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    Oh snap....Meg-O's training for a Figure comp....

    So I guess this is as good as a time as ever to start a public journal. I will be training for an October/November 2012 Figure competition but I've got some work to do now to set myself up for a fighting chance.

    My Background

    I've played softball non-stop since I was 5 years old, well that is until I tore my ACL this past July. I played in high school which is where I was first introduced to the weight room and busted my arse over 4 years to be able to bench 130 lbs, squat 250 lbs, and clean and press 180 lbs, beast mode. College softball workouts were lacking compared to what I was used to so I started working out with the football team, got down to my lowest weight ever of 130 lbs. Left my first college to start my engineering degree, picked up a graveyard shift as a valet, gained some weight, moved to swing shift, lost some weight, but hadn't lifted a weight in about 3 years. Decided I wanted to cocktail, made the switch, started working out again to be able to fit in my insanely snug bustier, got back down to my lowest weight of 130 lbs but this time with a helluva lot more muscle (see the pics from 2006 in my BodySpace). Graduated college, moved to Houston, stopped working out for about a year, started running marathons, gained 25 lbs, and I believe that brings me up to date.


    Where I'm Going

    After getting bored with training for and running marathons, I've made the switch over to triathlons, but for some reason I let a friend talk me into signing up for a half-Ironman next April. A trainer at my gym would love for me to compete in a show in March 2012 but with all that biking, swimming, and running (if I stick to the training plan ;P) I think I may go slightly catabolic and even though I've got a fair amount of muscle, I want a sure shot at placing in my first show. So my current goal is to cut at least 15 pounds prior to the Ironman, rebuild over the summer, then go beast mode in the gym to hit 130 lb and 14% BF for October/November 2012.

    I've been keeping track of my meals and workouts for quite a while now, but now I will begin posting updates here to keep me honest. Honestly, it's football season right now and with all of the tailgating and whatnot, I've been slacking on the will power to say no to copious amounts of beer and over-processed snacks because honestly, I had no other reason not to because I'm the only person that would know.

    So if anyone manages to follow this journal, call me out, slap me around, and put me back in my place. It's time to do this and stop yo-yoing around like I have over the past 4 years.
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    Sweet!! 2012 is going to be a good year for me too! Hopefully looking at a show in Nov 2012 ....... I've got lots of fatz to cut
    I'll be following for sure!

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    In!! So the long term is fugure, mid term is triathlon, and short term is to get to off season BF% level. Plenty of time. We can start paying attention to weak spots now too and any imbalences.

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    How I got to where I am today...

    INJURY

    So I had a few set-backs, one minor and one major.

    After discovering I had a hole in my right eardrum I went in for surgical repair. I was unable to do anything strenuous for 3 weeks; you got it, no lifting, running, swimming, or sports. I went stark raving mad.

    Once cleared from the 3 week no movement period I immediately hit the softball field and that very weekend I tore my ACL during a tournament. Not knowing it was torn at the time, just really painful, I popped a Vicodin (or two) left over from said prior surgery (still didn’t take the edge off) and played the last game of the tournament. Over the next month I got all of my vacationing out of the way and even raced in my last triathlon of the season the weekend before surgery (severely out of shape).

    Since surgery on August 12th 2011 I have 6 months until I'm fully released for sports and have been counting down the days since...110 days to go as of today.

    I've been bugging the crap out of my physical therapist to let me workout legs and run, so now I can do "light" (ha! yeah right) leg workouts and run on the treadmill.


    PROGRESS OR LACK THERE OF

    154.6 lb

    Seems I've been stuck floating around 155 to 160 lb over the past year.

    I'm still working out how to take consistent progress photos so bear with me.

    I have slight atrophy in my right quad. We measured the right quad to be a little over 1" (circumference) smaller than the left. I still notice it but I guess it's not as apparent as I make it out to be.

