Walleye's Radical Diet And Progress Log

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Hahaha… CT, too funny. I have not seen a Lada in ages… they were awesome!

Walleye, you have made excellent progress thus far and have shown amazing discipline. I look forward to watching your progress!

This thread is awesome, and I am learning alot about the nutritional side of things.

I too am making similar mistake… ingesting 1200-1500 calories per day (280 pounds (41 years of age) but I was/ am working out 6 days per week.

One of the guys in the over 35 thread brought this to my attention, and I have been reading everything I can get my hands on to find solutions… so this is awesome, thanks CT!

Walleye… LETS DO THIS BRO’!

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[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
cccp21 wrote:
How would the Soviets have lost fat?
brandon

More government rationing, longer lines to get 1/4th of a loaf of bread, walking 20 miles per day because their Lada broke down.[/quote

HA! HA! LOL!
I agree with you. I just recall that pic i saw of that kid squatting with oh so much weight at sportivnypress and being so cut at the same time.
Brandon

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[quote]cccp21 wrote:

HA! HA! LOL!
I agree with you. I just recall that pic i saw of that kid squatting with oh so much weight at sportivnypress and being so cut at the same time.
Brandon

[/quote]

Well I could show you similar pics from most high level sporting countries… Canada, the US, Greece, Australia, UK, Finland, Sweden, etc.

Most of the time they are just genetic phenoms who can maintain a super lean physique while being strong and muscular. They often don’t have a very good diet and they certainly don’t use ‘‘special’’ techniques to get lean.

Go to any high level college and watch the football team train you will see at least 10 guys who are ripped to shreds, muscular and super strong, yet they train half-assed, eat fast food and junk IF they even get 3 meals a day.

I thought that this idiotic fascination you have with the Soviet system was gone by now.

Their greatest strength was that they were communists AND they had a huge population to pick athletes from. The communist nature of the system allowed them to basically force athletes to ‘‘choose’’ a sport and have them train basically all day.

The genetic phenoms survived and thrived… those who were not up to snuff genetically broke down before reaching the top so they were just ‘‘dismissed’’… you can have the luxury of scrapping the career and often life of many individuals when you have an unlimited pool of individuals to pick from.

You can experiement and try unethical stuff without problems.

Heck, in the 1980s there were over 100 000 registered olympic lifters in the Soviet Union, so what if they break down 90 000? They still have plenty left.

While some Soviet techniques are good if properly applied. Their system teaches us nothing about how to build athletes.

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Weekend over, I spent it building a wheel chair ramp with some volunteers for an 81 year old widow. I had 5 pieces of pizza when we were done.

Then for mothers day I made a meaty lasagna that had about 50 g carbs per serving with a lot of protein. The down fall was I had a slice of cake.

I try not to be “holier than thou” when I’m eating socially or with family. If I can make 6 days a week nailed tight with good eating, then I can enjoy a nice dinner without weighing my food on Sunday.

I’m wondering what the scale with say. I’m really wondering about my wife. She’s still sleeping, feeling awful from the carb up day. We ate the same stuff. I’m energized and she’s out of commission right now. I’m wondering if she has a allergy to wheat.

Next week we celebrate my birthday so I’ll save my carb up for my birthday cake, German Chocolate made with coconut oil for the fat.

So it’s on with the food log, weigh in and training to CT’s plan. Since this is my first week on the new program, and since I’ve completed 2 weeks of very low Kcal I’m doing his higher calorie/protein for this week to help up my metabolism.

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[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:

Ideally the split would look like this:

Monday: Upper
Tuesday: low-intensity cardio
Wednesday: Lower
Thursday: OFF
Friday: low-intensity cardio
Saturday: Whole body
Sunday: OFF
[/quote]

I’m going to put the Lower first and then the Upper, if you don’t see a problem with that.

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Cancel that I’m going with the program CT recommends. I’ll include the weight and reps with the food logs. Today is upper body.

A1-Dumbbell Press Elbows Out
A2-Barbell Row

B1-Incline Bench
B2-Lat Pull Down 45

C1-Dumbbell Shoulder Press
C2-Lat Pull Down

CT–I’ve worked out with Ron Madison for the past few years. He has a several world records in the bench and one or two in dead lifts. We always worked out in stages beginning with 30-40 reps for 2-3 weeks. Then 20-30 reps for 2-3 weeks. Then we spent the majority of the time training in the 15-20 rep ranges. Then we’d move to 12-15, then 8-12.

I gained a lot of strength working out with him. Dr. Yessis was his trainer by phone.

Unfortunately, both our schedules changed and we couldn’t work out at the same time. It was embarrassing working out with Ron because he just has super human strength. He comes in at around 180-190 pounds and he’s doing reps 18-20 of 275 in the bench. He used to do 225 for reps and got up to 50 reps. Insane!

