Urgan Shows Up, Does the Thing

[Urgan]

27 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

have you tried Steve's Paleogoods? maybe 3-4 times per year i'll get a big order from them, usually when they have a deal going. i like their paleostix the best as they're soft and easier to eat than the jerky which can be too tough sometimes.

 

Never heard of it. Initial inspection looks pretty good, more of an investment sadly. Gonna need to find a replacement for my Epic staple fairly soon and that might be it.

[CourtnieMarie]

6 minutes ago, Urgan said:

 

Never heard of it. Initial inspection looks pretty good, more of an investment sadly. Gonna need to find a replacement for my Epic staple fairly soon and that might be it.

yeah, shipping costs kill me with Steve's which is why I do a bulk purchase every few months. making your own jerky isn't that hard eitherrrr  

[Urgan]

25 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

yeah, shipping costs kill me with Steve's which is why I do a bulk purchase every few months. making your own jerky isn't that hard eitherrrr  

 

Shut up with you and your logic. I'm going to spend a couple hours figuring out where to get my emergency protein from when I could dehydrate it myself for half the price and the same amount of stress. 

[CourtnieMarie]

3 minutes ago, Urgan said:

 

Shut up with you and your logic. I'm going to spend a couple hours figuring out where to get my emergency protein from when I could dehydrate it myself for half the price and the same amount of stress. 

LOL no judgement here. i totally understand the ease of convenience and once you do find a reasonable substitute, you'll be good for awhile at least! until they discontinue that product of course which they always do to things i enjoy.

[Urgan]

6 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

LOL no judgement here. i totally understand the ease of convenience and once you do find a reasonable substitute, you'll be good for awhile at least! until they discontinue that product of course which they always do to things i enjoy.

 

"Oh, you buy Product X reliably for a solid year? We're discontinuing that ASAP!"

[Urgan]

5/15/2017

...just, because.

 

Lift

 

 

Recover

Sugar AVG: 42 -

Lifting status: green

 

Not the best start thus far. Dinner contrubuted to the sugar.

 

Aikido

Bokken - 2/4

Shadow Aikido - 4/8

 

Didn't go to the dojo today. The water line was on the chopping block again and it isn't even aikido on the menu (as per usual post-test week), so I made the call that it wasn't worth the heartburn. 

 

Words

Writing - 5/8

 

Words happened...on a Monday?? 

 

Weekly To-Do

1. Water the dang plants - 1/6

2. Job hunt - 0/1

 

Watered plants. Did not stare into the yawning Abyss labeled Opportunity. 

 

18 hours ago, Urgan said:

 

"Oh, you buy Product X reliably for a solid year? We're discontinuing that ASAP!"

 

The more I think about this, I realize this might explain why they got all weird about sending me the Lamb bars not that long ago. Sure the box had an inventory label with Pork and bacon on it, but I wonder.

[CourtnieMarie]

is that a bench PR?!

[Urgan]

3 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

is that a bench PR?!

 

By 3lbs! New 1RM get.

[CourtnieMarie]

 

[ixaera]

1 hour ago, Urgan said:

 

By 3lbs! New 1RM get.

 

This is easily my favorite aspect of 5/3/1 modifications--new PRs!

[Jord]

YAY BENCH PRs ARE THE BEST!!!!!

 

Also, despite commenting no longer ago than Monday, the forum has dropped your thread from my quadamn feed. >_> time to unfollow and follow again and cross my toes. 

[Kishi]

Huzzah! Good job with the bench!

[Urgan]

5/16/2017

Satisfaction is.

 

Lift

Rest day blah.

 

Recover

Sugar AVG: 39 v

Lifting status: yellow-ish

 

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. 

 

I'm noticing some achiness from inner right knee to crotch. I did tag that knee with the bar during descent on Saturday and forgot to mention it. Didn't create a bruise despite smarting a bit. In fact, I have had some random achiness in joints over week 2. Nothing serious, nothing hampering life. I think it was just Week 2 weakness, because other than the knee nothing has beenhanging around nagging me. Just a note.

 

Aikido

Bokken - 3/4

Shadow Aikido - 4/8

 

A bit of the bokken. 

 

Words

Writing - 5/8

 

Weekly To-Do

1. Water the dang plants - 2/6

2. Job hunt - 0/1

 

Not much of note yesterday except that I DIDN'T nap and made dinner like an Adult, THEN sat down. Sheesh, the things we celebrate around here.

 

I do have gym stories from today, though. I know how you guys love those.

 

So you know how Wednesdays are squat/deadlift day. I did my squats, and was mooooost of the way done with deadlifts, in fact I was on my last set (145x3) when this tall white-haired dude with seafoam green headphones walks up and starts giving me advice? I'm not sure what he was doing, TBPH.

 

He starts off with a question that sounded a bit like cross-examination in tone: What does this (deadlifts) do for you? Clearifies at my confused expression: Strength-wise. Like back, legs, stomach (srsly)?

 

Well, it's whole body just about. Calves, all the way up to back (insert hand gesture of posterior chain here). 

 

He pivots and says well these are pretty safe. The rowing machine (points to the machines where you lie on your stomach to row), yeah those he's heard people get injured on them. He doesn't do the heavy deadlifts (145 isn't heavy, but whatever. He has a 100lb bar at his spot*, where he should be still at, doing his thing), but they can be pretty safe if you do them right. 

 

Yeah, they're totally safe if you do them right.

 

Mumble mumble, wanders off. 

