1/13/11 day 11/21
weighed 291
walked 30 min
hindu squat 22
flossed
blew diet, had a candybar at nite job, 1 meal bad (49/55)
Did not squat. too much work for me to take lunch. i have a lunch date with my mom today, so if I squat at all this week, it will be over the weekend.
Good news on the knee, good work on everything else.
Not sure where you’re at in Utah but I was looking at the Highland Games calendar and there’s a lot of games in Draper, Utah. Near you?
[quote]hel320 wrote:
Not sure where you’re at in Utah but I was looking at the Highland Games calendar and there’s a lot of games in Draper, Utah. Near you? [/quote]
Yes, that is about 3 miles from where I work and 20 miles from my house. That is the Sons of Scotland Lifting and Throwing Club. We have our first event of the season on feb 5, its a grip contest, so its not on that calendar. But our field is in Draper, and most weekends if there is not a games associated with a festival that weekend, Jeff has a games in Draper.
I went to 2 of the lifting events and one throwing event at the field, and 2 other throwing events last year. I am going to see how many of the events I can make it to this year. There are a total of 15 events in Draper this year, half of them throwing and half lifting.
I am really hoping to throw my ass of this summer. I can’t wait!
1/14/11 day 12/21
weighed 291
walked 15 min x 2
hindu squat 28
flossed
stayed on diet (54/60)
still mad that I missed squatting this week
1/15/11 day 13/21
walked 30 min
hindu squat 35
pushed car 15 yards x16
flossed
stayed on diet (59/65)
still mad that I missed squatting this week, but hoping sunday I can make it up.
by the time I was finished car pushing, my knee was hurting a little but I stretched my IT band and it went away. nice. Both the knee and the hip appear to be coming along nicely, so the program is working for that. Also glad to be upping the volume on the car pushing. As soon as I can do 30 pushes, I will start pushing harder and longer.
Back to 90%. Nice. I can’t wait either. Just wish Jeff’s field was closer.
Harry, my last games were in Draper. Nice little setup in Jeff Loosle’s backyard. However, we don’t throw caber there. Not sure if its because of limited space or that Jeff simply doesn’t like caber.
I think sticking to a diet is tougher than sticking to a training routine, so nice work on the diet MJ.
2 questions for you,
How does the car pushing work?, do you have someone sit in the car or do you have to rush round to pull on the handbrake when you’re done? I have this image of the car rolling forward and you being too tired to catch up with it to apply the brake.
And how are you stretching your IT band? I have knee pain too from time to time, my cartilage is fine apparently, so I think it’s a knee cap tracking issue. From what I’ve read I either I have a weak VMO or a tight IT band. I think my VMO is fine so I’m interested in how the stretches help your knee pain.
Thanks.
Once car pushing gets easy, you can progress to semi pushing. Yeah, how exactly does car pushing work anyway?
Brett and snapperinio, its a 96 subaru outback, so it only weighs 40 lbs anyways. but when you turn the key and take it out, it locks the steering wheel, so you don’t have to worry about veering off. I do this in a park that has a road that goes around the outside. the parking is all 45 degrees, and every 40 yards or so the curb comes out half a car-length to accomadate a tree. I push between those so that the car will hit the curb if it gets away from me.
Its not 100% flat where I push, so 1 direction is easier than the other, but I am usually gassed enough by the end of the push that the car and I are decelerating. At any rate, the car usually stops of its own accord before I can get around to stop it. Works for now.
Brett, stretching the IT band turns out to be very simple. standing completely erect, with the help of a wall, pull your toes up as high as you can and stand on your heels for 1 minute. Then do a toe raise and hold that for 1 minute. its important that you not bend over. I was very surprised at how well this works for me.
Instead of a heavier car, I’ll just start pushing mine with the parking brake engaged 1 click
1/16/11 day 14/21
did not walk
293
hindu squat 25
flossed
ate cookies, 2 meals off (62/70)
still mad that I missed squatting this week, did not make it up on sunday, although the temperature in the Lab reached nearly 45 degrees.
i am a little disappointed by the weight gain, but not much. I really think its because I’m dehydrated and things arent moving through. You really wanted to know that, didn’t you?
have to go to the night job early tonight, so no lifties today. will finally get my squats tomorrow.
don’t let a little weight gain derail you. diet harder:)
maybe you posted it but what is your diet looking like?
Dieting is WAY harder than training. It’s far easier to go a thrown around heavy plates for an hour a day, than it is to manage what you eat 24 hours a day, every damned day.
Kudos to you for clawing your way up to 90%.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Dieting is WAY harder than training. It’s far easier to go a thrown around heavy plates for an hour a day, than it is to manage what you eat 24 hours a day, every damned day.
Kudos to you for clawing your way up to 90%.[/quote]
That depends on what level you are at. Actually figuring out the logistics of what is going to get you stronger, especially once you are at a higher level, and then nutting up and following through with it, to me is much harder then sticking to eating what you are supposed to.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
don’t let a little weight gain derail you. diet harder:)
maybe you posted it but what is your diet looking like? [/quote]
Pete, I am trying to stay “paleo”, with emphasis on lots of veggies. anytime i have anything with refined sugar or flour i consider that cheating. bfast is a shake w/75g protein and a cup of berries and a cup of plain yogurt so that the berries don’t turn me into a farting machine. throughout the day I have 3 meals of 2 cups veggies with 4 oz chicken (3 meals = 100g protein), then I have another shake with 75g protein at night. trying to keep the protein at 250g, which seems to support strength gain for me. The hard part for me is keeping the veggies up. lots of veggies helps the arthritis quite a bit.
pretty simple, and i feel pretty good physically when i can stick to it.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Dieting is WAY harder than training. It’s far easier to go a thrown around heavy plates for an hour a day, than it is to manage what you eat 24 hours a day, every damned day.
Kudos to you for clawing your way up to 90%.[/quote]
That depends on what level you are at. Actually figuring out the logistics of what is going to get you stronger, especially once you are at a higher level, and then nutting up and following through with it, to me is much harder then sticking to eating what you are supposed to. [/quote]
I agree with both of y’all.
I agree with Canada because I am a perpetual fatboy, emotional eater, and food addict. staying strict on a diet is pretty much the hardest thing in the world for me. I love lifting, and I’d do it every day if I could, but staying strict on the diet, not so much.
On the other hand, programming when you are at a high level of strength already like Pete is, has got to be some pretty complicated stuff, especially when you throw in learning the gear, etc. And watching Pete’s log, and call me out if I’m wrong, Pete seems to be someone that diets well when its important to him.
I think this is a highly individual thing. for me, being an addict, dieting will always be harder. But if I ever hit Pete’s level of strength, I can see programming take much more of my attention.
My problem is that regardless of how important it is to me, dieting is hard, because I really want to be sitting in my car eating a half gallon of ice cream trying to figure out which of my neighbors are aliens. you can only tell this when you are eating ice cream. or donuts.
That sounds like a pretty strict diet, good on you for sticking to it even if you “cheat” every now and then.
1/17/11 day 15/21
walked 15 min
293
hindu squat 35
flossed
solid on diet (67/75)
knee and hip continue to improve a teensy bit every day.
i will squat today for lunch, even if the world ends.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
That sounds like a pretty strict diet, good on you for sticking to it even if you “cheat” every now and then.[/quote]
thanks Joe. semper fidelis
diet looks good. flour is the devil. amazing how crappy I feel just by eating bread/baked goods of nearly any kind.