gurucurt's progress journal
weight : 12st 9lbs
height : 5' 10"
start date : weds 9th july
start pics : wednesday
breakfast : large bowl organic muesli with skimmed milk
mid morning : one banana
lunch : small portion wholegrain rice with chicken and mushrooms and a piece of salmon
training : 20 mins hill intervals on treadmill ( sweating buckets ) followed by 30 mins of mixed freeweights ( military dumbell press,bench press,bent row,cuban press,russian twist) then onto the mat for some crunches,plank and dynamic pressups finished off with 15 more mins on treadmill hill intervals again
post training : protein shake within 15 mins
evening meal approx 6pm : homemade burger and homemade wedges!! ( bad but in fridge and had to be used or the missus wpuld of killed me for wasting
evening : 3km walk with dog
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You looking to gain weight then or after the 6 pack?
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thursday
breakfast : medium size bowl of bran flakes with milk
lunch : 3 bananas and a piece of wholemael toast
training : 8 km on treadmill in 45 mins followed by mixed weights similar to weds set 8 lenghts of 25m pool ( wouldve been more but dog chewed goggles on weds!!)
post workout : protein shake
evening meal : chicken ceasar salad loads of chicken low fat dressing
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dont want to gain weight really but want to tone up wouldnt be to fussed if i did gain weight as long as it was lean muscle and i had more definition, as for a six pack a flat stomach would be great for me!!
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pics added, roach if you wanna put a spoiler on there could you i dont know how to
cheers curt
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gurucurt
pics added, roach if you wanna put a spoiler on there could you i dont know how to
cheers curt
Nice one, spoiler added too. Looks like you could have the "6-pack" well within your grasp. Get some push-ups in to bring out your chest a bit too. :)
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friday 11th july
breakfast : porridge with milk
lunch : 2 bananas and a low fat yoghurt
evening meal : morrocan chicken wrap ( chicken in spices,onion, lettuce wholemeal wrap) x3
no training :0( but walked the dog for 45 mins and ripped up and cut+ relayed 4 floorboards which got a bit of a sweat on!!!
saturday 12th july
breakfast : museli with milk and one banana
training : mixed weights for 1 hour not heavy stuff but pushed myself until i reallly couldnt lift another kilo!! then did 20 mins hill intervals on the treadmill best sesh yet really felt it
post workout protein shake
late lunch : 1/2 roast chicken potatoes and veg
no evening meal
sunday 13th july
dissapointing day!!
breakfast : porridge honey and banana
mid morning : took dog on 1 hour walk ran about kicking ball etc.
lunch : beans on toast
evening meal : bangers and mash :o(
no training but did take dog out again in evening GUTTED
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monday 14th july
very healthy eating day but had little chance to exercise :o(
tuesday 15th july
breakfast : bowl of sultana bran with milk
throughout rest of day : 2 bananas and a mullerice
training : 1 hour of full on treadmill work hills/speed pretty intense burnt 850 cals
some chest/abs work dumbell press' dumbell flys and swiss ball rollouts/crunches
evening meal : pasta in tomato sauce
also been following roach's lead and squezzing in press ups at work everytime i go for a piss i do ten
which is turning in quite a few a day as im drinking loads of water!!
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Burnt 850 cals! Nice one man.
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weds 16th july
missed breakfast :o(
walked to work 1.2 miles
lunch : 2 bananas, 2 muller rice, can red bull (felt tired)
40 press ups through day at work
walked home from work 1.2 miles
took dog for walk probably 1 mile
evening meal : chicken in spices with potatoes
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Your journal is lacking in updates mate? :huh:
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Roach-Rampino
Your journal is lacking in updates mate? :huh:
hectic weekend here we go!
friday 19th july
breakfast : 2 banana
walked to work 1.2 mile
lunch : cheese sandwich
40 press ups through day at work
gym about 5pm : 1 hour solid treadmill work hills/speed variance 725 cals burnt
then some crunches and light bench presses
meal about 7pm : blackened mahi mahi fish ( its f'ing tasty ) with sweetcorn,green beans,spinach and
new potatoes
saturday 20th july
not happy with this day
missed breakfast walked to work 1.2 miles busy at work so had 1 red bull till 4.30pm :nono:
went out with the missus for a meal salt cod croquettes to start with grilled chicken,saffron rice and bean stew for main but had a beer and half litre of sangria :o(
sunday 21st july
feeling guilty about saturday
up at 6.30, banana - straight to gym
really pushed a weights session every type of bench press flat,incline and decline
arm curls, dumbell flys, military press, squats, russian twists, weighted lunges then some work on cable machine aswell i was screwed after couldnt lift anything but.....
hit the treadmill 40 mins of intense running up hills varying gradient between 2% and 6% and speed between 10.5 km/h and 12 km/h burnt 480 cals
protein shake straight after
afternoon barbeque just had meat basically chicken and lamb kebab skewers
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No fukka is going to have every day as a perfect one man :)
Keep going!