 

Did he thing the girl in the leather 4" weightlifting belt and shoes who at one point this session lifted 1.75x what he does day in and day out* needs deadlift "tips"? Were those tips? I genuinely do not know what that exchange was. It doesn't make me mad, I don't have the surplus wattage to do so every time some guy decides he gonna be a dolt today. I think it comes from a place of good intentions, just a little logical follow-up to gut check whether those words in fact need to leave their mouth would be real sweet. 

 

I banged out my last set and peaced out. Leaving the locker room, a guy acknowledges me and IDs me as the one "always in the corner doing legs." Corrected him cheerfully that squats are full body. "Yeah, I guess you do have bar on your shoulders..." DING DING DING, we have a winner. Probably didn't convince him his bodypart isolating ways are shortsighted, but that ain't my business, guys. 

 

*This guy does the same thing when he is using the barbell. Puts it on the ground, loads it to be 100lbs, bends down into a forward fold, his 6+ft self flexed like a yogi, picks the bar up, cleans to his shoulders, then presses. 3 spinal positions for the price of 1, grandma! This guys talks of avoiding injury as if he works out from a fear POV. And he does this mess. Lol.

 

On 5/16/2017 at 8:25 AM, CourtnieMarie said:

 

 

On 5/16/2017 at 9:59 AM, ixaera said:

 

This is easily my favorite aspect of 5/3/1 modifications--new PRs!

 

4 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

YAY BENCH PRs ARE THE BEST!!!!!

 

Also, despite commenting no longer ago than Monday, the forum has dropped your thread from my quadamn feed. >_> time to unfollow and follow again and cross my toes. 

 

23 minutes ago, Kishi said:

Huzzah! Good job with the bench!

 

Bench PR was a long time coming. It's been months. They are indeed the best, and the forums still hatin' on BL life. Boo. 

[Sam Ashen]

21 minutes ago, Urgan said:

What does this (deadlifts) do for you?

 

Bro!  Do you even lift?

[Urgan]

4 minutes ago, Sam Ashen said:

 

Bro!  Do you even lift?

 

I think he thought I might not have previously determined the answer?

 

Maybe he didn't know, himself?

 

Do stern questions count as flirting from a 55+ year old man? 

 

There are some questions that will never get answers in this life.

[Kishi]

Well, maybe as far as older!Bro is concerned, deadlifts are dangerous. If you lifted like he lifted, that would be a dangerous weight.

 

Dude needs training.

[Urgan]

6 minutes ago, Kishi said:

Well, maybe as far as older!Bro is concerned, deadlifts are dangerous. If you lifted like he lifted, that would be a dangerous weight.

 

Dude needs training.

 

Now see, here's the thing. He SAID deadlifts are safe if done right. But the infant screaming in his ear may be telling him that deadlifts are SCARY. 

[ixaera]

41 minutes ago, Urgan said:

This guy does the same thing when he is using the barbell. Puts it on the ground, loads it to be 100lbs, bends down into a forward fold, his 6+ft self flexed like a yogi, picks the bar up, cleans to his shoulders, then presses. 3 spinal positions for the price of 1, grandma!

 

This made my lumbar ache just reading it...

 

I mean, he makes a good point. HE definitely shouldn't deadlift, with form like that.

[Urgan]

Listy list:

 

Kaitenage

Sankyo

Munetsuki kotegaeshi

Shomenuchi ikkyo

Shomenuchi kotegaeshi

Sokumen iriminage

Ushirotekubitori Kokyunage

[Urgan]

5/17/2017

Give out gym advice?

 

Lift

A good solid day. Nothing impressive. You know the exciting bits already, so...

 

Recover

Sugar AVG: 36 v

Lifting status: green

 

All time low? Yeah, I think it is for this month at least. 

 

I didn't feel too bad until after Aikido, lol. There's definitely some minor this and that going on, but I've kept calories steady and on track, and with less volume than usual I should be getting more test than average. 

 

Aikido

Bokken - 3/4

Shadow Aikido - 5/8

 

Kaitenage

Sankyo

Munetsuki kotegaeshi

Shomenuchi ikkyo

Shomenuchi kotegaeshi

Sokumen iriminage

Ushirotekubitori Kokyunage

 

Went to Aikido, got the expected not-technique day self-defense assignments. At least it involved munetsuki kotegaeshi disguised with a knife (instead of a punch). I committed to June 14th to test. And Sensei let me practice kaitenage tenkan on him. That made me feel a little more confident. Went home and rehearsed it, then did a few more techniques because #onemoretry

 

Words

Writing - 5/8

 

Weekly To-Do

1. Water the dang plants - 3/6

2. Job hunt - 0/1

[Kishi]

There's always time for one more.

[Urgan]

26 minutes ago, Kishi said:

There's always time for one more.

 

And invisi-uke never complains.

[Jord]

On 5/17/2017 at 10:38 PM, Urgan said:

Listy list:

 

Kaitenage

Sankyo

Munetsuki kotegaeshi

Shomenuchi ikkyo

Shomenuchi kotegaeshi

Sokumen iriminage

Ushirotekubitori Kokyunage

 

you might as well be speaking pig latin

[Jord]

actually, that would be better

[Urgan]

2 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

you might as well be speaking pig latin

 

4 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

actually, that would be better

 

It's code. Only the cool aikidoka get it. 

 

Actually, it's nothing more than my attempt to ensure I don't leave off something in my 1-player Aikido practice. TOO MANY THINGS TO DO.