Resolution 2019 - Get Stronger

[Adam Levine]

Body and Diet Stats for Week 12
Notes:
- Just noticed I forgot to post this. Sorry I'm late.
- Odd doctor's appointment that I can't explain. Despite my morning fasting blood sugar being consistently 111+, my A1C was fantastic. 4.6%, which indicates an average blood glucose of 85. I don't have any recent glucometer readings under 90, so I'm confused.
- Cholesterol and lipid panel was also good.

Body Stats:
Age: 48
Height: 5'9.7"
Weight: 180.6lb (Up 1.3lb - now we're cooking!)
Neck: 15.75" (Up 1/4")
Waist: 34.75" (Up 1/2")
Body Fat (by Navy Calculator): 17.6% (Up 0.5%)
LBM (by Navy Calculator): 149lb (No change)
Average morning/fasting blood sugar: 111
Total Weight Gain on NLP: 6.1lb
Total LBM Gain on NLP: 4lb

Diet Stats:
Average calories/day: 3,365
Average protein/day: 352g
Average carbs/day: 339g
Average fat/day: 79g
Supplementation and drugs:
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder per day (added this week)
- 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

[Adam Levine]

Workout 39 of 150 - Thursday 3/21
- Video of power clean practice on Instagram. As expected, I totally fubarred it - elbows bent way before feet leave ground... Ack.

Chins: (184.0+12.5)=196.5x4x3
Partial Power Clean - Jump: 45x5
Partial Power Clean - Jump and Rack: 45x5 (badly)

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 39 of 150 Who was the guy who fist thought throwing a barbell at your own neck was a good idea? Watch as my old, clumsy self…”

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[Adam Levine]

Workout 40 of 150 - Saturday 3/23
- Got this workout in a day late. Nearly missed it. Not looking forward to my odds of hitting another heavy set of squats Monday, on <48hrs rest.

Workout Sequence:
Squat: 45x5x2, 85x5, 125x3, 160x2, 205x1, 220x5x3
Press: 45x5, 60x5, 70x3, 85x2, 95x1, 107.5x3,3,3,2,3 (failed last rep on 4th set)
Light Deadlift: 135x5, 190x3, 240x1, 265x5x2

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 40 of 150 Nearly missed this workout - my son woke up at 4:45am Friday, making my normal workout time impossible. But my…”

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[Adam Levine]

Body and Diet Stats for Week 13
Notes:
- Morning blood sugar getting worse. Considering adding chromium supplement.
- Weight gain has been in-tolerance three weeks in a row! Finally got this right!
- I was just about to hit all of Rip's "Level 2" strength numbers, then my weight went over 181... Next line down... Ack...

Body Stats:
Age: 48
Height: 5'9.7"
Weight: 181.3lb (Up 0.7 lb)
Neck: 15.75" (No change)
Waist: 34.5" (Down 1/4")
Body Fat (by Navy Calculator): 17.1% (Down 0.5%)
LBM (by Navy Calculator): 150lb (Up 1 lb)
Average morning/fasting blood sugar: 118 (YEEK!)
Total Weight Gain on NLP: 6.8lb
Total LBM Gain on NLP: 5lb

Diet Stats:
Average calories/day: 3,399
Average protein/day: 374g
Average carbs/day: 319g
Average fat/day: 89g
Supplementation and drugs:
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder per day (added this week)
- 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

[Fulcrum]

How many times do you eat a day?

What method do you use for your AM blood sugar test?

Why so much protein?

[Adam Levine]

How many times do you eat a day?

What method do you use for your AM blood sugar test?

Why so much protein?

I am currently eating 6-7 meals per day, have a standard Bayer Contour Next glucometer (finger prick and test strip). First thing I do after waking up.

As for why so much protein - I know I don't need that much. But, I need calories.
More carbs is bad for blood sugar, and we don't have a lot of fatty foods in the house because my wife is on Weight Watchers. So, if I need calories, the answer is more protein (or booze, the 4th macro).

