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My contest thread for the month of August

j williams

j williams

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So its the start of month 2!!!


Hows everyone doing? On track? Making progress?

These days, Im riding alot. Primo weather to be on the Bike, and thre mtn bike trails are beautifull. Ive been also rockin my singlespeed vintage roadbike alot instead of my truck. :)

Great days......:)

So we are a month into this competition for the Gunny.... Who is bringin it???:cool:

Post away boys!

heres a link to the OG thread.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=654586

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=657543
 
I've been making it to the gym 2-3 times a week, running and focusing on core strength. Squats, deadlifts, chin ups, rows, bench press, clean&press and ab exercises . I dont do a fixed number of sets or reps, I just go until I'm nauseous. You can tell you've done just the right amount of work when you throw up.

I feel like there's not enough red blood cells to go around when I'm in the middle of my workout, I start to get light headed and see stars during deadlifts or clean and presses.

I think I was around 162-165 when I started, now depending on the time of day I'm between 165-169


I need to improve my diet though. I have a tendency to let myself go hungry rather than be bothered by making food, but I gotta feed the machine better.
 
All I can say is Hooaaa.

I did good and then I did bad and then I did good.

Everything has started off great. I switched from a running plan to kettlebells- until I get a bit more weight off, I'm just goign to destroy myself trying to run it off. I have to say that the exercise portion right now really rocks.

Diet- I was on a "natural atkins" or "atkins with no processed stuff" diet when I started. I spent a week trying to the "healthy" green veggie and protein in small amounts every 2-3 hours thing and it destroyed a month of dieting. SO I'm back on my Warrioresque ulta-low carb diet. Feeling much better now.

Stats for the month start: 226 pound (down from 234 max), gut at 44.5 (down from 47) and I can get into smaller pants. Not small enough.

I cannot yet do a full pullup but I can squeeze in a couple half reps. HAven't tried a 10 mile walk/jog yet, but I intend to later today or possibly Tuesday. Size Medium BDUs are still over the horizon.

scary photos follow:



JULY 1ST

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August 1ST

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Down 6# to 234#,

Hitting the gym four times a week and walking everyday. Walks are up to an hour and a half now (treadmill and path). and my record for benchpress reps @ 135# is a set of 37.

I've also gone cold turkey on all beverages with Sugar, Caffeine, and Carbonation...that means alot of Decaff Tea and Crystal light for me.
 
Man Christof I can see it already. Lookin good man, in a non homo way. Ill post my info up tonight, when I get done workin on the car.
 
I have been fallin behind. Stoopid work. I have dropped down to about 255 and seem to be holding there. Not too thrilled about it, but I will drop the rest soon enough. Once I get work/moving all straightened out I will have more access to a gym...
 
I’m good, I’ve upped my level of activity, bicycle, fishing, walking, and opting for the stairs rather than elevator. I heard an old rocker on Public Radio a few years ago, he replied to the question about keeping fit by saying he just cut his food portions in half. No counting calories or points or avoiding food types or cooking techniques just eat half of what you normally eat, so I’ve been doing that.

I was checking out a set of scales at clinic I maintain in Jan. I was 264. I was down to about 254 when you started this. Yesterday morning I was at 237. I’m averaging just about 2.5 lbs a week, for the last 6 weeks or so.

As the pounds come off my activity is increasing, I have to watch my back and neck that I’ve broken in a couple different incidents and my knees that I also wrecked, I’ve got a long history of trauma but I’ll get there.
 
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I have changed my diet for the better. Not too much gone in the weigh dept. (I'd like to lose 10-20) but I feel better and THINK I'm trimmer. I have been walking more and biking too. I am planning to start martial arts and boxing again-bought some equipment and have some people who want lessons. Diet is key. Cut out the fast food and sugar!
 
Well so far I haven't really lost any thing but my activity level is increasing and this month I'm starting back to the gym. I'll get a picture when I can but I'm not as pretty as Christof so I think I'll be keeping my shirt on. lol Anyway, I'm glad to see everyone is improving themselves in some way.

Thanks
David
 
Last month started out great, but I have relapsed. (Just on my workouts) I have improved basically just my diet and have lost around 5 pounds. Eat less, eat more frequently, make better choices, just drink water. I've been eating a lot more fruit lately. I started back to running and a few workouts the first of last month, but haven't made that a habit yet. Haven't really done anything extra lately. Gotta get back into the workouts.

Glad to see the improvements ya'll are makin.
 
I'm taking flexing pictures now. I'm working on building muscle at this point, not reducing fat, so the progress is only seen when I'm flexing. When I switch back to fat burning, I'll go back to non-flexing pictures.

So... here's my muscle man pose.

