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I have a vague recollection that Rip actually mentions this possibility in one of the early chapters of Starting Strength. If memory serves, he recommended against it. His opinion was that running (if you're not used to it) on top of heavy squatting 3x per week was way too likely to cause knee problems.

My summary 1) barbell lifts 3 days/week I was good about this. I missed two workouts. One due to some personal crap that I couldn't get out of, one due to the gym being closed for labor day. I'll give myself an A- for this one. 2) track all food consumption, aiming for 2300 kcals per day (at my size that should put me 600-700 under maintenance.) I was religious about this. On days that I forgot or couldn't log in tot he site I was using, I always tracked consumption and put it in later. Calorie consumption was pretty spot on. A few days a but over, a few days a bit under. no major binges.A 3) at least once a week, cook and freeze food for quick lunches/dinners that week. Not so much. I made sure to cook weekly (almost) but I didn't always make in bulk. When I did cook in bulk, I made a LOT, so i always did have homecooked food available. I made sure I always had healthy food at work, so I never ate out. I'll call this one a C. Side quest I play in a band but I'm a huge slacker on practicing at home. I want to practice by myself at least 4 nights a week, even if it's just to pick up my instrument and run through a few songs. I increased my amount of practice significantly, but nowhere close to 4x per week. However, the practice made a difference. We went to record this past week and I was able to do all my parts in just a few takes, even sections that I've struggled with previously. F but what I did do was totally worth it. Now I can just imagine what my skills would be like if I got really disciplined about this. I'll call this a success for sure, with an overall grade of B.

Alright, all done. How'd I do? 1) barbell lifts 3 days/week I was good about this. I missed two workouts. One due to some personal crap that I couldn't get out of, one due to the gym being closed for labor day. I'll give myself an A- for this one. 2) track all food consumption, aiming for 2300 kcals per day (at my size that should put me 600-700 under maintenance.) I was religious about this. On days that I forgot or couldn't log in tot he site I was using, I always tracked consumption and put it in later. Calorie consumption was pretty spot on. A few days a but over, a few days a bit under. no major binges.A 3) at least once a week, cook and freeze food for quick lunches/dinners that week. Not so much. I made sure to cook weekly (almost) but I didn't always make in bulk. When I did cook in bulk, I made a LOT, so i always did have homecooked food available. I made sure I always had healthy food at work, so I never ate out. I'll call this one a C. Side quest I play in a band but I'm a huge slacker on practicing at home. I want to practice by myself at least 4 nights a week, even if it's just to pick up my instrument and run through a few songs. I increased my amount of practice significantly, but nowhere close to 4x per week. However, the practice made a difference. We went to record this past week and I was able to do all my parts in just a few takes, even sections that I've struggled with previously. F but what I did do was totally worth it. Now I can just imagine what my skills would be like if I got really disciplined about this.

I've talked to a lot of people who think this way. I've spent my entire life hating myself and my body because of.. people who make exactly this argument that you're making. Fitness isn't a moral choice. Just because you have a busy life and make time to work out, doesn't automatically make that possible for everybody. And even if you're not convinced of that -- you think that people who have other priorities higher than fitness, are making a bad choice, and it's "bad" to be like that -- consider this. Shaming people for their bodies does not make people take care of themselves. It makes them stop caring, and it makes them hate themselves for not caring. Come on. There's no need to be judgemental about other people's bodies... I thought this site was against that sort of thing.

Made a huge pork roast yesterday. Should be meals for at least a few days. All that cooking and I forgot to bring any to work today..goddammit. Tunafish it is. I've been pretty slack about practicing.. Lifting and food logging is going great though.

@ sebastian: If I don't think of something else before sunday, going to be chili. As far as the practice thing -- heading to the studio next month so everything's gotta be PERFECT (and some of our new songs have some pretty technical bits that I don't have perfectly clean yet even though I can get through them for shows) Time is money for recording and I'm poor, if I can do everything in a couple takes that would make my life a whole lot easier.

First week going well so far, but I still need to decide what to cook. Over-ate a bit on thursday. Wife made apple pie with fresh whipped cream........ worth every bite, but time to be extra careful for a few days. Also, too funny not to share:

I'm not sure I want to know why Patrick Bateman inspired you to imitation......

A hetzer, aka jagdpanzer 38(t), is a powerful, yet streamlined and stealthy armored war machine capable of engaging and destroying much larger targets. Plus, it looks frikken' sweet. I don't really resemble one very much but I'd like to. I'm 25 and I've been overweight and unfit my entire adult life (and most of my pre-adult one too.) I'd like to get stronger, faster, tougher, and develop a nicer physique. Main quest SEE (at least some of) MY ABS. I think this is a pretty good benchmark for developing some more muscle while shedding excess bodyfat. I expect the process to take a year. Once I get there I'll shift focus to more strength-oriented goals. Goals for this challenge: 1) barbell lifts 3 days/week: (I've been doing a simple routine of squat, bench, OHP, row, RDLs with weekly progression. I've done more aggressive programs like starting strength before but I always ended up with compromised form and knee and back pain.. going to take it slower than that.) 2) track all food consumption, aiming for 2300 kcals per day (at my size that should put me 600-700 under maintenance.) 3) at least once a week, cook and freeze food for quick lunches/dinners that week. My bane is forgetting to bring healthy food with me to work, getting really hungry, and bingeing on junk food. Proper prior preparation can prevent this problem. It'll also save me money since buying food out because I didn't cook/didn't go shopping gets really expensive. Side quest I play in a band but I'm a huge slacker on practicing at home. I want to practice by myself at least 4 nights a week, even if it's just to pick up my instrument and run through a few songs. We get together to practice twice a week, so that means I get one night off (in case of busy-ness/unforseen circumstances.)