It’s been a while since my last update. I have officially been following the Clean program for 13 days plus 4 days of the ‘elimination diet’. Everything is going well – I have got accustomed to the meals and have been freestyling them a bit. I’ve actually grown a taste for cardamom (crave it in [...]
I’m officially on day 5 of clean. 16 to go! Getting a good feel for the routine, and the recipes. Adjusting to a new poop schedule (haha), but surprisingly I’m not hungry at all. The biggest thing I noticed is a somewhat lack of energy/stamina at the gym. This could be due to the fact [...]
The real program begins today. Up until now my girlfriend and I have been following the “Elimination diet” portion of the Clean program. They recommend 3-4 days of eating recipes that cater to the foods that aren’t on the exclusion list. This has been a good intro to some of the recipes, concepts and ingredients [...]
10 minutes intervals (1min @ 4.5mph, 30 sec @ 9.9mph) on the treadmill
Standing barbell shoulder press (behind the head) (3 x 8 x 135lbs)
Pull-ups (8,4)
Deadlifts (3×10×135lbs)
Dumbbell bench combined with straight leg raises (8×60lbs, 8×65lbs, 8×70lbs)
Easy-barbell curl (3×8×80lbs)
Standing dumbbell tricep extension (8×75lbs,8×70lbs,8×65lbs)
Meal plan:
Breakfast: Mango smoothie
Lunch: Warm salmon and asparagus salad
Dinner: Roast lamb with rosemary and asparagus
The mango smoothie was meh although my girlfriend really liked it.
The lamb was amazing! I don’t know that I’ll be cooking it again though as it was a little too fatty, and also very expensive.
I posted my workout from yesterday already.
The [...]
5 rounds of:
400m run (6mph)
15 free squats
15 air squats
10 double dumbbell bent over rows (45lbs)
10 pushups
Then I did a 45 second plank and 2 15 second side planks, followed by shoulder rotations with 7lbs.
Shendy.
Another success! Meal plan was as follows:
Breakfast: Energy smoothie
Lunch: Stir fried chicken and vegetables
Supper: Warm salmon and asparagus salad
Still struggling to find a good smoothie – the energy smoothie had almond butter and cardamom in it. I think cardamom will be an acquired tasted. I guess cardamom is good for you – here’s an explanation [...]
Day one is complete! Meals were as follows:
Breakfast: Berry smoothie
Lunch: Roast chicken with Wild Rice
Supper: Stir fried chicken and vegetables
I had a cup of hot water and lemon in the morning in place of my coffee – no caffeine withdrawal, but I’ve never really ‘needed’ coffee to get me going in the morning anyway.
I drank [...]
A recent issue of Outside magazine featured an article about a new book called Clean by Alejandro Junger. The article looked interesting and convinced me to pick up a copy of the book. You can read the article here.
With a recent change in jobs gaining the ability to work from home, my fitness has become [...]
If you saw my checkpoint from a few weeks ago, you’ll see that I am progressing in the general direction that I had hoped when I started out in January. I just booked a trip to Vegas with a few buds, which means pool exposure just went up 1000%.
Fortunately the trip is just over 3 [...]
