I’m feeling very defeated right now. I never thought it would be this tough. I’m running out of steam, and motivation for this project. Despite weighing in at 209 lbs now, I’m not doing any of the things I know I need to do to keep improving. I’m not writing down my food anymore, I’m not keeping my fridge well stocked all the time, I’m not preparing meals ahead of time so I don’t have to rush and buy food somewhere, my internal drive is just fading. Getting enough calories without having grains is so damn hard!
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Wednesday, 04.04.12: Gains Without Grains-Week 6/7
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Monday, 03.19.12: Gains without grains week 4/5 recap
Despite my lack of discipline (or perhaps, because of), I am weighing in at a sold 208 lbs, up 6 lbs from my start 5 weeks ago. I say lack of discipline because my diet and workout regimen have not been very strict or true to my initial goals. Especially within this last week, I’ve pretty much been eating whatever I want, and not working out nearly enough. Continue reading
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Friday, 03.09.12: Kipping Toes To Bar Video Tutorial
Here’s a quick 5 minute video I made earlier today explaining how to kip your toes to bars. CrossFit also posted one that I think covers something I didn’t explain well, and that’s kicking STRAIGHT DOWN after touching the bar instead of out. Here’s the link for that.
Mar 9 2012 with
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Friday, 03.09.12: Gains Without Grains Week 3 Recap
As of Monday I was up another 1.5lbs! So right on track. However, today I weighed myself again to give an update for this slightly (*cough, very!*) delayed post. It wasn’t my usual weighing time, but I was actually down at 205 (from 207.5) since Monday. So I’ll have to pay attention and if that keeps up, things are going to have to change. Continue reading
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Monday, 02.27.12: Gains with(out) grains-week 2 recap
Well it’s been another solid week. I’m up another 2 pounds to 206. I had the same struggle as last week though, my tracking became less accurate as the week went on. And I completely skipped writing my food down yesterday. However, writing my meals down has given me a great sense of how many calories I’m eating, so I still feel confident I’ve stayed on track with getting enough calories. Continue reading
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Monday, 02.20.12: Gains without grains-week 2
Week 1 is in the books! I’m pretty happy with myself for actually sticking with it (95%). I had a burrito from a local mexican place the other night, and caved and got pizza with my roommates last night, but overall it was a solid week. I weighed myself yesterday at Atlas, and got 201 lbs, so I was a little discouraged, but not too concerned. However, that was on a different scale than my original weigh in, so this morning I weighed myself on that scale, and came in at 204 lbs! A 2 lbs increase! Hopefully this keeps up! Continue reading
Feb 20 2012 with
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Saturday, 02.18.12: Rowing Technique
Obviously there’s a lot more to rowing than just this, but here’s a little starter on rowing technique that should help you improve your rowing times. Just remember this pattern of movements: knees, back, arms, arms, back, legs.
Feb 18 2012 with
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Wednesday, 02.15.12: Kipping HSPU
With handstand pushups in todays WOD, I thought it might be helpful to do a little video demo of how to kip a HSPU. Up until recently, I couldn’t come close to getting one of these, but once I figured the kip out, I was able to bust them out no problem.
A few notes that I didn’t emphasize in the video:
1. Elbow placement is important, keep your elbows in! Don’t let them drift out to the side too much.
2. Your drive and power is going to start with your legs, do a BIG kick. If you don’t get it the first time, try a bigger kip (kick).
3. Press down as you’re starting your kip. You want as much force being pushed down so you’re able to get as much lift off the ground when that kip gives you that moment of weightlessness.
4. Doing very slow negatives (lowering myself from the top as slow as possible) really helped me build strength. Do 3 sets of 3-5 reps 3x week until you succeed if you still can’t get it.
Hopefully this helps!
As always, post questions in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Feb 15 2012 with
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Tuesday, 02.14.12: Gains with no grains-an experiment with measuring food
For a long time, I’ve wanted to build a bigger frame. Bigger biceps, bigger chest, broader shoulders, etc. but it just hasn’t happened. Despite lifting more, adding protein shakes, and attempting to overall eat more, I just haven’t been able to add muscle like I wanted to. Up to now I’ve always considered adding muscle to be impossible, blaming a high metabolism. So I’ve decided to start weighing and measuring my food with the goal of gaining 10lbs in 12 weeks to put this theory to the test. Continue reading
Sunday, 02.12.12: Fittest On Earth
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