In that second deadlift video it looks like you’re holding your breathe.
[quote]siodine wrote:
In that second deadlift video it looks like you’re holding your breathe.[/quote]
I do hold my breath at the beginning of just about every concentric part of most lifts. I breath into the belly and brace my abs/lower back tight, then breath out at or towards the top.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
Next time, please, be the first one to say it! 
Really, I won’t feel insulted and I appreciate any advice.
Thanks for the feedback.[/quote]
Sorry, I’m not a professional trainer nor do I have a rep on this forum yet, so I’m trying not to open my big mouth and say something stupid.
Keep up the good work; you’re making good progress and you really do have a really strong back going there.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
siodine wrote:
In that second deadlift video it looks like you’re holding your breathe.
I do hold my breath at the beginning of just about every concentric part of most lifts. I breath into the belly and brace my abs/lower back tight, then breath out at or towards the top.[/quote]
You are looking good SWR – the workouts are coming along. How is the nutrition end of things going?
[quote]firebug9 wrote:
SWR-1240 wrote:
siodine wrote:
In that second deadlift video it looks like you’re holding your breathe.
I do hold my breath at the beginning of just about every concentric part of most lifts. I breath into the belly and brace my abs/lower back tight, then breath out at or towards the top.
You are looking good SWR – the workouts are coming along. How is the nutrition end of things going?[/quote]
Last Thursday and Friday were great (but not so good for my diet).
Umm, I’ll keep the details to myself, but I will say that the calories were high, but not pigging out high.
I have since returned to my usual. Today was a serving of whole wheat spaghetti, some strawberries, fat-free cheese and Whey protein.
Then light yogurt with strawberries and 2 scoops of protein powder mixed in.
Then 6oz of 97% lean ground beef, fat-free cheese, and salsa and mustard on top, with an ounce of cashews.
Today’s workout:
A) Close grip Bench, work to 6RM, then 3RM
135 (6), 185 (6), 225 (6), 245 (3), 255 (2)
B) Close grip bench off pins, set at weak point (9th hole) work to 6RM
185 (6), 205 (6), 225 (6)
C1) Skull Crushers
95 (10, 10, 10)
C2) Cable Tri Push downs (used machine with an extra pulley, so the weight is a lot lighter)
100 (10, 10, 10)
D1) EZ bar Curls
85 (10, 10, 7)
D2 DB curls
20 (10, 10, 7)
Cardio 35 minutes. 3MPH 12 incline for 15 min.; 3MPH 12.5 incline for 5 min.; 3.2MPH 12.5 incline for last 15 min.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
Today’s workout:
A) Close grip Bench, work to 6RM, then 3RM
135 (6), 185 (6), 225 (6), 245 (3), 255 (2)
B) Close grip bench off pins, set at weak point (9th hole) work to 6RM
185 (6), 205 (6), 225 (6)
C1) Skull Crushers
95 (10, 10, 10)
C2) Cable Tri Push downs (used machine with an extra pulley, so the weight is a lot lighter)
100 (10, 10, 10)
D1) EZ bar Curls
85 (10, 10, 7)
D2 DB curls
20 (10, 10, 7)
Cardio 35 minutes. 3MPH 12 incline for 15 min.; 3MPH 12.5 incline for 5 min.; 3.2MPH 12.5 incline for last 15 min.
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Still working with higher reps eh? Looks like a good tri workout.
great job are you using Surge post work out?
[quote]firebug9 wrote:
Still working with higher reps eh? Looks like a good tri workout.
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Yup, I liked going heavy again for tris and then finishing up the workout with higher reps. They were sore again for the first time in a while, so I think that’s a good thing considering my arms are one of my weak points.
[quote]brunottfn wrote:
great job are you using Surge post work out?[/quote]
Yup. I drink 1 scoop of Surge with 1 scoop of Whey protein in 16oz of water, and 4 BCAA pills just before my workout, then 4 more BCAA pills during my workout, then another scoop of Surge with 4 more BCAA pills and Creatine post-workout.
Well, it’s official. I will start a new routine tomorrow.
No, it’s not that I changed my mind yet again, and I’m trying another cookie cutter routine. And no, I’m not taking a stab at setting up my own routine from the top of my own head…
I’m officially being trained by Christian Thibaudeau!
I had some trouble convincing the wife to spend the money. I actually already contacted Nate Green and CT for a price quote about a month ago and my wife convinced me that saving for a house down payment was more important. Well, I convinced her that we’ll still be able to make a good down payment and still be able to afford training.
I think I would get great results from either Nate or Christian. I picked CT because I’ve done a few of his routines before, and we have come from similar training backgrounds.
