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This is the beginning of third week so here is the progress

Weigh in

W - 264.6 (-2lbs)

BF - 27.3 (+.2 %)

Stomache 45" (-.5")

Chest 45" (+- 0)

Lifts

My theoritical max since I started the program has gone up on my BP and OHP by 15lbs, which is kind of awesome.I would say on the OHP it still is noob gains and getting more comfortable with the lift itself.

It's been interesting. I feel like I simply can't get or find enough food, but mentally am telling myself to reign it in a bit, so after workouts I feel like 

Which brings me into my next thing.

Anybody read the Walking dead comics? I picked up the first compendium at the local comic book shop the other day. It is crazy and hard to put down.

Hey all!

sorry about the absentness. Here is the workout for the rest of the week, i gave up on the counting calorie thing.

Wednesday 11/9/16

Squat Day

BB squats - 4x4 @ 240lbs

BB squats - 1x20 @ 140lbs

Leg Press - 4x20 @ 230lbs

Stiff Legged DL's 3x6 @ 230

Seated Leg Curls 5x10 @ 130

Thursday 11/10/16

Kickboxing Conditioning ( 4x 30sec on / 20sec off "110lbs hang cleans"/" 45lbs each renegade rows"/" freestyle kicking the bags"

Kickboxing Drills (drilling evasions and counters)

BJJ (practicing getting into Side mount)

Saturday 11/12/16

Kickboxing drills - (changing levels)

Kickboxing sparring with focus on the drills

Deadlift Day

Deadlifts - 4x4 @ 340lbs

Power Shrugs 2x20 @ 110

Bent over Rows 5x10 @ 100

Assisted Pull ups (5x AMRAP) 70lbs 3/1/ 105lbs 5/5/5 

Standing Curl bar curls 3x12 @ 30lbs

Monday 11/14/16

Bench Press Day

I tried taking two scoops of pre workout and a scoop of BCAA's before working out. This was to easy lol

BP - 4x4 @ 200lbs

OHP - 4x4 @110lbs

incline DB press - 5x10 @ 50lbs each

Tricep Push Downs - 4x15 @ 57.5lbs

Arnold Presses - 5x10 @ 35lbs each

Boxing bag work - 2x 3min/1min

Sling shot work to work on my hip mobility to assist with kicks and squats

I find your lack of food pictures, from New orleans, disturbing.

Ohhh man, election day. i don't know what it was yesterday, but I got home and just had a big case of the "I don't wanna"

Macros

Lunch 

walked about 1.5miles on lunch

Short and sweet today.

Alright so quick update here. I don't really jump on the forum much on the weekend, so there are a few things to list.

Friday

Crazy day and I can tell by the food

3740 calories, 189.69g of fat, 351.55g of carbs and 172.84g of Protein

Workout

skipped morning stretching and lunch walking

Lifting session

Deadlift 4x4 @ 330lbs

Powershrugs 2x20 @ 105lbs

Bent over Row 5x10 @ 95lbs

Assisted Pullups 5x AMRAP 2/2/1 @ 70lbs and 3/4 @ 95lbs

Hammer curls 3x12 12/8 @ 30lbs and 8 @ 25lbs

Did no working out over the weekend and didn't track my food. I had a lot of burgers, hotdogs, sweet stuff and booze

Weigh in (compared to first week)

266.6lbs (-1 lbs)

27.1% BF (-.4%)

Stomache 45 1/2 (no change)

Chest 45" ( -1")

Since I am trying to become stronger I am going to add 300-500 calories a day, mostly carbs. 

Today

Food

3605 calories, 119.43g fat, 375.23g of carbs and 255.21g of Protein

Workout (compared to first week)

BP 4x4 @ 185lbs (+5lbs)

Incline DB BP 5x10 @ 45lbs each (+-0)

OHP 4x4 @ 107.5 (+2.5 lbs)

Tricep Pull downs 4x15 @ 50lbs (+ 5 lbs)

Seated Arnold Presses 5x10 @ 30lbs each (+ 5lbs each) 

Any of you interested in DC comics. Walmart is selling packs of 3 random new 52 books for $5. They are over by the Magic cards. I picked up a pack and they were all comics I hadn't owned yet.

Quick and dirty today, I am tired

Morning stretches and a tripod

Evening did

• Muay Thai which consisted of clench drills and a 10x30sec/30sec burnout
• Bjj which was all take down defense

5 minutes ago, navis said:

 

 

1RM testing happened this morning, new PRs!

• Squat: 180lbs
• Bench: 93lbs
• Deadlift: 225lbs (GOTCHA 2 PLATES!)

