Fit by 60! - TomO's Pledge

Yeah.. LA Fitness. I go to the one in Clairemont off the 805. Not as nice as the one I was accustomed to at 4S Ranch.. but it works! Plus, it's only 5 minutes from home! :)
 
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Weight: 234.4 - Round 4, Day 12

Food came to 2,600 calories yesterday:
Fat: 96 gm, 33%; 29 gm saturated, 10%
Carbs: 253 gm, 35%; 34 gm fiber
Protein: 168 gm, 26%
Alcohol: 14 gm, 4%

It was an "off" day, with no exercise at all, so all I had was my NARM of 2,338 calories, giving me a small surplus at the end of the day of 262 calories, with a month to date surplus of 9,560 calories, and an accumulated surplus in this Round of 5,007 calories.

Edit: not a surplus -- really, a deficit!

Today is squat and deadlift day -- always a tough one!
 
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Tom, we gotta talk about this. Latest threads are talking about donuts, ice cream and now creme brulee! We are falling off the wagon in hoards!
 
LOL, it sounds like it, doesn't it? But no, I never ate the donuts, the ice cream was only a dream, and the creme broulee -- well that one I did eat, but only a small amount! :)
 
Moderation is key and a small amount of creme broulee never hurt anyone, right? TomO, you certainly do deserve it with that hardcore training schedule. Wish I lived nearby so you could train me! Alas, I'm almost as far away as possible, but quite close in the political views heh?
 
I think that's what's different for me this time around. Since I keep track of all my calories, I don't freak out when I have a dessert like that, and think "all is lost." In fact, I ended up with a significant deficit that day, so I could have even had two desserts!

As for the politics, yes, I think we're on the same page. Of course, so is 70% of America now, thank God.
 
TomO said:
Weight: 234.4 - Round 4, Day 12

Food came to 2,600 calories yesterday:
Fat: 96 gm, 33%; 29 gm saturated, 10%
Carbs: 253 gm, 35%; 34 gm fiber
Protein: 168 gm, 26%
Alcohol: 14 gm, 4%

It was an "off" day, with no exercise at all, so all I had was my NARM of 2,338 calories, giving me a small surplus at the end of the day of 262 calories, with a month to date surplus of 9,560 calories, and an accumulated surplus in this Round of 5,007 calories.

Today is squat and deadlift day -- always a tough one!
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MTD and RTD surplus' tom?? is that a typo, or are you really having too many calories? i thought you were doing well, but that MTD of 9500 would mean a gain of almost 3 pounds. and quite an extended plateau! not good! must be a typo for sure, lol...
 
CoachCrimson said:
MTD and RTD surplus' tom?? is that a typo, or are you really having too many calories? i thought you were doing well, but that MTD of 9500 would mean a gain of almost 3 pounds. and quite an extended plateau! not good! must be a typo for sure, lol...
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LOL, you're absolutely right! Glad it was just a typo!
 
Have a happy squat and deadlift day! Actually, I love doing squats for some bizarre reason...and I like dl's too because I feel wonderfully defiant doing them:jump: I couldn't get a single trainer in my gym to show me proper form...kept getting the same response "Oh, no, without a PT to supervise you'll just hurt yourself":mad: I had to go to the trouble of going to another gym on a friends' guest membership pass to get proper instruction so I DIDN'T hurt myself.
 
cym said:
Have a happy squat and deadlift day! Actually, I love doing squats for some bizarre reason...and I like dl's too because I feel wonderfully defiant doing them:jump: I couldn't get a single trainer in my gym to show me proper form...kept getting the same response "Oh, no, without a PT to supervise you'll just hurt yourself":mad: I had to go to the trouble of going to another gym on a friends' guest membership pass to get proper instruction so I DIDN'T hurt myself.
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Thanks, cym. I think the real reason the PT's might not be willing to show you is that they don't know how to do them correctly themselves! I the past 6 months at the gym, where I would say I've spent around 120 hours observing people, I have never once seen a PT do a free weight squat or a deadlift! Maybe they do them after 8pm when the gym is closed, but somehow I doubt it. :)

And yes, deadlifts are the bomb. There's a very powerful feeling associated with being able to lift all that weight off the floor.
 
OMG, Tom, I think you just hit the nail on the head. I always thought it was just a sneaky way to get money by trying to convince me (they've long since given up) to sign up with a trainer...but thinking about it, I have never even once seen a single PT, or one of their clients, doing free weight squats, dl's, or really much of anything (other than bicep curls) in the free weights room....they all seem tethered to the machine weights and cardio equipment. The only members in the free weights room day after day are all pretty much "trainerless"....and, not to sound snarky, but being honest about it, I've been going long enough (year and half) to see the results both camps are getting and guess which one wins hands down?
 
and, not to sound snarky, but being honest about it, I've been going long enough (year and half) to see the results both camps are getting and guess which one wins hands down?
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LOL. I think the trainers at LA Fitness must go to an annual "Swiss Ball Camp". It seems like 2/3 of the time, they're having people do everything under the sun on swiss balls, including bench presses, curls, and military presses. I almost fell over laughing the other day when I saw this guy, around 260 lbs., trying to do military presses with two 50 lb. dumbbells while balancing on a swiss ball. He almost fell over and cracked his head on one of the machines. And to think, the PT's are worried about deadlifts, because "people might injure themselves." :rotflmao:

Personally, I think it's a big scam. The more you get people hooked on the machines, the more "technological" they think the gym is, and therefore the more "help" they need. Not only that, but each machine is generally geared to a single muscle or joint, so that gives you enormous opportunity to devise "new" programs each month, which, of course, require more personal training. It doesn't really seem to matter to them that these programs might be counterproductive for someone trying to lose weight; the main thing is that they're able to fill up their appointment books.
 
i have to sit here and wonder what percentage of PTs are evil (just in it for the money), what percent are ignorant, what percent realize the average american is lazy and useless and will never succeed at committing to a regimented free weight workout that really pushes them to do better, and what percent is willing to fight and struggle all the bullshit of our culture and our media to teach people the right way to get healthy and fit. I know we have some good ones around here, but from personal real world experiences, I cant help but wonder just how few and far between the good ones really are.
 
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