EL37’s BodyBlog

Drop the tough guy act for a minute, or long enough to read this.

I am going to give some tips because I think there is a depressingly large amount of pathetic fighting in this world.  I will also post some rules that I live by, you do not have to.

1. There is no definitive "punching muscle":

To improve punching power you will have to think a little bit, are you throwing a hook, a jab, or something else?  For a hook you need to do some core workouts, it is really easy to find these and you should not have to much trouble doing so.  For downward strikes you need to build lats, biceps, and shoulders, other muscles couldn’t hurt to improve but those are primary.  For a forward punch triceps, forearms, biceps, shoulders, lats, core, shoulders and pecs, it sounds like a lot but even push ups will square off exercise for most of those.  There is more but I will keep it basic.

2. Yes, it is a cliche but walk away if you can.

We all need to vent frustration and every guy on earth has a day or two when he says, "man I wanna f*ck somebody up."  You win more by walking away, think of that dumbass standing there with his fists up feeling and looking like an idiot.

3. Despite number 2 you must be prepared for everything-Always.

I have walked away from fights and had people run jump on my back and smash me in the face with a brick having not been used to "street" mentality, you do not want this, be aware of your surroundings, listen, hear, feel.  If they attack from behind they negate all rules, throwing sand is great in movies but will not necessarily save you in real life and wastes precious stamina, if someone puts there hand where you can reach it having broken fair fighting rules grab something (I have found a pen is very often available and useful) and stab them or if it is a blunt object run batter in, baby.

4. Si vis pacem para bellum

If someone threatens and is making it difficult to get away from the fight scare them, I have found MOST (note: not all, so it could get a little bloody if this fails) people will back away from something like a bike chain.

5. Strengths and weaknesses

Are you short and agile?  Get close and low.  Tall and clumsy?  Far and out of reach.

Start with this and give me opinions and if more is wanted I will write more

Things you need:

Whey Protein

Some sort of container which mixes ingredients well (water bottle works for me)

Eggs

Hot Pepper

Cinnamon

Milk

Water

Coffee

*Pb
(*PB is optional, if you are too cool for PB then you could add a substitution or just leave it out completely)

Get them into the water bottle or other container shake it hard and drink it, add as many eggs as you want, it will not taste nasty but will actually be thicker and more milkshake like, and healthier   I generally do about 1 egg per scoop of protein.  Again most of the things are to preference and they all have benefits, drink A LOT of water also because caffeine makes you lose water and it will need to be replaced, but it is good because replacing the water with new water will help to cleanse your liver and system.

Ever have one of those nights when, "it is a wedding, in this unusual occasion I can do whatever I want!"

I do.

Now, the problem here is that for many of you once you get a taste of scotch, bread, cake, and wedding food it is hard to stop, I am going to give you a recipe which I did not create and is unfortunately not allergy safe :\ :

What you need: Natural Pb, a bowl, whey protein, a microwave

Mix whey with pb until it is batter like and microwave, when it has solidified somewhat you can eat it, there you go, safe replacement.

But wait… There’s more!

Here is one that you yourself will have to decide which (if any) ingredients you would like to remove, allergy safe for non-pb people.

I have not made this in quite sometime but it is really a very nice recipe for when you "NEED REAL JUNK FOOD"

And yet it is not all that bad for you

What you need: a blender, dates, milk, whey, something from either sugar free to high high sugar ice cream (just how far off of a regimen do you wanna go, punk?), bananas, mango, strawberries, peaches, and if you want to make it a even more interesting experience you could throw in some whiskey (not too much, for the sake of taste, you want it to smell like only whiskey drink only that, don’t desecrate the recipe!)  you could chuck in some peanut butter too (and nitro tech for all you ball-shrinkers out there :p)

All you have to do is put it in the blender, blend it, and drink, proportions are completely according to taste, feel free to improvise, (some people don’t like coffee, I think it tastes great, I would chuck it in, but it is all up to you)

Mix and match, eat and have a ball

By the way, anyone who enjoys this blog can thank "skinnynerd" for suggesting I start it ;P

Ok, so this is extremely basic,

What you need:

Chicken skins (you are saying how hard to get right now, aren’t you *shakes head* I gotcha covered) ask your butcher, the one around here gives ‘em to us free and NOTHING is free in this country

Chicken fat (same as above)

A Stove
a Pot

A Pan

opt. Oil, I will describe to you why it is optional in a moment

Ok, so the first thing to do is get all the fat out of the skins and get it all in liquid form, I will suggest some methods, my friends and I got probably 3-4 ounces of skin and fat and got a half full large-ish tupperware.

