Hey Bart congrats on breaking 220. quick question how many grams of protien are you getting in. thanks
[quote]jmkb1 wrote:
Hey Bart congrats on breaking 220. quick question how many grams of protien are you getting in. thanks[/quote]
Thanks my friend! I am not exactly sure how much protein I am getting in but I would assume its right around 250 g’s per day. Give or Take.
Congrats on the loss. I honestly can’t think of anyone better for this clinic, you’ve put in the hard yards and shown everyone that FB’s can become FFB’s.
Absolutely inspiring.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
Congrats on the loss. I honestly can’t think of anyone better for this clinic, you’ve put in the hard yards and shown everyone that FB’s can become FFB’s.
Absolutely inspiring.[/quote]
Thanks a lot Makavali. Comments like these help keep me going.
Hopefully tomorrow I can be under 215!
Bartl -
Damn son… You are really crusing now. I bet you’re on the biggest motivation high right now. You’re doing spectacular. What is your profession? I mean, surfing, hockey, snowboarding. Who has this kind of time?
You’re doing so awesome. Keep it up man.
Hoglover
[quote]HogLover wrote:
Bartl -
Damn son… You are really crusing now. I bet you’re on the biggest motivation high right now. You’re doing spectacular. What is your profession? I mean, surfing, hockey, snowboarding. Who has this kind of time?
You’re doing so awesome. Keep it up man.
Hoglover[/quote]
Hoglover -
Its all about time management. If you notice, I surf during lunch or after work, sometimes as the sun rises. Hockey is done late at night and snowboarding is also done on the weekends.
But ya, I take advantage of my profession. I work as a Financial Advisor for the biggest brokerage firm on the planet. Right now, I am studying a lot and working on setting up a $50 million dollar deal, but that is going to take about 5-6 months and it could all fall through at any minute.
And thanks for the compliment…I am truly fired up to keep this fat loss streak going!
What brokerage firm is that? My father is a financial adviser too. Do you specialize in a particular thing?
My guess for the biggest brokerage firm on the planet is Merrill Lynch. Salomon Smith Barney is also up there but I’m gonna go with Merrill.
Do I win a prize if I’m correct?
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BARTL!!
fella so good for you for killing this challenge.
you are very inspirational.
MikeTheBear wins the guess the bartl employer contest. Congratulations.
I do not have a specialty. The group that I joined inside of Merrill is the biggest group at ML in assets with over 16 billion. We have 6 partners in the Santa Barbara office, 22 in NYC and 16 in London.
I am super lucky to be part of that organization and business group.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
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BARTL!!
fella so good for you for killing this challenge.
you are very inspirational.
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Thanks OctoberGirl!
Hopefully there is someone out there who applied for the next clinic who is reading this that can take something from what I am going through and apply it to their program. That would make me feel inspirational.
I’m not sure if CT answered your running warm-up question or not, but I just usually start with a fast walk, progressing to a slow jog. If you need more warming up, you can add short (< 30 seconds) “pick ups” which are basically easy little sprints. I never stretch before because stretching weakens the muscle. I’m not sure how much of the Pose method you’ve decided to adopt into your running technique, but Romanov gives you lots of drills and exercises that would make for a great warm up.
The run training is very interesting. I think I’ll try it on the treadmill tomorrow. Can’t wait to see what the cycling and swimming will be like.
[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
I’m not sure if CT answered your running warm-up question or not, but I just usually start with a fast walk, progressing to a slow jog. If you need more warming up, you can add short (< 30 seconds) “pick ups” which are basically easy little sprints. I never stretch before because stretching weakens the muscle. I’m not sure how much of the Pose method you’ve decided to adopt into your running technique, but Romanov gives you lots of drills and exercises that would make for a great warm up.
The run training is very interesting. I think I’ll try it on the treadmill tomorrow. Can’t wait to see what the cycling and swimming will be like.[/quote]
Thanks Mike. I have not heard back on the warm-up so I did a version of what you recommended. It was much better today.
What’d you think of the HIIT now that you’ve tried it.
[quote]MikeTheBear wrote:
I’m not sure if CT answered your running warm-up question or not, but I just usually start with a fast walk, progressing to a slow jog. If you need more warming up, you can add short (< 30 seconds) “pick ups” which are basically easy little sprints. I never stretch before because stretching weakens the muscle. I’m not sure how much of the Pose method you’ve decided to adopt into your running technique, but Romanov gives you lots of drills and exercises that would make for a great warm up.