    I've been doing a predominantly push/pull/legs three day split over the last 6 or so years. The workouts haven't changed much structurally and adding or swapping out exercises is about the only change I've ever made. I enjoy high volume workouts that keeps me in the gym between 45 minutes to an hour and I despise cardio but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

    I like to work out during lunch, it keeps me from going insane from sitting in an office all day and it keeps me from the temptation of going out to lunch with friends and coworkers and making bad food choices. I would usually lift Mon/Wed/Fri and swim on Tues/Thurs but I'm kind of back in lifting addiction mode so yesterday's workout was the second back day of the week; Monday and Thursday. I added some core to the end of my Tuesday Chest/Shoulder/Tri routine and I'm still sore and loving it but made yesterday's workout a little weak.


    THE COUNTDOWN: 76 days post-op / 111 days until full release


    THE WORKOUT

    BACK (dropped bis this w/o)

    11 minute warm-up on treadmill, 1 mile

    Lat Pulldown drop set superset with CG/RG Pulldown
    Lat Pulldown
    12 / 75lb
    10 / 90
    8 / 90
    6 / 105

    Close Grip/Reverse Grip Pulldown
    3x6 / 75

    T-bar Row
    8 / 60
    2x8 / 75

    Straight Bar Pushdown
    4x8 / 70

    Bent Over BB Row (Pendley)
    3x8 / 80

    One Arm Row
    8 / 35
    2x6 / 35 <-- got lazy here and was eyeballing the clock to not be late for my 1 PM meeting.



    DIET

    Diet was less than stellar yesterday with a 7 PM football game and getting home at 11 PM, oh well, back on track tomorrow. If anyone can make a meal out of beer it's this girl. I usually do better at drinking a gallon of water, just wasn't on my game yesterday.

    Breakfast: 1 lg egg, 1/3 c. egg whites, 2 slices 100% whole wheat, 1 TBSP olive oil spread
    Snack 1 (Pre-W/O): 2 slices 100% whole wheat, 2 TBSP Natty PB, 1 grapefruit
    Snack 2 (Post-W/O): 1 scoop Syntha-6 Chocolate Mint (my fav!)
    Lunch: 4.7 oz grilled chicken breast, ¼ c. Quinoa, 2/3 c. mixed steamed veggies
    Snack 3/Dinner: Naughty choice at the football game...Beer

    Cals: 1627 F: 42g C: 135g P: 100g

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    Originally Posted by MoEcho View Post
    Sweet!! 2012 is going to be a good year for me too! Hopefully looking at a show in Nov 2012 ....... I've got lots of fatz to cut
    I'll be following for sure!

    Cheers, Mo
    Will definitely be cool to have someone else to keep pace with on the same goals.

    Originally Posted by KimPossible98 View Post
    OH SNAP! I'm so in!
    Hahaa...yay!!! Only fitting since you've motivated me to commit hard to this goal. I had an inkling of doing this over the past few years since I've got a friend in the game but now I'm all in.
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    Progress/Starting pics..

    So as required for all journals...starting pics....critique please...where do I need improvement (other than overall BF level)?

    IMG_2523.jpg <-- Front relaxed
    IMG_2524.jpg <-- Side relaxed
    IMG_2525.jpg <-- DA GUNS!!
    IMG_2529.JPG <-- Back flexed
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    Originally Posted by megdaig View Post
    If anyone can make a meal out of beer it's this girl.
    I totally missed this part! Excellent!
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    PArty buddies in da house!

    Pics look great, good symetry, left leg doesn't look too atrophed. I'll make sure we don't mess that knee up. I would do any leg extensions unless with a PT. You have the kind of abs that will six pack out easily.
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    Originally Posted by pharty View Post
    If Kim, Mo and Zilla are here then it's sure to be a good time!
    Awesome! I've almost got the whole Amazonian crew on board, how exciting.

    Originally Posted by rutzilla View Post
    PArty buddies in da house!

