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Tallcall's journal

12/04/07 Weight In

12/4/07 Weigh In

Weight: 284.5 ??? down 3 pounds from last time (technically up 1 pound since my weight fluctuated a lot last week)

Waist: 36.0 inches ??? Down 0.5 inches from last week
Stomach: 36.0 inches ??? Down 0.5 inches from last week

Chest: 51 inches ??? No Change
Shoulders: 62 inches ??? No Change

Neck: 19.5 inches ??? Up 0.5 inches from last time
Bi's: 17 inches ??? Down 0.5 inches from last time
Calves: 19.5 inches - no change

Lean Body Mass: 270.83 - Down from last week's 273.69 (-2.86 pounds)
Body Fat Weight: 13.67 ??? Down from last week's 13.81 (-.14 pounds)

Caliper readings - 4 point test:
Abs ??? 6.5 mm ??? no change from last week
Suprailiac ??? 9 mm ??? no change from last week
Thigh ??? 3 mm ??? no change last week
Triceps ??? 5 mm ??? no change from last week

Estimated body fat % is ~12.80 %.

Lost some weight ??? finally. I saw no change in caliper readings ??? that???s also nice (no added fat from what I can tell. I???ve been going for power and strength for the last two weeks and have done very well, so I think I may be adding weight in the near future (all to help with the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu).
 
12/04/07

Tuesday:

My second day in class. Thiago (not the fighter) trained everyone (three of us showed up today - I think there's a holiday around here somewhere :thinking:). Here is how things went (what I remember from before I passed out :D).

1. 15 minute warm-up/total beat-down. 8 minutes sprinting same as yesterday. 200 crunches (50 full, 50 on each side, and 50 bicycle kicks). Sat up and extended legs in front and pushed out 50 times. Sat up with legs extended in front and moved them over and under each other 50 times. Then there were shoulder pulls where you pull yourself across the mat using only the back of your forearms to grab the mat and your shoulders to pull your bodyweight. This was done three times followed by three where we were allowed to use our knees to kind of snake across the mat. He also had them doing rolls (I didn't know how to do them and told him that right away), I was just told to keep running for the time. Finally, we had to hold a supinated plank variation (supporting your body with only your hands positioned under your butt, chin tucked into your chest and legs elevated). We must have held this for 3-4 minutes while Thiago decided to walk around and stand on us (it felt fine, he evenly distributed his weight across my chest and as long as I kept everything in line I was fine). I was so out of breath!

2. 15 minutes learning new choke holds. They were both collar chokes from full guard. I think he called one of them the Axe Choke and said the other was just a variation of the Axe. There was only one student there with enough experience to be able to tell if the choke was in tight enough, so the rest of us worked on him. Thiago told both of us that he thought I was really a purple belt, and after successfully sinking the choke in the first time and making the guys face go a little purple he laughed and said that he was told that I was just a white belt but that everyone must have meant to say that I was an "American Top Team white belt (aka purple belt)" :D:D!

3. 30 minutes rolling. Thiago insisted that I watch and not participate until next time. Renato just had me do the same sweeps over and over during this period, but Thiago just wanted to see if I had any questions and to explain what each guy was trying to do (I knew they were fighting for a dominant position). The other guys just told me that all they're really trying to do is stop the more experienced guys from submitting them which doesn't usually work (this came from the student with the most experience, he rolled with Thiago first and explained it all afterward - he said we were really there to give the black belts a struggle then inevitably submit to them when they secure their submissions).

Another fun day, my calves are still in pain and my abs are feeling a little better. I had a very difficult time making it through the warm-ups, but working with those guys was great - they gave me a lot of encouragement. After those warm-ups, everything else felt like pure cake (not really easy, just easier by comparison).

Calories - ~4500 (it was a cheat day - a very well deserved cheat day!)
 
No workout today, took a day to let my calves heal a little. Tomorrow is going to be a lot of work. We have a shuttle launch at 4:31:38 pm. I get to work the morning helping set things up for the afternoon guys to actually work the launch. I work at a tv station - we're going to cover NASA live like we usually do starting at 4 pm and running for about 45 minutes. I get to set up all the lives and try to ensure that everything is working correctly for the other guys (I do not want to work the launch itself - that is a lot of painful work).

Then I get to meet with my trainer at 4 pm followed by another BJJ session at 7 pm. Also, it is going to be a legs day (:nail: torture :D fun)!

Calories - 3400
 
MMA = Massaging My Ass?

I dread to think what your version of BJJ is ;)
 
You're an animal! :teeth:

You've come a hell of a long way since you started here. :thumbs:
 
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So TC - what is the ultimate weight you are striving for??

Those classes you're taking sound pretty intense.. I honestly don't think I could do 200 reps for abs without passing out :eek:
 
Witchblade said:
It is disturbing to know we both associate the abbreviation MA with My Ass.
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Something traumatic has happened to both of us to cause this.

Were you ever sat on by a fat woman as a child?
 
katt said:
So TC - what is the ultimate weight you are striving for??

