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Built, Not Given.
The story of earning your own strength, one honest rep at a time.
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- Start to finish
- 2 hr 15 min
- Protein
- 67.8 g
- Calories
- 1276
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Today’s recipe
Sous Vide Ribeye with Herb Butter
The water does the patient work. The pan does the fast work. Two hours at a temperature you set and don't second-guess, then a hard sear and a coin of herb butter — this is control, not luck.
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