The Minotaur's Chunk To Hunk Project.

Minotaur · 08-23-2005, 04:32 PM

I guess I will start a progress thread also. I have one going at bb.com, but it's always good to get input from different people.

Currently:................................Goals
Height:........5'5".................6'2" (yeah, as if

)
Weight:.......224 lbs............200lbs
Body fat:.....22-24%...........14%
Waist:.........43".................38"
Chest:.........48".................same for now, but 49-50" eventually
Neck:..........17.5"...............same
Biceps:........17".................17.5-18"
Thigh:.........27"..................same
Calf:...........17"..................same

I've been doing a ckd for the past 2+ weeks. When I started 2 weeks ago I weighed in at 228.5 lbs. One week later, I weighed in at 224. Most of the weight loss was water, of course, from restricting carbs. After my weekend recarb of 2 meals of pasta and 1 of pancakes, I shot up to 229 Monday morning. A gain of 5 lbs in 48 hours has to be water. I was peeing like a racehorse yesterday after ending my recarb Sunday night.

The weight has not been coming off in the past no matter what macro ratio I followed. I am insulin resistant and have Metabolic Syndrome. I am told that people with insulin resistance and Metabolic Syndrome do very well on ckds.

I've increased my cardio (well, anything more than nothing is an increase) and do a couple of aerobics classes (spin, step and eventually kickboxing) at the Y, and walk a couple of nights a week when I don't take classes. The walks are about 2 miles in 36-37 mins.

I do a 4 day weights split:
Sun, shoulders and triceps. Overhead presses, side raises, triceps work; cardio: an aerobics class or an outdoor walk, 2 miles in 36-37 mins.

Mon, legs. Squats and/or leg press, leg extensions, leg curls.

Tue, cardio. A step class at the Y or a 2 mile walk in 36-37 mins. outdoors.

Wed, chest and triceps. Flat bench and/or dumbells, incline, a machine press, triceps work.

Thu, cardio. An aerobics class at the Y or my outdoors walk.

Fri, back and biceps. Rows, occasional deadlifts (need to do more often), pulldowns, shrugs, biceps curls.

Sat, cardio. An aerobics class at the Y.

Weights are usually 3-6 sets (smaller muscles) or 9-12 sets (larger muscles) of 6-8 reps and/or a pyramid of 12,10,8,6. For example, my shoulders workout Sunday was seated overhead presses (barbell) of 12,10,8,6 increasing weight, then a seated machine press of 3 sets of 8 reps then 3 sets of 8 reps side raises.

At the risk of repetition, this link The bull has a thick hide... shows pics when I first started working out 11 years ago, and fairly recently.

OK, so let's go... Chunk to Hunk in progress. :clap:

**Peaked_18** · 08-23-2005, 04:35 PM

lol

I like the title. I am always here to support you when you need it.

Hopefully you can gain those extra inches.

Best of luck.

*subscribes*

**A.FreeRadical** · 08-23-2005, 04:49 PM

Good to see your current Project here at Ironmass. I always found your other threads at the other place interesting.

*

joed · 08-23-2005, 05:16 PM

I'll be lurking here to keep an eye on how you're doing.

mom24boys · 08-23-2005, 05:20 PM

me too.

nuge7076 · 08-23-2005, 05:39 PM

Best of luck bro..You have your goal insight, so go after it with a passion.

pammiejoe6 · 08-23-2005, 06:00 PM

hey there! welcome to ironmass, dude!

Minotaur · 08-23-2005, 06:04 PM

Wow, great responses. Thanks all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peaked_18

Hopefully you can gain those extra inches.

And lose the excess ones!

GameDayDog · 08-23-2005, 06:07 PM

Hahaha.. I also lyke the chunk to hunk title ...

Sorta remynds me that Michelangelo's David statue started off as a large block of rock...

Thys should be a great thread, you have a mature sense of humor...

Thx for starting a thread at IronMASS.com!!!

Peace..~G

Minotaur · 09-22-2005, 02:22 PM

I've been doing ckd since Aug. 2. I can definitely see a difference, for the better.

I'm wearing pants today that were so snug that they were not only uncomfortable, but unwearable. They are size 40 Claibornes I got in Macy*s last December. I made the real big mistake (at the time) of buying them by size, not trying them on, and having them hemmed to my length. When I went to wear them, I said "oh crap! they don't fit". So they've hung in the closet since then.

