Brometheus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Day #1 is complete. Major successes: - Did not buy a giant costco cheesecake. #boom - Made meats! - Got a giant jar of garlicky and super spicy home-made pickles and asparagus from a friend at work. Link to comment
Cheechoe Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 ....I'm expecting food porn here. Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 ....I'm expecting food porn here. There is food pr0n on instagram. But I can cross post it here, if you insist. Link to comment
ScrabbleGirl Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Breathing! I'm going to give those techniques a try. 1 Level 1 SheHulk Warrior [str: 1] [Dex : ] [sta: ] [Con: ] [Wis: 1] [Cha: ] Challenge 2: Project Krisptonite Link to comment
cline Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 A gift of homemade food is the best!!! Typing in boxing gloves is hard. Please ignore typos. 1 I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 A gift of homemade food is the best!!!Typing in boxing gloves is hard. Please ignore typos.Oh no. I pay for it. But it's worth it. I bug him for a month to get pickles. Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 As promised....food porn. Link to comment
childofscorn Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Ooooo work it, baby.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Tuesday's workout edition Where I learn to pull from the floor again, since it's been nothing but rack pulls for a while... Deadlifts 3 @ 1253 @ 1455 @ 160 Leg press 2x20 @ 70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Zb2TFdFAU It's interesting to see progress with this. I haven't been pulling off of the floor in the mornings for quite some time because of spondy (and my pt's warning to be careful). I saw today's lifting session as a calculated but necessary risk. It was worth it. My new back posture makes me feel invincible! Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Wednesday's Gym Edition: fun with ohp! OHP 3 @ 38#'s [using a "women's" 33 pound bar, it's all weird]3 @ 43#'s5 @ 46#'s T-Bar Row 10/7/5/5/5 @ 20#'s Link to comment
cline Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yea, all the OHP I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
concretecavewoman Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great challenge! Gotta admit, first thought about this page of the thread was: "what's with the pickles?" My Current Challenge Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great challenge! Gotta admit, first thought about this page of the thread was: "what's with the pickles?" Thanks! Um....they're pickles? You know, those delicious things that curb cravings when all you want to do is go to BK at 11:21 pm. Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 In other news, I didn't go to burger king. Instead, I reminded myself that while going out means I don't have to cook, it's sort of like playing roulette with my stomach. Those damn veggie oils! Oh, and glutens. And fake meat. Take your pick... I made eggs w/ some butter instead, and ate some pickled asparagus. Link to comment
cline Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yea!!! That's a win! I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yea!!! That's a win! Thank you. It was a mental tug-o'-war for a while, but I won! Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Went to the gym. Got a progress photo taken. ACTUALLY SEE PROGRESS!!!! The one on the left was taken in early November, the one on the right, today. I actually didn't do a workout "per se". Woke up feeling like I got hit by a truck. So I did my "bonus" accessory workout today. Pulled the sled, then did a bunch of mobility work for my calves / achilles, then my upper back / lats, and then hit my forearms and triceps. Now I feel great. Link to comment
wildross Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Definitely progress!! Congrats!! Warriors don't count reps and sets. They count tons. My psychologist weighs 45 pounds, has an iron soul and sits on the end of a bar Tally Sheet for 2019 Encouragement for older members: Chronologically Blessed Group; Encouragement for newbie lifters: When we were weaker Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Definitely progress!! Congrats!! Thank you! Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 There’s this moment where everything changes. I flip off my procrastination. I tell it we can have 10 more minutes, then we’re going to the gym. Building new habits is never easy. There’s moments where you scoot through smooth as butter, but then the slog hits. Cravings for the old way represent themselves as “safe†options, but hide the destruction they’ve done in past moments. The gym is never this way. It instead presents itself as this amazing alternative to sitting on the couch. But the gym presents it’s own problems. There’s too many things to do! Move! Stretch! Mobilize! Do all of this or suffer in your old age! There’s so many options that a death grip is needed on my brain just to keep track of all the options. What shall we do? How shall we bash down this body? How shall we repay ourselves for these dietary choices over the past weeks, months, and years? But then my mind retreats. There’s this focus as I pull out my training plan. I remember my coach programming extra things. I reach for the “shows up needs to do something†day. I walk into the gym. I fistbump with my coach. I talk shit with coach about programming, crazy events, and then talk eventually goes to steroids. I proclaim that there’s never any way I’d do it...even though I’m jealous of their results. I’d love that...but then I realize that I’m happy with getting results au naturel. Steroids are easy. Procrastination thinks this is a great option, but I flip it off again and do my work. On the way home, an icy fire burns. It’s my heart, proclaiming that hard work is worth it. It stays with me, reminding me that everything is worth doing right. That my determination conquers all. Link to comment
childofscorn Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 <3I really dig the stream of consciousness way that you write. It's very much "in the moment". Also, that's an amazing pic.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Link to comment
Cheechoe Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Tuesday's workout edition Where I learn to pull from the floor again, since it's been nothing but rack pulls for a while... Deadlifts 3 @ 1253 @ 1455 @ 160 Leg press 2x20 @ 70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Zb2TFdFAU It's interesting to see progress with this. I haven't been pulling off of the floor in the mornings for quite some time because of spondy (and my pt's warning to be careful). I saw today's lifting session as a calculated but necessary risk. It was worth it. My new back posture makes me feel invincible! That deadlift looks waaaay to easy for you. Yay progress picturess!!!!Yay food porn! (Im not on instagram too much) I'm loving the icey fire. Hard work IS worth it. 1 Link to comment
Brometheus Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That deadlift looks waaaay to easy for you. Yay progress picturess!!!!Yay food porn! (Im not on instagram too much) I'm loving the icey fire. Hard work IS worth it. Thank you! Yeah, that was a warmup set to verify that I do, in fact, know how to deadlift. After several months of just doing rack pulls, deadlifts feel very very weird. It's nice to pull off the floor. I'm starting to love the way my mind works. Hopefully there'll be more icy fire stories in the future. Link to comment
cline Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 WHOO HOO!!!!! 1 I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
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