Thursday, 11/29/12

Today was doomed going to be a weird day. Last night at about 2 AM I woke up absolutely famished-- I mean, DYING of hunger--, so I went to the kitchen and made myself a whole meal. Problem being I was running on autopilot since I was still mostly asleep, so I didn't even think about tracking calorie intake. Oh well... In the words of @BobbyMaximus, "Worry about trends, not snapshots."

So today my diet gets restricted in a way; I try to keep the calorie amount fairly low while still managing to get the right amounts of protein and fiber. Tricky and disappointing, but c'est la vie. I've got a goal for the end of this week and I'm stickin' to it.

Weight: [forgot to weigh in...]

Daily Diet:
280, 37 -- Protein shake (1.5 cups of skim milk-- 140, 1 serving chocolate whey protein-- 140)
  60, 10 -- Roast turkey  (1 serving, weighed and measured)
   60, 10 -- Roast turkey (1 serving, weighed and measured)
   20,  x  -- Green tea (1:34 PM)
     5,  x  -- Diet Coke (2:53)
     5,  x  -- Diet Coke (3:43)
280, 37 -- Protein shake (1.5 cups of skim milk-- 140, 1 serving chocolate whey protein-- 140)
   80,  x  -- Apple
    10, x -- 2 Diet Cokes when dad was gone, finished second one during wd
    20, x -- Green tea (9:08)
    90, 8 -- Milk
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910, 102

Wednesday, 11/28/12

Surprisingly great day! Slept pretty well, played with the dog, and had a solid upper body day in the gym. Bear crawls are apparently well within my wheelhouse.

Weight: 123.7

Challenges:
[x] Walk Adobe at least once.
[x] 4 core sets (2-- Serenity, 2-- Supernatural)
[x] Bike to PD
[x] PD
Warm Up with Bike to Gym & 500m Row +
3x5 Shoulder Dislocate +
3x10 Goblet Squat +
3x10 Proper Push-Up
Then
10x Bent Over Row @ 2x20# +
10x Upright Row @ 2x20# +
40m Farmer Carry @ 2x53#
Rest 60 seconds
Five Rounds
Then
4x Bridge Press @ 85# +
20m DB Bear Crawl @ 2x10# +
Rest 90 seconds
Five Rounds
Then
"Cool Down" with 3 mile ride home.



Daily Diet:
200 -- Oatmeal
  80 -- Hot chocolate
130 -- Raisins
140 -- Double shot
    4 -- DC  (initially for WoW, for Serenity)
  20 -- Green tea (end of Serenity)
    4 -- DC (SPN)
200 -- Oatmeal with brown sugar (Instant oats-- 150, brown sugar-- 45)
  20 -- Green tea (3 PM SPN)

220 -- Turkey Sandwich
  20 -- Green tea (WoW and Castle)
  20 -- Green tea (Arrow)

140 -- Mocha (start of SPN)
140 -- Mocha (Two and a Half men)
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1340 calories

Tuesday, 11/27/12

Today was a bit of an anomaly. I don't usually go into the gym on Tuesdays, but due to skipping yesterday to recover, I went in today. We worked on power cleans and jerk movements today; I was unhappy with the weight, since I used to clean much more than this. But I guess I have to cut myself a little bit of slack... I haven't practiced the PC for quite a while, so the drop is to be expected.

There's a nasty mental block I keep hitting at around the 90 pound mark when it comes to the power clean; I get the entire high-pull and hang clean part of the movement in, but I've been having trouble getting under the bar and sticking the landing. Since I can frontsquat over 145, the catch itself is completely doable, which means my inability to do so is entirely psychological. We worked on it a bit with squat cleans and lots of reps at a manageable weight. Hopefully that hurdle will fall soon.

Weight: 125 pounds.

