The Professor and I have begun work building a strength machine. It will be beautiful in all it's power and awesomeness. BB=Barbell, DB=Dumbbell
Warm Up
90/90 Hip Lift Breathing x10
Rocking x10
Bird Dog x5 each side
Crawling (Bear, Crab, Underswitches) :30 seconds
BB Romanian DL 5 sets of 5 95/5 115/5 135/5 135/5 135/5
BB Floor Press 5 sets of 5 75/5 85/5 85/5 85/5 85/5
DB Goblet Squat 3 sets of 8: 45lbs/8 45lbs/8 45lbs/8
Chin Ups 5 5 5
Pistols 5x each leg 5/5 5/5 5/5
DB Thrusters x8 15/8 25/8 25/8
Loaded Carry 35lbs/:45 40lbs/:45 40lbs/:45
AB SECTION: Pull Down Stick x10
Stability Ball Deadbug 2x:30 seconds
Ab Wheel Rollouts 2x10
SUNS OUT GUNS OUT: 2x 8 1/2 mast Bicep Curls/5 Tricep Extensions
YEAH!! EXCELSIOR!! Then we went and strolled with our beloveds by day under the cherries bursting into bloom and in the evenings listened to Schubert's music.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Thoughts on the Whole 30!
Hello Internet Friends!!
How are you? How was your month of May? Mine was CRAZY! Rose, that's my lovely wife, and I decided to embark on a nutritional adventure called The Whole 30.
Now, a brief summary of Whole 30 for those who don't know. It comes from the book, "It Starts With Food" by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig. BASICALLY, you strip away pretty much EVERYTHING from your diet. Sugar, grains, legumes, beans, alcohol, dairy, ALL THAT SHIT for 30 days. For 30 days, you are eating like people in the fucking 20's and 30's. Meat, fruits, and vegetables. You can have coffee, but no cream, no sugar. That kind of thing. Then, at the end of the 30 days, you slowly begin to re-introduce things back into your life. That way, you will be able to see which foods are responsible for making you feel less-than-great. IDEALLY, you'll reset your food habits and the choices you make at meal time even PAST the 30 day limit.
Friends, let me begin by saying I was SUPER skeptical. I kept thinking I would do this for 30 days, be MISERABLE, and then immediately BINGE on pizza and beer on Day 31. Nothing could have been FARTHER from the TRUTH.
The first week was a BITCH, I'm not gonna lie. If you're considering doing this program, your gonna NEED a support group. Doing it alone would be more than I could even IMAGINE. Luckily a group of Ninjas at the MFF Clubhouse were doing it simultaneously and allowed me to join their Facebook group where I gleaned recipes and lots of support. ALSO and this was CLUTCH for me, Rose and I did it TOGETHER. She SAVED me friends. Rose made her own KETCHUP, her own Ranch Dressing, and so many other amazing things that made this program easier.
By Week 2, we had settled into a nice groove. If you really think about it, in a week most of us cycle through the same 5 or six recipes we know or the 5 or 6 things we really enjoy ordering. We live in a food rut. Whole 30 was really no different, we just changed ruts a little. Instead of burgers and fries, we made burger bowls. No bun, ground turkey, chopped onions, tomatoes, Rose's HOMEMADE PICKLES, and some avocado. We make OUR OWN French Fries now BITCHES. It's INCREDIBLE. Dip those babies in some of Mama Rose's Homestyle Ketchup and you've got it MADE.
Now for the final test friends. Yesterday was our LAST DAY and we went to a Memorial Day dinner party. Our hosts were INCREDIBLE in their hospitality and snack selection. EVERY snack group was represented. The CHIP GROUP, DIP GROUP, POUR SOME BOURBON TAKE A SIP GROUP!! Those old pitfalls that used to send me into a snacking shame-spiral. We all know the one. The kind where you're at the snack table so much you have to start making excuses to walk back...."Did I leave my phone by the chips? No? No phone? Oh well, I'll just take some more chips for the road..." THAT KIND OF SHIT. BUT....
I didn't want ANY of it friends. The THOUGHT of eating flour tortillas or sweet desserts just made me a little nauseous. Oh, I had two shots of tequila, but even those felt hollow and worthless, like a broken slinky.
The Whole 30 WORKED TEAM.
Now, am I saying this is an end-all, be-all? No. I am saying this really worked FOR ME. I set out to change my eating habits from a pint of ice cream a day and cheeseburgers to healthier snacks and less drinking and I DID. Not only that, my darling wife and I realized how much happier we are with our new nutritional lifestyle and how our bodies are looking and feeling. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. True HABIT CHANGE.
