I have been keeping a log on the 35 and older log section, but have not got many people checking it out for motivation, so I'm going to discontinue that one and start one here -- I will post some of the entries from there and continue tomorrow in here -- wish me luck
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02-27-2008, 07:26 PM #1
rdelaney44 mid 30's regain some strength and cut up log
Raising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:27 PM #2
from 2/13/2008
a few years ago , I had some success following a diet plan outlined by most muscular and working out really hard. As happens to many, life got in the way, I met a girl, got married and the gym and nutrition became a low priority. I intended on getting in shape for the wedding, but that never happened. I joked to many that I got as fat as I could for the day of my wedding because if I lost weight before, I'd hear about every pound I put on in the future, but this way, if I lose weight, my wife will see it as an added bonus. After looking at my wedding pics, though -- my joke wasn't very funny. I had ballooned to a pudgy 290 lbs and this time it wasn't because I was bulking and trying to bench press 500 lbs. I had no excuse -- so I am now old enough to legally post in the over 35 section so I thought I would try to keep a log of my progress. I joined the Y in late November and started working out again -- it didn't take me long to realize that the Y is not where I'm comfortable lifting, so Feb 15th is my last day there - I signed up at my old place "The Gym" - a stinky, hardcore gym with more weights than a person can handle -- I will go from the guy lifting the most at the Y, to the bottom of the food chain at "The Gym" -- this will be very motivating. I hired Shawn Myszka at Explosive Edge Athletics to help me with my diet and workout plan -- I hope to slowly and dramatically lose weight while retaining muscle -- I started his suggested workout and diet on Jan 28th - I'm still weak and often frustrated about what I let happen to me, but I'm starting to see some small changes and and I'm excited. I will need encouragement along the way, so I ask that people check in occasionally to check my progress and give me words of encouragement. Thanks - Rich
PS - if anybody is interested, here is my log from a few years ago
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=411874Raising the bar over and over again ... literally
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02-27-2008, 07:28 PM #3
also from 2/13/2008
I thought I would record yesterday's workout and meals as my first official log:
Feb 12 2008
(all foods measured dry and uncooked)
6:30 AM - exercise bike 35 minutes
7:30 AM - multi vitamin, b-complex, glutamine, 2 Lipo 6x
1 cup oatmeal - 2 scoops ON 100% Whey
1 tbsp Flax Seed Oil
1 banana
40 oz water
10:00 AM - Zone Bar and 2 rice cakes
40 oz water
12:45 - 8 0z 96% ff ground beef - 1/2 c brown rice (a
little soy sauce for flavor) 2 Lipo6x
40 oz water
3:15 - large apple and 2 tablespoons natural Peanut Butter
40 oz water
4:00 - vitamin C and workout (see below)
lots of water
5:45 - vitamin C and 2 scoops ON 100% Whey, 40 g dextrose, 5 mg creatine
7:15 - 8 oz 99% FF ground Turkey, 1/2 c brown rice (2 cups cooked) - seasoned with some Franks Red Hot
water and diet pepsi
9:15 Zone Bar
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Raising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint themRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:29 PM #4
2/13/2008
don't recall all of the numbers on my workout from Feb 12th, but here goes:
Reverse grip pull down 10 x 190, 8 x 210, 6 x 230
one armed hammer strength ? x fail
Reverse grip bent over row 15 x 225, 8 x 275, 7 x 315
Dead lift 6 x 225, 6 x 315, 3 x 405 (grip gave out and couldn't recoup - very frustrating because the weight wasn't too bad - maybe I need wraps, but don't want to have to depend on them)
bent over db raise 10 x 30 8 x 35
seated cable pulls - ? x failRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:30 PM #5
Feb 14th --
I overslept this morning, so I was forced to walk for 35 minutes after my workout. My diet is pretty much the same every day, so I won't bore anybody with details. I am still waiting for some of this bloating to go away, but with all of this rice, I don't see it happening anytime too soon. I felt pretty good today:
smith machine shoulder press 10 x 225, 8 x 245, 5 x 255
Seated side raises 10 x 35's, 12 x 30's
Barbell Shrugs -- 15 x 225, 12 x 315, 10 x 405
Closed grip BB Bench Press 10 x 225, 8 x 245, 5 x 275
push downs 20 x ?, 15 x ?, 12 x 180(?)
Today was my last day at the Y, so tomorrow I'll have leg day at "The Gym" - the place I used to workout.
