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TKAZ said:
This is a great way to achieve better flexibility: http://www.dragondoor.com/dv007.html
Any one of the books and/or DVD's by Pavel Tsatsouline will help a great deal. even more so if you are a fighter.
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Thanks TKAZ, I'll take a look at that

Time for my mid to late week update. I didn't work out for a week. I slipped a lot. I messed up, yet I still remained fairly even. I had my first training sessions last night since last Wednesday, and I'm feeling it right now. My legs are sore, my arms are sore, my back is sore... We were working on a step, left kick that one of our fighters used in his Kickboxing fight last Friday to knock the other guy out. So we practiced it at a liver height (another of our fighters used that in an MMA fight to win) and head height. My left leg is... shall we say, handicapped? I'm VERY right side dominant. After Muay Thai I had a friend help me stretch me out, so that helped.

I've been very stressed as of late trying to find a new job. My old store closed, so now I'm looking for new work that can fit in around my school and training schedule. Over 35 places applied to, nothing yet.

This mornings weight: 193.6

EDIT: My brother gave me an interesting recipe for pancakes that are good for you, esp if you're trying to get muscle mass and protein in your diet.
1 scoop protein powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup rolled oats
1 banana
1/4th cup (about two eggs) egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
milk or water to consistency

blenderize untill pancake batter
cook

I added blue berries to the mix this morning and they're taaaaaasty. Roll em up with a little bit of peanut butter.
 
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amroc said:
Thanks TKAZ, I'll take a look at that
EDIT: My brother gave me an interesting recipe for pancakes that are good for you, esp if you're trying to get muscle mass and protein in your diet.
1 scoop protein powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup rolled oats
1 banana
1/4th cup (about two eggs) egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
milk or water to consistency

blenderize untill pancake batter
cook

I added blue berries to the mix this morning and they're taaaaaasty. Roll em up with a little bit of peanut butter.
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Good stuff, you can buy protein pancake mix as well. Good stuff.
Thanks for posting that.
 
crowdog said:
Good stuff, you can buy protein pancake mix as well. Good stuff.
Thanks for posting that.
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Not a problem. Another great thing about them, is they're cheap! I made a batch of these this morning (and ran out of oats, so I need more of those), and I got about 5 or 6 actual pancakes out of that. They're filling, but not super high in calories. When I get more oats I'll see if I can find out an actual calorie count for a full batch of this stuff.

Crowdog: Do you know how much the premade stuff costs? I'm always hesitant to buy supplements due to the cost.

What is everyone eating to facilitate their weight loss goals? :D

Thanks!
 
crowdog said:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/met/proteinpancakemix.html
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Thanks for that Crowdog! The only part of that that I don't like, is that it's packaged. It does look like it has lower calories than my mixture, but I'm a fan of the fact mine is all pretty simple, natural stuff. Also, the sodium in that is pretty high. Have you tried the stuff?

My goals for this is to step away from packaged goods. Example: Instead of buying peanut butter from a store with a long list of ingredients, I'll buy peanut butter that is in peanut form, through a grinder, and into my container. I'm drastically changing my food intake. Much higher fruit and veggies and lean meats, much less packaged goods.

Thanks!
 
End of week 2(basically):
Monday I showed up for conditioning for tennis, I am easily in the top 3-4 as far as shape goes, Monday we did sprints, suicides, and other running drills for about 2 hours, by end of business Monday, 6 out of 11 had lost their lunch.

Tuesday wasn't too different, except from being sore from Monday, even the simple drills like kicking your butt while running had a little hurt to it, then after the sprints and suicides we went and did stairs. After about 5 minutes or so of stairs, I told the coach while jogging past, "Coach, I've never seen steps on tennis court" :D so once we finally finished a few minutes later, guess who got to start out the suicides.

Wednesday was probably the easiest practice we've had, it was snowing pretty hard so we only practiced for about an hour and a half, instead of the full 2, we normally run in the school but about every other spring sports team was to because of the snow, so we just went to the Coach's room to begin practice, We stretched for a long while, and then we proceeded to do 100 sit-ups in sets of 25, and 40 push-ups (two sets of 15, and a set of 20), then we did some sprints and a suicide to end practice, thankfully the running was to a minimum that day because, I was over at the local college for lunch, and they only had some sort of vegetable/beef soup that wasn't sitting to well. Also where I have been doing push-ups and crunches every night, I had no trouble with that.

Thursday (today), the snow storm accumulated enough snow to cancel school, so no conditioning today, I'll still do push-ups and crunches later tonight though.

Friday, Coach is going to be out of town so once again no conditioning, but if it's warm enough I'll probably go running.

