My contest thread for the month of July

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I was on vacation from the 8th thru the 14th. We camped on San Juan Island. Although I brought my bike, I only rode one time! :o (As a punnishment for bailing on my wife for an afternoon ride, God let her pedal right into the middle of an five eagle dogfight/airshow!) I did get some hiking in and we went sea kayaking on the one stormy day! (It figures, doesn't it!)

Diet-wise, I was on vacation as well. As a result, I was up about three pounds when I got back. The good news is that it came back off pretty quick and I'm still on track to hit my goal by hunting season.

I'm not seeing much improvement in the weight training area, probably because of the restricted calories (Target= 1800/day) and mondo-cardio (20 miles/day 6x/wk). Even though I'm built like a spider monkey under all of this fat, right now I think the weight loss is more important than the muscle gain. I'll adjust in September.

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Honestly, I'm only down 10 pounds. WAY slow- but I'm not on a very restrictive diet calorie wise (hugely restrictive in terms of sugars and high glycemic foods, but not overall calories)- and I'm doing a lot of weight work. I'm up overall in chest measurement.

But man, I wish I could point to 30 pounds gone!!!!!
 
I'm burning fat, but building mass. My weight has remained close to the same, but I am eating less and working more. Unfortunately I fractured my pelvis (tendon nad muscle broke loose with bone fragment attached) at the tip of my hip joint last Thursday, so I am only working @ half speed.
 
I got my bicycle back from the shop.
Took a short ride (6 hilly miles)
Need to go back to the flats and build my mileage up to 30 at a time.
I hope that if I can get back to 90 miles a week, I will gain some muscle mass and be able to eat moderately without gaining weight.
(I am really bad a staying away from sweets so I am cutting the frequency and portion size)
 
Fourth day of running in the evenings. My son joins me either on his bike or his scooter.

First day it was 3.5 miles to my parents house. Other days have been about 2 miles around the local park.

I haven't noticed any change other than my thighs and butt hurt like hell. Good news is no shin pain so far.
 
Great work so far guys. Lets see here where am I...For me I have been sticking to my core exercises. I do my hindu squats/pushups. I do my crunches and no hold sit ups. And I've incorperated back bridges like we used to do in wrestling. Try doing those for 1 minute intervals. It kills. Right now I am down to about 216 ish. But my chest is bigger, arms are bigger, and my abs are coming back slowly but surly. I have started my diet today. I go for about 500 calories a meal. In the morning, a bowl of cereal which is roughly 2-3 of the serving sizes (and that is me using a small bowl) with skim milk. Lunch is usually a protein shake after my workout. 360 calories, 80 grams of protein, 30 % of my carbs. And maybe some fruit aka banana or apple. For dinner I have oatmeal, 1 full cup, and a peanut butter sandwitch, or if I have actually cooked, chicken breast, sausage, steak, pasta, etc. And all this is working, even though by midnight I'm wicked hungry.
 
Well, I'm finally starting to get back on my feet as I recover from the hip fracture, and to my surprise, I actually lost 6lbs. since your contest started, and that's with sitting in a chair for the last month. But, I have been trying not to eat much since I wasn't burning much.

Unfortunately the lack of exercise payed it's toll on my lung capacity. I tried to take a nice easy bike ride to town to get my hair cut, and didn't even make it. I was sucking wind so bad, I thought I was going to throw up. Oh well, I guess I'll have to work up to it slowly, but at least I didn't gain 10lbs!
 
True Nick...:thumbup:

Take it easy on the rehab, and you will get back to 100%. :cool:

I am very happy to hear you are doing better. Thats awesome bro.:thumbup::thumbup:

Dont be a stranger man, you should give me a ring sometime.:)
 
I completed my first week of "power lifting" and I feel like I've been worked over with a baseball bat.

This new plan has me scared shitless, but I'm sticking with it for 8 weeks. I went from eating 1800 calories a day to eating 3000. The idea is, I haven't lost a pound in over a year, and the fitness guru guy I'm working with says it's because my body has finally adapted to 1800 calories, and that is now my "normal" calorie intake. It's no longer considered a "deficit" by my body. So his plan is to jack my calories up, and have me start power lifting. The idea is to pack on a bunch of muscle (and some fat), and then switch back to the deficit and start cutting fat again.

So far? All I notice is I'm fatter. I'm freaking out. I've gained 6 pounds or so in the last two weeks. I'm supposed to think it was at least half muscle, but it looks a lot like fat in my face and gut.

We'll see.
 
HOOAAA.

That was pain, actually. Okay, I just finished my morning warmup- 5 sets of 25 swings with my 16kG crazyball.

Nosh- I hear yah. My plan isn't as dramatic as yours, but I've put myself on a muscle building plan instead of strict fat loss and I'm watching ppeople here shed 20-30 pounds and it's....rough.

I've lost about 12. 5% weight loss in a month just doesn't sound like a lot.

Of course, I just did 125 swings, about half of them one arm, with a 35 pound cannonball, in under 9 minutes. So maybe I'm doing okay :D


Be interesting to see the photos. I can't see much difference in the mirror.
 
My goals are to squat two plates or more. Ambitious, but even if I don;t reach, itll be a great improvement. 5 more lbs per week is definetely doable!

Deadlift 290, I increase fast on deadlifts.

Bench: meh, over 150 or so. I really dont care a lot for benchpressing.
 
Im lockin this thread.... Please post to the Augest thread guys. Easier for me to keep up with it.:thumbup:
 
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