dvsness, dedication and desire

I am starting to crave weird shit, like sourdough bread.  I don’t even remotely like the taste of sourdough so I have no idea where this is coming from.

Meal 1

• tilapia 
• avocado
• whole wheat flour

cal - 324 pro - 27 car - 30 fat - 9 fib - 7

Meal 2

• oats 
• Prolab Isolate - Vanilla 

cal - 265 pro - 29 car - 29 fat - 3 fib - 4

Meal 3

• chicken breast 
• sweet potato     

cal - 258 pro - 39 car - 21 fat - 2 fib - 3

Meal 4

• chicken breast 
• celery  

cal - 182 pro - 38 car - 3 fat - 2 fib - 1

Meal 5

• egg
• egg whites  

cal - 141 pro - 18 car - 1 fat - 7 fib - 0

Totals:

cal - 1170 pro - 151 car - 84 fat - 23 fib - 15

It’s a beautiful, sunny day in New York and I walked to the gym.  The traffic was ridiculous and I laughed inside at all of the lazy people sitting in their cars since I was moving faster than they were.  On such a nice day they should have been walking, too!

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Seated Rear Delt Raise
15sx10, 20sx7, 20sx8

Rev Pec Dec
60×10, 70×6, 70×6

1/2 Rep DB Laterals
30sx10, 30sx10, 35sx8 *superset*

Full Range DB Laterals
15sx8, 15sx8, 15sx8

Arnold Press
30sx8, 30sx8, 35sx6

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Hybrid Calve Training
narrow stance and single leg raises 

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40 Minutes Stepmill

The time has come for me to resign my post as a ThermoLife rep. I am leaving TL and Ron Kramer under the best of terms; there is absolutely no ill will nor should there ever be. I have the utmost respect for Ron and it has been a pleasure to work with him and learn about products and the industry. TL is a great company and the inclusion of their products has definitely aided me in achieving my goals this year. E-bol, Dicana, Stizm and Zappetite are definitely products I recommend, as well as Liver Longer for all you crazy PH loving kids.

Before the rumor mill starts, the answer is no. No, I have not signed with another company at this point and I’d appreciate if everyone could refrain from trying to establish some conspiracy that simply doesn’t exist. I am stepping on stage in three weeks and I can do without some manufactured online drama.

Best of luck to ThermoLife in the future. I know there are some new and novel products on the horizon for them. See you in the ThermoChat!

All this salt and water is driving me mad!  I’m still steady at two gallons a day and I’m salting every meal except my oats, pretty much.  When this show is over the only salt I’m having for a month will be in peanut butter!!!

Meal 1

• chicken breast 
• sweet potato 
• romaine   

cal - 319 pro - 31 car - 43 fat - 2 fib - 7

Meal 2

• oats 
• Allmax AllWhey - Chocolate

cal - 440 pro - 35 car - 58 fat - 8 fib - 9

Meal 3

• tilapia
• avocado
• oat flour   

cal - 314 pro - 26 car - 25 fat - 13 fib - 6

Meal 4

• chicken
• sweet potato 
• romaine 

cal - 319 pro - 31 car - 43 fat - 2 fib - 7

Meal 5

• egg whites   

cal - 96 pro - 22 car - 2 fat - 0 fib - 0

Totals:

cal - 1488 pro - 145 car - 171 fat - 25 fib - 29  

It took forever to get to the gym since I can’t train on a full stomach and on high carb days it takes a while to digest all that damn food.  It’s funny to think that those meals are big, though, as they are still half the size of my high carb bulking meals!  I felt great at the gym, though.  Strength and endurance are still excellent.

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Rev Grip PullDown
70×10, 80×8, 90×6

Close Grip Seated Cable Row
80×8, 90×8, 100×5

Hammer Strength PullDown
45s each side x10, 70sx6, 70sx6

BB Row
70×10, 70×10, 80×8

DL
95×6, 95×7, 95×7

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Nautilus Ab Machine
50×15, 60×10, 60×12 

Kneeling Cable Crunch
25×12, 30×12, 35×10

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25 Minutes Incline Walk

15 Minutes Stepmill

My ever-so-exciting Friday night activities consisted of tanning and doing laundry.  I also picked up chicken, tilapia, eggs, oats, celery, romaine - and my guilty pleasure of sugarfree gum. 

