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[quote]dday wrote:
Blazin wrote:
dday wrote:
Blazin wrote:
You’re 10lbs a head of me still… but I had a relapse… you’re lucky.

I’m coming for you and I’m coming hard.

Better start working or I’ll fly past you when V-diet kicks in…

I’m hoping I’m to about your current weight pre-v-diet

BRING IT ON!!!

I’ve decided that no matter what I weigh come September 1st I’m going to start building back up. Hopefully I can lose 20lbs by then.

haha awesome!

I’m totally doing CF as soon as my v-diet/cruise is over…

I’m not really big on being big… I’ve always been big… I’m just a big person in general… but lean… and strong… yeh now thats where its at.

I keep thinking I want to do CF I just don’t think I have the gym to do most of it yet. I’ll keep building my gym so I can one day give it a try.

I don’t want to be a Ronny Coleman big more Bill Goldberg big.

[/quote]

Yea thats a pretty good size goal… I feel that’s how i’d end up looking if I got ‘big’ potentially…

I have this really weird oddity about my body… my wrists are very very very small… think youth size live strong… think about same size as a woman’s

yeh.

I think last time i measured it was 7.5-8.5" around?

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[quote]Blazin wrote:
dday wrote:
Blazin wrote:
dday wrote:
Blazin wrote:

I don’t want to be a Ronny Coleman big more Bill Goldberg big.

Yea thats a pretty good size goal… I feel that’s how i’d end up looking if I got ‘big’ potentially…

I have this really weird oddity about my body… my wrists are very very very small… think youth size live strong… think about same size as a woman’s

yeh.

I think last time i measured it was 7.5-8.5" around? [/quote]

That’s really odd? Tiny wrists, weird.

Pretty sure Goldberg size is still obtainable at my age.

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11a
2 HRX

11:45a
1/2 turkey burger
1 cup broccoli
2 fish oil tabs

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Ok I need some opinions on my new workout, I barrowed from Thibs gets ripped workout with some changes due to limitations of a home gym and more suited to me. Please tell me if it’s seems F’d up.

Monday- Legs

Squat or DL
4X6-8
Rom DL
4X6-8
Leg curl
4X6-8
Calf raise
4X max (body weight)

Tuesday- Chest/back
Low incline
4X6-8
Decline
4X6-8
Push up feet on bench
4Xmax (body weight)

Bent row
4X6-8
Straight arm pulldown
4X6-8
V bar pull down
4X6-8
Supersets push/pull no rest between exercises 25 jumping jacks after each group

Wednesday- HIIT run

Thursday- Shoulders
Standing Military press
4X6-8
Seated Arnold press
4X6-8
Lateral raise
4X6-8
HIIT run

Friday-arms
Bi�??s
Preacher curls
4X6-8
DB Hammer curls
4X6-8
Close grip cable curl

Tri�??s
Close grip Bench press
4X6-8
Over head press
4X6-8
Push downs
4X6-8

Supersets no rest between exercises 25 jumping jacks after each group

Saturday HIIT run
Sunday HIIT run, I may just take this day off completely.

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Do full body :slight_smile:

Do Single joint or specific groups when you’re bulking…

That’s all I got.

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[quote]Blazin wrote:
Do full body :slight_smile:

Do Single joint or specific groups when you’re bulking…

That’s all I got.[/quote]

I did full body for a month and a half, I liked it but just got bored with it. I did legs last night and WOW!!! I’m a sore bitch today. I even did squats! Didn’t go to hard at them, didn’t want to upset my back and surprisingly didn’t which hasn’t happened in a long time.

On that note, my Dr. says my back is almost straight now, between losing 60lbs and doing a lot of dead lifts I think my curve will eventually be gone, the fact that I held 225lbs on my back without pain says a lot considering a few months ago 135lbs hurt like a crazy.

Last nights W/O.

Squats

225lbs 4X6- did this with ease but again wanted take it easy

ROM DL

165lbs 4X6- pretty tough but did manage 8 on the last 2 sets

leg extensions
120lbs 4X8- what can I say, I like this lift, may not be the best but I like them.

leg curls
70lbs 4X8- these suck, I have weak hammies

calf raise
Me-4X15 need a way to do these weighted but right now I got nothing.