What’s been your experience with this type of high rep training?

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[quote]walleye49 wrote:
Weekend over, I spent it building a wheel chair ramp with some volunteers for an 81 year old widow. I had 5 pieces of pizza when we were done.

Then for mothers day I made a meaty lasagna that had about 50 g carbs per serving with a lot of protein. The down fall was I had a slice of cake.

I try not to be “holier than thou” when I’m eating socially or with family. If I can make 6 days a week nailed tight with good eating, then I can enjoy a nice dinner without weighing my food on Sunday.
[/quote]

Honestly this is not a good approach at all at your weight. Read my article ‘‘Refined body transformation’’. At your body fat you should actually only have a small carb-up every 10-14 days. And only from clean food.

Contrary to what many believe you CAN screw up a week of dieting with one day of bad eating.

Plus, it’s kinda like trying to stop smoking but allowing yourself to smoke as much as you want one day out of the week.

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have you ever tried the testosterone boosting protocol on Poliquin’s site? im interested in trying it.

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[quote]emenef wrote:
have you ever tried the testosterone boosting protocol on Poliquin’s site? im interested in trying it. [/quote]

This is the wrong place to ask this. This is the OP thread. I have my own in the author locker room, but right now I don’t feel like answering you because of the lack of respect you showed.

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i actually clicked on authors locker room and it took me here. my apologies. i am not a disrespectful person in any way, that is, intentionally. ill try again. please answer me if i submit it to the right place. again, im sorry

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Workout 1

A1-Dumbbell Press
80x6
85x6
90x6
100x5
A2-Barbell Row (To high chest)
135x6
155x6
185x6
185x4
B1-Incline Bench
135x6
155x6
175x6
185x5
B2-Pulldown 45 degree
165x6
180x6
195x6
210x3
C1-Shoulder Press Dumbbells
45x6
50x6
55x6
60x5
C2-Pull Downs
165x6
180x6
195x3
180x5

Consumed 54 Grams BCAA during workout, Consumed 55 g protein from whey after, then 125 g protein from Sirloin Steak and 4 Eggs

Didn’t eat early enough in the day to meet my goal of 350 g protein totals were:

262/28/132

Results: Today I’m sore already in my chest.

Breakfast I had 3 Eggs, 6 oz Ham, 33 Grams protein from whey total 85/7.5/62 and fat from 1 tbl fish oil and 1 tbl coconut oil that I cooked my eggs in.

I’m having diarrhea I think from taking too much whey. I forgot that my body doesn’t do well on the stuff. I can only handle 22-33 grams of protein at a time with this stuff.

If I eat a good lunch with around 100 grams of protein my intake for the day will be right around 350G.

I’m having trouble eating this much probably because my metabolism slowed. I’m actually making myself eat. I’ll do my cardio tonight then I have a double header softball game.

I’m sort of dreading leg day because I’ll be doing supersets of squats with deadlifts. This will wear me out for sure. I’m sticking with it CT.

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[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
walleye49 wrote:
Weekend over, I spent it building a wheel chair ramp with some volunteers for an 81 year old widow. I had 5 pieces of pizza when we were done.

Then for mothers day I made a meaty lasagna that had about 50 g carbs per serving with a lot of protein. The down fall was I had a slice of cake.

I try not to be “holier than thou” when I’m eating socially or with family. If I can make 6 days a week nailed tight with good eating, then I can enjoy a nice dinner without weighing my food on Sunday.

Honestly this is not a good approach at all at your weight. Read my article ‘‘Refined body transformation’’. At your body fat you should actually only have a small carb-up every 10-14 days. And only from clean food.

Contrary to what many believe you CAN screw up a week of dieting with one day of bad eating.

Plus, it’s kinda like trying to stop smoking but allowing yourself to smoke as much as you want one day out of the week.

[/quote]

Thanks for the advice on the Carb up. I’m going to do this. When you say clean food what do you mean by that? Is it from fruits and grains? No sugar, flour, or refined stuff like that?

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CT

Your article really explained this well to me. I’ll stay low carb for two weeks then my moderate carb up will be the middle of my Radical phase. Your article really showed me the importance of staying low carb for quite a while.

As for supplements:

I just started taking BCAA+G from Metabolic Response Modifiers. I’ve been taking 54 grams from start to finish of the workout. I add 10 G creatine to this mixture.

The stuff tastes awful but it’s easy to drink it during the workout.

I take 3 TBL Fish Oil Daily as well. I take 1 TBL per serving with 400 IU Vit E.

I take 12 grams of fiber from psyllium daily as well.

Thanks again for this program, will I need to change my exercises about every 3 weeks so that my body doesn’t adapt?

