I have Infinite Intensity (by Ross) and i love it.

Right on, sir. I figured you must have at least one of his books. Infinite Intensity is actually the only one I don't have. The sandbag one (Warrior Training) is neat.

When I live somewhere warmer, I'm so putting together an outdoor gym. I've always had this fantasy of powerlifting in the rain. Very music video, no? I would sing and dance as necessary between sets.

Im liftttttinggg in the rain....Im lifttttttttttting in the rain... what a glorious feeling.......im happppppppyy againnnn.

I think im going to order Full Throttle Conditioning this week or next.

His philosiphy is great cuz he doesnt just say do this or do that. He gives options and lets you integrate the information to suit your needs. Its similar to what Bruce Lee would say. Use whats usefull to you in attaining your goals. Maybe thats why im so impressed with him.

Also, everything's still good.

Settled into flat pacing -2.37 lbs (of fat, theoretically) a week. Which is of course 30-50% less than I should be losing even at the aforementioned "true" maintenance value of 2700 calories/day. As anticipated, since it's been made pretty clear to me over the last couple of years that I am one of the survival advantaged "genetic unfortunate"s whose adaptive mechanism is at or near the theoretical max (of 30%) and sets in quickfast. Factor this in and you get a daily deficit of only 1036 calories at ~854 calories a day. This leaves you with just over 2 lbs of fat lost a week, assuming it was all fat, which would of course be somewhat doubtful normally, but given all the precautions taken to the effect..

That said, I am not suffering much, so, I imagine I can keep this up for quite some time. This is because I'm confident that, adaptive component or no, simple persistence will win the day here, absent the apparent interference of all that exercise and periworkout nutrition. I am quite determined to solve this "mystery" once and for all. It's a good feeling.

I don't know if it's the boost of all this EC and green tea or my previous level of activity and deficit or just firm resolve or a combination of all those or what but, I don't feel that this is very hard at half the calories of Velocity. Just more effective. And somewhat less of a nuisance, as it doesn't require to feed more than 3-4 times a day or going out of my way to spend 1-3 hours a day meeting NEPA goals.

Hard work vs smart work.. how about that ****. Thought I'd already learned that lesson elsewhere, haha.

Since I do a lot of research/study on various subject matter. A friend of mine turned me on to this page to read reference:

1. Ephedrine. Just replace Ephedrine with Ephedrine HCL, it is still available in US, and on line.

2. Synephrine

3. Yohimbe and Yohimbine (they are different)

4. Caffeine

And others.

Dispels some of the bull-****, leaving some that may have "some" benefit. I still will not put these things in my mouth (other than caffeine from coffee/tea )

How to dose it, stack it, and what not. I think you are stacking EC at present, and this may be of interest to you. Maybe maybe not

Thermogenic Weight Loss Products: FAQ And Price Guide



If it didn't help you any.......

Uh....gee, I tried

Keep Rocken' young man.


best wishes


Chillen

That is one of the better concise assessments of the subject I have seen. Can't say I agree with his "medicalization" treatment of obesity but his findings are otherwise right on target. I especially like the attention paid to cycling, as I've found roughly the same thing, which is that cycling basically maximizes the negatives and minimizes the positives.. that's bb culture for you sometimes, haha, doing **** ultimately because it sometimes works for cows.

I only wish merely dosing ECA meant successful weight management for anyone who's ever been obese. Which of course is not exactly the claim he makes, but it's hard not to be a little resentful when you strongly suspect yourself to be in the hard-mode of hard-modes category.

I'm quite leery (despite what I like to term my "apparently invulnerable health") of dosing aspirin on the regular, so I am for the time being going with just the EC. As far as I've been able to tell, there's no real difference between the two, apart from the important one of a stable sleeping pattern. I think maybe I burned a bit hotter with the A (which me like) and had better pumps (which me like) so am currently considering low dosing it during the latter half of this "last" 3-6 month cutting period I've embarked on: after about mid-June I'll have enough data on this setup and want to get a test on this aspirin thing in and of itself.

Anyone ever told you you're a little bit on the scary side of intuitive, C~Unit?

Also for the record for any newer readers, while n=1 (a sample size of one) is not at all representative, I am still of the opinion that taking ECA does me no direct good with regard to fat loss or muscle preservation.

I am also of the probably-deluded subjective opinion that green tea (extract), my mulvitamin, calcium, glucosamine and chondroitin, zinc and magnesium and a high (versus moderate, not low!) protein intake make no readily discerned difference. In actual fact, so far as I can tell, carbohydrate manipulation (aka "selective restriction") is the only management strategy that has any long-term impact for me, and is extremely expensive in terms of athletic performance.

It's something of an idiosyncrasy. I am super anti supplements and yet in the last 5 years have spent almost as much on them as I have food (why yes I AM nerdy enough to have a spreadsheet tracking this ) out of simple thoroughness. Or maybe someone else would say, desire for reassurance.

Aside from careful attention to the individual-specific details of energy balance.* Obviously. =P

With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart; being intuitive is smart.

You only see intuition because this boils inside yourself. You are smart, witty, and have a intuitiveness that is balanced and practiced.

The instinct from experience brings split-infinitives and power to your approaches, and wrestles apart the variables unknown and personal correctness in your dieting and fitness path.

You are a winner, and dine on correcting principles.

For this, you are a friend of the self.

And, one I respect.

Best regards,

Chillen

Do you have a part time job writing horoscopes or the messages inside fortune cookies by any chance?

I bet he'd make a killing at it. <3 Fortune cookies tell you success is just around the corner, but they never mention how. Except for the ones with lottery numbers on the back. They just lie.

Sitting here putting the finishing touches on some drudge work before I head out and thinking about whether it would be more logistically sound to take my re-feed today or tomorrow and reflecting on the journey in general, and I realized something very pleasant:

I don't even care that I "get to" have some grains and fruits tomorrow. I'm so razor sharp (at least for now) that I see it as more of a chore. Not saying I won't enjoy it (it'd be silly not to), only that I don't need it to get me through the week. Calmly doing what needs to be done is enough.

And, while trying to pinpoint just when the change came over me, that I've been in this state for several months continuously.

Doesn't hurt, though, that I'm now seeing on-target results. When I hit the low 170s late next month, I'll be the lightest of my adult life by a few lbs, and the leanest and fittest by a huge margin.