[WotD] Monday (Part I)

[digitaldiscipline]

http://digitaldiscipline.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/wotd-monday-february-23-part-i/

Look for a bit more consistent structure in the next few weeks, as I undertake a modified version of T-Nation's "Velocity Diet," which has very specific prescriptions as far as both nutrition and exertion are concerned. Normally, I'm very haphazard, catch-as-catch-can kind of guy, doing the pseudo-holistic "I feel like working on ______ today" thing.

Comments

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[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

so you're eating nothing but powder and pills for a few weeks? Yikes, man....

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

Nope. I'm not going full-bore on that road (hence the "modified version"). Mostly trying that workout regimen, and using those shakes for lunch / snack (which I do most days anyways).

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[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

So there's some real food in there somewhere, like "man's version" of that whole slimfast shake thing....

I've just always taken any advice from T-nation with a grain of salt, they seem like they love to write articles to promote their products...

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

essentially, because i'm not a candidate for dropping a lot of weight (just dropping ten more pounds of non-lean mass would put me at something like 5% body fat and 150# - that'd be fine, but any more than that is overkill), my approach is going to be five workouts a week, and one or two light healthy meals a day, rather than the "one real meal a week, and three or maybe four workouts" as proscribed.

There's probably some truth to the whole "we are pimping our shit" angle. Their products were given a resounding personal endorsement to me by bathalamus at D*C last year (including a bag full of samples), and, in the main, they do pretty much exactly what they claim to - the surge workout fuel, in particular, is powdered workout insanity (drink 12 oz, then sip 16 oz throughout a workout, and you can lift for =hours=. it's ridiculous). the fact that i ordered almost exactly what the program called for the day before they published the program tells me that, if nothing else, my intuition and approach aren't completely whacked.

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[jasondmath.livejournal.com]

Hey etcet, I've been reading a lot about this and am intrigued by your story and the goals you're trying to accomplish. How's it coming?

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

Well, I did the 15k on Saturday, and the first "V Burn Challenge" workout of the VD regimen is going to be this afternoon, as something of a benchmark. (In addition to fucking with the nutritional and workout guidelines proscribed by the program, I've also day-shifted it because I was impatient to get started, since this is supposed to be the "weekend" workout).