Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way

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I watched San Andreas with him in it the other day, he was pretty beast mode. But yea, he's pretty hard to take seriously. It was a pretty corny movie with pretty much every disaster movie trope you could think of... entertaining though I guess.

Also you're only 1lb from your goal!!!!!!!!!!! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat :willy_nilly:
 
I love The Rock. He's so great in the Fast & Furious franchise. Steroids or not, you still have to worrrrk to get a body like his.
Hope all pre-trip prep is going okay.
 
Well I'm back from my trip. The good news ends there. This morning's weigh-in: 175. 16.1% on the BF% monitor.

Not much to do but hop back on the wagon, which I successfully did yesterday with a perfect day.

I did get several workouts in on my trip, but obviously I ate a whole lot while there. Will likely be making this trip again next year, will have to come up with a plan for it over the next 11 months or so.

All of that said, there's no way I gained an actual 13 pounds in 10 days, so I suspect as I string a bunch of perfect days in a row that weight will plummet and I'll be back down below 170 very soon.
 
You sure know how to do water weight right! 13 pounds is impressive haha. It will be gone in no time! That's the 'great' thing about water weight!!
 
173 this morning. 16.7% on the monitor.

I'm consoling myself with the fact that:

1) The water weight will come off quickly.
2) It wasn't that long ago at all that I was "stuck" at 175.
3) It wasn't really all that long ago that my goal weight was 185, and it seemed eons away.

Going to stay on the "cut" portion of this until early September with a goal of a pound loss a week. Using my pre-trip data I did a rough estimate of my TDEE based on how much I was losing and my calorie target. Based on that, I bumped my daily calories back up to 2130 a day.

Why? The weight was flying off me quicker than I'd like and at the end I was very much feeling quite weak in the gym. The one upside to my binge is that I'm throwing up weight fairly easily that I was struggling with pre-trip. So I'll once again track my weight loss (though I'm not going to really count this first part where the water weight will come zooming off) and see if I can't zero in on the right amount to eat. I'm already old, so I got plenty of time now...
 
Already old? What? HA!! Glad you're back Vee. Hope you enjoyed your week away, even with the gain. Going away is very hard, food-wise, unless you have a mini kitchen. Going away is also usually fun. Hope you enjoyed some good food & good company, xo Cate
 
170.5 yesterday, 170 today. We'll see how I do tomorrow morning. Been a little over calorie allotment the last two days, tonight a bit beyond my control (buddy called up wanting to catch the game after I had already eaten). Nevertheless must do better.
 
Welcome back MrVee!!! I feel you on the gain, I magically gained ~5-6lbs in a weekend after a few drinks and some Maccas (would've still had a deficit for the whole week overall). Bodies are stupid, you'll be back down really quickly I'm sure.
 
I'm making it little by little Q. Getting back into gear after the trip has been hard.

169.5 this morning. 16.3% on the monitor.
 
Going away is the biggest challenge. I try to get right down before we go away for the 8-ball Nationals each year, but it always takes me about 3 months to lose what I put on in 2 weeks & that's when I'm trying hard to eat healthy. You're doing well to be back down to 169.5 already Vee!
 
169 this morning, 16.4% on the monitor.

"Pull" workout this morning. My workout schedule for now is two alternate "push" and "pull" sessions every other day with cardio three times a week with one day off a week. "Push" is stuff like bench press, triceps stuff, and military/overhead presses. "Pull" are things like lat pulldowns, rows, curls and pullup type moves. Organizing things this way makes it a little easier to know what muscle groups you're working.
 
Glad to see your weight moving the right way. I wouldn't mind seeing your lifting routines if you care to share. No worries if not. I really have to get the resistance stuff going and I like the idea of a push/pull split.
 
Yeah sure. I'm trying to work in the 6 rep range per set. I warm up with little to no weight for the first few exercises. And then the main event is 5 sets, the first two at a weight that requires effort but can still be done easily. And then the last three sets at full effort. If I can bang out 6 in all sets, I raise the weight the next time I do the exercise. The first two sets I rest no more than a minute between. The last three I rest anywhere from two to three minutes depending on how difficult it was.

Pull:

Seated Wide Grip Lat Pulldown
Lying t-bar row (there's a platform with a cushion and you row with a lever and plates)
Standing Dumbbell Curls (I much prefer curls with dumbbells than barbells or cambered barbells)
Hulks (basically this is a cable machine with independent cables for each arm. Kneel on a mat reach up above your head, and pull straight down to your shoulders with your elbows tucked in)

Push:
Bench Press
Standing Overhead Dumbbell Press (again I prefer the dumbbell version here. I use my knee to give me momentum to get the dumbbells into position if needed.)
Cable tricep pushdown. I prefer using a straight bar here, but you could use the rope if you like. You could also do dumbbell extensions or whatever for triceps.
Incline bench press (I tend to do what I can here and then call it a day. More of an auxiliary thing.)

Each takes about an hour to complete. I walk to the gym so that's a minor warmup, but for the most oart my warmup is just lifting small amounts of weight on the first exercise until I'm warm.

When I switch from the "cut" to "bulk", I'm going to swap out the cardio for leg day. But for now the cardio is sprinting and incline walking and basketball, and that suffices for legs. The main reason is my legs are naturally the largest and strongest part of my body. My calves are just huge.
 
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Sounds like a great plan MrVee! I plan to cut down on the cardio a bit once I'm done with my tough mudder (or a half marathon after that with my mom possibly). Don't want to feel the need to do an hour+ of cardio so many days of the week!
 
Thanks for that Vee! That sounds like a great approach. Your set/rep is a good balance between strength and hypertrophy. A 5x6 regimen should serve you well for bulking too.

I piddled around with a bit of upper body and some curls to ease back into it.

My plan is to do small chunks each time I go to the gym and write down what I do so I'm getting in a decent balance. I figure I'll do 1/4-1/2 of a full routine based on how intense the running is plus how much time or patience I have. Any amount is more than I've been doing. Legs will be mostly neglected for me too for now. They have never been stronger.
 
That's a nice drop though!

I finally ordered the bodyfat monitor you have. I asked you about it forever ago but never saw the point. I'm finally at a place that I'd like to start tracking bf especially since it will help me fine tune my goal weight and maybe show some progress when the scale stalls.
 
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