Aug 1 picture:
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Here's the previous month:
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woops, posted in wrong thread.

Anyway, my goals are (till feb):
squat low bar: 225 5x5. Hopefully max at 250.
deadlift: 315 max. 5x5 max at 285. Changed cause 290 is not much for dl.
Bench: 150? dont give much of a shit. Dont even have a benchpress, just doing weighted pushups. No money for bench, all money goes to knives :D. Actually, il start browsing craigslist.

Yes, I realize they aren't much, but you gotta start somewhere.

Tryin to keep bodyfat to around 6 percent.
Trying to gain weight.
Diet: everything, NO HOLD BARRED BABY!

Workout: mon, wed, fri, around 2 hrs each. Pretty much max effort on all days

Gonna start HIT training soon.

Gotta get into a regular sleep rythym, meaning NO BF AT MIDNIGHT!! :(

My workout is basically a bill starr 5x5.
 
Had a really long hard look at my calorie intake. I have limited myself to 2000 a day and have managed an average of 1800 over the week.

I keep a daily tab on Calories in and out and exercise done/calories burned. I keep it like I used to keep the books at work. I figure that if I keep my body in the red calorie wise and increase my activity levels I will burn off the excess over time (Looks like the cakes and biscuits during the tea breaks at work were killing me :o. These have been severely curtailed although I don't half get the munchies at 11am and 3pm.)

Weight loss has not been that impressive maybe 4lbs in the last month probably because I paid no attentin to my diet. I am certainly starting to notice the belt feeling looser around the middle and a bit more firmness in the legs and shoulders with the increase in exercise.
 
Ok so I've been doing pretty good by my standards I suppose. First, here is what I looked like 1 year ago, when I had a part time job over the summer and no school. Was at the gy 6 times a week 1.5 hours a day. I was down to 8% body fat which was great compared to my 17 when I started.

http://img179.imageshack.us/i/flex1.jpg/

http://img80.imageshack.us/i/flex2q.jpg/

Now I got back up to 16% BF when I went to school full time and worked full time. I don't know what I am at now, but it is getting back to where I want to be. I have chilled off work and am focusing on school now. But here is my progress so far.

http://img80.imageshack.us/i/photo1k.jpg/

http://img190.imageshack.us/i/photo4btm.jpg/

http://img190.imageshack.us/i/photo5a.jpg/

It is obviously a huge difference from what I used to be, but I am getting back. Working out in my room 4 times a week with hindu squats, push ups, crunches, sit ups, and now 1 minute back bridges, where I roll onto my forehead, aka wrestlers back bridge.

It all really looks better in real life, sadly my camera on my computer doesn't show it as well as I thought it would. Lameeeeee.
 
Late to this thread as I was offline for most of last month through work.

Luckily I had started training on the 1st of June in an effort to put a little more beef on before August.

I'm 6'4'', starting weight was 220lbs and now i'm up at 235lbs. In July I was lucky enough to combine my training with some mountain training in the Bridgeport area of California, The MWTC to be exact. I live pretty much at sea level so the altitude kicked my ass for a the first week but I managed through and got some good peaks and ridge walks in.

I'm up in Salt Lake City now for a few more days hitting the road in the morning and the gym at night. The plan being to return to the UK with better CV and maybe lung capacity. I'm also going off refined sugar and dairy for 4 weeks when I go back as i've got to ditch fat before a half marathon I signed up for. Doing it with a 30lb loaded rucksack to raise money for a charity back here.

Overall goal is to drop my body fat to around 7% and weigh in at 225lb(ish). Trying to motivate the girlfriend to join me for evening runs when I get back but that is a work in progress.

Will try and get some more pics soon. Here's me around the 1st of July:
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Oh the tache is gone and i've got a little more hair on top now :(
 
Weighed in on Sunday and I was amazed to find I had dropped to 207lbs over the last week. The mixture of calorie counting and exercise appear to be working. I am still managing to keep my calorie intake to under 2000 per day although I am still getting the munchies at work.

Quite a few people have noticed the difference including the Mrs who has noticed a sharp reduction in my snoring.
 
Forgot about this until I saw the resolutions thread and reminded me.

I really should con a family member to take some pictures.
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Gained 1.6 lbs(146.6). Whoo whoo. Still at least 14 lbs shy of my goal. I'm beginning to wonder how long it will take. I usually eat pretty healthy, rarely eat chips/junk food. Looks like I'll have to take it to the next step. On the positive I gained 2+ sets of weights on every machine and dumbells. I'm gaining strength just not mass. I will also very easily reach my 550# leg press.

I'm cutting down on lower body and doing more cardio. It looks like I won't gain much mass on my legs since I am already close to my goal, so that will make it even harder to reach my goal.
 
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