alek’s log

[alek]

Training
Power Squat
292.5x2
312.5x2
332.5x2
352.5x1x2
372.5x1 This was a bit grindy, but I was more fatigued than I've been lately.

Power Bench
152.2x2
162.5x2
172.5x2
185x1x2
200x1 <-- First ever bench press with 200+ pounds!

Power Deadlift
275x2
315x1
335x1
365x1 <-- Double Overhand PR.
385x0 I could break it from the floor, but it slipped out of my DOH grip a few inches off the ground.

Food
Breakfast
Protein Smoothie
Coffee

Snack
2 Oatmega Protein bars
2 Belvita Biscuit packs

Lunch
Leftover Rotisserie chicken
Broccoli
Mashed Potatoes
Apple

Snack
Apple Fritter

Dinner
Papa Murphy's Pizza

[alek]

Cardio
I ran 2 miles in 18:42.

Food
Breakfast:
Protein Smoothie
Coffee

Lunch:
Turkey Chili with Tortilla chips
Coffee

Dinner:
Papa Murphy's pizza
Protein shake
Fruit salad

[alek]

Training
Strength Squat
332.5x3x4

Strength Bench
180x3x4

Strength Deadlift
335x3x4
I've been doing everything double overhand lately. I had been doing hookgrip, but my thumbs had developed some gnarly callouses. I'm giving them a little break, and then I'll go at it again.

Food
Breakfast:
Protein Smoothie minus the berries
Coffee
So my wife bought us this fancy, expensive coffee maker recently after the one we had for years finally crapped out. It's a Breville grind and brew type. You put your beans in the hopper in the top, select your grind size and strength, put in the water, and turn it on. For the first few weeks it was great, and the coffee tasted great. But lately, I've been getting grinds in the coffee. I'm using a mesh basket instead of paper filters, and I'm cleaning the thing according to the directions. It's happened for 3 days in a row now, and it's starting to really irritate me. Somehow, the grinds are getting under the mesh basket in the filter holder part. I can only imagine the mess that would happen if I used paper filters. I'm going to give it a couple more chances, but there might be a sledgehammer in its future.

Snack:
2 Oatmega Protein bars
2 Belvita biscuit packets
Coffee with some grounds in it...

Lunch:
Chicken Sausage and Quinoa Salad

Dinner:
Chicken Sausage
Cabbage
Cheese ravioli with pesto

Snack:
PB&J

[Allentown]

I'm using a mesh basket instead of paper filters, and I'm cleaning the thing according to the directions. It's happened for 3 days in a row now, and it's starting to really irritate me.

Try the paper filters. IMO the mesh filters are going to clog, and its just not possible to get them clean enough. Once they start to clog, the machine doesn't know to change the flow rate, so it keeps pushing the same amount of water into the basket but it's not draining fast enough so the water overflows, bringing some grounds with it.

[alek]

Try the paper filters. IMO the mesh filters are going to clog, and its just not possible to get them clean enough. Once they start to clog, the machine doesn't know to change the flow rate, so it keeps pushing the same amount of water into the basket but it's not draining fast enough so the water overflows, bringing some grounds with it.

I'll try it. Man, I really don't like my coffee fucked with.

[Allentown]

I'll try it. Man, I really don't like my coffee fucked with.

My wife recently threw away our mesh Chemex filter- it just made really crappy coffee. I had to grind it coarser, grind extra to make up for the flow rate, and since it was a "universal" filter, it was slightly too small for our Chemex pot so you had to just constantly add tiny amounts of water. But the Chemex paper filters are silly expensive.

[alek]

My wife recently threw away our mesh Chemex filter- it just made really crappy coffee. I had to grind it coarser, grind extra to make up for the flow rate, and since it was a "universal" filter, it was slightly too small for our Chemex pot so you had to just constantly add tiny amounts of water. But the Chemex paper filters are silly expensive.

We have one of those--the Chemex. I like using it when I can have a relaxing coffee experience. That's happens almost never nowadays.

[Allentown]

It was our primary method until we ran out of filters. Now we just make our own pour-overs. Half-assed, though, in that we just add water whenever we get a chance.

[alek]

Food
Breakfast:
Chick fil a chicken biscuit and breakfast burrito
Coffee

Lunch:
PB&J
Grapes

Dinner:
Fridge leftovers - pizza, boneless chicken wings, tater tots

[alek]

Food
Breakfast:
Eggs and Toast
Coffee - I used a paper filter in the machine today, and it turned out fine making 10 cups of coffee.

Lunch:
Bananas
Fish & Chips
Broccoli

Dinner:
Hamburgers
Green beans
Ice cream

[alek]

Food
Breakfast:
Waffles
Coffee
Protein Shake

I can tell that I've not been eating enough food in general and protein in particular the last couple days.

Lunch:
Protein smoothie minus the berries.

