I will consider it . I do want to graduate to the next level spring in the new year. I am on course for that.
I could add the twister in on the evening of upperbody day. It will suffer a little but it does not always work out badly.
Once I bend the 100 goal . Maintaining it as I drop more weight is also a goal.
I cannot even find my captains of crush now.
Keep in mind that every action and decision is an opportunity cost. A twister workout is time that could have been spent doing a conditioning workout, or prepping a meal.
And I donāt say this to be a tyrant. I think having many goals are cool. But the current goal of losing 3lbs a week for 30 weeks is a VERY aggressive goal, and in times like that, I find a laser focus is required.
When I had to add 75lbs to my keg press in 12 weeks, I LIVED keg pressing. I ate, slept, trained, and dreamed keg pressing. My bodyweight climbed, my waistline expanded, my eating habits were insane, and I didnāt care about any of it because I couldnāt let anything else matter during that time. I actually ended up changing my body shape so much I could no longer hold a squat bar on my back in the same spot as before.
And when I reached my goal, I put the keg away and focused on new goals.
Thanks . Punisher.
I get it. It is just doing the 100 gold as a middleweight or perhaps lightweight is a much bigger ask again. It is the domain of very large men generally 300 lb or good armwrestlers. Not that I aspire to be an armwrestler . There are a lot of Chinese lightweights, well some that can do it.
Also I have a lot of free time at the moment. I just pass tools generally for the house renovations.
So I train 3/4 days per week in the morning and walk for an hour and 40 mins for 10,000 steps.
That sounds like a good problem to have.
So easy to forget this and I also need the reminder myself - glad you dropped this in here even just for me!
Happy to do so dude! Itās why I gravitate toward such insane training: it creates purpose and really cuts away the stuff that doesnāt matter.
If youāre just going to the gym and busting out sets, your life can be chaos. Iāll stay out late this night, eat fast food for these meals, not stay hydrated, etc.
If you have 48 hours to add 5lbs to your 20 rep breathing squat, suddenly, life has direction. Everything you do is vectored toward a goal. It comes back ābeing that which doesā.
And even when the training becomes less nutty and the goal switches to fat loss itās easy to ālive fat lossā. I now āthink lighterā, I experience hunger and think āgood: this is what losing fat feels likeā, I play games where I see how far I can stretch out time between meals, etc.
A purposeful existence. Everything done with intent.
Ruthless prioritization in the fanciful business world. Itās absolutely the way to go, but since everything āworksā itās super easy to lose sight of in fitnessā¦ thatās when training becomes exercising. I am super guilty of this because I donāt compete. Youāve found ways to drop competitions into your life even when not competing. A Delta guy I used to know would always say āthere are no advanced techniques; just the basics done really wellā - your mastery of this concept tends to gift me timely reminders.
Anyway, @decimation, I hope Iām not hijacking. This is just a critical point and a great reminder for me, because I let myself slip here too. I donāt think any of it is complex, which is actually a lot of the reason we fail to change. Itās easy to add a little of this and a sprinkle of that, but then weāre left with my kidsā mud pie instead of the gourmet recipe with which we started. I absolutely think if you want to lose 90 lbs, lose 90 lbs; donāt give yourself a failure opportunity to blame.
Morning weight 18.3.2 255 lb two pound difference between evening and morning weight.
Chicken trimmings and frozen vegetables mix - more brocolli in this one. 21.5 g per 100 g or quarter of pack
11.30 am 3 egg plus protein scoop omelette.
Circa 300 cal.
20 g protein from eggs
25g from shake
2 Brazil nuts
Handful of almonds 6 g protein
300 cal
Half a bought quiche 600 cal
Not good I know
Protein 21.2 g
1200 cals so far
11,356 steps left hip hurts slightly
1,038 cals according to watch
Powertwister
90 gold X plus 4.75 kg assistance X 8 reps . Awkward set up plates too thick. So too far away from body.
Aldi fajita 2 wraps 320 cal approx according to my fitness pal
About 15,00-1600 cals for day including drinks
Plus one small banana
Breakfast 1/3 chicken trimmings pack and large helping of frozen vegetables mix
Cup of coffee with milk
Approx 350 cals
Tin of spicy chilli mackerel princes Sainsburyās
A little over 300 cal for 120 g
Plus half a packet of mexican flavoured rice
Sainsburyās
227.
530 cal approx plus small amount of frozen vegetables
Bought options hot chocolate low cal hot chocolate plus white chocolate. Hopefully this will give me a bit of variety.
1 choco mint options hot chocolate
39 cals but nearly 5 g of sugar per cup
Mexican rice with chicken 350 cal
2 small pieces of pepperoni pizza
Circa 350 cals 1/4 of pizza or less
( Very disappointed in myself) - family cooking and succumbed to it )
Chicken 100 call plus 150 cal of stir fry
Around 1700 cals not too bad.
10,000 + steps.
Morning weight 18 stone 3
Breakfast breaded chicken goujons
Large bowl of vegetables
3 egg protein omelette
Syrup plus half a punnet of blueberries.
Powertwister 90 gold with 4.75 kg assistance X 9 1/2 reps ā¦I used thinner plates which worked better, as it allowed me to bend closer to my body.