Dinner
half slab dry ribs
5oz fish
1 cup broccoli

prebed
1tbsp PB

5:00am
2 HRX

5:30a
2 scoop LCMD
1 Superfood
2 fish oil
1 potasium
1 magnesium (sp)
1 multi

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hey, 9lbs away from you as of this AM…

better watch out, I’m coming for ya

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[quote]Blazin wrote:
hey, 9lbs away from you as of this AM…

better watch out, I’m coming for ya[/quote]

DAMN DAMN DAAAAAAMN!!!

I gotta break this plateau! This week, this week.

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Oh yea I did mention to you that my gf is pretty sure my scale is reading 6-8 lbs low as she has two at her house both read the same and she is 6-8 lbs lighter on mine…

:frowning:

That could mean I’m actually 15-17 lbs away from you in reality.

Oh poo.

But that also means that 225 in reality is a realistic goal for me as that is 20 more lbs.

We shhhalll seee…

Maybe I’ll hit the gym early and weigh in on a real scale.

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[quote]Blazin wrote:
Oh yea I did mention to you that my gf is pretty sure my scale is reading 6-8 lbs low as she has two at her house both read the same and she is 6-8 lbs lighter on mine…

:frowning:

That could mean I’m actually 15-17 lbs away from you in reality.

Oh poo.

But that also means that 225 in reality is a realistic goal for me as that is 20 more lbs.

We shhhalll seee…

Maybe I’ll hit the gym early and weigh in on a real scale.[/quote]

YES!! I mean, dang, well I’d probably keep using your scale, even if the poundage isn’t correct you’ll still have a consistant measure of your loss. Your call.

Did you see the workout that Bartl and Sayjin are doing? Complexes for Fat Loss by Alwyn Cosgrove, that looks like it has potential. I don’t know, I kind of like the program I put up yesterday…decisions. I’m certainly going to do the complexes next but when.

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Yea I’ve seen it before, looks interesting… but I’m almost done with my last cycle before V-diet so I’m not gonna switch it up just yet

I’m just trying to break my scale’s 235 mark…

goes to show you it really doesn’t matter what a scale says… its how you look that matters…

but it is good to track weight decline.

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DOM DA DOM DOM DOOOOOOOMMMMMSSSS!!!

This morning I woke up and my damn legs have atrophied, I almost fell out of bed they just don’t want to work. Apparently mondays leg workout was pretty hard on them.

Last nights workout was pretty darn good too, my elbow is still a bit sore but I pushed through it.

Incline-
4X6@155- pretty easy, likely go up next week

Decline
4X6@185- about right, I did get 8 on the last set

bent over row-
4X6@135- I tried a few different ways to do this exercise but don’t like the short stroke style I used last night, I’m going back to the full range I normally do.

straight arm push down-
4X6@90- really focused on my right lat, it’s lagging, these hit the spot

V bar pull downs-
4X6@120- again focused on my right lat, the weight was good.

Toes on bench push up
4X8@ME ripped off 8 on each set with ease.

Late yesterday I ordered my ACSM study guides and Thibs new book High threshold muscle building, Amazon is going to take like 2 weeks to deliver them, which sucks.

Dinner-
Pork chops grilled
6 large brussell sprouts

PWO
2 scoops LCMD

Pre bed
1 tbsp PB

So I wake up at 4am for what ever reason which means I only get about 6hrs sleep a night, I’m going to start getting up at 5am since there is no reason to get up so damn early. I hope the extra sleep will help me lose some stinking weight.

4:15am
2 HRX

4:45am
2 scoops LCMD
2 fish oil
1 multi
1 potasium
1 magnesium

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Second meal for the day
chicken and almonds- go figure

10:45a
2 HRX

1130a
5oz pork chop
1 cup broccoli
15 cashews

There was something I wanted to say when I started posting this but I can’t think of it now, oh well.

