Physique Clinic discussion for Barti

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Of course, working as a PT in a gym has at least ONE major advantage. You’re gonna have hot chicks all over you every day!

Well, that and you get to use all the equipment for free.

Update on that Bio-oil stuff I told you about:
Been using it for about a week and a half now. I’m not using it for stretch marks, rather acne scars on my face from my teenage years. I have to say, it IS working to an extent. They say that the older the scars the longer you have to use it. My complexion is certainly a lot better, and the skin does seem to have tightened up over my cheeks. I’ll keep using it to the end of the bottle to see what happens. i don’t think it will ever get rid of it completely, but it does seem to be helping a wee bit. It’s quite expensive, but a little does seem to go a long way. I can see the bottle lasting at least a couple of months.

Shame about your knee man! I hope it doesn’t fuck up your triathlon completely. Good luck and best wishes!

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[quote]Zagman wrote:
darwin420 wrote:
Sorry for the quick and dirty image, but I was inspired.

Ha ha, I like that. Nice saying, wonder where it came from.

Bartl, damn fine work; keep it up.[/quote]

I knew it came from someone around here, coz I had just read it that morning. When I make the awesome version, I’ll make sure you’re credited properly.

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[quote]BigDug wrote:
Of course, working as a PT in a gym has at least ONE major advantage. You’re gonna have hot chicks all over you every day!

Well, that and you get to use all the equipment for free.

Update on that Bio-oil stuff I told you about:
Been using it for about a week and a half now. I’m not using it for stretch marks, rather acne scars on my face from my teenage years. I have to say, it IS working to an extent. They say that the older the scars the longer you have to use it. My complexion is certainly a lot better, and the skin does seem to have tightened up over my cheeks. I’ll keep using it to the end of the bottle to see what happens. i don’t think it will ever get rid of it completely, but it does seem to be helping a wee bit. It’s quite expensive, but a little does seem to go a long way. I can see the bottle lasting at least a couple of months.

Shame about your knee man! I hope it doesn’t fuck up your triathlon completely. Good luck and best wishes![/quote]

Thanks for the update bigdug! The knee is feeling better every day and I am hoping it will be fine by race day.

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Hi there,

Haven’t posted in a while but always read your thread…curious by chance if your parents (your dad especially) is overweight at all?

My family is jumping up and down for joy for me about my 67lbs (of course they now know I will be making this a lifestyle change) but I guess we are a bunch of extroverts LOL.

Good job on your progress and I think a bulk will be great for you.

Meechel

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[quote]meechel wrote:
Hi there,

Haven’t posted in a while but always read your thread…curious by chance if your parents (your dad especially) is overweight at all?

My family is jumping up and down for joy for me about my 67lbs (of course they now know I will be making this a lifestyle change) but I guess we are a bunch of extroverts LOL.

Good job on your progress and I think a bulk will be great for you.

Meechel[/quote]

The both would be considered over weight but my dad is pretty normal for a 56 year old who doesn’t ever exercise. My dad doesn’t do shit, eats like shit and still weighs the same. He said he dropped 15 lbs though and he looks good. I mean he has a little beer belly but nothing to outrageous.

My mom on the other hand has me worried. She has gotten bigger since last time I saw her. Her side of the family is full of medical problems, Thyroid especially. She has always been a bigger woman but things are pretty bad right now.

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Here’s something that’s very interesting about top athletes: they mentally play their game or do their sport before they physically do it. Most seem to do this instinctively, but you can train yourself to do it too. Check this out:

In one famous study, a number of basketball players were assigned to different groups. One group practiced shooting free throws, one group only visualized shooting free throws, and another group did neither.

At the end of the study, the group that didn’t practice mentally or physically showed no improvement in the ability to shoot free throws. But the visualization group showed drastic improvement, only slightly less improvement shown by those athletes who actually practiced!

So, for you, during driving times, in the shower, etc. mentally go through your race, visualize yourself doing it, especially in areas where you think you’ll struggle.

Chris, this is undoubtedly one of the most underrated things someone can do. I recall this technique when in college playing football. Having pre-game sessions where we would just sit and visualize how we wanted to perform. In the movie ‘Rocky", Mickey would say “See yourself do right, and you do right.” This couldnt be said any better. I think the body follows where the mind goes, and that transcends in more than just a physique transformation. Some people just need to change their stinkin’ thinkin’. Think better, and you do better. Bartl I hope you take this into consideration. I know your mind is razor sharp with focus, but give some thought as to how you plan to execute your race. The swim, run, and bike. I would bet you a Buffalo nickel (which I dont have) that this will seriously help your performance on game day. Just some random ish to think about.

