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"We gonna intervene in that. We gonna get you off Rippetoe's nuts" -Andrew Darqui 8/3/2011 (LOLOLOLOLOL)

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Anyone know anything about the program or Zach Even-Esh?

Tuesday 7/26/2011:

Warmup:
  4 sprint starts (20m)
  2x10 tuck jumps
  2x5 pogo hops
 
Hurdle drills (found 2 hurdles in the indoor track... I was like, cool.... I'm gonna go ahead and reminisce. Haha)


Squats: 135x3, 155x3, 175x5, 185x5, 195x5
ATG Squats: 195x2, 135x10

Overhead press: 55x5, 70x5, 80x5, 55x10
Bent over BB row: 55x5, 65x5, 85x5, 95x5, 85x10

Farmer's Walk

Calf raises: 180x20
Chin ups: 1x10

-Core


REMINDER: GET OFF YOUR ASS AND DO SPRINT WORK AND/OR TRICK PRACTICE ON OFF LIFTING DAYS
REMINDER: START DOING CORE DAILY

I feel like I've been getting fat... well.... not fat, just more-so than I am normally. I gotta start doing that sprint work and stop being lazy on off days so I can stay lean... and quick. I feel a little slow lately, because, aside from lifting, I really haven't done any serious activity that would help me stay lean.

Gonna start doing squats with full range of motion. Only been going to parallel, but today I realized I'm actually more comfortable below parallel despite being weaker there lately. I hate not having that full range. I'll also be implementing higher volume lifts for my last set every other week to help a bit with hypertrophy. This is mostly important in the overhead press where my left deltoid is particularly weak since I've never really done anything to help it grow after my injury like I've needed to. In the shoulder stuff I need to worry more about hypertrophy than strength until the median delt is back to where it should be.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012033

Overview:

Link has the full study.

I care about it because by not saying something explicitly it is not being made accessible to discussion. You might imply something that could be viewed critically, but by not explicitly saying so you dodge being made accountable for it.

I am NOT saying that this is what Damien did here. But I have a problem with this kind of response in general because of what I explained above. If you want to make a point, have the balls to say it directly or don't bring it up at all.

meh

Okay, so I've been trying to gain weight for a long time. (I've had quite a few setbacks, but I've made decent improvements in strength and at good times I have been up slightly)

So here's the deal: I've started tracking calories from all my food with FitDay, which is a pretty sweet program for logging stuff actually, except you can't make weight GAIN goals, it's geared towards loss.

I still have at least one meal left today, so this isn't really relevant until later tonight. So far I'm at a 400 calorie deficit, from what the program is giving me. (which seems to be pretty accurate by all accounts) This is on a heavy lifting day of course. I plan on using it to help me balance my diet more and eat better for my goals, BUT here's the question that's been on my mind for a while:


Is it possible to gain weight with a caloric deficit? If I remain fairly active even on off-lifting days, but eat plenty of protein, could I, at least in theory, still gain weight over time despite a deficit?

EDIT: this is, of course, speaking strictly in terms of muscle mass. I know you would lose some fat, but that can only go so far... I'm probably wrong, but wouldn't you get leaner for a while and then start gaining some weight? Not sure if that's the best way to phrase the question.