Z's TT for Fat Loss Logs - JP Fitness Forums

Keith S. · 01-05-2005, 09:36 PM

For part of my New Year's Resolution I stated [on my website] that I am going to complete an entire routine. First I'm trying to complete Turbulence Training for Fat Loss. Anyway, my starting measurements are as follows...

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 169 lbs.

Neck: 15.25
Shoulders: 45.5
Chest: 38.5
Upper Arm(r): 13.25
Upper Arm(l): 13.25
Forearms: 11
Upper Abdominal: 30.75
Waist: 32
Hips: 35
Theigh (r): 22.5
Theigh (l): 22.5
Calf: 15.5

Ok so Monday (1/3/05) I did workout A in in Turbulence Training for Fat Loss. It went pretty well, although I'm wondering if maybe I should add some weight to the squats. I'd have to say though, that I really like the wide-grip seated rows. Anyway, the HIIT was crazy at the end. I like it, but I feel like I've got to up the resistance on the bike.

Tonight (1/5/05) I did workout B as instructed by the TT manual, and man workout B burnt me out. My personal favorite exercise from this workout was the Kneeling Elevated Pushups. I am wondering though if it would be ok to do a BB Bench Press instead of DB, because there's no dumbbells between 50-90 lbs. Anyway, I upped the resistance on the HIIT and it was much more challenging.

PS. Thank you JP for allowing me [and everyone else for that matter] to post my[our] logs here.

Chris D · 01-07-2005, 09:41 AM

Keith,

Where did you find the turbulence training stuff or did you purchase from Craigs site? Just curious.

Thanks,
Chris

PS: Look forward to seeing your log and your progress!

Keith S. · 01-07-2005, 04:29 PM

I purchased it from Craig's site, but there were numerous articles that I've seen by him about it. It was in Men's Fitness a couple months ago I think October or November, and I also believe you can find a sample somewhere. If you haven't already done so, I highly suggest purchasing it if you're interested.

Kaiser · 01-07-2005, 05:09 PM

Keith, good luck with the program.

What fat loss are you talking about, since in your interview pics, as I recall, you were pretty lean? Your height is a bit shorter than me, but your weight is where I want to be.

PS: The origin of your last name looks Thai. Is it?

Keith S. · 01-07-2005, 07:03 PM

Correct. The origin of my last name is Thai, although I'm debating on whether on changing it back to the original Chinese (Zheng). Anyway, my starting pics are now posted below:

Leg:

Back:

Front 1:

Front 2:

I still have to determine my exact BF% right now. I'm going to do that tomorrow morning, but I'm looking to be around 10% BF.

Keith S. · 01-07-2005, 10:54 PM

Ok, so I went to the gym tonight, a pretty good day. I did workout A today as designed by the program. I'm really getting into the swing of things now. I mean I guess it just takes doign it a couple of times to know what weights to use. Although next time I'm going to up the weight on my wide-grip seated rows because this time for my first set I did 110 x 8 and then the second 130 x 8, but I think that 110 is too light so I'm either goign to try both 130 or 120 then 130. Then for my reverse lunges I upped my weight to 40 lbs, which was really good. I'm still strugling with thinking about using weight when I do my squats...

My HIIT went well, I also upped the resistance on that today, so I'm assuming that I burned a ton of cals. Anyway, all in all the first week went great. I can't wait to see my results.

Keith S. · 01-10-2005, 11:26 PM

Sigh, late night at thr gym. Man it feels like Workout B is much harder than Workout A. Tonight was a rough night though, because of my lack of sleep from last night. I didn't finish my second set of Reverse Grip Pulldowns (140 x 8, 140 x 5), I guess next time I should do 130 then 140. And then on my Lunges, during the second set I had to re-grip. And I have to figure out how to properly do the Cable Lift, because right now I know I'm doign it wrong, I'll have to take a look at those pics again. HIIT went well, I feel like it goes by really fast. Anyway, all in all tonight was a good night at the gym. Tomorrow I think I'm going to go play some basketball, but we'll see how I feel and how dark it is after work.

Keith S. · 01-13-2005, 12:48 AM

So today was ROUGH to say the least. I got to sleep really late last night and woke up really early, so all day I was tired. When I finally got home from work I was exhausted, but dinner made me feel a bit better. When I got down to the gym tonight it was rediculously crowded. I need to start going about a 1/2 hour later again. Due to my lack of cal intake though today (combined with the lack of sleep), I had a really rough time at the gym. I was doing Workout A today. The warmups and first couple of exercises went well, but I got burnt out fast. I had to stop during my second set of rev. lunges, but I finished them which is what matters. I didn't get a chance to do my HIIT, but I figure that I'll just go tomorrow...