I noticed my Dockers were fitting looser, so I thought I'd try these slacks. Lo and behold, they went on like a glove and are actually comfortable. Oh, I've got room for improvement, but now I have another pair of pants in the wearing rotation.

Now, the piece de resistance ("Tish, you spoke French!") is that I took out the tape measure last night, measured my waist and found it down 1.5" from when I started ckd. Yay! A whole inch and a half gone to the Outer Darkness. My immediate goal is a 38" waist. Dockers and jeans can shrink; my dress slacks can be altered.

My significant other has been commenting that I am showing muscle cuts and growth. I have a definite triceps horseshoe, and a quads teardrop. Not much change on the scale, but I'm doing Max-OT which I think is building muscle... my lifts are increasing.

Also my blood glucose, fasting, 2 hours postprandial and post-exercise, is coming down. I had a fasting glucose the other day of 93. It's been in the 90s post prandial, and in the high 70s/low 80s post exercise. I'll get my official blood work next week. I'm hoping to see some improvements in lipids and blood glucose. We didn't do insulin this time. But given that my b.g. is coming down and my gut is shrinking, it's a sure bet the insulin resistance is diminishing.

Like the song said, "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades".

joed · 09-22-2005, 02:55 PM

Great progress Mino; you're inspiring me.

Minotaur · 09-22-2005, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joed

Great progress Mino; you're inspiring me.

Cool! :bigthumbu

Minotaur · 11-18-2007, 02:49 PM

It's been over two years since I made an entry here. I felt kind of left out seeing some other people I know updating and posting their progress.

In a way I'm embarrassed that I don't seem to have made a lot of progress from where I was before. It's been an uphill battle with trying to find out how to eat to lose the fat and keep the blood work in line. To that end, I guess I have made progress.

I stopped keto not too long after the original post in this thread. And I gained a lot of weight. Some of it was muscle, undoubtedly. But a lot of it was fat.

But I've been back on keto since February 2007, and I've finally made some fat loss progress. It's very slow because of this insulin resistance (on metformin and Byetta), and not doing as much cardio as I should. Sometimes I think the only way to get rid of this abdominal fat is to have surgery to have it scooped out.

I've been mountain biking but now that the weather has turned wet and rainy, and dark early I'm not getting out as much as I'd like or should. I guess the cardio machines at the gym are in my immediate future.

I'm back on my "winter routine": during the summer with all the biking I wasn't working my legs. But now with less biking I'm back to working them in the gym.

I do 9-12 total sets for each body part, 8-10 reps per set.

Mon. Legs: squat and/or leg press; leg extensions; curls or sldl.

Wed. Chest & tris: bench (bb or db) and/or machine press; incline press; peck deck; pushdowns and/or cgbp; overhead extensions; dips.

Thu. Back & bis: cable, machine and/or bb rows; rack pulls or dl; face pulls; shrugs; db, ez and/or cable curls. Going to get back into power/hang cleans.

Sat. Shoulders & arms (again):
Superset:
a. Side raises 3x8-10
b. Front raises 3x8-10
c. Reverse flyes 3x8-10
Repeat a.-c. 2x more.

Overhead presses 3x8-10

Arms: db, ez and/or cable curls; pushdowns and/or cgbp; overhead extensions.

July 2007; Nov. 2007; May 2005; July 1994.

justtryn · 11-18-2007, 08:40 PM

Hey Frank! Are you moving over here, or double journaling like some of us?

Good to see ya, bud.

Minotaur · 11-18-2007, 09:42 PM

Just doubling. The only forum there I'm done with is Religion/Politics.

**powerman2000** · 11-18-2007, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minotaur

Just doubling. The only forum there I'm done with is Religion/Politics.

Hey Frank, did the R/P get too tiresome?

We do very little of that here.

Minotaur · 11-19-2007, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerman2000

Hey Frank, did the R/P get too tiresome?

We do very little of that here.

Yes sir... I guess you saw my "Goodbye" thread. That forum brought out the worst in me... and even worse in real life. I often had a hard time separating that from reality.

I visited here a long while ago, but I kind of fell away. It's good to see some familiar faces.

**powerman2000** · 11-26-2007, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minotaur

Yes sir... I guess you saw my "Goodbye" thread. That forum brought out the worst in me... and even worse in real life. I often had a hard time separating that from reality.

