Training

Ran 5.3 miles in 51.5 minutes.

Thoughts

9:43 miles. Shattered my previous best by more than a minute per mile, running with a limp the whole way. And I was worried I was losing conditioning.

It appears however that I also shattered my knee. Had to hop down all 4 flights of stairs at the Y on one leg. Got some pretty weird looks. And the walk home took me 50% longer than it usually does because I was wincing and whimpering like a kicked dog the whole way home.

Also, just for clarification, running on the V Diet is kind of like putting Tiger Balm on your balls. Dumb, and painful. I'm looking forward to doing it again on Sunday.

I'm... really hungry.

It occurs to me that I have yet to experience a single fish burp.

Is it just me or were all those other people on the V Diet a bunch of candy asses?

Ok, I don't even wanna know what a fish burp is...

Glad ur not havin em!

My knee is full-on wrecked. Got about a block towards the gym before it decided today's not gonna happen.

I shouldn't have run yesterday. It was fun, but it was also a dumb, unnecessary risk that has now cost me rep upper day. I could push through it and go anyway, but that's how I got here in the first place. So, today I purposely miss a workout, which is something I find really hard to do. And tomorrow I may or may not do max lower, we'll see.

Running is out until further notice. Definitely until I'm done with this V Diet. Also gonna go easy on the laser tag, as that's not helping either. Bicycle, elliptical, and that sort of stuff (low impact) from now on. And not outdoors, either. At the Y. (As I suspect it was bicycling like a crazy person outside that trashed my right leg to begin with. It took a crushing hit when I bailed headfirst, haha - seriously, I heard the snap-crackle-pop. I think everyone within half a mile did.)

I actually used to be in quite the torrid love affair with the elliptical trainer, I'm quite looking forward to renewing that relationship. <3

You better take care of yourself mister! Knees don't come free!

I do, however, applaud your persistence!

'Bout to find out if my knee wants to work today. Since Chillen has destroyed my self-esteem, I figure the only way to get it back is to add a couple reps to my 205 squat.

Thunder! awaahawaaahawaaawaaahhhh. Also I totally destroyed my mp3 player, so I be kickin' it like Arny. Before all that stuff in Terminator. Except no keg.

Training

A1 Full Squat 45x5, 65x5, 85x5, 105x5, 125x5, 145x5, 165x3, 185x3, 205x2
B1 Walking Lunges 45x12x3
C1 45 Deg Hyperextensions 20x12x2, 20x11
D1 Sprinter Sit-up 0x10x2
D2 (Max) Incline Sit-up 0x10, 0x7

Thoughts

Threw up during my second truncated plank (posture work). Guess that means I'm doing them right? Hahahahaha. On the carpet. XD

Oh, and, uh, it appears my leg is now 100% functional. Little tender at most. So what I've learned is that I am pretty close to invincible, provided I take a day off every couple weeks.

One more week at this weight for lunges to "absolutely perfect" the form (it started out wobbly as hell and is now pretty tight).

Since I'm way ahead of target on the NEPA, I've decided to chillax for the next couple days. Gonna play some Assassin's Creed - y'know, throw people off of buildings in the holy city and dive attack the only "witness" for no damn reason. Good times. May do some low-impact stuff tomorrow, or I may just eat a Baconator meal and call it a day.

Alright, then. Time to drink shake # 72. That's... not even halfway. Wooh wooh!

So my weekend off somehow turned into nonstop play time? Party, party, lasertag, wedding. I feel like I'm going to fall apart if I don't spend this entire Sunday just sitting in one spot. I only logged 4 hours of NEPA but it was honestly more like 12. Apparently Mormons party hard. Who knew.

Come the end of Sunday I will be halfway done this sadistic "diet". I'm sort of at the point where sometimes when I drink my shakes I feel like I'm going to vomit. But I'm also at 100% adherence. No surrender.

...stupid moving parts. I should've known better. Got a new, flash-based one, and it's bootiful. <3

I really didn't enjoy my two days without constant access to music, haha. Rebuilding and expanding my action playlists.

