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9/24/15 Took the day off yesterday. Got a sea salt soak in and a nap. Recovery is important and can easily be sabotaged by simple things like bad sleep and diet and a lack of mobility work. Just to name a few. Today's training is a simple upper body push pull workout. Warmup: jump rope 1:40 on :20 off x 6 Chins + 50lbs x 6,6,6 Ring piked push-up x 6,6,6 Pull-ups x 12,12,10 Ring push-ups + 60lbs x 11,10,10 Ring tricep extension x 12,10,10 Tricep push-ups x 6,5,5

9/21/15 Food is the same/similar as previous days. Hitting 3500+ calories per day Training: 24 min jumprope. My calves are sore and it seems like my coordination has taken a turn for the worse. Ebb and flow I wanted to go heavy this morning but I was weak and ended up calling it. Chins + 50lbs x 8,6 Ring dips + 50lbs x 8 Later in the afternoon. 3.5 mile trail run in 28 min 9/22 Felt a bit stronger today so I gave it another attempt but had similar results. Jump rope 10 min Chins + 50 x 8,8 Ring dips + 50 x 8,6 Dang. I may be pushing too hard and not getting enough sleep. I decided to go with an easier workout. 5 rounds no rest 2 min 25 push-ups and running 2 min 20 4 count flutter kicks and running 2 min 20 squats and running Totals 125 push-ups, 100 4cnt flutter kicks, 100 squats, and 3 miles

So check this out. Soy milk makes me gassy but tofu does not. Weird.

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Or push up, BW squats, or pistol squats. Now you're thinking.

Since you are a beginner I would suggest focusing on the compound main lifts. Hell, I think even advanced athletes should focus on them too but more so as a beginner. Check out starting strength. It is a solid beginner program that you could easily, err with hard work, will put 20lbs on you in 6 weeks. If you eat enough.

9/19/15 Turned 40 today. Was a chill uneventful day with a little house cleaning for some folks coming over later. I'm about to go out to eat with the family. We're going out for pho. Delicious. Am 3 rice cracker with pb&j Smoothie: 1 cup oats, 2 cups frozen fruits, 2 cups kale, 1/4 block tofu, 3 tbsp peanut butter, tbsp flax, OJ, soy milk. Lunch. 2 Sandwiches with hummus, broccoli sprouts, avocadI Training: I was going to take the day off but I like to take advantage when I know there is going to be excess calories. 15 min jump rope DL 225 x 5, 315 x 5,6,7 Deadlift felt good Dinner: pho noodles, lychee boba. Time for cake and pie

You have to watch his video on supplements.

Both are taxing. Running stairs is super cardio and walking stairs with weights is very taxing. Farmers carries up stairs are even better than sandbags in a backpack.

Watch this. I stand corrected. This guy is good

9/18/17 Transitioning training towards Academy. More endurance and metcon workouts. I love the workouts but hate losing weight. I'm also switching workout to first thing. 4:30 wake up 4:45. Handful of white rice. 3 scoops amino energy, 5g creatine in 24 oz water 5:00 Training: 10 min jump rope. I'm def less coordinated this early in the am plus my calves are sore from yesterday's run. Circuit with 30 sec rests between exercises. Pull ups - 10,10,10,10 Elevated ring pike push ups one leg elevated 6,6,6,6 Front Squat 155x5,5,5 Pull-ups - 10,8,8,8 Push-ups - 30,30,30,30 Front squat 155x5,5,5,5 Jumprope 10 min Breakfast: large bowl of rice porridge with miso, tofu, and nori strips 60 min later Smoothie: 1 cup each: oats, mango, blueberries, kale, OJ, 2 cups soy milk, tbsp flax, tsp maca and spirulina.

I watched finally. The path of the bar needs to be straight up and down. Right now it looks like you're moving the bar out of the way of your knees

AM: handful of raisins and 16oz water Run - 3 mi in 21:46

Sure. Smoothies are a huge part of my diet. make sure and sip them over time instead of gulping otherwise they tend to increase hunger and total caloric intake. I use them so I can pack in the calories so I gulp them but I would sip if trying to lose weight.

