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Workout and Food Log

Workout:

2 minutes LCP each hand 35 lb.

2 minutes rest

90 seconds LCP each hand

2 minutes rest

60 seconds LCP each hand

2 minutes rest

About 100 squats. :) Really tired today, was going to go on the elliptical, but I think I will just hit it hard tomorrow after dead lifts in the morning. Trying to psych myself up for 2 sets of 2 at my previous max! :)

Food Log:

Breakfast:

2 cups of coffee with…

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Added by Rachel Benedick on September 22, 2011 at 9:13pm — 1 Comment

Food/Training Log: September 22, 2011

FOOD LOG:

7:30AM

- Coffee with creamer

9:30AM

- Omlette: 3 farm fresh eggs, cooked in butter, with grated sharp cheddar, ground pepper…

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Added by Rachelle Lowder on September 22, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Doh! Sick!

Sigh... Came down with a cold. I don't have time to be sick! :)

Added by Brent Brown on September 22, 2011 at 6:10pm — 1 Comment

9-21

Breakfast:

2 eggs w/ shredded cheese

3 turk saus

small handful of almonds

Lunch:

about 1/2 a cup of steamed veggies

1/2 chick burger

Coffee w/ 2% milk and sugar free syrup

Workout:

5 rounds of 1-5 heavy presses

I did 1 press with the 44

The rest of the rounds I did 3 push-presses with the 44 with as little push as I could

10 2 arm swings alternating between the 62 and the 70 on the…

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Added by Pam Benedick on September 21, 2011 at 8:51pm — 1 Comment

Food/Training Log: September 21, 2011

FOOD LOG:

7:25AM

- Cup of coffee with creamer

8:45AM

- 3 egg cheddar omlette with cooked yellow zuchinni and tomato. Seasoned with salt, pepper & garlic powder …

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Added by Rachelle Lowder on September 21, 2011 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

Workout and Food Log

Workout:

6 sets of 2 dead lifts at 200 lbs.

3 sets of 3 presses each side with the 44 lb.

2 sets of 5 presses each side with the 44 lb!! :)

200 swings, 10 on the minute for 20 minutes with the 70 lb.

Food Log:

Breakfast:

2 cups of coffee with creamer, 2 eggs, 2 turkey sausage

Snack:

A few almonds

Lunch:

Fage Total 0 greek yogurt with a nectarine, 2 eggs, 2 turkey…

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Added by Rachel Benedick on September 20, 2011 at 10:04pm — 1 Comment

TRAINING/NUTRITION LOG: 9/20/11

TRAINING:

11AM-

BARBELL DEADLIFTS (VERY LIGHT)

3 X 3 @ 365# (About 1.5X bodyweight)

These are the first deadlifts I have done in about four months. These are over 100# less than I was working with for these types of sets at that time. I am going to build back up very slowly on these.

KETTLEBELL PRESSES

5 X 3… Continue

Added by Jim B on September 20, 2011 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

9-20

You know the old saying........IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL....well, that was me today.

Enough said!

Added by Pam Benedick on September 20, 2011 at 9:29pm — No Comments

Zzzzzzzz

Without a doubt my biggest failing at this whole thing has been sleep. Followed closely, so I'm told, by Jack Daniels & Diet Coke (yes, Isderf, I'm looking at YOU ya lurker! :))

I get six to seven hours of sleep a night, which isn't enough for me to support the kettlebell workouts. I think that is the biggest single contributor to me starting to feel worn down. In my workouts I can tell the difference between six and seven hours the previous night. That extra hour of…

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Added by Brent Brown on September 20, 2011 at 8:35pm — 4 Comments

Food/Training Log: September 20, 2011

FOOD LOG:

7:00AM

- Cup of coffee with creamer

8:00AM

- Cup of coffee with creamer

9:30AM

- Ham &…

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Added by Rachelle Lowder on September 20, 2011 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

9-19

After a couple of days of not posting I am back....

Breakfast:

3 turk saus.

Workout:

Light day...all done with the 18

3 Rounds of:

1 min press per hand

1 min rest

1 min 1-arm swings per hand

1 min rest

1 min 1-arm swings per hand

Rest 1 min

Finished w/ 5X10 2 arm swings with the 62.

Lunch:

A very weird but yummy concoction of: broc., ground beef, cucumbers, cheese, a…

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Added by Pam Benedick on September 19, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

TRAINING/NUTRITION BLOG: 9/15-9/19/11

TRAINING:

9/15

Rest Day

9/16

Dumbell Snatch

2 x 5 w/60lb dumbell

3 x 5 w/70lb dumbell

300 Hindu squats

Did this in the hotel gym in Reno. I do like the dumbell snatch. It is not the same exercise as the kettlebell snatch, but it is a great exercise. It really is equally valuable. I used to do these with up… Continue

Added by Jim B on September 19, 2011 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Food/Training Log: September 19, 2011

I took Saturday & Sunday off from training and strict nutrition. Yeah, I sorta took advantage of Jim being gone. But, after going pretty hard for the last several months, I figured it would be beneficial to take a small extended break. Ready to be back in the game...

FOOD LOG:

7:00AM-11:00AM (Bit of an odd…

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Added by Rachelle Lowder on September 19, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Celebration!

The term "cheat meal" has always bothered me. This is a relatively minor point, and it is probably just me, but it is something that I want to change during this rest week.

I don't like it because I don't feel like I am cheating during that meal. I work my keester off for six days and eat 20+ clean meals. That one meal is a reward for a job well done and I look forward to it. So labeling it as a "cheat" just rubs me wrong.

I've heard the term "free meal" used as an… Continue

Added by Brent Brown on September 19, 2011 at 10:57am — 4 Comments

Three months!

So! I am at my three month anniversary of kettlebelling!

I couldn't be happier! Strength and fitness improvements are better than I expected. Body composition changes are proceeding at a nice steady pace. I'm averaging about a pound a week loss of scale weight (whatever that is good that measurement is for). My Robb Wolf "Look-Feel-Perform" measurements are off the charts!

Three months is also when folks talk about taking a "week off" from exercise. I've…

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Added by Brent Brown on September 18, 2011 at 5:36pm — 1 Comment

September 16th, 20111

Workout:

One minute long-cycle press, each arm @ 16kg
One minute snatch, each arm @ 16kg
One minute long-cycle press, each arm @ 16kg

45 Seconds long-cycle press, each arm @ 16kg
45 Seconds snatch, each arm @ 16kg
45 Seconds long-cycle press, each arm @…

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Added by Brent Brown on September 17, 2011 at 1:18am — No Comments

Food/Training Log: September 16, 2011

FOOD LOG:

7:15AM

- Cup of coffee with creamer

9:15AM

- Another cup of coffee with creamer

- 3 egg cheddar omlette, cooked in coconut oil, seasoned with ground pepper and topped with tomato slices…

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Added by Rachelle Lowder on September 16, 2011 at 8:59pm — No Comments

September 15th, 2011

Workout:

Helping my wife set up a fund raising dinner for 250 people. Mostly hauling tables & chairs up and down stairs. :)

Nutrition:

Water: 0.5 gallons

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Added by Brent Brown on September 15, 2011 at 11:02pm — 3 Comments

Food/Training Log: September 15, 2011

FOOD LOG:

7:10AM

- Cup of coffee with my all natural creamer

9:30AM

- Chocolate Almond Butter Smoothie: 1C unsweetened almond milk, a 5.3oz cup of Oikos greek yogurt, big spoonful of almond butter, 1tsp psyllium fiber, 1tsp unsweetened cocoa…

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Added by Rachelle Lowder on September 15, 2011 at 9:50pm — No Comments