Meal 1

• tilapia 
• avocado

cal - 194 pro - 22 car - 4 fat - 10 fib - 3

Meal 2

• eggs 
• egg whites 

cal - 234 pro - 25 car - 2 fat - 14 fib - 0

Meal 3

• chicken breast 
• spinach 
• olive oil   

cal - 320 pro - 40 car - 3 fat - 16 fib - 1

Meal 4

• chicken breast 
• romaine
• apple cider vinegar

cal - 183 pro - 39 car - 1 fat - 2 fib - 1

Meal 5

• DS Sustain  

cal - 105 pro - 20 car - 4 fat - 1 fib - 2

Totals:

cal - 1036 pro - 146 car - 14 fat - 43 fib - 7

Still cruisin’.  My friend Gracie had a jar of peanut butter at the gym and I resisted to urge to tackle her.   

Meal 1

• tilapia 
• avocado
• Prolab Carb Component   

cal - 314 pro - 27 car - 26 fat - 11 fib - 4

Meal 2

• chicken breast 
• sweet potato 

cal - 258 pro - 39 car - 21 fat - 2 fib - 3

Meal 3

• chicken breast 
• celery
• olive oil   

cal - 302 pro - 38 car - 3 fat - 16 fib - 1

Meal 4

• oats 
• Prolab Isolate - Chocolate  

cal - 265 pro - 29 car - 29 fat - 3 fib - 4

Meal 5

• egg whites 
• spinach 

cal - 126 pro - 24 car - 5 fat - 0 fib - 1

Totals:

cal - 1265 pro - 157 car - 84 fat - 32 fib - 13

I was in somewhat of a daze all day.  I had a killer migraine last night, and when I finally got to sleep the garbage trucks woke me at 1:15am.  Since when does the trash get picked up at that hour??  Anyway, I did a lot of pacing in the dark with a bag of frozen veggies on my head.  It was not cute. 

Instead of training calves after my delt workout, I did 20 bw reps between each set.  At 9 supersets, that’s 180 calve raises.

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DB Overhead Ext
25×10, 30×10, 30×8 *superset*

BB Curl
40×10, 45×8, 45×8

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Flat Skullcrusher
35×12, 40×10, 45×8 *superset*

Preacher Curl
35×8, 35×8, 35×10

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Rev Grip Cable PushDown
50×10, 70×8, 80×6 *superset*

Rev Grip Cable Curl
50×10, 60×6, 60×7

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20 Minutes Stepmill

20 Minutes Incline Walk

…brought my suits today!!!  They don’t look half bad on, either.    Turquoise was a good choice and the fabrics are quite nice.  All is well in prep world tonight.

In case you are wondering about some of the random proetien powders I’ve used in my oats some days, I’ve been trying to use up all of the samples I got from the Arnold Expo.  Single serving samples are a good way to gauge flavor before making a commitment to a 2 or 5 lb tub for purchase.  Some of the samples were hits, and some misses. 

Meal 1

• tilapia 
• avocado
• Prolab Carb Component   

cal - 314 pro - 27 car - 26 fat - 11 fib - 4

Meal 2

• oats 
• Twinlab Whey Protein Fuel - Strawberry

cal - 440 pro - 35 car - 57 fat - 8 fib - 8

Meal 3

• chicken breast 
• sweet potato
• celery   

cal - 318 pro - 30 car - 45 fat - 2 fib - 7

Meal 4

• chicken
• sweet potato  

cal - 306 pro - 30 car - 32 fat - 2 fib - 6

Meal 5

• egg whites 
• spinach 

cal - 126 pro - 24 car - 5 fat - 0 fib - 1

Totals:

cal - 1504 pro - 146 car - 175 fat - 23 fib - 26