Thursday 28 April 2011

A wild competition appears!

April 28th

warm up with lots of foam rolling

Squat jumps
bar x 5,5,5
took a rack in the back, far from the boxes for jumps. Did these instead.

Squats
bar x 10
135 x 8
195 x 5
235 x 3
275 x 2
295 x 1
315 x 11(belt)  I wanted 12 BUT when I unracked it didn't feel quite right. I continued to squat anyways, didn't bug me until rep 8. My upper back lost its tightness. Once I lost it, it became harder to hold my body upright. These were still good as I am still squatting high bar style.  I belted because I wanted to spare my back for sunday (more on this in a bit).

SSB seated GMs
bar x 10,10 was setting the rack as there was a pause at the bottom of reach rep as the bar rested on the safety catches.
135 x 10
175 x 10
205 x 10 And back was on fire.... so much for saving my back.

SSB Bulgarian split squats
bar x 10,10 each leg.

Ab work
decline sit ups
BW x10
10 lbs plate behind head x 15
standing band abs with average band x 20,15
Found how to get a good workout finally doing these.

DB overhead push press
worked up to 100 x 1 each arm, nothing big.

GHR
bw x 15,12

Stretch and shut it all down.

I am preserving myself because.... I am competing sunday! Started as me going to pick up a set of farmer's handles and turned into me competing at a highland games. I wanted to not over do it as if I worked myself into the ground tonight, I would bomb on sunday. A full write will follow sunday night.

Overal a good workout, I noticed the loss of upper back tightness squatting. This comes from time spent under the bar and knowing what is the problem during the movement. The more you understand how to do an exercise, the better you become at it AND the easier it becomes to figure out where you are weak. From there you can fix the weakness.  If you don't know where you are having problems, find someone to give you pointers. Someone watching can always help. If no one is available, video tape it and send it to someone who knows (Like me). Never be afraid to ask for help, people will help those looking to get better.Now go squat until you puke!

Tuesday 26 April 2011

beast mode...

Well not really, but today was a good day.

Warm up
 Dynamic band presses. Hooked a band over some pull up handles on a rack and pressed out as fast as possible.

Football bar bench
bar x 10
135 x 5
145 x 3
160 x 3
175 x 8,8,12 Felt really good, left lots in the tank. Lots of control and speed.

DB rows
130 lbs x 8,8,8,8,12 grip is getting better and these felt easier this week, up the weight next week.

db seated overhead press
60 x 5
65 x 5
70 x 5
75 x 8 This set felt good, lots of strength there and no pain in the shoulders. All good signs.

Cable rows
240 x 5,5 focused on pulling hard not caring much about form.
150 x 10,10 more controlled and slower.

BB curls super setted with fat grip rope pull downs. 45 lbs each for at least 15 reps, over 20 if possible.

Kettle bell swings
32kg x 15 both hands
32kg x 10 each hand

Rotator cuff work with a 12 lb weight.

light cardio and stretching.



For those who wonder, I do low impact cardio at the end of my workouts as a cooling down of sorts. Just letting the heart slow and the sweating to stop. no real reasoning behind it.

More human than human

Sleep has been at a premium lately... I thought last night the workout would suck more ass than a hoover in a perverts house... I was wrong.

Warm up with some PVC rolling on the lower body.

Hang snatch
Bar x a lot. I was working on dropping under the bar. I started to get a hang of it.

Clean and jerks... sometimes no jerk.
135 x a bunch... for three sets. Counting was not done this time out... The count would have pimp slapped me for not counting... I am sorry my vampiric lord!...
Anyways, worked on the catch. I am not dropping under to catch the weight. I am still muscling it up, but the catch improved. Tried a 135 snatch... wow that turned into a huge mess of WTF? it looked more like a power snatch grip clean.

Deadlifts
225 x 5
275 x 3
300 x 3
340 x 8,8,10 Last set felt damn easy and had at least 3 or so left in the tank.

SSB squats
bar x 8
155 x 8
225 x 8,8,9 Felt easy enough.

Zercher Harness air fucks.
225 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
345 x 4 oh yeah, I made the fat lady sing on the last set there.

Event:
18" deads... well, probably a 15".
worked up to 495 x 1 545 didn't want to go.