I started this on Jan 28th, I guess I thought I'd be down a few pounds by now, but instead I've gained some -- I'll stay on course for another week or two, but if I don't see any changes, I'll up my protein and lower my carbs, although I'm not sure how that would work if I'm eating the same caloriesRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:31 PM #6
2/15/2008
today was leg day - quiet day at the Gym since I was there in the afternoon -- I worked out alone today -- I need to figure out what weights I need to use, but I got a good workout, nonetheless:
many of the leg press/hack squat and hammer strength stuff only refers to the wight I put on the machines, not the machines themselves
seated leg extensions 12 x ?, 10 x ?, 8 x ?
Leg Press 20 x 200, 12 x 400, 10 x 600, 8 x 800
Hack Squat 10 x 200, 10 x 200
leg curls 12 x ?, 10 x ?, 10 x ?
got home and realized that I forgot straight leg deads today
calf raises - 4 sets of burnout - weight progressively heavier
I waddled out of there -- I'll have to concentrate to dial this in better and the workout I'm following does not include squatting and I'll have to add that into the mix alsoRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:32 PM #7
2/18/2008
well after a weekend of a couple of cheat foods, I started up again exactly on my diet
first meal was my normal oatmeal/whey/banana meal and a tbs of flax seed oil
2nd meal was a zone bar
3rd meal - 8 oz 96% ff ground beef, 1 cup brown rice and some soy sauce
4th meal -- a zone bar and a small apple
worked out
5th meal -- standard post workout shake
6th meal -- 10 oz 99% ff ground turkey -- franks red hot and 1 tbs ff blue cheese dressing
7th meal -- 1 oz almonds and a zone bar
8th meal -- 1 cup ff cottage cheese and 1 tbs flax seed oil
I was a little over on my fat today and I know I need to find a replacement for so many zone bars, but I'm getting better -- decided to up my protein in an attempt to lean up -- all of that rice is a bit much for me
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workout was as follows:
flat bb bench 10 x 225, 8 x 275, 6 x 315
incline db press 10 x 100's, 8 x 110's, 5 x 120's
flat db flyes 8 x 45's, 10 x 40's
seated db curls 10 x 35's, 8 x 40's, 8 x 45's
standing preacher db curls 10 x 35's, 10 x 40's
feels weird getting in and out of there so quickly, but feels great at the same time -- I feel like my strength is starting to come back -- I just might see 400+ again some day on the bb bench -- thought that would never happen again
I think I need to keep the fruit -- the banana adds potassium and I when I work legs hard, I often get leg and calf cramps in the middle of the night and some have suggested that I ditch the beef for chicken -- I asked Shawn about this and he said he likes the beef because it helps increase my test levelsRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:34 PM #8
2/19/2008
Today was so-so in the gym -- I tweaked my back a bit on my last set of deads and finished with lighter weight -- not this again -- oh well, we'll see
Lifts went like this:
reverse grip pulldowns 10 x 100, 8 x 150, 8 x 190
bent over bb row 10 x 225, 8 x 275, 6 x 315
hammer strength one arm pulls fail x 115
deads 10 x 225, 6 x 315, 2 x 405 & 4 x 315
bent ove db shoulder raises 10 x 35's, 10 x 40's
lower back was pretty tweaked, so I skipped seated cable row today
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I was swamped today and found myself not able to eat another meal prior to working out - I wish I could have gotten an apple or something
meals:
7:30 - 1 c oatmeal/2 scoops 100% whey/ 1 tbs flax seed oil/ 1 banana
10:00 - zone bar
12:30 - 1 lb 96% ff ground beef w/ 1 tbs bbq sauce
2:30 - 1 oz almonds
workout
5:30 - post workout shake
6:30 - 2 slices whole grain bread w/ 2 tbs natural peanut butter -- 1 can diet pepsi Jazz caramel cream (not too bad)
I plan to have 8 oz ff ground turkey at 8:00 and a cup of ff cottage cheese before bedRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:35 PM #9
2/20/2008
today was an off day -- no cardio or lifting
no ground beef today
Diet looked like this :
7:30 flax seed oil/oatmeal/whey prot 100%/banana
10:00 zone bar
noon 8 oz 99% ff gr turkey - franks red hot and 1 tbs ff blue cheese dressing
2:00 - 1.5 oz almonds - zone bar
4:30 - 2 scoops why shake
6:30 - 2.5 baked chicken breast (didn't weigh - I'll guess) 8 oz
