Adam's Before & After

Moot Court Competition

These last couple of weeks have been crazy. I have been organizing a moot court competition. Moot Court is the second most prestigious organization at the school. We practice appellate advocacy - basically arguing before a panel of judges. I was in charge of try-outs. Over the last week and a half I have been responsible for finding judges, rooms, and time for about 200 different arguments. I have had to deal with students and faculty upset when the cuts didn't go the way they thought they should. Today all my hard work comes to end. In a half hour, my last 6 competitors will argue against each other in front of the whole school. I have an actual justice from the Utah Supreme Court, 2 professors who clerked on the United States Supreme Court, and the assistant Attorney General coming to judge the event.

Why do I tell you all this? Because although working out has been tough, I'm sure I have lost weight from all the stress. More importantly, come tomorrow I can start working out regularly again.

One week left.

-Adam

Ps. I broke my diet today and had some luke-warm Dr. Pepper. So worth it.

Diet

Generally I don't believe in diets. I think they don't work, I think they are unhealthy, I think they are for 14 year old girls. I am certain that the Atkins diet will cause half our generation to die horrible horrible deaths at the age of 65.

All that being said, my diet is atrocious. Just plain awful. So here is a list of staples in my diet that I am cutting out:

Taco Bell

Gandolfos

Little Ceazars Pizza

BYU Chocolate Milk

BYU breakfast sandwiches

Soda

Just 2 weeks left.

"I hate it, but I love it"

P 90x today:

263 Push-ups

71 pull-ups

110 reps of lawnmowers, flys, etc.

In honor of today's work out I will share some classic Tony quotes.

"I hate it, but i love it"

"Like a ptreodactly backing out of trouble"

"If anyone does 26, I'm coming to your house"

"Get Sexy with it"

"Posing for the cover of downward dog magazine"

"Tip of the day - don't smash your face"

"Is that a bandaid??...Dude, Dude, Dude."

"What's up knee caps?"

"This isn't part 1 or part 2 people, its part 2"

"I like to do fancy hands"

"The only reason I work out is for the recovery drink"

"Wow! and what's wow backwards? Mom"

"Lets work the other leg because we have two of them" (the guy next to him has a prosthetic

leg)

"You make Gumbi look like the Tin Man"

"I think I just blew out my esophagus"

"Nice shoes...but not as good as mine."

"Ya you could cool down here...Or you could get your FREAKING KNEES UP!"

Only a few weeks left - it's go time. "Do your best and forget the rest"

Struggling

Last week was horrific from a physical fitness standpoint. I know better than to make excuses but it really was a series of unfortunate events which included having the week off of school, hurting my knee, and catching a cold. I am thinking about following Jason's lead and buying some Human Growth Hormone to overcome my physical frailties.

The push-up chump

Today marks the official half way point. I'm taking up Jason's challenge and posting a picture. I also wanted to introduce the ladies to a phenomenon known as the "push-up chump."

Before push-ups

After push-ups

Gym Guys

Anyone who hasn't seen Jim Rome's "Gym Guy" needs to watch it. For the longest time 24 hour fitness's gym guys would make me feel like the wimpiest skinniest kid who had no idea what he was doing. I felt silently judged when the 400 pound beasts of a men would watch me struggle to press my 65 dumbells. And even more self conscious when I see them putting up the 120's.

Last week an amazing thing happened: I finally felt like I belonged.

While I am still definitely on the small side at my gym, I feel comfortable doing my thing. The gym guys are not as intimidating because I recognize them. More importantly I have realized that they are always there. No matter when I go, they are there. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate their presence, I have based a lot of my form and to a smaller degree my workouts by watching them. It just helps to be less self conscious realizing that I don't have 7 hours a day to work out.

Pull-ups also make me feel good. I'm up to 17 (my goal is 25). I have yet to see those giant men even attempt one.

Anyway, we are half way done. Some of you still haven't posted. I hope you are still working out. For those of us who actually check the blog (Sarah, Jason, Bethany and I) stick with it.

Superbowl fail

3 slices of pizza

3 chicken wings

3 cookies

1 cookie bar

a few pieces of sour patch kids

2 cups of soda

1 cinnamon roll

3-5 chips

I think I undid 5 weeks of work in one afternoon.

On another note, I went to a circuit training class called "Boot Camp" that I enjoyed. I usually don't like gym classes but this one was pretty fun. We did 4 sets of 9 different exercises working our chests, triceps, biceps, abs, lower back, hamstrings, quads, calves, A's, and probably some other muscles I didn't realize. It starts at 12 every Saturday. I think you should all come with me next week.

1 Month in

Well I will keep updating even if no one else will. It helps me stay accountable. Here is my update on my goals.

Back: 15 out of the 25 pull ups

Legs: I can touch the rim with both palms but still cant dunk.

Stomach: I have a long way to go, but given that I have been trying to gain weight I'm not surprised.

Chest: My chest actually got a 1/4 inch smaller, my goal is 1 inch larger.

Arms: I got 1/4 inch out of the 1/2 inch I want to get.

Despite my efforts to gain weight i actually lost 5 pounds. Go figure.

Good weightlifting site

Last week I let the lure of cardio lure me away from my game plan of gaining muscle for 6 weeks and cutting fat the last 6 weeks. This week I got back to basics and got a solid 4 days of heavy lifting (i still worked out all 6 days.)

If anyone else is looking for a good workout i recommend www.muscleandstrength.com. I do this one http://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/power-muscle-burn-5-day-powerbuilding-split.html but they have tons and tons of workouts to choose from.

Every week I try and do something new. This weeks goal is to eat 2 servings of vegetables a day.

Snowboarding -Week 2

Week 2 was very similar to week 1. 6 days of working out, 3 days of eating out.

We did get to go night boarding this week. After some research ive come to the conclusion that you burn around 250 calories per hour snowboarding. This number varies depending on how groomed the course is, how much you fall, how long the lifts are, and your level of expertise. Unfortunately, it seems that skiiers burn more calories. Either way, I'll take 4 hours of snowboarding over 2 hours of stair-master any day.

Week One Update and Goals

Well week one was a mixed bag. I worked out all 6 days this week. But I went to Red Lobster, Happy Sumo, and Papa Johns. Luckily, I saw most of you at Red Lobster and half of you at Happy Sumo. Anyway, I came up with the following 3 month goals. I'm not entire confident if my last two goals are good goals, i need to talk to Derrick.

Back - Be able to do 25 pull ups

Legs - Be able to dunk a basketball

Stomach - Be able to see some definition while not flexing

Chest - Add 1 inch to chest

Arms - Add 1/2 inch per arm

Adam's Before

Ab Ripper X

Tonight Steve and Adam did two rounds of Ab Ripper X. Thats 600 sit ups.

Adam

I just want to beat Cary