I hit my goal on bench and my stretch on squats and dead, at an average +12.7lbs per lift -- all day has been like:

 

Quick challenge update:

 

Week 1, day 4

 

EAT - 2584 cals (fuel for the PRs)

SLEEP - ~7 (had to get up early for the PRs)

RECOVER/OTHER - Boxing (take the stress out before the PRs).  The class was overcrowded and takes place in a windowless, A/C-less basement, so SAUNA. 

 

 

Going to happy hour cocktails followed by bier und wursts for a friend's birthday + my own personal celebration, which means:

 

 

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT!

5 minutes ago, navis said:

 

 

1RM testing happened this morning, new PRs!

• Squat: 180lbs
• Bench: 93lbs
• Deadlift: 225lbs (GOTCHA 2 PLATES!)

I hit my goal on bench and my stretch on squats and dead, at an average +12.7lbs per lift -- all day has been like:

 

Quick challenge update:

 

Week 1, day 4

 

EAT - 2584 cals (fuel for the PRs)

SLEEP - ~7 (had to get up early for the PRs)

RECOVER/OTHER - Boxing (take the stress out before the PRs).  The class was overcrowded and takes place in a windowless, A/C-less basement, so SAUNA. 

 

 

Going to happy hour cocktails followed by bier und wursts for a friend's birthday + my own personal celebration, which means:

 

 

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT!

 

Grats on the lifts!!!!!

Now eat all the foods!

Gonna try and keep this quick and dirty

Macros 

Workout

Morning: Stretching and Tripod practice. Look! I held one, not the most beautiful thing, but i did it, without a wall!

Lunch: Walked a bit more and caught up on some Harley Quinn. This red tool guy described exactly why I like her so much (Harley Quinn Vol 2 #28)

Evening Workout

Squats: 4x4 @230lbs

Squats: 1x20 @ 135lbs

Leg Press: 4x20 @ 235lbs

Stiff legged DL: 3x6 @ 225lbs

Leg Curl: 5x10 @ 70lbs

For my financial Goal, I made the decision to invest in a better Car. I upgraded from a 2011 tacoma to a 2013 Camry. This comes with lower payments and better Gas mileage and since its a Sedan it also comes with the possibility of doing uber if I want to speed up the Credit Pay off thing.The fact that its fun as hell to drive makes it even better.

10 hours ago, raptron said:

THAT IS SO EXCITING re: your boss and work!!! Congrats! Sleeping through a workout accidentally though? Haha, we've all been there.  Plenty more to do this week! 

It is super exciting, THANKS! and less sleep through, more waking up late? LOL

1 minute ago, miss_marissa said:

Holy crap. Who would have ever thought kicking would be so hard.

Definitely doing this routine again today.

Haha ya, especially in the morning when everything is still super tight.

56 minutes ago, darkfoxx said:

Cabin in the Woods! Love that movie and really really want to see subsequent movies featuring some of those cube monsters!

I feel the need to extend October Mandatory Horror Movie Weekends into November - I was so busy seeing new stuff, I didn't have time to hit my favorites!

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all year long is Horror movie year... at least imo

Oh 2nd day of challenge, here we are.

Well getting up this morning stunk, sleep was crap. But the almighty Alarm clock woke me up at 6am and I rolled out of bed at 6:15am.

Workout

This morning I did the stretches assigned in the mini challenge and tried a few tripod headstands, this whole floating my legs up thing really sucks

I walked a bit on lunch but no clue how much

For my normal workout in the eve, i was supposed to have kickboxing and BJJ. But silly me, fell asleep watching "Supergirl"

Once i woke up I decided I needed to work out anyways

Here is my workout focused on cardio and conditioning

5x 1min/1min fast walk/run on treadmill

4x 3min/1min rounds on the heavy bag

5x 45sec/20sec jump rope

3x (10 crunches/10leg raises / 10 sec rest)

FOOD

UGH it was birthday day at work. The day the office provides cake and cookies in celebration of all the peoples bday this month. Not a very healthy day but I kept my macros sort of in check.

1 hour ago, miss_marissa said:

A not exclusive list of things that are hard with ripped callous in both hands:

Washing hair

Cooking (be careful of lime juice)

Pull-ups

Gripping the bar Squatting

Using a mouse

Running a mill and trying not to get machining grease and metal chips in my callous

Yup, that s*** sucks big time. Something... something... be proud of them.... something... something

2 minutes ago, AugustaAdaByron said:

 

Why not?  

^

Just now, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:

Geografical names in the US are confusing 0_o

HAHA not really.

