bryanfarris Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Another new video. Been eating 100% raw for the past 8 days. For some reason when I eat this way I feel much more creative and less shy about sharing my thoughts, so I tend to make videos. Fun stuff. Here's one I made for one of my buddies who wanted to try some of Tim Ferriss' bro-science supplements in lieu of cleaning up his diet. "Low Carb, Slow Carb, Bro Carb..." Very funny stuff and also, very true. Nice video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Another new video. Been eating 100% raw for the past 8 days. For some reason when I eat this way I feel much more creative and less shy about sharing my thoughts, so I tend to make videos. Fun stuff. Here's one I made for one of my buddies who wanted to try some of Tim Ferriss' bro-science supplements in lieu of cleaning up his diet. "Low Carb, Slow Carb, Bro Carb..." Very funny stuff and also, very true. Nice video.Ahhh glad someone could appreciate that. It just kinda slipped out but then later I was re-watching the video and applauding myself 2nd Half Marathon on Sunday. I AM READY. BRING IT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 w00h00! Was hoping to run a 2:08 half marathon today but ended up running a 2:03! FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR THE WIN Tomorrow begins the Major Charles Lewis Armstrong pull up program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 1 week of the pull up program complete! I can already see gains! On Friday you're supposed to re-attempt the workout that was hardest during the week. So I re-attempted the Tuesday workout and got a few more pull ups than last time. Also, I'm not really that sore at all after doing pullups to failure 5 days in a row. Maybe a tiny bit of soreness in my shoulders and lats but that's it. Also, I hit 14 "Cheater" muscle ups this earlier this week (i.e. muscle ups on a 6' bar starting from a jump). My previous record in one session was one 3. I just caught fire, it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Logging my pull up program: Week 1:Monday: 5,3,2,2,2 (5 sets to failure, 90s rest)Tuesday: 1,2,3,2,3 (pyramid: 1, 10s rest, 2, 20s rest, 3, 30s rest... failure, 60s rest, set to failure)Wednesday: 3x3x2 (3 sets of 3: regular pull ups, short grip chins, wide grip pull ups - 2 reps each)Thursday: 4x3x2 (4 sets of 3 as before, 2 reps each)Friday: 1,2,3,4,2,2 (pyramid again, repeating hardest exercise of the week) Week 2:Monday: 7,4,3,3,2 (huge level up from last week!)Tuesday: 1,2,3,4,2,3 Wednesday: 3x2, 3x3, 3x2 (3 sets of each type, extra rep on the middle set of sets) Running another half marathon on Sunday. Look out San Marcos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 PR'd my 3rd half marathon! First HM (Nov'11) 2:11:112nd HM (Feb'12) 2:03:303rd HM (Mar'12) 2:00:53 Should hopefully break 2:00 next time! Update on pull up program (new stuff in RED): Week 1:Monday: 5,3,2,2,2 (5 sets to failure, 90s rest)Tuesday: 1,2,3,2,3 (pyramid: 1, 10s rest, 2, 20s rest, 3, 30s rest... failure, 60s rest, set to failure)Wednesday: 3x3x2 (3 sets of 3: regular pull ups, short grip chins, wide grip pull ups - 2 reps each)Thursday: 4x3x2 (4 sets of 3 as before, 2 reps each)Friday: 1,2,3,4,2,2 (pyramid again, repeating hardest exercise of the week) Week 2:Monday: 7,4,3,3,2 (huge level up from last week!)Tuesday: 1,2,3,4,2,3 Wednesday: 3x2, 3x3, 3x2 (3 sets of each type, extra rep on the middle set of sets)Thursday: 3x3, 3x2, 3x3, 3x2Friday: 1,2,3,4,3,2 Week 3:Monday: 7,4,4,3,3Tuesday: 1,2,3,4,4,3Wednesday 3x3x3!~!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanfarris Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 You're kicking ass man! Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Thanks Brian! I had another breakthrough on Pull ups today. Got 9 on my first set, BOOYAH!~ Update on pull up program (new stuff in RED): Week 1:Monday: 5,3,2,2,2 (5 sets to failure, 90s rest)Tuesday: 1,2,3,2,3 (pyramid: 1, 10s rest, 2, 20s rest, 3, 30s rest... failure, 60s rest, set to failure)Wednesday: 3x3x2 (3 sets of 3: regular pull ups, short grip chins, wide grip pull ups - 2 reps each)Thursday: 4x3x2 (4 sets of 3 as before, 2 reps each)Friday: 1,2,3,4,2,2 (pyramid again, repeating hardest exercise of the week) Week 2:Monday: 7,4,3,3,2 (huge level up from last week!)Tuesday: 1,2,3,4,2,3 Wednesday: 3x2, 3x3, 3x2 (3 sets of each type, extra rep on the middle set of sets)Thursday: 3x3, 3x2, 3x3, 3x2Friday: 1,2,3,4,3,2 Week 3:Monday: 7,4,4,3,3Tuesday: 1,2,3,4,4,3Wednesday: 3x3x3!