I use this powder form: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F7VZIDG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00F7VZIDG&linkCode=as2&tag=tnation07-20&linkId=dbcda13bbf993655d5aa5d7e7e84a1d3 Pretty gross mixed in water, but fine tossed in a shake.
sorry to hear about your friendās passing.I remember watching him along with Mac Wilkins as two of the dominant discus throwers of their time.
That was a fun time. I rarely made the finals during that era!
Quiet day today. I had an odd day yesterday.
One thing: the weight loss on my āmuffin topā area is really obvious. I find how we lose fat to be an area that needs serious study. Certain areas lean right up on some people, the next personā¦even from the same familiyā¦loses size/fat in a completely different way.
When we got water weighed at Utah State for some study, there was a football player with a chiseled six pack at 24% bodyfat. Longterm, he developed diabetes after he left sports and died young (no moral judgement hereā¦just making a point). I was 8%ā¦seriouslyā¦and smooth.
Itās genetics, yes, but I would love to know the whys.
Nice drop in my bodyweight this morning. I will do the official weigh in later, but after my meditation and walk, things are bright again.
Yesterday, I had guests come train with me and it was very nice. We did a bunch of KB work. One young lady was born with an issue and it was interesting not only training her but working through appropriate work.
I was called an āableistā recently. I didnāt know what it meant. Honestly. I train deaf and hard of hearing clients and athletes (I can do ASL at a low level), I have several clients with MS, I have worked with friends with Parkinsonāsā¦but somehow I am a horrible person.
Working with this young lady reminded me that I am not good at whatever standards the internet has set for humanity, but I am good with working with people. Itās the opposite of āI love humanity, itās people I canāt stand.ā
My daughter, Lindsay, bought the whole V Diet package and is doing it, too. When the box of supplements showed up last week, I wondered if I wasnāt consuming MD fast enough!
She did have a good idea; shift the meal earlier in the day. So:
Shake
Shake
Meal
Shake
Shake
I did that yesterday and I think she might be rightā¦if workable.
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Youād think the underwater weighing would be accurate, so thatās pretty crazy.
Both Thibaudeau and Berardi have told stories about getting their body fat tested. They were tested by dozens of trained people using $500 calipers on the same dayā¦ and the measurements were all over the place. Then thereās the issue of sub-abdominal or visceral fat: visible abs but fat storage underneath, and it canāt be pinched. Usually presents as āhigh and hard belly fatā. Goes away faster than giggly subcutaneous fat, but much worse for your health.
Then thereās my doc. Makes me get on a bioelectrical impedance scale every visit so Iāll be nice and depressed for the rest of the day. He later admitted to me that he likes that scale because it reads very high and scares his patients into making better life choices. The bastard.
Fun topic for sure, but I always go back to: how do you feel and how do you look? Happy? Then forget the percentages.
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Weight, on the scale, clearly down. Mirror indicates some great progress. Feeling good.
Front squats: 165 five sets of two
Jerks: 180 three sets of two
Heavy hands and ankle weights for a 1.6 mile walk. Lots of sweating. Things are coming around nicely. The weight on the bar feels lighter. Iām wondering out loud if O lifting is helped by bodyfat loss.
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Easy day todayā¦dropped a lot getting a new fence today. Lots of walking. Weight is holding at a nice lower level.
I feel pretty good. Not much more time on thisā¦
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Another good weigh in. I feel much better today. Lots of deaths in my life lately. Now, thatās an interesting sentence.
Snatch Complexes for five rounds
Snatch Pulls up to a really high single with 180
Clean Pulls up to 230
Front Squat three sets of three with 190
Walk 1.6 miles with ankle weights. I have a busy day of Coaching Circles, so Iām sitting a lot.
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congrats on the progress! do you have any plans on transitioning out of the diet once done?
Thank you, Chieftain. Yes, the biggest takeaway is that:
I like that Flameout at every meal.
Those Curc tablets really seem to impact me.
Iām keeping the Metabolic Drive protein shakes in the future.
I like less meals.
Iām traveling to Rhode Island today so I missed my O lifting. I will get it in tomorrow, I hope.
I felt kinda bad yesterday. I took a sauna and nap and rallied up. Weird. Fun day, lots of writing and physical activity, Tonic workoutā¦
No idea what hit me. It seemed to just wave in and wave out.
Reading āWonderworksā by Angus Flletcherā¦right up there with David Denbyās Great Books.
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I could use a nap. Iām getting ready to speak here at PB in Rhode Island. O lifted today here at the convention. 145 snatch, 175 clean and jerk. Feeling good.
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Iām back home and officially a year older.
That was a LONG travel day. I will do my best to train and get everything inā¦
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Iām tired, but I got my five sets of two with 165 in the front squat and my two doubles in the jerk with 190.
I seem to have some bar fear with the jerks but today was really god.
Heavy hands with two poundersā¦mini band walks.
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I walk a dog (sometimes two) that never took to strict leash training. Dani and I joke that weāre training grip, anti-rotation, pushing and pulling, plus light GPP. Itās a joke, but is it? I swear itās a calorie suck!
Happy Birthday.
Absolutely. So, here is the template:
Hard lifting: walk only after.
Medium lifting: Heavy hands
Light lifting: HH, ankle weights, and āmaybeā a weight vest
Walking daily is clearly something that helps me.
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Thank you
Landing the plane on the V Diet. Almost finished. Heavy pulls (snatch up to 185 and clean up to 240) Front squat, two doubles at 200. Heavy hands walk with two pounders before training for 1.6 miles, morning walk before, too.
I"m down about 8 or 9 pounds depending on the time of day. Two pounds a week is a lot. A lot.
Soā¦part of the reason I do this is to jump start my discipline. I learn incredible things doing this. First, nightly protein, for me, is a gamechanger!
Next, you fall in love with tastes again. Mike Brown opened a sugar packet and I could smell it, taste it, from feet away.
My sleep is so much better. Better sleep, better fat loss. Itās true.
My training took NO hit at all, but I donāt know how doing this again would be better or worse, I just donāt know.
The fish oil is wonderful to addā¦again.
That circumin (whatever) pills work. Better than the normal stuff. Flat outā¦work.
Obviously, more to come.
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Iām doing better. I felt kinda awful all day yesterday. I snatched 145 and Clean and Jerked 185 just to get some lifts in; 1/6 mile Heavy Hands (two pounders) with ankle weights (5 pounds). Then, coached the discus.
I think, long term, I will be able to keep five pounds off as I move back to ānormal.ā For 28 days, thatās pretty amazing. The places that are most obvious in the fat loss:
My muffin tops. There were never bad, but it is obvious.
My overall belly size. Itās clearly not as distended. I always strive to look awful in my belly pictures so I will have to play with this a bit.
My face: night and day better.
Long term ideas:
Coffee
Fast
Train and Walk
Meal
Metabolic Drive shake
Meal
Metabolic Drive shake
The other food option was:
Meal
Metabolic Drive
Metabolic Drive
Meal
I will play around with this a bit.
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Love the updates sir! Thinking about doing this diet soon, so good to hear from others.
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