Will get back to metcon for muscle Monday .
6,000 steps so far. Will do at least 4,000 more after England Vs France soccer world cup quarter final.
Well done to Morocco for knocking out Portugal.
Lamb curry Rogan Josh 2 helpings large bowl of vegetables
England were unlucky to lose to France
Powertwister isohold with 90 gold plus a single a few minutes later.
Will try to get walking done before bed
Ha 10,000 steps dons . 22.52 pm
EVENING WEIGHT 18 STONE 6.0
Morning weight - 18 3.4
255lb
Breakfast
Half packet basmati rice 162
Tin of mackerel in spirachi sauce 220 cal
382 cal
Morning workout.
Could not be bothered but pushed myself to go to gym.
Double clean and push press with dumbbells
10s , 20s a few , 32kg X2 , 34 kg X 2 ( more of a press with a little help at start PB
Failed to clean 36 kg DBs but close.
CT workout is paying dividends. I think it is the DBs farmers walk for time. My grip is more relaxed which allows me to relax the arms.
Did curls - 10s X 10 reps each arm , 14 , 16 ,18
Then 20 X 6 each arm reps getting bad towards end
DB deadlift fatgripz. 30 , 40 kg X 1 equals my PB
Got 42 kg moving but failed. Have relatively short fingers so I struggle with thicket grips.
Going back to Workout 1 of METCON FOR MUSCLE TOMORROW
ADHERENCE HAD NOT BEEN FULL BUT ITS WORKING FOR ME.
1/2 packet of rice, vegetables and small amount of leftover lamb
Cooked 1 banana and blueberries with zero calorie syrup.
Lamb leftovers in gravy small bowl
Getting some foot pain which feels like plantar fascitis.
Reducing steps to 6,000
Will add hand bike for rest
Baked apple fritters in the air fryer . Sprinkled on mixed spice.
Ate big bowl of apple fritters with mixed spice.
Maybe 300 cal 3 apples
High an Aldis Lasagne 600 ish cal
At least 2000 cal today
Lean chicken fillet
Will get back to being more frugal tomorrow.
Just checked my software . I have gone from 125kg to 115.6 . So very nearly lost 10 kg . Donāt appear to have lost any strength either.
I will have to curtail some of the walking . Perhaps split it up with the bike and upperbody ergometer.
I believe this is my fourth week. Roughly 5 lb per week average.
Morning weight 18 stone 2:
254lb I think
Chicken fillet in 2 pieces of toast
1 banana
Chicken fillet with 1 piece of toast
3 white hot chocolates 120 cal
2 burgers 500
1/2 pack of spicy chicken chunks 400 cal
2 small pieces of apple cake ? Maybe 500
2000 cal for day
What happened today?
I knowā¦I will be back on track tomorrow. Had a tough day. Made some mistakes.
Going to do my walking. Will get Monday workout in tomorrow.
Let someone else do the cooking againā¦I could have said no though.
Not resting on my laurels.
In those situations, portion control can be a savior.
Someone else is cooking and theyāre making burgers? Cool: Iāll have half of one.
Cake is on the menu? Iāll have a bite, sure.
The poison is often in the dosage.
I could have had one burger yeah . The cake was my choice. They were small pieces but still.
Just got some more lean chicken and a homemade chilli out of the freezer for tomorrow too.
When I donāt prepare, itās easier to make bad choices.
still a deficit.
bad day for me is 4-8k calories and please donāt let it bleed into the next day
Thanks yes itās still a big deficit. My maintenance calories were 3 250. Bit less now.
I will try harder tomorrow.
Donāt get it really . I was not even hungry.
I did feel drawn to chocolate today too.
Breakfast mackerel two small pieces of toast
2 cups of coffee with milk
12.00 3 egg omelette with protein
Half a punnet of blackberries
1 coffee
3 low calories white hot chocolate 120 cal
2 bowls of Bolognese mincemeat
1 beef burger
Baked beans.
Full now.
Cup of coffee
Powertwister 90 gold X 4 unassisted.
PB
Steps 5 600
Evening weight 18 stone 5.2
Breakfast
Two small pieces of bread plus leftover beefburger from yesterday
2 instant coffees with milk
3 egg protein shake omelette zero calorie syrup
Bowl of vegetables with tin of mackerel
Struggling to get to the gym.
I may have to switch to bw exercises with weighted vest for a while. Car is back in service though so I might be ok . 4 days a week is hard to do.
Chins are becoming more feasible, as I lose weight.
Getting some OL dumbbell for Christmas, so I should have enough plates for single dB work. Possibly a bit cumbersome due to size of plates but no Biggie.
Might try to get my barbell back in action for rows and presses. I donāt have the set up to DL or squat right now.
I prefer DBs for the presses as I can do them properly.
82.5 kg rows on cheap standard bar
Very strict no chalk or straps
5 sets of 8-10
Much harder than I thought it would be .
Usually use 100 kg of olā bar but with straps.
Most I have done is 140kg for about 5 non strict
Used to do lots of rowing.
2 sliced of bread with margarine
2 slices of bread with small amount of cheddar cheese
Small amount of lasagne and lentil curry
Around 2000 for day
5000 steps
Midnight snack 2 slices of bread and small amount of cheese
