Haha, yeah the light thing is new to me.
I read the bottle we just bought and it said to keep in dark places so I moved it there immediately

Whoa man, I had no idea the belt tests were like a Kumite. Jeebus!

according to that site I posted trying this sh!t out for real. Bought 12 bricks of grass fed cow butter last night. sh!t is hard to find. Not sure I caught it in time to get me through winter while their grass is gone but hell I tried and better now then as their feed changes over for winter.
bullet proof diet. Yellow butter = beta carotene = body makes vitamin A without overdosing on it (same with carrots). Trying out this 60% calorie thing from butter and oils/fats thing with 20 % remaining each protien and veggies. 20% veggies by calories is still a sh!t ton of veggies! Still doing this on loose guestimation terms untill I have more time to really sort it out and more money for a stockpile oof all organics.
Work is still keeping me full time as a casual part time employee which is fantastic!

Its unreal bro! You have no idea how deep down you can dig until you have no other choice. I can honestly say I was a changed man after that experienced. If that isn't enough, we get whipped and thrown by everyone of a higher rank. Most outsiders think it's pretty brutal, which it is, but it's a right of passage. It's called walking the gauntlet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3gsalP33pE

That's from one of my clubs gradings. UFC fighter Antonio Carvalho is in the video too, just look for the beard lol

Kevin you ve definitely got some skill! I sometimes dabble with the idea. it d help improve my cognitive abilities and such for sure but I ve always been passive and get my aggression out by working out and going fast. Not sure how I would enjoy it if I applied myself. See what life brings in the future of my new found health craze.

I'll warn you now, bjj is known to change people's lives . You should check out PuraBJJ in Hamilton and give it a shot. Much more rewarding than lifting weights IMO. I love the mental aspect of it just as much as the physical. It really is human chess.

So I picked up Greek yogurt by skotidakis, so far I have tried the honey which was great but a PIA to stir. Also tried pom berry and that one is good but need to keep a cup of water beside me cause it's so thick.
I think I will stick to the greek though, it's not terribly expensive from costco and I do enjoy it, will probably try the other one next time though.

Some filtered water and/or olive oil might help. I try and find more things to use olive oil with and yogurt + olive oil aint bad.

I think I ve seen that place somewhere. Problem is I have not updated my profile and am working currently in Owen Sound.

that's interesting, I have become a huge fan of olive oil on my salad with balsamic vinegar.
I basically use those two to dress up any vegetables.

I will definitely try that out though, never heard of doing that before, plus it's a good way to add some fat and extra calories!

I know of Carvalho
BEAST.

BJJ is not for me, I'm too soft. lol

My cardio is not enough for BJJ just yet. I'll stick to hitting and getting hit for now.

I don't know how you guys do it, plus it's just too dangerous, in my opinion.

I can't have a broken arm or dislocated shoulder and keep coming to work.

I'll watch that video at lunch. W/popcorn

yea I tried it for fun in my quest for wide variety of daily intake. I figured it d thin your yogurt out
and what you said which is infact why I started in the first place!!

Yeah I am what you would call a hard gainer, it's been a difficult task for me to continue to eat health and gain weight so I have basically been adding as many calories as I can.
Some have been not healthy and some healthy, and have recently become successful on my quest to put on weight.

Good call mike!! The olive oil does make it taste a little different but I am definitely happier with it.
I have heard that grape seed oil is virtually tasteless so if I ever take some time to find some I will probably give that a go.

As you know training partners become like family, and nobody wants to hurt their training partners. To avoid injury you have to let go of ego, and learn to tap early. Being stubborn will only get you hurt. If your caught, tap and start over, it's the simple . If you leave your ego at the door, you'll do just fine

Sweet man! glad to help

Brace yourself, January 1st is coming!

LOL Home Gym for the WIN!!
Anthony did you do some DTP yet, I will probably do my second round this coming week.

Nah, been a slack ass lately.
Need to get back to It.

I ve got a whole new routine. Every other day, attempting full body, one to two very slow sets per muscle group of max 6-8 reps, usually using exercises involving multiple muscles and keeping under 40 mins total. Each flex lasts a slow 3 or more seconds through full range of motion, and so does each extension. Still cant get it all in so may do alternating routines every other day. My nutrition is working, I lost almost 10 lbs due to my nuts metabolism and lack of protein. Grass fed lamb and beef have been bomb and I am regaining quick, most progress is occurring mentally until I see what happens with time. I think this balance of ridiculous nutrition exercise and sleep will take me farther than I ever though I could go. Major skin health changes, healthier feelings I cannot describe everywhere gets better each day usually. My facial hair is even finally thickening, years of scars seem to be fading. Stil aiming to go from current 127.25 to about 138 by winters end. Full lean, no body fat, high fat diet.

