Ponyboy's Competition Journal

[tucker01]

Hey PB,

Why is your Protein intake so low?

 

[ponyboy]

I usually try to follow the ACSM guidelines rather than typical bodybuilding guidelines. Theirs are a little bit lower than the standard of 1 gram per pound bodyweight. For my current weight my protein intake should be between 136-154 grams/day.

Plus muscle building isn't a priority for me right now.

 

[P-funk]

He needs to make room in his diet for carbs so that he has energy to teach spin class.

Could you imagine him teaching spin class and eating my diet

 

[Rocco32]

That's true P-funk! LOL

 

[ponyboy]

that is true. Imagine me on a high protein low carb diet. I'd get about 10 minutes in and fall off my bike. That would be a great example.

Last night was funny enough when my shoe got jammed on the bike. I had to walk around the room in one sock and one shoe.

 

[ponyboy]

Yesterday: Did a 35 minute run at an easy pace. I found out having music when you are running makes a huge difference. I think my new MP3 player is going to be my best friend.

Level of difficulty: about 6 out of 10
Distance: 3.55 miles or 5.7 km.

Diet yesterday: I ate like a horse yesterday!

Calories: 3282
Protein: 197 grams (26%)
Carbs: 408 grams (46%)
Fats: 97 grams (28%)

My only thing is that I need to keep my calorie levels consistent, otherwise I'm going to mess with my system. I'm going to shoot for 2500-2800 per day and go from there once I can see what it is doing to me. With all the cardio I'm going to be doing it's not like cutting down is going to be a problem.

 

[ponyboy]

Upper body workout today: My legs were still stiff from last night's run so I kept it to upper body.

Dumbbell Bench Press: 50x8, 50x6, 50x6 (failure)

Close Grip Chins: BW x 6, BW x 6

Seated Cable Row: 220 x 10, 220 x 10

One Armed Swiss Ball Shoulder Press: 30 x 8/side, 30 x 8/side

Rest of the day off today and then another run tomorrow and a spin on Saturday morning.

 

[P-funk]

Originally posted by ponyboy
Yesterday: Did a 35 minute run at an easy pace. I found out having music when you are running makes a huge difference. I think my new MP3 player is going to be my best friend.

Level of difficulty: about 6 out of 10
Distance: 3.55 miles or 5.7 km.

Diet yesterday: I ate like a horse yesterday!

Calories: 3282
Protein: 197 grams (26%)
Carbs: 408 grams (46%)
Fats: 97 grams (28%)

My only thing is that I need to keep my calorie levels consistent, otherwise I'm going to mess with my system. I'm going to shoot for 2500-2800 per day and go from there once I can see what it is doing to me. With all the cardio I'm going to be doing it's not like cutting down is going to be a problem.

LOL, I eat that many cals and I start losing weight!!! I am at 3300cals a day this week and I am starving. Not planning on starting my pre-cpntest diet until mid-late Feb. So I am going to have to raise my cals back up

 

[ponyboy]

Yeah, but you have a lot more LBM than I do.

 

[ponyboy]

Another inconsistent diet day *sigh*.

Calories: 2660 - fine
Protein: 127 grams (20%) - too low
Carbs: 283 grams (40%) - too low
Fats: 115 grams (40%) - too high

Shouldn't have had those chocolate chip cookies I baked last night

Hopefully I'm getting pics done this weekend and posted by the 11th.

 

[ponyboy]

Well, didn't get a workout in yesterday - but I bought a new bicycle! It hurt - the thing was damned expensive even though I got a really good deal on it because it is last year's model. Here's a link to it if anyone is interested:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/cn/03...ar=2003&bikesection=8805&range=104&model=9834

I finally have a bike I think I can compete with and eventually even do my Ironman with in the future. The price tag was a little higher - if I still had my old car my bike would now be worth more than it! I pick it up Saturday and since it is -22 here right now I guess I'm riding inside for the first little while.

Diet yesterday: Awesome!

Calories: 2587
Protein: 168 grams (27%)
Carbs: 373 grams (54%)
Fats: 53 grams (19%)

 

[Rissole]

PB, that is a sick lookin bike I wish i had something like that to do my cardio on

 

[ponyboy]

Damn resolutionists cluttering up my gym. I got bumped from my spin class this morning because members wanted to take it and they didn't have any spots left - one of the drawbacks of working there.

Then I go to do my run and there are three ladies walking on three treadmills at an extremely slow pace CHATTING to each other for 20 minutes and no other treadmills available. I felt like asking them if they want to sit down to talk to each other while they did nothing. Grr.....at least they are in there doing something though, but it's frustrating when people who really want to work out are waiting for them to do a workout just so they can tell themselves that they worked out and go eat something crappy. So I did a core/stability workout instead and then went for my run.

35 minutes run, average pace 6.2-6.3 MPH: 3.65 miles or 5.8km. Pretty easy though - I'd put it at a 5-6 out of 10. Think it's time to go up to 40 minutes.

 

[ponyboy]

Okay, yesterday did a 30 minute ride at a good pace, kept my heart rate around 150-160 for the majority of it. These things are getting easier. However, when I did the math I discovered that 150 is about 80% of my HRM, which is a little high for building my aerobic base. I need to go longer, slower to build the bottom of my pyramid.

BTW, I'm taking pics today hopefully and will have new stats posted by the end of the day.

I'm also getting a full biomechanical assessment done today by an expert trainer here in town. It's 90 minutes long and takes into account every little bit of my body - balance, posture, imbalances in muscle areas, core strength, flexibility. I'll be really interested to see what he comes up with in terms of adding things to my training program.

 

[Jenny]

Pony, are you out of the comp?

 

[ponyboy]

Yup - I'm officially dropping out. Doesn't make any sense to me to continue when my goals are totally different from everyone else. My body composition doesn't matter as much to me anymore, but it was a great way to focus my training for the first 12 weeks.

I'll be starting a new journal with my tri training in it - feel free to stop by and say hi!

 

[Jenny]

well, okay, I'm sad to hear that.. So, you're not interested in gaining muscle/dropping bf anymore, just edurance?

Well, good luck I'll be stopping by in you new journal

 

[ponyboy]

Thanks Jenny - you are an awesome girl! Too bad Eggs got to you first!

 

[Rocco32]

Hey, sorry to see you go PB. Normally I'd try to talk you into staying, but you do have different goals and I support you in that buddy! Good luck and I'll see you in your new journal!