Those classes you're taking sound pretty intense.. I honestly don't think I could do 200 reps for abs without passing out :eek:
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I'm going for 270, then I think I'm going to just try to maintain and work on building strength.

Yeah, they are pretty intense, but as long as you show that you are trying to keep up, they will respect you and won't say anything (except for the nice words of encouragement) because they all know you are just a beginner.
 
12/6/07

Thursday:

Legs:

Warm up - Chops on Cable Machine: RI - 30 | 2 sets x30 lbs x15 reps

Lungeson Bosu Ball: RI - 30 | 3 sets xBW x12 reps

Single Leg Leg Press: RI - 60 | 90lbs x 12, 140lbs x12 reps, 180lbs x10 reps, 180lbs x10 reps, 210lbs x7 reps PR for Weight

Ball Squats: RI - 45 | BW+30 x10, 15, 15 (going up to random positions for the last 5 reps of each set, the last 2 reps were 3 second negatives).

Superset: RI - 30 |
1 - Hip Abductions | 130x15, 170x12, 205x10 (Entire Stack) PR for Weight

2 - Hip Adductions | 130x15, 170x12, 205x10 (Entire Stack) PR for Weight

Cardio - 20 minutes SS

8 minutes on a stair mill (min hr - 80, max hr - 135, level 8).

12 minutes on a stair mill (min hr - 118, max hr - 180, level 5 & 15, 1 interval @ level 15 @ 180bpm for 20 seconds).

Calories - 3700

Had some fun with those leg presses! Everything went up a notch today.

I wanted to go in for another class but felt kind of sick. I might go in Friday night for one of their seminars (kind of a open night for anyone who wants to participate - they heavily suggest that I go in for some). I kind of felt bad, I told Thiago I'd be there but decided to stay home and wait until I felt better (besides, my calves were still in some pain - not complaining, just stating the facts).
 
12/7/07

Friday:

Back/Abs:

Hyper Extensions: RI - 30 | BWx12, BW+ 4 lb medicine ball (catch and throw style with partner) x 12, BW+6 lb medicine ball x 12

Hyper Extensions with Cobra: RI -30 | BW+ 5lbs/hand x 12, BW+10lbs/handx12, 12 PR for Weight

Balance on Bosu Ball | BWx ~10 seconds (not great, but back was already a little tired) PR for time - last time was much worse

Abs - Leg Lifts/Flutters/Knee Ins | Each for 1 set of 8 reps just threw a bunch of random things like that in there to change things up a bit.

BB Ab Roll:RI - 30 | Bwx10, 10, 10 (straight and obliques alternated during each set with 2 or 3 reps done with 3 second holds at full extension)

Cardio - 27 minutes SS/HIIT

10 minutes on a stair machine SS (min hr - 63, max hr - 150, levels 5-12).

3 minutes on an elliptical SS (min hr - 88, max hr - 161, level 8 and 13).

14 minutes on a treadmill HIIT. Min hr - 88, max hr - 170, speed - 1.5-7.5mph, incline - 0.0-6.5. 3 sets @ 6, 6.5, and 7 mph respectively for 20 seconds. 1 set @ 6 mph and an Incline of 6.5. This was forward sprint, right side shuffle, backwards run (slow), left side shuffle, then forward sprint again each phase was about 45 seconds and repeated through the 14 minutes. The wind sprints were towards the end at 6-7.5 mph all others were 5-6 mph.

My trainer and I had fun with his one. We got to try a bunch of random things and do some balance exercises.

Calories - 3600
 
12/8/07

Saturday:

Upper Push:

Warm-up:
5 minutes on a stair master, 2 sets of 50 jumping jacks and 2 sets of 20 push-ups (20 and 15 really), 2 sets of 50 crunches with knees raised, 50 oblique crunches, and 50 bicycle kicks

Smith Flat BB Bench: RI - 60 | 135x6, 145x4, 165x2 PR for Weight, 125x6, 115x8

Smith Shoulder Press: RI - 60 | 80x6, 100x3, 115x2 PR for Weight, 90x5, 80x7

DB Flat Bench Press: RI - 60 | 30'sx10, 40'sx8, 45'sx7 PR for Weight, 40'sx10, 30'sx10

DB Military Press: RI - 60 | 20'sx10, 25'sx8, 30'sx5, 25'sx6, 20'sx8

Farmer's Walk: RI - 60 | 100 pounders x 210 feet PR for Distance (+10 feet)

Cardio - 30 minutes HIIT

Warm-up from before ~ 20 minutes total time - stairs had a min hr of 90, max of 135, and was at level 6, the others had a min hr of 125, and a max hr of 155.

10 minutes on a treadmill HIIT. Min hr - 96, max hr - 175, incline - 0, speed - 1.5 (backwards run), 2.4-2.8 (side shuffling), and 7.0-9.0 for forward sprints. There were a total of 5 rounds each lasting 2 minutes and each round contained one sprint @ 20 seconds @ speeds greater than 7 mph.

I had some fun today. The cardio was cool, I think I'll do this more often.