I know I come across as a know it all. I apologize. I do actually look up research the things I write about. I know I could present it in a way that is less brash but oh well...it would be less efficient. Weight belts do not prevent injury. Fact. Weight belts can give a false sense of security and compromise the strength of your abdominal wall Boom. Check it http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/belts_chek.txt http://www.muscleforlife.com/do-weightlifting-belts-work/ http://www.builtlean.com/2012/10/01/weight-lifting-belt/ I never wear a belt and would never suggest a weight belt to anyone. They are dangerous IMHO Go raw baby

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I think if you want to improve your bench you need to focus on bench and lose all the peripheral bodybuilding fluff that hampers the bench improvements. For example flys, decline...don't worry your pecs will thank you. Another thing that will help is lowering your rep ranges and increase frequency to benching to 2x per week. Bench 5x3-5 reps with 2-3 min rests and incline 3x8-10 with 1-2 min rests utilizing a Hepburn progression.

Damn dude! Your squat is going great! I'm a little jealous. My squat used to be great. Maybe after academy I'll get it going again.

9/16/15 AM: small smoothie and 2 servings oatmeal with walnuts, cherries, molasses Training: 20 min jumprope. I am jumping on average 2 min straight before stopping for 10-15 sec and got up to 3 min a few times. Chins BW+50lbs x 8,8,7,7,7 Ring Dips BW+50lbs x 8,8,7,7,7 Front Squat 155 x 5,5,5,5,5 Ring Tricep extension BW x 12,12,12 Toes to bar 8,8,8 Jumprope x 10 min PWO smoothie: 1/4 block tofu, 1 cup oats, 1 cup mango, 1 cup blueberries, 2 cups kale, 2 cup OJ, tbsp ground flax, water The additions of jump roping and the added calories are making a big difference. I woke up today and could see the bottom row of abs and much more definition in my shoulders and chest. My weight is fluctuating still between 180-185 but I would feel more comfortable in the 185+ range. Maybe I can live with my current weight and continue to hone because I will be fast. One of the academy requirements is a sub 24 min 3 mile run and I would like to come in running it in around 20. I guess it's time to start the roadwork. I'll post a progress pic soon

The Daniel diet is from the book of Daniel in the bible. After the water fast eat only raw vegetables and fruits for a week to two weeks. Then add cooked veggies, grains, nuts, seeds, and beans/legumes(if they don't cause problems). No oils or processed foods. This is how I eat except I have: tofu, nut butter, rice cakes, and use minimal oil to aid cooking and olive oil on salads.

Uhmm, I care that he is associating being vegan and a professed satanic child hater. Is it more important to save an animal life than a human life? He's nothing but a troll. With all those millions of views I would wager he is doing more to turn people away than turn them towards. That's pretty much what I'm saying. I went vegan before watching his videos and while some of them were well made, educational and entertaining he started going more and more hateful, satanist, and overall just weird with his skits swearing at his mom. I unsubscribed at that point and ignore his posts. I became interested in WFPB diet after watching forks over knives. I followed up with more info from T. Collin Campbell, Esselstyn, Michael Greger, freelee, William Harris, Neal Bernard, plantpositive on u tube is good. All the people above have done more and will contribute more and not be complete assholes at the same time.

Weight belts are not for protecting backs, lol, they are used to be able to push abs against to create higher inter thoracic pressure. If you use a belt hoping its presence will somehow protect you from injury your in for trouble.

9/15/15 Smoothie: 1 cup each: oats, blueberries, mango, 2 cups kale, 2 cups OJ, water Cardio = 3.5 hrs manual labor. Scrubbing wood siding Smoothie: same as above plus 1/2 cup tofu, 1 tsp maca, 1 tsp spirulina Lunch: 2 potatoes hash browned and topped with tofu veggie scramble. Used 1/2 block of tofu. Seasonings for scramble: 2 tsp nutritional yeast, 1/2 tsp each: turmeric, onion powder, garlic powder, cumin, salt to taste, hot sauce Had a light dinner. Fried brown rice with veggies and tofu

It's not a religion dude. Yes he is watched by thousands and all those thousands of people are given a ridiculous view of a psycho satanist vegan. Yay for vegans!!! You dumbass.