Bartl vs. Sayjin: A Fat Loss Challenge

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[quote]Bartl wrote:
Sayjin wrote:
I met with my doctor today, and we both agreed on me having the surgery. Lucky for me, the surgeon that I’ll most likely be working with is the same one that operates on the USA Hockey team, U of M Hockey and the EMU football team.

At least you got a good doctor. Thats a bummer about the knee though…[/quote]

Yeah, I was expecting it at this point though since it wasn’t getting any better. Luckily I’ll have an awesome surgeon, and I’ve been talking to Mike Robertson and he’s been kind enough to give me some pre-surgery tips and will stay in contact with me post-surgery in order to guide me along in my recovery. I’ll definitely be picking up Bullet Proof Knees before September, and the rest of his products before the years end.

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I’m kind of tired now.

What did I do on the first Monday where I didn’t have a crappy corporate job?

Well, I walked about 4 miles, went on a 15 mile bike ride and did another EDT session.

The walk was to and from the gym. The EDT session was interesting because I had to get wrist straps for the pull-ups because I am still not really supposed to be using my finger. They did help but I don’t like the idea of not being able to use my own hand strength to hold me during the lift.

Here is the breakdown of EDT:

15 minutes:
A1) Chins
A2) Dips
NEW PR - 32

15 minutes:
B1) EZ Bar Bicep Curl
B2) DB Tricep Extension
NEW PR - 45

Weight stayed the same but this time I monitored my rest periods. For the ‘A’ series it was 60 seconds for the ‘B’ series it was 45. On Friday I will try those rest periods again except for the ‘B’ series, I will shrink that down to 30 since I am not allowed to go up in weight.

The bike ride was pretty mellow but I did that on purpose. Took me about an hour to do the 15 miles but it was my first time back on that bike in 2 months and I didn’t want to push my knee to hard.

Baby steps.

Tomorrow I got HIIT and maybe take the dog to the beach. It is summer after all.

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Meal 1 - 2 scoop Surge

Meal 2 - 2 bananas, 1oz walnuts, 2 scoop Low-Carb Metabolic Drive, 5g fish oil

Meal 3 - 5 buckwheat pancakes, 7oz chicken breast, 5g fish oil

Meal 4 - 6 eggs, broccoli, 5g fish oil

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[quote]Sayjin wrote:
Here is the circuit vid. I only made it about 10min in because I tweaked my back during the sledge swings.

Ladies, feel free to throw your undergarments at the screen, or e-mail nekkid pictures.[/quote]

A few things:

  1. Me thinks you have a bit of an anger problem.
  2. Are you wearing anything other than your hoodie?
  3. I threw my panties at the screen because I thought the answer to 2 was no.
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[quote]Court wrote:
Sayjin wrote:
Here is the circuit vid. I only made it about 10min in because I tweaked my back during the sledge swings.

Ladies, feel free to throw your undergarments at the screen, or e-mail nekkid pictures.

A few things:

  1. Me thinks you have a bit of an anger problem.

  2. Are you wearing anything other than your hoodie?

  3. I threw my panties at the screen because I thought the answer to 2 was no.[/quote]

  4. What what give you that idea?

  5. Do socks count? Hopefully you guys can see that I’m wearing pants in the vid, but if not then I guess it just adds to the ‘wtf’ factor.

  6. Touche! Hopefully they were granny panties, since anything else would make for awkward wearing.

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I just realized that we’re down to the 5 week mark. I’m going to give myself one more week of eating like hell + lifting heavy shit before I clamp down and go all out for the last 4 weeks.

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[quote]Sayjin wrote:
I just realized that we’re down to the 5 week mark. I’m going to give myself one more week of eating like hell + lifting heavy shit before I clamp down and go all out for the last 4 weeks.[/quote]

Actually 6 weeks until my race…which is what I am going for.

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A) Dips
BW+80x1x24

B) 1 arm dumbbell clean and press
5x3 (70lbs - both arms)

C) Pull Through - 4x10

Meal 1 - 2 scoop Surge

Meal 2 - 1/2 cup oats dry, 5oz steak, 5g fish oil

Pre Workout - 2 scoop Surge
Post Workout - 2 scoop Surge, 5g creatine

Meal 3 - 5oz chicken breast, broccoli, 2oz walnuts, 5g fish oil

Meal 4 - 6oz fish, broccoli, 5g fish oil

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HIIT Session:

1 minute run (80% of my sprint)
4 minute walk
= 5 minute sets x 10 = 50 minute session

Knee felt great. Lungs, not so much. And I didn’t have and SWOF with me, man that shit is like lightening in a bottle because I could tell a huge difference between running without that stuff flowing through my body.

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Bartl,

Great article earlier this week, looks like it was a good training experience.

Good work gentlemen, keep it up.

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YEAHHHHH!!!

