@duketheslaya Health was the primary reason I stopped eating plants. My guts were absolutely destroyed from years of eating them, with 5-6 bloody bowel movements a day being pretty standard for me. I needed to make a serious change, so I effectively hit the reset button and built from the ground up. Funny enough, it was the Velocity Diet that was pretty pivotal to that reset, as it really broke all my paradigms and gave me a chance to just have less “stuff” in my guts, and from there it just kept evolving to where I am right now.
I haven’t had a high carb diet since like the early 2000s. I’ve always gravitated toward low carb, but I was still eating a lot of plants when I did that, and still wasn’t feeling great as a result. In that regard, eliminating plants only improve my energy levels, as my digestion improved and I had less “noise” in my body compared to signal. That said, I genuinely don’t know if I ever get into ketosis, as I don’t make a concentrated effort to having a fat to protein ratio that supports it. If I do, I imagine it’s a shallow state of it, and I’m frequently bumping in and out of it.
I train fasted, so really, food has minimal impact on my energy levels. I never feel lacking for energy. I know that, if I were to consume carbs, I’d have MORE energy, but I don’t see that as any different compared to if I were to consume a stimulant as well. And in the same regard, with a diet without plants, my energy levels just remain stable and consistent through out the day: no spikes and crashes.
@wiseman83 Glad you enjoyed it dude! I’ve never gotten genetic testing: I honestly don’t trust a private company to have my genetic code. However, my theory is that I come from a genetic stock that handles animal well. I was thinking about it the other day, how, just going purely off a “what my body craves” perspective, ever since I was young, I’ve wanted fatty meats. I had bacon on my mom’s family farm that blow my 4 year old mind, I’ve always loved burgers, ribs, steaks, etc, and my last week’s breakfast of rib fingers, clocking in at almost exactly a 1:1 ratio of fat to protein, just felt “right” with each bite. I can appreciate that carbs are yummy, but my body definitely prioritizes fatty meat over carbs.
AM WORKOUT (0510 wake up via Valkyrie’s alarm)
BRIDGE WEEK
22 minutes low intensity rower
Notes:
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It’s so hard to not push harder, as I’m so used to doing so, but this week is accomplishing exactly what it needs to. My body really feels incredible. Which has a 2 part benefit, as for one, I’ll feel great for my competition, but secondly, it’s good to know that the only reason I was feeling so beat up and hurt was because I was pushing myself too hard and needed rest. I’m at the age where it’s hard to determine what pain is from training and what pain is just something I have to live with. Bridge weeks are good, and this is a sure sign that it’s time to move away from Operator and onto Mass/Specificity so I can reduce the loads. However, it also means I was most likely pushing too hard on Operator in general: it shouldn’t be beating me up. I think, moving forward, if I prioritize the SSB, I’ll do so with a reduced volume approach to Operator: 3 work sets vs 5. Save the higher work sets for front squats or buffalo bar squat.
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22 minutes was the duration of a Futurama episode. I have @TrainForPain to thank for that idea.
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Weighed in at 81.8 post workout. I’m not sweating much for these workouts, so those weigh ins bode well.
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Tang Soo Do sparring night tonight. Have to make sure to avoid getting some sort of stupid injury from this.