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Oh yea, my legs FN HURT!!! Walking is a chore. I’m not sure how I’m going to have my NEPA walk today, more of a crawl I bet. Tonight HIT will likely be on the old mountain bike, I’m jones’n to ride anyway.

115

Well I didn’t ride last night cause I’m a lazy POS and it was hovering around 100 degrees yesterday, that’s too FN hot.

Dinner was a mistake, we had burritos I did use carb friendly wraps 31 carbs 21 fiber so a net of 10 carbs, 93/7 burger a touch of cheese and 1 carb taco sauce, not awful but not great.

Pre bed
1 scoop LCMD
1 serving superfood
This will be my prebed meal for awhile, I’m 86ing the PB.

5:00am
2 HRX

5:45am
2 scoops LCMD
2 fish oil
1 multi
1 potassium
1 magnesium

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This is the Liberty Memorial in KC, it is the only memorial to WWI soldiers in the country, I work next door so I took my walk around it today, what you cannot see is the angle of the front lawn and the 300 odd steps up.

It’s hot as fire outside but there is a nice breeze to kind of break the heat. Now that summer is really here I think I’m gonna start bringing a change of clothes to walk in, I hate sitting at my desk sweeting.

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There are 3 sections of stairs like this one leading up to the tower. It’s pretty kick ass place if you’re ever in town check it out.

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Last nights training

Standing military press
95lbs 4X8- need to raise this up a bit way too easy

Seated hammer grip DB military press
35lbs each- 4X8- this could go up as well

Shrugs
225lbs 4X8- the weight was light but I liked the results with this weight

Lateral raise
10lb plates 4X8- this too needs to go up

Over all a good workout, need to adjust the weight, however I’m feeling in my shoulders this morning.

PWO
1 serving Surge

Dinner
8oz pork in EVO
6 larger brussel sprouts

pre bed
1 scoop LCMD

5:00am
2 HRX

5:45am
2 scoops LCMD
1 multi
1 potasium
1 magnesium
2 fish oil

I’m adjusting my diet a bit, a V diet lite if you will, it should be more like this:

5:30am
2 scoops LCMD

8:30a
5oz meal & veg

11:30am
2 scoops LCMD
15 almonds

2:30p
5oz meat & 15 almonds

dinner
5-8oz meat & veg

pre bed
1 scoop LCMD

The goal is to drop a few calories each day to hopefully push past the sticking point I’m in.

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Update on my elbow situation. Went to my chiropractor last night, he’s also an MD before anyone flips out, he checked my elbow for tendonitus and it doesn’t appear to be tendonitus after all. He thinks I may have a slight tear in my tricept tendon, not cool, and a strain in my bicep. Going to continue to ice it and rest for now but if it doesn’t get better in a few weeks may need to get an MRI to verify.

I’m going to try my arm workout tonight and find movements that don’t bother either of them, if I can’t I won’t work arms.

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So this weekend was bitter sweat. The high price of gas finally forced me to trade my favorite truck of all time, my 2002 Chevy Avalanche. I LOVED that truck but couldn’t afford to drive it, hell the last year I’d been driving a 2000 ford focus and watching the truck rott in the drive way, yet still paying for the truck. So I traded it in on an '09 Chevy Malibu, pretty stoaked about it but miss my truck.

My diet this weekend was pretty good, more or less I was on the V diet due to time. Saturday I had a crap meal at Taco Bell only because I was at the dealership all freaking day, I kept it to one item just enough to keep me fueled. Sundays diet was also V-Diet like, I had sausage and eggs for breakfast, shrimp and steak for lunch and a cheat meal of a turkey sub from goodcents for dinner all other meals were shakes.
I weighted in sunday morning at 227.4, I think 228 is finally gone.
I managed to get in some NEPA as well, I rode my bike yesterday for a bit and then played sand volleyball for an hour last night.
Friday’s training was weak at best, it was arms day and with my elbow still giving me a fit I did what I could, got a good pump but that was it.

Today so far:
5:00am
2 HRX

5:45am
2 scoops low carb Metabolic Drive
1 serving Superfood
1 multi
1 mag
1 potasium
2 fish oil