[quote]jasmincar wrote:
May I ask you what is Chinese row? Sounds pretty damn awesome and exotic[/quote]
Chinese rows are a dumbbell row done without leaning on anything. The name comes from the assumption that if The Party wanted you to lean on a bench while rowing, they’d issue you one.
Since they obviously didn’t…
Here’s the explanation thread I posted earlier: Chinese DB Rows - Competitive Bodybuilding - Forums - T Nation
Nice military press man.
Friday 05/20 2011.
This morning I weighed in at 255. Up 1 pound from two weeks ago and roughly the same weight I’ve been at for two months. So I’ve been spending roughly 12-15 hours in the gym each week with this much to show for myself. This makes Otep a sad panda.
A month ago, I was in the same situation, and so I added in some cardio. That culmination of that was sprinting 200m with complete recovery four times on four different days, and doing roughly 100 KB swings on four different days.
Its worth pointing out that the cardio has been working. The sprinting feels easier, and my breath doesn’t catch as much. My heart and lungs feel strong. Also, the KB swings are probably what pushed up all my lower body lifts last week. Hat tip to Thibs and his explosive/eccentricless training.
But I need to do something for fat loss. And since I’ve already got (what should be) suitable planned progressions in my cardio, that means looking at diet. And there’s a lot there that I could fix.
My diet is a lot of protein and fats, with some PWO drank and a cheat meal on the weekend. Over the last few months, I’ve allowed in a good bit of laxness with the actual calorie count, bumping the here and there with some extra EVOO, a few more slices of bacon (actually a lot more bacon), more nuts at breakfast, and a good bit of cream in my coffee (which I drink daily). No-homo. I think I can squeeze an extra 500 kcal if I drop a lot of these ‘extras’ from my diet (160kcal from the peanuts, 180 from the bacon, 120 from the EVOO, and maybe 100 from the cream, or something like that).
What concerns me is that doing this might not work. While I’m probably around 3500kcal instead of 3000, the sheer amount of time I spend exercising should have taken care of that quite handily. I’m afraid that my body is just at a point where its trying to define a new setpoint for itself (I’ve previously dropped over 10% of my bodyweight) and wants to stay there and sit pretty and wont drop fat for anything until it feels comfortable again (the creation of an identity for my body separate from myself and/or my mind is pretty ludicrous when I examine it closely. Nevertheless, thats where my mind goes when I think about this). Supporting evidence is that incremental changes in increasing the amount of activity and thermogenics my body endures hasn’t caused a simultaneous incremental drop in fat. If incremental increases in exercise don’t stimulate change, what makes me think incremental decrease in food will?
And the answer is… well, its gotta be something. And I’m not ready to roll over and die just yet.
Sunday 05/22/2011. Push
Monday 05/23/2011. Pull
Asked an important question here: http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/diet_performance_nutrition_supplements/cut_progress_slowing_down?pageNo=0#4553989
Tuesday 05/24/2011. Legs
Wednesday 05/25/2011. Push
Thursday 05/26/2011. Pull
Friday 05/27/2011. Nothing.
Saturday 05/28/2011. Push
Monday 05/30/2011. Legs
Tuesday 05/31/2011. Pull
06/01/2011. Push
Thursday 06/02/2011. Pull
Tuesday 06/07/2011. Push
Monday 06/13/2011. Pull
Tuesday 06/14/2011. Legs
Wednesday 06/15/2011. Push
Thursday 06/16/2011. Pull
Friday 06/17/2011. Sprinting
Monday 06/20/2011. Push
?EDIT: after typing the log, I went back outside and did three more 200m sprints, for a total of 6 for the day.