That’s a baby (fetal) pig, bro! Where d’you think all the bacon you’ve been eating started at?
Best part - I fed my kids ham tonight. Didn’t mention the connection, as they’d spent several hours walking in to the room, and turning around while gagging.
Ngl, I initially thought you were preparing that thing for roast
Can you please elaborate on what you’ve read that influences you writing this?
Funnily enough, I genuinely wondered, while unfolding flaps of the small intestine to spot the mesentery, if Anna would find this appetizing. Obviously, with the formaldehyde smell we’re going to say “no”, but your culinary choices have made enough of an impression with me that I had to ask the question.
My nose is decorative…
INtestine is really quite good. It’s one of dad (and my) favourites
You aren’t selling “authentic” Chinese food to me.
Fortitude Training: Cycle 2, Tier 3: Loading/Pump Sets
LOADING SETS
Leg Press
490 3x12
Leg Extensions
215x12
Hyperextensions with 20# fixed BB behind head
20#x12
PUMP SETS
Superset
Decline Cable Chest Press
42.5 2x25
MAG Attachment Underhand Pulldowns
“11” 1x25, 1x23
Superset
Lateral Raises
15s 3x25
Lying Leg Raises on bench
BW 3x25
Superset
EZ Bar Curls
60 2x25
Diamond Pushups
1x25, 1x19
Oof. Drank a shake with egg whites (inspiration from @T3hPwnisher), triple zero yogurt and one scoop of whey during this workout, and thank goodness I brought it. Getting my kids off the bus soon, then eating a large lunch, then cooking a chicken and veggie stew for dinner.
Going to enjoy this last week of high volume and high calories. Thanksgiving the gym is open until 1:00, and that’s my lower body-heavy muscle rounds day, so I’m very psyched about that. Earning all my calories that day and every day this week, and then it’s down to tier II and knocking off a bunch of calories.
Get some REAL inspiration from me and use the egg whites in place of milk in your bowl of Christmas Crunch.
That said, you still inspire me, so glad I can lend something to the proces.
I don’t know what inspiration you get from me at this point, but you’re not the type to lie, so I appreciate it, dude. You’ve lent much more than egg whites to my process.
Also, with regards to the cereal and your training, there are some things that I fully admit I’m not dedicated enough to try. Yet.
hmm… let’s see …
you’re killing it in the gym WHILE going through a rigourous academic program WHILE being an exceptional dad/family man WHILE supporting others here
I think that’s really inspirational
Hard work and commitment in any aspect of life is always inspirational. You sir are a shining example on how to just be better. Thank you
Can’t find the source, though I am certain I read or heard somewhere that FT is well suited for bulking off season. The more I think about it, that statement seems rather one dimensional, as I’m sure FT can be adapted to just about anything. Good criticism there!
Yesterday:
Fortitude Training: Cycle 2, Tier 3: Loading/Pump Sets
LOADING SETS
Dual Arm Row Machine
215x12
Weighted Dips
+45x12
Dual Arm Row Machine
Weighted Dips
+45x12
Lat Pulldowns
“15” 2x12
Incline Cable Chest Press
90 per handle 1x12, 1x10
Smith Machine Seated OHP
150 2x12
Machine lateral raise
40 2x12
PUMP SETS
Weighted Lunges
25 each leg (50 walking total) holding 40s x2
Dead man’s
1x25
Seated Leg Curl
90x25
So it’s 4 loading sets (heavy 6-12 rep sets) for chest, back, and shoulders, and given it was evening at a commercial gym, I did what I could to “zig zag” as the program prescribes.
I can’t possibly do it during conditioning workouts, but for long bodybuilding workouts with rest periods and supersets, I have found that bringing a shake consisting of egg whites, whey, and water is huge at keeping me going throughout. Just a couple sips every 10 minutes or so. Totally stops me from burning out.
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
Fortitude Training: Cycle 2, Tier 3, Muscle Rounds
Angled Leg Press
470 6x4
Nautilus Hip Thrust
200 6x4
Leg Extensions
170 6x4
Lying Leg Curls
130 6x4
Donkey Calf Raise Machine
150x25
Standing Calf Raise
140x25
Seated Calf Raise
90x25
Cable Preacher Bicep Curl (one arm)
“4” 6x4, alternating arms with no rest til all sets done
Lying Leg Raise
BWx50
Made the calf sets pump sets, and did just one set of 50 leg raises instead of a muscle round. Didn’t do a forearm set - my elbows felt a teeny bit tingly - not injured, but like they might tweak if I pushed it too hard, and I still have my other muscle round day for upper body tomorrow, so no point in doing that.
Yesterday:
Fortitude Training: Cycle 2, Tier 3: Muscle Rounds
Hammer Strength Plate Loaded Row
3 plates per side 6x4
Wide Grip Cybex Pulldown
Whole stack (290) 6x4
Rope Pullovers
37.5 6x4
Overhead plate raises (for traps)
25 6x4
Decline Cable Chest Press
47.5 per handle 6x4
Incline DB Press
75s 6x4
Weighted Dips
+25 6x4
Cable Y-Raises
12.5 per handle 6x4
DB Lateral Raises
15s x50
Rear Delt Flys
10s x50
Slow Diamond Pushups
2xfailure
Today: Abs
Leg Raises on Captain’s Chair
3x25
Leg Raises on flat bench
3x25
Med Ball Crunches
3x15
Nautilus Ab Crunch
110 3xfailure
Rowing Machine
2000m at a decent pace
I feel a little bit sore and a little bit sick just reading that. Quality
The 2000m row is one of the simplest, best, and most brutal tests of conditioning, for sure. Less than 10 minutes. The WR is something disgusting like 5:30, lol.
I was supposed to do day 1 of volume tier II today, but I forgot my damn gym bag with the proper shoes for leg day, so I hopped on the gym’s virtual bike, which as I’ve said before, is brutal and you can’t get up the hills without standing up on it, and did an hour. Dripping sweat. Gonna shower and take the dog for a walk in a bit.
In other news, the cut starts today! No alcohol is the first step.
Lunch is gonna be sauteed greens with eggs, fat-free ricotta and tomatoes. Dinner is gonna be a texas slow cooker chili (salute @T3hPwnisher), meaning no beans (sigh), but to be honest, beans are like carb-nuts, in that everyone talks about them being protein but they’re really mostly carbs, just like nuts get the protein rep too but they’re a ton of fat. I’ll have to make do. Tentative goal is to drop 20 pounds and see what I’m working with. The plan is for Christmas dinner to be the first cheat meal, and continue the cut until mid-January, when I start nursing school, at which point being in a deficit becomes a dumb idea.