This is all to be done at low temp
One way to do it is to put it all in the pot, add water, heat for a very long time, freeze for around 24 hours and skim, this is a pain to do and I thought of it but never tried so I cannot say exactly how well it works

another method would be to put the skins and fat in a pot, the concern here is that it will burn but low temp+stirring would most likely make that less facilitated

Here is what I did, dump it all in the pot put stove on low temperature and put a small amount of oil, after leaving it for a while we got quite a bit out of it
Feel free to experiment a little

Once you isolate the fat heat a pan on high heat and use some of the fat (you will not need much, the skins retain quite enough themselves even) and put the skins in, make sure to press them and WATCH OUT FOR HOT OIL SPLASHES!

You will most likely notice when they are done, you want them to not be at all soft, but if they get a "Wise Onion Rings" kind of consistency it is all good (meaning more crisp than crunchy)

Try to keep them from curling up (if they do they still taste good and are a-ok)

If you would like put them on a paper towel with one also on top (or just eat them when they are out) and enjoy your no carb snack

Doncha just love puns about the colon?

This is a way to make sure that you do not get super bloated while doing high protein and you start your day feeling a little better:

First step, after waking up drink a few (at least two) cups of room temperature water, not cold, warm water is better for this

Second, (step optional) if you can stomach it drink 2 teaspoons olive oil and/or vinegar (These are known to be very potent so do no go overboard)
Third, eat an apple, I find Golden Delicious is great for it due to it’s low amount of wax in comparison to others and high pectin concentration which helps lubricate your system

Fourth, some more warm water, ideally try to finish 2 liters by the end of the morning

Fifth, try a yoga abdominal massage, you can find instructions all over the internet

Sixth, I do not in any way condone this for people who are cutting, I can imagine it would not be too helpful, but bulking is probably highly benefited by it, dates, preferably mejoul dates, there are even obscure scriptural accounts of them being good for this purpose (in which after stating how amazing, cheap and great they were and wondering how people couldn’t eat them non-stop he later found the somewhat laxative-like benefits and questioned how anyone could ever eat these [then renamed by him] "daggers")

Keep drinking water throughout, rinse and repeat the above and if this doesn’t work seek immediate medical attention

PS Work Coffee and/or Green/Earl Grey tea in here

Intro: I have come to find very economical and simple ways to cook being limited in resources with the price of healthy food in the Middle East, I have found delicious and economical solutions which I feel are good to share for people everywhere:

Screw the intro we just want to read about the food:

First Recipe, High Protein, Low Effort and lots of fun,

Ingredients/equipment needed:

Stove top

Frying Pan

Your choice of item for frying (best avoid refined and hydrogenated oils, un-refined canola is decent all in all)
3 Eggs

Cottage Cheese

One can of Tuna (I use in water, it saves unnecessary calories and tastes fine)

Regular cheese (like you would use in omelets)

*Tomatoes

*Garlic cloves

Spices

What to do:

Beat the eggs , combine cottage cheese, *garlic cloves chopped, *tomatoes chopped, tuna and spices (which spices you use are your choice, I will list my spice recipe for this at the end)

Preheat pan with oil and add when the oil is hot enough, shred cheese and put it on top evenly, it will be a little liquid-y when done because of the whey from the cottage cheese, scramble the eggs and when they are firm and browned to your preference remove them and enjoy
Quantity of items is based on goals and hunger really, use as many as you want of each in whatever proportion, typically for me it is 3 eggs, 150-200 grams cottage cheese, and 1 regular can of bumblebee tuna
*indicates optional, if you are on keto you may choose not to add these

Eric’s spice mix for omelets:

(This is good for heart rate, metabolism and taste)

Red Pepper Flakes

Black pepper

Garlic Powder

Onion Powder

A small amount of Coriander
Cayenne pepper

A small shake of cinnamon

A little salt (the tuna is probably salted)

Cumin

Basil

Rosemary
And a pinch of Thyme

(I think that is all I use, I don’t remember as well when I am not in the kitchen :p)

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