    Pics look great, good symetry, left leg doesn't look too atrophed. I'll make sure we don't mess that knee up. I would do any leg extensions unless with a PT. You have the kind of abs that will six pack out easily.
    I'm actually cleared for extensions. I didn't do these yesterday but I'm up to 90lb both legs and 10lb on the 'bad' one, I guess I know which leg is doing all of the work.
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    10/28/11 Legs

    157.4


    THE WORKOUT

    Legs


    Close Stance BB Squats
    2x8 / 115lb
    2x8 / 135
    2x8 / 145

    Stiff Leg Dead Lift
    2x8 / 115
    2x6 / 125
    (usually limited by my grip strength)

    Lunges (alternating)
    3x8 / 17.5

    Straight Bar Pushdown
    4x8 / 70

    Leg Press (high stance/toes off the edge)
    4x10 / 190

    Lying Leg Curl
    8 / 80
    8 / 85
    8 / 90
    8 / 95
    6 / 100
    (couldn't figure out a weight I wanted to stick with)

    I was most impressed with my squat form this workout, I was able to go deep with both knees! Still have ROM issues but I'm definitely satisfied with this progress, 3rd time doing squats in almost a year. Next week I'm throwing in the chair/bench now that I'm confident I can get back up from a deep squat w/o issue.

    I typically will do leg extension, calf press, and plated hyperextensions these days but was running short on time again...grr.



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    Breakfast: 1 lg egg, 1/3 c. egg whites, 1/4 c. steel cut oats, 1/2 TBSP honey
    Snack 1 (Pre-W/O): 2 slices 100% whole wheat, 2 TBSP Natty PB, 1 medium banana
    Snack 2 (Post-W/O): 1 scoop Syntha-6 Chocolate Mint
    Lunch: 4 oz tuna, ¼ c. Quinoa, 1/8 c. mixed steamed veggies
    Dinner: OC poboy on foccacia (ham/turkey/salami), side salad with vinaigrette

    Cals: 1659 F: 50g C: 187g P: 129g

    Okay okay, the diet was over calorie target for the day. Trust me, I'm usually not this bad. Does riding with Critical Mass for 18 to 20 miles make up for my slacking? And trust me, once I'm on Zilla's regimen Imma stick to it to the T.

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    THE COUNTDOWN: 78 days post-op / 109 days until full release
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    Starting pics are great. I agree with zilla, those abs will pop! You're proportioned nicely also and I don't see any glaring 'weak points' per say ... Time to get shredded!
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    So as required for all journals...starting pics....critique please...where do I need improvement (other than overall BF level)?

    Attachment 3826973 <-- Front relaxed
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    Attachment 3826993 <-- DA GUNS!!
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    These are great pictures!
    Figure is a tough category, but I think you've got the foundation to kill it!

    I like your journal, definitely subscribed. =)
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    Weekends are "rest" days for me but I tend to go stir crazy just sitting around the house all day so I actually went and did some cardio (gasp).

    Saturday was an easy jaunt on the treadmill, I'll call it a modified fartlek. 30 minutes for 2.85 miles, 2 minute walk for warm up then speed progressions from 10 min/mile up to 8 min/mile. It hurts to run slow but is getting better daily.

    Today's plan is for a long bike ride this afternoon but I'm already going nuts so I decided to go for a swim. Original plan was to crank out 2000 meters but geeze Louise my back and shoulders are so tight. I don't know if it was all mental or what but I just didn't get into a groove so 1000 meters, call it 40 minutes and I was out of there. It was so bad it got me thinking about ditching the April Half-Ironman and doing the show in March, I think I'm more motivated to lift right now than I am to train for tri. Oh well, looking forward to the bike with this awesome weather we're having, I feel so sorry for all you folks getting snow right now ;P
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    I feel so sorry for all you folks getting snow right now ;P
    Yes enjoy your weather.. cause ours sucks atm.
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    Weekend recap...successes and failures...

    So the weekend happens to be the most difficult time for me to stick to the plan. It still amazes me that a person can do so well and work so hard 70% of the time but the 30% that they slip up can dramatically slow down progress, or in some cases reverse progress. This is probably how I managed to gain almost 25 pounds after graduating college. So this weekend I had some successes and some failure, but it was mostly a good weekend when it comes to ‘the plan’.

