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The Beast's Training Journal!

Some more simple cooking information. Im always about getting meals consumed and prepared as quickly as possible, since I hate to eat. I have a few techniques I use.

I use 12 oz of cooked shrimp and only have to remove the tails. Not the cheapest option but quick enough to prepare.

The tilapia is the easiest. I put water in a pot and wait until its boiling. I then put the the individually bagged filets in the pot for about 3 minutes. Once they are white and floating up they are done. No real clean up except you may want to change the water sometimes.

Protein bars and milk throughout the entire day. Fairlife brand. More protein. Cheeses like string cheese. Peanut butter, pumpkin seeds as inbetween meal fillers, etc. Everything you consume adds up.

Lastly I found a new technique with cooking on the foreman grill. This applies to any meat you would cook on that grill. No real clean up with this method as well.

I put a sheet of aluminum foil on the bottom grill plate, then I lay another sheet ontop of my meat. So its sandwhiched. Then just cook the shit. It may take longer sometimes but it has no clean up and makes it way easier.

The last thing is a very simple technique but not something that people seem to think about. Quicker eating. When you consume alot you dont want to spend too much time eating each meal.

If I eat 6 beef patties for example, I stack them. I stick a fork through the stack and bite into them that way. I layer each with barbecue sauce and sometimes curry powder for taste. Its much faster than biting into each patty seperately.

I also eat most things with a tablespoon. The tilapia I put in a bowl so that its all very accessible and the fish doesnt move all over the plate, fall off the edges. I use a tablespoon to scoop up the meat which is very tender. With a fork it all falls apart. Its wasted time.

Just a few small things that may help with efficiency.

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Posting some of these just to show how it varies. Today's intake:


(2 scoops karbolyn intended for preworkout. Fell asleep) Met RX protein plus bar for first meal,

Can of baked beans with 4 hotdogs for

second meal, (79)

met rx protein plus bar for third meal, (109)(18 oz skim milk)(136)

1 pound of red meat (3 patties) for fourth meal,

(208)(20 oz skim milk)(238)(2 scoops karbolyn, going toward next workout)

238 protein


I had some GEAR caps too which are Amino tablets. Ill add those back in too. I was going to finish off with 12 oz shrimp which wouldve put me over 300 grams protein again today, but I went for the carb powder instead and decided to get in some training. My protein average for the last two days is still over 300 grams. So I am staying in the higher range for now. Im still digesting food from yesterday when I took in 365 grams or so. So it carries over.

I will go in now and train some shoulders only. I may up the training to 5x a week now. A dedicated shoulder day and leg day added to my usual 3 days a week that I mostly do for maintaince or regaining old muscle.

I will also train shoulders and rear delts with chest and sometimes back work. Definately incorporating dumbbell laterals, which I mostly do a hybrid version focused on traps. Ill maybe add some regular strict laterals , front raises, etc. That part will be more by feel and optional.

Overhead pressing will likely be once to twice a week if I stick with the dedicated shoulder day.

Not sure what is on the menu today exactly. Generally I have very accurate estimates in my head regarding my strength and what numbers I will crush for each movement. Its become instinctual for me to be able to predict my strength gains. They were also weekly for maybe a year straight, or so it seemed.

However, this leaning aspect throws off my estimates. Im not fueling myself for strength and muscle endurance right now. Im also dropsetting and doing so much no rest shit that I dont have an accurage guage to base estimates on. Its not the focus right now. Just blowing shit out and growing/leaning. And of course Im more depleted since Im leaning. Excuses, but truths none the less.

If I decided I wanted to push strength right now then Im sure id get it done. I also have to be careful not to activate my pecs at all during overhead pressing. My chest is still very tender from my bullshit chest training a few days ago. The area gets sore easily still. Its hard not to activate some pecs with 630 lb machine overheads.

Ill see about banging out more reps with 540 on the overhead nautilus maybe. Maybe some dumbbell shoulder presses too. Main focus will be dropsetting I think, as usual for this phase.

Should have a few videos to illustrate things

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Shoulders, Traps, Rear Delts



Leaning/Growth phase


I attempted the smith machine militaries initially but too much strain on my chest which is already sore from the chest rehab work. Have to avoid contracting my pecs during any shoulder pressing.

Strength was good on hammer strength iso lateral press as I hit a PR with 450x7 heavily pre exhausted. Ive never done that set fresh , so never tested true strength. I could have hit a few more reps but have to be careful not to tweak my neck by getting sloppy with form.

It shows that Im still holding most of my muscle since I broke a record that I hit when I was 238-243 lbs and only weigh 225 now. Gut is maybe 3 inches smaller than when I hit 450 last time for less reps. Two inch reduction since Ive returned from the break.

I didnt push strength too far and focused more on the dropsets. I was somewhat careful not to go over 590 lbs on the nautilus overhead press since that can cause the pecs to contract.

The hammer strength iso lateral I dont feel any pec involvement which is better. I still have to be somewhat careful since the pec ties in with the front delt.

It wouldve been better to hit delts with chest but I ran out of time. Its not good for my chest to be this sore while trianing delts. After the 3 pops I had in the area, its risky.

Im pushing protein much higher for now and will add in more complex carbs. No filler foods though.


225 lbs after previous nights meals


Smith Machine Military Press (incline bench slightly angled)

These were all test sets. Nothing to failure

Bar x100
135x40
225x20 (This didnt feel right on pecs. Too much strain on the healing area)


Hammer Strength Iso Lateral Shoulder Press (Seat set to line below 10)

No rest til line

90x30
180x20
270x20
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360x25 (see video. Checking through my videos it appears 30 was the most I hit. Ill maybe break past that next week. I didnt have a specific number in mind this time)

450x7 (PR. See video)

No rest til line (see video)

450x4
360x21
270x21
180x20
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Nautilus Overhead Press (Seat set to line below 9)

360x30
450x21 (See video. Have done 540x28)
540x11(See video)

No rest til line (see video)

590x4
540x6
450x5
360x6
270x11
180x13
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Dumbbell Laterals (trap focused version)


no rest til line

50x30
75x10
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again

65x15
55x10
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again

65x15
50x15
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again

75x15
50x15

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Standard Strict Dumbbell Laterals with long holds at the top

No rest til line

15x20
25x10
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25x15
25x15

Reverse Machine Flies

(Long holds on each rep)

no rest til line

130x15
220x10
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265x10

no rest til line

235x10
190x10
160x10
135x15
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Dumbbell Laterals (trap focused version)

no rest til line

65x15
50x15
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Videos below

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