I hate when this happens. I did it on my last leg day too. It throws off the whole set for me.

On the second set I added more height to the box I rest my shoulder blades on for more ROM on the thrust (gotta work dem hip pumpin muscles).

I need to add these. I've only done them a handful of times but I know they're good!

Solid session brah, keep up the good work!

[jdrush]

I hate when this happens. I did it on my last leg day too. It throws off the whole set for me.





I need to add these. I've only done them a handful of times but I know they're good!

Solid session brah, keep up the good work!

The first two sets aren't bad, but then after the 3rd and 4th your legs get wobbly.

[jdrush]

Pull Day

Deadlifts: 315 X 3, 2, 2, 2
Pullups: BW X 5, 5, 4, 3 *
DB Rows: 100 X 10, 8, 7, 7
DB Hammer Curls: 30's X 10, 10, 10, 10
Shrugs: 315 X 10, 9, 6, 7
Lat Pulldown: 70 X 7, 5, 5, 4
mixed speed run 30 minutes at mixed MPH - 3.45 Mi

* Doing these now where my palms are facing inward towards each other. It's easier on my biceps tendon.


Much more energy today, haven't felt like that in deadlifts since 180.

New IT dept came in and some sites have been blocked, we'll see how long BB.com remains an option.

[wlodarczykn]

Pull Day

Deadlifts: 315 X 3, 2, 2, 2

New IT dept came in and some sites have been blocked, we'll see how long BB.com remains an option.

Nice DLs brotha!

Das not it mayne..hopefully they look past bb.com

[jdrush]

Push Day

Bench: 180 X 4, 4, 3, 3
Triceps Pushdown/rope: 65 X 10, 10, 7, 6
DB Incline: 60's X 6, 7, 5, 4 *
Dips: 10 X 10, 9, 7, 6
BB OHP: 95 X 7, 4, 3, 3
Easy run 30 minutes at 5.5 MPH - 2.75 Mi

* Had to use a different bench today because people use the adjustable benches to do do DB rows. There were a lot of people F***ing around today and it was pissing me off.


Bench felt pretty good, that first set I unracked kinda funky and it messed with me throughout the set. I have these short arms so there's no happy medium with the bench; either I get right under the bar and hit the racks on the way up or I put the racks down further and basically tricep extend it off the racks.

[jdrush]

Not a bad run this weekend, the sodium thing might be doing well. 12 miles in under 2 hours, no my best but I had some time in there not doing well so I'm assuming I'm on the mend.

45 rounds of 7 kettlebell swings with the 80 lb today. My grip is improving making it easier to go longer, however now my legs are getting wobblier afterwards. We'll see how these do for my deadlifts.

Made my wife some chocolate pancakes over the weekend. Just did my normal pancake thing but added a packet of fat free hot chocolate, was pretty good. Add some low cal whipped cream and we got something going.

Spoiler!

[Domicron]

hot chocolate instead of whey...good choice

[jdrush]

hot chocolate instead of whey...good choice

It's cheaper and I'll get the protein from the eggs.

[jdrush]

Legs Day

Squats: 185 X 6, 5, 4, 4
Leg Curls: 110 X 10, 10, X *
Leg Extensions: 150 X 9, 8, 7, 6
Leg Press/Calves: 8 Plates X 10, 7, 6, 7
Glute Bridges: 245 X 10, 10, 10, 10
Front Squats: 135 X 5, 5, 3, 3
Easy run 30 minutes at 5.5 MPH - 2.75 Mi

* Right knee tendonitis kicked in hard, I think I'm going to go from the lying leg curls to the machine where I'm sitting upright and see if this helps remedy.


A lot of "gym bros" doing sets of text to failure while sitting on the machines.

And one douche canoe with a barbwire tattoo, didn't do a single full rep. Good thing I started working on my shed last weekend.

Hip bridges were killing my hip bones; when I went to my wife with this information her response was to gain weight. (she's a little miffed that I lost weight during her pregnancy).

[wlodarczykn]

* Right knee tendonitis kicked in hard, I think I'm going to go from the lying leg curls to the machine where I'm sitting upright and see if this helps remedy.


A lot of "gym bros" doing sets of text to failure while sitting on the machines.

And one douche canoe with a barbwire tattoo, didn't do a single full rep. Good thing I started working on my shed last weekend.

Hip bridges were killing my hip bones; when I went to my wife with this information her response was to gain weight. (she's a little miffed that I lost weight during her pregnancy).

Nice session, man.

My knees used to get tender all the time until I removed leg extensions from my routine. I read they can cause knee issues for some - might be worth looking into as well.

lol @ text to failure..i fuking hate these dudes. I make it a point to NOT text during my workouts.

When is the baby coming?

[jdrush]

Nice session, man.

My knees used to get tender all the time until I removed leg extensions from my routine. I read they can cause knee issues for some - might be worth looking into as well.

lol @ text to failure..i fuking hate these dudes. I make it a point to NOT text during my workouts.