Shrugs
225 x 12
315 x 12
225 x 12
135 x 15

Side bends
80lbs per side x 15, 15, 10

Reverse Hypers, tilted up.
50 lbs x 10,10,10

Make shift rolling thunder for grip work.

Cardio and stretch.

I keep wanting to slap people at the gym... the reverse hyper machine is NOT an expensive high table for your water bottles.

Monday 25 April 2011

Random Rant

Last training session was saturday and it was events... not very eventful. Technique stuff for the coming competitions.

Few updates: First is due to rough times in my own life (not telling you what) but not much rant worthy yelling going on in my head. Lately motivation and the reasons for doing what i do have been thinking of.  I personally battle with Clinical depression. It is an on going thing where some days it is worse than others. Most people in the strength world don't admit to these things as well... this is all about being as strong as possible and people see depression as a mental weakness.

It is my fight with this that motivates me. I push myself to combat the pain of my life, to reward my little victories in life, and to elevate my mood. I feel on top of the world after a good workout, and even if I have a bad workout (squats last tuesday) I come out of it with a sense of accomplishment as I still got my lazy ass into the gym and worked it. I didn't quit, I know that it is hard and yeah I sometimes want to be a pussy and stop. I won't let myself though.

Long time ago I was fat, I spent my time doing nothing, no real direction in my life. I didn't have any real life goals. I was doing a degree in university in a subject I enjoyed but no career ambitions. Everything came to a head when my uncle tragically passed. He was there for me when I was young and in his passing, I passed the point of numbness. No amount of booze could make me feel better... nothing did., except self "torture". This torture was me going to the gym 6 days a week and busting my ass for 2 hours a day. I worked out to feel better, and it made me feel better, a lot better. By the time I finally came to grips with everything, it was four months later and I have dropped 50 pounds. From there i moved onto getting into better shape. I had a goal.

This goal setting, and re setting, is what started me into the strength world. To fast track about three years, I always loved WSM on tv and said, I'm athletic... can I do that? I gave it a shot... I bombed my first comp. I got beat by a guy who injured himself on the first event and only got 2 points... i finished with 1 point in dead last. I loved it though. I started learning more about how to train for strength and learned about how it isn't brute strength that wins strongman, it is heart.

It is that passion and heart that I thrive off of now. It pushes me beyond where I thought possible four years ago, and it keeps me feeling good about myself.  It also teaches me to be patient with myself and to listen to my body. With a healthy body comes a healthy mind.

that's what motivates me. I am active on different forums and I see other peoples awesome stories. Some have their faith to guide them, other it is a will to become better, what motivates you and keeps you from being a pansy ass quitter?

Oh and BTW, I am now sponsored(?), well at least in cahoots with whey-factory.com I have a discount code with them, mm25 , that'll get anyone 25% off their supplements. Their stuff rocks, and I don't just say this because I get discounts. I'll review some of their stuff in the future but I will say this, I like stuff that works and cuts out the bullshit. They do this. They offer everything you really need to train harder, recover faster, and stay on track with your good diet without over charging you. their protein is cheap and high quality. I love (no i really do) their chocolate flavour protein. I am going to be using their CarbBOOM! product as a competition glycogen refiller and an energy source. And best of all, they are Canadian. No border screw ups, no long waits, I order it and it is here two to three days later. Oh and their customer service people are really nice too, then again almost all companies I have dealt with in the fitness community have been nice, but the others weren't supplement providers they were equipment companies.

Friday 22 April 2011

Learning to breathe and what else I do wrong.

Friday morning and it's time to remember last night.

April 21st

Warm up
Some funky push ups for dynamic activation.... it works

Over head press (push press)
Football bar
bar x 10
95 x 5
115 x 3
125 x 3
Moved over to my log
143 x 1 for the feel of it.
145(148) x 8,8,10
All felt good, but my quads are still fried from earlier in the week. So by rep 6 on each set they were screaming from the push. Also found out that at rep 8, I am out of breath. I am not used to the log crushing my chest, so at 8 I dropped the log and recovered, cleaned the log up and repped out 2 more.

Pulldowns, the spot I do pullups was taken by a guy doing box jumps. I don't argue, it looked kinda badass.

165 x 8
180 x 8
195 x 8
210 x 8
225 x 8
Fat gripz
135 x 8,8

Titan Ram on
bench
135 x 10
185 x 8
205 x 8
225 x 6
Triceps done.
DB bench
65 x 10
80 x 7
Did this for shits and giggles... yeah I suck at them... I never do them.

