Resolution 2019 - Get Stronger

[Adam Levine]

Body and Diet Stats for Week 8
Notes:
- New diet with fewer carbs, but more fat/protein implemented to help with blood sugar.
- Lifts back up to near pre-SSOC levels.
- No longer tracking protein from dairy.
- Blood sugar becoming an issue - I may have to go back on Metformin if this keeps up.

Body Stats:
Age: 48
Height: 5'9.7"
Weight: 178.0lb (down 0.3lb)
Neck: 15.75" (Unchanged)
Waist: 34.125" (Up 1/8")
Body Fat (by Navy Calculator): 16.3% (Up 0.2%)
LBM (by Navy Calculator): 149lb (Down 1lb)
Average morning/fasting blood sugar: 119 (Not good...)
Total Weight Gain on NLP: 3.5lb
Total LBM Gain on NLP: 4lb

Diet Stats:
Average calories/day: 3,039
Average protein/day: 317g
Average carbs/day: 241g
Average fat/day: 95g
Supplementation and drugs:
- 5,000 IU of Vitamin D per day
- 1 Flintsones multivitamin/day
- 10mg Atorvastatin/day
- 1 OTC Esomeprazole/2 days
- 5g Creatine per day
- 15tsp benefiber per day
- 2g+ DHA and EPA per day, in the form of canned salmon

[Adam Levine]

Workout 26 of 150 - Monday 2/18
- Bodyweight squat attained.
- I'm now alternating chins and deadlifts, so no chins today.

Workout sequence:
Squat: 45x5, 75x5, 105x3, 135x2, 165x1, 180x5x3
Bench: 45x10, 75x5, 95x3, 115x2, 135x1, 150x5x3
Deadlift: 135x5, 165x5, 185x3, 215x2, 235x1, 260x5x1

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 26 of 150 Finally got a bodyweight squat. Bench was oddly easy, but the other lifts are starting to get harder again. No chins…”

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Workout 27 of 150 - Wednesday 2/20
- LP of chins appears to have definitely stalled and I need to reconsider programming. I attempted the first 2lb jump in over a week, and failed to get five on my first set. Still, the chins LP held solid for about 9 weeks, which isn't bad, especially since you shouldn't try to LP chins.

Workout sequence:
Squat: 45x5, 75x5, 105x3, 135x2, 165x1, 185x5x3
Press: 45x5, 55x5, 65x3, 75x2, 85x1, 92.5x5x3
Chin-up machine: 4x10, 7x5, 9x3, 11x2
Chins:
- (182.0+18)=200.0x4
- (183.8+16.25)=200.05x3,3,1
3 hours rest
- (184.0+16)=200x4

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 27 of 150 Progress on chin-ups is definitely slowing down. I think it's time for more advanced programming on chins. Everything…”

[Adam Levine]

Workout 28 of 150 - Saturday 2/23
- Visited SSC Mia Inman for this workout.

Workout sequence:
Squat: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x3, 155x1, 175x1, 190x5x3
Press: 45x5x2, 60x5, 75x3, 85x1, 92.5x5,4,4
Deadlift: 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 245x1, 265x5

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 28 of 150 Got to see my coach again, and once again she proved to me why she's worth skipping every trainer in Indianapolis and…”

[Adam Levine]

Body and Diet Stats for Week 9
Notes:
- Increased active rest significantly.
- Unsure of new diet - cutting the carbs means cutting a lot of my fruit, which may not be a good thing.
- The total weight gain/LBM gain numbers are moving toward being realistic.

Body Stats:
Age: 48
Height: 5'9.7"
Weight: 178.9lb (Up 0.9lb)
Neck: 15.75" (Unchanged)
Waist: 34.5" (Up 3/8")
Body Fat (by Navy Calculator): 17.1% (Up 0.8%)
LBM (by Navy Calculator): 148lb (Down 1lb)
Average morning/fasting blood sugar: 111 (Not good, but a little better...)
Total Weight Gain on NLP: 4.4lb
Total LBM Gain on NLP: 3lb

Diet Stats:
Average calories/day: 3,064
Average protein/day: 382g
Average carbs/day: 234g
Average fat/day: 72g
Supplementation and drugs:
- 5,000 IU of Vitamin D per day
- 1 Flintsones multivitamin/day
- 10mg Atorvastatin/day
- 1 OTC Esomeprazole/2 days
- 5g Creatine per day
- 15tsp benefiber per day
- 2g+ DHA and EPA per day, in the form of canned salmon

[Adam Levine]

Workout 29 of 150 - Monday 2/25
- Hitting the "grindy" stage of NLP.
- Tweaked elbow in second set on bench. Keeping elbows in appeared to fix it, but made the exercise harder.

