Jagbender's battle of the bulge

[jagbender]

Cardio day Bike 15.22 miles, max speed 20.7, avg speed, 14.7
time1:01:52 Very windy, got rained on twice, almost dry by the time I got home.

next ride I wI will have 2800 miles~

 

[jagbender]

Exercise today 2 pound sledge hammer rip apart kids play house 1.0 hours
yard work all day

 

[carmineb]

still maintaining a tight diet i see....

 

[Anabolic5150]

I respect the hell out of your dedication, I would die on 1800 calories a day.

 

[jagbender]

 

[jagbender]

Actually fgor the last couple of week 1800 is up!

Still feel pretty good.

Weight is staying the same 231-232 ish seeing body comp changes

 

[bwrag]

great dedication and progress

 

[carmineb]

great dedication and progress

Ditto

 

[jagbender]

great dedication and progress

Ditto

thanks guys

Starting to look forward to a vacation!

Going to Nags Head NC next Saturday. taking a week off and going to hit the beach and some good seafood.

lifting this afternoon will post up later

 

[jagbender]

workout today
double handed seated cable rows 50# x 15 100x 15,15,12
single hand Dumbell rows 50# x 10 65 x 50 70 x10
single arm cable pull downs 50# 3 set of 10
DB shrugs 80# x 8 70 x 10 70 x 10
Farmer walk! new one! 90# db's 80 feet, 90# 60 feet 90# 20 feet

PWO 48G whey / casein blend

 

[bwrag]

workout today
double handed seated cable rows 50# x 15 100x 15,15,12
single hand Dumbell rows 50# x 10 65 x 50 70 x10
single arm cable pull downs 50# 3 set of 10
DB shrugs 80# x 8 70 x 10 70 x 10
Farmer walk! new one! 90# db's 80 feet, 90# 60 feet 90# 20 feet

PWO 48G whey / casein blend

Try it with fat gripz. forearms will be on fire

 

[Nightowl]

workout today
double handed seated cable rows 50# x 15 100x 15,15,12
single hand Dumbell rows 50# x 10 65 x 50 70 x10
single arm cable pull downs 50# 3 set of 10
DB shrugs 80# x 8 70 x 10 70 x 10
Farmer walk! new one! 90# db's 80 feet, 90# 60 feet 90# 20 feet

PWO 48G whey / casein blend

You've go me... What is Farmer Walk????

 

[jagbender]

Farmers walk done in Stronman competitions can be done with about anything heavy

YouTube Video

YouTube Video

 

[jagbender]

Try it with fat gripz. forearms will be on fire

I was using my bowflex 10-90's they have a bigger that normal grips
and yes my forearms were smokin

Looked up fat gripz I don't think I could hold 90's with those on!

 

[MCx2]

WTG on the farmers walks! And I know using a fat bar is awesome, fat gripz look badass. totally getting some.

 

[jagbender]

I have upped my calories to 1800-2100 honest calories a day. I have been working out shorter and heavy. Cardio the same 3 x a week.
I am confused a little bit. I have remained @ 233 average weight for 3 weeks. you can see what I have been eating on my journal. been really clean except one day a week.

I am not sure if I am still losing fat or not?
gaining strength on lifts and been trying new things to mix it up.

Really I haven't seen much change in the last 3-4 weeks.
I got a little burned out towards the end of the IM and took a week off lifting. the lowest weight recently was 227 a few weeks ago.
now averaging 233.

I keep telling myself that 2000 calories a day is definatly a deficit and to keep doing what I have been doing.
I also am trying to tell myself that I am not in a race and that I want to do this, eat right, exercise and lift a life time.




Any thoughts

 

[jagbender]

WTG on the farmers walks! And I know using a fat bar is awesome, fat gripz look badass. totally getting some.

The farmer walks remind me of when I was a kid and was a block mason laborer. We used to haul 45# blocks in each hand all day long.
I know that is where I built up my Popeye forearms.

 

[jagbender]

I had my spotter today made some attemtps

Flat bench 135 x 12 warm up
275 x 0
255 x 0
255 x 0
225 x 1 attempted 2

took alittle more rest time
225 x 2 spotter finger assist on last rep

Decline bench

155 x 10
155 x 10
175 x 7 (PR) att+empted 8

barbell inclime Bench press medium grip

135 x 6
135 x 6
115 x 6 attempted 7
115x 7 attempted 8


PWO 48 G whey / casein blend in water

 

[jagbender]

Cardio this evening, lovely evening started raining about 15 minutes in.

Bike
10.07 miles, max 17.4, 14.9 avg, 40:31 minutes

 

[jagbender]

Rained out on my ride today so I lifted

Pec Dec 100# 10,10,10
Reverse pec Dec 100# 10,10,10
B.O. BB rows 115 x10 135 x 10 115 x 10
Big Circles using Oly plates instead of medicine ball 35# plate 5L 5R, 45# plate 5L 5R, 35# plate 5L 5R
Face pulls 50# 20,20,20
DB shrugs 70# 10,10,10

PWO 48 g whey / casein in water

 

[x~factor]

I had my spotter today made some attemtps

Flat bench 135 x 12 warm up
275 x 0
255 x 0
255 x 0
225 x 1 attempted 2

What's the reasoning behind going 275 lbs off the bat instead of pyramiding up to it?

 

[jagbender]

What's the reasoning behind going 275 lbs off the bat instead of pyramiding up to it?

Just cause I thought I could do it LOL

Maybe I'll try working up to it next time

 

[jagbender]

catching up on my macros 8-8-11

 

[jagbender]

8-9-11

 

[jagbender]

8-10-11

 

[jagbender]

 

[MCx2]

I respect the hell out of your dedication, I would die on 1800 calories a day.

Ditto and ditto!

 

[jagbender]

I am hungrier on 1800-2000 calories a day than I was on 14-1500

weird.

Weight staying the same 232

Looking forward to Vacation been over a year since I took time off work

I just got a tether program for my phone and I can run my laptop off my android! I used to have Tether for blackberry, but this android phone tether are MUCH faster that the BB!

 

[davegmb]

just noticed decline bench in your workouts, not tried this one for ages. How much difference is there between your decline, flat and incline bench?

 

[jagbender]

Flat bench 225
Decline 175
Incline 155