Dinner:
Chicken stir fry with vegetables
Asparagus - lay out asparagus out on a cookie sheet; drizzle with olive oil; season with salt, pepper, garlic powder; roast at 400 for 5 to 8 minutes.
Milk

Umbilicus: 39"

[alek]

Training
Hypertrophy Squat
365x1 @8ish
292.5x5x4
292.5x4x5
These wore me the hell out today. Probably because it's like 80 degrees outside, and the gym was full of bro's this afternoon huffin' and puffin'. Sorry, Hanley...

Hypertrophy Bench
157.5x5x4
157.5x4x5

Hypertrophy Rows
120x5x8
I'll probably start doing the x5x4 and then x4x5 thing with these next week.

While warming up for squats, a bro comes over from the adjacent rack and takes one of the 45's off my rack. I tell him, "Hey man, I need all three of those. Go find one somewhere else." So he does--between him and the other dude sharing that rack, they bring back like four plates. They then proceed to not use all of them.

Food
Breakfast:
Protein shake
2 packets Belvita biscuits
Coffee

Lunch:
Tuna fish sandwich
Banana
Milk
Coffee

Snack:
Apple
Oatmega protein bar

Dinner:
Moe's burrito
Chips and salsa and guacamole

[alek]

Training
Hypertrophy Deadlift
315x3x5
Same weight I did last time. I'll add a set to this workout next week.

Hypertrophy Press
135x1
105x5x4
105x4x5
My press strength is going to pot.

Barbell Curls
65x5x8
For my T-rex arms, bro!!

Food
Breakfast:
Protein smoothie minus the berries
Coffee

Snack:
2 Oatmega Protein bars
2 Belvita biscuit packets

Lunch:
Chicken sausage
Quinoa salad

Snack:
Chips and Salsa

[alek]

Training
Power Squat
295x2
315x2
335x2
355x1x2
375x1 <-- This felt slow on the way up, but the video shows it moved pretty well.

Power Bench
155x2
165x2
177.5x2
187.5x1x2
202.5x1

Power Row
135x3
145x2
165x2
185x1x2
195x1
There was probably some body english going on for those last few reps. I probably should've gone up by 5's and 10's instead of some 20's.

Food
Breakfast: 50g
Protein Smoothie without berries
Coffee

Lunch: 40g
Chicken sausage, ham, and quinoa salad
Coffee

Snack: 28g
2 Oatmega Protein bars
1 banana

Dinner: 60g
Spaghetti with meat/mushroom sauce
Asparagus

Guesstimate of Animal Sourced Protein (GASP) = 178g

[alek]

Cardio
Ran 2 miles in 18:26

Food
Breakfast: 45g
Waffle, dry
Protein shake
Coffee

Snack: 28g
2 Oatmega protein bars

Lunch: 30g
Vietnamese Pot roast with onions and carrots
Broccoli
Apple
Coffee

Early Dinner: 60g
Broccoli and Cheese stuffed chicken breast -- These were from the meat counter at Lucky's Market; they were cheap and easy, but a little bland. I've got some ideas to make them better.
Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Egg.

Late Dinner: 40g
American Goulash -- Essentially Paula Deen's recipe..."Put some South in your mouth!"

GASP: 203g

[eternalmediate]

Christ you eat well, all sounds great, I'm so lazy I eat the same thing every day. I need either a wife or some initiative and neither are likely.

[alek]

Thanks! Growing up, my mom was a really good cook, so I got used to eating good home-cooked food. I'm also the cook in our family--my wife can cook white fish better than I can, but that's about it. She makes up for it by breastfeeding the kids--well just the one now.

When I was single, I hated cooking for myself, so my diet was much less interesting then. It's also harder now to go out to nice(r) places with two kids under 3, so if I want something good, I've (mostly) got to make it myself. That works out pretty well though as I can make most things better than most restaurants. The secret is to "Focus on the Food" (TM). Well, that and YouTube...

[alek]

Food
Breakfast: 37g
Dry Waffle
Banana
Protein shake
Coffee

Lunch: 45g
Hamburger with Fries
Salad
Pint of Allagash White

Dinner: 30g
Leftovers
Goulash
Spaghetti with meat sauce

GASP: 112g

[alek]

Food
Breakfast: <10g I imagine.
Oatmeal with peanut butter, blueberries
Banana nut muffin, some blueberry muffin
Coffee
Fruit salad

Lunch: 65g
Vietnamese Pot Roast with carrots leftovers
Protein shake

Snack: 40g
2xPB&J
Protein Shake

Dinner: 85g
2xChicken Cordon Bleu
Steamed veggies

GASP: 190g

Bitching
My 2 year old is sick for the fourth time this year. Of those, three times have been when friends/family either brought their own sick kids to our house or allowed us to go to their house when their kids were sick without telling us. I can't believe I have to do this, but from now on, whenever we will visit family or friends, I'm going to ask, "Hey, are you or any of your family members currently or recently sick?"

Oh, and this is now on my front screen door:

[augeleven]

Yeah. We had to put our 2 year old in daycare this year. She was sick from September to about February. Kid germs suck.