I've only paid retail/MSRP.

Prior to 2013 it was easy. Subsequently bought some online as recently as 2014. ORVW10 was $49.99, VWSR12 was $59.99. This particular deal is no longer available thanks to DFII and your goddamn dad.

ETA: Since I have your dad's mailing address and multiple unopened van winkles, I will be writing him a letter with sick FT:ISOs for juicy NEIPAs.

My GF won a ticket to buy the 12 year at retail ($70 I think) through some local liquor store's misguided social media contest TYVM.

When I do open it I'm probably gonna post a review on r/bourbon where I evaluate if it is better mixed with coke or ginger ale.

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not dead yet. been lifting a little.

Been trying out highbar. don't really have the DORSIflexion to pull it off properly. Might just do the sit in a squat for 10 mins every night. I do like how they make the quads feel. Did a pretty easy 275x5x2 today. Also did an easy 185x5 bench, and an easy 135x7 press. Today at the gym i had one of the more severe lower-leg pain attacks i've had. Starting to lean towards it being some plantar fascia or muscular issue around the ankle. But it ****ing hurt bad. Took 20 mins just to squat.

Hopefully resume actual programming this week. Gonna slightly tweak and have more of an RPE focus with the plan to be to swap lifts for similar variations whenever progress stalls.

I've employed some help in fat loss. This week sucked tho. But i think i can do this.

??? What are we talking here? Diet coach, meal prep, chemical?

I mean I joined a proana tumblr group.

A+

http://thinintentionsforever.blogspo...-ana-tips.html
LOL sounds effective

So I guess you'd better send dat juicy TH to all your non-dieting bros. pretty sad so sad.

so it's not that I haven't lifted, but it's only been a few times, and it's been pretty uninspired. I'm also awful at dieting. But I think things change this time.

I do have a fridge full of awesome tree house and pretty good trillium, but I won't be sending any to DT. I just stare at it and then don't drink it. Today I got my 1-day chip and things are looking up.

Injury wise, still no idea what's up with my ankle. Seeing a PT now and after 3 visits, she's pretty useless. Nice lass tho and kinda cute. Married, tho. It appears my FIBULA is pretty stuck. k. left ankle dorsiflexion ROM is like 8degs less than right. Really cool spending all the money to still have broke parts and no idea why I get these intense pains from time to time. Maybe I'll crack open supple leopard and psuedoscience my way to healing.

Kinda wrote up a 3x week program that I'm still working out details on but have a general framework to progress on. No more high rep squats that sucks.

8/23/16
Paused Bench:
165x3 @6
185x3 @7
195x3 @7.5
205x3 @9
190x3x3 @ 8, 8.5, 9

Paused HBBS:
185x3x8

90ish second rest on these. Basically after hitting the timer, sit for 70-75s and then approach bar, figuring it's 15s or so to set up and unrack. Part of the reason I'm not high rep squatting is I'm no expert at the fake, knee-destroying HBBS so I wanted to add a pause and feel out the bottom position, and just compensate with short rests. Sorta like SPEED SQUATS I guess. DYNAMIC EFFORT DAY WESTSDIE 4 LYFE.

This was pretty light obv. I went in planning 225 but 185 felt like what I wanted speed wise plus learning form. Will bump weight next time around.

accessory stuff: only had 10 mins so didn't log anything, just bounced around doing chins, face pulls, and cable curls. Nothing fancy.

I started dieting so don't send me any beer. Got it? Good. I didn't have a beer yesterday because i didn't have any kcals left. Stupid as hell. Drinking a ton of beer is great and not drinking a ton of beer is terrible.

I don't even beer review, but you should make your beer reviews more like this imo: https://anon.to/8rxmjb

Preach.

I've been making this joke about the self regulating aspect of alcohol, and it's basically based on the sage wisdom quoted.

Ive considered starting a youtube beer review channel that is mockumentary in nature but not over the top. But I think the shtick would get old pretty fast. I'd also give everything five bags of popcorn ala on cinema at the cinema

I misread dt's quote the first time. I didn't see the "not". Not drinking a ton of beer is not terrible. imo. sometimes tho.

yesterday I did some pushups and chins and kettlebell presses, and 10mins on the airdyne. whoa slow down killa.

