Erez Shmerling

I am a fitness guy and athlete.
I do strength, aerobics, and functional fitness. Tennis and ping pong player.
Hard worker.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

I am facing pressure,
to start participating in formal sporting
events.
So, the social media says, do racewalking,
and I consider it good advice.
There are lots of running events in Israel-
and these are also suitable for racewalking.
I can do racewalking events like weekly.

My immediate goal, though, is the driving licence.
On Friday I have the test, and beforehand I have
2 more lessons.
But I am excited for my future.

Also, about what I did today.
So as I mentioned in an earlier post, I completed
studying the Greek alphabet today. ( It is past
midnight but I consider it the same day).
Afterwards, I went grocery shopping, and I also
cleared out the refrigerator from expired products.

Good night fellows.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Today I finished learning the Greek
alphabet! Great!
And this is just the start of the day!
Now I plan to go grocery shopping.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Well I want to share , about my workouts today
and yesterday.

Today I did a great pinch grip workout,
doing a two-armed fingertips pinch with Beam,
( two arms pinching the same Beam
concurrently),
going up from 10.5 kg Beam first set to 12.5 kg
Beam in the last ( tenth) set.
I did 10 sets today great workout!
( I did it with minor increments of 250 grams-
125 grams per sleeve using fractional
125 gram weight plates).

Yesterday, I also had a great day, doing a thick grip
( crushing grip) workout with a kettlebell and a Popeye 60 mm adapter.
I did 8 sets with each arm separately, going up
from about 28 kg first set to 36 kg eighth and final
set.

Good night fellows.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

I want to share general advice
that helps me greatly and that I myself use
about protein intake during workouts
for optimal muscle growth and recovery and rapid gains

So here we go:
liquid vegan protein intake during workouts.
When you train, either at home, at a commercial gym,
or at a hotel gym ( if you're traveling) ,
you should always have a drink rich in vegan
protein ( I use Alpro soy drink and train at home).
And you should drink a cup( or at least half a cup) of vegan protein
drink after every set that you do.
( That's what I do and it gives me great results).
For example, you just did a set of squats, for example dumbbells squats 60 kg extra weight ( 30 kg per hand)
for 5 reps.
Immediately after you finish the set, you need to drink a cup of vegan protein drink ( for example
Alpro soy), and you should do this AFTER EVERY
SET, INCLUDING EVEN WARMUP SETS.
( That's what I do).
So if for example you do 12 sets total during
a workout (including warmup sets),
you should drink 12 cups of vegan protein total during that same workout.
It is difficult, it is cumbersome, but this is how
I grow, and this is what I recommend.
It works for me, and it might work for you as well.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Today I had to take a rest day.
( Rest from fitness that is).
I studied a lot today, learning Russian.
I studied intensely.
I learned many new words and concepts.
I understand now, that reading Harry Potter in
Russian ( Гарри Поттер и философский камень)
is too hard for me as of now.
So I have to stick to Gullivers' Travels in Russian
( Путешествия Гулливера).
Gullivers' Travels is significantly easier,
less text, less new words and concepts
to grasp and remember.
Gradually as I build up my Russian skills,
expanding my Russian vocabulary and gaining
valuable experience reading Russian print
books and writing down new concepts in Russian
in my pen-and-paper notebook, I hope to one
day reach the level of reading Harry Potter in Russian.

That said, my main priority is still fitness,
cognitive activities are number two.

Tomorrow I have to return to fitness.

Also, within a week ( on 4/9/26) I have an external
practical driving test, and when I pass it ( hopefully)
I will secure a driving licence for the sedan ( B) category.

After I finish with the driving, the goal is going
to be, in addition to routine stuff like fitness
and learning, to start earning money.
I have to start generating income because the prices in Israel are expensive.

Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Well an update about yesterday and today.

First yesterday.
So yesterday I finally got my Solo
Tib Bar V2 from Apex Fitness,
one item, and now I finally have a pair.
( I already had a single item of Solo
Tib Bar V2 at home beforehand).
And I immediately unboxed the tib bar and started working out
with the new Tib Bars pair, doing exercises, that I think are called tib raises, ankles inversion and eversion, hips flexion etc ( I am not completely sure these are the proper names of what I did, I have to verify this).
That's it for yesterday.

Now today.
Today I did a practical driving lesson, I studied Russian, and also I did a strength workout,
single arm thick grip kettlebell holds
( each arm separately).

Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Haha what a day today!
Great day, difficult but great.
I will provide details tomorrow!
Sleep time now night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Ok I did a standing dumbbells calf raises
workout today.
Great!
We have to see, I may do a second workout
today, maybe dumbbells split squats,
maybe dumbbells tiptoe squats,
something like that.
We have to see.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

YESSS Great day today!
I did 2 strength workouts today,
plus an aerobic workout, plus I studied
Russian, plus I paid for my driving lessons,
plus I went to a restaurant for leisure.
What an amazing productive day today!
Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

A video from today 21/8/26. A two-armed fingertips pinch grip hold with a 10.5 kg Beam ( including the weight of the Beam itself, both arms pinching the same single Beam). Enjoy.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Video filmed and it turned out well!
Only uploading it remains LOL.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Well I did the strength workout.
YES!
Remember, I also need to film a video
and post it.
Let's Go!

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Well an update.
2 days ago ( 18/8/26) I did a dumbbells squats
workout.
Yesterday ( 19/8/26) I did a workout of holding
and shrugging thick grip dumbbells
( 50 mm Popeye's).
Today ( 20/8/26) I had to take a rest day,
but I still did several useful things today.
Today, I did a practical driving lesson,
I went grocery shopping, and as well I studied
the Greek alphabet, making good progress with
the Greek alphabet.
Tomorrow ( 21/8/26), I have two main priorities.
Number one, I need to do at least one fitness
workout( upper body), and number two,
I need to film and post at least one video
of myself doing a fitness workout.

Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Haha what a GLORIOUS rest day
I had today!

Here is what I did today:

I did a practical driving lesson
with Dudi Cohen,
I did an aerobic workout outdoors ,
I studied the Greek language,
I ordered a breathing trainer,
I e-mailed Apex Fitness about the tib bar
that hasn't shipped yet,
I started clearing the refrigerator from expired
vegan products.

Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Ok so an update on today.
As I mentioned in an earlier post,
I did a dumbbells squats workout
and felt great afterwards.
Then, I received my Greek books, but I only
briefly looked at them .
Then I went grocery shopping, and then I arranged
the groceries at home.
Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

I want to say, I just received ads like go to
an AI conference.
In the past when I saw such ads, I simply
discarded them.
Now I think, I should give it a try.
I should try, maybe to become an AI
expert.
The motivation is big money, prestige,
and maybe even a job as a university professor,
or at least a university researcher
( It is easier to secure a job, for example
at the computer science department, as a specialist
in AI, than it is via Graph Theory, Set Theory,
Combinatorics etc).
So, maybe within a couple of months I will start
trying to become an AI master.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Gradually, as I make my way into the
Israeli and global elite, I am going to
face a different kind of pressure.
To clarify, my life has been very tense for
more than a decade now.
But now, the type of tension has changed.
If say 5 or 8 years ago I only wanted calm, peace
and longevity, to sleep well, etc, in the face of
strong negative energy that was trying to destroy me, now, I STILL want it ( calm, peace, longevity etc)
but I ALSO want big money, fame, being super tall,
super strong , super smart etc, as is expected from an elite person.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

I did squats, dumbbells squats today!
It is such a good feeling yooooo!
I have never felt this good!
I started with bodyweight squats ( warmup),
working up to 22 kgs dumbbells extra weight( 11 kg each arm).
Now, I need to rest, and then I need to go buy groceries.
Also, the expectation is that today I will obtain
my Greek books, so I may try to study Greek
as well.

YES!

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

Ok. So a brief update on today.

I did a fingertips pinch grip
workout with a Beam dumbbell handle.

( I initially wanted to do legs, but chose
the easier option because I was tired.
I will try to do legs tomorrow).

I also went to Holmes Place Modiin, went to jacuzzi
there, the trip was successful.

Good night.

[Erez Shmerling @ErezShmerling]

In the upcoming parliamentary elections
in Israel, I endorse the Democrats
Party( Israel) headed by General ( reserve) Yair Golan.

There are lots of reasons to support the Democrats
Party( Israel), I will enumerate just a few:

Equal representation: Lots of females on the list.

Economy: The party promises to greatly cheapen
everything in Israel, from housing, to vehicles
and transportation, to groceries, to sports activities,
to academic tuition fees etc etc.

Security and Diplomacy: The party promises to deliver peace treaties and normalisation of ties
with the Muslim and Arab world, delivering peace,
security and prosperity for the entire Middle East.

Law and Order: The party promises to restore law
and order, and to restore rule of law, to modernize
and reform the police, and make Israeli streets and roads safer and calmer for everyone.

I can go on and on, but I think you get the point.
So in the upcoming parliamentary elections in
Israel, we vote for the Democrats Party ( Israel)
headed by General ( reserve) Yair Golan.