Archive for November, 2009
Cholesterol Experiment Days 25 – 31
I went on a vaction over Thanksgiving, hence no posts for a while, so I’m doing this one to catch up.
I ate all the requisite foods – turkey, hams, lots of bread, bacon, and many other items (including plenty of wine and beer, and even some Kaluha) that stray fairly far from the rather strict [...]
Do Your Knees Hurt? Stop Doing Leg Extensions
So your knees hurt, huh? I bet your one of the nads who thinks your knees hurt because you were doing squats (and probably doing them wrong). So what did you do? Stop doing squats, I bet, and start doing extensions figuring that would be better for your knees. Guess what? You figured wrong.
Think of [...]
Cholesterol Experiment Day 24
Morning supplements:
500mg Slo-Niacin
2,000mg Vitamin C
200mcg Chromium Polynicotinate
Ate a grilled chicken thigh for breakfast.
Gym today:
Power Cleans: 135×6, 135×6, 155×6, 155×6, 175×6
Squat: 135×6, 185×5, 185×5
Incline Bench: 95×10, 115×8, 135×5, 155×5, 175×4, 115×6
Haning Snatch/Hanging Clean to press alternating: 75×6, 75×6, 75×6, 75×6
1-Arm Upright Dumbbell Row: 35×10, 35×10
Chin-ups: 10,10
Behind the Back Dips: 15, 12
Sit-ups: 50
Push-ups: 42
Low carb protein smoothie [...]
Cholesterol Experiment Day 23
Morning supplements:
500mg Slo-Niacin
2,000mg Vitamin C
200mcg Chromium Polynicotinate
Ate CBO for most of the day, broke down in the afternoon when I took my daughter to club volleyball tryouts. We stopped at Panera and I got a PBJ on sourdough. Man was it good!
Ran two miles.
I grilled chicken thighs: ate two, along with small serving of noodles [...]
Cholesterol Experiment Day 22
Morning supplements:
500mg Slo-Niacin
2,000mg Vitamin C
200mcg Chromium Polynicotinate
Had to work today. Ended up being a rest day. Ate a smoked turkey breast sandwich from Panaera, snacked on a bag of Sun Chips and a pack of M&Ms.
We saw Twilight New Moon. I know the critics have been roundly panning it, but the theater was sold out [...]
