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beast.

last night

- jump rope x ~7 mins
ball of foot...come on now.

- pistol work x ~7 mins
some kind of bruise on my hip from the first time i did these. really need to invest in the floor matting. only on the right side.

- stretch

better than nothing

this morning

- walk 500m

- run 3km
4:45, 4:51, 7:40 per mapmyrun. lol at that last kilometer. morning is hard. will adjust.

- walk 500m

- stretch

morning is hard, as noted above. felt like i was creaking and running through molasses. very happy to have gotten this done, though. one step at a time. may play ultimate tonight if shoulder feels loose in late afternoon. not bad right now.

ya man I FEEL like i'm in slow motion in the morning .. even when i'm "adjusted", I feel slow. I could actually be going fast, in a race, interval, run, etc, and I still FEEL slow. It's weird.

eventually you'll adapt, put up consistently better times, but probably still feel like molasses. lmfao.

last night

- ultimate x 2 hours
too hard on body. my right knee started hurting and while shoulder feels not that bad this wasn't the best idea. sigh.

damn ultimate keeps wrecking u. :/

good stuff though, got in lots of work!

peace

My guess is I've invested the equivalence of $30,000 in equipment and time last 6 months trying to see what my full athletic potential actually is. I have good technique on jump and good brain for it, imo, and that right there is some confidence.

I just turned 33 now, no joke, time is not on my side.

This is my Mt Everest. I have never been sub 15% bf since 16 yrs old

Maybe I need to take some kind of growth hormone to offset my age, to really see what my true athletic potential is had I been training at 22 yrs old .....

I agree with maxent & LBSS.



pharmaceutical cheat codes are dangerous. if you're even considering that, at this stage, i'd say you've definitely stumbled on to the "wrong track".

if you were already in "peak athletic condition", and were contemplating PED's/pharma to push yourself past your limits, that would be more understandable. That's when you contemplate something like that (if you aren't anti PED), not when you can make tons of gains the simple way.

losing fat is easier, the more you have.

gaining muscle is easier, the less you have.

improving fitness, is easier the less you have.

improving vert & speed, is easier the more detrained you are.

you have most of those things in your favor right now .. focus on the basics & make progress. People look towards everything but the basics, when trying to make progress. It's really incredible when you think about it. I'm on another forum where there's tons of "bodybuilder" types, and it's incredible how much sh*t people consider without first considering proper training. They are interested in all kinds of pharma when simple cardio or high frequency lifting in comnination with a proper diet, would do the job. It's mind blowing to me.

I personally would never take anything that risks my health or threatens to shorten life span, just to gain muscle, lose fat, or improve performance. To me, that is "disordered". It's interesting to me that the "substance abuse bodybuilding" crowd is not considered disordered - I think because it's such a huge money making market. Here, people are shortening their life spans by many years, dealing with all kinds of adverse health effects, taking all kinds of crazy chemical concoctions, just to change their appearance. Most of these people utilize this stuff way too early - hard training & proper diet would have given them the same & better results. It's incredible how many people fall for this pharma garbage IMHO. I mean to each their own, but, I personally respect natural bodybuilders & such who achieve their physics by just eating clean, lifting hard, and staying healthy. Somewhat of a rant, but, I just feel like resorting to things like TRT/hGH & such is usually considered way too early, which sounds all kinds of alarms to me.

Same thing goes for the performance crowd. You just have to be so careful. What if taking steroids/hgh caused you to really grow fast, but your tendons lagged behind & you end up wrecking one? That's the age old story about PED use and performance: muscles grow fast, tendons/ligaments don't .. injury risk sky rockets. So that's a major concern, among many others.

Also, "will not stop until 425 or injury" sounds self destructive. That was basically my advice/warning to you in your journal, I can see you doing stuff like this. Everyone on here admires determination, but if determination is really kamikaze self destruction, it's not determination. It's hard to snap out of this mindset, so not sure how to convince you to be more patient and/or work on weaknesses while dealing with your current injury. I mean in the end that's your decision. But, I guess I also speak with alot of experience in that department, so it's easier for me to recognize when people are going down that path.

One thing I think more people need to realize is, the "want it now motivation" is *usually* a recipe used by those who are unsuccessful. These are usually the people who want to transform themselves at some point, but are just so impatient, they want to achieve it as soon as possible. The flip side is the elite/pro/dedicated athlete who seems to understand it's a very slow grind that will take many years of extremely hard, focused, dedicated training.

beyond that, health #1

feeling better.

also, lol, kinda nuts:

Well Done!
You've run 1,300 miles on your Saucony shoes.
Most manufacturers and coaches recommend that you replace running shoes every 300–500mi to help prevent injury. Now might be a good time to reward yourself with a new pair.



