JJ, hope your New Years was fun. This workout looks good. At 238 you’re still a light weight.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
JJ, hope your New Years was fun. This workout looks good. At 238 you’re still a light weight.[/quote]
I agree. I’d be amped to be down to 238! Although, I am targeting 245#.
Jack, that is an awesome log name! Even if it isn’t true.
I was 237 the other day. What’s the problem? Start wearing dresses, I mean kilts.
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
JJ, hope your New Years was fun. This workout looks good. At 238 you’re still a light weight.[/quote]
I agree. I’d be amped to be down to 238! Although, I am targeting 245#.
Jack, that is an awesome log name! Even if it isn’t true.[/quote]
You’re a natural 260+. You just need to move what you’ve already got around to other parts.
If you think your frame can handle it, of course…
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
JJ, hope your New Years was fun. This workout looks good. At 238 you’re still a light weight.[/quote]
I agree. I’d be amped to be down to 238! Although, I am targeting 245#.
Jack, that is an awesome log name! Even if it isn’t true.[/quote]
You’re a natural 260+. You just need to move what you’ve already got around to other parts.
If you think your frame can handle it, of course…[/quote]
Maybe… But if I got down to your level of body fat, I would weigh somewhere around 235-240…maybe. I’d settle for 250, as long as the pants still fit and the BP is in check.
Oh, MY frame can handle it…no problem!
I am sure you can pick up an ab lounge on the cheap in a post-holiday sale. (Either that one one of those electric-shock belts, so you can work on your six pack while eating french toast.) Seriously, it is time to bust out some complexes or burpees.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Notes: Well, I went and weighed myself Yesterday and I hit a shocking 238. That is 20 lbs. heavier than I weighed in at on Dec. 5. That’s .75 lbs. a day! I can barely get my belt to close, and I am busting out of my fat pants. Also, my mobility is terrible. Its time to nip this shit in the bud. I guess I went hog-wild during Smolov and now its time to pay the piper. I’m not exactly sure what I am going to do just yet, but I will have a plan in place by Saturday. Fuck.
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That’s pretty darn epic.
I suggest some complexes:
Because you don’t strike me as a treadmill/elliptical sort of guy. 
Smolov makes you gain weight? Hmmmmmm…
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Smolov makes you gain weight? Hmmmmmm…[/quote]
I’m guessing it was Smolov + a shit-ton of food.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
I was 237 the other day. What’s the problem? Start wearing dresses, I mean kilts. [/quote]
Hel, if I was 9 feet tall like you, I’d feel pretty good about 237. And I probably would also look good in a dress.
Keep your Cals up but lower your Carbs to under 250 a day to start and just walk easy on the treadmill for a month(3-4 times a week) to get a base before going crazy on the complexes/HIT cardio stuff. You will thank me later.
I think your good for atleast a 425 sqaut easy-breezey=lemon-squeezy!!
word to the wise keep your weight up get your max then start your body re-comp.
Rick
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Smolov makes you gain weight? Hmmmmmm…[/quote]
I’m guessing it was Smolov + a shit-ton of food. [/quote]
Every squat session was followed by an ice cream session when I did Smolov Base. It was the only way I could comfort myself. Think I gained 5lbs, mostly bloat though.
yeah, I’ve given up on all things cardio and weightloss. I’m going to eat a lot, stay relatively clean, and just see where my body decides to level off at. If I go over 275, I’ll start looking at carb restriction a bit. (because I’ll be damned if I’m gonna lift in the 308 class!)
Looking great, jjack!
Nice work.
Ill go on a limb and agree with fisher, that you cant jump into a conditioning bloc
full bore.
I almost think with some big lifting you kind of have to eat big,as in real big.
It might just need a little refining.
nice work on all that squatting.
I heard smoking helps with weight loss. 2-3 packs a day to start and work up from there.
Lots of good fat-loss advice, but I think Steve’s advice is the most supported by science.
Rick, point well taken. Also, I have a number in mind, but I am going to play it by ear and see how I feel Thursday. And I am not going to go off the deep end with anything until after Thursday.
FF, I don’t think people would believe how much ice cream–and everything else–I plowed through the last month. I would have made Dave Tate proud.
GPP: Walked dogs down and up big-ass hill and around valley, 1 hour.
Notes: I am leaning towards going back to a version of 5-3-1, but I am still undecided. I also may just go completely off the reservation.
OHP/Junk Day
OHP: 45 x20, 90 x10, 135 x10, 165 x 3, 3, 3, 135 x10.
Dips: BW x 10, 10, 10, 10, 10
Circuit:
Pushups (feet elevated on bench): 15, 15, 15
Australian Pull ups (feet elevated on bench): 15, 15, 12
DB Hammer Curls (30s): 10, 10, 10
Notes: Dips and BW stuff was harder than I remember. Also, this is the first time I have done any sort of curl variation since around May. So even the light weight felt heavy. But I got some blood flowing in my chest and arms, so whatever.
Nice job on the weight PR buddy. Now you are nearly man sized:) You should be a bit uglier too, which as we have scientifically determined here in the forum = more strength. good louck on the squat tomorrow.
I think I have managed = weight gains, in fact I am pretty sure I added 15 lbs in the 48 hours after my last meet. fish and chips, lots of beer, pizza, whiskey, etc. Followed in the a.m. with greasy hash browns, bacon, eggs and bloody marys.
Fischer’s notes on the body recomp are right on, BTW.
Thanks, Pete, I got the ugly part covered, and I am not looking for a six-pack, mind you, but when I have to resort running through every exercise in Kevin’s mobility thread to wipe my own ass without assistance, its time to rein in the calories a bit.
I fully understand. As soon as I hit the point where I am gasping for breath just tying my shoes I put myself on a diet and up the cardio. I never hit any strength loss dieting until I get around 250, or simply have been doing it too long. My problem is even when I was younger and leaner I got so used to eating every two hours to get big, now when I am not dieting or keeping the cardio high and I eat every two hours, but it’s crap, I can really back on the fat in a hurry. Right now to compensate from a lot of bad indulgences over the last month I am cutting carbs after six and trying to add some more cardio in as the toddler will allow. Should be simple, but we shall see.