I visited here a long while ago, but I kind of fell away. It's good to see some familiar faces.

I've been a mod here almost from the beginning. I promise you'll have an enjoyable forum experience here and I hope you choose to stick around.

08-23-2005, 04:32 PM	#1
Minotaur Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey Posts: 103 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	The Minotaur's Chunk To Hunk Project. I guess I will start a progress thread also. I have one going at bb.com, but it's always good to get input from different people. Currently:................................Goals Height:........5'5".................6'2" (yeah, as if ) Weight:.......224 lbs............200lbs Body fat:.....22-24%...........14% Waist:.........43".................38" Chest:.........48".................same for now, but 49-50" eventually Neck:..........17.5"...............same Biceps:........17".................17.5-18" Thigh:.........27"..................same Calf:...........17"..................same I've been doing a ckd for the past 2+ weeks. When I started 2 weeks ago I weighed in at 228.5 lbs. One week later, I weighed in at 224. Most of the weight loss was water, of course, from restricting carbs. After my weekend recarb of 2 meals of pasta and 1 of pancakes, I shot up to 229 Monday morning. A gain of 5 lbs in 48 hours has to be water. I was peeing like a racehorse yesterday after ending my recarb Sunday night. The weight has not been coming off in the past no matter what macro ratio I followed. I am insulin resistant and have Metabolic Syndrome. I am told that people with insulin resistance and Metabolic Syndrome do very well on ckds. I've increased my cardio (well, anything more than nothing is an increase) and do a couple of aerobics classes (spin, step and eventually kickboxing) at the Y, and walk a couple of nights a week when I don't take classes. The walks are about 2 miles in 36-37 mins. I do a 4 day weights split: Sun, shoulders and triceps. Overhead presses, side raises, triceps work; cardio: an aerobics class or an outdoor walk, 2 miles in 36-37 mins. Mon, legs. Squats and/or leg press, leg extensions, leg curls. Tue, cardio. A step class at the Y or a 2 mile walk in 36-37 mins. outdoors. Wed, chest and triceps. Flat bench and/or dumbells, incline, a machine press, triceps work. Thu, cardio. An aerobics class at the Y or my outdoors walk. Fri, back and biceps. Rows, occasional deadlifts (need to do more often), pulldowns, shrugs, biceps curls. Sat, cardio. An aerobics class at the Y. Weights are usually 3-6 sets (smaller muscles) or 9-12 sets (larger muscles) of 6-8 reps and/or a pyramid of 12,10,8,6. For example, my shoulders workout Sunday was seated overhead presses (barbell) of 12,10,8,6 increasing weight, then a seated machine press of 3 sets of 8 reps then 3 sets of 8 reps side raises. At the risk of repetition, this link The bull has a thick hide... shows pics when I first started working out 11 years ago, and fairly recently. OK, so let's go... Chunk to Hunk in progress. :clap: __________________ "You monsters are such interesting creatures! I was just saying to my girlfriend, just the other day, 'Monsters are such interesting people! Why I'll bet they lead such interesting lives!' The things you must see and the things you must do! My stars!"

08-23-2005, 04:49 PM	#3
A.FreeRadical the Epicurean Bodybuilder Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,245 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 57	Good to see your current Project here at Ironmass. I always found your other threads at the other place interesting. * __________________ "Is it going to be the red pill or the blue pill, Neo? The red pill will answer the question 'What is the Matrix?' Choose carefully. Remember, all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more." Ron Paul for President, 2008 A.FreeRadical ...the Epicurean bodybuilder Height: 5'9", Age: 62, My last high on 2/1/2006 was 196 lbs. My last low on 8/08/2006 was 167.5 lbs. Cutting until I am lean Starting weight: 190 lbs. bodyfat: 19.7% November 27th: 183 lbs. bodyfat: 18.3% bodyfat Goal Weight: 176 lbs with no more than 10% bodyfat My recipe collection

08-23-2005, 05:39 PM	#6
nuge7076 Amateur Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 35 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Best of luck bro..You have your goal insight, so go after it with a passion. __________________ FAILURE --The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. -- Llody Jones SUCCESS--The road ahead is paved with bumps and pot holes. Knowing when to advoid these obstacle is the key in reaching your destination.-- Nuge

