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Bloody head cold over the weekend. Went to squat on Sunday and my head nearly exploded so I called it. Will get in there again today and maybe got for some easy singles ahead of my jumping session with Acole tomorrow. I feel terribly under prepared but will see what tomorrow brings.

 

Had the first annual Aus East Coast meet up yesterday. Me and Acole that is. Really good to put a face to an internet name.

Nothing really note worthy to put here. We're both a bit detrained and there was nothing worth getting on film. Both had jumps in the 30ish range. Acole prob a cpl inches higher. My highest jump for the day was 30" off 2 feet with a 2 step lead in. Was getting nothing off 1 with a max of probably 27-28. Looking forward to catching up in another couple of months when hopefully we both have some more decent training under out belts.

 

Dropped in on my old hapkido instructor who manages a karate school now. Got on the mats with him for an hour doing some striking for about 20 mins then groundwork for the rest of the time. Was great to get back into it but this just highlighted how unfit I am. Was gassed after about 5 minutes.

Finally on the tail end of this virus. Woke up tired this morning but no coughing and now feeling pretty good. Cannot wait to get back into the gym but concerned what momentum I had built is lost. Oh well, will get in there tonight and see where I'm at.

damn that gym looks sick... I'm jelly 

 

Diet update-
Haven’t been eating too badly lately but it’s the additions to the diet that have been the issue. Chocolate, ice cream, chips, etc and alcohol. I topped out at 95kgs early last week. Consistent sugar cravings are the real issue. Went 30 days without alcohol or junk food earlier this year with great results. The wife suggested this one which is slightly more aggressive but still has the same approach as an elimination diet. www.whole30.com In short you cut out dairy, grains, added sugars and alcohol for 30 days. Then you can reintroduce if you want.
Started on Monday so am 4 days in. Feeling a bit weird at times with some brain fog. I’m assuming it’s the lack of sugars, Have been super hungry too and have been smashing potatoes, eggs and fruit like it’s going out of business. Need to eat more meat. Cannot have whey as it’s from dairy so bought egg white protein which isn’t the nicest and is super expensive.
The good news is that although I’ve been eating as much as I want I’m down to 89.3kg as of this morning even though I’ve trained only once this week. Feeling a bit smaller than I’d like but my joints definitely like what’s going on. Secretly hoping I can get to sub 87 without too much effort.  I haven’t noticed a lot of pain that I used to get too which is kinda cool. I’m missing rice, oats and whey the most but it will be interesting to see what happens when I reintroduce them. I definitely know I have a minor intolerance to milk but not sure what effect the other foods have on me.

2/7/17
bw- ?
Injuries- None
Soreness- Upper back
Temperature- 0 (took me 10 minutes to clear the car of ice and another 10 to defrost it- ridiculous)

Warm Up- rower 5 min, banded ankle and hip flexor, pigeon stretch, bottom of squat movements

Squat- bar x 10, 60 x 5, 80 x 5, 100 x 3, 115 x 5 (oly shoes, knee sleeves, belted last set)
Tuck FL- 8s x 5
Box Jumps- 30" x 3 x 5

Dips bw x 5, 5, 5
Back Bridge- 20s x 3

DB OHP- 12.5 x 10, 10
BSS- 7.5 x 10, 10
Lateral Raise- 7.5 x 10, 10

Emmet's Front Fold Protocol
3 position calf stretch (60s each instead of 90 due to lack of time)
Stride Stance Good Morning- 10kg x 10, 10, 10 (skipped the iso's again due to lack of time)
Jefferson Curl- Got two reps in and felt a decent level of discomfort in the left hammy/glute tie in. Right up high. Had a similar thing after deadlifting last week. Skipped as not worth it.

Felt weird using belt again for squats. I find it takes me a few weeks to get used to it. Especially the extra pressure it creates. 

03/06/2017
bw- 90.2
injuries- none
soreness- hams, quads, upper back

Rower- 2k in 9m

Stretching- 10m

Bag work- punching and kicking- 1 min on/1 min off

Stretching- 10m

Done.

Not sure the rower is such a great warm up for me. Short of going harder and harder I don't seem to get that warm. Maybe I need to wear more clothes idk. Next time I will shorten the rest on the bag work. 1 min was probably too much but not too bad a starting place.

Just finished a week of no alcohol, added sugar, grains or dairy. Feeling pretty good. Skin is great. Have been eating too many nuts as snacks though. Am going to add back in whey and greek yoghurt this week as the egg white protein really isn't doing it for me and I'm not getting enough. Also the greek yoghurt is a great after dinner finisher. Everything else will remain as is. Bw got down to low 89's. Want to get much lower but stupid old me is also loading creatine at the same time so will forget about weight for the moment as I'm definitely getting leaner and leaner.