Ryan's Journal

Yeah, each of my top successful lifts in April had a biscuit on each end of the bar. If it's a national record attempt, they let you go in 0.5kg increments, so if the national record is 100kg, you can attempt 100.5kg. Other than that, it's 2.5kg minimum increments.

Here's my squats from Monday.

[video=youtube;J50TENXT-hA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J50TENXT-hA[/video]

And then I got silly....
 
Video was good, the guy in the picture is hardly trying though, see how relaxed the face is.
I would say 155 would be a given but the day will tell if it's 157.5 or 160, I wouldn't like to call it from that.
 
CrazyOldMan said:
Video was good, the guy in the picture is hardly trying though, see how relaxed the face is.
I would say 155 would be a given but the day will tell if it's 157.5 or 160, I wouldn't like to call it from that.
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Then you understand why I've been scratching my chin about this. Sadly, without any facial hair currently on my chin, I have no wisdom to stimulate by stroking it. Something sounds wrong about that sentence. Imma leave it as is.
 
Tony can be conservative, I shall play cheerleader... I'm looking forward to hearing how you smashed your records!

Totally off topic - remind me what vegemite (likely not spelled correctly) is? Current audiobook is based in Melbourne and lead character just "toasted a crumpet and added vegemite and cheese". Dare I ask about contents?
 
Vegemite is Australia's leading source of Vitamin B12, or at least that's what the ads on TV told me when I myself was 12. Australia's favourite pranks to play on foreigners are to drop dropbears on their tents and to give them a vegemite sandwich, loaded with as much vegemite as one would typically put on a jam or peanut butter sandwich. I've never read the ingredients list on a jar of vegemite, but my understanding is that it's essentially the scum left over after brewing beer + a hippo-load of salt. Australia's favourite snacks are: Tim Tams (1 tim tam = 2 chocolate biscuits with 2 parallel strips of chocolate fudge down the middle between the two biscuits, with the whole thing coated in chocolate) with the ends bitten off, used as a straw to drink hot coffee through; meat pie with a picture of Australia painted on top in tomato sauce; and a combination of vegemite, cheese, and some grain-based product (usually bread or dry crackers).
 
Eeeewwww! Thanks for the laugh, but I'm thinking I was better off imagining it was something related to hummus or peanut butter - although neither goes with cheese... Luckily the person in the book rarely seems to eat or sleep and mostly likes Coke, coffee or chocolate cake, and while I'm not a fan of this diet for myself, it makes sense to me given the character.
 
It's an acquired taste. The trick is to acquire it when you're too young to remember acquiring it, like I did. In small doses it's actually alright. On the rare occasional that I'll have a vegemite sandwich, the amount of vegemite on it is at most about 1/2 of the butter on one slice. It's a pretty intense flavour, but if it's heavily moderated it's kinda nice.
 
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Our UK equivalent is marmite, yeast extract so loaded with B vits. As a serious hyperactive, who didn't know at the time, I remember first time I was introduced to marmite as a smear on bread, my eyes widened and I reached for a teaspoon and had one of these full of marmite thoroughly enjoying it. The Bs are major players in those with high metabolisms and even those who hate the taste find themselves drawn to it, fortunately I love it. I prefer the taste of marmite to vegemite, more potent ironically but I would happily eat the tourist joke version.
It is one of those products best not to learn how it's made but just enjoy it. I do remember pointing out to someone stating how disgusting the process was that I was eating extracts of dead yeast while they were happy to drink their excretion.
 
I can't remember whether it was marmite or promite, but I had one of those when I was about 8. I didn't like it, despite loving vegemite.

Beer is yeast poo.
 
Hubby assures me that to like beer, one must mow a lot grass in hot conditions... most of it tastes like yeast poo to me. Dang, that is a lot of weight, Ryan.
 
CrazyOldMan said:
Marmite Good!

Beer isn't yeast poo but it contains yeast excretion. Yeast feeds on sugar and excretes alcohol.
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Sounds like yeast poo, to me.
Sure! said:
Hubby assures me that to like beer, one must mow a lot grass in hot conditions... most of it tastes like yeast poo to me. Dang, that is a lot of weight, Ryan.
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I acquired a taste for beer once upon a time. Haven't tasted it since 2009, though, and don't miss it.

Thanks, I look forward to seeing what I can pull off in comp.
 
As long as your body is still doing the movements this week you will be fine. Weight used will be far less relevant than many assume.
Just needs to be steady to avoid being fatigued but familiar with tasks at hand. I hated it but was kept in line to not pushing more than 90% of potential last week generally closer to 80%.
 
Good stuff. Improvement is to be proud of.
 
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