Lee's challenge part 2!
Discussion
So I said I was going to take today off but, well, I woke up at my normal CV time (5:50am) without the aid of my alarm clock and spontaneously decided to go anyway even though my body was pleading with me to stay in bed! I've never been very good at slacking to be honest.
The beach was very pretty this morning with the way the sun was beaming out through the clouds. This thread is almost turning into a photoblog!
The beach was very pretty this morning with the way the sun was beaming out through the clouds. This thread is almost turning into a photoblog!
So as of Wednesday my body decided to play up with an old medical condition returning (something I've had issues with for most of my life), training doesn't cause this but its something that raises its ugly head every so often much to my angst! Please don't ask what it is as I'd prefer to keep it to myself but the long and short of it is, I need to rest up and look after myself when my body does this so I've been consuming a fair bit of food and not training since then and won't return to training until Tuesday.
It's one of the reasons why I always mock folk who are being pussies and not training because they are 'tired' or some other nonsense excuse. Try having a medical problem and continuing to train and then you'll get some sympathy. I don't consider myself unfortunate for a second when you look at folk with disabilities or sever health problems I've got it easy really.
So anyway I've lost a week out of the 12 week program when I get back to it so I'm going to experiment with my diet and have a bit of fun taking new approaches to catch up for lost time.
I'm up 4lbs this week and I am inclined to believe most of it will be fat from not training and eating plenty more so lets see what I can do to catch back up. I'm about 6lbs heavier than I'd expected (based on usually losing 2lbs per week).
It's one of the reasons why I always mock folk who are being pussies and not training because they are 'tired' or some other nonsense excuse. Try having a medical problem and continuing to train and then you'll get some sympathy. I don't consider myself unfortunate for a second when you look at folk with disabilities or sever health problems I've got it easy really.
So anyway I've lost a week out of the 12 week program when I get back to it so I'm going to experiment with my diet and have a bit of fun taking new approaches to catch up for lost time.
I'm up 4lbs this week and I am inclined to believe most of it will be fat from not training and eating plenty more so lets see what I can do to catch back up. I'm about 6lbs heavier than I'd expected (based on usually losing 2lbs per week).
So here's a comparison of what I've done over the past 4-5 weeks.
Start pic
Update
Getting better but still a long way to go and in addition to that I'm looking puffy from all of the carbs and illness since wednesday so if when back into the zone I do look much slimmer than those pics.
I'm also at 14 stone 3 now so just over a stone in lost weight since I started.
Start pic
Update
Getting better but still a long way to go and in addition to that I'm looking puffy from all of the carbs and illness since wednesday so if when back into the zone I do look much slimmer than those pics.
I'm also at 14 stone 3 now so just over a stone in lost weight since I started.
Working class said:
Looking awesome already mate!
Thanks but I don't agree, I've got another 1/2-1 stone to lose yet, although given we are only 24 days into this I should be able to manage that.I'm going to experiment with keto using Lyle McDonald's approach (The Ketogenic Diet, for anyone interested google for the name + PDF although I've bought a copy) as a nod to this brilliant mans work.
I'm hoping if I'm well I will be able to make stark changes over the final two months!
RemainAllHoof said:
Ordinary_Chap said:
I'm going to experiment with keto using Lyle McDonald's approach (The Ketogenic Diet, for anyone interested google for the name + PDF although I've bought a copy) as a nod to this brilliant mans work.
How is it different from UD2.0?It's more hardcore than UD2.0 in a lot of ways and is a fair amount more extreme. I will only be doing it short term before returning back to something like UD2.0
jimbobsimmonds said:
How's that heart rate monitor working for you?
Very good, without it I would have no idea where I should be. I've actually found some interesting things out. Like for instance even if I walk very fast I can't achieve enough exertion to get into the fat burning zone (110-140bpm) unless its up a steep hill. LordGrover said:
Until you KNOW your VO2 max you won't know what your 'fat burning zone' is anyway - it may surprise you. When I had my test done a few years ago, it turned out mine was 148bpm.
You're absolutely right! I always take these things with a little pinch of salt but a rough range is ok with me! I'm not entirely convinced in this approach anyway but I do it as my coach has told me to do it.Thanks,
Lee
So after visiting the hospital yesterday and getting more steroids (maybe they will help lol although I don't think they are for that purpose!) and anti-biotics I reckon I can start training again and I'm going for it tonight!