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Good honest update mate, got to tell it how it really is for your own sake. :)
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No fukka is going to have every day as a perfect one man :)
Keep going!
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Good honest update mate, got to tell it how it really is for your own sake. :)
honesty is the best policy as they say
well i have lost 4 to 5 lbs its fluctuating?? but thats not really my long term goal
and i can see some change in shape especially in my chest it might be in my head but i swear i can!!!
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monday 21st july
walk to work
late breakfast : 2 banans and large bowl muesli
lunch : john west light tuna lunch (tuna rice swetcorn in tomato sauce 180cals 2gfat 20gprotein nice! )
30 pressups throught day also found bar in warehouse for chin ups (they are hard any tips?? manged 3 at a time :o( ) also did some hanging leg and knee raises.
didnt go the gym still feeling sundays sesh but to dog for a walk round local pond 1km roung walked it twice
evening meal : morrocan chicken wrap x2 spiced chicken yellow peppers lettuce yoghurt/mint in wraps
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tuesday 22nd july
walked to work
missed breakfast shit busy at work
did 20 pressups and 20 hanging leg raises at work
lunch: cheese cob, banana, yoghurt, red bull
walked home from work
gym : 15 mins on treadmill hill intervals gradient between 1.5 and 6 % 11.5 km/h sweat on
bench press 35kg 3sets x 12 1 set to failure
military dumbell 12kg 3sets x 12 1 set to failure
dumbell bench 12kg 3 sets x 12 1 set to failure
dumbell flys 8kg 2 sets x 10 1 set to failure
15 mins on treadmill same hill intervals as before
swiss ball rollouts and crunches to finish off
post workout protein shake
evening meal about 8pm : large seared tuna steak and baked potato with salad leaves
binned the potato after 1 mouthful as tuna steak was massive
and felt i didnt need the potato
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Awesome journal mate, obviously taking it seriously which is ace.
I would suggest that the brekkie is one of the most important meals so perhaps make it a priority to make sure that this is a good 'un (i.e. not missed and not compromised). Also reduce the carbs in so far as you can in the evening meal (a baked potato at night is probably gonna 'rest' as opposed to be burnt up as energy).
In terms of the gym try a bit or cardio as a warm up (5 mins) then do the weights and then the final cardio blast. You need to ensure that the body has enough protein to sustain (and build) muscle. If you workout on low levels of protein your body enters a catabolic state where the muscle is relied upon as an energy source.
Get some pics up so you can keep a record of 'visual progress'. Enjoyable read :)
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Zippeyrude
Awesome journal mate, obviously taking it seriously which is ace.
I would suggest that the brekkie is one of the most important meals so perhaps make it a priority to make sure that this is a good 'un (i.e. not missed and not compromised). Also reduce the carbs in so far as you can in the evening meal (a baked potato at night is probably gonna 'rest' as opposed to be burnt up as energy).
In terms of the gym try a bit or cardio as a warm up (5 mins) then do the weights and then the final cardio blast. You need to ensure that the body has enough protein to sustain (and build) muscle. If you workout on low levels of protein your body enters a catabolic state where the muscle is relied upon as an energy source.
Get some pics up so you can keep a record of 'visual progress'. Enjoyable read :)
thanks zippey
i have muesli and fruit at work and normally get a good breakfast in but if i cop a client straight off i cant get to it v.annoying!!
my problem is im a lot stronger at the cardio side of things i ran the london marathon this year with only basic training and didnt struggle,i tend to find that i do a warm up then hit the weights till i cant do no more but within 5 mins of finishing them i could run a sub 1hr 10k without blinking.
i would prefer to seperate them so that major cardio was done on other days but i dont know enough about weights to push myself, i also train alone so dont have a spotter to help me increase what im lifting any suggetions?