Amen to daily weighing and using rolling averages to watch trends. Call me nuts but I still also weigh at night and have made it a game to predict what the BW will be the next morning. Weighing at night tells you if you're too dehydrated.
OMG. I do this too sometimes. Tomorrow I am going to be up some in fact in weight. I am fine with this 'cause BF is down.
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222 - Looks like I'm stabilizing, but a bit higher than I'd like. Debating whether or not to go for happy hour tonight, simply because the place we're going to has Bullfrog's Inspiration Red on tap. That being one of my favorite beers it's going to be hard to turn it down... But yet, I'd like to (finally) see my weight move down again... Decisions, decisions...
Don't do it Tom. I can't wait to see what you did. Hey, your workouts are still the most amazing things ever. How long are they with the trainer?
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Don't do it Tom. I can't wait to see what you did. Hey, your workouts are still the most amazing things ever. How long are they with the trainer?
I ended up not going. While I would've loved to have had the Red, I also don't think I could've taken seeing my weight explode that much higher as it does when I have beer. So, I decided to just come home. Probably ended up eating close to or a little over maintenance, but nowhere near where a beer night would've put me.
My training sessions are always an hour. A 5 minute warmup on the treadmill, sometimes followed by core warmup exercises, sometimes not, and then into the workout itself. I feel that while the weight I'm moving hasn't increased a lot, I find my endurance has. The circuit I did with Tim would've taken a lot longer six months ago. Also, he seems to include a metabolic part of the workout along with the strength workout, so it's kind of the best of both worlds. Not to mention the fact that it's different all the time. If I could afford it, I'd do all my strength training with him, but since I can't, I do the workouts he prescribes when I don't see him.
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Sounds like a gluten intolerance to me. Beer also contains gluten AFAIK, and some people retain crazy amounts of water due to it.
Also, it is said that eating foods you're allergic/intolerant to, can slow down your metabolism. In any case, one can get hungrier from overexposure to allergies etc. wich doesn't help with wt. loss.
Or raw/live yeast. Odds are those craft beers are unfiltered, unpasteurized, and even have some krausening (I don't know if there is a special German word for it when it's never actually been in a bottle. ). My ex had asthma attacks from Sierra Nevada.
This would be an easy experiment. Corona.
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Amen to daily weighing and using rolling averages to watch trends. Call me nuts but I still also weigh at night and have made it a game to predict what the BW will be the next morning. Weighing at night tells you if you're too dehydrated.
Right. If you're going to daily weigh, play the prediction game. Get good at that aspect, eliminate the surprises and the shock, and you can still be on plan, despite the scale weight.
E1 Front Squat + High Pull3x12@28(each side)
E2 Front Squat + Lateral Raise3x12@15# (each side)
F1 Pushups 3x13@BW (each side)
F2 Row3x10@28 (each side)
A Turkish Getup - In copying my workout I found that I had listed doing this with a 16kg kb - this was a mistake, as I've always used the 8kg kb until now. Still, a nice advance using the 12kg kb - that 16 will come.
B One-Arm Swings - These felt surprisingly good today. But I lost my concentration in the first set on the left arm and had to reset. Still, I'm happy with the performance.
C Core Push Press + Goblet Squats - For whatever reason this kicked my ass metabolically today. Strength was a bit iffy too. But I got through them.
D KB Pullover - Felt more confident here, so I did the first set at 20, then the second at 24. I use two hands simply because it's quicker to do so, and I'd be using two hands when doing the pullup for which this exercise is the substitute.
E1 Front Squat + High Pull - For whatever reason the left side feels better than the right, which is unusual considering how dominant my right side is.
E2 Front Squat + Lateral Raise - Still trying on these - I can feel my body shift to get the weight up, which means I continue to remain at 15#.
F1 Push-ups - These were tough - the last one of the last set was all about wanting to finish.
F2 Rows - As in E1, the left side proved superior again. Not sure why.
Overall - It's funny how we humans avoid the very thing that will make us feel better. After dodging this workout all day today, preferring just to relax. This did not help my mood however, as I just grew more curmudgeonly as the day wore on, til finally around 9:30pm I made up my mind to just get it done. And I'm so glad I did as I feel so much better.
