I finished up TNT and have started in on Good Calories, Bad Calories now. I think I'm going to enjoy reading Good Calories, Bad Calories far more than TNT. TNT is like a cartoon or glossy mag type of reading, which is good when you want what you need to know laid out in quick, easily digestible fashion -- just not the type of thing I enjoy reading. But Good Calories, Bad Calories is much, much meatier (as far as I've read) and I'm digging it. I need to know the hows and whys and whatfors behind it all. Very cool book so far.
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I think your chiro is talking about the good ol' barbell hack squat.
Yep, that's what he was attempting to explain and demonstrate anyway. LOL
Diane, I hope the crick is better today. I'd go to the guy who fixes me the best and just pretend to listen to what he's saying, but that's just me . Curious to hear what you have to say about Good Calories, Bad Calories.
Diane,
Looks like you're doing great! I'll be interested to hear what you think of Good Calories, Bad Calories ... I think it started a bit of a debate around here a while back.
Your chiro sounds like most uneducated health professionals. I run into it all the time in my profession (physical therapy) ... drives me up a wall!!
Keep up the good work!!
Julie
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I had a similar experience during one of my visits to the Chiropractor. I've suffered on and off with lower back pain (poor hip flexion, so he says) and he wanted me to go into detail about my exercise regimen.
I had just begun the NROL4W program and was excitedly telling him all about my newfound ability to perform back-weighted squats. The sheer look of disgust on his face instantly made me realize he did not share my fondness for such activity. He starts going on and on about how much force is centered on the spinal column from weighted squats and that "if I don't want to pay for one of his kid's college tuitions. . ." I would discontinue all such nonsense. This led to me to a few conclusions and actions:
#1: I had done the dang squats and certainly was well aware of the force it created on my body--I lived to tell and came out of the exercise with a lot more body awareness towards form.
#2: Why was I paying this guy $50 to lecture me like I was 5 years old and had just been caught drawing my name on the wall with crayons?
#3: Just like exercise, I don't believe there is a "one size fits all" diagnosis for what is and what is not appropriate for an exercising individual. Maybe some people should refrain, but his comment that "nobody should EVER perform back-weighted exercises" really got up in my crawl.
#4: I found a new Chiropractor who understands the principles of weight training and not only treats me as needed, by offers sound advice on technique and stretching to help avoid and minimize muscular soreness. #5: THE BEST LESSON OF ALL: Some medical professionals are just a$$holes!
Keep feeling better and my best to you and your workouts!
I felt pretty good today in general. Canned foot is still sore but much, much better and cricked neck is also getting better. Neither one really affected much of my workout today so that was very cool.
Diane,
Looks like you're doing great! I'll be interested to hear what you think of Good Calories, Bad Calories ... I think it started a bit of a debate around here a while back.
Your chiro sounds like most uneducated health professionals. I run into it all the time in my profession (physical therapy) ... drives me up a wall!!
Keep up the good work!!
Julie
I'm amazed by the conversations I've had with my PT recently. She doesn't know what compound movements are, and can't explain how I should or should not be squatting (which at the moment, is irrelevant because I'm not allowed to lift much weight anyway); she just said that I shouldn't be. When I asked about front squats, she nearly had a coronary.
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I'd go to the guy who fixes me the best and just pretend to listen to what he's saying, but that's just me .
I'm too much of a smartass to keep my mouth shut for very long, though. LOL
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Diane,
Looks like you're doing great! I'll be interested to hear what you think of Good Calories, Bad Calories ... I think it started a bit of a debate around here a while back.
I'll have to do some searching on the forums here and see what it was all about.
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#5: THE BEST LESSON OF ALL: Some medical professionals are just a$$holes!
Exactly! Even nice folks have a stupid asshole streak in them. It just takes time to find someone compatible with my own stupid asshole streak.
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You are unbelievably strong, girlfriend!! wowee!!
Nice job!
Thanks! I'm a corn-fed heifer.
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I'm amazed by the conversations I've had with my PT recently. She doesn't know what compound movements are,
Is there someone else overseeing your case now and then? Someone who knows a bit more? Not even knowing what compound movements are would scare me.
Is there someone else overseeing your case now and then? Someone who knows a bit more? Not even knowing what compound movements are would scare me.
There is. And, I'm still improving in her care, so I've been content. However, after this epidural, I know my next step is second opinions and, perhaps, surgery. I'm not going to quit her yet, but plan to if things don't get better in the next few weeks.
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You are kicking butt in these workouts, Girlie.