The run training is very interesting. I think I’ll try it on the treadmill tomorrow. Can’t wait to see what the cycling and swimming will be like.[/quote]
The running program is a 12 weeks peaking program for a long-distance run. It subscribe to the Charlie Francis’ school of thought that to be able to go fast for long, you must first be able to go fast!
So during the first phase of the training the intensity is high and the duration of the high intensity portion is gradually increased while the low-intensity portion is decreased. This will fist build a foundation of speed and gradually switch to speed-endurance.
The second phase uses long periods of running at competition pace, divided in two portions which are active rest periods. These along you to maintain a pace slightly higher than competition pace and will build endurance-speed. The length of the active rest periods is gradually decreased.
The third phase is a competition-specific phase of constant pace training.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
MikeTheBear wrote:
I’m not sure if CT answered your running warm-up question or not, but I just usually start with a fast walk, progressing to a slow jog. If you need more warming up, you can add short (< 30 seconds) “pick ups” which are basically easy little sprints. I never stretch before because stretching weakens the muscle. I’m not sure how much of the Pose method you’ve decided to adopt into your running technique, but Romanov gives you lots of drills and exercises that would make for a great warm up.
The run training is very interesting. I think I’ll try it on the treadmill tomorrow. Can’t wait to see what the cycling and swimming will be like.
The running program is a 12 weeks peaking program for a long-distance run. It subscribe to the Charlie Francis’ school of thought that to be able to go fast for long, you must first be able to go fast!
So during the first phase of the training the intensity is high and the duration of the high intensity portion is gradually increased while the low-intensity portion is decreased. This will fist build a foundation of speed and gradually switch to speed-endurance.
The second phase uses long periods of running at competition pace, divided in two portions which are active rest periods. These along you to maintain a pace slightly higher than competition pace and will build endurance-speed. The length of the active rest periods is gradually decreased.
The third phase is a competition-specific phase of constant pace training.[/quote]
Sounds like you plan on having me kick some major ass in this competition.
Nice work so far, your progress is ridick!!! Keep rollin man.
Nice beard also.
High five for facial hair.
I thought Charlie Francis worked only with sprinters. I think the plan is the right way to go. I like the idea of building speed and distance at the same time.
I tried this on a treadmill but it just turned into a regular interval session. For some reason, my body only knows two speeds on a treadmill - run fast or walk. I can’t hold a slower but steadier pace on a treadmill; it’s actually easier to run at a steady pace when running for real. I’ll need to try this while running for real.
[quote]Bartl wrote:
Sounds like you plan on having me kick some major ass in this competition. [/quote]
I don’t want to get your hopes up too high but you may just have an outside shot at placing. Tris are done by age groups and the under 30 age group is not super competitive. Don’t get me wrong - there are some fast folks in those groups, but it seems like many 20-somethings are more interested in getting dates than racing. Mid-30s and above are very competitive, and some of the times that the 50+ crowd puts up are impressive.
bartl, great transformation so far; very inspiring + (really) incredible results.
i was looking at the other two who are trying to lose weight and also thinking from personal experience (lost close to 50#s in 3 months) and I think there are two things that set you apart and account for the rapid fat loss: the first (minor) one is your athletic background, which helps in terms (possibly) muscle memory and relatively quick recovery.
The second one, and I think this is the major one, is your activity level outside of the program. If anybody is following your log, they’ll notice that you do a lot outside the gym - hockey, snowboarding, surfing etc - intense stuff, too. I feel like these contribute a lot and you wouldn’t be at the 40# (wait, it’s for 45 now right?) mark at without them.
I think it’s also a good lesson to those of us who are scared of extra activity because they don’t want to “lose muscle.” Muscle loss doesn’t seem be that big of a problem when your diet and training is in check like this. I’m sure there could be metabolism/genetics explanations here but I feel like these two, especially the extra activity, are the main ones.
I’m sure you’ll be down to 200 soon and will be looking good.
Just keep up the good work. Very, very impressive so far.
I know CT is your coach and I don’t mean to steal his thunder, but I highly recommend you implement the following routine into your triathlon training to prepare yourself for what will happen during the mass swim start. I can help. Just let me know when and where and I’ll show up with my boat and paddles. 
