MUTT'S JOURNAL

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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dahayz Posts: 794 Joined: 2002/05/08	2003/04/14, 05:42 PM Great work mutt, those veins are one of the many joys of weight training.

7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/15, 01:58 PM Thanks to all of you for the kind words. This morning for chest I did 70 pushups, and as i had not done these for a while thought I might have some trouble. Not so first set got 30, dipped to 18 2nd set, then got 22, for my last set. Next time I am going for 100. Tonight is cardio walk, and shoulders + arms. Also the diet is ok went a little screwy with pasta the last 2 nights but over all clean with a lot of protein. I felt very strong this morning and look forward to tonight..... -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/15, 02:09 PM OK, I couldn't help but read some of the posts on the other message boards....what's this about a competition? For bodybuilding or overall fitness? Help me out here...I can be a bit of an airhead with this....'cause I still feel like a complete idiot with this stuff <smile> Still kind of new to me. But I've always appreciated a good challenge; will probably end up getting my butt stomped.....But, at least, I can try, right?<smile>
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/15, 02:13 PM I'm with your wife on the vein issue mutt...exactly what DOES it mean?....Like I said....I'm darn ignorant.
jhadams Posts: 175 Joined: 2003/03/27	2003/04/15, 02:54 PM The competition is just a friendly means for us to try and beat the crap out of each other. We all took measurements by April 7th I believe and will terminate it on October 31st. The winner gets bragging rights and the losers have to shave the winners name in their hair. Check out the post on competition stats.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/15, 03:52 PM The veins coming out so drasticly at least for me means that my bodfy fat is getting lower which is what I want.... -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/15, 04:01 PM Well....awesome....I'll ck out the competition stats and root for everybody :o) In that case, You're doing an excellent job Mutt.. Keep it up! <smile>
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/04/16, 01:19 AM Look out MUTT, Ravenwolf is on the prowl for this one, check out his post, it is already an interesting race but I think all of you will be winners. -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/16, 06:45 AM Yeah I saw it, but Wolf does not realize that I am infused with all the little muttsters power out there Whatca gonna do?!! LOL anyway I went for a 2 mile walk pushing my son in his stroller last night. Then did shoulders and biceps. It felt great to really lift again even if it was with light weights. Did 4 sets of up right rows, 2 wide grip and two narrow, They really hit my traps and detls. Then did 2 sets of shrugs with 135 both sets to 12-15 reps and I held it for 5 sec at the top. Biceps did 4 sets of BB curls. Got 104 5 times then striped of the weight till I got to 60lbs and did 7-10 reps for each set. All in all a great workout. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/16, 10:53 AM Another note about veins.....now they are coming out on my thighs and chest/shoulders as well...kind freakin me out as I have never seen them there at all....I am so reved up though to keep going.... -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/21, 10:00 AM Well got a bad case of a sinus headache last week kind of took me out of the game. The good news is that is it gone and i feel great. The better news is that my wife and I got our communication lines crossed. I thought that we had no money to go back to the gym, and she thought i needed more time off cause, I had said that I wanted to take some time off. So I can go back to my gym YEAH!!!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
dahayz Posts: 794 Joined: 2002/05/08	2003/04/21, 07:57 PM Well then, kick back in there and kick some ass Mutt.
