Dean,
Just before seeing one of your comments on another post, I was reading about this cool product that's being used by a lot of athletes here in the states. It's called pH Balance. You can check out their site at http://www.phsciences.com.

Dean, how's the hoof these days?

Hoping better and better...

: )

Something to make you laugh and to help get your week started!

At the end of one tax year the IRS sent an inspector to audit the books of a synagogue.

While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, "I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do with the candle drippings?
"Good question," noted the Rabbi. "We save them up and send them back to the candle makers, and every now and then they send us a free box of candles."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.

But on he went, in his obnoxious way.

"What about all these matzo purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?" "Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question.
"We collect them and send them back to the manufacturers, and every now and then they send a free box of matzo balls ."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi," he went on, "what do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save up all the foreskins and send them to our IRS Regional Office, and about once a year they send us a complete **** to inspect our records."

Dean,

Hope the X-ray had some good results...

Well-weekend wishes for my favo coach!

Have a kick-ass time catching up with your ole pal, Dean.

I plan to enjoy mine doing a little of the same, dinner here with some friends, plus a nice Saturday morning run in the park with poochy and if I can twist his arm, a bit of heated badminton with the hub on Sunday--winds permitting.

: )

M.

Thanks Dean, Im looking forward to all the hard work

heyy.. it's been going alright

haven't been working out much, first three weeks of school/work is tough getting on a schedule

and i was in the hospital last week

but i invested in a full weight set and exercise ball which has come in handy

ive noticed a difference

I've been checking out all you guys profiles and have noticed that I don't write on my page nearly enough. To rectify that, I thought I'd use this page to unload some of my thoughts every now and again.

As you may/ may not be aware, I am currently designing bootcamps for performance coaching. Something that I am incredibly excited and motivated about. As part of it, I recently started looking into setting up a website and saw the first draft of my front page yesterday which was really exciting!! I have some parts that need tweaking and some that I'll develop over time, but all in all I'm juiced!! (when up and running it will be www.warriorcoaching.co.uk). I will use this site to house some of my articles which I have committed to writing more of and distributing, and also I am planning to launch a newsletter in the coming months to keep fellow warriors uptodate and fully motivated.

As for my training. I am still nursing my ankle back to speed, though the signs are very promising!! This weekend I shall be pushing the boundaries with a 2 day trip to the Brecon Beacons in Wales to cover as much ground as physically possible and just have a great time. Can't wait!!!

Dean, thanks so much for all the support tips in the post I made the other day. It's a great feeling, knowing that I can finally go all out when I exercise and not have to hold myself back. Thanks again!!

Dean,

Just wanted to say thankyou very much for making that thread "You are the one you have been waiting for!" It's a REAL inspriation to me. And I guess that's what I really needed. The, I can do anything attitude, i've always wondered how people get it. How do I start? Do I just do everything that I want to do? Like if I wanted to exercise i'll go and do it, if I wanted to read a book, do I do it, insted of putting things off?

Sorry to hear you were sick over the holidays. Good to hear your ankle is healing nicely.

I am sure you will beat me to 160 if you are already at 170, I am still at about 179. The weight has not been coming off like it used to. I am changing up my diet a bit and I will be more consistent in working out now that the holidays are over and the family is no longer around. I too was sick over the holidays and I was told by the Dr. yesterday that I needed to lay off the training for a little bit to let my body heal.

I am not really concerned about the weight coming off slower, I just need to keep it coming off, which I will do without a doubt. My body is changing constantly so I know I am still losing fat and gaining muscle.... which is the important part. I am afraid if I try to push the weight off too fast at this point it will hurt me more than help me.

Onward! Keep up the good work! See you at the track! :)

Hey Dean, I see you are back in the forums. Good to see you back! I hope the holiday season treated you well!

Hey Dean, how you doing with taking that 20 lbs off? You at 160 yet? :) I am still at 180, been hovering around there the last couple weeks. The holidays are making it difficult for me to make good choices all the time. Not an excuse, but still none the less a reality. I hope to still shed at least 1 lbs by the end of the year. That will be tough because I have family coming in town to spend the rest of the month with us.

Watch out after the first of the year though, that is when I will turn up the heat.... although it may be too late to catch you since you are probably well on your way. :)

Have a great Christmas and New Year!

Keep up your great work and great encouragement!

Hey... just thought I'd let you know, I followed some of your advice in my "skinny fat person" post.. about adding weight on to doing squats and stuff, and I noticed a huge difference.. my legs are killing me! This is good though, I also got dumbells, I'm going to keep this up...

Thanks!