I have tracked a correlation between overall blood sugar and carbs eaten. Unfortunately, if I follow the trendline, I would have to go down to about 100g/day of carbs to have normal blood sugar. Even if it worked, that would be miserable - I might be better off with Metformin.

I'm hoping increased muscle mass will eventually help process blood sugar, but there's no sign of that happening yet.

-->Adam

[Adam Levine]

Workout 41 of 150 - Monday 3/25 and Tuesday 3/26
- Was programmed for 4x7 unweighted chins, and missed a lot of reps. Got 7,6,6,4.
- Not happy with progress on chins.
- The last time I did AMRAP sets unweighted chins was January 9th, and I got 7,6,5 - nearly the same as today, over two months ago.
- I was only 6 lbs lighter. 6lbs of progress in two months pretty much sucks.

Workout Sequence:
- Monday
---- Squat: 45x5x2, 80x5, 115x3, 150x2, 185x1, 205x5x4
---- Bench: 45x10, 75x5, 100x3, 135x2, 155x1, 167.5x3x5
---- Deadlift: 135x5, 170x5, 205x3, 235x2, 265x1, 295x3x2
- Tuesday
---- Chins: (185.4+0)=185.4x7,6,6,4

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 401/2 of 150 I really didn&#39;t want to train today. Insomnia - I was running on caffeine and 2hrs sleep. Not optimal. Still did it,…”
Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 41 of 150 Just the chins, moved to my non workout day. I was supposed to do 4 sets of 7, but evidently I can&#39;t do that yet. Got…”

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[Fulcrum]

Do you get nutrition advice with your SSOC service?
...or maybe bounce your situation off of Santana in the Nutrition Q&A....

[Adam Levine]

Do you get nutrition advice with your SSOC service?
...or maybe bounce your situation off of Santana in the Nutrition Q&A....

Nah, I've got the discount "club level" - no nutrition, and rotating interns instead of a dedicated SSC. They are helping with my technique though, which was the main reason I signed up.

I think I've abused Bob enough - already asked him a few questions. Maybe I should ask him how much a one-off consult costs? This problem has more to do with general medicine/nutrition than lifting, I'm just hoping lifting can help solve it, or at least not make it worse. I think it's the 3300-3400 calorie diet that's hurting the blood sugar, and the 1800 calorie diet that helped it, but I can't be caloric deficit forever...

-->Adam

[Adam Levine]

Workout 42 of 150 - Wednesday 3/27 and Thursday 3/28
- Got InBody scan that gave me unbelievable results (as in, I totally don't believe it). According to them, since November 6th, I gained 13lbs. Of that, NONE was fat - all water and LBM, with 8.2lb of skeletal muscule, and a loss of 0.7lbs of fat. It also said I'm 14.4% body fat. A quick look in the mirror tells me that's total BS (and if it was real, is too low to be healthy at my age). I think I need to stick with the Navy/Circumference method - at least it gives me results that seem close to realistic. My waist size is about the same as it was then (34 1/4" vs. 34 1/2").

Workout Sequence:
- Wednesday
----Light Squat: 45x5x2, 75x5, 135x3, 165x2, 180x5x2
----Press: 45x5, 60x5, 75x3, 85x2, 100x1, 110x3x5
----Partial Power Clean (from just below knee): 45x5, 65x5
- Thursday
---- Chins: (186.8+15)=201.8x3x4

Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 41.5 of 150 Power cleans are interesting. I&#39;m still not cleaning from the floor yet, but closer. They&#39;re a totally different…”
Adam Levine on Instagram: “Workout 42 of 150 Just off day chins again. Not looking forward to 225lb squats tomorrow - I don&#39;t think my odds are good on that.…”
Adam Levine on Instagram: “Got an InBody scan to see if all this work is well... Working. The results are pretty unbelievable. According to it, I gained over 10lb…”

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