Challenges:
[x] 2 core sets
[x] bike to PD
[x] PD (see below)

Warm Up with Bike to Gym/ 500m Row +
2x15 One-and-a-Half Air Squat +
2x5 Jump Squat +
2x10 Goblet Squat @ 36#
Then
Work Up to Heavy Clean & Jerk +
10x3 Clean & Jerk @ 75-80% of 1RM
OR
5x2 Clean & Jerk @ 75-80% of 1RM
Rest 60 seconds between sets
Then
10x Push Press @ 2x20# DBs +
100m Sprint on SkiERG
Rest 90 seconds
Four Rounds
Then
"Cool Down"

Daily Diet:

280 [37] -- Shake (1.5 milk-- 140, protein powder-- 140)
150 [  8] -- Latte (1 cup milk-- 90, coffee-- 60]
  90         -- Apple
  20         -- Green tea (with WoW)
250         -- PBJ (PB- 100, Jelly- 50, Bread- 100)
    4         -- Diet Coke (1 can)

470 [45] -- High-Protein Almond Mocha Smoothie
   20        -- Green tea (with Walking Dead episode)
   20        -- Green tea (while waiting for mom and watching walking dead)
   20        -- Green tea (post-writing)
   10        -- Diet Mountain Dew
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1330 calories,  >90g protein

Monday, 11/26/12

I woke up today feeling pretty under the weather-- my sister's working a nannying gig and brought home more than a few contagious bugs-- , so no at home work today. As I was prepping to head out for my Monday session at Project Deliverance, I got a reminder call from my doctor's office that I was expected for a physical and some blood work. Unfortunately, doctors appointments have to come first, so I've rescheduled my Monday session for tomorrow afternoon. Oh well, I wasn't feeling well any way. No sense in making things worse. Recovery is key, as I've been told.

I dialed back total calories by 100 due to the total lack of activity for the day, going down to 1200.

Daily Diet:
130 -- Raisins
140 -- Mocha (one cup black coffee-- 60 calories, one serving sugar free hot chocolate-- 80 calories)

  80 -- Swiss Miss sugar-free hot chocolate.
200 -- Oatmeal with brown sugar (150 calories oats, 45 calories brown sugar)

  90 -- Grilled chicken
  20 -- Green tea

220 -- Sandwich
  20 -- Green tea

200 -- Oatmeal with brown sugar (150 calories oats, 45 calories brown sugar)

  20 -- Green tea
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1120 calories.

Outlining Goals.

With today being Sunday and a day off of training, it's a good time to take a look at my goals for this upcoming week.

This upcoming week-- that is, Monday the 26th to Sunday the 2nd-- is the final week of November and officially the start of December. Now, post-Thanksgiving I'm carrying one or two extra pounds of body that isn't for function. I blame the holiday celebrations for that... Despite the fact that Thanksgiving sucked, I got sick from the turkey, and there was your cliche American family holiday screaming match. Anyway, I haven't weighed in yet. I'll be weighing in tomorrow morning and figuring out where to go from there.

This week I'll be experimenting with caloric intake a little. I'm going to see what happens when I try to go with 1400 calories a day for one week. In the coming posts, I'll be making note of energies levels, lifting totals, and all areas that will be subsequently affected in positive/negative fashions.

Completely unrelated to fitness goals, I also decided I absolutely must make time for reading once again. I'm now enforcing a "one-book-per-month-bare-minimum" policy. So, I need to read one book in the next week. I don't even care if it's just a freaking board book. It's tragic how little time I've made for reading in the past few months.

So, breaking it down...

Goals for 11/26- 12/2:
1400 calories a day for one week... No cheating!
By Sunday, December 2nd, weigh in at 125 pounds.
Minimum of three (3) "strength days" in the gym.
Read one (1) book.

"I have patience. I will become what I know I am." -- Michael Jordan

Brief Introduction and Disclaimer.

Hey all-- Name is Jake. I'm 19 years old, weighing in at nearly a buck thirty, and a completely subpar athlete. Perpetual underdog, permanent student.

This blog is going to serve as a digital journal of sorts; I will be posting regularly to track progress in athletic weight training and personal fitness. I usually train three times a week at a private gym here in Saint Louis, MO called Project Deliverance. I plan on posting every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to track and document lifting totals, weight, and overall fitness.

As for the name of the blog? As I said, I'm perpetually an underdog and always have been. That's my strength. People without natural talent may have to work harder and need more dedication than the prodigies of the world, but it's our weakness that removes our limits. When you have to work hard to be remotely decent, you don't have the privilege of peaking.

I don't care if anyone reads this; this is all for me. --Jake

SUNDAY WORK:
-Rest-