8/22/09

I had a nice email chat with my buddy Rob, who is a fireman. He said he has gotten down to 11% body fat using Tony Horton's P90X workout program. All the firemen use it. I have seen the infomercial and it looked intense. Rob is a Marine and he said it reminded him of bootcamp.

For my cardio days I need something like P90X but it is pricey @ $150.00. I was going to order it and my wife Tracy reminded me that we had an unopened Billy Blanks Tae bo DVD set in the entertainment center. I am going to use that for a while to get into basic shape on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will use the $150.00 for my food purchases b/c my diet needs are killing the family food budget. Good, clean, whole foods are more expensive than junk we have found :-(

I found the GLA/CLA supplements at the Vitamin Shoppe for about $40.00

There is also a Growth Hormone trigger called Alpha-GPC for $22.00

The GLA/CLA works on hormone sensitive lipase (fat) levels and act as a gatekeeper to determine when to open fat cells into the blood to be burned. GLA/CLA opens the gate.

Alpha-GPC produces choline which blocks somatostatin thus allowing growth  hormone to flow freely. The guys at the Vitamin Shoppe and GNC think that this might be the way to go to break my sticking point of 224.

If this doesn't work, then we will look at Lipo 6 Black fat burner but not until we do a month of lifting M,W,F and Tae bo T,TR.

Testosterone booster is another direction to consider as low testosterone can slow down the metabolism, as can less than 7 hours of sleep each night. I sleep 2 hours from 8pm - 11pm and then 12 midnight until 5am so I get about 7 hours. My sleep could be better. I would like to get a solid 8 hours in bed, but I have a bit of Insomnia. May need some help from my Doctor for a mild sleep aid. 

Once we begin lifting we will start Cell Tech Hardcore creatine for 8 weeks. I put 2" on my chest (50") and 2" on my arms (16") with Cell Tech last time I was seriously lifting - creatine volumizes your muscle cells with water after you break down the muscle fiber with lifting. Too long and you can get kidney stones - some dudes use it for years... just 8 week cycles lads...

Going to turn in my Y application today, they say it takes 10 days to process, should be lifting and swimming by Sept 15th! I can hardly wait!

224.8 lbs, 28.1% BF, 45" waist, 14" arms