The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

I have this massive griddle that I cook my lunches and dinners on. Usually lunch is 12lbs (ish) of chicken, onions, and some teriyaki or sweet soy sauce.

Then dinners are ground beef/bison with bacon or for leaner weeks I'll throw in ground chicken. Same thing with some onions/or peppers and sauce.

Then I just chop it all up, throw it in containers (6 lunch/6 dinner), freeze all but one for the next day, then for my rice I use those 90 sec microwave packets. This is by far the quickest and easiest way to prep and eat that I have found.

 

Ugh. I still regret helping talk you into getting an IG account.

 

When you eyeball it you leave a lot of room for error. Your eyeballs make everything slowly bigger over time. 1 cup becomes 1.5 cups pretty quick.
Especially things like rice and pasta.

I still count my almonds out erry day. I get 28.

 

Bruh. You’re living the dream. That’s alotta awesome food lol

 

That is excellent. Been wanting to get a griddle but don’t have the space for one. May have to just get one of the griddle toppers to throw over my gas grill

 

Now thats some Man size cookin' right there!

 

Much better

 

Well...

I'm now a member of USA Powerlifting.

Aaaaaand...

My first meet is in 6 weeks. Let's go!

 

Sweet! What weight class you shooting for?

 

Grab some Iron Baby! Congratulations!

 

I'll fit in 83 with zero effort and plenty of room to grow, so that one.

Thanks. Been wanting to give it a go for a while. Figured there's no time like the present. I really don't have the time I'd like to prep for this one, but I figure it'll be good to go pop the cherry and maybe learn what I'm doing at a meet. haha.

 

I loved competing. Still think about it occasionally. 6 weeks isn't too bad to train really, as long as you've been doing some decent training and not just laying around on the couch! lol Big thing usually for new competitors is getting depth on the squat, pausing on the bench and not hitching on the deads. And in all of them, Wait for the signal to rack or set the DL down! I've watched guys get red lighted and almost have myself for trying to rack too soon.

 

Appreciate the tips. Will probably hit you up for more as it gets closer.

 

Feel free. I like being on the "coach" side too! Anything I can do to help make it the best meet you can have that day!

 

Appreciate that. I’m sure I’ll think of something.

 

im assuming by that weight class this is USAPA? I competed twice before my hip injury in USPA at 82, which is roughly the same as your 83 class. I agree with @TRVsTRD. the queues are the toughest. My training partner was red lighted twice for not waiting on bench queues and I was red lighted on a deadlift for “slamming”. The judge said my left arm was bent when the weight went back to the floor so I must’ve not been in control. Total BS, but the lesson is to not drop the weight or let it take you to the floor. Just pick it up and then control it back down without “slamming”...

Do you have a coach or a solid program? 6 weeks is quick, but that gives you a good 4-5 weeks to prep and peak with time to rest before game day

 

Are you doing raw or equipped?

 

https://www.usapowerlifting.com/

Thank you too. I’ll definitely practice commands in the gym a lot.

yes, I typically peak best after about 8-10 weeks with a two week taper, but I’m not going to take this one too seriously. Get my feet wet, learn, and have fun.

 

i always raw dog it...

 

Awesome. Do you have knee sleeves? I got some when I planned to go raw and they are awesome! Very big help.