USMC Dadbod Elimination Log

What’s up T-Nation? It’s been a few years since I’ve posted here (had to create a new account) and I thought I’d start a new log.

Diet/Fitness has been up and down over the last couple of years… I’m currently sitting at about 220. My main goal for the foreseeable future is to drop back down into the 170s (last achieved in 2018) and go from there.

For training, I’m going to try CHALK performance training by Ryan Fischer (they were running a pretty good deal for a year membership). I’ve always sucked at programming so hopefully, this will alleviate some of that.

Now that the Devil Pups are back in school, I’ve got a lot more flexibility so the plan is:

Walk: 3-4 miles daily
Train: 3-5x a week depending on the program. I am looking at possibly getting back into Jiu-Jitsu as well (maybe 2x a week).
Diet: Probably some variation of the Vertical Diet; however, at some point, I think I’m going to give carnivore a real shot.

It’s good to see some old faces around (@flipcollar @T3hPwnisher @twojarslave @SkyzykS etc…) Not sure what this new member coach thing is, but it seems cool. Hope everyone has been doing well!

Anyway, I’m looking forward to a fresh start and making some progress. Let’s go!

That beard…

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Long time no see. Welcome back.

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Good to see you back dude! Hope it pans out well for you.

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Thanks! Good to see you’re still around posting!

@T3hPwnisher Thanks!

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hey hey, welcome back! Glad to see you here again!

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Yeah!

:+1: Hardcore beard gainz man!

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I’m in. SF

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It got wild there for a minute :sweat_smile:

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8/30/2022
Walk: I didn’t have my watch on, but the route is about 3-miles.

Training:

  1. Metcon 4min x 5 rounds
    a) 400m run
    b) 3 Power Clean & Jerks (ramping). The top set was 154x3

  2. Metcon 15min as fast as possible
    a) 15 Hanging Leg Raise & 5 Devil Press x 3
    b) 10 Hanging Leg Raise & 3 Devil Press x 3
    c) 5 Hanging Leg Raise & 1 Devil Press x 3
    d) Max double Unders in remaining time: 8

Very different training than I’m used to and it kicked my butt, but in a good way.

Diet:

  1. 5oz ground beef + bowl of watermelon
  2. Bacon egg and cheese on a bagel (treat from the wife)
  3. Absolutely murdered a cup of homemade fried rice and 12oz of stew beef.
  4. Couple handfuls of Sunflower seeds throughout the day.
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We didn’t conversate a whole lot when you were on here last but I always liked your posts. Good to see you back around. Are you still selling shirts/decals? That was you, wasn’t it?

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I’m a big fan of Ryan and CHALK, I’ve got several of his Ebooks and enjoyed them all. Welcome back :gorilla:

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Hi! Ya, I remember enjoying your posts as well.

Yes, I still sell shirts and other stuff mostly through Etsy and Redbubble now.

Thanks! I heard about Ryan on the Power Project podcast and he seems like a pretty interesting guy that knows his stuff.

The app is pretty cool, you can pick between a bunch of programs depending on your goal. Everything is laid out nice and easy to follow with links to YouTube for exercises.

Welcome back. Along for the journey. Going to be interesting to see how you go with Ryans stuff.

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Thanks! We’ll see how it goes the training is definitely different than I’m used to, but hopefully that’s a good thing.

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8/31/2022

Walk: 3.2 miles (7k steps)

Training:

  1. Circuit x 3
    a. Bench: 132x10, 154x10, 176x10
    b. DB Sgl Arm Row: 60x8x2
    c. Band Straight-Arm Lat Pulldown: Mini Bands(2)x10x3

  2. Metcon x 6 rounds for time (7:37)
    a. Deadlift: 225x6
    b. Wall Balls: 10x6
    c. Box Jumps: 24"x6

Diet:

  1. Cottage Cheese & Watermelon
  2. 8oz of Stew Steak / Chicken & Rice
  3. Protein Shake (2 scoops).
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It this read as in “these are the 3 meals I ate today” and spaced in a “breakfast-lunch-dinner” approach/spread?

Lol, no. I wanted to write my training down while it was fresh in my mind then added what I’d had so far that day. Probably not very clear. I’m not even sure why I added it I don’t have my diet dialed in any way. I think we had pizza for dinner that night…

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9/1/2022

A pretty hectic day with work and fall ball practice. I didn’t lift, but managed a 3.5 miles walk.

9/2/2022
Walk: 4 miles

Training:

  1. Giant Set x 3 ramping weight 88,110,132
    a. Strict Press x 2
    b. Push Press x 3
    c. Jerk x 4

  2. Metcon 18-minutes
    a. 9 rounds of DB Snatch & Hanging Leg Raise x 4 each
    b. 6 rounds Assault Bike 6 cals & Row 6 cals

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I call that winning :joy:

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