When is the baby coming?

November 15th. It's just now starting to cool down so I'm getting some sleep in, that'll change as soon as the booger comes along though.

I don't seem to have problems with leg extensions, the leg curls are what did it. I think it's because on lying I have an awkward position with the back of my ankles which causes my knee to twist a little.

[Domicron]

nice leg session man

Hip bridges were killing my hip bones; when I went to my wife with this information her response was to gain weight. (she's a little miffed that I lost weight during her pregnancy).

your response should have been to grab cake and pull a heather graham:

[jdrush]

nice leg session man



your response should have been to grab cake and pull a heather graham:
[video=youtube;Vs2Nq6isib4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs2Nq6isib4[/vido]

Will happen. But then she'll get pissed I threw the cake.

[tcw295]

Hip bridges were killing my hip bones; when I went to my wife with this information her response was to gain weight.

I definitely recommend a squat sponge, anything over 135 was destroying my pelvis, but with the sponge even at 315 its no pain, only butt gains.

[jdrush]

I definitely recommend a squat sponge, anything over 135 was destroying my pelvis, but with the sponge even at 315 its no pain, only butt gains.

I use one, but today was just random about it. I think maybe just the weight was sitting RIGHT on top of my shorts' wasteband.

[jdrush]

Pull Day

Deadlifts: 315 X 3, 2, 2, 2
Pullups: BW X 7, 5, 3, 3
DB Rows: 100 X 10, 10, 8, 7
DB Hammer Curls: 35's X 6, 5, 5, 4
Shrugs: 315 X 10, 10, 10, 8
Lat Pulldown: 70 X 8, 6, 5, 4
mixed speed run 30 minutes at mixed MPH - 3.55 Mi

Strong grip today. Not a bad day considering I've been in a little more of a deficit this week because I've been approaching over 165.

[jdrush]

Push Day

Bench: 180 X 5, 5, 3, 1 *
Triceps Pushdown/rope: 65 X 10, 10, 8, 5
DB Incline: 60's X 10, 7, 6, 4
Dips: 10 X 10, 10, 8, 7
BB OHP: 95 X 7, 4, 3, 3
Easy run 30 minutes at 5.5 MPH - 2.75 Mi

* Right arm die bombed on the last set while my left arm stayed slow, not sure what happened there but it all kinds of threw me off. Still happy about the first two sets though.

Still keeping between 160-165 and progressing in strength. Nowhere near Monkay strength at 165 but an inch forward is better than a foot backwards.

Last day at my gym today. Kinda bittersweet; Bitter mostly because the new gym is an extra 15/mo and because I'm gonna miss some of those broskis. Sweet because that gym was pissing me off.

Signed up on September 18th for the wayback burger triple triple challenge. (Thanks for that Muruku, would rep but on spread)

[DAaaMan64]

sorry to hear your having knee issues. I assume you're stretching everything in that area before you squat? Calves, quads, etc? Massaging the knee between when there is pain may help a bit too.

Sounds like an awesome challenge!! I've honestly never done a food challenge. heh

[jdrush]

sorry to hear your having knee issues. I assume you're stretching everything in that area before you squat? Calves, quads, etc? Massaging the knee between when there is pain may help a bit too.

Sounds like an awesome challenge!! I've honestly never done a food challenge. heh

I actually find that my knee issues are attributed to my hips. If I can remember to rollout my hips and quads then I'm good. But during the summer I get antsy to run before it gets hot. The only downfall to doing challenges is I wait all day to eat so I can do it, I've learned to fit them into my weekly macros if I don't do too many.




Dinner I made for my wife.

Ground turkey and whole wheat penne.

Spoiler!

More than enough eating over the weekend.

Went to a Mexican restaurant, from this point on I'm going to get pineapple on my burrito.

Spoiler!

The Highway 55 challenge. Finished this in 11 minutes, almost got into the yearly contest by 3 minutes. The waitress kinda rushed me and it was really freakin hot, could have gotten under 10 minutes if I wasn't burning the crap out of my tongue the whole time.

Spoiler!

Going to need some work to fit all of this into my weekly macros. Especially considering I'm going on a 5 day weekend on Friday.

[DAaaMan64]

wow potentially losing a challenge cause the food is so hot that it burns you is lame.

oh well, on to the next one. Looks delicious and so does that penne!

[jdrush]

wow potentially losing a challenge cause the food is so hot that it burns you is lame.

oh well, on to the next one. Looks delicious and so does that penne!

The burger was great. Highway 55 is one of my favorite burger places. I did win the challenge; I needed to get it in 30 min, so I finished with 19 minutes to spare. She said it was the fastest in her seven year, I'm paying the price with indigestion now though.

For the mac n cheese I seriously considered adding a layer of bread crumbs mixed with mayonnaise on top but with our upcomming vacation she didn't want me to throw all of the calories at her.