I'm thinking of eating some more chicken in a few minutes and at end the night with some fat free cottage chz -- I'm going to skip my night time flax seed oil because my fat is fine for the day -- I'm going to have a tough time meeting my caloric goals with the fat so low and lowering my carbs -- I know two zone bars is probably to much for the day - guess I'll need to add another meat meal or two in the future - I'm very hungry right now but am unsure what to eat besides chicken breast -- I'm having a tough night as far as cravings go -- Craving junk/fast food, but its hump-day -- I can wait until the weekend to cheatRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:36 PM #10
2/22/2008
Yesterday - I woke up under 270, however, this morning I'm 275 again -- must not have drank enough water
yesterday's food was decent - pretty much the same as usual,, except for my dinner meal, I had a good meal - it was a salad made out of 14 oz gr 99% ff ground turkey with taco seasoning, lettuce, fresh cut salsa (tomotoes,onions, jalapenos, salt and lime juice), avacado, and a little bit ff shredded cheese
lifting went OK -- bought some new straps as well as those fancy hooker straps from this site -- word of warning -- my wrists are above average size, but these straps do not fit
DB Shoulder press 10 x 70's, 8 x 90's, 5 x 100's
standing side shoulder raises - 10 x 35's, 10 x 40's
BB Shrugs - 20 x 225, 12 x 315, 6 x 405 (damn grip), 15 x 315
close grip bench - 10 x 225, 8 x 245, 6 x 275
one arm db tri extensions -- 10 x 40's, fail x 45's
push downs 12 x ?, 12 x ?, fail x stackRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:37 PM #11
2/25/2008
Another tough weekend on the diet - but started the week back on track
diet is a little light on calories today, but pretty clean
weights went well -- getting better each weak -- my strength is coming back and feels good
flat bb bench 10 x 225, 275 x 8, 335 x 5
slight incline db press 10 x 100's, 7 x 120's, 3 x 130's
flat db flyes 10 x 45's, 8 x 55's
seated db curls 10 x 45's, 8 x 50's, 7 x 50's
one arm standing preacher db curls 10 x 35, fail x 50, fail x 40
felt good when I walked out of there -- I'm a bit nervous about back day tomorrow -- my back still hurts a bit from last week -- I may skip the deads tomorrow and concentrate on bent over rows, T-bar rows, and a couple hammer strength anglesRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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02-27-2008, 07:38 PM #12
and finally today 2/27/20008
Had to switch around yesterday and today -- so yesterday was just cardio and today I worked out alone - went light on deads because I tweaked my back last week, but it went well(see workout below)
Diet today was good - will end up with 8 meals -
around 3000 calories - 55% protein, 20% fat, and 25% carbs
7 - 1 cup Oatmeal/2 scoops ON 100% Whey/ 1tbs flax seed oil/banana
9 - 2 scoops Isopure 0 carbs Cookies and cream/1 cup milk
11 - zone bar
1 - 8 oz 96% ff ground beef 1/ low sodium soy sauce and a diet coke
3:30 - 10 oz 99% ff ground turkey breast / franks red hot / 1tbs ff blue cheese dressing
6 - post workout shake 2 scoops ON 100% whey/40g dextrose/5 mg creatine
7:15 - 14 naked chicken nuggets w/ franks red hot and a diet coke
9:30 - ff cottage cheese / 1 tbs flax seed oil
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workout
reverse grip pull down 10 x 160, 8 x 200, 6 x 220
reverse grip bent over bb row 10 x 225, 10 x 275
seated cable rows fail x 200
Hammer strength 1 arm pull fail x 90 (+machine)
Dead lift 12 x 135, 10 x 225, 15 x 315
bent over db side raise 10 x 35's, 10 x 40's
decided to ditch the wraps altogether and will progress only as fast as my grip will allow meRaising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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03-04-2008, 05:09 PM #13
Yesterday's meals were fine -- and my workouts went as following:
still haven't lost weight lately, but I haven't done much for cardio either, but my body is still changing
flat bb bench -- 10 x 225, 8 x 315, 2 x 365
slight incline db press -- 10 x 100's, 8 x 120's, 7 x 130's
flay db flies -- 10 x 45's, 10 x 55's
seated curls - 45's x 10, 50's x 8, 55's x 6
standing db preacher curls - 45's x 10, 35's x 10, 35's x 8Raising the bar over and over again ... literally
you've got to build the walls before you can paint them
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