I'll be curious to hear more about your protein experience and how you get to a fix.
Wow, you are doing great on TNT. I think I have decided to do some of the kunch/dinner recipes and focus more on lower carbs than I was previously doing, but I can't give up my Kashi in the morning or my cottage cheese. Not just yet.
Well, I just wanted to check in on you girl and make sure you didn't have any incidents with goats or anything.
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Speaking of protein, and as one who has a whey allergy ... I'm going to try trueprotein's pea protein (I think it's called gemma or something). I've heard good things about it ... just trying to finish my nasty rice protein first as I hate to waste "food"!
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I'm becoming more interesting in TNT as I read different logs and stuff. I might just have to pick up that book. I'm doing more and more carbless meals here and there.
Don't mention that you were using an OLY bar as the handle.
LOL this cracked me up
You know, I dont' think I have ever heard one positive thing about chiropractors...
Anyway, I was going to post that we use a blender for our protein shakes and never have any problems. The shakes are usually a combo of whey, milk, flavoring, almonds or peanut butter (optional), flax, oatmeal, some kind of frozen fruit. Whir it up & voila - like a milkshake.
You could always make it in the morning, take it to work, then to the gym & drink. It would just need to be shaken up a bit. I never get the gritty texture or weird flavor or anything and the constant difference I'm seeing in my experience with whey and others' is that they talk about using water or stirring/shaking in a glass and we use a blender.
I'm too much of a smartass to keep my mouth shut for very long, though. LOL
Probably true. And maybe I wouldn't either because I have a tendency to not think before I speak sometimes and have DH tell me that maybe I was a little too honest .
GREAT workouts! I aspire to 175# deadlifts by the time the challenge is over. I'm at 110# for 8 now and I cannot imagine eeking out more than that .
Nutbar, you can DL my husband.... *shakes head in amazement*
Sorry about the canned foot. I have a "laddered leg" from trying to move through mazes of people, chairs, coolers, ladders etc., at Mardi Gras. I don't even remember doing it, but there's a nasty bruise, which is thankfully almost gone.
Thank you so much for sharing your squat videos. It helps to see both the right thing and the wrong thing, sometimes, and the long conversation over it was extremely helpful.
Thanks, everyone!
NR4W, Stage 1, Special Workout A
No warmup today.
Squat: 46 reps at 35#. (Now at 95# and still working on form.)
Push up: 43 reps at 45 degrees. (Now do them on floor.)
Seated row: 52 reps at 60#. (Now do them at 130#.)
Step up: 100 each leg at 25# on 10" step. (Now do them at 20# on 18" step.)
Prone jackknife: 50 at fully tucked beginner position. (Now do them halfway up to full pike position.)
I was really excited to do this workout but then it was just boring as hell. I just stopped and quit counting on the last two because I could have gone on a loooong time and the kids were irritating the snot out of me.
Note #1: My mother sent me an email (forward) saying that today is International Disturbed People Day. I wonder what she's trying to say?
Note #2: My bench got delivered today! Woot! Since we live way out in the boonies and no one can ever find their way here, they took it to where hubby was working in town today so now I have to wait for him to get home. Wah!
Note #3: I'm doing really good with my protein these days, keeping it at 200g per day. Yay me.
Note #4: I've now completely given up Dr. Pepper, not even having a cup during out weekly eat-outs in town.
How on earth do u get in 200g of protein a day? So envious.... that's usually where my carbs are, my protein gets to around 140 or 150 on a good day....
Anyway, great job on the special workout!!!!
Wow. Okay, so I'm really starting to feel the special workout now. Things are kind of wobbly all over.
Nat, that cartoon dude is SO me!! Oh, man. You have no idea....
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How on earth do u get in 200g of protein a day?
It's been tough as heck to get my protein this high!! I've been working hard on it since the beginning of the year. I've never really liked meat or dairy or eggs, anything along those lines so it's been a challenge for sure. Now, I'm having sausage, chicken, eggs, cheese, etc all of the time (but I have to bury them under piles of veggies and sneak some with each bite LOL). I also usually have 1 scoop of whey (21g protein per scoop) on nonworkout days and 3 scoops on workout days so that helps as well.
Diane you are truly an inspiration. If you can do all this with 5 little ones a foot why can't we all? You are also an amazingly strong woman. You go girl!!! Make sure to post your records in the deadlift logs.
. Curious to hear what you have to say about Good Calories, Bad Calories.
Call me impressed; I'll be glad to be doing deadlifts with half the weight you're lifting by the time I'm on B8.
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