So after my 2nd disk herniation which was about 4 months ago, I have been away from the gym and lost some muscle mass. I am back and ready to go in the gym. I'm at about 157lbs now and am going on a clean bulk for at least 5 months.

I'm aiming for about:

- 2600-2800 Calories
- 300-350g of Carbs
- 155-170 g of Protien
- 80-120g of fats


Now Its hard as F*ck to eat clean and reach that calorie goal. Anyone heard about olive oil shooters ? Basically a shot of olive oil which gives about 320 calories and 36g of fat. Have 2 shots and that's 640 clean calories!

I use olive oil for everything but never took shots of it.
I have always heard it's better to eat your calories than it is to drink them though.
I am doing Iffym, I am a hardgainer and have attempted gaining weight clean and only stayed where I was.

Olive oil, MCT oil, and grass fed butter are like my hot sauce, put that sh!t in and on everything. By the shot from time to time. I havent gotten any fat on me yet, pure energy sources. Look to increase clean fats, and eliminate almost all sugar, limit complex carbs, and eat a plants based diet. Thats basically where I have arrived.
I get through a day with no crashes (As sugar and carbs cause) when I am sleeping properly and not over exercising. Still limiting full body workouts to twice a week so I lied. I understand what I put myself through now and put forth more effort than ever in each workout, sometimes requiring excessive recovery until I adapt.
Literally as much sugar as I have is one fruit at night and whatever is in my dark chocolate. I plan to eliminate my organic dark chocolate below 80% cocoa, which is all only made up in sugar for the most part. I ll use the potent stuff more as a flavoring for nuts/brownies/macaroon type protein snacks. I may eat a few servings of rice a day, sometimes less or none. No grains or legumes. All plant/nuts, chocolate. Some whey, grass fed livestock. The past week my only dairy has been butter. Im on another whole extreme and not turning back. milk isnt necessary, but I ll have it more as an ocassional whey shake desert or yogurt/whey desert, ect. (all grass fed organic stuff).
Right now I mix my whey concentrate (organic new zealand grass fed)with butter/chocolate/nuts/fat **as it has cooled just before solidification** and it makes crazy health snacks. Dont heat that stuff :)or olive oil/MCT oil.

Wow New Zealand whey, your wallet must love your healthy eating

Mike I am honestly amazed at your commitment on this stuff. I am a very frugal guy so I don't think I could ever get to where you are.
Good work on the milk! I drink a ton of it knowing that it would be great for me to take out of my diet, i will say that you should switch to isolate if you are that keen on taking out dairy, or soy protein powder.

I watched that fat, sick and nearly dead and it's definitely inspiring, we tried to juice for a weekend and only make it through a day. I think we will try again as it's definitely a good idea for a cleanse.

Well I would like to say thank you to you Mike Lane!
We are now juicing every day after work and we try to keep most of our meal raw as one of those movies had mentioned.
I am definitely happy that we watched those movies.
I know have a better idea of what I should be eating when I am downtown for work, which was definitely the hardest part.
Do I feel a difference, hell yes I do! I use to be cranky if I didn't get my 8+ hours, now I get about 7 and a bit and generally wake up before my alarm even goes off. I don't feel sleepy through out the day and am not exhausted at the end of the day.
It's funny how ones idea of healthy evolves as you learn more things.
Also we have ginger in our juices and so far it seems to be helping with DOMS. I still get it but it's much less intense than it used to be.

Holly hell man! your turning into me! Glad to hear it. That all makes my time worth it knowing even one person alone is benefiting from my "mindless obsessive ramblings" as others seem to percieve it. As I make the preparations to come home next week due to cut hours I sure hope my diet can resemble what it is now and live on. The key to saving money it to eat lots of spinach and kale. the other stuff and colors of the rainbow can then be slacked on.
Instead of tupperwares of veggies I now blend a bunch with water and olive oil. That goes into a decent bottle and lasts through my day.
I ve been whey free for a week. Not sure I notice a huge differance but maybe need to eat more other things. I was only trying to save money by taking a break from it. I tolerate all dairy fine, which is awesome. I think therefore the concentrate is better than isolate (more natural and diverse nutrients maybe?). I ve only got rid of dairy for fun though, to save money and see if I miss it. I d be fine without it but it will be my desert making staple of choice
I accidentally ate the most miniscule amount of gluten and it sh!t kicked me. My body's inflammatory response to the stuff goes wack. I will never touch wheat/grains containing gluten, or any processed foods again. Rice (and pasta made from it) and oats that are certified gluten free are also my new amazing steady efficient burn fuel after the veggies and sugars are used up.
Heres to continuing on back home with the ones I love. ! Cheers! (but I may have to raise a glass of wine)

that blending the veggies with the olive oil and water is definitely the first time I have ever heard anything like that.
I can definitely imagine what your gluten issue was like, I decided I would have burrito boyz for lunch today without checking the nutritional information, assuming because all the veggies were fresh that it would be health, well that was a mistake. Huge migraine, which I have been happen to avoid for a long time. Come to find out there is was 1500mg of salt in that burrito I ate, looks like that will be the last time i go there.

