This is why I end up putting away so many avocados, nuts and nut butters: fats are so much denser than carbs or protein. I could eat 450g of grassfed piedmontese sirloin and get 440 calories with over 100g of protein, or I could just eat 58g of macadamia nuts to get the same amount of calories.
And Holy Cow are macadamia nuts good. Decadent really. I’m very much scientifically stupid and just plain can’t wrap my brain around how nature can produce such fatty substances, but I’ll accept it for the blessing that it is.
Charles poliquin has some interesting info on fruits and what to eat and when. Probably to much to copy/paste here but I’d you’re interested you can shoot me an email and I’ll send it. Or i can post it all here. Or i can pretend we never talked about this
That’s the problem. I’m always hungry so I choose carbs and protein over fat. I’d rather have the steak than the macadamia nuts. Using things I currently have in the kitchen - 28g of almonds cost me 160 calories. I’d rather eat 5+ ounces of chicken for the same amount.
Nope. My goal is actually maintenance. I like the fasting because it has a cleansing effect both mentally and physically.
Part of my mental overhaul has been to stop obsessing over food. I’m either all in with counting calories and weighing food or I’m a fat kid in an adult body. I’ve never really found a middle ground.
For the past 1.5 years, I’ve been trying to appease the fat kid while maintaining weight. The fasting is making that much more doable. I want my weight to be between 225 and 235. I was consistently 232/233 before trying this fasting stuff. After the first week, I dropped to 224 and I’ve been 224 to 228 every day since. I think the 10 pound window gives me room to gain muscle very slowly over time without gaining too much fat. If I let myself grow to 235 over six months, trim back to 225, and repeat then hopefully I’ll be a little bit bigger in the future.
For whatever reason, I enjoy feeling full so I’m going to eat the largest portion of food possible. Since calories are always a factor, I’m going with protein and carbs.
Our metabolism and caloric needs are drastically different. I can understand your view and methods. You’re like the proverbial farmer - you do more work before sunrise than I do in an entire day!
Great discussion as always! In terms of fruit @wanna_be I’m not worried about timing or type, if I’m replacing my donut/ice-cream eating with fruit then it’s a win. Will be trying to separate fats/carbs overall, but again not being religious about it, mostly just want to eat whole foods and keep the sugar right down (I say eating a yum yum… it’s like the last cigarette of the packet before you quit…).
5 rounds
12 swings
4 goblet squats
12 rows each side
12 press ups (not diamond cos they feel awful to me)
Struggled with this whole session, not sure if it’s just mornings or exhaustion but did 4 rounds in 7 mins dead finished the 5th round at 9.34. Rubbish performance.
Gs1
KB swings: 24kg X 3 X 6 sets
HH TBDL: 67, 107kg X 5, 127, 147, 167, 187kg X 1
Ab rolls: 5 X 6 sets
Burpee pullups: 4 X 6 sets
Gs2
KB swings: 24kg X 3 X 3 sets
HH TBDL: 147kg X 8, 5, 5
Ab rolls: 5 X 3 sets
Burpee pullups: 4 X 3 sets
Emoms:
Squat: 60kg & black band (next up from red in my new set) X 3 X 10 sets
S/s
Axle (8.5kg) curls X 15 X 10 sets
Good combo for some hypoxic bicep training.
Overall underwhelming session back didn’t feel great and top set wasn’t anywhere near where I want it to be, couldn’t get pulling to feel comfortable at all, 167 and 187 both felt like something not so good happened in my back, continued, was fine. Think mostly my head wasn’t in it, but if I want to keep up with the number of sessions per week that I “need”/want then I need to be proactive and train when the opportunity presents not when I “feel” like it - even if that leads to subpar performances.
Hey I saw that in your log, trying to keep up with them all haha! I love Alsruhes style of training so great to see you on it, I might buy PowerBuilder perfected to run after dark horse.
You can get this done in an hour, you should be fine given deep waters and keeping on the clock, pushing even when you’re ruined!
I general get to 70 mins on squat/dead days because I need more sets to get to the top weights 6-7 sets as opposed to 4/5, plus I drag a little harder moving from one set to the next on those days (no break but I’ll “set up” for the lift a little slower rather than dive straight in).
Today I basically had enough time to change weights and go again - I keep the clock at 90 secs and stick to it.
Long way of saying 60/65 mins average 75 max. I’ll be keeping a close eye on your log for sure!
Thanks dude! That sounds much more managable. It’s going to be nice not spending 1.5 hrs lifting haha. I think I’ll keep the pace up like you suggested with the prescribed 90 seconds rest, and I dont really warm up, just hit more sets getting up to working weight on the main stuff.
That sounds delicious mate. I used to have a similar breakfast everyday for years. I’ll probably go back to it when I start looking to put on weight. What flavour whey did you use?
This sounds like a couple of days done right to me. Your kids won’t remember your abs, but they might remember daddy sitting quietly in the corner with his broccoli and chicken while everyone else is tucking into a Chinese. Or even worse, they may start to “learn” that enjoying food is bad, and that the virtuous thing to do is eat only for fuel.
Yum yums are a poor man’s doughnut. Prove me wrong.
Yea I just run through weights to grease the groove and get a bit of extra work not for the warm up (plus helps you feel out where you are for the day), you are already pretty warm/a stinking puddle of sweat, after the 10 mins conditioning (if you do it right haha).
By @T3hPwnisher’s standards, you’re doing it right. The goal is to struggle to make the body adapt. You did it right!
Good approach. I’ve been enjoying lots of candy lately. I’ll just have a few pieces here and there, but it’s been consistent. I’ve never tried to separate fats and carbs because that eliminates some of my favorites - including my cheeseburgers! That’s not happening.
