Hit by a truck: Diablo's Health Crap

[AFK Protector]

Losing weight is mostly diet. Cardio and lifting will help but most of it relies on your diet.

You gotta eat clean and make it a habit.

Screw putting down the quarter-pounder. Don't even buy the fukin thing. Better yet, don't even step into that McDonald's/Burger King/add****placehere.

Keep it up man.

 

[Heizen]

Originally posted by diablo
More or less, I suppose. The main thing that I was having a problem with was inertia - getting myself off my ass and actually getting into the gym - putting down the double quarter pounder with cheese - that sort of stuff. Now I've been trying to get as much protein in as possible while keeping the calories total for the day at around 2k... cottage cheese before bed, chicken breasts during the day, protein shakes, protein bars, etc. With any luck, lifting and doing some mild cardio will help me increase definition and tone while building up some amount of muscle - not that I'm expecting to turn into He-Man overnight...

I'm actually heading out tomorrow to Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia for 10 days (getting back August 3rd), where balanced meals will be prepared for me 3x a day - I'll have my protein bars and powder along with me for the times in between... I'm going to the Boy Scout National Jamboree as a staff member, instructing at the military-style obstacle course. Since it's right next to the rappelling station, a rock wall, a kayaking location, and god knows what else I think I'll be able to keep up with staying in shape, even though I won't have a gym accessible to me...

Sweet, AP hill is a cool place. If you get a chance to chill in DC hit me up since I am about 20 minutes out from there.

 

[diablo]

Originally posted by AFK Protector
Screw putting down the quarter-pounder. Don't even buy the fukin thing. Better yet, don't even step into that McDonald's/Burger King/add****placehere.

That was more an analogy than what was actually happening. I've switched to non-processed foods for the most part; if there's no alternative to eating fast food I opt for anything with grilled chicken (i.e. Fire grilled chicken caesar salad, light dressing)... no deep fried crap for me anymore. At home, I've found that cooking for yourself is fun, and you know exactly what you're putting into it. Fitday PC is also a very, very useful tool that I've been utilizing daily.

Originally posted by Heizen
Sweet, AP hill is a cool place. If you get a chance to chill in DC hit me up since I am about 20 minutes out from there.

Send me a PM with a cell number and I'll see whats happening on my days off. Hope the nightlife is worth checking out...

 

[diablo]

Alright, I'm back. Turned out that I didn't have any nights off - got to bed at around 11pm and woke up at 7am every day. I took some pictures of the obstacles, as well as had a video burned of me racing one of the Army guys through the 'conveyer belt'. I'll post it along with a description.

On the 2nd log I ended up almost losing my balls. I don't know what happened - I came up and next thing I knew I couldn't see anything but a red haze as a wave of pain washed over me... so, I paused for about 2 seconds, which caused me to lose. However, if I'd actually beaten a member of the armed forces who had been doing the obstacles since basic training, I'd be a little worried. Perhaps it's for the best I lost by that line of reasoning.

http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/obstaclecourserace.mpeg (19.1 MB - Right Click, "Save As")

Alright, now on to the course itself.

First we've got "The Wall". A simple up and over.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0017 (Medium).JPG

Next is the pole thing. Up the pole, down the steps.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0018 ](Medium).JPG

Now, the "Tank Trap". The three wooden X's side by side make two 'diamonds' ><><>< - you have to crawl through one diamond, then alternate to the next, then back to the other - crisscrossing all the way through.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0019 (Medium).JPG

"The Gutbuster" - stand on the low log, jump to the high, pull yourself over and drop down.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0020 (Medium).JPG

Over & Under
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0021 (Medium).JPG

Balance beams - until some fat group of kids broke 2 of them. Follow the beams from one side to the other.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0022 (Medium).JPG

Tripwires - the black parachute cord strung between the yellow nylon rope is hard to see, but it's there.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0023 (Medium).JPG

Inverted Wall - climb up the wrong side, swing over, climb down.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0024 (Medium).JPG

The Bridge. Get on it, then shimmy upside down from one side to the other.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0025 (Medium).JPG

The Portal - get over the wood.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0026 (Medium).JPG

More balance beams - except these logs roll.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0027 (Medium).JPG

Take a wild guess. Yep, you got it. Zipline!
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0028 (Medium).JPG
Upside down and backwards on the zipline...
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0029 (Medium).JPG

Army crawl under these...
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0031 (Medium).JPG

Up and Over.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0032 (Medium).JPG

The Conveyer Belt - go underneath the entire thing as shown in the video earlier.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0033 (Medium).JPG

Walk up one side, down the other. Not hard unless your shoes don't have much traction.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0034 (Medium).JPG

Climb up one side, down the other.
http://www.jbspencer.com/obstacle/DSCF0035 (Medium).JPG


That's the course. As a guide, I brought about 4 groups through a day - doing it along with them. It might have been from doing the course 4x a day for a week and a half, or the food they served, or the miles I walked every day, but when I put on "normal" clothes before leaving for the airport to come back to Baton Rouge I realized that I could comfortable pull the belt about 1.5" to 2" tighter than I was able to before. It might not have been strength training per se, but as an overall body workout that place was great.

Now it's back to civilization - logging food with FitDay, getting to the gym, eating plenty of protein, and everything else that fits in that routine.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Good luck with your goals bloke!

Used to be in the army myself, loved the assault course; too big for it now though, lol.

 

[diablo]

Just a quick update before I go to work this morning... When I started, I was at 200 lbs. Now I'm down to 182. BF at start was 26%, now it's 17%. People have actually started noticing!

 

[vanwilder]

just go and ask a trainer to spot you if you dont have a spot with you. thats about all their trained for anyways. most of them take a 1 day course lmao. i find it embarasing as well when you can see 15 year olds bigger than some of them.

 

[AFK Protector]

Originally posted by diablo
Just a quick update before I go to work this morning... When I started, I was at 200 lbs. Now I'm down to 182. BF at start was 26%, now it's 17%. People have actually started noticing!

HOLY SH|T DUDE. 9% BF IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS HOLY SH1T DUDE.

PROPS TO YOU MAN. KEEP IT UP!

BTW CAN YOU COPY A WEEK OF YOUR DIET ON HERE CUZ I'VE REACHED A PLATEAU ON MY CUTTING. I'D LIKE TO USE YOUR DIET FOR A WHILE. THANKS MAN

 

[Create Reality]

Fvckin obsticale courses are awesome! You won't get big muscles running one but you WILL get fit as sh!t.

 

[diablo]

Well, I went in and did the thing again - this time it pegged me at 20%. I guess that's the price you pay when you trust Wal-Mart to sell you an electric body fat tester... I'll be getting it done at the gym when they offer BF testing free; I believe it's in the first week of every month.