Quest for Fire

[Erok]

Mon., 5/18. 214#.

Squats: 45x10, 135 x 5, 225 x 5, 285 x 5,5,5, 230 x 8, 8.

OHP: 45x... hips feel whippy today! let's go! 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 2, 145 x 1, 160 x 1,1 (2minute break there), 135 x 7. Out of time.

Home to help the wife paint the kitchen and eat a bowl of leftovers. Also: black pepper mead. Mmmm!

[Erok]

Got a new logbook:

Massive stupid failure to attach any picture; I gave up. Manage Attachments, my ass ( ! )

Well take my word for it, it's great. An improvement over the old spiral bound one.
It's fun to sketch out my plans for the next two weeks. Pencil only.

And yes, it's made from 100% recycled materials BECAUSE I CARE SO MUCH.

[Erok]

Wed., 5/20. 214.25#.

Squat: 45x..., 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 235 x 5,5. beltless, yet tight & quick.
The guy next rack to me was repping out 240-ish, and he had each heel on a 10# plate. The guy at the squat stands did two triples at 460. Absolutely flawless. The guy two racks down did a few reaaallly slllooow sets of 115-ish with feet straight forward, knees straight forward, eyes straight forward, and hips about 4" high, then spent another 15 minutes checking his phone, then moved on to rows. Don't know why I care.

OHP: 45x..., 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 140 x 5,5,5. Fifth rep of all work sets was a killer.

DL: 225 x 5, 3, 315 x 2, 365 x 1, 385 x 1, aaaand I'm out of time. Dammit. I bet I could've ground out 405. Oh, well, next time.

[Erok]

Tues., 5/26. 215.25#. With the highly indiscriminate drinking and pizza consumption over the previous three days, I thought for sure this would have been higher.

Squat: 45x.., 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 285 x 5,5,5,5,5. MOAR VAHLYOOM.

OHP: 45x.. 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 145 x 4,3,3,3,3,5. These felt magnificent.

Pullups: 1, 3, 2. dasright, pullups are back.

Strongman Rob is back in the gym after a several month absence! He lost SEVENTY pounds. "Yeah, I stopped lifting and stopped eating, and now I'm in shape. Weird, huh?" He's about 6'1"-ish and only has five pounds on me. Hope to see the boy bounce back.

Also, saw a new move. Powerlifter guy who went to San Antonio and missed his DL attempt was doing snatch-grip, stiff-legged DLs with a big shrug(s) at the top. I asked him if there was a name for that, and he said it was something he came up with as an assistance lift. I told him he should call it "The Trap Circus". He liked it.

[Erok]

One of my wife's favorites. Been working on it for a long time, and finally got it simplified enough to where I can write it down.

You will need:

- Lots of fish chunks (we use cod, at least a pound)
- lots of onions, chopped (3 medium)
- lots of smooshed garlic & ginger (at least a tablespoon each, we use approx. 3-4 T total)
- a shitload of black pepper (seriously, grind as much as you think you can physically stand, then double that)
- kaffir lime leaves, from the asian food store. nice and fresh, not dried or powdered. get a good big handful. careful - the stems have really sharp thorns!
- head of broccoli
- chilis
- a can of coconut milk
- coconut oil for frying
- two limes, nice & juicy
- salt. duh. fish sauce optional.
- bigass skillet for simmering
- hotass skillet for flash frying


1. fry onions in the bigass skillet until just turning brown.
2. stir in the garlic, ginger, lime leaves, chilis, and black pepper.
3. add the coconut milk and cover, simmering, while you chop the broccoli. Singing Choppin' Broccolaay! is mandatory.
4. add the broccoli and continue simmering uncovered. (if you use frozen broccoli, keep it covered a bit longer, then flagellate yourself with the kaffir lime thorns as punishment for cheating.)
5. fry the fish separately in the hotass skillet, then add the fish, pan scrapings, and oil into the bigass skillet. (You can also deglaze the hotass skillet with lime juice. damn awesome.)
6. add the juice from the limes, and salt/fish sauce to taste.

[Lakshmi Meadows]

Sounds Delish! You should have a cooking blog or even better YouTube channel.

[Erok]

Not too long ago, we came up with the idea for a short series called "The Stoned Chef". It could still happen, I suppose.

[Lakshmi Meadows]

Not too long ago, we came up with the idea for a short series called "The Stoned Chef". It could still happen, I suppose.

$$$

[Erok]

Fri., 5/29. 214#.

Deadlifts: 135 x 5, 225 x 3, 315 x 2, 365 x 3.

OHP: 45x..., 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 135 x 6,5,5, supersetted with Pullups x 2,2,2.

Bench: 45x20, 95 x 11, 135 x 5,5,5,5,13. I think I may have forgotten how to bench press.

While I'm screwing around here, Mr. Banch walks in, and sets up the seated press. He takes his time, got his headphones in, loading up 135, wanders around a bit, then puts another pair of plates on, looks at it, wanders around a bit more, then puts on a pair of 25s. I purposefully take my sweet time putting my stuff away just so I can see this happen. He gets a handoff, and warms up his seated press lockouts with Two Hundred Seventy Five Goddamn Freedom Units. If I had more time, I would have parked myself on the preacher curl bench and watched the whole thing. Oh, Aaand he's got a blaze yellow t-shirt on. It's like staring at the sun, if the sun was 6'20", weighed as much as a SWAT team of gorillas riding a bear, and did Arm Day.

[Erok]

Sat., 5/30. 213.25#.

Squat: 45x..., 135 x 5, 225 x 5, 275 x 2, 295 x 1, 315 x 1, 335 x 3, 295 x 5. phew! Low back fatigue is an issue, yes, and also since it's earlier in the day, I haven't stuffed as much food in me. Anyway, these are HARD. Reaaallllllllly slow out of the hole.

Rip Rack Curlz: 45x13, 55 x 11, 65 x 7, 70 x 5,5,5. Yes, I'm curling in the squat rack! Feels good, especially since I've got a headphone-dancing bro next to me 1/2 squatting 225, it's only right.
Notes: set bar 1 tick lower than for squats. Having the bar in the rack makes it waayy easier to set the grip, as opposed to the reverse grip deadlift I usually do. Eccentric beginning really gives you the stretch reflex. 8/10 Will definitely do these again.

Then, I lift my first Atlas Stone! Somebody left a 100# on the platform, and I just scooped it up and placed it ever so gently on the barrel. Hm.

Rows: 135 x 11,11,11,11. I hate these so much I love them. It's how I know the workout is over.

Somewhere during this whole mess, I get in 2 pullups.


We got a brand new stove! It's beautiful: No stainless steel, no touch screen or onboard computer whatsoever. Just knobs and sealed burners, and gleaming white enamel, the way it fucking should be. Boils water like a raped ape.