Houston is a city in the State of Texas. Texas is about the size of France, I live in Texas as well, but like 4.5 hours from where he is going to be.

On 10/27/2016 at 0:29 PM, RisenPhoenix said:

 So now I'm in Texas from the 22nd till the 27th.  Potential Nerd meetups then, too.  So I count this as a multiple win.

I was sort of excited at first, but then I realized Texas meant Houston. Damn you!

Completely Forgot that Cheechoe had made that, oh so long ago.

Definitly going to do these in the morning.

Alright yay best monday ever!

I'll brag in just a bit first the reason we are here.

First off

I do my weigh in mondays

weight: 267.6

bf%: 27.5%

Also today I ate 

3296 calories

308.53g prot

272.5g carbs

108.92g of fat

I started my morning off (can i just point out that i woke up at 6a? I have been struggling to get up at 7:15am lately)

Whole body stretching

A couple of tries at working my tripod (I can float my legs up without difficuly, just have issues maintaining balance)

and some squat holds trying to work on my squat depth

For lunch I walked for 24min no clue how far that is but it helped me not going to a fast food joint

my Actual workout today consisted off

BP: 4x4 @ 185lb

Incline DB press: 5x10 @ 45lb each

OHP: 4x4 @ 105lbs

Tricep Pulldowns: 4x15 @ 45lb (the weight is light, but my arms are getting tired... boohhh)

seated arnold presses: 5x10 @ 25lbs each

Now here is the best part of today and why it rocks.

I am a server engineer and pretty much got this job with 0 experience a little over a year ago, before that I did helpdesk work for about a year and thats pretty much it, all the IT experience I have. Today my director and manager pull me into an office and give me a raise and pretty much say that I have been doing awesome. Then my supervisor pulls me over later and says the same thing, talking about bonuses and throwing more opportunities my way and how he wants to do what he can to help me work my way up and try to keep me around as long as he can. It's feels damn good being recognized and makes working there so much easier now. SOOOOOO yay Happy!

Alrighty we started this yesterday?

Well it was sunday, so it was a rest day and I took that to heart and didn't do much in the sense of working out.

Meal prep is done.

11 meals consisting of 10oz portions of chicken or beef, 7oz of beans, sweet potatoes or 250g of rice, and 5oz of oven roasted broccoli. 

I pack snacks and stuff the day off, as I do things like yoghurt etc.

Well looks like challenge is starting tomorrow.

Workout

I have been lifting back in the gym for two weeks now. Current schedule and what I want to maintain throughout the next four weeks is.

monday- Bench day

Tuesday - Muay Thai and BJJ

Wednesday - Squat Day or leg day really

Thursday - Muay Thai and Bjj

Friday- Deadlift and back day

(optional) Saturday - Muay thai Sparring day. I go to this if there are no plans.

I try to run on lunch to try and get my stamina up and have been actively working on getting up a little earlier every morning to try and stretch and do skills training ( hand stands, shadow boxing etc)

Food

I am hovering between 2500 and 3200 calories (yes huge range, I am not actively tracking, its more of a spot check here and there). I am easily hitting protein, and not scared of carbs or fat.

There are a few issues with food

a) I hate my office, I don't actually mind my work, but I work in a data center with no fresh air or even windows, bloody building is depressing. When lunch time comes, I tend to want to go out and eat because I need to get out for a bit, mood is shit, so I don't even want to run and I end up eating fast food.

b)I am having a hard time finding a balance between eating to little and way to much. I end up not eating enough and can't perform in the gym, or eating way to much and feeling guilty with myself.

I do meal prep and its good food, I am not super bored with it. So my goal is to just make sure I stick with the food and try and maybe walk on lunch or go to the local park or something instead. I already asked my office if we can put picnic tables up outside, so we shall see.

Finances

This is actually just a matter of self control. If I see $$$ in my account, I spend it, instead of saving it or throwing it towards CC debt. Not sure how to work on this, but something needs to give, so I will work on something.

oh and man, when i made the comment about huge stack of comics, I didn't realize how many i really had... so... I will spending a lot of nights with Harley, Batman, Flash and Sandman...

1 hour ago, Phoenix91 said:

 

It is Awesome!

 

It took me almost a month to put the 2 lbs on and literally 3 days to lose it, so sad . I'll be handling the food thing by eating all the food  

ALLLL the foods

Important, will there be pics?

2 minutes ago, wildross said:

hi

yay wildross!

On 10/24/2016 at 10:03 PM, spezzy said:

 

hah that's if I hit all of the numbers I want and make weight  got my nerds with me though so I at least think I can do anything

Nerds will help you pick the weight up!