8/25/16

Press:
125x4 @6
135x4 @6.5
145x4x5 @7.5, 7.5, 8, 8, 9

3 mins on the final 5 sets. Thumbless grip. Felt like cake til it didn't. Was expecting this to be 3-4 sets (was going until 8.5-9). I must be on steroids.

DL:
345x4 @6.5
365x4x3 @7.5, 7.5, 8

Wore a belt for first time in forever. meh. Honestly probably overstating the RPEs there.

Chins: 2, 3, 3

Gym was closing in a few mins so no time for assistance, so just hit some chins. Black Sabbath screwed up my commute so I got to the gym a bit late.

Honestly super pleased with this. Didn't feel gassed at all. maybe sleep and no booze is a good idea for fitness. I did have a beer last night tho. Just one.

8/27/16

HBBS:
315x3 @7.5
330x3 @8
345x3 @9
320x3x3 @7.5, 8, 8.5

Getting out of the hole is the hardest adjustment for the HBBS. Honestly on vid these look easy but got progressively harder. Fine with starting off with conservative RPE estimates.

tng bench:
95x10 @nothing
115x10 @6
135x10 @7.5
145x10 @10
135x7 @9.5

man. high rep bench just blows me up. gets rough fast after the 6th rep or so. It's like it feels light, but the muscles just don't work anymore.

DB Curls:
20s x20, 17, 12, 11 (60)

Was surprised how easy this felt.

DB Rows:
R: 75x14, 11, 9
L: 75x14, 10, 9

just kinda outta gas.

I *mostly* adjusted to 1 beer/day. It's fine. It's not terrible. But it's like listening to the guy who tells you salad is great. K guy. Salad is great. We get it.

But bigger vessels of beer...

The most miserable part of my life is denying myself beer five days a week.

all the way down to page 6. Sad!

so I've been mostly self-loathing and not moving around and eating and drinking. These things happen.

My leg is still kinda ****ed, no proper diagnosis as of yet. MRI was inconclusive, they want me to do a contrast MRI now. We shall see.

It has improved a little with time.. I haven't had any crazy sharp pain episodes, but I have a bit of a limp. Occasionally the limp clears up, but then when I walk normally it starts to ache later.

Anyway, whatever, sitting around isn't working, so back at it. Slowly and surely.

Home workout:
3 rounds of:
10 pushups
10 air squats (slow)
10 KB presses/arm (16kg)
10 swings (24kg)
1 chin

took around 12 minutes.

Then did 5 leisurely minutes on the airdyne. 1.2 miles. Slight leg discomfort. Wanted to do 10 but got home kinda late and still had to make dinner, and wanted to do one more thing.

I bought a Spud belt squat belt.. I had been watching some Westside vids about the belt squat. I kinda liked the idea of the walking in the belt squat machine and it tractioning the hips/sacrum. So I chained up the 24kg KB between my legs, set the timer for 5 mins, and did 5 shuffle steps forward, 5 back, over and over. It kinda lit my hips on fire, but after my leg felt really good. GPP omg.

I weighed 231.8 yesterday. I am a poster child of fat advocacy statistics.

Dark times...

Airdyne at home? GPP? Ready for any workout at any place? Forging elite fitness. Glad you're not dead tho. Glgl.

12/6/16

Same workout as yesterday, minus the bike due to time, and I extended the belt squat shuffle 30s. Finished the circuit in 12:07, so shaved 30s, but it was oddly more tiring. Muscular fatigue and lack of endurance had me dragging ass on pushups and presses come 3rd round. Sweet.

Shuffling still seems to help the leg. Notice most discomfort in the ankle when squatting.

Diet on point 2 days in a row, though I do plan to have a beer with South Park tonight.

What's the rationale for the shuffling again?

tractions the hips/sacrum. Low impact GPP work and hip conditioning. WESTSIDE. LOUIE.

think that covers it.

Do you need a belt squat machine to do that? I still don't really understand fully what your doing but I think it might help me. I googled it but didn't find anything. Do you have any links?

just watch one of the hundreds of Louie vids on it.

I don't see why a belt squat machine is needed. If you train at a gym, seems like a low cable attachment could work fine?

Basically, I have that belt squat belt I bought.. then I chain a KB to it, like if I were doing weighted chins or dips. So it's hanging between my legs like juicy kangaroo nuts. Then I just take small steps forward and backwards.

You could prob use a dip belt or even just your belt, but I liked the way this belt appears to hang on the hips.