LOVE MY SAUCONY SHAY XC4's... my red pair is wrecked looking but still GREAT for walking. Some holes and crap but they feel fine.

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09/07/2017

bw = 152
soreness = shoulders slightly, calves slightly, hamstrings slightly, feet slightly, quads slightly (left more so)
aches/injuries = left heel barely
feel = ok

wakeup = 8:30 AM
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diet:
- green tea
- put up hurricane shutters & stuff
- water w/ lemon
- workout: fasted walk + bw
- protein+2% milk, 2 x water w/ lemon, 4 x grapefruit
- strawberry lemonade drink
- water w/ lemon
- workout: bw
- workout: walk/sprints/runs
- protein+2% milk, 3 x water w/ lemon, chicken francese, 2 x avacado, 3 x san francisco sour dough bread
- protein+water, 2 x water w/ lemon




stretch:




fasted walk:
- 11:30 AM - hot af .. heavy sweatshirt + high socks etc
- 6.35 mi in 1h:30m:xx
- felt ok



bw:
- ng pullups: BW x 9 + 2 dead hang
- full dips: BW x 10
- chinups: BW x 8
- dip variation: BW x 5



BW
- ng pullups: BW x 10 + 1 dead hang
- full dips: BW x 10
- standing single leg lift: x 25
- chinups: BW x 8 + 2 dead hang
- close grip pushups: x 20
- standing single leg abductions: x 25
- lunges: BW x 10e (lmfao)



walk with sprints/runs mixed in
- quads/hamstrings dead, hard to get my speed going, still had some ok runs
- freestyle

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Going to try a new style of progress tracker: monthly, embedded into my journal posts. Obviously this should be something fancy/amazing by now but, will make do with this. Also, going to go "across" rather than down, so it all fits into one small block.

TBH, I really like this so far.. even though I only have a few data points thus far.

September (09) 2017

Bodyweight: [(1,155), (2,156), (3,155), (4,154), (5,153), (6,153), (7,152)]

Total Jumps per leg: [(2,90)]
- per leg total: 90

Max SLRVJ Touch: [(2,10'4)]
- L-SLRVJ: 10'4"
- R-SLRVJ: ?

Total miles walked: [(3,14.06),(5,9.2),(6,6.3),(6,9.5),(7,6.3)]
- total: 55.3
- TODO: 9/7

Total walk time: [(3,4:01:29),(5,2:20:00),(6,1:30:00),(6,2:21:00]
- total: 11h:42m:xxs
- TODO: 9/7

Total speed interval distance: [(2,2500m)]
- total: 2500m
- TODO: 9/7

Max run speed (mph)/pace (min/mi): [(2,16.6,3:31),(7,14.1,4:15]

Total jump rope time: [(4,60m)]
- total: 60m

Total jump rope messups: [(4,12)]
- total: 13

Resting HR: [(3,32,45,40)]

PR's: []

Races: []

Soreness: [(3,"very sore","hamstrings,adductors,shoulders,upper back,quads"), (4,"very sore", "hamstrings,adductors,shoulders,upper back"),(5,"extremely sore", "hamstrings,calves,shoulders,tibs/peroneals,feet"),(6,"very sore","shoulders,hamstrings,adductors,calves,tibs,peroneals,feet"),(7,"slightly sore","shoulders,hamstrings,calves,feet,quads")]

Wakeup: [(4,11:00 AM, 9),(5,6:00 AM, 5),(6,5:45 AM, 7.5),(7, 8:30 AM, 9]
- (day, wakeup time, hours slept)

Aches/Injuries: [(6,"right achilles area slightly"),(7,"left heel barely")]

some physique photos just in case I don't make it out alive from Irma (on Sunday).. here's my current progress towards ~140 @ 6% body fat:

~150, ~11% maybe? haven't posted one of these in a long time..... getting back to ripped nation.

edit: shorts a bit low but whatever, physique shot. next time need to wear em a bit higher. I guess I wore em` lower subconsciously for teh "physique shot", but just looks too low.





also, have I mentioned to you how much I love grape fruit??



that's my spoon today as i'm slurping down grapefruit juice.. BLISS.

kick = sick

the speed gain from fat loss chart is fun

https://www.fitnaturally.co.uk/body-weight-and-running-performance/

was scrolling through some 2016 turkey trot photos, saw this guy:



pretty big.. looks like he's not dead as he crosses the finish line either.