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09-04-2008, 07:23 AM
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#1021 (permalink)
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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thanks ginger!
had a another great PN workout today. I am maintaining my strength while in deficit, so that seems to be a good thing!
oh, and fun product alert. one of the things I am doing during this deficit is drinking 2 servings a day of branched chain amino acids. the product I have been using for a year is ICE (only one serving) the lemon. I put it in green tea. but it isn't really tasty.
I found a better product called Xtend. I have the grape. but I ordered the five flavor pack from bodybuilding.com. apple, lemon, watermelon, grape and orange.
I had two servings of the apple today! YUM! but it looks nuclear. bright neon green, sort of scary, but if it protects my muscle, I am ok with it!
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09-04-2008, 07:38 AM
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#1022 (permalink)
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fengshway
thanks ginger!
had a another great PN workout today. I am maintaining my strength while in deficit, so that seems to be a good thing!
oh, and fun product alert. one of the things I am doing during this deficit is drinking 2 servings a day of branched chain amino acids. the product I have been using for a year is ICE (only one serving) the lemon. I put it in green tea. but it isn't really tasty.
I found a better product called Xtend. I have the grape. but I ordered the five flavor pack from bodybuilding.com. apple, lemon, watermelon, grape and orange.
I had two servings of the apple today! YUM! but it looks nuclear. bright neon green, sort of scary, but if it protects my muscle, I am ok with it!
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I love Xtend! I have the watermelon and lemon flavors. I like to mix them together, for something different.
So, you are drinking this 2X a day? How much at each serving? Just curious. I don't drink mine on a regular basis, because I forget about it and it kind of fell off my radar.
Tell me more. 
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begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
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09-04-2008, 08:15 AM
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#1023 (permalink)
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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I drink 1 serving (2 scoops) before and during weight workouts. after weight workouts I drink another serving.
on running days I just have one serving, but when I get out of my calorie deficit, I won't use it on cardio days.
I think that BCAA are part of why I have put on muscle.
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09-04-2008, 08:22 AM
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#1025 (permalink)
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Cool, thanks Wendy. I think I'll get back on that train.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
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09-04-2008, 08:23 AM
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#1026 (permalink)
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Leeeebril
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Right on the Bay :)
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Originally Posted by fengshway
the end of week one will be saturday. of course, I have lost some water weight, but the scale is finally MOVING.
I am doing this plan for a total of 7 weeks, my next set of pics should tell the story.
GOOD NEWS!! did my PN workout today
6 sets of 6 DB bench 30lb DB's!!!!!!!!!!!
did rows with the barbell plus 20 6 sets of 6
did 6 sets of 6 cleans with the bar
then 6 setsof 6 cleans with push press using bar
I don't think I am losing strength!!! I know I won't gain during this phase, but I really want to maintain my strength and muscle. so far so good!!
thanks for inspiring me to just get after it tom.
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Love it, Wendy!
You go, she-ra!
Hey, I know, let's start a video thread for our heaviest lifts. Proof IS in the pudding, right?
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09-04-2008, 08:26 AM
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#1027 (permalink)
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by tkinsley
Love it, Wendy!
You go, she-ra!
Hey, I know, let's start a video thread for our heaviest lifts. Proof IS in the pudding, right?
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I like that idea! Of course, I would need some assistance in uploading and all that, because I am quite tech challenged.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
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09-04-2008, 09:01 AM
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#1028 (permalink)
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Cheesy Rack Guy Wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tkinsley
Hey, I know, let's start a video thread for our heaviest lifts. Proof IS in the pudding, right?
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You know someone's going to take stills from those vids an' put capshuns on 'em, like - Liftin' ur doin it rite akshually... |
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09-04-2008, 09:01 AM
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#1029 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
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oh, tina that is a great idea!! then you guys can also help me with my form! but, like ginger, I am very tech challenged.
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09-04-2008, 01:53 PM
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#1030 (permalink)
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Resident Diva
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Yonkers, New York
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This sounds like such a cool idea! For now I can live vicariously through your liftings...lol...  I'm almost caught up in here, quite a journey in this log!
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09-04-2008, 01:59 PM
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#1031 (permalink)
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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thanks for stopping in sidonia! I am really happy with the progress that I have made in 8 months, especially the mental/emotional progress and the muscle building!
fat loss is in full swing this week, and so far so good! scale movement and everything.
I am going to pick up one of those cheapy throw away video recorders and post myself doing some DB presses.
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09-04-2008, 04:11 PM
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#1032 (permalink)
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Leeeebril
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Right on the Bay :)
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Awsum!!!11!!1!1!!
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Here's my badass new and improved log
There are no facts, only interpretations.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Procrastination is...the thief of time.
--Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
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09-04-2008, 08:13 PM
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#1033 (permalink)
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Cheesy Rack Guy Wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fengshway
thanks for stopping in sidonia! I am really happy with the progress that I have made in 8 months, especially the mental/emotional progress and the muscle building!
fat loss is in full swing this week, and so far so good! scale movement and everything.
I am going to pick up one of those cheapy throw away video recorders and post myself doing some DB presses.
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Get one of those flip video recorders - I got one and like it a lot. Perfect for filming gym stuff. |
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09-05-2008, 04:35 AM
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#1034 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
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tom, can you post a link to what it looks like?
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09-05-2008, 06:04 AM
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#1035 (permalink)
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Cheesy Rack Guy Wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Flip Video - it records an hour of video, which for gym purposes is probably plenty in most cases.
Here's a video I took using it.
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09-05-2008, 07:52 AM
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#1036 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
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perfect, tom. just ordered it in orange. thanks!
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