Facepulls
100 x 10,10,10

Shoulder raises
To make these better and more beast mode like, did them with 20 lbs of chains.
front super setted with rears x 8,8
hold for 30 seconds or so. This blasted my shoulders. The movement of the chains made them harder and I like that, plus I looked like a crazy motherfucker. Awesome.

Sled pulls
180 x 60' x 2
205 x 75' x 4 The man(woman?) at the end of the shipping driveway moved their van, so longer pulling for me.

This was easy,  but felt hard enough for me to feel them working.

Light cardio and stretch.

Hit up a local burger place that is supposed to be good.  It is called the burger priest. As from a earlier blog... I love burgers. This place was different than the last place. While Woody's was bringing burgers to a more gourmet level of eating while still being what it is, a hand food. This place brought it back to the 1950's era of highway burger joints. I grabbed the double double and took it to my car to shove in my food hole. It was a bit messy and it came in a little wax paper bag. There was only the condiments you expected to find at a road side place available, but it was a bite of Americana. It brought back memories of trips to the trailer in the summer as a young boy, stopping at the local burger place to get real milkshakes and a burger on the way up. It was the summer treat on a sunny day where you knew that in no way was this good, but damn you enjoyed it. It was sloppy and nothing extravagant but it was a old school burger. Their fries kinda sucked though. Beyond that, my issue was the price. I got better quality from Woody's for cheaper. The size was smaller and well... it cost more. Improve the fries and then I won't mind paying the $15 for a combo. With that said, next up on the food hole: pizza.

Tuesday 19 April 2011

Pissy day and pissy workout

Just was off my game today... shit felt shitty.  Broke my earbuds, you that pissed me right off.

Warm up with some pvc rolling.

Box jumps
24" x 5
32" x 5
34" x 5
36" x fail
Found out the tallest box at the gym is actually 31" high, so all previous "36" " jumps were actually 32" as I put a stick on the 31" box and jumped the stick.

Same thing today but doubled up mats on the box to get to 36".

Squats
bar x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
235 x 3
265 x 3
285 x 8,8,9 just felt like crap. Yesterday took everything out of me. Went to a low bar for the last set, legs were just dead so only 1 over prescribed reps.

SSB GMs
155 x 10
175 x 10,10,8 Felt like shit but gave a final 8 a go.

SSB lunges
115 x 8,8 per leg. Fuck I hated these. But I gave them hell, just because I hate them doesn't mean I won't do them.

Weighted decline abs
10 lb plate behind head x 15,12,8

GHR
BW x 15,13 again just destroyed.

Event:
Prowler pushes
200 lbs for 60' x 4
290 lbs for 60' x 2

Light cardio and totally forgot to stretch.

Some days are just pissy. Don't let them get to you. If you do, you make mistakes. You beat yourself up and the only beating of yourself should be done late at night with a box of tissues and porn on.

Quit is a stupid word...

It has a Q in it, Q's are good for nothing. All their uselessness...

Anyways,

April 18th

Warm up
Plyo Pushups
BW x 5,5,5 Start resting on the ground and push up and off the ground, kind of like a clap push up... but no retarded clap. I am not a seal and I don't want a fish.

Bench with an actual barbell... it has been a football bar for the past while.

bar x 10
95 x 10
155 x 8,8,10,8,14
These felt much stronger than normal. I think the four weeks with the football bar did some good.

DB rows
80 x 10 warm up
130 x 8,8,8,(straps on)8,15(straps)
My grip was having issues holding for all 8 reps. I think I am going to stay at this weight for a bit until my grip improves.

DB seated OHP
65 x 8
70 x 8
75 x fail, shoulders were fried... eh.

Cable flies
45 lbs x until the pain was too much for 2 sets.
Supersetted with average band pull overs until it hurt so good.

Light cradio as the driveway was full of cars, so no prowler.

Stretch and home.

Definitely feeling strong, but my left shoulder felt like it was weak during the last set of bench and the overhead work... I think I need to book an appointment with my chiro to make sure everything is ok as the left shoulder was clicking while doing shoulder dislocates in my stretching.

Friday 15 April 2011

Can't stop here, this is bat country...

I'm starting to come up with blog titles that don't mean anything... yeah, I'm over worked on the creative side of things... shut up you smell!

