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MarkOmegaWolf

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I figure I post so much on your facebook page I might as well get a long here. A lot of details sadly must be left out, as well the fine details of a style are passed down from student to master when they are trusted. So keeping in trust with my Sifu I will not be sharing certain details about my trainin, BUT I will share as much as I can.

I will explain a little about my the system I follow. The very simple way is there is a cartoon here in the states (may be international) called avatar the last air bender (do not think of the movie the martial arts is all wrong) that depicts a lot of styles and concepts VERY accurately. My system is known as hung gar and the Earth benders in the series were based off of us, except toph she is a hung gar/mantis hydrid lol.

We are known for our strength and our very powerful rooted stances. Using chi a master of hung gar does actually become immovable, and yes I have see this with my own eyes. It is a rather crazy thing to witness. We are meant to fight at very close range and the joke is if we have to we could fight our way out of a bathroom stall. And in all honesty you can practice in a shower lol

There are many linage of Hung Gar. I am of the Wong Fei Hung linage, so my system is not just a tiger crane, but a 5 animal system.

So i tend to follow a mostly keto diet 95% of the time, carbs don't sit well with me.

well this is my intro post. I'll post more as it happens

April 12, 2012 - 09:05 PM #

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Hi mark, ive been training Dragon ball Z for 5 years.

April 12, 2012 - 09:40 PM #

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MarkOmegaWolf

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Working with ADF right now:

Lasted 24 hours and took 4 oz of pepperjack cheese (under 400 cals) preworkout as recommended in the article on ADF.

Will be doing my dynamic tension and chin na (joint manipulation) hand training.

Still up in the air if dynamic mobility will be done tonight. I need to do soft tissue work as well.

Tomorrow will be a fun day. Macros set at 4200 calories, and 320 pro (1280cals) pro, 100 carbs (400) 280 fat is the rest

50 grams of honey in the AM and 50 PM

Meal 1:
10 oz grass fed beef
5 oz pepper jack cheese
2 table spoons coconut oil
1 ounce nuts
greens

Meal 2:
100 grams of MPI

Meal 3:
10 oz grass fed beef
5 oz pepper jack cheese
1 table spoon olive oil, one grape seed oil
1 ounce pecans
greens

April 13, 2012 - 01:19 AM #

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MarkOmegaWolf

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MarkOmegaWolf said:
Working with ADF right now:

Lasted 24 hours and took 4 oz of pepperjack cheese (under 400 cals) preworkout as recommended in the article on ADF.

Will be doing my dynamic tension and chin na (joint manipulation) hand training.

Still up in the air if dynamic mobility will be done tonight. I need to do soft tissue work as well.

Tomorrow will be a fun day. Macros set at 4200 calories, and 320 pro (1280cals) pro, 100 carbs (400) 280 fat is the rest

50 grams of honey in the AM and 50 PM

Meal 1:
10 oz grass fed beef
5 oz pepper jack cheese
2 table spoons coconut oil
1 ounce nuts
greens

Meal 2:
100 grams of MPI

Meal 3:
10 oz grass fed beef
5 oz pepper jack cheese
1 table spoon olive oil, one grape seed oil
1 ounce pecans
greens

I may need to increase these as am at 1.5 x maintenance right now. I am need to recomp, but I am not sure if I want to go higher or not. If I should I would add in some nuts or oils to meal 2.

April 13, 2012 - 03:02 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Upped the food at the last feed with a lot more oils. Felt good during the fast I am just about to break. I will probably leave it with the higher food intake.

During the fast it was:
dynamic tension
Yin Yoga
Mobility
and some form work.

What comes up during the feed will be the same again. Training really doesn't change for awhile.

April 15, 2012 - 01:00 AM #
Yusef

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People are sceptical about yoga/qigong etc., but after doing a month of yoga and dabbling in tai chi I'm a convert - I realised it's just something I don't fully understand, and don't think I ever will intellectually, only by cumulative experience of it.

Fasting seems to enhance that bodily awareness from feeling a little more 'tender'.

Article coming up on my experience with yoga

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April 15, 2012 - 08:44 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Yusef said:
People are sceptical about yoga/qigong etc., but after doing a month of yoga and dabbling in tai chi I'm a convert - I realised it's just something I don't fully understand, and don't think I ever will intellectually, only by cumulative experience of it.

Fasting seems to enhance that bodily awareness from feeling a little more 'tender'.

Article coming up on my experience with yoga

Many western culture (like myself) wanted research and studies on these topics before I believed it. It took me awhile till I was actually shown some of what chi was actually capable of before I believed it. There a lot of explanations for how it actually works, but it is just not said outside the circle. Something again I didn't used to understand but now I do. I had a very hard time jumping out western I need proof.

The fasting is help as doing the dynamic tension is hard with food in the stomach, hence my reason for no carbs. They sit to much in my stomach.