    Maybe I need to give some background on how I got to be 25 pounds heavier: beer, beer, not working out consistently, beer, only running and not lifting, and did I mention beer? So I think we all see where I can make some improvements ;P

    The downfall with living in Houston is the craft beer scene is exploding. My neighborhood bar is my home away from home Fridays through Sundays and is by far my biggest weak point. So this weekend when the BF wanted a hamburger for lunch, we go to The Petrol Station (that amazing neighborhood bar I just mentioned), oh boy. In lieu of the hummus and fresh veggie plate that I would typically order, I splurged and went for the pulled pork sandwich. But I can proudly say that I did make a larger sacrifice; instead of getting a full pint of Double IPA I went for a half-pint of a light bodied Pale Ale. Being a regular, all the bartenders know what I drink so I got the WTF look as it took me longer than 1 minute to decide on a beer that wasn’t some kind of IPA. Peer pressure is a bia—tch.

    Saturday night I feel that I kept it reasonable. We met up with friends for Thai food and had two glasses of wine (the place was BYOB so we weren’t leaving a half bottle behind). Then later we met up with friends for beers. I had only 1 beer (my beloved IPA) all night, and we even stayed out until nearly 2 AM. I think that for 5 hours 1 beer is extremely reasonable since this could have easily been a fiver night.
    Sunday was spot on but way below calorie target. I recently bought a food scale and find it difficult to eat a full 6 ounces of grilled chicken in one sitting so if I don’t eat smaller snacks throughout the day I won’t hit my calorie target. I was very surprised by how little protein I was consuming.


    QUICK WEEKEND RECAP

    Saturday:
    Cals: 1959 F: 40 C: 164 P: 162
    ¾ gallon H2O
    Ultimate Woman Multi
    Glucosamine, Chondroitin, & MSM
    5g USPLabs BCAA
    Treadmill: 30 minutes, 2.85 miles

    Sunday:
    Cals: 1167 F: 22 C: 132 P: 120
    ¾ gallon H2O
    Ultimate Woman Multi
    Glucosamine, Chondroitin, & MSM
    5g USPLabs BCAA
    Swimming: 40 minutes, 1000 meters
    (skipped the bike ride)


    What is everyone’s thoughts on “if it fits in your macros”? I’m not sure I’m a believer of this thinking which is why I dread the weekends because socializing with friends usually means hanging out on the patio of our favorite bar(s).
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    IIFYM is horrible. Some people with stellar metabolisms can get away with it. When you get to your target you can do it, but to get there you need a good % of clean foods, with a little fun to save your sanity. I have never seen anyone getting ready for a show doing IIFYM, you couldn't do it-period. The guys on the nutritional section are idiots. Even some of the big names here say stuff that just doesn't make sense (O but research has shown) and hardly any of them actually look that good, they just look normal and some don't even look like they lift.

    Truthfully I lost 105lb while drinking my face off, I would have about 3cases a week of beer and went from 282lb down to 178lb. but didn't have any muscle, it just melted off.After that I straightened out and got bigger when I started eating right.

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    IIFYM is horrible. Some people with stellar metabolisms can get away with it. When you get to your target you can do it, but to get there you need a good % of clean foods, with a little fun to save your sanity. I have never seen anyone getting ready for a show doing IIFYM, you couldn't do it-period. The guys on the nutritional section are idiots. Even some of the big names here say stuff that just doesn't make sense (O but research has shown) and hardly any of them actually look that good, they just look normal and some don't even look like they lift.

    Truthfully I lost 105lb while drinking my face off, I would have about 3cases a week of beer and went from 282lb down to 178lb. but didn't have any muscle, it just melted off.After that I straightened out and got bigger when I started eating right.

    If your getting ready for show, you'll be too tired to hang out at bars.
    Yeah...I had a youngin try to call me out on this but I don't see how people would be able to lose on Taco Bell or McDs just because it 'fit'. I've never had any success with the IIFIYM mentality and it wasn't until I went on a strict diet that I saw outstanding results. I know what I need to do so I just gotta do it, as long as I can fit my natty peanut butter in every once in a while. I lived off that stuff in college.
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    I was always amazed at reading peoples diets and then hear them complain about not seeing the results they wanted to, even though they only ate X amount of calories.