08-23-2005, 06:07 PM	#9
GameDayDog The Dawg Is Back!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Doin Compound Movements 4 Scooby Snacks! Posts: 1,914 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 32	Great Title.. Hahaha.. I also lyke the chunk to hunk title ... Sorta remynds me that Michelangelo's David statue started off as a large block of rock... Thys should be a great thread, you have a mature sense of humor... Thx for starting a thread at IronMASS.com!!! Peace..~G __________________ I am Thee Alpha.. RaSP is Thee oMEGA.. Between the 2 of us - We have everythyng covered... I want to be bigger than all the humans!! "I'm sure I should be doing cardio too....but I don't run from anything...so why practice?" - 1stInDoor Goal - 200#'s 5/27/07 - 4/27/07 - 175# 3/27/07 - 167#

09-22-2005, 02:22 PM	#10
Minotaur Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey Posts: 103 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	An inch and a half banished to The Outer Darkness I've been doing ckd since Aug. 2. I can definitely see a difference, for the better. I'm wearing pants today that were so snug that they were not only uncomfortable, but unwearable. They are size 40 Claibornes I got in Macys last December. I made the real big mistake (at the time) of buying them by size, not trying them on, and having them hemmed to my length. When I went to wear them, I said "oh crap! they don't fit". So they've hung in the closet since then. I noticed my Dockers were fitting looser, so I thought I'd try these slacks. Lo and behold, they went on like a glove and are actually comfortable. Oh, I've got room for improvement, but now I have another pair of pants in the wearing rotation. Now, the piece de resistance* ("Tish, you spoke French!") is that I took out the tape measure last night, measured my waist and found it down 1.5" from when I started ckd. Yay! A whole inch and a half gone to the Outer Darkness. My immediate goal is a 38" waist. Dockers and jeans can shrink; my dress slacks can be altered. My significant other has been commenting that I am showing muscle cuts and growth. I have a definite triceps horseshoe, and a quads teardrop. Not much change on the scale, but I'm doing Max-OT which I think is building muscle... my lifts are increasing. Also my blood glucose, fasting, 2 hours postprandial and post-exercise, is coming down. I had a fasting glucose the other day of 93. It's been in the 90s post prandial, and in the high 70s/low 80s post exercise. I'll get my official blood work next week. I'm hoping to see some improvements in lipids and blood glucose. We didn't do insulin this time. But given that my b.g. is coming down and my gut is shrinking, it's a sure bet the insulin resistance is diminishing. Like the song said, "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades". __________________ "You monsters are such interesting creatures! I was just saying to my girlfriend, just the other day, 'Monsters are such interesting people! Why I'll bet they lead such interesting lives!' The things you must see and the things you must do! My stars!"

08-23-2005, 04:35 PM	#2
Peaked_18 a la commode Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,247 Recipes: 2 Rep Power: 96	lol I like the title. I am always here to support you when you need it. Hopefully you can gain those extra inches. Best of luck. subscribes

08-23-2005, 05:16 PM	#4
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	I'll be lurking here to keep an eye on how you're doing.

08-23-2005, 05:20 PM	#5
mom24boys Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	me too.

08-23-2005, 06:00 PM	#7
pammiejoe6 Pink Members Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: south texas Posts: 4,163 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 84	hey there! welcome to ironmass, dude!

09-22-2005, 02:55 PM	#11
joed Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: More than a mile high Posts: 187 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Great progress Mino; you're inspiring me.

11-18-2007, 08:40 PM	#14
justtryn IMPC Contestant Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 321 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 12	Re: The Minotaur's Chunk To Hunk Project. Hey Frank! Are you moving over here, or double journaling like some of us? Good to see ya, bud. __________________ Mark 2008 IMPC - Open and MIP Team Scivation The body cannot follow if the mind has not been there first. Know that you can make it happen. Visualize it happening. Your body will have no choice but to follow. It's not enough to think it; you have to live it. Feel it. If success is not your objective, it's OK to go ahead and quit when things get tough. But if you truly want this, you'll never give up. Always do the best you can and never lose faith in yourself. Branch Warren.

11-18-2007, 09:42 PM	#15
Minotaur Pro Stature Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey Posts: 103 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Re: The Minotaur's Chunk To Hunk Project. Just doubling. The only forum there I'm done with is Religion/Politics. __________________ "You monsters are such interesting creatures! I was just saying to my girlfriend, just the other day, 'Monsters are such interesting people! Why I'll bet they lead such interesting lives!' The things you must see and the things you must do! My stars!"