Forgot to charge my ipod... just because the music stops doesn't mean I do. Said fuck it and trained as hard as ever.

April 14th

Warm up, forgot my pvc pipe in the car so I used a shitty foam roller for SMR... not as effective.

Clean and jerks

Well the bumpers were being used by a crafty russian, so I started with bar snatches and overhead squats.
snatch x 8
over head squats x 6,8  Happy with these as they were ATG, which for a unflexible bum like me.

back to the cleans

135 x 4
155 x 3
185 x 2,2 first set was horrible, powered up and wasn't getting under the bar. Press was good though.
205 x fail, fail... blah. I suck at these. I need to record my crappy technique and get someone's advice on these. I want to get up to a 255 clean by summer's end and I know I have the strength for it... just no technique.

Deadlifts
205 x 8
255 x 8
300 x 8,8,8,8,11 not bad, could have gone for more, but I am supposed to stop 2-3 reps shy of failure.

SSB squats
155 x 8
175 x 8
205 x 10(?) I lost count so it could have been more... I may have counted 7 twice...

Trap bar shrugs
130 x 20
200 x 19,20,5 the five was with fatgripz on the handles. I also did a bunch of holds at this weight with them on there for grip and shits/giggles.

side bends
80 lbs x 15,15 per side.

Event: Barbarian load
coordination wasn't there today, but got 255 to 40" so not too bad.

Reverse hyper
70 lbs x 12,12,10

light cardio

for some reason I felt like doing some log presses... empty 14" log (143 lbs empty) for 5 (all viper presses)

Stretched out and home.

I'm starting to be known as the guy who competes in powerlifting and strongman at my gym. I like that, people ask about my competitions all the time. I get to shoot the shit about it to people who just want to watch and it makes me feel the sports have a good amount of life here in Toronto.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Hey look I'm a t-rex!

April 12th

Warm up
totally forgot to do my plyo shoulder work. meh.

Football bar overhead press
bar x 8
95 x 8
130 x 8,8,8,8,12 Tris burned so good.

Pull ups
Green band (medium) x 10,10
blue band (light) x 8,7

pulldowns
210 x 8,7

Titan ram on, bench press with new raw bench grip
135 x 5
185 x 8
225 x 8,8,6

Face pulls
95 x 12,12
125 x 10

Dumbbell hammer curls
25 lbs until it was too much x 2

Overhead tricep extensions
60 lbs dumbbell until it was too much x 2

For both of those it was over 25 the first set and over 15 on the second.

Kettle bell swings
24kg x 20
32kg x 15,15

light cardio and stretched out everything.

no real ranting today except, put your weights away properly or I am going to throw a 45lbs  plate at your head. for fuck sakes, it's not that hard.

Monday 11 April 2011

Things I thought I knew how to do but don't

Starting the 8s rep wave today

April 11th

Warm up with some PVC rolling.

Plyo box jumps
30" x 5
30" x 5
36" x 5 well not onto the box, mentally I just can't do it, too afraid of faceplanting into the mirror. I put a broom stick we use for shoulder warmups across it and jumped over the stick. Worked really well.

Squats
bar x 8
135 x 10
225 x 8
255 x 8,8,8,8,12
Repped it out nicely. I am used to the higher rep work load, which is awesome.

Safety Squat Bar good mornings
seated
135 x 10
135 x 10
standing
185 x 10
185 x 10
I hate these, but well to get stronger you do what you hate.

SSB(safety squat bar) lunges
bar x 8
85 x 8
115 x 8
Again, I hate lunges.

Standing abs with green band x 18 too easy.

Decline abs
10 lbs plate behind head x 12, 12, 6

Glute Ham Raises
BW x 19
BW+25lbs x 10
BW+25lbs x 8

one arm DB overhead press
70 x 1 each arm
80 x 1 each arm
90 x 1 each arm
100 x 1 each arm
110 x fail and fail each arm

I am having issues balancing the weight at the top on 110. I am pissed at this, I should be able to hit it.

Light cardio and stretch everything out.

Between cardio, warm up, and stretching, I'm adding an hour to my workouts. Fucking long ass workouts.

Today I realized, well saturday I was shown, I have no clue how to wrap my wrist wraps. I have been doing it wrong all this time. I spent my sunday and today thinking I need a new pair because mine were too short, but no.

