Monthly Archives: December 2009

Week 9 Results

OK – this is incredible… and I’m going to call this out: I lost 0.5% bodyfat – I’m at 20.1%!!!!!! That’s incredible! I was looking at my scale, and when I saw that I’d only lost a little bit of … Continue reading

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Day 57

Legs and shoulders today. It went well – extremely well in fact. Once again I’m pushing additional weights – more than I ever have, and am still finding the capacity to push harder / further. And this is even with … Continue reading

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Bad Nutrition

I’ve learnt my lesson. Last weekend was terrible, and still now – I feel bad. OK – some of this may be down to the fact that I’m managing the result of those vaccine’s, but I still feel bloated and … Continue reading

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Day 56

Damn this cold (but love the snow). I couldn’t get myself out of bed this morning. Sure, it helped knowing that I had a short workout and work’s not busy right now… but still! I needed to jump out of … Continue reading

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Understanding Insulin

What I’m learning… Insulin manages the body’s blood / sugar level. It acts as a transport for nutrients – pushes them directly into the muscles or fat cells. The negative of Insulin is that it can transport nutrients to muscles … Continue reading

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Day 55

I’ll say this up front – I forgot how much I loved to push heavy weights. The mass gain cycle was so much fun! Now that I’m doing these supersets – sure they kill me – but I’m LOVING it. … Continue reading

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More on Insulin

So here it is. The straight and narrow / simple: So, time carb intake right with exercise and you can get a lot of those muscle-building and glycogen-storing benefits of insulin. Then, back off the carbs. Have a huge carb … Continue reading

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Next Stage Goals

So the next stage in training is the one after I come back from Costa Rica. Things are still up in the air with regards to how long it’ll be… there are a lot of things that will determine that… … Continue reading

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Jeremy’s WIP Transformation

Jeremy’s interesting. When he started his training, he had the same problem as me – love handles. But while he had the same problem, he looked a lot better – skin condition and toning – than me. Also, I think … Continue reading

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Day 54

First up – you may have noticed that I didn’t do a ‘Part 2′ post last night… I got back from the gym and decided that Part 2 posts are kind of a waste of time now… I’m in the … Continue reading

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