[quote]Sayjin wrote:

Meal 3 - 5 buckwheat pancakes

[/quote]

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LOL!

Tmoney, you win this thread. Hell, I think you might even win at life as well.

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Training from yesterday:

5 min walk warm-up

Leg/Hip Mobility -
Lunge to Hammy stretch
Lateral lunge to drop step lunge
Reverse Lunge to reach around
Band Walks

Sliding Push-up Variations x 2 sets

A1) Sliding Lunges w/ 35 lb kettleball x 8 reps, 3 sets
A2) Push-up/ Pike Curl combo x 8 reps, 3 sets

B1) Bulgarian Split Squats w/ 35 lb kettleball x 8 reps, 3 sets
B2) Renegade Rows w/ 30 lb DB, 3 sets

C1) Courtney’s Circuit, 96 reps in 121 seconds (sorry court, beat you)

For those that didn’t read the article about training with AC, Courtney’s Circuit (as I have dubbed it) is this:

24 squats
24 lunges (12 each leg)
24 jumping lunges (12 each leg)
24 jumping squats

And boy does it suck! While I didn’t crash to the floor, I was able to manage my way over to a bench, were I sat with my head down and arms resting on my legs for a good 3-4 minutes.

I changed my diet starting today. Its not the no/low carb diet anymore. I went back to my clinic and picked the diet that Thibs drew up for me when I was six weeks out from that race. Here is what I have had so far today:

Meal 1 (8 am)
3 dates
21 BCAA’s

Meal 2 (10:30 am)
1/4 C almonds

Meal 3 (1 pm)
3/4 C oatmeal
2 scoops LCMD

I have also had one scoop of SWOF because I did HIIT before Meal #3. Here is the HIIT session for today:

1:30 sec run
3:30 walk
= 5 min sets x 12 sets = 60 minutes

I got just over 5 miles, around 5.4 according to my digital map. So not to upset about that. With 5 weeks to go and 3 running sessions a week with increase in the running intervals and I plan on extending the sets as well, I think I will be right at 10-12 miles by race week which is what I am gunning for.

As for tomorrow, another session of EDT and a possible ocean swim.

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I remember reading about the circuit in your article. For the circuit, is the 125 seconds the standard for performing this, or just as fast as you can with good form?

How are the jobs treating you so far?

[quote]Bartl wrote:

C1) Courtney’s Circuit, 96 reps in 121 seconds (sorry court, beat you)

For those that didn’t read the article about training with AC, Courtney’s Circuit (as I have dubbed it) is this:

24 squats
24 lunges (12 each leg)
24 jumping lunges (12 each leg)
24 jumping squats
[/quote]

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[quote]Bartl wrote:

C1) Courtney’s Circuit, 96 reps in 121 seconds (sorry court, beat you)
[/quote]

Your medal and trophy are in the mail. If you don’t receive it by the end of the week, call UPS to track it :stuck_out_tongue:

But I like how you’ve named it after me.

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[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
I remember reading about the circuit in your article. For the circuit, is the 125 seconds the standard for performing this, or just as fast as you can with good form?

How are the jobs treating you so far?

Bartl wrote:

C1) Courtney’s Circuit, 96 reps in 121 seconds (sorry court, beat you)

For those that didn’t read the article about training with AC, Courtney’s Circuit (as I have dubbed it) is this:

24 squats
24 lunges (12 each leg)
24 jumping lunges (12 each leg)
24 jumping squats
[/quote]

120 seconds or under is what you are shooting for. the jobs are keeping me busy but I like it. I work a lot but have a good amount of time to myself

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A) Chin ups - BW+70x1x24

B) Rack Pulls - 4x3 (335lbs)

C) Hammer Curls - 4x5 (50lbs)

Today was my last training session until Monday, as I’m getting my mind right in order to make the final push that I’ll need to win this. No more posts from me until Monday.

Yo Bartl, you back home and able to post your weight yet?

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[quote]Sayjin wrote:
LOL!

Tmoney, you win this thread. Hell, I think you might even win at life as well.[/quote]

I don’t know about all that, but I appreciate your vote of confidence.

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[quote]Sayjin wrote:
A) Chin ups - BW+70x1x24

B) Rack Pulls - 4x3 (335lbs)

C) Hammer Curls - 4x5 (50lbs)

Today was my last training session until Monday, as I’m getting my mind right in order to make the final push that I’ll need to win this. No more posts from me until Monday.

Yo Bartl, you back home and able to post your weight yet?[/quote]

I will post tomorrow

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The funny thing about fat people, is that they can’t control themselves from getting fatter. It’s comical working at a winery where there is a snack platter for the guests. It’s full of cheeses, dried fruits and nuts. Most normal people use the cheese to accentuate the wine, where fat people reach their hands in and pull out massive amounts carnage and shovel it in their mouth.

Then go back for more. Again and again.