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add them. The lateral raises gave The program I'm doing currently...
breathtaking results.
It's based on DJ's idea for battling fat for
-I am satisfied with my progress thus far, 28 days. I am fairly lean but want to get
and agree with DJ's recent advice to very lean. I've been doing this for a
follow a very strict by the numbers week.
program every once and a while and
"mix it up" the rest of the time. Some -Every morning, wake up early and take
recent numbers I'm proud of: 3g vitamin C and drink coffee, then go
for a 45-60 min walk
Chin-up @ 205lb BW with 75 pounds
added...2 reps -Consume half of the day's calories at
Strict military press...145x5, 155x2 or 3 breakfast in a reasonably clean fashion.
Power Snatch 6x5 with 145 I'm eating 2400 daily, so for me this is a
Front squat 135...28 reps in 90 seconds 1200 calorie breakfast.
(paused once briefly)
Overhead squat 145 3x3 (although I -Other meal sizes in order of
have done better in the past, I didn't consumption: 450, 350, 250, 150. They
include it much until very recently get more fibrous as the day goes on.
again) Fruit and/or veggies at each one.
-Bench press is next to useless for me. -Go to the gym 3 days a week.
My best was 235x3 but it just doesn't
seem to make me grow or get much Do 5x5 overhead squats (Monday), 5x5
stronger. I get a lot more from MPs, chins (Wednesday) or 5x5 snatch-grip
pushups, and dips. deads with a shrug (Friday)
-It's a good idea not to get fat while Follow this with a 15 min "PR zone" of
bulking, and not to lose muscle while the following complex, performed
leaning out. explosively with 115 lb
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and I've been keeping it more simple,
15 minutes of interval training on but still eating at least four meals a day
whatever you like, 15 seconds hard and and trying for more than that. I walk a
40 seconds easy (easy time will get lot and get a lot of activity in. Like in
shorter) that "Mastery" book Dan recommends,
you can't always have "spurts of
15 minutes of steady state cardio progress." I am staying in this until I get
as lean as I want (maybe in 3 more
Another lesson I learned is that unless pounds I'll be there) and then I'm going
you have daily access to a DEXA to do the Five Key Movements program
scanner, there is a lot more to body Dan outlined recently - to get back to
recomp than "add x pounds of muscle" basics.
or "lose y pounds of fat."
That's that. Can I make slow yet I have just completed what has to have
significant changes to my body? been the oddest year of my career. Why?
Absolutely. I have never done so much with so little.
Update: I stayed with the fairly intense So little what? So little training. From
program outlined and lost a good amount the beginning of the year with jobs and
of fat. I went to three days of Dave life and coaching and wife on the road
Draper's "Tuna and Water" protocol and the death of my cat and the death of
after that, with favorable results. All in my dog and the travel and the internet
all, I'm down about 20 pounds (to 185) crap about me
in just under two months. School started
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Well, enough. What did I do right? I will discus throwing sessions (although I
flesh this out more in an upcoming think I should have thought through my
article for Pavel, but here are the keys: technique a bit more with the new lighter
discus), but I also did Scottish hammers,
Farmer Walks O hammer swings, shots, stones, med
I know, how originalbut, seriously, balls, power balls, weights, cabers, balls,
this past year the Farmer Walk with just turbo javs, dumbbells, sticks, rope and
two 53 pound Kbells has become a daily anything else you can find and pick up. I
part of my workout. I walk and then do think that one gets throwing farther
ten Double Kettlebell Swings. Then, I when one throws a lot of things a lot of
rest. But, I do FWs a lotall the time. times. Throwers Throw!
Hip Injury
I fought a hip injury all year. I cant
squat, I can barely walk at timesso? I
learned to work around and through it.
Bikram Yoga, Z Health, and keep on
keeping on. If I complained about my
injury or pain, forgive me, but I would
feel comfortable betting that this is the
first most people have heard of the
injury. Early
Early is better than late. I didnt get a
Double Kbell Presses and Pull-Ups rental car at the Nationals because I
When I showed up at Discus Camp waited too long. It is the one real error of
(another secret), Mike Rosenberg the week. Tiff and I spent thousands in
asked me what the hell are you doing August on travel, lodging and meals so I
with your shoulders? Here you go, could compete. You can save hassle
Ladders of 1-2-3 in the Press and Pull- by doing it all early.
Up. Three sets of them, three times a Theres more, of course
weekanother secret!