To wrap properly, you start low on the wrist, about a half wrap down. Pull tight and start to wrap up towards your hand. Now with a shorter wrap (like a 20" one) you should be at your hand by the end of the first full wrap around. From here wrap up to just under the first knuckle on your pinky and thumb.  I was getting to there, and doubling up the wrap. I double, velcro down tight and take the thumb loop off.

If done correctly, moving your wrist should be very very hard and so should opening your hand. Your hand and wrist won't move when you grip the bar and you'll protect your wrist from sounding like a broken cement mixer.

Saturday 9 April 2011

Travelling to the Degoba system and how to quit being lazy...

Woke up early this saturday morning to go train at the anvil. This is rare... I hate saturday mornings... to me they haven't existed since I played hockey.

Reason I went was to meet with Yoda (Clint Harwood).  Unlike the real yoda, Clint isn't small and green, but he is pretty all knowing. Trained my deload bench

135 x 5
155 x 5
155 x 5

Slipped on my titan ram

205x3
225x3
275x1

Clint gave me  a bunch of tips for where my form and technique were coming apart. Again, learn from those who know. Quit listening to the dickbag you know who someone lost weight by drinking his own urine... it doesn't work. Listen to those who have tried and failed, then came back to excel after learning how to get the most out of their abilities.

Also did some farmer's holds.

Worked up to 250 in hands... was getting probably 20 seconds per hold. grip not failing... hands just aren't used to the weight in hands right now.

Now how to quit being lazy. Think of something you enjoy, something that's free. (Sex isn't free if you have to pay for it) For me, I like to hike. It's calming and guess what? damn easy! All I have to do is walk! simple isn't it? Today was one of the first good days outside that I went for a hike. I drove out to the niagara region and walked the rockway falls trail.

For me, this is a no brainer. I got up out of my house, didn't care what I wore (I was alone and in the woods, who cares if I was wearing a name brand shirt?), and no one bothered me. I took it at my own pace and if I needed to stop I did.

By doing something you love, be it biking, rollerblading, walking, or swimming, you get active and it doesn't feel like the routine of the gym. If you are looking for a break from the gym, get outside. You'll feel better and you will actually do something with your day. You'll also not be tempted by that giant bag of oreos... do it or be fat.

Thursday 7 April 2011

Relax, I'm awesome, I've got this...

Deload week continues...

Warm up

Oly lifts

snatch
bar x 10

Clean and jerks

bar x a bunch
95 x a bunch
135 x a bunch

I wasn't counting, I was working form... I still look like a strongman doing them, technique blows.

Deadlifts
155 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5

Easy and fast

Pull downs
180 x 5
195 x 5
210 x 5
225 x 5
240 x 5
255 x 5

SSB squats
bar x 5
155 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
all ATG.

Shoulder stuff with a 15 lbs DB, included rotator cuff work.

25 minutes of cardio and then stretched everything out.

I've been slacking in my warm up this week, no foam rolling and just winging it. It's deload, so meh.

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Deloads are not weeks off

Deload week starts today. Easy workouts ahead.

Warm up

Squats
bar x 10
135 x 5
155 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5

High box squats
225 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
275 x 3

Good mornings
bar x 15
bar x 15

lunges
bar for a good two minutes. I got into a song and lost count, so I went until I hurt.

Did some make shift rolling thunder lifts using a barbell wedged into a corner, like with a t-bar row, a fat grip, and a v-pulley thing for machine rows on a chain. worked out well, worked up to 2 plates before my grip gave out.

Prowler runs

sled plus 110 pounds for 80' x 12. 6 hands on high handles, 6 on the low handles.

Prowler pulls
200 pounds on the sled for 80' x 4. My legs were screaming.

Decline abs for 3x15 and stretched everything out.

I see deload weeks as a time to relax and play around with things. It is when I try out new exercises and play with my technique. nothing too hard but keep it from being nothing more than a pissing contest against an armless midget, just too easy.

Monday 4 April 2011

oh it burns... and barefoot pansies

Last workout of my current wave of the juggernaut system, so we'll look tomorrow at how it has worked out so far.

April 4th

Warm up, with the focus mainly being on my lats and my shoulders. Rotator cuff health is key after fucking up both of them in the past two years...

Football bar bench
bar x 10
95 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 3
160 x 1
170 x 14 oh the pump... The set felt good, probably could have grinded out one or two more but it isn't what you COULD do, it is what you did. No one ever cares what you could do or be, it is was you are. 

