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try some other kind of cardio? jump rope? rower? light bodyweight circuits?

I tried skipping earlier this yr, hurts my knees & ankles. Don't have access to rower or bike (that would be ideal tho). I will try your circuit suggestion. It sounds crossfitty but it might just do the trick. Thanks.

New bodyweight milestone, under 171 lb today. Can't wait to be in the 160s. This is suprising esp since I have been working thru a 2L container of icecream over 2 the last coupla days. I'll take it.

How do you feel so far vs where you started... in terms of everything?

Training
OHP 2x5x53
FS 5x95 (PR), 5x91
BS 6x97.5, 6x95
BP 1x87.5 (PR), 1Fx87.5 (brought the bar down too fast)
WC 3x90, 2x100, 0.8x110 (+30kg, couldn't get chin over the bar), 3x95, 8xBW (PR)

BW: 77kg/170lb

FS notes:
Felt strong today. I was in two minds whether to go heavy and do the heavy singles, or save myself for monday as per Lance. In the end I was happy to do 5s. I like 5s on FS.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvyOnkV14M" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvyOnkV14M</a>

Felt good about form. It's not every day I get a PR on the bar, as well as on the scale, and have good form as well. See video above!

BS notes:
Form was great. Squatting has come together. I must remember to always employ a cue I got from LBSS months back which helps a lot on both squats.

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Have to bench and weighted chin yet. I could leave wc for next week but it will be 2 weeks btw workouts which i want to avoid. so looks like i'll be having a hard ass training day instead.

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YAAARRRRRR crossfit did not invent circuit training! they just fetishized it! circuits are fun.

Was that intentional or coincidence? Either way is very cool. Yeah they didn't invent it, they have just appropriated it and made it unfashionable. Which is probably a pity because it's got some merits, they just went full retard with it!

How do you feel so far vs where you started... in terms of everything?

Feels like I just got asked an interview question by a blonde valley girl. What do you feel, like, about stuff? Lol. just kidding. Yeah dunno man, i think it's too early to tell atm and I don't think I have achieved anything yet. Yes i've lost 20 pounds, but so what I still feel like a big fat whale so as far as I am concerned nothing much has happen. But that's probably because i'm too familiar or accustomed to myself, if that makes sense? If i meet someone I haven't seen in a while they'll comment how skinny ive gotten. Ask me again once i finish cutting to 10%. Will probably be sub 75kg/165lb when i'm done.

Nice. You'll be 165 sooner than you thought at this rate.

Hope so. Thanks! I haven't been very strict lately so it might mean it takes longer than mid december. I don't mind as long as it's done by new year though. Most people make their resolutions then, i'll be delivering mine as a late xmas present to myself lol. But seriously would like to be under 75kg/165lb by then. That would be wonderful.

Training
OHP 2x5x53.5
FS 5x97.5 (PR), 5x92.5

AM workout down, PM to go. Will backsquat and weighted chin later tonight.

FS notes:
I wasn't happy with form but reviewing the video it actually looked a lot better than I thought it would be. Nevertheless I will stick with 97.5 til form is great and then add weight.

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Taurine is a sick supplement. It solved my big problem of finding myself lying restlessly in bed, hungry and sleepless and feeling miserable. I took a gram before bed which chilled me the fuck out for a few hours later while I was catching up on Dexter and Homeland. And then I took another gram just before I knocked out. Instantly made me forget I was hungry and I found myself easing up and soon quite relaxed.

For anyone else having trouble with mood and hunger while cutting, make sure to give Taurine a try.

Training
FS 1x100, 1x105, 1x110, 1x112.5, 0x115
BS 3x90, 2x100, 3x100, 3x97.5

Upper body stuff tomorrow, can't be bothered finishing this workout. Messed up this week. Didn't adhere to diet, trained badly. Weather sucked and just feel like blah.

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seif, lol, do you want me to try taking redbull before bed? Not sure if srs brah.

Might just post in the log that I spun my wheels throughout November. I had about 2 weeks of solid dieting and burned about 1-2 kilos of bodyfat. And 2 weeks off the rails where I gained it all back. So net result is 0. I will now do the predictable familar reflexive knee jerk lets-start-from-scratch-and-do-it-right-this-time-thing-I-do.

The only bright side to all this i've come to believe I have an easy 5kg of bodyfat left to lose and my bodyfat is probably still around 15% maybe more. So that means I should be able to sustain 1kg/week weight loss if I don't fall off the diet. It will be difficult this time of the year with all the holiday stuff but i'll manage somehow.

Training
BP 1x77.5, 1x82.5, 1x85, 1x87.5, 1x90, 0x92.5
OHP 4,5x54
WCU 3xBW, 2x84.5, 1x94.5, 1x99.5, 1x104.5, 0x107.5, 3x94.5, 5x89.5, 5x87

Good day for training. Looks like i'm about 10kg away from benching 100kg. Not likely to happen in 2012. OHP is doing great things, i've added a lot of meat to my shoulders in the few weeks i've been doing these. I will prob transition these from 3x a week to 1x at around 60kg ish. Weighted chinups, i'm happy with. Wanted the 107.5kg pr but couldn't lock it out. came close tho. Next time.

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go and get it.
 

cheers!