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Friday, 27 January 2012

Robbo Reverse 2.0.12 - The Mysteries of Age Reversing and Operation 10% Body Fat

Not a great fitness week for me. Started Ok by doing an Insanity DVD on Saturday morning however spent the remainder of Saturday drinking booze and eating pizza. Of course on Sunday I could not be bothered to do anything. Then I had Monday and Tuesday off for Heathers birthday – which resulted in excellent leisure time and nice food but no exercising or diet plan was stuck too. Managed to go to the Gym Wednesday through to Friday. So I have a hard week of exercise and dieting ahead. Time to dig deeper.

My daily allowance of calories for the following week (for a 196 pound man) is 2340 calories, which need to contain a minimum of 133g of protein.

SHORT TERM GOALS – WEEK 25 – 28/02/2012 – 03/02/2012
Saturday – Insanity DVD
Sunday – Yoga
Monday – Gym, Cardio
Tuesday – Gym, Cardio
Wednesday – Gym, Cardio
Thursday – Gym, Cardio
Friday – Insanity DVD

Long Term - Goal
Achieve and maintain 10% Body Fat by Gym week 44 which is 8th June 2012. Current Week 24 = 20.6%.
Please see link attached – which charts my progress or lack of it J

Iphone Apps and Websites – I am currently enjoying
The Random Show – Tim Ferris - website
I will teach you to be rich – Ramit Sethi - website
Quantified Self - website
Calorie Count - App
Iron Man Mag - App
Fitness Explorer – Website
TED Conferences – Website and App
Weight Plan App

APPENDIX

The Roberts Definition of Age Reverse.

Obviously I will age, my cells will pack up and I will die. This can not be stopped.

However your fitness age is something completely different. This is quantified by brain functioning, metabolism, cardio health, hormone levels etc

I am 31 years old. So my body is unfortunately on the decline. A lot of the problems of fitness age, can actually all be slowed – by the very things I am doing at the minute = weight training, yoga and cardio. One instance, as a 31 year old man my testosterone levels will decrease by around 4% a year until they are all gone, which has some various and obvious side effects….poor little Robbo!!! However, weight lifting increases testosterone levels, as your body has to start producing more to help build muscle. In fact most areas associated with declining fitness age, can in fact be slowed and actually improved. So as in my opinion as an above average fitness aged 31 year old, can I slow time – i.e. when I am 40 year old man, could I have a fitness age of a 35 year old. I believe I can, so have therefore slowed time! But can you go further than that? As a 40 year old man, could I have a better fitness age than I do now? Again, Yes I believe I can. Meaning – I have reversed time. There is no reason as a 40 year old for example I couldn’t have a fitness age of 30 or below….. Hence age reverse is possible with warped logic….. But it will take dedication and hard work. Not always my best attributes.

The reason why I blog is all down to author Tim Ferriss. One of the best ways to stay motivated is to make goals public. So that people are aware if you achieve or fail, which is a powerful motivator.

~~Tim Ferriss ~~ The Four Hour Body ~~ Review ~~
“How do you manage the self-discipline to bear down on learning a skill? Ferriss suggests you begin by treating your new regime as a trial (vowing permanence can be discouraging)--- give it 2 weeks or 5 serious sessions. By that point early rewards from the discipline will keep you going. You have to measure to detect the rewards ("What gets measured gets managed"--Peter Drucker), and score-keeping lets you make your progress a competitive game with others---which becomes its own motivation. Make public bets about your specific goals, where you'll pay painfully if you fail. "Loss aversion" is a surprisingly powerful incentive.”

I will tweet daily regarding my diet and mental and physical workouts. Then every Friday, I will do a summary blog. Regarding weekly goals, and my progress to my Mid and Long term goals. These are personal goals only, and will not include career goals. As Joey Barton the philosopher has found out Twitter/blogs can get you into a lot of trouble in your Job. Plus I find it distasteful.

This blog is called Robbo Reverse. This is about how I can improve my body and mind, aka Age Reversing. I am 31 and I intend to improve and indeed better that age for years to come…..confused ????

Friday, 20 January 2012

ROBBO REVERSE 2.0.12 – The Mysteries of Age Reverse, Fitness and the Perfect 10% Body Fat.

This is the second week of my Cutting period, and I have lost 2.1% body fat this week (3% in total), whilst actually not losing any weight. Which is perfect, as it means I am losing body fat and not muscle and water.