Will it LAST? That's up to Rose and I. We are moving forward with these new habits, but I'm sure we will fall off the rails at some time. What's BEAUTIFUL about this whole thing is we've done it once. We've navigated the traps and pitfalls, and if our consistency falters, we will set a new course and explore those options.
As far as The Whole 30 goes, I'm a huge fan. Oh and I also lost 13 pounds and 2.5% body fat.
Starting weight 05.01.2016: 185.4
Finished weight 05.30.2016 172.2
NEAT. Thanks for reading if you did. More posts to come shortly!!
How are you? How was your month of May? Mine was CRAZY! Rose, that's my lovely wife, and I decided to embark on a nutritional adventure called The Whole 30.
Now, a brief summary of Whole 30 for those who don't know. It comes from the book, "It Starts With Food" by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig. BASICALLY, you strip away pretty much EVERYTHING from your diet. Sugar, grains, legumes, beans, alcohol, dairy, ALL THAT SHIT for 30 days. For 30 days, you are eating like people in the fucking 20's and 30's. Meat, fruits, and vegetables. You can have coffee, but no cream, no sugar. That kind of thing. Then, at the end of the 30 days, you slowly begin to re-introduce things back into your life. That way, you will be able to see which foods are responsible for making you feel less-than-great. IDEALLY, you'll reset your food habits and the choices you make at meal time even PAST the 30 day limit.
Friends, let me begin by saying I was SUPER skeptical. I kept thinking I would do this for 30 days, be MISERABLE, and then immediately BINGE on pizza and beer on Day 31. Nothing could have been FARTHER from the TRUTH.
The first week was a BITCH, I'm not gonna lie. If you're considering doing this program, your gonna NEED a support group. Doing it alone would be more than I could even IMAGINE. Luckily a group of Ninjas at the MFF Clubhouse were doing it simultaneously and allowed me to join their Facebook group where I gleaned recipes and lots of support. ALSO and this was CLUTCH for me, Rose and I did it TOGETHER. She SAVED me friends. Rose made her own KETCHUP, her own Ranch Dressing, and so many other amazing things that made this program easier.
By Week 2, we had settled into a nice groove. If you really think about it, in a week most of us cycle through the same 5 or six recipes we know or the 5 or 6 things we really enjoy ordering. We live in a food rut. Whole 30 was really no different, we just changed ruts a little. Instead of burgers and fries, we made burger bowls. No bun, ground turkey, chopped onions, tomatoes, Rose's HOMEMADE PICKLES, and some avocado. We make OUR OWN French Fries now BITCHES. It's INCREDIBLE. Dip those babies in some of Mama Rose's Homestyle Ketchup and you've got it MADE.
Now for the final test friends. Yesterday was our LAST DAY and we went to a Memorial Day dinner party. Our hosts were INCREDIBLE in their hospitality and snack selection. EVERY snack group was represented. The CHIP GROUP, DIP GROUP, POUR SOME BOURBON TAKE A SIP GROUP!! Those old pitfalls that used to send me into a snacking shame-spiral. We all know the one. The kind where you're at the snack table so much you have to start making excuses to walk back...."Did I leave my phone by the chips? No? No phone? Oh well, I'll just take some more chips for the road..." THAT KIND OF SHIT. BUT....
I didn't want ANY of it friends. The THOUGHT of eating flour tortillas or sweet desserts just made me a little nauseous. Oh, I had two shots of tequila, but even those felt hollow and worthless, like a broken slinky.
The Whole 30 WORKED TEAM.
Now, am I saying this is an end-all, be-all? No. I am saying this really worked FOR ME. I set out to change my eating habits from a pint of ice cream a day and cheeseburgers to healthier snacks and less drinking and I DID. Not only that, my darling wife and I realized how much happier we are with our new nutritional lifestyle and how our bodies are looking and feeling. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. True HABIT CHANGE.
Will it LAST? That's up to Rose and I. We are moving forward with these new habits, but I'm sure we will fall off the rails at some time. What's BEAUTIFUL about this whole thing is we've done it once. We've navigated the traps and pitfalls, and if our consistency falters, we will set a new course and explore those options.
As far as The Whole 30 goes, I'm a huge fan. Oh and I also lost 13 pounds and 2.5% body fat.
Starting weight 05.01.2016: 185.4
Finished weight 05.30.2016 172.2
NEAT. Thanks for reading if you did. More posts to come shortly!!
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