Olive oil is the healthy energy source and the veggies fuel my body with vast nutrients, and the whole concoction hydrates me. Dry skin fighting combo for winter
Lots of fat and veggies are making my skin shine
Try doing that with carbs.

Fortunately I never got suckered into fast food or restaurants in general. If it is a big company it probably isnt healthy. Probably uses to much salt and unnatural unhealthy veg oils.
No healthy oils really come of veggies or grains.

I believe olive oil, avacado, and coconut oil are all considered fruits. I d like to dive into more nut oils and see what I find.

Learned from a documentary called Fat head last night how bad excess carbs and sugars stress out your body with inflammatory responses related to insulin spikes. This is seemingly the leading cause of heart disease, and other major disease, not saturated fat. My body loves saturated fat, and not the carbs so much anymore. Biggest thing I ve learned in the 2 months is that breakthrough in how I think about eating. Still adjusting 2 months later, but thats still a short term adaptationmy body is welcoming and getting used to.

It's extremely difficult to put on weight while cutting carbs so I doubt I will ever make that transition.

Just a quick kickback to what we created this thread for, Motivation.
I want you all to head over to BodyBuilding.com and check out bodies of work, if that doesn't motivate you I don't know what will.

Mr Petro I don't know if you are watching this thread anymore but I started 5/3/1 for legs yesterday. So far it's pretty killer.
I am just finishing up another program for the rest of my body and will decide afterwards if I will be doing more bodybuild for the rest or if I will be doing 5/3/1 for them too, the only problem I have is that I usually work downtown on thursday and they only want you to do two days in a row at most, so still trying to figure out what I will do there.

As for juicing, we are stopping now. It costs about 100 a week to do this stuff and I think I would much rather spend less and just eat more veggies than juicing them all. We will probably still juice once in a while but only the veggies that can't be blended.

Well I have been doing 5/3/1 for 2 month now and am loving it, I have been very happy with the strength gain.
One thing I have noticed is that my grip strength has suffered after spending so much time doing body building so it's now one of my main focuses.
5/3/1 has been great because it really has help me find my weaknesses and improve on them.

What up brahs!

No one going to the gym anymore?
It's about all I have to do up here at work. The gym is pretty crappy at camp so I'm doing a lot of compound exercises. My strength has gone up over the last bit so that makes me happy.

Finally got my diet in check so I'm excited to see what will happen as I continue. I'm following a Keto diet.

I need to get motivated again.

Having baseball twice a week, and volleyball once a week really made it tough for me to get into a proper routine / diet. Hate to use that as an excuse, but come mid Sept.. I'll be back at it

Nice work boys, I never stop!

Keto is some hardcore sh!t, you doing refeed days?

I've got nothing better to do with my time after work up here, too damn boring otherwise. I still can't bring myself to do tons of cardio though.

I've just start but I will be doing carb up days, fist one starts this Friday, I'm excited.

I have started cardio, just doing some basic jogging with the wife.

That's good, let me know how it goes and how well it works.

I've done keto for months at a time before - it works very well but it is incredibly hard for most people to truly stick to properly. I would do one carb-up day once every week or two, but no more. The thing I missed most is eating fruits and most vegetables, as they (fruits especially) will easily kick you over the limit for keto.

I ve got my ass back in gear after coming out of a slum in the winter/spring, feeling stronger and healthier than ever Still eating amazingly well. I order from plan B organic farms a family bin of produce and usually eat that and some meat and things each week. Being forced to try new veggies and not decide on my groceries at the store has been interesting! Not religious on a workout routine as I mountain bike a sh!t ton both recreationally and as transportation to work some of the week. Also means I do tons of stairs between working a multilevel patio and climbing the escarpment home.

Bench press seems to be increasing with no real excessive effort too.

Trying some new supplements on top of a ridiculously largely plant based diet. Moringa powder and Maca powder have been interesting. Still gluten and vegetable oil free and avoid alcohol for the most part.