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I have posted this to Kate's log, but figured I'd post it to my own here. The lighting sucks because I was just too tired to move the bench as this was JUST after the workout above. (You can see the look of a man who is exhausted but happy if you squint at just the right moment...)
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Overall - It's funny how we humans avoid the very thing that will make us feel better. After dodging this workout all day today, preferring just to relax. This did not help my mood however, as I just grew more curmudgeonly as the day wore on, til finally around 9:30pm I made up my mind to just get it done. And I'm so glad I did as I feel so much better.
I thought to myself before my workout this evening how much I enjoyed actually wanting to go to the gym and do it. Because the last couple of weeks, I've been feeling just like what you described. And even when I was happy with having done the workout, that feeling still wasn't carrying over to the next one. Oh, well.
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Holy Fu#k look at the triceps on you!!! And you are looking like a thin guy my man! I cannot believe this is you Tom. You are making HUGE strides. I am glad you avoided going out. The more times you can do this the better for the end result. You look fabulous.
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I thought to myself before my workout this evening how much I enjoyed actually wanting to go to the gym and do it. Because the last couple of weeks, I've been feeling just like what you described. And even when I was happy with having done the workout, that feeling still wasn't carrying over to the next one. Oh, well.
And I know that's a big thing for you - connecting the mind and the body for the overall experience. I find I have to drag my body along to do this stuff though, once I'm there I'm fine, it's just starting. And of course, it's not like I haven't done the workout before, it's just that for whatever reason, I think I'll fail this time. Not saying it's rational, just that's the way it is.
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Okay i would probably fall off the bench if I did that Tom. Kudos to you
I nearly did when I did it with Tim. But I was able to recover. As I said, I did this sort of exercise before, and was able to progress on it. Having reminded my body of it on Wednesday, Saturday's filming went better than I thought it would (1 take ).
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Holy Fu#k look at the triceps on you!!! And you are looking like a thin guy my man! I cannot believe this is you Tom. You are making HUGE strides. I am glad you avoided going out. The more times you can do this the better for the end result. You look fabulous.
Thanks - I'm kind of glad I didn't either, because, as I said if my weight exploded higher as it does when I have beer, I don't think I'd take it very well. And of course, I say I don't see much difference, or that the difference you see, if any, is because I just completed my workout, or... umm... but thanks, I appreciate the input.
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Things are looking good in here. You certainly are looking thinner.
I'll have to go back now to my other videos lol. I think I basically look the same but given that you and Karla have seen differences, I guess there are some. Thanks for the encouragement and support.
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216.75 - Now THIS is more like it, and makes me glad I didn't go out for happy hour, nor have beer this weekend. Considering the number beer does on my body it looks like I'm going to have to refrain from it more often than I'd like. Although scale weight is pretty important to me, workout performance tops the list of motivators for eating healthy. The reason I say this is that it looks like beer irritates my body in some way (gluten intolerance maybe as has been pointed out) and I put that in the same category as infection. If my body's busy cleaning out the source of the irritation, I'm not getting max resources for my workout. This is unacceptable, so I'll have to look at refraining from imbibing more often than I'd like. (Of course, if I switched to wine, I wonder if it would produce the same effect... hmm...)
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Although scale weight is pretty important to me, workout performance tops the list of motivators for eating healthy.
Excellent! You have your priorities in the right order.
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Excellent! You have your priorities in the right order.
I think so - in that regard. Though I missed today's workout because I had a project that HAD to be done today. Data came in around 11am and I worked pretty non-stop on it til 7pm. Then it was off to book club and then home. I might consider doing a double tomorrow, but we'll see.
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As readers of my log should know I'm very much into classical music. Even though I missed my workout, I did get my subscription tickets for this year to the Philadelphia Orchestra. Going to be a great season to be sure.
November 1, 2008
Conlon conducts Beethoven
SCHREKER Prelude to a Drama
ZEMLINSKY Scenes from The Dwarf
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
James Conlon, conductor
I had the pleasure of hearing James Conlon conduct a performance of Zemlinsky's The Mermaid as a last minute replacement (I forget who the listed conductor was.) Conlon's a known Zemlinsky advocate, and obviously knew and loved the piece as he conducted it without a score – yes, totally from memory. So the Zemlinsky should be good, and the Beethoven is always a crowd pleaser.