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[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Here’s something that’s very interesting about top athletes: they mentally play their game or do their sport before they physically do it. Most seem to do this instinctively, but you can train yourself to do it too. Check this out:

In one famous study, a number of basketball players were assigned to different groups. One group practiced shooting free throws, one group only visualized shooting free throws, and another group did neither.

At the end of the study, the group that didn’t practice mentally or physically showed no improvement in the ability to shoot free throws. But the visualization group showed drastic improvement, only slightly less improvement shown by those athletes who actually practiced!

So, for you, during driving times, in the shower, etc. mentally go through your race, visualize yourself doing it, especially in areas where you think you’ll struggle.

Chris, this is undoubtedly one of the most underrated things someone can do. I recall this technique when in college playing football. Having pre-game sessions where we would just sit and visualize how we wanted to perform. In the movie ‘Rocky", Mickey would say “See yourself do right, and you do right.” This couldnt be said any better. I think the body follows where the mind goes, and that transcends in more than just a physique transformation. Some people just need to change their stinkin’ thinkin’. Think better, and you do better. Bartl I hope you take this into consideration. I know your mind is razor sharp with focus, but give some thought as to how you plan to execute your race. The swim, run, and bike. I would bet you a Buffalo nickel (which I dont have) that this will seriously help your performance on game day. Just some random ish to think about.[/quote]

MaximusB, there is never any advice that I will ever turn down, especially when it comes to training. This is my first attempt at a triathlon, so all the things people are saying, I take very seriously. The visualization stuff is something that I have never been good at but I am working on it.

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Hey Bartl, on your knee_
When I had knee issues a few things helped (other than rest).

1 Neoprene sleves with an open circle just on the patella so no pressure was applied.
2 Icin right after exercise.

I was going through a sheiko routine when my knee started acting up. i was a moron and pushed through. By putting ice under my neoprene sleeve right after my last squatting set, even before sitting down or starting to train the bench press, my condition actually improved while doing insane volume of squatting!

And on Icing: If you are like me Ice is a wonder treatment, but do it frequently. Sitting around the house apply icepacks every 15-30minutes for 10-15minutes whenever possible.

Kick ass and heal up man!

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I am going to jump on the visualization band wagon as I have been doing this recently and I can tell you this.

I see myself on stage doing my bb poses, seeing my family/friends in the audience…smelling the tanning oils going on back stage.

I see myself giving Tanji a big hug knowing that I came thru with my promise that I would do a show!

I have done it with other areas of my life too and it is pretty cool to see it play out.

My goal has been to get into 14’s by May 22nd for Vegas (was 22/24 this summer) and I kept seeing myself in the jeans and just knew I would be…tried them on today 27 daus early and they fit!

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Please rest your knee.

Take anti-inflammatories such as Ibuprofen every four hours (make sure you eat something with this).

Rest that knee.

As CT said you aren’t going to improve your times in this week by any noticeable amount but you could definitely make it so you don’t finish or hurt yourself.

I know you’re stubborn as a mule (as am I, sore back, pff stack more weight on the should press!) but I think you know what you should do :slight_smile:

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[quote]ptpoul wrote:
Hey Bartl, on your knee_
When I had knee issues a few things helped (other than rest).

1 Neoprene sleves with an open circle just on the patella so no pressure was applied.
2 Icin right after exercise.

I was going through a sheiko routine when my knee started acting up. i was a moron and pushed through. By putting ice under my neoprene sleeve right after my last squatting set, even before sitting down or starting to train the bench press, my condition actually improved while doing insane volume of squatting!

And on Icing: If you are like me Ice is a wonder treatment, but do it frequently. Sitting around the house apply icepacks every 15-30minutes for 10-15minutes whenever possible.

Kick ass and heal up man![/quote]

Hey Ptpoul, I actually have one of those knee wraps you are talking about but don’t like it at all. I am going to get one without the hole in it as my current one with it doesn’t do shit. My pops(he’s a physical therapist) said that in this case, one without the patela hole would be better for my race.

As for the icing, I have always believed in it. 20 on, 20 off repeat 3 times.

I wish I had an ice bath, that would rule…

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[quote]ozzyaaron wrote:
Please rest your knee.

Take anti-inflammatories such as Ibuprofen every four hours (make sure you eat something with this).

Rest that knee.

