The Los Mangoles Sessions

[Iron Clad Ben]

New video up!!

[robert]

Awesome stuff, bro!

I love Big Bald Mike!

See you guys next weekend!

Let's do this!

[robert]

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!

[Iron Clad Ben]

oh, I am in dude, without a doubt. See ya Saturday.

[robert]

Sweet! Pumped!

[Iron Clad Ben]

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

[wickedraw]

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

[Iron Clad Ben]

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 run
7/4: 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 Mudder
7/6: Legs and shoulders. C&J 115 x 4. Lunges. Legpress. Shoulder press.
7/7: Day off
7/8: 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



Edit: Today: 4 mile run

[Iron Clad Ben]

7/11: Pull ups, 2 mile run, push ups, ab roll x 21
7/13: 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.

[robert]

Nice!

How are things going, buddy?

How is the toe doing?

Have fun with the ATX crew!

[Iron Clad Ben]

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.

[Iron Clad Ben]

Mostly been posting in the Bonebreaker Log. I got a 300lb deadlift on Sunday.

Then today I did THIS:

[robert]

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.

[Iron Clad Ben]

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.

[robert]

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.