McMinty119

The WarGym never sleeps. 58 degrees outside, fall is here for us. The cold is just another grindstone to sharpen myself against. The enemy doesn’t care.
Neither do I.
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2025-10-10 17:04:57 UTC

People I know have asked why I would want to pick up 400lbs. They ask as though I’m being crazy or something, but this right here is why. So that when my kids want me to carry them in some weird way I can do it. This was like lap 10 of carrying them both in a firefighter carry. Would not have been possible without the training and nutrition I’ve been doing recently.
Strong enough for life, not just the gym.
https://v.nostr.build/2yaszw04AK2ZlQ9d.mp4

2025-10-08 00:49:14 UTC

The Enemy doesn’t care.
They don’t care that you’re mad. They don’t care that you miss your kids. They don’t care that you’re doing the right thing, being done wrong, and still paying for the privilege.
The Enemy wants you distracted.
The Enemy wants you to say “not tonight.”
The Enemy wants you to say “work was exhausting, I’ll do it tomorrow.”
You know who does care?
Those two little girls who call you Daddy.
That old man who got called home too soon.
So ask yourself—does the Enemy’s desire matter more than theirs?
Are you going to give in and hand them your fire?
Or will you fan the flames and burn away the weakness?
400 lbs. Form broke near the top, couldn’t hold it long—but this was my third pull of that stack today.
My max effort, at a time I didn’t think I’d reach it this soon.
The Enemy doesn’t care. But I do.
https://v.nostr.build/Y9ayQPIbuCOimsTS.mp4
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2025-09-20 09:14:35 UTC

Morning press check.
Helping a CCW class this morning and new ink this evening.
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2025-09-20 02:45:01 UTC

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Very

2025-09-19 02:09:36 UTC

“You only adopted the dark…”
The WarGym never sleeps.
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2025-09-14 18:41:03 UTC

I carry the weight. I push the load. They will not grow soft in my house. The world is hostile, my girls will be savage.
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2025-03-04 01:15:39 UTC

So the $100 swingset I bought the youngins for Xmas had a a rotted A-Frame. Knew such at time of purchase but knew it would hold out till I could make a better one. Weeeellllllllll, my boy got hold to a 20ft stick of 4” x 4” 1/4” wall tubing. Welded with 7018. Scavenged baseplates from a scale install served as the covers for the ends and the feet, and also the bracketry up to. Used 1/2” pins and washers scavenged from another scale job. Then painted with whatever spray paint I could get to spray from my stash (it was pretty cool yesterday). All in, we have maybe $10 between the welding rod, flux core wire used to tack it, and the R-pins used to secure the 1/2” pins. This A-Frame may well outlive my grandkids.
Stay tuned for possible gantry crane upgrades lol
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2025-02-12 13:05:01 UTC

Been nose on the grindstone recently. Totally reorganizing my work for the scale company (inherited it with a shitty plywood box in the back…don’t get me started). Also set up my weight cart to carry cleaning supplies now, using a couple self tappers and a Toughbuilt Cliptech pouch lol.
I said last year, when I started this gig, that I kind of count it as a trade but I wasn’t getting the tradesman vibe from most of my coworkers, and that has only continued to prove true. As I’ve learned what we are actually expected to do vs what they do, it was very silly of me to think I could snag this job, keep my head down and just be the reliable quiet employee that neither gets the spotlight nor gets the paddle…I can’t lower myself to the level of shortcut taking these guys have been and continue to do, it’s wild.
#Handyman #WeighBetter #Tools #SkilledTrades #GrowNostr https://image.nostr.build/a21afa8390e0707a5a7c7fe464ff2ef7f5f64c0b85168e18cdc685c5a800eb7a.jpg

2024-11-05 11:37:52 UTC

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Keep on and you’ll get black bagged

2024-07-31 14:00:34 UTC

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WITNESS MEEEEEHHH!!!!

2024-07-21 04:22:58 UTC

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I prefer this version:
https://youtu.be/DeYrIVOCf50?si=k4y2xgFiuTdL-3Qm

2024-07-21 04:21:03 UTC

Built some 2” pipe handrails for the side hustle today, and realized I was kind of tired of my cheap apron just swinging all around at the bottom. Got home, got supper and put the youngins and wife to bed, now I’m up after cutting and stitching on my apron to turn it into a split leg style and make the pockets more functional lol
And yes, I’m in the floor in my kitchen.
#Handyman #Leather #DIY #SkilledTrades #Welding #ToolsOfTheTrades #Insomniac #GrowNostr https://image.nostr.build/350433c16555f73c44c7727b5382be28fed9df448f55c9845d75cdc15d2c04da.jpg

2024-07-03 03:19:21 UTC

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To be fair, that false antiquing with paint is where the money is. Source: me and my wife have Sold many a piece that wouldn’t sell before paint, and for more money.
I did pay my bills one slow summer a couple years ago building benches from 2x4’s and 2x6’s though, most of those were a simple stain and poly. Sold ‘em for like 4x the cost of materials lol

2024-07-02 16:39:09 UTC

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Hell I wish. It’s my buddy’s boss’ shop. He let us use it and the equipment for the day cause he’s a cool dude lol

2024-06-15 14:28:39 UTC

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This is why you just go carnivore. Slap some meat in a pan, warm
It up, devour. Lol

2024-06-02 11:32:08 UTC

Agenda for today; make some racks for my chain binders in the truck, followed by hopefully having time left to get started on building a crane for the truck. We shall see how the day goes.