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OK since I’m doing legs tomorrow. Do you recommend doing

a1-squats
a2-deadlifts

You know how taxing these are on your body. Would I be better to do.

a1-Squats
a2-good mornings

Then for my whole body day do

a1-leg press
a2-dead lifts

what’s your recommendation?

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Tuesday–Cardio 30 minutes 130 Avg. Heart Beat

Food log 355/15/108

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[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
cccp21 wrote:

HA! HA! LOL!
I agree with you. I just recall that pic i saw of that kid squatting with oh so much weight at sportivnypress and being so cut at the same time.
Brandon

Well I could show you similar pics from most high level sporting countries… Canada, the US, Greece, Australia, UK, Finland, Sweden, etc.

Most of the time they are just genetic phenoms who can maintain a super lean physique while being strong and muscular. They often don’t have a very good diet and they certainly don’t use ‘‘special’’ techniques to get lean.

Go to any high level college and watch the football team train you will see at least 10 guys who are ripped to shreds, muscular and super strong, yet they train half-assed, eat fast food and junk IF they even get 3 meals a day.

I thought that this idiotic fascination you have with the Soviet system was gone by now.

Their greatest strength was that they were communists AND they had a huge population to pick athletes from. The communist nature of the system allowed them to basically force athletes to ‘‘choose’’ a sport and have them train basically all day.

The genetic phenoms survived and thrived… those who were not up to snuff genetically broke down before reaching the top so they were just ‘‘dismissed’’… you can have the luxury of scrapping the career and often life of many individuals when you have an unlimited pool of individuals to pick from.

You can experiement and try unethical stuff without problems.

Heck, in the 1980s there were over 100 000 registered olympic lifters in the Soviet Union, so what if they break down 90 000? They still have plenty left.

While some Soviet techniques are good if properly applied. Their system teaches us nothing about how to build athletes.[/quote]

First my IDIOTIC fascination is not IDIOTIC at all.
If ya know who James Smith(powerdevelopmentinc.com) and Tony Schwartz and Michael Yessis are they will tell you the same things. Much of what you say is true. Unethical experimentation! Some of what i have heard is definitely unethical i agree. From what i was told by Tabachnick they (Russian)are now doing more research than they did in the days of the Ussr. If true we(U.S)have a sporting problem on our hands(not to mention China).Yes they now have a smaller
and less diverse genetic pool. Ha Ha Ha LOL! Oh well.
No response needed.
Brandon

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[quote]cccp21 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
cccp21 wrote:

HA! HA! LOL!
I agree with you. I just recall that pic i saw of that kid squatting with oh so much weight at sportivnypress and being so cut at the same time.
Brandon

Well I could show you similar pics from most high level sporting countries… Canada, the US, Greece, Australia, UK, Finland, Sweden, etc.

Most of the time they are just genetic phenoms who can maintain a super lean physique while being strong and muscular. They often don’t have a very good diet and they certainly don’t use ‘‘special’’ techniques to get lean.

Go to any high level college and watch the football team train you will see at least 10 guys who are ripped to shreds, muscular and super strong, yet they train half-assed, eat fast food and junk IF they even get 3 meals a day.

I thought that this idiotic fascination you have with the Soviet system was gone by now.

Their greatest strength was that they were communists AND they had a huge population to pick athletes from. The communist nature of the system allowed them to basically force athletes to ‘‘choose’’ a sport and have them train basically all day.

The genetic phenoms survived and thrived… those who were not up to snuff genetically broke down before reaching the top so they were just ‘‘dismissed’’… you can have the luxury of scrapping the career and often life of many individuals when you have an unlimited pool of individuals to pick from.

You can experiement and try unethical stuff without problems.

Heck, in the 1980s there were over 100 000 registered olympic lifters in the Soviet Union, so what if they break down 90 000? They still have plenty left.

While some Soviet techniques are good if properly applied. Their system teaches us nothing about how to build athletes.

First my IDIOTIC fascination is not IDIOTIC at all.
If ya know who James Smith(powerdevelopmentinc.com) and Tony Schwartz and Michael Yessis are they will tell you the same things. Much of what you say is true. Unethical experimentation! Some of what i have heard is definitely unethical i agree. From what i was told by Tabachnick they (Russian)are now doing more research than they did in the days of the Ussr. If true we(U.S)have a sporting problem on our hands(not to mention China).Yes they now have a smaller
and less diverse genetic pool. Ha Ha Ha LOL! Oh well.
No response needed.
Brandon

[/quote]

Tony and I are actually working on a project together. But I still think that having a fascination with the Soviet system is idiotic.