November 8, 2008
Tilson Thomas Conducts Mahler
COPLAND Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas comes to town (from LA) to conduct these two works. I've never heard the Copland before, but am very interested in it. And M5 is worth it for the Adagietto alone – the first concert I added to my subscription. (John, this is the concert I told you about when you came in for M8.)
December 6, 2008
Elgar's Cello Concerto
BARBER Symphony No. 1
ELGAR Cello Concerto
STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
Truls Mork, cello
David Zinman, conductor
An excellent program here, and concert #2 in my subscription. The single movement Barber symphony is quite good, definitely more interesting than his Adagio for Strings. (I actually have Zinman conducting the Baltimore Symphony in this very work.) The Elgar is a favorite of mine – it's a soul-baring work for any cellist brave enough to play it. And lastly, the Strauss – I heard this last year in concert and it was unbelievable. I don't care what movie soundtrack you may have heard this on – NOTHING compares to hearing a full symphony orchestra live going full tilt in this piece. (My favorite part isn't Sunrise, which opens the tone poem, but about halfway through the 20 minute tone poem.)
March 7, 2009
Jurowski Conducts Mahler
BERG Three Pieces for Orchestra
MAHLER Das Klagende Lied
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano
Michael Hendrick, tenor
Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
The symphony's multi-year Mahler cycle continues. I am looking forward to hearing this one done live, though having heard M8 last year at the season's end I don't see how anything will surpass it. (Mahler's 8th Symphony is one of my all time favorite pieces of music... EVER.) I've not heard the Berg before but it should make an interesting opener for the Mahler. Incidentally, Jurowski is one young conductor that the orchestra is considering to fill the post of music director left vacant after the 2007-2008 with the departure of Christoph Eschenbach.
April 4, 2009
Previn Plays and Conducts
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
STRAUSS Symphonica Domestica
Andre Previn, conductor and piano
In fine classical tradition Andre Previn comes to play and conduct a Mozart concerto. Mozart of course is always a delight to the ear, and this concert should prove no exception. The Strauss is a piece I'm not familiar with, so it should be an interesting listen. (It occurs to me that I've signed on to the REALLY BIG PIECES subscription series as many of them have one or two works on the bill.)
April 25, 2009
CONNESSON Une Lueur dans l'age sombre
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 (Reformation)
Jonathan Biss, piano
Stephane Deneve, conductor
I happened to hear Jonathan Biss' playing on a CD of Schubert chamber works and enjoyed it a lot, so I'm very much looking forward to hearing what he does with the Beethoven. The Connesson is unfamiliar to me, and the Mendelssohn will give the orchestra a chance to really shine once the soloist has packed up and gone home.
May 2, 2009
BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust
Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppi Sabatini, tenor
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Thomas Quasthoff, bass baritone
Philadelphia Singers Chorale, David Hayes, music director
Simon Rattle, conductor
I can only imagine what the symphony is paying to put this one on. (Charles Dutoit's responsible for the repertory choice, but with two superstar soloists (Kozena and Quasthoff) and conductor (Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic, one of the world's great orchestras), not to mention choir and large orchestra... this is going to be good. And part of Dutoit's aim to get Berlioz' large scale works heard. (Added this on to my subscription as add on #2.)
May 30, 2009
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
HONEGGER Symphony No. 3 (Liturgical)
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer, violin
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Another young artist who is making waves, I have Julia Fischer's recording of Bach's solo violin works and enjoy them immensely. Even though I heard the Brahms last season, hearing it again with such a rising star will be great. Charles Dutoit and the orchestra get to show their chops in the Beethoven (very good) and Honegger (not familiar with this one) so another well-rounded program.
June 21, 2009
BERLIOZ Requiem
Paul Groves, tenor
Philadelphia Singers Chorale, David Hayes, music director
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Last year's concert season (for me) ended in a burst of joy and light (Mahler's 8th Symphony). This season it ends somberly, with Berlioz' Requiem. I think this will be the first time I've heard a full Requiem Mass in concert, so it should be a spiritually fulfilling experience.
). My ex had asthma attacks from Sierra Nevada.
- that 16 will come.