DB rows
75x10 warm up
120x10,10,10,18 lifting straps on last set. I love my new ironmind lifting straps. These things have no give like others I have used and don't dig in as badly into my wrists. I highly recommend them if you are going to use them.

DB Over Head Press (seated)
60x5
65x5
70x9 Nothing special.



Football bar Pendlay Rows
225 x 5,5
275 x 4,3
these felt like shit. the 275 felt like trying to continue nailing a fat chick after sobering up enough to realize what you brought home from the bar... heavy and painful to see.

DB flies
30lbs per hand until it burned

Band pull overs
green band(?) until it burned. Not sure of the tension on it, but it was for muscle fatigue.

light cardio and long stretch.



Opted for the elliptical over the prowler as someone was welding in the back alley and no way I'm getting welder's flash.


Now on to the barefoot pansies. I watched a video about barefoot running today... really???


I understand that from an evolutionary standpoint, we weren't meant to wear shoes, BUT we have for so long, we are adapted to it... it's that little thing called EVOLUTION. Also, these buggers try to tell us people are meant to run like this, oh and they do it for long distances. They can go shove their Pachouli incense loving, dirt covered, hemp rolled bullshit back up their asses. Yes, we evolve to be on our feet with no shoes, but to WALK long distances, not run them. We are meant to run short bursts like all other hunters in the food chain. Look at a cheetah, you think it runs a long distance? only if its food can run it too. They use up so much energy running that distance. Same with all other hunters of the animal kingdom. 


If you hippies want glass and dogshit on your feet, go nuts... I'll wear my comfy shoes.


P.S. Vibrams are shoes you pansies, don't try to fuck with me and say you are barefoot in those...

This is why we're fat...

As the days pass and I see more and more people crying and whining about being overweight, I start to wonder why these people are whining so much? We live in nation where they print the damn calories per serving on the labels for you. They took most of the guess work out of it and told you, only put this much in your food hole fatty!

Then again, it is also because of restaurant food. One thing most people tend to overlook when eating out is that this food is full of fat and sugar... with more fat and sugar put onto it. We are talking Paula Deen level butter here. That shit is the flavour that we all oh so love.

So my tip of the week, keep your asses out of restaurants unless you have a celebration and when in there, be smart! if there is an option to add to your meal, don't take it. Get the salad instead of the potato with more grease on top than in your dirty uncle's hair.

Now with that out of the way, here is why i'm fat. Woody's Burgers bar and grill http://www.woodysburgers.com/index.html

I visited them this past friday. Now before i get into it, Toronto seems to have a new obsession with burgers. Gourmet burger joints are everywhere, and I mean everywhere. I feel so overwhelmed with these greaseballs, I feel like I am stuck in woodbridge. So a really good review is going to hard to come by with me, these places are now a dime a dozen.

As I walked into the place, a familar smell fills the air and I couldn't quite figure it out until I sat down... they are cooking over actually fire, it is a wood grill. I look around and this tiny place, about 75% kitchen is packed! so I grab a menu and hunt for my meat of choice.

I find the specialty burgers and think, fuck it, time to gorge like a mad man. I look for a huge ass burgers, but none are to be found. No selling of the ultimate 24 oz. burger of death, so that is a plus. i'm not going to O.D. on meat tonight. Settle on the Coronary burger: a stuffed cheese burger with bacon, fried onions, a fried egg, more cheese, and mayo.

I order and eager wait for my food. I get called and they ask me what I want to add... there looks to be a good 30 condiments to add... dumbfounded, I just say everything. in the end it looks like this.





I squeeze it down and attempt to shove it in my foodhole... barely fits. damn, first bite I get cheese, egg, bacon, tomato, and smokey goodness... The addition of an egg was new to me, the yolk added a lovely richness to the burger. The meat was flavourful and cooked perfectly. Everything added to the burger but nothing seemed to take away from actual burger as it sometimes happens.

Once finished with the burger and my sweet potato fries, I was stuffed and satisfied. I felt my powerlifting gut was growing and I was reading to train strongman the next day.

The place is highly recommended by myself, as the food was excellent, the prices were cheap, and it is walking distance from my house. While the claim of best burger in toronto hasn't been proven, so far it is the best I have had around this burger bloated metropolis.