Workout sequence:
Squat: 45x5x2, 85x5, 110x5, 145x2, 175x1, 195x5x3
Bench: 45x10, 75x5, 95x3, 115x2, 145x1, 155x5x3
Deadlift: 135x5, 205x3, 225x2, 245x1, 270x5x1

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 29 of 150 Hope I'm getting enough protein... All lifts are finally back at or above where they were before starting with…”

[Adam Levine]

Workout 30 of 150 - Wednesday, 2/27
- No notes today

Workout sequence:
Squat: 45x5x2, 85x5, 110x5, 145x2, 185x1, 200x5x3
Press: 45x5, 55x5, 65x3, 75x2, 85x1, 95x5x3
Chins: (182.0 + 0) = 182.0x5x4

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 30 of 150 Lots of milestones today. 20% of my 150 workouts are done, 200lb squat, 110%bw squat, new PR on Squat and press. I had…”

[Adam Levine]

First new year's resolution strength goal achieved. Admittedly, not exactly a huge accomplishment.



Btw, I hate pickles.

[Adam Levine]

Workout 31 of 150 - Friday 3/1 (aka, the dumbfuckery workout)
This workout was filled with dumbfuckery on my part.

First DFery video is Canadian Whiskey Squats, just to show a friend of mine (westside competitive powerlifter) that I can put fancy words in front of the word "squat" too. No idea how much weight is on the bar, but I'm pretty sure it isn't the same on the left and right sides. Plate math can't be used for Canadian Whiskey Squats. It's kinda like Calvinball.



Next DF move, I fail my second set of squats because I was off balance. The weight is too heavy for me to get away with that anymore. But, failure does cause learning, and my balance on the third set was better than it ever has been.

Then came bench, and I DFed that too. Failed on the first rep and tweaked my elbow. After four minutes, it was still a little twingey, so I skipped the rest of my bench sets. I'll ask my coach what I did wrong. I'm okay, nothing ibuprofen can't handle.

Next, deadlifts. New DF move. I had extra time since I skipped bench, so I figured I'd see if I could pull 300lb, which was off program. No good reason for me to do singles. The answer is yes, but it was one ugly deadlift.

Workout sequence:
Squat: 45x5, 85x3, 110x2
Canadian Whiskey Squat: ???x5
Squat: 185x1, 205x5, 205x3, 205x5
Bench: 45x10, 75x5, 95x3, 120x2, 145x1, 160x0x1
Deadlift: 135x5, 195x3, 255x1, 275x5, 300x1

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 31 of 150 This workout was filled with dumbfuckery on my part. First DFery video is Canadian Whiskey Squats, just to show…”

[Adam Levine]

Body and Diet Stats for Week 10
Notes:
- Increasing carbs next week
- Is there such a thing as too much protein? 408g/day on a 180lb frame?
- How did I lose 1/2lb on a 3100+ calorie diet?

Body Stats:
Age: 48
Height: 5'9.7"
Weight: 178.4lb (Up 0.6lb)
Neck: 15.875" (Up 1/8")
Waist: 34" (Down 1/2")
Body Fat (by Navy Calculator): 15.8% (Down 1.3%)
LBM (by Navy Calculator): 150lb (Up 2lb)
Average morning/fasting blood sugar: 111 (Not good, and no change...)
Total Weight Gain on NLP: 3.9lb
Total LBM Gain on NLP: 5lb

Diet Stats:
Average calories/day: 3,173
Average protein/day: 408g
Average carbs/day: 210g
Average fat/day: 84g
Supplementation and drugs:
- 1000mg Vitamin C per day
- 5,000 IU of Vitamin D per day
- 1 Flintsones multivitamin/day
- 10mg Atorvastatin/day
- 1 OTC Omeprazole/2 days
- 5g Creatine per day
- 15tsp benefiber per day
- 2g+ DHA and EPA per day, in the form of canned salmon