I start tomorrow with the goal of finishing my fat-loss goals and training for powerlifting. I’ve been telling myself I would get in a PL meet for ages now, and always find an excuse not to.
Well, that will all change now. I didn’t trust myself to figure out how to train and what to eat, so I’m really excited to have CT giving me the quality training that I need to get to the next level.
I’m going grocery shopping later this evening and I will go to sleep early to get ready for a beating in the gym tomorrow.
Ok – I know I was gone a couple of days – But where have you been? You start a new routine and all posting stops? Are you keeping to your diet and goals? Enquiring minds want to Know…
Hey SWR,
I am wondering if you have trouble sticking with the diet? If so, how do you cope? I have been at the diet since August, and frankly I am sick of it. I was balls to the wall for almost all of it up until about a week ago. I am finding it more and more difficult to keep eating such tasteless crap, getting the food ready, etc.
It is a bazillion times easier for me to leave the house without 5 meals, and grab some tasty food from a local lunch place. Constantly eating has become laborious as well. I have always had trouble sticking to a bodybuilding diet for the long term.
Oh, and I find myself wanting a dam drink of alcohol also. Ok, “a” drink is cutting it short. I want lots of drinks.
Firebur9, good question. I’m interested in knowing if he has had to increase calories with the new workout or if what he has been doing is still working for him.
I don’t want any workout info (other than how sore he feels) since he is paying for the program, but it would be nice to keep up with his diet and goals.
Come on, SWR, your ‘fans’ are waiting for your input.
Arioch
(yeah, well, maybe I am bored at work)
[quote]firebug9 wrote:
Ok – I know I was gone a couple of days – But where have you been? You start a new routine and all posting stops? Are you keeping to your diet and goals? Enquiring minds want to Know…[/quote]
Yea, I know. I haven’t posted much at all anywhere on this site, which is highly unusual for me.
I’ve been getting out of work late, then making sure I get to the gym 5 days a week.
If I wasn’t paying CT for a routine, I’d probably have skipped a few workouts by now with the way my schedule has been, but I’m really glad I haven’t.
I’m still in the first month, and I think this month’s routine is more for getting feedback. That’s just what I’m assuming, CT hasn’t actually said that.
The volume has definitely increased, and I was shocked at how much volume I’ve been able to handle; if I was on my own routine I probably would have quit early at the gym.
I like the new diet too, but again, since we’re in the first month, it could change depending on how my body handles it. I don’t know how much CT wants me telling online, so I’ll just say that it has been a bit different than anything I’ve done before, and I think it’s geared toward the relatively high volume of work I’m doing in the gym, and surprisingly, I’m not putting on any fat (that I can tell).
I’m just going with what ever he tells me, and I’m not going to really question anything he tells me to do, I’ll just do it.
So far, I can say the deadlifts have been going great! I feel like I haven’t been doing them enough in the past, but now, I’ll just say that I’m doing them quite a bit more, and I’m loving them.
[quote]Petedacook wrote:
Hey SWR,
I am wondering if you have trouble sticking with the diet? If so, how do you cope? I have been at the diet since August, and frankly I am sick of it. I was balls to the wall for almost all of it up until about a week ago. I am finding it more and more difficult to keep eating such tasteless crap, getting the food ready, etc.
It is a bazillion times easier for me to leave the house without 5 meals, and grab some tasty food from a local lunch place. Constantly eating has become laborious as well. I have always had trouble sticking to a bodybuilding diet for the long term.
Oh, and I find myself wanting a dam drink of alcohol also. Ok, “a” drink is cutting it short. I want lots of drinks. [/quote]
I had the same problems. Are you saying you’re on the same diet I was on from CT’s ebook, or the Velocity Diet?
I found it 1000 times easier if I am able to set aside a couple hours on Saturday or Sunday to prepare most, or all of my food for the week. Planning is DEFINITELY the key to not going crazy with many whole food meals every day. Tupperware, large, insulated lunch bags, and freezer packs are my best friends, along with plastic shaker bottles for protein powder, and ziplock bags for supplements, fish oil, and some other food that you might not want to put in tupperware when you run out of room in your lunch bag.
I find it a lot easier to stick with my diets when my work schedule stays consistent. If I get into a routine, it becomes second nature and I don’t even think about cheating on the diet. I have the hardest time on the weekends when things aren’t really in order, and I have more time to think about eating.
Really, the more organized I am, the easier it is to sick with my diet. And I’ve been notorious for being un-organized since I was in grade school.
[quote]Arioch wrote:
Firebur9, good question. I’m interested in knowing if he has had to increase calories with the new workout or if what he has been doing is still working for him.
I don’t want any workout info (other than how sore he feels) since he is paying for the program, but it would be nice to keep up with his diet and goals.
