The Martial Way - The Path Forward

@thugpoet

I typically reduce my calorie intake by 2 or 300. I find the more modest approach to be more satiating and leas intrusive if you are doing longer cuts.

Ive been cutting for 1.5 years as i let myself get larger so i could have enough power to fuck up my old.neighbor (long ass story).
Ive dropped from 187 down to 156 and kept it off without going mad or offsetting my metabolism like some people do.
 
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Badger67 said:
@thugpoet

I typically reduce my calorie intake by 2 or 300. I find the more modest approach to be more satiating and leas intrusive if you are doing longer cuts.

Ive been cutting for 1.5 years as i let myself get larger so i could have enough power to fuck up my old.neighbor (long ass story).
Ive dropped from 187 down to 156 and kept it off without going mad or offsetting my metabolism like some people do.
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At this point I am willing to try anything. As I have been going strong for about 5 weeks with very lil weight lost. I may end up going to get blood work done as to see if everything is working well.
 
thugpoet said:
At this point I am willing to try anything. As I have been going strong for about 5 weeks with very lil weight lost. I may end up going to get blood work done as to see if everything is working well.
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It can be a bumpy road but im not sure thats needed yet.
Ideally, when cutting its best to cut while consuming the most calories possibly. If you are still losing weight, keep at it. Perhaps maintain a 300 calorie deficit from diet, but move more to create the additional deficit, Your body needs nutrients.
At 5 weeks in, its just the first mole hill and likely your body resisting new change.
 
Badger67 said:
It can be a bumpy road but im not sure thats needed yet.
Ideally, when cutting its best to cut while consuming the most calories possibly. If you are still losing weight, keep at it. Perhaps maintain a 300 calorie deficit from diet, but move more to create the additional deficit, Your body needs nutrients.
At 5 weeks in, its just the first mole hill and likely your body resisting new change.
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I appreciate the words of encouragement. Hard to grind on on a diet when the weights not falling off.
 
4/29/2020
weight 180
Skill work:
  1. Wall assisted handstand hold 1 x 35 secs
  2. Frog stand on parallettes 1 x 9 secs
  3. Tucked Front Lever 1 x 9 secs
  4. split leg squat 1 x 15 secs
  5. decline plank 1 x 15 secs
HIt style cardio with the wife focused on the entire bodies.

notes: feeling it today. Maintaining and training is the new motto
 
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4/30/2020

I spent the better part of the day building a garden. Cost was about 200 to build but it was fun.

Hopefully i don't kill the plants!
 
5/1/2020
weight 178.8
Skill work:
  1. Wall assisted handstand hold 1 x 35 secs
  2. Frog stand on parallettes 1 x 9 secs
  3. Tucked Front Lever 1 x 9 secs
  4. split leg squat 1 x 15 secs
  5. decline plank 1 x 15 secs
HIt style cardio with the wife focused on our upper bodies.

notes: building the frame and doing the planting, etc has me sore af. Was not feeling like working out today but powered through.
 
5/3/2020


weight: 180.01

Calisthenics workout:

Skill work
  1. Frog stand on floor 3 x 10 secs
  2. Tucked Front Lever 3 x 10secs
Vertical pull/push
  1. Hollow body chin-ups 4x6, 1x7
  2. Pike pushups on parallettes 5x8
Horizontal pull/push

  1. Elevated dip bar rows 3x8
  2. Decline push ups 3x12
Cardio: 1.8 mile walk

Core work with the wife.
 
