King_Marmoset!’s BodyBlog

For 12 weeks, young King Marmoset was locked deep within the trunk of the Marmoset tree.  King Marmoset never had done a fitness challenge before; never kept logs of what he ate.  He did experiments on his body in regards to both diet and exercise (some things worked and some things didn’t).  Mostly important, King Marmoset did learn things.  He learned proper technique is SO, SO important to accurately target muscle groups.  He learned the true power of carb cycling.  

Here is the last entry of his journal on How To Make A Better Hockey Player (for those of you that are interested -  a few notes were added to make it easier to read on here):

(For the week of 10.20 - 10.26)
Protein: 38%
Fats: 47%
Carbs: 15%
Fiber: 20.9 grams
3,412 average calories per day

Vittles consumed: Free range eggs, raw milk, organic blue berries, canned tuna, unsalted almonds/walnuts/cashews/peanuts/filberts, feta cheese, grilled organic chicken breast, Ezekiel bread, natural peanut butter, spinach, lettuce, 99% extra lean organic ground turkey, broccoli, organic green peppers, onions, organic baby carrots, onion, black beans, tortilla soup, grass fed beef, jalapeno peppers, kidney beans, brown rice, grain fed beef, nachos, ground bison, Ethiopian beef and chicken, injera.

Aside from my regular cheat of sopa de tortilla, I also had nachos at a Penguins game and an Ethiopian meal.  For those that don’t know, Ethiopians don’t use utensils.  They use a bread called injera to eat with.  Thus, you can’t low carb and eat Ethiopian.  I know to avoid Ethiopian the next time.  As for the nachos, I wanted grilled chicken, but lets just say there was an "incident" between the cook and I that the manager had to get involved with.  Thus, I pissed away my only healthy option at the Pens game and had to get stinking nachos.  Danica, you said no to puss rockets and I obeyed.  

Note for you guys:  KM ate clean for weeks and weeks on end with only sopa de tortilla besmirching me.  No dirty food and NO booze.  

Starting weight:  208 lbs
Current weight: 202.5 lbs

Body fat % in the beginning: 18%
Last week: 8%
Final week: 8%

This week, the calipers are saying I pretty much stayed the same body fat% wise, but the mirror and the scale say otherwise.  I gained a very little blubber.  I blame the additional cheats and a lack of quality hockey.  

Overall, I only lost 5.5 lbs on the scale, but 10% body weight.  I consider that a huge success; much greater than I could have anticipated.

Goal(s) I want to accomplish during this Challenge:

From Day 1:  I want to get the maximum out of my body and mind to be the best hockey player I can be. At 33, I not only want to dominate my peers, but also the never ending wave of young fast punk kids that keep coming. I plan on ruling the ice with superior conditioning, brute strength, amazing athletic ability, veteran guile/caginess, a laser-like shot, and a Zen-like brain. "Goals" will literally be my goal. I will defy age!

So, was my challenge a success in regards to making a better hockey player?  I’m going to say no.  Sure, I got into the best shape of my life, but some unforeseen hockey problems arose.  A 6 week complete shut downs of all my teams was absolutely unprecedented.  While I worked hard to get into better shape none of my teammates did.  This lead to some very inconsistent hockey.  Throw in the schedule maker spacing the games poorly and some acts of god, getting any consistent hockey going the last 8 weeks hasn’t been possible.  I think in the next 3 weeks I’ll really get an idea of if the work I’ve done has paid off.    

What else we should know about you after this Challenge:

1.  You can’t build hockey players in the gym.  The game is simply too fluid and dynamic.  Hockey skills are built and sharpened on the ice.  <- this is actually a hockey cliche, but I proved it to myself.

2.  Regardless of the hockey side of things I have to say that I learned a tremendous amount of info during this challenge (the first challenge I’ve ever done).  I’m now a sworn witness to the power of low carbs.  

3.  I’m 33 years and in the best shape of my life.  Oh, I’m not done with all this yet.  Not by a long shot.  

Week 1

Week 12

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