Fat Loss Prop Bet

[Big Poppa Smurf]

Scales and body fat detectors can be really easy to cheat. If it's an electric pulse fat detector just weigh in really dehydrated the first time and really hydrated the second time. On a side note, you can cheat most electric scales by standing on them differently - for example, you can cheat really expensive top notch electronic scales (the kinds used for wrestling meets) by arching your feet a little bit. BOOYAH!

[Alobar]

yeah, like has been said, those electrical impulse scales are easy to cheat. I can swing 5% just depending on my level of hydration

[secretprankster]

Yeah if you do the V-Diet I'd save it for the end, not now.

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Official Weigh-in: Disregard my contestant stats earlier b/c I was just guessing and we had a couple more people join in.

Contestant Weight Height Age BF%
A 182 5'8 29 23.0 (Me)
B 188 5'7 27 19.3
C 222 5'9 25 25.2
D 172 6'0 27 15.8
E 220 6'4 27 22.2
F 223 5'9 29 25.3
G 197 5'9 29 20.1
H 181 5'8 29 19.9
I 190 5'10 28 17.0

My diet Monday consisted of 6 meals at 2 to 4 hour intervals
Myoplex Shake mixed w/ water
Lowfat Cottage Cheese w/ blueberries
Chicken breast sandwich on wheat w/ carrots
Myoplex Shake
Grilled Chicken Breast (marinated in Italian Dressing), 1/2 baked sweet potato, Grilled Asparagus in EVOO

Monday's workout was an upper body dumbell workout a la Body for Life. I'm planning on doing this until I join the gym in August and at that point will likely switch to Rippetoe. Cardio will be done 2 to 3 times a week.

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Before pics:

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Update:
First 3 weeks were kind of improvised without a set in stone plan. I mixed in some dumbell workouts found in "Body for Life" and Ross Emanait style beginner interval routines coupled with cardio exercises. Fast forward to Monday of this week where I started the 50 day routine found in Ross's book "Never Gymless." I'll work on updating as often as possible. I'm not going to log my diet in this thread but I'm basically following the Zone Diet. A sample day is roughly 1750 calories spread through 5 to 6 small meals with about 150 grams of protein.

8/6/07
Burpees X 60 sec.
Pushups X 60 sec.
Bodyweight Squats X 60 sec.
Pullups X 60 sec.

Burpees X 45 sec.
Pushups X 45 sec.
Bodyweight Squats X 45 sec.
Pullups X 45 sec.

Burpees X 30 sec.
Pushups X 30 sec.
Bodyweight Squats X 30 sec.
Pullups X 30 sec.

Burpees X 15 sec.
Pushups X 15 sec.
Bodyweight Squats X 15 sec.
Pullups X 15 sec.

Notes:
This workout was quick but intense. The burpees turned into squat thrusts the second time through the circuit. I've not yet developed the strength to complete pull ups for the entire duration so I simply hung from the bar for the remainder of the time in each set after failing the pull ups. I'm going to add assistance with resistance bands to the pull ups in the future so I can complete the exercise.

Edit to add: In the picture above, my waist measured around my belly button was 40". I'm down to about 38" at this point. My diet has been far from perfect so I must improve on cutting down on my number of cheat meals and booze.

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8/7/07

Body Rows: 4 x 10 (last set was at 52.5 lbs)
Hamstring Curls: 4 x 10 (used bodyweight)

Pushups: 4 sets (reps were 8, 8, 6, 6 and were done with pushup handles)
One Legged Squats: 4 sets (3, 3, 3, 2)

Pike Press: 4 x 10
Deadlifts: 4 x 15 (used 30lb dumbells)

Calf Raises: 3 x 12 (30lb dumbell used)

Crunches: 3 x 10
Medicine Ball Twists: 3 x 20
Plank: 3 x hold for time (I held about 1 minute each time)

Notes:
Tough workout that took about 1.5 hours to complete. I'm really weak on the one legged squats and could not lower myself far enough. I used a door frame to help with balance but was able to balance without it for most of the exercise. This one is going to take me a long time to do properly. I'd estimate that I'm going down about as half as far as I should be at this point. The pushup reps were low because I was really focusing on lowering myself very slowly and pausing at the bottom and trying to explode up.

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8/8/07

I'd like to name this workout "Near Death Experience."

12 Burpees
24 Pushups
36 Bodyweight Squats
400 meter run

Rinse and repeat 4 times through with minimal rest b/w circuits.

Notes:
Well, I'm an idiot and didn't convert my meters correctly so I was running a far shorter distance than I should have been but this workout was hell nonetheless. I completed the non running exercises in full only in the first circuit. After that, burpees turned into squat thrusts and pushups went to the knees. Reps were cut by about 6 in each exercise in each consecutive pass through the circuit. I threw up in my mouth a little on the third circuit so I felt my effort was good.

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I haven't updated this in a while but I've been working out nonetheless. I've just switched over to Rippetoe in place of the "Never Gymless" routine. I do think the "Never Gymless" routine is worthwhile and helped me go into Rippetoe with a little bit of strength and muscle endurance that I certainly wouldn't have had if I would have jumped straight into the free weights. I'll get back to updating this thread with my progress now that I'm on Rippetoe.

9/4/07
Squats: 3x5x95
Bench: 3x5x125
Deadlift: 3x5x125
Incline Situps: 3x15

Squat - I should work on form and not worry about increasing weight in my next session.

Bench - I do think I can increase at least 5 and maybe 10lbs total next time.

Deadlift - I performed this on a shrug bar b/c the squat station was backed up, so I need to do it on a straight bar before I can really tell where I stand with this exercise.

[mindflayer]

how is the weight??