Sat. & Sun. I plan on getting some tennis practice in, we've yet to pick up a racket in practice, and it's a decently competitive with 15 players (supposedly, 1/3 haven't showed up for conditioning), 6 seeds, and I only have one year of experience,

Also, I plan on getting a decent picture of me today, I'll probably send it to crowdog, I figure there's still two more months, and in the past two weeks I haven't changed much, so it'll represent a better, begging pic.


crowdog said:
Hey guys and gals, I would like to touch base with each of you; it is difficult for me to have enough time to email each of you indivdually so I would be able to do the greater good via phone. So anyone that will email me your phone# I will call and give the best advice I have for making your goals happen.
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I just now came across this post, unfortunately a day to late. Yesterday I noticed my phone would no longer send/receive calls, I have had this phone for well over a year, and just yesterday it decided to get stuck in "roam" mode, for all I now a local tower is down.
 
hwpaintballer said:
I just now came across this post, unfortunately a day to late. Yesterday I noticed my phone would no longer send/receive calls, I have had this phone for well over a year, and just yesterday it decided to get stuck in "roam" mode, for all I now a local tower is down.
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Its all good, I just wanted to extend that offer out to people if they felt as though they were hitting a platue or were unsure on a few things I wanted to be available.
I will email you boss. :thumbup:
 
Well this week went pretty well. I was having a little trouble getting more pushups in a row but I hit it hard this week and things are going much better. Swimming is still kicking my butt, but I can feel myself getting better. The swimming is helping my cardio A LOT which is good because we started rugby practice. Lots of jogging and pliometrics (sorry about the spelling) which reminded me I am not terrible flexible. I want to improve in that category.

The food side is going pretty well. I try to get vegetables when I can in the cafateria but they don't always have things that look edible. haha. Once I am out of the dorm next year I look forward to making my own meals. I will definitly try out that pancake mix amroc, sounds pretty good.

Good luck,

-Alex
 
Update:

My regiment wasn't "official" until today, but I've been doing it anyway. I'm focusing on weight loss, not building muscle mass. That will come later.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are the days I do dedicated weight loss, ie. the days I do extra exercise with the sole purpose of losing weight. I'm not counting my normal walking and running and everyday activities.
Warm-up for five minutes, then run three miles to the rec center. Once there, run five miles on the treadmill. Rest, then run five miles on the elliptical. Jog home (three miles). Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I'll post updates as I see progress.
 
Sounds like everyone is doing good! Don't forget to ask if you need help. Seriously I don't mind at all. I didn't drop all my weight over night and it took a lot of support from those around me.


On a good note: I have not been following my routine since school is crazy this semester, but I went again today. I've lost some stamina when it comes to cardio, but am happy to report I have not lost any ground when it comes to my leg strength. I can leg press my weight +12 lbs! :D
 
Hey Crowdog, do you know any good stretch's for the spine? I want to prevent a chronically knotted trapezius (primarily)/latissimus again, there a real pain.
 
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**I AM NOT AN EXPERT**


This is a really good core WO that I used about 1.5 yrs ago (I was @ G5), I do not have any specific numbers for groups prior or post "Groups 5,6,7" but it works good.

**adjust the numbers to fit your fitness level**
"Groups 5,6,7" ( again, no prior or post "Groups 5,6,7" numbers available)

Excersise G5 G6 G7

Flutter kicks: 10 10 15
Slow crunches: 20 20 25
Hello dollies: 10 10 10
Slow side crunches: 10 15 15
6 to 90's: 10 10 15
Slow crunches: 20 20 25
Body twists: 10 10 15
Slow side crunches: 10 15 15
Flutter kicks: 10 10 15


This WO is intended to be done in one stint, no stopping/rest, feet do not touch the ground. after you can do all of these as stated, move to the next group.
*Modify the numbers to suit you, and work up to this and then keep going.*

I also enjoy(ed) Pyramid Pull ups W/ push ups. (about 1.5 yrs ago)
 
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Still under medication for my shoulder. Doc took me off the painkiller to get me move less ... still losing weight though, I hope it's not too much muscle mass ...

I had an appointment on thursday (doc) and couldn't get home in time for my snack and had a particularly small breakfast anyway. I stumbled upon a protein bar, and what a treat that was. Too much fat in it for my liking, but chocolate taste ... yum ...
now I'm really thinking I might get myself some protein shake stuff (just because the bars contain more fat, otherwise the bars are fine). Seems nice to have another option.
 
watching from the home audience... started a new job, so that was a good excess to add to my overall new routine... lost weight, hitting the gym more since xmas, and all in all, being amused...

here's a friend's pancake recipe. relatively low carb, good fats, proteins... good waffle recipe too (riddick loves them in the slam)

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LB's SuperDuper Low Carb Pancake and Waffle Recipe

3 eggs
1 cup cottage or ricotta cheese (ricotta preferred)
1/4 cup protein powder [1]
dash salt
little water

Beat eggs well. Add cottage cheese and beat. Add protein powder and
salt. Mix well. Stir in a little water, so the batter is not quite so
thick. Heat oil in a frying pan, and when hot, spoon pancake batter
in. Spread it around a little so pancakes are not too thick. When
bubbly on top, turn, and cook til bottoms are done.

Serves 2 @ 5 carb, 0 fiber, 313 Calories, 23 fat, 22 protein.

For Waffles: add a bit of oil, about a tablespoon, use non stick waffler.


Bladite
 
Just thought I'd say that to go along with my martial arts training, specifically Kajukenbo, that I got my Advanced Gold belt today. Sifu was talking about skipping me a belt next promotion period due to my prior experience and how fast I'm picking up this style.

The only down side, was I had my nose punched pretty hard during sparring and had a dual nostril nose bleed. I was paired up with the person getting the highest promotion in class and who is an assistant instructor. I held my own for the most part, but she popped me a good one when I went in for a throw/takedown. It was good to actually spar someone with full force, mixing all the styles we train. She's a kickboxer too so she had good technique.

I'll post weight in the morning

Thanks!
 
Around end December, start of January, I was weighing in at 178lbs, weighed myself today, weighing in at 185lbs, only 20lbs more to gain!
 
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