As CT said you aren’t going to improve your times in this week by any noticeable amount but you could definitely make it so you don’t finish or hurt yourself.

I know you’re stubborn as a mule (as am I, sore back, pff stack more weight on the should press!) but I think you know what you should do :)[/quote]

I’m glad to see that you ozzies don’t pull punches. Yes I am a stubborn mule and my dad got a kick out of that. Ibuprofen wasn’t doing much, thats why I switched to Aleve which is working much better. The odds of me biking tomorrow aren’t good. If I was a gambling man, I would bet against me riding.

I’m looking forward to lifting though…

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I wanted to tell ya I really like that riding shirt they got you! Medium in clothes is amazing too!

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[quote]meechel wrote:
I wanted to tell ya I really like that riding shirt they got you! Medium in clothes is amazing too![/quote]

Ya, that riding jersey kicks ass!

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I saw few folks riding yesterday when I walked down to the beach and thought Chris looks way better then that (they had ok look but not muscular and pot bellies) LOL.

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Btw the reason I asked about your parents is because with my family one brother responds “keep up the good work” but sometimes will say well I could lose 10-20lbs (He used to be ripped his senior year so he knows what goes into bb)

The other brother ALWAYS says he needs to do something and I give him shit and say yeah right whatever…because I actually gave him a plan and he didn’t follow it so until he gets serious I am blowing him off.

My daughters grammie (ex MIL but still friends) EVERY time she sees me talks about how great I look and then follows it up with yeah I REALLY need to do something…she is very unhealthy and over weight but her daughter (who is working with my coach now also) tells me she has begun to want to make changes for my daughters sake so hopefully she will.

You doing all the work you have will make others feel uncomfortable about their laziness :slight_smile:

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[quote]meechel wrote:
Btw the reason I asked about your parents is because with my family one brother responds “keep up the good work” but sometimes will say well I could lose 10-20lbs (He used to be ripped his senior year so he knows what goes into bb)

The other brother ALWAYS says he needs to do something and I give him shit and say yeah right whatever…because I actually gave him a plan and he didn’t follow it so until he gets serious I am blowing him off.

My daughters grammie (ex MIL but still friends) EVERY time she sees me talks about how great I look and then follows it up with yeah I REALLY need to do something…she is very unhealthy and over weight but her daughter (who is working with my coach now also) tells me she has begun to want to make changes for my daughters sake so hopefully she will.

You doing all the work you have will make others feel uncomfortable about their laziness :)[/quote]

Or uncomfortable because of the weight I have lost. I have started to notice that when people talk to me about it or about training, they are like, “ya but I don’t want to lose weight like you did” and they get all apprehensive about asking me questions.

Prolly the same thing

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I have had 2 relatives ask me to help them with their plans and I absolutely made it clear I won’t unless they are ready to committ.

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I think your PC has been, at least for me, the most educational in terms of carb manipulation and pre-race carb ups. Oddly enough, I stumbled on something similar - low carbs during training and then a major carb up (Good Times burger and fries) pre-race. Once I do this, I then don’t do carbs on race day UNLESS it’s a carb-protein drink like Accelerade. I bet Surge Workout Fuel will be absolute gold for during race nutrition. If I have just carbs, like Gatorade or one of those gels, my blood sugar crashes.

One more tip: On race morning, if you need to pee lots, that means you’re well-hydrated. The porto-johns are very popular on race morning. Some people even pee in their wetsuit right before they swim. I just can’t do that. Something to think about as you’re standing in the water surrounded by other triathletes waiting for that horn to go off.

Good luck.

Sincerely,

MikeTheGuyWhoDoesntPeeInHisWetsuit.

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Here’s one other idea for you if you plan on pursuing fitness training as a career, and this will depend on whether you enjoy you triathlon and plan on continuing or saying to hell with endurance sports you just want to get hyooge. Consider getting certified as a triathlon coach and doing that on the side. A lot of tri coaches just work by Internet, much like the PCs. You won’t get a ton of clients, but the clients you get will generally be motivated.

For instance, on the tri forum where I’m one of the moderators, two examples of people who hired a coach are an OB/GYN doc and a lady who has 5 kids. Both of them are planning on doing an Iron distance this season. Both have done several tris on their own and hired a coach to get them to finish “the” distance. Like they say, they don’t have time to develop their own plans, they don’t have time to ask a bunch of questions about their training plans, and they don’t have time to whine that they can’t do the training. Their coaches tell them to do it, and they do it. Something to keep in the back of your head as you progress in your new career.