Gordi Log's 5lbs of Liptropic Protein

I'm still waiting on the protein, but I figured I'd get started anyway. At the very least, it'll help motivate me to get to the gym and keep my diet clean.

At the present time, I'm the Director of a small church camp, though it's very likely that I'll be looking for new work soon. All summer long, I was dealing with the temptations of having food like mac and cheese, lasagna, burgers, and nachos right there in the dining hall for free. I usually just made a shake when the meal was a real diet-buster, and I did my best to stick to salad, fruits, veggies, and protein... but I didn't exactly bat 1.000

That bodes well for the log, though, since my body should be ready to adjust to more of a strict diet again.

I've done pretty well on the diet since camp finished. The "worst" things I've eaten have been meat pizza on whole grain crust and my wife's homemade wonton soup (which is pretty healthy: full of garlic and veggies and made with extra lean ground beef... but the wonton wraps aren't on my list of acceptable foods).

Otherwise, it's been:

Omega 3 eggs with veggies cooked in olive oil
Canned tuna or salmon mixed with a tablespoon of garlic and chili flax oil (delicious!)
plain grilled extra lean ground beef
protein shakes
turkey jerky
almonds
avocados
small slices of brie cheese as a treat
yakitori on the BBQ with grilled squash and eggplant

This morning I'm having one of my favourite breakfasts: steel cut oats with yogurt and blueberries. I don't cook the oats, just mix a cup of them with a cup of plain probiotic yogurt and cover the whole thing with blueberries. I put it in the fridge overnight, and it's ready to eat in the morning.

Supps are: flax seeds, greens powder, fish oil, magnesium, zinc, trans resveratrol.

I hit the gym yesterday, too. Started with 5 minutes on the treadmill to get the blood flowing, then went straight into 5 X 5 on cleans and presses from the floor. I only use 135lbs for that, but I was sucking wind like a madman by the time I was done. I followed it up with three sets of pushups with my feet up on a swiss ball. I do those until I collapse in the pool of sweat that's collecting under my face. My shoulders were completely fried by the end of that, and my heart was still pounding, so I kept it going with squats (high reps, no weight). I partially tore the piriformis muscle in my right leg, so I just do free squats and lunges until I can feel it acting up. For some reason, deadlifts and cleans with moderate weights don't seem to aggravate it too much, so I use a lot of those.

I finished off with a bunch of planks, and a single set of dumbbell curls. That was it. I'm really feeling it this morning, though. Those cleans take a lot out of me.

Good luck Gordo

Thank you, gojimmygo!

This pic is from 3 days ago, good record of how I look starting out:
http://www.canadabodybuilding.com/fo...8&pictureid=46

I also weighed in at 262 yesterday, which is lighter than I started the summer (by about 12 pounds) so I got away with the occasional indulgence!


Also: I can't belive I put that apostrophe in the thread title: Gordi Log's? Yeesh! I used to teach English in Europe (and I might teach it in Japan some day) I should know better than that! :o

Spent the whole day watching football today. :yeah

I'm bummed about the Brady injury, and not just because I drafted him in the first round in the Fantasy league... I really enjoy watching him lead his team down the field. I caught every Pats game I could last year, even when I was in Japan getting married (They show one NFL game a week on TV there. Luckily, they chose to show Pats vs. Colts!)

It made me realise how great it is to be healthy and free from injury.

I did take half an hour to do some lunges and squats and planks and other core-specific and mobility-related training... That'll free me up to concentrate 100 per cent on upper-body work at the gym tomorrow.

:bch

My wife was off work, and she made spicy teriyaki tofu, and baked salmon in a spicy lime sauce, so I ate really (really) well today.

I'm going to be excited going to check the mail, waiting for my protein to arrive.

Gordi

i emailed the LG headquarters to find out when and if they shipped it yet
I will let you know asap

Log is starting off good bro
I was bummed about the Brady injury as I live 3 towns from Foxboro Stadium

but on the other hand I dont have him in fantasy so it doesnt effect me

a hint of advise for your fantasy league
pick up

Forte rb for chicago
Matt Ryan qb atlanta
Mcfadden if you have a keeper league

these 3 are going to be good fantasy value

Matt Forte is Fantasy Gold already. He was running through the Colts front 7 like they weren't even there.

I'm going to wait on Matt Ryan, even though I need a QB now. He won't be playing against that weak Detroit secondary and non-existant pass rush every week. Nice first pass, though!

Don't have DMC, and he's already gone... but I do have the Titans rookie, Chris Johnson. He'll be a starter by mid-season if he doesn't hit the wall.

I'm really psyched to hit the gym today. Feeling good, lots of energy.

Protein enroute let me know when you get it ?

:bch

Awesome. Thanks! I will make a shake and post about it as soon as I get it.

Had a great workout today. Tried a new variation on curls: Start out with ordinary dumbbell curls, then when you can't do any more reps switch up immediately to hammer curls with the same dumbbells, then when you can't do any more of those try to get a couple more reps by doing the hammer curls across your body. I got so much blood in there that my arms started to cramp up. It looked like they were going to burst.

I almost wish I'd brought my camera to the gym, I really pushed it on most of my sets, and ended up with such a great pump that my shoulders and traps were practically getting into Paul Dillet-type territory. :flagC

have you ever tried 21s
look up on youtube bicep 21 to see the exercise

lol if you look up 21's find a few vids cause there are some of 18yr old kids rocking so hard I swear they are going to fall over lol. One thing about 21's is they are all about strict form. Hell of a pump though.

We did them this summer with added same idea with overhead tricep extentions super set back to back 21's bar bell curl to barbell over head tricep ext 21's. They can and will make you puke lol.

Great log so far I am subbed interested in this protein as I am very overweight. I had some luck a couple years ago with a lipo protein from ALRI but they stopped making it. I actually don't think it ever went into mass production.

Anyway good luck this log looks good already.