20101120

The failing of a shit test

Suspicions have been confirmed out here at GMT -5:00.  When i ingest food stuffs there exist clear markers between the results of the various macronutrient combinations.  The mixing of protein, sugars, and fats.

-Protein can be eaten with either fats or sugars and will typically test well.
-Fats can be ingested in large, large quantities by themselves and with protein and almost always test well.
-Fats combined with fruit sugar, e.g. whole milk yogurt with any fruits,  test well with respect to the intensity and density of the food.
-Sugars may also be consumed in high volume and when ingested  as the sole macronutrient they will test well with regard to the intensity of the food.

So i chose to abandon reason and eat my nasty face off for three weeks.  I paid attention to the results of this disciplinary deficit, and half a stone later and i now have meat on the ole' bones.  A Winter warming layer?  Likely a layer, yet of residual funk from my lazy lope back from that night of Juan Tu Manny pistola.

I can eat an eight pack of 100% grass-fed beef franks and nearly a pound of cheese, at the same sitting, and it has tested well.  But when i reach for the donuts and whole milk to dip them in, or an Italian hoagie [lunch meat, cheese, bread] there is static in the field.  I ignored my better judgement and took some time away from one meal a day, and the veggies/animal product supper.  And today with the lines in my mid-section nearly filled in, i lifted 15,430 lbs. in 65 minutes and feel shit hot right now.

Clean and Jerk*
Volume 3,795
Intensity 67-81% trained most load at 76%
Density 38.31%
14:37

1 Arm Row**
Volume 5,195
Intensity 65-75%
Density 25.83%
10:00

2 Kettlebell Jerk***
Volume 2,120
Density 22.02%
4:01

2 arm kettlebell overhead swing****
Volume: 80 lbs. 45 reps x = 3,600
Density 23.25%
7:30

Today's volume 15,430 lbs. and density 31.36%  Chin up variations, after rows, totaled to 9 reps and none tested well.

* C&J from asymmetrical foot positions and using both legs for soft splits.

**1 Arm rows, dumbbell, from a lunge position, moving fast and leading from the elbow.  Led with the hand previously.  Music: Tool "Swamp Song"

***2 KB jerks, yes i am surprised i tested these at all.  I have seen Gary blitzing with progressions in the weight of the kettlebells, his reps/minute, as well as his density and other metrics you can find detailed on his site.  I had my feet in a tight scissor formation and tested and trained with 2 sets in each position.

**** "American swings"?  Yeah, well, i modified them even further.  Clearly, as my range of motion indicated, training the 2 handed kettlebell swing, to a transition point higher than the shoulders, can test well.  And with 36kg it got my heart beating.  Swings haven't elevated my heart rate and my mood in quite sometime.  What tested even better was the two handed snatch-pull set where i flexed my ankles to allow the swing to reverse while i had the bell over my head, and my body on the balls of my feet.  Wicked, man.

So today, with all my Big-ness and hearty meals over the last few weeks i am stronger than the cock on a mechanical bull.

System of a Down is testing well for tonight's score, as are the works of Don DeLillo.

DeLillo's name is linked in text with two authors i have read as well as many more i have not.  Brett Easton Ellis and Cormac McCarthy drew me to Don DeLillo and by selecting Underworld [1997] i feel as though i took a leap and asked a girl to dance who had years of Waltzing and Fox Trotting under her appeal.  Don Delillo had, not to my knowledge, published nearly ten books prior to Underworld and i was unprepared.  The book and i wrass'ld and on two occasions i was ready to return the book to the public library.

I renewed this book five times.  A testament to the worthiness of I the reader, who stuck with the book and happily welled up with tears as i wrapped it after retrieving it from the 'lost items' passenger services office at the public transportation station in center city Philadelphia.  Yes friends, i left it on the train after reading 780 of 830 pages.  In the four days without the book my world fell to bits.

Swapped Underworld for the 117 page sprint through his most recent release Point Omega [2010] .

When i sin, i sin, real good.  When i obsess, i obsess, for sure. . . oh baby.

David Cronenberg has optioned Cosmopolis [2003] for a script he will adapt and direct himself.  I asked the walls "what did Cronenberg, and the personal touch he places on the use of gory images, find so compelling about a book which hints at a plot that encompasses a young millionaire's episode of being stuck in his limo all day in Manhattan?"

The report i can give you 50 pages in, is that which draws a parallel to Brett Easton Ellis' work.  The films i've seen, American Psycho and The Rules Of Attraction, as well as the two book of his that i have read, The Informers and Glamorama.  Perhaps lying ahead in this tale is a scene where Patrick Bateman descends upon Eric's limo.


 Cronenberg can work with that.

Chow time:
All ingredients, including oil, salt, pepper, and black pepper sauce are from Trader Joe's.

12 large Brussels sprouts
1 bag of frozen peas, organic
1 bag of frozen spinach, organic
1 large boneless skinless chicken breast


Sautee, roast, season, consume, convert.  Clarity has returned.

3 comments:

  1. how the hell do you test food? i love testing movements but i didnt know food can be tested

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  2. PFB,
    I have used ROM testing as well as lower back/hip pain as a guide to what combinations work.

    No shit, i grabbed some raw london broil in my bare hands and performed a toe touch test against my baseline ROM, and it tested well. I have been eating meat since that moment.

    I witnessed this at Brad Nelson's house. Brad of RAD Bootcamps in Woodbury, MN.

    Enjoy.

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  3. I gotta try this. I recently talked to Adam and learned about testing and all that stuff, and love it. I never worry about doing similar movements daily--I guess less than I did, because I always did swings and deadlifts five or six days a week. And I see the PRs, weekly. Thanks for the tip.

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