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/04/23, 01:12 PM it would be a good thing to do RW, go for it!! Mutt you have been doing way good and you'll need it, trust me!!! Because like i said earlier i am going to give you and RW a run for your weight loss!!! lol!! Couldn't use run for your money on this post! :-)- -------------- Bettia.... When you feel like giving up, take it to the limit one more time!! You will SUCEED :-)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/23, 09:42 AM Ok kids the gloves come off for real on monday next week. I am getting back to the gym then and all hell is going to break loose. All of you in the Mutt Challenge better, lash yourselves to something heavy, cause Mutt is jummping in the pool!!!!!! Tidal wave will commence on the 28th!!!!!!!!!!! You will see a great change and updated pics at the end of June!1 So hold on the ride is going to get a little rough!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/23, 09:47 AM RE: Mutt challenge: Catch me if you can Mutt!! ;) LOL Looking forward to the pics. I have downloaded a new one, but it hasn't come up yet (and remember try and contain the laughter please people! LOL)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/23, 11:17 AM Well just remember that I have all the muttamaniacs out there pulling for me!!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/23, 12:21 PM No fair :P I have no maniacs after me!!! LOL
dougherty36 Posts: 89 Joined: 2003/02/22	2003/04/23, 12:46 PM Well I will say good luck to mutt, but i'm gonna be a am-azoniac to help keep her going. Now you know you have one maniac pushing for you azon. -------------- Who needs hair with a body like this!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/23, 12:50 PM Ok so she got one....I have like at least 12 or so !!!!! So there. seriously, I think that this is the best chance I have of getting to my goals, I have decided to also go after my personal trainier cert, and I am also thinking about going back to school for a avanced degree in the near future on this. So first my body needs to get taken care of then the job.....so I am fired up like the sun on a hot july day!!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/23, 01:59 PM Thanks 4 the support dougherty! :) Yay! I have to see my abs by October 31 for me to feel like I am in this Muttchallenge and get bragging rights! Abs-olutely!!! PT's? = Mutt & RW - way cool! Go for it! You both have what it takes - and you both describe things well (so important when teaching others) OK, enough compliments. RW will be strutting around again and poor RB won't hear the end of it :) lol
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/23, 02:07 PM LOL strutting around. Well I am going to do it I figure why not since I love it and can make a good living at it and I really hate what I do now and it really is not paying the bills now. So I plan to go thru ISSA since i cn do it online. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/23, 02:09 PM Good idea Mutt. What a man can conceive and believe he will achieve!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/24, 03:34 PM Yes to that sister!!! Anyway what ever i am doing the eating and workingout must be working cause I have had to coworkers ask me if I was on a diet and that I looked good. One said I looked like I had lost 20lbs and asked what kind of diet I was on I told her the "see-food" diet. LOL well it made me feel good!!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/24, 09:17 PM well ...you all braggin here now eh? LOL!! I have alot of carivan fans. Just look around, when I'm at the gym I need crowd control! HAHAHA Good luck mutt and RW in your goals, And Azon...I'd love to see them abs!! -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/24, 09:18 PM well ...you all braggin here now eh? LOL!! I have alot of carivan fans. Just look around, when I'm at the gym I need crowd control! HAHAHA Good luck mutt and RW in your goals, And Azon...I'd love to see them abs!! -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/28, 09:55 AM They are a little shy at the moment Ivan, but I will have them more sociable by the date of October 31st. It will happen - I am too stubborn to accept anything less LOL
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/04/28, 12:49 PM Yay! Azon, that's the spirit! Stubborn...BLAH....I call it determination :o)
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/28, 06:51 PM Thats what I call dedicated. Keep up the great work. -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/29, 11:42 AM Ok last thursady i woke up with a pain in my left knee around the kneecap. It developed to the point I could not walk up or down stairs. In fact the simply getting in and out of a car was very painful. That has healed, but on sunday I got a cold. So my plan of lifting again today has been put onhold till I am over the cold. probably on wed I will start again. Ok last time (jan till end of march) I fouceds on increasing my bench. I did so by 50 lbs. This time around I will be on a cut, and will look to increase my squat as much as possible. my goal is to hit 350-375 6 times by end of may /mid of june. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/29, 12:49 PM 50 lbs increase? Way to go Mutt! Your doing fantastically (I don't think this is a word, but seems appropriate)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/29, 12:51 PM LOL well my best working set in jan for bench was 200-215 depending, and last time I benched 250 6 times...so i saw a great increase. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/04/29, 12:54 PM Wow. I couldn't even do half that, I'm sure. Your certainly well on your way for October
dahayz Posts: 794 Joined: 2002/05/08	2003/04/29, 02:23 PM Good to see you back at it mutt, keep up the great work.
roni0906 Posts: 1,008 Joined: 2002/01/24	2003/04/29, 03:38 PM Congradulations MUTT. Keep up the great work. I am so anxious for this competition to be over. I want to see how all the hard worked paid off. -------------- Lisa Just laugh about it....
