Food & Exercise -- 11/24/2003

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Chris Braun - 25 Nov 2003 04:12 GMT

Food:

7:00 (driving to work): energy bar

9:00 (meeting food): fruit (3 oz. grapes, 3 oz. strawberries, 1/2 cup
pineapple)

11:30 (meeting food): 2 sandwiches in half pita pockets -- 1 egg salad
and 1 tuna sald (I'm assuming made with regular mayo, but they don't
use a lot of it)

2:30 (in meeting, brought with me): energy bar

7:45 (home): 1.5 cups beef stew (frozen from whenever we made it)

11:00 (home): 1 cup f/f cottage cheese w/ 4 tbsp sugar-free blackberry
jam

Totals: 1448 calories, 41g fat (26%), 166g carbs (46%), 117g protein
(32%)

5:00 -- Exercise:

Bench: 1x10x45; 2x10x65; 2x3x85; 2x1x105; 1x1x115; 3x1x135 (Tom helped
with the 135s, at the bottom of the descent and for the first few
inches back up, as that's where my shoulder can't handle it. But at
least I'm getting the feel for handling a little weight again. I'm
sure not as strong as I used to be -- and probably won't be -- but
I'll be happy if I can get back to doing some reps at 135.)

Power cleans & front squats -- basically playing with our new
15kg/33lb bar (This is what's used for women in competition, so we
wanted to get one to train for meets.): Sets of 3 power cleans
followed by 3 front squats: 2 sets at 15/33, 6 sets at 25/55

Pull-up negatives: 1x5

Machine-assisted pull-ups: 1x10x70 lbs. assistance

Cardio: 1 mile on treadmill: 1st 7 minutes at 6.0, then 1.25 minutes
at 2.0, then the rest at 6.0 (Building up the time at which I can
maintain 6.0. Tom says I could do a mile now at 6.0 if I pushed
myself, but I'm not sure. I'm a wimp :-). But soon.)

Chris
262/172/???

Reply to this Message

Angie - 25 Nov 2003 12:04 GMT

> 5:00 -- Exercise:
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> wanted to get one to train for meets.): Sets of 3 power cleans
> followed by 3 front squats: 2 sets at 15/33, 6 sets at 25/55

Hi Chris. Have you been weightlifting for a long time?

- Angie

Reply to this Message

Chris Braun - 25 Nov 2003 12:26 GMT

>> 5:00 -- Exercise:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
>- Angie

I've been lifting for about 5 years. I just started competing last
year -- in bench press and in Olympic lifting. I was fortunate enough
to set a state record (for my age/weight class) in bench press. This
year I injured my shoulder in the spring and my lifting has been off
substantially. And 90 lbs. weight loss has not made me any stronger
(which is why they have weight classes in competition :-) .) When I
heavier and my shoulder worked, my max bench press was 185, squat 240,
and deadlift 275.

I hope to get back to competing next year.

Chris

Reply to this Message

Angie - 26 Nov 2003 12:02 GMT

> >Hi Chris. Have you been weightlifting for a long time?
> >
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> Chris

That is impressive! My max on those aren't even near what yours are. Bench
press is 135, squat is 155 (just this week) and deadlift is substantially
lower at 135. I have a really weak shoulder and I am having a hard time
getting past that with bench presses. Is there anything that you are doing
to help the shoulder along or just letting it take it's own healing course?

Reply to this Message

Chris Braun - 26 Nov 2003 12:26 GMT

>> >Hi Chris. Have you been weightlifting for a long time?
>> >
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>getting past that with bench presses. Is there anything that you are doing
>to help the shoulder along or just letting it take it's own healing course?

Your numbers aren't bad at all. (And congrats on your new squat PR!)
I can't even bench 135 right now without help. (My squat and deadlift
haven't suffered as a result of the shoulder injury -- though I rarely
do deads anymore because they sort of conflict with Olympic lifting.)

I do some shoulder rehab exercises and stretches that Ahmed has shown
me. (You can find similar stuff on www.exrx.net.) I also go to Ahmed
for massage once a week, and he has been doing some active release
massage -- painful, but helpful. However, this is to correct a frozen
shoulder (which came about as a result of the injury), and wouldn't be
a fix for shoulder weakness.

Good luck with your lifting; you're doing very well!

Chris

Reply to this Message

janice - 25 Nov 2003 18:49 GMT

>Food:
>
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>Totals: 1448 calories, 41g fat (26%), 166g carbs (46%), 117g protein
>(32%)

Chris
As I hope you know, you're one of my heroes/role models here so please
don't take this as a criticism, but I've been wanting for some time to
say something that strikes me so strongly every time I read your food
reports.
It seems to me that your diet contains so little fresh fruit and veg.
I eat at least 3 pieces of fresh fruit a day, and a ton of veg on the
side with my main evening meal - usually a green veg (perhaps half a
cauliflower or a mountain of cabbage or broccoli) and then a root veg,
such as turnip, swede or carrots. I can't visualise a diet without
lots of fruit and veg, both in terms of vitamins and also, very
importantly, fibre.
Just curious to know what you feel about this.
janice

Reply to this Message

Chris Braun - 26 Nov 2003 03:42 GMT

>Chris
>As I hope you know, you're one of my heroes/role models here so please
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>Just curious to know what you feel about this.
>janice

Hi Janice,

Don't worry, I don't take this as a criticism at all. I also think
this is a shortcoming of my diet. (Though on the day you responded I
did eat a bunch of fresh fruit at a meeting in the morning -- and
there were lots of veggies in the beef stew we had for dinner (not
fresh, as it was from the freezer). For me, this is above average :-)
.)

The thing is, fresh fruit and veggies don't always agree with me.
Sometimes it makes me queasy just to think of eating them. If I do
want fresh fruit, it's usually earlier in the day, like at this
meeting. They brought more at lunch but I didn't feel I could eat any
more. Cooked veggies are generally fine (and we usually have a veggie
with dinner, though DH cooks and it depends on what he makes). I have
no problems with leafy greens, but I do sometimes with raw carrots or
cauliflower (though I love them both). I can't tolerate onions well,
either raw or cooked, and peppers in any form make me violently ill.

I do try to eat fresh fruit or veggies when I feel like I want them --
I often have a salad for lunch -- but sometimes I just don't feel like
it. Often I'll bring a piece of fruit to work and still have it left
at the end of the day. Sometimes when I'm hungry I really want crave
protein and don't want anything else.

I take lots of vitamins, so that probably isn't a problem. And I
often -- though not always -- drink a glass of Citrucel (a fiber
supplement) before bedtime. I do at least manage to stay regular :-).

Chris (not too good today -- had fruit in the morning, but the only
veggie was a little lettuce and tomato at lunch)

Reply to this Message