Death to Fung

Well, I've really been dogging myself for buggering out of the diet a bit early. But I realized this morning that with the exception of one cheat meal, I only started eating about four days early so I guess I can't feel too bad about that. tomorrow is officially the end of it for me, so I'll get a final weight and some pics up then. I don't think I've lost so much in my gut, but perhaps my arms and legs are a bit leaner.
I did manage to lock out 245 over head yesterday. That's good, I suppose.

Mission Failure

Let's face it. I started my "taper" a week early. I know, I know. I'm a dirty rotten piece of poo. But I'm a healthier dirty rotten piece of poo than I was before I started this thing. I just couldn't stand the thought of going another week without training, and training was out of the question without some extra calories in me. To make it up to you guys, I'm going to spend the next five minutes in utter self loathing.
OK. On to the important stuff. Bryant and I have collectively agreed to drop the dripping black hole of estrogen workout and go back to man work. Mike has jumped back in with us in the afternoons so it'll be great to have an extra spotter and some more energy in the garage. Yesterday we tested squats. I managed to eek out 455 for a good full ROM. It was a little tougher than I was expecting but OK I guess for not haveing done any squats (those overhead things don't count) for over a month.
Good times. That's all I got for now.

Sunday "Stones" workout

Friday

Had some energy yesterday and decided I was tired of pretending to be a hatchet wound.

Frontal Squatage:
135 x 5 x 1
185 x 5 x 1
225 x 5 x 3

CGB:
225 x 5 x 2
245 x 5 x 2
275 x 5 x 1

chin-ups:
BW x 5 x 1
BW+20 x 5 x 4

Push Press:
95 x 5 x 1
115 x 5 x 1
145 x 5 x 2
165 x 5 x 1

Laughter is fattening

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Monday Number Three

My brain functions are failing. I've discovered that this caloric deficit is making my memory about as useful as a poopy flavoured lollipop (I tried to come up with something original, but those neurons have quit firing altogether). I've lost about seven pounds, but I really don't feel any healthier. My blood pressure monitor says that I am healthier, but is that because I'm depriving myself of energy or beer? I feel like Chris Shugart and the Biotest gang left out an important component to their V-Diet: body composition. Age, height, and weight are fine, but if I'm 215lbs and say 18% body fat and the smelly dude next to me is 215lbs and 85% body fat, we're going to have different caloric needs. Of course, the creators of the velocity diet know this, but they would have trouble selling $500+ worth of protein at a time if they overcomplicated the system.
OK. I'm done with my rant. I still don't regret doing this because several positive things have come from the process and I intend to finish the month out strong. I just wish I had the strength of will to do it without a "packaged" deal. I believe going forward, I will.

Did V-challenge yesterday morning.

Bent over rows:
1 x 5 135
3 x 5 225 (used straps)

Overhead Squats:
4 x 5 95 (F*%K these things)

Dips:
4 x 5 Bw (got through these as fast as possible. Too lazy to ad weight)

Ab Wheelies
4 x 5 Bryant pushing down on my back

On a happier note, I bought 50ft of 3/4 poly rope to start pulling Bryant's Corolla through my barn. Hopefully, I can work up to the Tahoe soon.

Weekend in Paradise

so the tirp to Amarillo went pretty well. Pops new I was on a diet but he didn't know it cut out all drinking. The funny thing is, he's not really drinking much either. So I walk in and he points me to a cooler full of Bud Light. I didn't drink any and he only had one or two, so all weekend there's this icey cold cooler full of beers staring at me. Very bad temptation that was.
On a more positive note, I did buy the parts for my strongman yoke. Couldn't beleive that 12 ft of galvanized pipe and few connectors cost me nearly a c-note. Oh well, I guess everything is a huge rip off at this point in time. I still got a functional training tool to add to my arsenal and if I'd bought a nice pre-built it would of cost me at least three hundo.
Bryant and I did the v-challenge this morning. It went down even easier than last week. I'm starting to recover some agility, flexibility, and overall spring-ability. Kind of nice.

Starvation tip for the day: A splash of Tabasco Sauce in the mouth when I'm starving makes my brain happy for a while.