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/04/29, 04:39 PM good job mutt!!! -------------- Bettia.... When you feel like giving up, take it to the limit one more time!! You will SUCEED :-)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/29, 05:07 PM Um ok this is not really a update, I hit the bench press mark on the last day of march...so it has ben a month. I took 2 weeks off, then, found out I could join the gym again, and got sick and went out of town etc....so I will start up again tomorrow!!!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/04/29, 05:08 PM I got it done on march 26th -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/04/29, 09:00 PM Way to go muttster. -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/01, 04:39 PM Ok this is a WARNING!!!!!! If you feel or hear of rumblings in the east coast area it was just Mutt starting his new pedal to the floor workouts!!! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/05/01, 09:31 PM tremors here! lol -------------- We must become the change we want to see. Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/04, 09:13 PM Ok first real workout done on saturday...Chest and arms. I got three sets of bench done all for to reps the weight was 175,185,195. Felt good and strong. Did 2 sets of incline 135, and 155 both for 10 reps/ -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
tenorsaxmandave Posts: 538 Joined: 2003/01/23	2003/05/05, 08:12 AM Atta boy, Mutt. Keep it up.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/05, 08:41 AM Ok time to finish the post got interrupted last night. I also did 2 sets for machine flies. Then did biceps barbell curls 80,90,100 all for 10 reps except for 100lbs fot 8 on that one. Then did db curls 35,40 I did these a little differentyl....I held the negative to 3-4 seconds making sure of my form......I still have a nice burn feeling running thru my bicep! Then did 3 sets of con.preacher curls with db. Triceps were kickbacks, 2 sets 30, 35 both for 10 reps, then to pressdowns and rope pressdowns supersetted with them. NIce freaking burn!!!! Also sat I walke around our zoo for 2 hours. -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/06, 07:52 AM Went to the gym for leg day last night. I am following a completely diffeernt workout for the next 12 weeks. It is a powerlifting workout to increase my squats and to hit my goal for them. Ok I warmed up with a set of leg ext for 20 reps. Put 135 on the bar and did a wm up set of squats. Then I did 6 sets of 10 reps witht eh following weights:145, 155, 165, 175, 185, 195. Needless to say I was fried at that point. Not really heavy, but as I had not done them for a month or more I am going easier. Then to finish it off I did 10 sets of hamstring curls. I can almost not walk right now!!!!! ALl in all A great workout! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
tenorsaxmandave Posts: 538 Joined: 2003/01/23	2003/05/06, 08:26 AM Yo Mutt - nothing like feeling fried after a tough leg workout!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/06, 08:40 AM Yeah but I need to get the weight higher...I want that 500lb goal man! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
tenorsaxmandave Posts: 538 Joined: 2003/01/23	2003/05/06, 08:44 AM 500! Sheesh! I had 500# on the bar the other day... That's where it sat! No moo-ah little girlie weights for Franz! TSMD
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/06, 08:47 AM LOL that is my long term goal maybe next year sometime....first is to hit 350 then on to 500! -------------- IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
tenorsaxmandave Posts: 538 Joined: 2003/01/23	2003/05/06, 12:25 PM That's a lot of iron Mutt. My long term is 405 for reps. (There's just something about being able to finally load up a bar with 8 plates!) For me, 10 plates (and over) is just a little too far out for me to focus on right now... But not for da Mutt-ster. Once again, you've raised the bar for the rest of us (except maybe Rev8, who squats the Mirage Hotel -- including the volcano). Anyway - good luck on the goal, but I'm on your heels man. Don't slow down! TSMD
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/05/07, 11:35 AM Thanks TSMD, update note: My best friend Ken is taking me under his wing so to speak (after all he lives in NYC), anyway he is a runner and lifter. He yelled at me somethig firercely this morning. My diet has been going well I am starting the running phase of my training. Last night we were putting our sons swingset together and my wife bought pizza n wings for dinner. So I cheated on a day I usually do not. It was bad, I feel bad since I not only hurt myself, cause if I cheat in the week it is worse cause I do not follow a very strict diet on the weekend. I also let him down as well, and all of you as well. So I am not going to let it derail my hunt for the prize, but I needed to confess a little. Ok, tonight is a funny night, I plan to start digging my garden out, eat a light dinner(snack really) then off to the gym. It is chest and calves for me tonight. Also so my pennace for blowing off the diet I am to run 2 miles. Will let you know later how it all goes. -------------- deadlifts rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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