I'm on the road back - Terry's log

[liftintexas]

terry, just catching up. looks like you've come back with a vengenance. nice work on lifting and nutrition.

[Terry Monk]

I've gotten bored with Bill's fat loss program. Nothing against it, it worked well, but it's the same exercises over and over. I've only a week left but since I took a break for the Summit I'm going to start over with the advanced lifter routine in the TNT book. Also, I'm going back on the TNT diet A for a couple weeks or so before I switch that up.

Week 1 TNT

warmup (1x10 ea.)
jumping jacks
arm circles
lunges
bw squats
hip extensions
lying leg extensions
pushups
thoratic rotation
fire hydrants
groiners

bulgarian split squats 3x8 90 sec rest 20's
superset 3x8 60 sec. rest: bent over rows 155
db bench 55's
superset 3x8 60 sec. rest: planks 60 sec. holds
pullups bw+35

10 mins stretching/ Qi gong for cooldown

[liftintexas]

What type of results did you see with Bill's program?

I had to wikipedia "qi gong" - never heard of that.

[Terry Monk]

Well, letl's see...... with his program and the TNT diet plan A I was able to drop 3+ inches off the waist, bounce my strength back up and get from roughly 23 % bf down to roughly 10 %. Very happy, but it's time to move on. I'm getting bored and my muscled need a change up. I typically don't like to stay with the same routine (exercises) much past 4 weeks in order to keep the body out of a rut.

[liftintexas]

Terry, very impressive. congrats on the progress and good luck with the next program.

[RacerBill]

Originally Posted by Terry Monk

Well, letl's see...... with his program and the TNT diet plan A I was able to drop 3+ inches off the waist, bounce my strength back up and get from roughly 23 % bf down to roughly 10 %.

Wow. That's some impressive improvement. You really sprang back quickly.

[Terry Monk]

Cardio tonight.
20 mins HIIT jumping rope
core work
10 mins stretching and cooldown.

[Mahler]

Originally Posted by Terry Monk

Well, letl's see...... with his program and the TNT diet plan A I was able to drop 3+ inches off the waist, bounce my strength back up and get from roughly 23 % bf down to roughly 10 %. Very happy, but it's time to move on. I'm getting bored and my muscled need a change up. I typically don't like to stay with the same routine (exercises) much past 4 weeks in order to keep the body out of a rut.

For those of us that met you at the Summit, Terry, you are in great shape. You have made an amazing comeback.

[Terry Monk]

Thanks John! Makes me feel good. I was showing my mom some of the pics from the trip and I pointed you out to her and she couldn't believe you were 59. She said dhe would have guessed you no more than 39.

[Terry Monk]

Day 3 w.o. B

warmup (1x10 ea.)
jumping jacks
arm circles
lunges
bw squats
hip extensions
lying leg extensions
pushups
thoratic rotation
fire hydrants
groiners

2x20 unless otherwise noted

goblet squat 15 first set, 25 second set
ss w/
V grip seated row 50 first set, 70 second set

hip extensions BW both sets
ss w/
pushups BW both sets

lat pulldown 70 both sets
ss w/
neutral grip shoulder press 25's both sets

swiss ball jackknife 15 reps BW only

11 mins of stretching and cooldown


Notes:
Well, this is different. I'm not used to going high reps and lowered weights. I didn't even know what weight to use.... Had to figure it out as I went as you can tell by the bouncing around. I did get real nice, deep squats on the goblet and it actually felt pretty good going back to the basic pushup. My body will certainly react to the higher reps and the lighter weight. I'm so not using my slow twitch muscle fiber and it will definitely be good for me.

[RedWifey]

deep squats = good squats! good job!

[RedLefty]

He must have had somebody very knowledgeable helping him in LR.

[RacerBill]

Nice work. How did the squats go with the knee tracking that Manuel was talking about?

[Phaedrus49er]

*wave*

[K-Court]

Originally Posted by RacerBill

Wow. That's some impressive improvement. You really sprang back quickly.

Yeah, I was thinking you need to change the name of your log, Terry. You've definitely made the come back.

[Terry Monk]

Originally Posted by RedLefty

He must have had somebody very knowledgeable helping him in LR.

Yep, and you gave me some advice too.

[Terry Monk]

Originally Posted by RacerBill

Nice work. How did the squats go with the knee tracking that Manuel was talking about?

Really well, thanks for asking.

[Terry Monk]

Off training / cardio day.

Good thing too. I awoke this morning to 5" of water in the basement! I didn't hear anything last night, but according to everyone I talked to today we got something like 4-5" of rain in about an hour! Listening to the news this morning, that breaks some kind of record for rainfall in a 24 hour period. My best guess is that the sump pump couldn't keep up with the amount of incoming rain. We had to toss almost all the toys in the kids playroom, had to wash all the clothes in my basement, bathroom closet and had to pull up all the rubber mating in my gym. It was a very busy and tiring day but we managed to get everything dried out and disinfected. I heard stories of people's toilets backing up in the basement so we were at least lucky that didn't happen to us.