I can't believe how sad I am but I'm excited about getting stuck back in and training hard again!
I'm going to go keto for a while too, to try and catch up for lost ground! I'm now 9lbs up on my expected weight.
I can't believe how sad I am but I'm excited about getting stuck back in and training hard again!
I'm going to go keto for a while too, to try and catch up for lost ground! I'm now 9lbs up on my expected weight.
So today was a Chest/Tricep day and my first day back.
As I'd expected strength wasn't good today since I'm still recovering although the steriods seems to have massively accelerated the process. I was lucky to get a doctor who understand my desire for training so she offered me a bumped up course of medicine to quicken the recovery time. Great service from the NHS!
Bench Press 1 x 10 @ 40kg then, 2 x 8 @ 80kg and a final set of 4. I had no spotter tonight and feared if I went for a 5th rep I'd not be able to get the bar back up after an epic struggle on the 4th rep.
Incline flys 3 x 8 @ 17.5kg (dumbbells)
Incline dumbbell press 3 x 17.5kg
Tricep push down 3 x 8 @ 60kg
Dips - Scrubbed, nothing left to do them with.
I'm happy to be back training and feel good for it!
As I'd expected strength wasn't good today since I'm still recovering although the steriods seems to have massively accelerated the process. I was lucky to get a doctor who understand my desire for training so she offered me a bumped up course of medicine to quicken the recovery time. Great service from the NHS!
Bench Press 1 x 10 @ 40kg then, 2 x 8 @ 80kg and a final set of 4. I had no spotter tonight and feared if I went for a 5th rep I'd not be able to get the bar back up after an epic struggle on the 4th rep.
Incline flys 3 x 8 @ 17.5kg (dumbbells)
Incline dumbbell press 3 x 17.5kg
Tricep push down 3 x 8 @ 60kg
Dips - Scrubbed, nothing left to do them with.
I'm happy to be back training and feel good for it!
So I decided to do legs tonight since I want to target the 3 main muscle groups this week.
Leg extensions 3 x 8 @ 70kg
Squat 1 x 10 @ 60kg, 3 x 8 @ 110kg
Leg press 3 x 8 @ 200kg
Reverse leg curl 3 X 8 @ 50kg
And it was a blinding workout in terms of effort, I was sweating and breathing like crazy by the end of it!
I love training!
Leg extensions 3 x 8 @ 70kg
Squat 1 x 10 @ 60kg, 3 x 8 @ 110kg
Leg press 3 x 8 @ 200kg
Reverse leg curl 3 X 8 @ 50kg
And it was a blinding workout in terms of effort, I was sweating and breathing like crazy by the end of it!
I love training!
DownUnder. said:
Got to love sessions where your like that. Feel like you've really worked!
How's the weight coming along?
Good thanks, I'm down 1 1/4 stone in 3 weeks of training.How's the weight coming along?
I need to make sure I'm minimizing muscle loss though so I may slow it down a little since I've not got a huge amount of muscle to lose!
Lat pull down (close grip) 3 x 8 @ 70kg
Seated pulls (close grip) 3 x 8 @ 80kg
Shrugs 3 x 8 @ 32kg
Bicep curls 3 x 10 @ 30kg
Hammer curls - Cancelled, I felt exhausted.
Its taking me a little while to get my strength back it seems but I'm really enjoying the fact I can train again even if my body isn't up to much right now!
I don't usually do weights at the weekend but I'm trying to catch up for lost time this week! Next week I will go back to the normal plan!
Oh and as of Tuesday of next week I'm going to go for a keto plan which should hopefully result in a rapid loss of weight!
Seated pulls (close grip) 3 x 8 @ 80kg
Shrugs 3 x 8 @ 32kg
Bicep curls 3 x 10 @ 30kg
Hammer curls - Cancelled, I felt exhausted.
Its taking me a little while to get my strength back it seems but I'm really enjoying the fact I can train again even if my body isn't up to much right now!
I don't usually do weights at the weekend but I'm trying to catch up for lost time this week! Next week I will go back to the normal plan!
Oh and as of Tuesday of next week I'm going to go for a keto plan which should hopefully result in a rapid loss of weight!
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