I really need to take a look at my diet. I was thinking about it in the shower and although it can be hard to eat the right stuff, I've got to force myself or else all this work is for nothing...

BjsAust · 01-13-2005, 06:11 PM

Are you going to bed late deliberately (i.e., staying up doing stuff) or just cant sleep? I find at the start of a new routine it really pays to make sure I get my sleep even if it means missing some other things for a while. After I'm into it a bit I can go the odd late night but at the beginning its just too draining.

You look like you have a really good base of muscle. A full program combined with trimming some fat from around the edges should end up with a great result!

Keith S. · 01-13-2005, 09:28 PM

Yeah, it's mostly deliberatly, I should def. be getting to be earlier. Especially for the fact the my work performance suffers when I don't get enough sleep. That's one thing I have to work on, most people know me as sort of an insomniac.

Thanks for the comps on the pics. I really would liek to get my diet in order no matter how hard it really is. I mean I just find it hard to plan my meals out in the beginning of the week, and then theres somethings I eat that I don't know how to enter into Fitday so I gave up on it...I'm thinking about trying again though, and just estimate. Man, I just wish I could find a diet that I could stick to, or at least some guidelines.

Kaiser · 01-13-2005, 09:58 PM

What's you BF%? It looks pretty low Keith.

What about Adam's diet that JP used? Have you tried that - no coutning, just food guidelines.

Why do you look gassy in the last pic? Flexing your biceps shouldn't cause pain. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Keith S. · 01-13-2005, 10:04 PM

I was holding in a laugh during that pic. My brother's gf who took the pic had me laughing, lol.

I looked into Adam's Diet and was actually thinking about trying it for a week to see how it goes.

Becka · 01-14-2005, 12:51 PM

I like Z's tummy.... LOL

Ok that was a lil forward... but Ab's are soooo overated. Laying your head on a cinder block isn't comfortable.
Don't change it too much Keith!!

vandamme · 01-14-2005, 01:59 PM

Z. i've heard about this program. I am curious to see your results. good luck man.

" but Ab's are soooo overated. Laying your head on a cinder block isn't comfortable. "
Becka, I donno about that, girls I know seem to like them

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GqArtguy · 01-14-2005, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zhuangshi:
I was holding in a laugh during that pic. My brother's gf who took the pic had me laughing, lol.

I looked into Adam's Diet and was actually thinking about trying it for a week to see how it goes.

Hahah it looked like you want to break out in a few of them lol.

If Becka likes the tummy, then to hell with cutting, its time to GFH!

Keith S. · 01-15-2005, 11:42 AM

Hmm, Becka likes the tummy. I'll have to keep that in mind. I don't want to be liek one big rock, which would be cool, I just want to get some more definition, especially in my chest. I mean I've never really cared about abs though, which is why I rarly do "ab work".

Keith S. · 01-16-2005, 01:57 AM

So I went to the gym Sat. morning, because I didn't get a chance Friday. What a mistake that was. I should've just gone Friday like I normally do. Lifting in the morning is so weird, needless to say I was out of breathe the whole time and extremely exhausted. I didn't even get an chance to do my HIIT. This was a bad week for me concerning HIIT. But I supposed I'll be making up for it Sunday morning when I go play football for a couple hours. Anyway, I better get to bed so I wake up early enough. I'll report how football went in the morning.

Keith S. · 01-17-2005, 10:07 PM

So new week and now I'm back to Workout A. It was a good day, I need to up the weight on my wide-grip seated row on my first set. And on the reverse lunges I put my weight down 5 pounds to 30 so that I could have better form on them. Today my Cable Chops were a struggle I don't know why. I guess from exhaustion.

HIIT went well. I upped the resistance on the stationary bike, and it was a lot tougher. This made it a lot more intense. Anyway, I'll post more about it tomorrow I'm just not really in the mood to type right now.

Keith S. · 01-19-2005, 09:58 PM

Ok, well I did Workout B tonight in accordance with the TT guidlines. It was a good workout except for the fact the I started to get lightheaded just before my cardio so I didn't do the HIIT and hopefully I can get down there tomorrow. With workout B from now on I'm going to use a barbell instead of dumbbells for my bench press, because of the lack of dumbbells in my gym. The lunges hit quite nicely tonight though because I concintrated on form.

DIET:
Today was the first day that I've really watched what I ate. I mean I don't eat shit or anything, but I think I'm goign to start my Fitday soon, probably after this week when I can go shopping and actually keep track of everything I'm eating. It went well for the most part though. Let's just hope I can keep it up to shed a few lbs of fat...