I ran out of gas on those DB Military Presses, but that was bound to happen. All-in-all, power across the board - Strength is really getting up there now!

Calories - 3600
 
been seein alot of red TC keep up the great work
 
goob said:
Great work TC. You keep going like a duracell bunny on uranium.
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It helps that I came equipped to make use of these battery upgrades. I just need one last upgrade to be able to process Plutonium and harness it's power. :D
 
12/12/07 Weigh in

12/12/07 Weigh in
Weight: 285 ??? Up 0.5 pounds from last time

Waist: 35.5 inches ??? Down 0.5 inches from last week
Stomach: 35.5 inches ??? Down 0.5 inches from last week

Chest: 49 inches ??? Down 2 inches from last week

Shoulders: 62 inches ??? No Change

Neck: 19.5 inches ??? No change from last time

Bi's: 17 inches ??? No change from last time

Calves: 19.5 inches - no change

Lean Body Mass: 272.08 ??? Up from last week's 270.83 (1.25 pounds)
Body Fat Weight: 12.92 13.67 ??? Down from last week's 13.67 (-.75 pounds)

Caliper readings - 4 point test:
Abs ??? 7 mm ??? up 0.5 mm from last week
Suprailiac ??? 7.5 mm ??? down 1.5 mm from last week
Thigh ??? 3 mm ??? no change last week
Triceps ??? 5 mm ??? no change from last week

Estimated body fat % is ~12.53 %.

I seem to have added muscle. Caliper readings finally changed to show a fat loss in some areas, which is nice. I???ve been going for power and strength for the last couple of weeks and have done very well, so I think I may see muscle weight being added in the near future (all to help with the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu).
 
12/14/07

Friday:

Upper Pull:

Straight Legged Deadlift: RI - 45 | 50'sx12, 12, 12

Pull-ups - Ladders: RI - 60 | BW-100x5, 6, 7, 7, 1 (static hold for 5 seconds)

1 Arm Seated Cable Rows: RI - 60 | 105x12, 135x10, 165x8, 180x8 PR for Weight

Cardio - 20 minutes HIIT

All on a treadmill:

10 minutes before my session, then 10 minutes after.

Before: Min hr - 102, max hr - 170, speed - 3.4-7.0 mph.

After: Min hr - 100, max hr - 167, speed - 3.4-6.5 mph.

It was all done in the same style as I do it in my Jiu-Jitsu class, so it was fairly intense.

I made a new friend yesterday at the gym. Nice guy, probably not available, but cool to talk to anyway. I think he was doing a MMA style cardio workout, it was nice to see someone doing something different. I think he saw the same in me when I started running backwards on the treadmill and doing those side to side skips (among other things).

Calories - 3400
 
So Sad

Goodbye Paul...​

I said goodbye to my best friend yesterday. We had a pretty large group at the club (Club Dolche - formerly Club Paris). The entertainment reporter I work with was on good terms with the owner and got us into the VIP lounge and the first round of drinks was gratis (I only had soda because I had to work early this morning). These were 100 something dollar bottles of Gin (maybe Vodka - I couldn't read the label, it was too dark), and all the mixers. Then we learned that there was a lingerie show at midnight (we figured out that they thought we were all there to give the club good press so they treated us to everything we asked for - oh well, their loss). I was told the show would only feature female models (Paul did promise to utilize the poles in the room after a few more drinks - so I poured him another).

I had such a good time, Paul and his partner, their friend and his partner, the entertainment reporter and his partner, my executive producer and her partner and their gay friend from Louisville, Kentucky were all there. The guy from Louisville was kind of cute and had great taste (he wore a black suit with a dark purple shirt, a dark red tie, and a burgundy handkerchief - very nice!).

I stayed with Paul and his partner for about for about 3.5 hours (I had almost an hour with them alone - I already miss them so much :sob:).

Before I left for the night I gave them all a hug and hoped that they would have a safe and fun trip (they're moving out of state). I just really didn't want to let Paul go, he kept telling me that he knows everything will be alright, that our job is not the end all experience in our lives, and that he cares and wants to keep in contact. I probably hugged him 4 or 5 times that night (his partner was also an awesome guy and good friend, I got to hug him a couple times too). Paul promised me he was going to leave me a couple signed copies of his head shot (photos usually given out to fans at special events). He had a bunch left over and signed them all with strange phrases (usually pretty funny), I really hope I get one of those! He's also passing out his e-mail and phone number.

God I miss him so much! He's been there with me through very tough times and I don't know if I could have come this far without him. He and his partner are so sweet together, I can only hope to have that one day. They just randomly kissed each other when we were waiting to leave for the club (leaving from where I work - we all met there and walked down the road) without any fear or trepidation - it was so nice to see and feel that kind of confidence and love. I will not forget my time with Paul, he was a very special friend when I needed one most!

:sob::sob::sob::sob::sob:



...Good friends are so hard to find...​
 
American Top Team?? Thats sick!! I wish I could train for them! If you think warmups were rough, just wait till you start rolling :cry:
 
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