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You are here: Home / Fitness / Mission 2, Day 2: Hanging around

Mission 2, Day 2: Hanging around

February 5, 2008 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

I was thinking about the Super Bowl today and another issue came to mind.  What exactly happened in that game?  The Giants hung around and managed to strike a knock out punch with just 35 seconds left in the game.  The Patriots ran out of time.  But what would have happened if there had been more time for Tom Brady and the Patriots?  We won't ever know, bu twe can certainly take an educated guess.

My guess is that with extra time, the Patriots would have come back and taken the lead.  Would they have won?  If time ran out, yes, but if there was even more extra time, the Giants would likely come back and take the lead again.  It would be a seesaw battle.  This is why sports like football, hockey, soccer and basketball all have time limits.  If they were to just let the football teams fight it out there might never be an end to a game.

It is much the same thing with fat loss programs and physique transformation missions.  There is a time limit whether we like it or not.  If we were allowed to just continually extend the time limits, eventually we would get tired of not making any real progress because the fact is that when we are given more time, we take more time.  It is human nature.  Faced with a deadline, people become very efficient.  Faced with unlimited time, people don't make any changes for the better.

You can't have the attitude that you can just hang around.  Hanging around only gets you so far.  At some point, you have to decide that enough is enough.  You have to take massive action and get things to happen for you.  That's the only way to successfully change your physique.

These are all my thoughts on the need for a deadline. 

Accountability Log:

Week Begins 2/3/2008
  Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat
Cycle spot HC LC LC LC HC LC LC
M1 * 5:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 5:30 a.m.
M2 * 8:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
M3 * 11:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
M4 * 2:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
M5 * 5:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
M6 * 7:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Weights * Lift N/A Lift N/A Lift N/A N/A
Cardio * N/A AM N/A AM N/A AM AM
Abs * N/A FYA FYA N/A FYA FYA N/A
Water * 192 oz.            
Post-workout nutrition * Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pre-sleep nutrition * Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vitamins/Supplements * Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Accountability * Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cals 2971 2498          
Cals within 5% (+/-) * Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ratios (C/P/F) 60/30/10 39/41/20          
Total Completed 15 15          
Total Possible 15 15          
Mission 2 Total Complete 15 30          
Mission 2 Total Possible 15 30          
* = Counts towards total
Success!
Failed
Not Counted!

Nutrition for today:

  Mission 2:  Day 1 of 100    
  Meal/Training Plan:  Real-time accountability    
  Day 1: February 3, 2008    
3:30 a.m. Meal 1:  Protein shake and oatmeal and 3 glasses of water
3:30 a.m. Supplements:  Animal Pak, Glucosamine Chondroiten, calcium, chromium, glutamine, BCAAs
4:00 a.m. Workout: Max-OT cardio, FYA workout and 6 glasses of water
5:00 a.m. Supplements: Protein shake, BCAAs, glutamine
6:30 a.m. Meal 2:  Chicken breast (1-1/2), oatmeal and large salad and 3 glasses of water
9:30 a.m. Meal 3:  Protein shake, chicken breast (1-1/2), oatmeal and large salad and 3 glasses of water
12:30 p.m. Meal 4:  Tuna (6 oz) and large salad and 3 glasses of water
3:30 p.m. Meal 5: Chicken breast and large salad and 3 glasses of water
6:30 p.m. Meal 6:  Chili bowl with large salad and 3 glasses of water
8:30 p.m. Supplements:  Casein protein shake, glutamine, calcium and 3 glasses of water

Clearly I've met my goals again today and that makes me happy.  I have learned the value of a plan today.  I keep wanting to go back to Max-OT, but I realize that my plan was done for a very specific reason and I don't want to get off track with my plan.  If I didn't have a plan, I'd be jumping around from this workout and that workout without getting any real results.

With clean eating and intense weight lifting supplemented by HIIT cardio and some steady state cardio, I am going to shred fat like there's no tomorrow! 

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!


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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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