~!!!!!Thursday: 3x3x3, 3x2Friday: Skip day Week 4:Monday: 7,5,4,2,2Tuesday: 1,2,3,4,3,2Wednesday: 3x3x3 rather easilyThursday 3x3x5!!Friday: 7,5,4,4,3 Week 5:Monday: 9,5,5,4,4 ~~~ YEAH BUDDY!!! Finally met Robert in person the other night. We gotta hang out some more dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Ran Tough Mudder last weekend in my VBB shirt. Check out this pic with the abs underneath. Yeah buddy! Not sure what I want to do now. With 2 half marathons and 2 tough mudders under my belt already in 2012 I need something new to shoot for. I've worked out pretty much every day this week, but the workouts have been kind of lackadaisical. I don't really have a lot of motivation now that I've hit all my goals. I guess I need new goals. Hmmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Nice! Dude your muscles are poking through the shirt, like those abs! Awesome stuff! How did the race go? I want to do something like that sometime. When my wrist gets a bit better I'll join you for a bar workout sometime. I just did 25 narrow-grip pull-ups a few days ago for a set, and average around 18 per set, but my wrist can only stay in a neutral or slightly pronated grip right now. Soon I'll play around bars like a monkey! Have a great week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 New video up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Awesome stuff, bro! I love Big Bald Mike! See you guys next weekend! Let's do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Hey! You up for some Bone Breaker Gym action this Saturday? I'm so pumped! We have a Whole Team now! You, Mike, Gina, Bart, Astrum and Me! And I'm sure it will grow as our enthusiasm spreads! Yeah Buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 oh, I am in dude, without a doubt. See ya Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Sweet! Pumped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 Been to Bone Breaker Barbell a couple times since I last posted here. I pulled 269 x 2 this past weekend (which was 7th set of the day) I haven't posted this here yet but my wife and I split up 3 months ago. Motivation to workout is about 1/10th of what it used to be. I was undereating for a while (2500-3000 cals/day vs. usual 3500-3600) and lost some weight. I was down to 155 at my skinniest, now back up to 158. I am slowly building back my exercise habit. It's been tough. I have been 100% 80/10/10 for 129 days now. At day 150 I'm going to take a break, have some rice, maybe some gluten-free/soy-free vegan pizza, who knows. I really want to have some of those foods again. However, I have a feeling that after 5 months raw, my body is going to rebel. So I may be back on 100% raw again pretty quickly. It will be a fun experiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedraw Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Hey Ben, cool video! sorry to hear about the split, but glad you're eating again! yeah..my body had a fit when we started eating cooked again. everything tastes so different once you've been raw. i didn't go back to raw fully, but have kept up with tons of fruits/veg in the diet and my energy levels are actually higher than they've ever been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Finally getting my mojo back!! This month so far:7/1: Bench press. 135 x 6, 145 x 5, 160 x 4. Did some other stuff too, I forget.7/2: 5 mile evening run.7/3: Pull up workout + 1.75mi vibrams run7/4: Visit to the water park with vegan fitness friends, nothing heavy but I'll count that as a day of physical activity.7/5: Calisthenics and 1.75mi vibrams run. Filmed a video on how to train for Tough Mudder7/6: Legs and shoulders. C&J 115 x 4. Lunges. Legpress. Shoulder press.7/7: Day off7/8: Deadlifts 135 x 8, 169 x 6, 189 x 5, 199 x 5, 208 x 4, 225 x 4, 235 x 4, 245 x 3, 269 x 2, 285 x 1, 285 x 1. YEAH BUDDY!! NEW PR's! Also did Hack squats 400 x 8, 400 x 9, 400 x 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFXczzxWwRU Edit: Today: 4 mile run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 7/11: Pull ups, 2 mile run, push ups, ab roll x 217/13: Legs / Shoulder workout. Later 1hr Stand-up Paddleboarding (whoah core workout!)7/15: Bench / Barbell Shrugs / Chest Flies at Bonebreaker barbell. Shrugged 357 x 5! Kinda messed up my toe yesterday. I was moving the incline bench and kinda of rammed it over my foot. Hopefully I can still run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Nice! How are things going, buddy? How is the toe doing? Have fun with the ATX crew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Toe is f'd up but I'm managing. Ain't nothin' but a little peanut! Runnin' fool this week. Ran 4 miles Tuesday, HIIT run yesterday, then 3 miles today. Thrown some pull ups, dips and pushups in there too. Bonebreaker is blowing up! I was promoting the hell out of it at Vegan Drinks last night. I think we may even get KATE to workout there some time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Mostly been posting in the Bonebreaker Log. I got a 300lb deadlift on Sunday. Then today I did THIS: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 What's up, dogg? You're deadlifting 300+lbs now? Wow! Awesome stuff! Keep after it. See you when I get back. Thanks for posting the Big Bald Mike interview as well. I've been sharing it around online and will get it on our main site soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Awesome. Yes, I deadlifted 3 plates on each side this past Sunday, 315!! My back is getting strong! I'm applying to chiropractic schools right now. Wherever I go, probably LA, Dallas or Atlanta, I will make sure you get the hook up on some work on your back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Awesome man! Wow, I am really impressed with your strength! I only got up to 321 at Bonebreaker on the deadlift before taking a break from lifting. 337 is my all-time best. Say hi to everyone for me. All the best with your school applications! See you when I get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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