    I even used to do that! lol, but like you said.. outstanding results with a strict, clean diet. It's the only way to go!
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    I'm not seeing "amazing" results (but I'm not looking for them, either) over here but I am currently allowing myself 1-2 (good) beers a day during the week and still managing to lose here and there. Now, the pretzels that I love so much (I'm really a child, I think) need to be gone and thankfully I ate them all this weekend so a fresh start today! Oh. Wait. It's Halloween! Hahahahaha!
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    Hi Meg!

    Congrats on making the decision to compete next year!! And a Half IronMan... holy geeez!

    I'll definitely be following along to cheer you on & to get my feet wet... I'm hoping be ready for 2013 ;-)
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    Hi Meg!

    Congrats on making the decision to compete next year!! And a Half IronMan... holy geeez!

    I'll definitely be following along to cheer you on & to get my feet wet... I'm hoping be ready for 2013 ;-)
    Alright!

    I recently made the decision to compete because a trainer at my gym planted the idea BACK in my head. I've got a friend that's been doing it for a while and that originally piqued my interest.

    This guy wanted me to do a show in March but after looking at other ladies' progress over the course of a year (ladies that have started from a lower BF% and who are probably more strict at following diet than I currently am), I've realized how far I really need to go to look great on stage. I don't just want to compete, dammit I wanna plastic trophy! ;P

    I've definitely learned some good stuff following others' journal so hopefully this one will follow suit and be informative.
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    Now there was an experiment a dctor preformed on himself. He ate pretty much nothing but twinkies and lost 24lb. Not sure how long it took, trying to prove a calorie is a calorie. Would like to see a comparison diet same cals, same time, different foods. I thonk I know what the results would be.
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    10/31/11....Chest/Shoulders/Tris...

    156.4 lb


    Got a little ego boost during today's workout. Random dude asked me if I "always workout this hard"...hell yeah dude.

    THE WORKOUT

    Chest/Shoulders/Tris


    DB Bench Press
    2x10 / 35lb
    6 / 37.5

    DB Shoulder Press
    3x8 / 25
    7 / 27.5

    Peck Deck
    2x8 / 40
    4 / 50
    6 / 50

    Bent Over DB Flyes
    3x8 / 17.5

    BB Upright Row
    3x8 / 65

    Lateral DB Raises (ss with front raises)
    8 / 17.5
    2x8 / 15
    (desperately wanting to increase weight but the left shoulder wasn't having it...don't know why because it's typically my throwing arm that pusses out on exercises)

    Front DB Raises
    8 / 17.5
    2x8 / 15

    DB Overhead Tricep Press
    3x8 / 35



    DIET
    Breakfast: 1 lg egg, 1/3 c. egg whites, 1/4 c. whole oats, 1/2 TBSP honey
    Snack 1 (Pre-W/O): 2 slices 100% whole wheat, 2 TBSP Natty PB, 1 medium banana
    Snack 2 (Post-W/O): 1 scoop Syntha-6 Chocolate Mint
    Lunch: 7.4 oz grilled chicken breast, 1 c. brown rice, 1 c. mixed steamed veggies (overpacked the lunch today to rid the leftovers...but ate ever darn bite...guess I was hungry after that workout)
    Dinner: 6 oz grilled chicken breast, 1 c. brown rice, 1 c. steamed green beans, and 1 milk dud (struggled to finish)

    Cals: 1751 F: 42g C: 194g P: 156g


    1 gallon water <-- finally bought another 1 gallon jug of water


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    11/1/11...Legs...

    155.4

    Can a woman get a break! So I kind of had an emotional day in the gym today but I think it added some fuel to my fire.