Yes, there are somethings to be learned from them, just like there are from all top sport countries. But everything should be taken with a grain of salt and we must stay objective. After all, the US has produced much more high level athletes (if you count pro athletes) than the Soviet Union.

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[quote]walleye49 wrote:

LOWER
A1. Compound quads dominant movement
A2. Compound hamstring/hips dominant movement

Perform in alternate fashion (e.g. 1 set of A1, rest 90 seconds, 1 set of A2, rest 90 seconds, back to A1, etc.) for 3-4 sets of 4 to 6 reps

B1. Unilateral quads dominant movement (e.g. short steps lunges, Bulgarian squat)
B2. Unilateral hams dominant movement (e.g. long step lunges, 1-leg DB Romanian deadlift)

Same as A1 and A2

C1. Isolation quads exercise (e.g leg extension)
C2. Isolation hams exercise (e.g. leg curl)

Same as A1 and A2
[/quote]

OK since I’m doing legs tomorrow. Do you recommend doing

a1-squats
a2-deadlifts

You know how taxing these are on your body. Would I be better to do.

a1-Squats
a2-good mornings

Then for my whole body day do

a1-leg press
a2-dead lifts

what’s your recommendation?

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Wednesday 5/14 Leg Day

150/0/60 Before Workout

70 G BCAA Peri Workout
50 G Whey Isolate Post Workout

Work Out Log

Squat
225x6
275x6
275x6
295x4

Deadlift
225x6
275x6
315x6
365x4

Step Ups
6
40 pound 6
40 pound 6
40 pound 6 (Need more weight)

Leg Press High on pad for Hams and Glutes
6x135
6x225
6x315
7x405 (need more weight)

Leg Ext
6x150
6x150
6x175
6x175 (need more weight)

Leg Curl
6x8
6x9
6x10
6x10 (need more weight)

Post workout–Sweated non stop for about 30 minutes post workout. Stretched active and passive stretching immediately and before bed.

Digestion: Felt sick afterwards most likely from the lactic acid build up. Then had diarrhea from workout until morning.

When I do legs again I’m going to get all my food intake minus a small amount of protein until after my workout. I can’t imagine I absorbed anything as it all blew out the other end.

I need to remember that I can only take whey protein in very limited quantities.

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[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
cccp21 wrote:
Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
cccp21 wrote:

HA! HA! LOL!
I agree with you. I just recall that pic i saw of that kid squatting with oh so much weight at sportivnypress and being so cut at the same time.
Brandon

Well I could show you similar pics from most high level sporting countries… Canada, the US, Greece, Australia, UK, Finland, Sweden, etc.

Most of the time they are just genetic phenoms who can maintain a super lean physique while being strong and muscular. They often don’t have a very good diet and they certainly don’t use ‘‘special’’ techniques to get lean.

Go to any high level college and watch the football team train you will see at least 10 guys who are ripped to shreds, muscular and super strong, yet they train half-assed, eat fast food and junk IF they even get 3 meals a day.

I thought that this idiotic fascination you have with the Soviet system was gone by now.

Their greatest strength was that they were communists AND they had a huge population to pick athletes from. The communist nature of the system allowed them to basically force athletes to ‘‘choose’’ a sport and have them train basically all day.

The genetic phenoms survived and thrived… those who were not up to snuff genetically broke down before reaching the top so they were just ‘‘dismissed’’… you can have the luxury of scrapping the career and often life of many individuals when you have an unlimited pool of individuals to pick from.

You can experiement and try unethical stuff without problems.

Heck, in the 1980s there were over 100 000 registered olympic lifters in the Soviet Union, so what if they break down 90 000? They still have plenty left.

While some Soviet techniques are good if properly applied. Their system teaches us nothing about how to build athletes.

First my IDIOTIC fascination is not IDIOTIC at all.
If ya know who James Smith(powerdevelopmentinc.com) and Tony Schwartz and Michael Yessis are they will tell you the same things. Much of what you say is true. Unethical experimentation! Some of what i have heard is definitely unethical i agree. From what i was told by Tabachnick they (Russian)are now doing more research than they did in the days of the Ussr. If true we(U.S)have a sporting problem on our hands(not to mention China).Yes they now have a smaller
and less diverse genetic pool. Ha Ha Ha LOL! Oh well.
No response needed.
Brandon

Tony and I are actually working on a project together. But I still think that having a fascination with the Soviet system is idiotic.

Yes, there are somethings to be learned from them, just like there are from all top sport countries. But everything should be taken with a grain of salt and we must stay objective. After all, the US has produced much more high level athletes (if you count pro athletes) than the Soviet Union.[/quote]

I respect your opinion. By the way not to drop names but awhile back Dr. yessis told me that you did quite a job interpeting some of the Soviet data for use by Americans!
I really like your Beast series.
Brandon