Swami Vivekananda:
"Strength is Life. Weakness is Death."

Sans Bullshit

Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Body | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

I received an ankh for my birthday; I've wanted one since I was very young.

Lots of horeshitastic nonsense in January, I mean ta tells ya!

But rather than get into all of that, suffice to say I’ve been binging rather orgasmically. The only record I’m obliged to place at the moment, is Thursday’s workout.

Depletion workout on Monday, with a return to fasting as well.

Birthday Lifts

Deadlift

  1. 65lbs. x 5 (from hang; hook grip)
  2. 65lbs. x 5 (hang-hook)
  3. 95lbs. x 3 (hang-hook)
  4. 140lbs. x 2 (from floor; hook grip)
  5. 165lbs. x 5 (from floor; left hand under; increase next week)

Incline Bench

  1. 45lbs. x 5
  2. 45lbs. x 5
  3. 60lbs. x 3
  4. 80lbs. x 2
  5. 90lbs. x 3 (stay-at next week)
  6. 80lbs. x 5

Hi-Low Twist

  1. 20lbs. x 5
  2. 30lbs. x 5
  3. 40lbs. x 3
  4. 50lbs. x 2
  5. 60lbs. x none! half-way, static hold (staying the weight)
  6. 50lbs. x 1 (keeping in mind the goal of the de-loaded sets is to get one more rep than the previous set…)

Weight: 161lbs.
Body Fat Percentage: 15.8%

Obviously, I didn’t make my birthday goal. My goal by the end of May is sub -9% body fat. Let’s get to it.

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That’s Intense, Bro

Posted: December 7th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Body | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »
In case you’re wondering how I’m keeping sane while calculating my macros and calories: I use this spreadsheet. Keep in mind I designed this specifically for my training requirements, and don’t tout it at all as a universally applicable diet.

There are two different calorie columns. The colored one is the amount I’d like to stay below if I have to do things “quick and dirty” while eating out or whatever. The non-colored column states what the calories would be if I met the listed nutrient requirements for a given day, and then that is summed at the bottom.

Onto the log.

The preparations began for today’s workout Saturday evening when I began my fast at 6:30PM. The following morning I thought it’d be a keen idea to take a pic of myself “before and after” a refeed. So this is me 17 hours into my fast:

I loaded 20g creatine leading up to a MUCH larger than necessary fast-breaker:

Calories: 1639
Fat: 74g
Carb: 181g
Protein: 61g

I then passed out.

Woke up at 2AM, didn’t bother trying to get more sleep, had my pre-workout meal at 6AM and set foot in the gym around 9AM. Here’s the pre-workout meal, which was much closer to intentions than my fast-breaker, and the photo to go with it.

Calories: 262
Fat: 6g
Carb: 37g
Protein: 16g (and a teaspoon of creatine)

Listed on the picture are the stats I’ve measured for myself. Surprising to say the least. Reiterating in case the image breaks: Total Weight (157lbs.) Body fat percentage (18.8%) Lean Body Mass (127.484lbs.) Fat Mass (29.516lbs.)

The only slop today on my workout was during deadlifts. True to form the lady contacted me somewhere during my warm-ups. Short story: she dumped me, and I forgot to load the bar for the top set.

I cut the bottom-most set on both Deadlifts and Chins, as well, but this was intentional.

Deadlift:

  1. 1×5 @ 170lbs. (incorrect, should not have been this light for my first working set)
  2. 1×3 @ 200lbs. (proper top set weight, but now I couldn’t do a proper deloaded set, I was fried.)

Chin-Assist:

  1. 1×2 @ 35lbs. offset
  2. 1×4 @ 55lbs. offset (I was really happy with this deload)

Horizontal Row:
3×5 @ 70lbs.

Verdict: Strength has returned. We shall return to our regularly scheduled incremental increases shortly. The mini-refeed had an unexpected whooshy effect which was rather nice, after dreading seeing 170+lbs and 22%+ all weekend.

Also reconnected with a friend from highschool, kind of. There was a girl I was hugbuddies (bad day? find your buddy for a hug! great system) with at school. Her oldest brother was at the gym today. I never met him before, but he was doing his back day too! I asked him half-jokingly, because he followed me from the chinning station to the rowing station. Small world

My Post-workout meal was a Roast Beef sandwich on 7grain bread from Jimmy Johns:

Calories: 425
Fat: 8g
Carb: 64g
Protein: 30g

…I could use a nap.

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