Spring 2006

I think I will start a journal and keep it up at least through the Spring. I am always hesitant about posting things without video, but journals without #'s are pointless as you can't get feedback or bounce things off other members regarding issues that pop up. Anyway, I'm going to start start one. I was giving the Smolov squat cycle some thought, but I don't want to give up heavy pulling right now, plus I probably subconsciously pussed out for now, lol, but seriously, I am having too much fun with the olympic lifts right now to put them on the back burner.

Here is what I will my goals will be this Spring : A big power clean, behind-the-neck jerk, flat bench, and olympic squat (big olympic squat for me that is, lol), I will also be deadlifting (I use a hook grip at all times).

What else....I am very basic, nothing fancy and complicated. I have really good instincts when it comes to my own training, so I don't work with percentages or plan EVERYTHING out, but I start super, super conservative and bump up with a general plan. I am far from neurotic about my eating, again, it is a lot of instinct on what I 'feel' I need, with some basic guidelines....

I will be squatting and pulling twice and pressing with upper assistance twice.

So, here goes.....

Ahh, sounds good. Maybe your journal won't fail like mine. I can never keep it up.

Monday 4/3/06

After 4 days in NC with some old high school buddies, sleeping poorly in a twin sized bed, drinking for the first time in about 6 months, and eating like an asshole (really just not enough), I got a good night of sleep Sun night and ate well today. I trained tonight from 5:30 until about 6:45.....started extra conservative and no set was hard.

I weighed in at 236, which is the lightest I have been in a long time. I am somewhere between 5'11 and 6'.

Here's the workout...

Power Clean : 3 sets of 2 with 135, then doubles with 185, 225, 245, 250, 275

Olympic Squat: 135x8, then 5's with 225, 315, 365, 405, 415

Deadlift: 5's with 225, 315, 405, 465

Steep Decline Situps: 3 sets of 15

I felt okay tonight, not great, but not as bad as I thought I would considering the weekend I had. Everything was easy, the top-end squat set was easy, but still not as easy as it should have been.

Here is my 'diet' from today as best as I remember....

8 AM: 6 egg whites plus 2 whole eggs, 4 strips of bacon, whole wheat toast, a quart of milk, multi vitamin, vitamin-C, fish oil caps.

11 AM: 1lb of chicken cutlets, grilled and 4 slices of whole wheat bread, 1 quart of milk

1 PM: PB and J sandwich on whole wheat

4 PM: PB and J on whole wheat

Trained from from 5:30-6:45

6:45: MetrX 51 gram

8:00: 1/2 lb of chicken cutlets, breaded and fried, 1 bag of instant rice, 1 package of frozen spinach, a quart of milk, and a slice of homeade apple pie, vitamin-C, fish oil caps.

I need to get some protein powder for before bed.....a quart of milk will have to do for tonight, I should be out by 11PM.....tomorrow is flat bench and some strict standing B-T-N presses.

Anthrax Invasion said:

Ahh, sounds good. Maybe your journal won't fail like mine. I can never keep it up.

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Thanks, man....I always write it in a journal, but I am notoriously bad at online journals too.

Your diet looks like mine, except you don't have enough (er, any) red meat! And you don't eat egg yolks. Stop trying to be like BBers. Calories are what matter anyway.

For me, it's usually eggs, burgers, PB & milk (best meal ever), a gallon of 1% milk a day, fish oil, 2 cups of spinach, and that's it. I manage to hit 4,500 a day, but weight gain stll comes slowly. Fucking youth.

I'll throw the red meat in....I was just in a chicken mood today, I am actually gonna make a big meatloaf this week. With the yolks, I had 2 whole eggs plus 6 whites (but yeah, separating them at all is still gay I admit). That changes though, if I get up early enough I like to go out, but I rarely get up early enough, lol. I think I was just in a healthy mood today because I really did eat like a moron this weekend, including a McFlurry at the airport.

I love PB and ice cold milk too.

You guys would hate me if I posted my diet - I eat like a king Cooking is my third hobby (after beating off and lifting, in that order).

Guinness5.0 said:

You guys would hate me if I posted my diet - I eat like a king Cooking is my third hobby (after beating off and lifting, in that order).

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Post it up man.....I need to junk it up a little more actually.

It ain't junk at all...

I just finished a frittata (open faced omelette that's finished under the broiler) that consisted of diced vegetables (one yellow bell pepper, one green bell pepper, a medium onion, two cloves of minced garlic) sauteed in ~Tbsp each of olive oil and butter. The base was 3 whole eggs and 5 whites. Before I put it under the broiler I cut sharp cheddar and gruyere cheese into small cubes and dotted the top with 'em. When it was done I dusted it w/ chili powder and black pepper, then topped the whole thing off with half an avacado, diced.

Fucking gourmet, bro Don't get me started on the chili I made last night (made my own chili powder for that one).

We should start a recipe stickie on here....there might be one on one of the other boards on here, and I know it isnt training related.....but I think it would be beneficial