5/4/2020
weight 180
Skill work:
  1. Wall assisted handstand hold 1 x 35 secs
  2. Frog stand on parallettes 1 x 10 secs
  3. Tucked Front Lever 1 x 10 secs
  4. split leg squat 1 x 20 secs
  5. decline plank 1 x 120secs
HIt style cardio with the wife focused on our legs.

notes:
 
5/5/2020
weight 179
Skill work:
  1. Wall assisted handstand hold 1 x 35 secs
  2. Frog stand on parallettes 1 x 10 secs
  3. Tucked Front Lever 1 x 10 secs
  4. split leg squat 1 x 20 secs
  5. decline plank 1 x 120secs
1.6 mile walk plus core
 
5/6/2020


weight: 177.6 ( fucking finally)

Calisthenics workout:

Skill work
  1. Frog stand on floor 3 x 10 secs
  2. Tucked Front Lever 3 x 10secs
Vertical pull/push
  1. Hollow body chin-ups 4x6, 1x7
  2. Pike pushups on parallettes 5x8
Horizontal pull/push

  1. Elevated dip bar rows 3x12
  2. Decline push ups 1x15 1x15 diamond push ups 1x5 dips
Core:
  1. Hanging L sits 3x5 secs hold
  2. Hollow body holds 4x30 secs
Notes: finally broke 178. Today marked the last day on this gpp cycle. Going to take Thursday-saturday off maybe a walk but nothing serious. I'll break down my next 6 week cycle in the next post
 
I am going to be doing a strength/skill base cycle. Less cardio and really dial in on my strength/size. The cycle will last 6 weeks.

I will follow a 4:1 frequency to fatigue model for every 4 frequency workouts I do I will do a fatigue based workout.

sample workweek:

Sunday frequency, Tuesday frequency, Thursday frequency, Sunday frequency, Tuesday fatigue ( skip Thursday) start over on Sunday. The main difference between the two workouts will be the fatigue workout will go to absolute failure on each movement. Yates style.

Week 2 I will add in weighted movements through a weight vest.

I won't be changing the movements as much as I hope to continue progressing through to harder progressions.
 
5/10/2020


weight: 178.06

Calisthenics workout:

Skill work
  1. Frog stand on floor 3 x 11 secs
  2. Tucked Front Lever 3 x 11 secs
Vertical pull/push
  1. Hollow body chin-ups 3x6, 2x7
  2. Dips5x5
Horizontal pull/push

  1. Elevated dip bar rows 3x12
  2. Archer pushups 3 x 10 (5 each arm)
Core

Hollow body holds 3 x 35 secs
Hanging L sits 3 x 10 secs
 
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5/11/2020
Played some basketball about 30 mins one on one
 
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5/12/2020


weight: 177.8

Calisthenics workout:

Skill work
  1. Frog stand on floor 3 x 11 secs
  2. Tucked Front Lever 3 x 11secs
Vertical pull/push
  1. Hollow body chin-ups 2x6, 3x7
  2. Dips 5x6
Horizontal pull/push

  1. Elevated dip bar rows 2x13 1x10
  2. Archer push ups 2x10 1x12
Core:
  1. Hanging L sits 3x10 secs hold
  2. Hollow body holds 3x35 secs
 
5/13/2020
176.8
Half mile walk with 40 pound weight vest.
 
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5/14/2020


weight: 177.2

Calisthenics workout:

Skill work
  1. Frog stand on floor 3 x 11 secs
  2. Tucked Front Lever 3 x 11secs
Vertical pull/push
  1. Hollow body chin-ups 1x6, 4x7
  2. Dips 5x7
Horizontal pull/push

  1. Archer dip bar rows 1x20 2x16
  2. Archer push ups 3x16
Core:
  1. Hanging leg raises 3x5
  2. Elbow under eyes plank 3x15 secs
  3. Bicycles 3x15
Pm

Tabata spinning 10 mins
 
5/18/2020

177.2

Calisthenics workout:

Vertical pull/push
  1. Weighted body chin-ups 5x5 w8lbs
  2. Weightd Weights 5x5 w8lbs
Horizontal pull/push

  1. Weighted bar rows 3x12 w8lbs
  2. Weighted ups 3x12 w8lbs
Pm
tabata on the bike

I cut the volume a crap ton today my back and elbow are flairing up. I did start using weights on my movements. My next workout is a fatigue ( intensity) workout so the volume will be cut again. Going to ice and take some antiinflammatories.
 
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