I lost 15 pounds of fat in 30 days for the 2010 OCB Uprising Competition with this simple diet:
6 am- 3 free-range eggs fried in coconut oil, a big bowl of organic quick oats with chia seed paste, cinnamon And maple syrup.
9 am- 1 grapefruit or apple
Noon- 8 oz. Chicken or Beef with either, 1 medium potato, quinoa or brown rice and beans. Sometimes some cooked vegetables.
3 pm- either a can of tuna and an apple or grapefruit or sometimes an organic food bar.
6 pm- A really big salad with 12 oz. of chicken and vinagrette dressing.
Times are approximate, and the key was not eating anything after 5 or 6 pm. I won 1st place in the Heavy Weight and Masters Class and had a good time with a great bunch of people from Plattsburgh.
Congrats on the win! Great quick tips here. What type of routine did you follow workout wise for the month?
Well funny you should ask that Tony. I have been doing primarily fitness boot camp training(bodyweight,light dumbbell, core,cardio) for about 4 months since I started my own program and the results have been tremendous. I have lost only a small amount of muscle on my arms and everywhere else just got more toned and defined than ever before. And this is with almost no traditional muscle hypertrophy style training. I have to admit I am a little surprised at how well it worked for me to change to this training style and what’s great is that my cardio endurance and core strength are now better than ever as well.
Hi, Ian! We have had a discussion about personal fitness. My problem now is my son. He is a Life rank in boy scouts who has completed all of the requiremments but one for his final merit badge personal fitness. The Merit badge counselor insists that Zach has to do one pullup and he is done. The problem is that the kid is 250 pounds and maybe do one pull up on the assisted lat machine at the 100 pound setting. He has shown progress on the machine; however, this is not good enough. Is one pull up in say 2 months doable? Thoughts, advice?
Hi Clem,
We talked at the gym. If he could lose 20 pounds the pull-up would become very doable. I would have him do some rigorous training like 10-15 sets of Russian pull-ups(inverted with a bar at 45 degree angle or less on smith machine) making the angle as hard as possible but where he can still get 3-5 reps each time. 2 minutes of rest between sets. TRX Suspension Training would also be helpful…..