Happy with this progress, but still a lot of dieting and hard work in the Gym to go. My Gym intensity will be pretty much standard throughout my cutting time. However I will gradually increase the intensity of my Cardio and wellness programe (Treadmill, Insanity DVDs [High Intensity Interval training] and Yoga DVDs). One of the biggest reasons people fail such fitness goals are that they try to do too much at once. I.e. strict diets with punishing cardio, when a week earlier the only exercise they got was washing the car. I will be slowly increasing my intensity of cardio, and slowly decreasing my calories – with the aim of a 1-2 pound of body fat per week – whilst obviously keeping my Lean muscle mass = ripped J.

I was using MyFitnessPal as a calorie and fitness tracker; however I have switched to CalorieCount. It’s a much better app; the main benefit is that on the home page it gives you a chart of the composition of your Calories/Carbs/protein/Fats.

My daily allowance is 2300kcal. This would be pretty easy if I was only eating 3 meals a day (ave of 766kcal per meal), but I have to eat at least 6 times a day which should ideally all include a bit of protein. This is only 383kcal per meal or snack. A mars bar is 400 and odd. Then try getting Alcohol into that allowance at the weekend …….. A LOT OF PLANNING IS NEEDED.

Still enjoying it all though, which is the main thing.

SHORT TERM GOALS – WEEK 24 – 21/01/2012 – 27/01/2012
Saturday – Insanity DVD, Yoga DVD.
Sunday – Rest.
Monday – Gym, Cardio and Yoga
Tuesday – Rest
Wednesday – Gym, Cardio and Yoga
Thursday – Gym, Cardio and Yoga
Friday – Gym, Cardio and Yoga

Long Term - Goal
Achieve and maintain 10% Body Fat by Gym week 44 which is 8th June 2012. Current Week 23 = 20.3%. Cheeky little graph is on the link below via Evernote.

CURRENT GYM WORKOUT PROGRAM
TEMPO
LIFT
1 SECOND

LOWER
4 SECONDS

PAUSE TENSION
2 SECONDS



REPS
POWER
5

MUSCLE
10

BURN
40



CHEST AND TRICEPS
TYPE
SETS
BENCH PRESS
POWER
4
INCLINE DUMBELL PRESS
MUSCLE
3
CABLE CROSS OVERS
MUSCLE
3
TRICEP DIPS
POWER
2
TRICEP PULLDOWNS
MUSCLE
2
ABS
BURN
1



BACK AND BICEPS
TYPE
SETS
CHIP UPS
POWER
4
LAT PULLDOWN
MUSCLE
3
ONE ARMED ROWS
MUSCLE
3
PINWHEEL CURLS
POWER
3
EZ BAR CURL
MUSCLE
2
ABS
BURN
1



SHOULDERS
TYPE
SETS
SHOULDER PRESS
POWER
4
ARNOLD PRESS
MUSCLE
3
BENT OVER REAR DELTS
MUSCLE
3
LAT RAISES
MUSCLE
2
FRONT RAISES
MUSCLE
2
ABS
BURN
1



LEGS
TYPE
SETS
SQUAT
POWER
4
GOOD MORNING
MUSCLE
3
DEADLIFT
POWER
4
ROMANIAN DEADLIFT
MUSCLE
3
CALVES
BURN
1
ABS
BURN
1


Iphone Apps and Websites – I am currently enjoying
The Random Show – Tim Ferris - website
I will teach you to be rich – Ramit Sethi - website
Quantified Self - website
Calorie Count - App
Iron Man Mag - App
Fitness Explorer – Website
TED Conferences – Website and App
Cultfit - Website

APPENDIX
The reason why I blog is all down to author Tim Ferriss. One of the best ways to stay motivated is to make goals public. So that people are aware if you achieve or fail, which is a powerful motivator.

~~Tim Ferriss ~~ The Four Hour Body ~~ Review ~~
“How do you manage the self-discipline to bear down on learning a skill? Ferriss suggests you begin by treating your new regime as a trial (vowing permanence can be discouraging)--- give it 2 weeks or 5 serious sessions. By that point early rewards from the discipline will keep you going. You have to measure to detect the rewards ("What gets measured gets managed"--Peter Drucker), and score-keeping lets you make your progress a competitive game with others---which becomes its own motivation. Make public bets about your specific goals, where you'll pay painfully if you fail. "Loss aversion" is a surprisingly powerful incentive.”

I will tweet daily regarding my diet and mental and physical workouts. Then every Friday, I will do a summary blog. Regarding weekly goals, and my progress to my Mid and Long term goals. These are personal goals only, and will not include career goals. As Joey Barton the philosopher has found out Twitter/blogs can get you into a lot of trouble in your Job. Plus I find it distasteful.

This blog is called Robbo Reverse. This is about how I can improve my body and mind, aka Age Reversing. I am 31 and I intend to improve and indeed better that age for years to come…..confused ????

The Roberts Definition of Age Reverse.

Obviously I will age, my cells will pack up and I will die. This can not be stopped.