And HAPPY HOLIDAYS to one of the most positive people I Net-know!

Enjoy the season in all it's frosty fresh glory. Hope you'll be spending it with your favorite folks.

mwwwaaaaaaaaa!

M.

Thanks for popping by today, Dean!
Always a pleasure.

: )

Dean,

I would be delighted for you to help me :) I know it's late, but I have just got back home from a Friday night out, and I think I'm gonna go do some cardio on my elliptical right now. And I'm proud to say not a drop of alcohol touched my lips tonight :)

Hi Dean, What do you know about detoxifying the body? Is this even a real, necessary thing? There are diets, teas, bath salts, and various gimmics which make some interesting claims. I don't know which to believe!

I just read what you wrote about the set points. It's good info to know, I always suspected there was such a thing, now I know for sure.

One question though, is 1lbs/week lost a good slow steady rate at which my set point can catch up at the same time and set itself to my new adjusted weight? I'm taking things quite slow now.

Another question, will this set point stay if I just keep watching what I'm eating and exercising? or will the set point increase to the I dunno.. original set point?

Hey Dean - good to see a pic finally! Now we know who is behind all those posts :)

Sorry about your ankle. I can feel your pain - well almost, my pain is just in a different spot. I truly know what you are going through from a frustration point of not being able to run. I have been dealing with this injury for over two months. This last bit I have been not running, or even going for walks for the past three weeks - Dr's orders - just been using the stationary bike which is nowhere near as fun as running. Well, I am going to the Dr for the follow up and am hoping he is going to give me the go-ahead to start running again.

Well, anyway - thanks for all your input on the forums, you are a great asset to have around. Hopefully that ankle will finish healing quickly!

Sorry to hear about your ankle! I know how you feel as I am still stuck to walking after chipping a bone in July. I wish you a much faster recovery than I am having.

I do think your balance of honesty and tact is right on, Dean. Glad you did your pic here, I'm going to see if I can figure out how to get my before after fat pants pics up.

Am walking fine now though I still can't run which is frustrating the life out of me. My CV was confined to thrashing the cross-trainer but I don't really find it as challenging as I'd like it to, even when you increase the intensity and stay at a minimum 150 cycles a minute. Can't please some people eh!

Hey man, the message thing on this website is refusing to acknowledge me.

I gave up doing the clean and jerk for weight. It seems like this exercise really shines because of its range of motion, and to minimize your volume seems like you're selling it short. So yeah, I suppose I took your advice. I still do CJ about biweekly, just for sets of 8 @ 135 with the full squat in to really destroy myself towards the end of the workout.

If I want to max out and feel good about myself, there is always deadlift and squat.

Hola, Dean,

Just a pop-by to say how much I liked your post regarding BEING FIT, rather than just looking it. Your passion for performance is inspiring, and I'm sure you have many a satisfied client over there.

Good vibes from France,

Minu

Dean, you make so many good contributions here. I can't say I ALWAYS agree with you, but that would be boring, wouldn't it? I do like to have new ways of thinking about things. Hope that ankle is feeling better, makes me appreciate being injury free for a long while now! How about posting a picture, instead of the little green guy, or even a "representive image"?

Ankle is on the mend, though still a bit stiff when going down stairs. While I'm on the sideline my mates are doing their 10 mile runs every other day and I'm just doing upper body workouts. 2 weeks is a long time when you just want to train!!

Am sulking at the moment as I recently twisted my ankle playing football and am having to rest up for the next 2 weeks. Training regular at a high intensity, always runs the risk of injury and engaging in competitive sports doesn't help. I was playing football at the time and landed with my full bodyweight on the outside of my left foot. Nothing serious, but another challenge in my goals.

Keep up the intensity

This weekend is a bank holiday weekend for us in the UK so I have Monday off. I will be enjoying it by finding some nice British countryside to stretch my legs. At some point I will be trying to improve my time on the new 9 and a half mile route I have recently found and on Sunday I will be playing a Sunday League Football match to keep me moving. I don't have any specific goals at the moment, I just like keeping active. I guess my main energy is focused on thinking of ways to improve/ motivate others to feel as excited about exercising as I do.

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I'm on the lowest calories I've been on so far in this diet process. I've lowered my calories to 1200-1300 daily and burn enough calories to make it to a 1000 calorie deficit so between 200-300 calories.

Is this okay? I don't think it's significantly low, I feel a bit weak but that could also be due to the fact that I'm lifting heavy boxes at work now (moving offices), it's a struggle to tell myself no don't eat more but I'm managing and proud of myself. Is this okay though?

thanks in advance.