Fausey Friday Recap Volume 2

Currently i have been trying to catch up on my Train Magazine Subscription from Bodybuilding.com. Every month they release a magazine and if you order supplements monthly from bodybuilding.com you also get this magazine subscription. While a lot of the articles are not that great in my opinion you still every now and then come across something interesting, plus its a free subscription so what more can you ask for. There is also a lot of good transformation stories that are always inspirational to read so thats another pro.

This last weekend i watched the new Netflix original movie “What Happened To Monday?” and i really enjoyed it. I'm rating it an 8/10.

(NO SPOILERS HERE DON"T WORRY) The main story in the movie is based off a future world where the earth is becoming over populated so the government makes a new law stating that it is no longer legal to have siblings, you can only have one child per family. Really crazy to think of a life like that. Anyway tho in the beginning of the movie a guy and his wife have seven identical twin girls and he decided to name them each one day of the week and only on that day that child would be let outside, all the girls live the life as one girl outside their home. Thats pretty much the sum of it without giving away any spoilers. I really recommend checking this one out.

This week i got accepted to be a regular Monthly blog writer for Avatar Nutrition Company! This is a website with an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system that helps coach people on how many calories and Macronutrients to eat. Layne Norton is also a founder of this company! I’m really excited for this opportunity and I'm sure i will be talking more about this soon!

Wile listening to Iron Radio Weekly's podcast this week they mentioned something that i did not know but it could someday be a useful piece of info. With a lot of different cooking oils out there now a days you want to make sure you get what you pay for so this tip will come in handy to make sure your getting the real stuff.

- You can check if Olive Oil is actually true olive oil by sticking it in the fridge, if it solidifies then it is a real olive oil.

This week my best training day was no doubt Tuesday’s Lower session. While the workout went just awesome nothing tops the fact that i finally decided to try front squatting again after taking 3 months off it completely to allow my knees to hopefully heal. While I'm still having some knee pain i found that making sure i maintain an active foot while performing the squat has taken a lot of knee pain away. Gonna add them back in for a while and see how it goes. I also think my knee pain might have come from the squat press so im going to throw that movement out for now and just stick with front squats

Here is my training log from Tuesday.

Tuesday, August 29th

Lower

Squat Press 5x6-8 405x8 455x7 475x6 pr! 405x10

Front Squats??? (only if my knees are ok) 95x5x5x5 wow that felt good! Still have knee pain but really working on form

Superset 3x8-12

- Reverse Lunges 35x12 40x10 45x8

-  DB RDL 35x12 40x10 45x8

Superset 3x8-12

- Leg Press 270x12 310x10 330x8

- Leg Curls 90x15 100x12 100x8 with one leg drop 50x8

Giant set 3x10-12

- Leg Ext 100x15 125x12 140x10

- Hip Thrusts 130x12 150x10 170x8

- Calf Raises 170x12 190x10 210x9

- Pull Ups x10x10x10

Notes- Energy/Strength 10/10. Really fantastic routine! Front squatted today with the olympic style grip and i liked it a lot better than the crossed arm position i used to use. My plan currently is to on my first lower session of the week just do a 5x5 and work on getting stronger each week and then the second day I'm thinking maybe 3x5 and then 3x3 pause reps.

I found a new song that i added to my training playlist this week and while the name is super weird the song is not. This song came on randomly this week and i noticed immediately it was an amp up song. Check it out! No idea how it got the name.

“Pizza” By Martin Garrix

Live the life you live not the life of someone else.

Having role models is fine. It’s also fine to use ideas from your role models to put your own spin on them. What becomes a problem tho is when you try to copy their lives by the book. Be your own self.

If you missed it make sure and check out this weeks podcast on “Why Sleep Equals Energy and Why Carbs Equal Strength” Also check out this weeks blog on “Are Rest Days Necessary” for strength and muscle gain?

Have a good weekend guys!

Shawn Fausey

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