Also I decided to try some smooth textured fibre supplementation, with the orange flavor because that was all they had. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. We'll see on this next one. I just figured, though, that orange + chocolate = orange chocolate!? And there's almost no sugar in this stuff. Which is good. Carb intake is currently under 20g per day. With the other fibre it was 35'ish.

Can't waaaait to hit the weights tomorrow. I'm sooo restless. Planned a big hiking trip for next weekend. Wanna go for a bike ride today, but I'm really trying hard not to. May compromise with an hour or two of leisurely elliptical action... and taking the elevator instead of the stairs.

Hey!

Really well done for staying on track so persistently!

Damn, I really want music at the gym... got a lil mp3 player, but it's battery operated and can only take like 30 songs

Could use my phone, but not quite sure how to hold it??? How do you "hold" ur player while u exercise if it doesn't come with one of those arm strap things??

Thanks. I really can't wait to finish with this V Diet. I want to bulk and get strong. Struggling to hold on to my current level of strength while my body thinks it's starving is not my idea of fun. XD

Well, I use earphones so I put my mp3 player (A Creative Zen, for anyone who's curious), in the left pocket of my shorts. Then I put my shirt on over it, so the cord stays in place and doesn't get in my way. It's a little bit annoying as the cord will sometimes get bunched up, causing my earphones to want to fall out, but it does just fine for me.

A better solution, though, would be to use some sort of a simple clip to attach it to the back of the waist of your pants/shorts. That way the cord is behind you and not in your way, there's no tugging, and it's not bouncing around in your pocket when you're moving fast. (Which may do damage to your phone, if it has moving parts - and it most likely does. But doesn't matter much for a flash-based mp3 player like mine.)

hmm... should get me some shorts with pockets

Thanks for the info

Hope you made it through another successful V-day!

Training

A1 BB Bench 45x5, 65x5, 85x5, 105x5, 115x3, 125x3, 135x3, 145x?
B1 Assisted Chin-up -110x16, -110x15
C1 Cable Row 90x09, 80x12, 80x11, 80x09
C2 Face Pull 50x09, 40x12, 40x11, 40x10
D1 DB Shrug 130x15x3
D2 BB Curl 30x15x3

Thoughts

Well, to start, I'm pissed because I realized I totally forgot to do my max set. I cranked out a whole extra set on bb bench, plus the extra rep on the 135, and I did it like nothin'. I'm pretty sure I could've hit 145x3 had I not somehow skipped it entirely. Which would have completely destroyed last week's effort, like I seem to have on most of the other lifts.

Conclusion: Mandatory 2 days of full rest (no exercise except light walking) per week. Mandatory! That's why I was losing strength. And why I felt so damn strong today. No more of this 4 hours of NEPA a day shit. 1 hour of brisk walking or equivalent, or, better yet, one night of activity on the weekend, and other than that - total rest. Gonna see what this does for my strength gains... should make them shoot through the roof like they were before. But if my fat loss also decreases dramatically, well then. We shall see.

I doubt you'll suffer from a slight decrease in exercise... your body may actually thank you!

Good luck... and go do that max set today then!

Can't. T_T Gotta wait until next Monday. By which point my mild irritation will have hopefully become a towering world-devouring rage.

And yeah, my body will definitely thank me. I know I was/am overdoing it somewhat, but it's a tricky balance. If I'm losing fat at a rate I'm satisfied with, I'm also barely maintaining if not very slowly losing strength. But if I'm gaining strength, my body composition does not really change much, which over time has led me to suspect that strength gain equates to being at or near maintenance calories.

This is why I can't wait to get finished with this velocity thing (because, of course, quitting is not even up for consideration) and take a little break from dieting. In over 100 lbs of weight loss I have yet to indulge in a bulking phase, so, this fall.... If I gain massive amounts of strength eating only as much as I need and resting only 2 days a week, it's very exciting to imagine what will happen when I'm actually eating to put on muscle.

Problem with that is I have to be at a certain level of leanness to avoid putting on more fat than muscle. So, yeah. Patience. I hate waiting. XD