Come on, SWR, your ‘fans’ are waiting for your input.
Arioch
(yeah, well, maybe I am bored at work)[/quote]
Well, hopefully I can help break your boredom at work a little bit, but I can’t guarantee any quality entertainment.
Yea, the soreness was pretty high for a few days last week, especially in my calves, arms and abs (all of which I was slacking on before).
I will say that I feel like my posture is better already (I don’t know if that’s all in my head or not though).
Plus, a couple of the techniques I’ve been using have really humbled me, and made me feel weak.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
I had the same problems. Are you saying you’re on the same diet I was on from CT’s ebook, or the Velocity Diet?
I found it 1000 times easier if I am able to set aside a couple hours on Saturday or Sunday to prepare most, or all of my food for the week. Planning is DEFINITELY the key to not going crazy with many whole food meals every day. Tupperware, large, insulated lunch bags, and freezer packs are my best friends, along with plastic shaker bottles for protein powder, and ziplock bags for supplements, fish oil, and some other food that you might not want to put in tupperware when you run out of room in your lunch bag.
I find it a lot easier to stick with my diets when my work schedule stays consistent. If I get into a routine, it becomes second nature and I don’t even think about cheating on the diet. I have the hardest time on the weekends when things aren’t really in order, and I have more time to think about eating.
Really, the more organized I am, the easier it is to sick with my diet. And I’ve been notorious for being un-organized since I was in grade school.[/quote]
Not the same diet, but very similar. I eat a lot of chicken for protein, supplement with Whey and MRP’s when I need to, some fish and some lean red meat. I generally cook every Sunday for the week. Carbs to acompany the protein are simple: cut fruit, canned fruit, veggies I cut quickly in the morning. Breakfast I cook every morning, it takes like 5 minutes to slap some eggs/whites on whole wheat bread with fat free cheese.
Day in day out chicken, some fish, some red meat…it just gets old and I grow sick of it. Eating so often does not help; 42 meals a week, vs. 21 meals a week means more repetition in my meals which equates to getting sick of the same stuff.
Thanks for your feedback. Good luck with the personal training. I will definitely be around to see how it turns out.
[quote]Petedacook wrote:
Not the same diet, but very similar. I eat a lot of chicken for protein, supplement with Whey and MRP’s when I need to, some fish and some lean red meat. I generally cook every Sunday for the week. Carbs to acompany the protein are simple: cut fruit, canned fruit, veggies I cut quickly in the morning. Breakfast I cook every morning, it takes like 5 minutes to slap some eggs/whites on whole wheat bread with fat free cheese.
Day in day out chicken, some fish, some red meat…it just gets old and I grow sick of it. Eating so often does not help; 42 meals a week, vs. 21 meals a week means more repetition in my meals which equates to getting sick of the same stuff.
Thanks for your feedback. Good luck with the personal training. I will definitely be around to see how it turns out.
[/quote]
I don’t know if you’ve read much of Dr. Berardi’s stuff, but he has a good 90% rule where he sais that the results of a diet where the guy cheats only 10% of the time was not much different at all from a guy who eats a 100% cheat-free diet.
Meaning that 10% of your meals could be less strict and you’d probably get the same, if not better results. It can help break up the monotony, and also give your metabolism a little kick.
If you figure out the 10%, I think it comes out to about 4 meals a week if you eat 6 meals a day, or 3 1/2 meals a week if you eat 5 meals a day. I think he sais they can be spread out through the week or saved up and taken at once.
If you’re using the 10% rule with overall calories, you would be able to have 10% of your overall calories be from “junk” food, or treats.
Hope that helps, and I also hope I didn’t screw up what JB meant by his 10% rule.
[quote]SWR-1240 wrote:
I don’t know if you’ve read much of Dr. Berardi’s stuff, but he has a good 90% rule where he sais that the results of a diet where the guy cheats only 10% of the time was not much different at all from a guy who eats a 100% cheat-free diet.
Meaning that 10% of your meals could be less strict and you’d probably get the same, if not better results. It can help break up the monotony, and also give your metabolism a little kick.
If you figure out the 10%, I think it comes out to about 4 meals a week if you eat 6 meals a day, or 3 1/2 meals a week if you eat 5 meals a day. I think he sais they can be spread out through the week or saved up and taken at once.
If you’re using the 10% rule with overall calories, you would be able to have 10% of your overall calories be from “junk” food, or treats.
Hope that helps, and I also hope I didn’t screw up what JB meant by his 10% rule.[/quote]
That does help. That 10% rule could be enough to get me over the hump that is my boredom with dieting.
It also gives me a direction in which to research.
Thanks man.