    First, I got schooled on my squat form by a new trainer at the gym (transferred from a gym across town). If I wasn’t already time constrained to finish my workout within an hour and a half I would have been more receptive, but my 1.5 hour “lunch time” workout turned into 2 and I really didn’t want to have to cut anything out (but hyperextensions and calves bit the dust). Was kind of sad about this but I'll just have to throw in hyperextensions during tomorrow's back workout.

    So I suppose this new trainer dude’s got a Masters in physiology or sports performance or something of the like so I may take him up on his offer for a free 1 hour session and pick his brain here and there. He was boasting about his track record on getting girls “runway” ready but I had to let him down that I've got some options in the works already.

    Second, I swear it was like New Year’s Day on the floor today. Some people just don’t know proper gym etiquette, such as, when it’s congested it is okay to wait for the person that is in the middle of an exercise to finish their set before commencing your own. I was in the middle of a deadlift when some dude decided to start curling an Olympic bar 2 inches from my face. The violent dropping of the bar and the death glare I gave him didn’t phase ‘em one bit. I can say that this pissed me off just a little tiny bit (i.e. livid).


    THE WORKOUT

    Legs

    BB Squat
    8 / 115 lb
    8 / 135
    8 / 135
    4 / 135 (started working on form here)
    4 / 95
    8 / 115
    8 / 135

    Romanian Deadlift
    8 / 115
    8 / 135
    8 / 135
    7 / 135 (cut short because I like my smile the way it currently is)

    Alternating Lunges (ss with wall squats)
    3x8 / 20 <-- Lunges
    3x10 / 20 <-- Wall Squats

    Leg Press (toes hanging off top edge)
    3x8 / 200

    Lying Leg Curls
    10 / 90
    8 / 95
    7.5 / 100 (to failure)
    4 / 105

    Leg Extensions
    3x8 / 10 (right leg only)
    3x8 / 90

    Resistance Band Pullbacks (not certain of the resistance)
    15 w/ 5 second contraction hold


    DIET
    Breakfast: 1 lg. egg, 1/3 c. egg whites, 0.75 c. whole oats, ½ TBSP honey
    Snack 1 (Pre-W/O): 2 slices 100% whole wheat, 2 TBSP natural PB, 1 medium banana
    Post-W/O: 1 scoop Syntha-6 Chocolate Mint
    Lunch: 6 oz. grilled chicken breast, 1 c. brown rice
    Dinner: 5 oz. steelhead trout, 1 c. brown rice

    Calories: 1634 F: 45 C: 187 P: 124

    1 gallon H2O

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    5 g USPLabs BCAA (morning beverage, loving the Grape Bubblegum flavor)
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    1 g L-Carnitine (pre-w/o)
    10.5 g Xtend BCAA (intra-w/o)
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    Ok getting rolling with this journal now

    I hear ya on the "oh let me help you" people at the gym that inadvertently suck all your time. This is why some of my gym sessions take 3 hours. I hate to be rude, some people do actually have good stuff to say. The trick is figuring out who is full of crap and who actually knows their stuff. Ask to see their competition pics or to talk to people they have trained. Otherwise, you can just read your own Muscular Development magazine on your own time.

    This guy with the squats, what kinds of things did he tell you? I've been getting squat schooled by this guy at the gym and it helped me get to my 200#. Always curious to what advice other people feel like dispensing on big lifts.

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    Now there was an experiment a dctor preformed on himself. He ate pretty much nothing but twinkies and lost 24lb. Not sure how long it took, trying to prove a calorie is a calorie. Would like to see a comparison diet same cals, same time, different foods. I thonk I know what the results would be.
    Yeah I heard about this, it was all over the news when it happened - sometime earlier this year I believe. It got everyone on this sight back on the "it's all cals in vs. cals out" bandwagon. And yes, while it's true to an extent, certain foods just make you work harder. I've got the trainer dude at the work gym trying to find all that information for me. He was so excited to have someone asking about research papers.

    I'll do the competition diet... we just need a volunteer for the twinkie portion...

    One Twinkie has 150 cals so I will eat my 1400 cals/day of food and someone else can eat 9.333 Twinkies each day.
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