However your fitness age is something completely different. This is quantified by brain functioning, metabolism, cardio health, hormone levels etc

I am 31 years old. So my body is unfortunatley on the decline. A lot of the problems of fitness age, can actually all be slowed – by the very things I am doing at the minute = weight training, yoga and cardio. One instance, as a 31 year old man my testosterone levels will decrease by around 4% a year until they are all gone, which has some various and obvious side effects….poor little Robbo!!! However, weight lifting increases testosterone levels, as your body has to start producing more to help build muscle. In fact most areas associated with declining fitness age, can in fact be slowed and actually improved. So as in my opinion as an above average fitness aged 31 year old, can I slow time – i.e. when I am 40 year old man, could I have a fitness age of a 35 year old. I believe I can, so have therefore slowed time! But can you go further than that? As a 40 year old man, could I have a better fitness age than I do now? Again, Yes I believe I can. Meaning – I have reversed time. There is no reason as a 40 year old for example I couldn’t have a fitness age of 30 or below….. Hence age reverse is possible with warped logic….. But it will take dedication and hard work. Not always one of my best attributes. 

Monday, 30 May 2011

Week 1. Robbo Reverse. Next Blog 05/06/2011

Week 1 complete. If you need to see why I am doing this you will need to read my Background and Goals blog on 23/05/2011. Then all will become clear.
My current goals are -
  • Body - achieve 10% body fat and maintain. Incomplete
  • Body - achieve a visible six pack. Incomplete
  • Mind - Read "The 4 hour workweek" by Tim Ferriss. Incomplete
  • Fun - Play 4 rounds of golf at Slaley Hall or other similar courses this year. Incomplete

My measurements on 29/05/2011 -
Weight 175 pounds. Loss of 6 pounds from last week
Body fat 16.4%. Loss of 1.8% from last week
Total inches 140.45. Loss of 0.3 inches.


At current muscle mass to get to under 10% I am guessing I would have to be under 11st7 or 161 pounds. At this weight I will look skinny and that is not the goal by any means. I would not like the look and my girlfriend certainly would not either. Currently my exercise week is cardio heavy, probably around 80cardio/20resistance. I will maintain this until a stag do in Bennidorm. Once I return on 13/06/2011 my work outs will become resistance heavy. This will help me keep weight yet maintain consistant body fat reduction.


My total inches slightly decreased. I have no idea how this will change. I will be losing body fat, yet intend to increase muscle. Therefore long term total inches should increase.


I am continuing reading The Four Hour Workweek, as well as on the side The 4 Hour Body (For exercise advice).


I have not played golf this week.


I have achieved the above results by the following -


Monday 23rd
Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, 2 tomatoes
Lunch - Dhal
Dinner - Chicken salad with cannelini beans and guacamole
No exercise


Tuesday 24th
Breakfast - 2 scrambled ggs, 2 tomatoes
Lunch - Dhal
Early Dinner - Chicken Salad with broad beans and salsa
Late Dinner - Cod, Steamed Veg and Butter beans.
Exercise -  max cardio conditioning by Insanity Workouk 47 mins, 28 kettlebell swings @ 12kg 2mins, Tim Ferriss 6 minute abs.


Wednesday 25th
Breakfast - 2 scambled eggs
Lunch - Dhal
Early Dinner - Chicken Salad with Cannelini beans and salsa
Late Dinner - Cod, Steamed Veg and butter beans
Exercise - core cardio balance by Insanity 38mins, 29 kettlebells 2mins, Tim Ferris 6 minute abs


Thursday 26th
Breakfast - 2 scambled eggs, 2 tomatoes
Lunch - Dhal
Early Dinner - Chicken Salad with broad beans and salsa
Late Dinner - Cod, steamed veg and butter beans
Exercise - max interval training by Insanity, 30 kettlebells 2mins, Tim Ferris 6 minute abs
Entertainment - Poker and 3 diet cokes.


Friday 27th
Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, 2 tomatoes
Lunch - Chicken salad with cannelini beans
Dinner - Starters Restaurant - Chips, Chicken Jambalaya, Beef Kebab, Pint.
Entertainment - Cineworld - Ice cream and white coffee - Went to see Attack The Block. Very good. 8/10.
Drink - 3 whiskeys.
No exercise


Saturday 28th
Food porn day -  sausage sandwich, cheese burger, chips, canned grapefruit, orange juice, pizza, apple crumble, small bottle of whiskey, camembert cheese and crackers.
Exercise - max plyo interval by insanity 47mins, 30 kettlebells, Tim Ferris 6 minute abs


Sunday 29th
Milk, 3 boiled eggs, 2 pork steaks with veg and butter beans, whiskey, no exercise