Yoga is also another amazing things. Things came from yoga to Chinese styles and vice versa. I need to do it more for our flexibility. We don't kick above the waist in Hung Gar as a southern style, but the more flexible the better especially since I am very leopard. Which means I need to learn a lot of ground (not grappling but sweeps and acrobatic strikes).

many also are skeptical of the way we train, but one must remember the system was passed down from those who had to depend on their strength to life. It does work it is just a different kind of strength which is hard for many western people to understand as I did not.

Also tonight I ended up keeping with the food meals as planned, but I ended up having some fries and chili tonight. :( broke the keto style, but I guess it's okay.

Now to head to bed it's 4 am, was out at me weekly rocky horror picture show adventure.

April 15, 2012 - 09:51 AM #
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I also practice taichi, Wudang style as taught by Dan Docherty.
I don't think there's anything mystical about it, it's all balance, coordination, biofeedback that sorta thing.

I definitely find my style helps with throwing people and avoiding being thrown/pushed.

April 15, 2012 - 02:28 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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johnnyfear said:
I also practice taichi, Wudang style as taught by Dan Docherty.
I don't think there's anything mystical about it, it's all balance, coordination, biofeedback that sorta thing.

I definitely find my style helps with throwing people and avoiding being thrown/pushed.

Agreed even all internal lies within the laws of physics and science, most just want to poo poo it as magical BS.

April 15, 2012 - 07:23 PM #
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got shown pushing hands at a house party, it was fun and it made me realise that doing things like that give you a good understanding of balance and timing.

"cut down on the cardio jackass."

April 15, 2012 - 07:55 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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I have been thinking if I did go to higher carbs on fast days, would be easier carbs to digest that wouldn't leave me sluggish when I'm taking 7-800 grams in.

April 15, 2012 - 08:02 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Harrison said:
got shown pushing hands at a house party, it was fun and it made me realise that doing things like that give you a good understanding of balance and timing.

Pushing hands is awesome stuff. We have more sticking hands in our system, very similar, but just slightly different.

April 15, 2012 - 08:02 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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I will actually be taking in carbs tomorrow. I think I may need at least one day out of the week to refill live glycogen

April 16, 2012 - 07:45 AM #
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Well I ate carbs, and now I am sick. No more carbs :(

April 16, 2012 - 08:34 PM #

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I should mention at this point training never really changes me do to the dynamic tension chikung program I am doing. I still have awhile of it left so nothing really changes. The stretching and dynamic mobility are done as I can fit them, but mostly every day. The form work is done 1-2x a week just to be sure those motor patterns stay as I focus on the dynamic tension.

I am going back to my basic keto (low carb) diet. I felt so sick last night it wasn't funny, so no more carbs. Going back to my basic meaty diet with some vegetables today.

April 17, 2012 - 10:12 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Was told by a professor today I don't know how to stretch on campus... as I was doing splits lol Since I do it yin yoga style or traditional martial arts style. I believe it is also called easing into stretch. This is where i hold the stretch for 3-4 minutes and ease into it.

April 20, 2012 - 12:57 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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So I discovered I can use Oatmeal and corn bread and not get sick. That surprises me. I think I will try that in slow doses for a bit, and then slowly add things in. Maybe I just can't handle certain carbs.

I figured my macros on
300 cho
300 pro
150 fat
only counting primary macro

April 20, 2012 - 06:28 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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I am really debating doing

24 hour Eat 30 grams of EAA/BCAA mix then sleep then take in 3 nice size meals the next day.

April 20, 2012 - 07:37 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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MarkOmegaWolf said:
I am really debating doing

24 hour Eat 30 grams of EAA/BCAA mix then sleep then take in 3 nice size meals the next day.

After thinking, this might not be a good idea

April 21, 2012 - 06:09 AM #
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There would be no benefit to this over having the small P+F meal.

Depending on the composition of the blend you may actually get a competing situation for Tryptophan in the brain and find it harder to get to sleep. At the 24 hour mark you want to up-regulate mTOR and prevent declining IGF-1 levels, a meal with <20% of your daily caloric needs should accomplish this nicely, aim for 30g of protein or slightly more, accompanied with a good spectrum of fats, MCTs would be an excellent choice here. Keeping calories this low and keeping carbs to near zero should also allow at least macro-autophagy to still occur. Additionally the BCAA/EAA mix will likely cause monophasic insulin release and may even bump you into a hypo-glycemic state, not worth it at all. You could maybe look to include some creatine with the small meal to lower levels of myostatin (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303720709006388). I would also look to infuse some aminos and MCTs during the fast as we suggest in the article, just keep the doses 3-4 hours apart at least.

You mentioned you were sick from eating carbs? Why was that?

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April 21, 2012 - 09:14 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Jonny said:
There would be no benefit to this over having the small P+F meal.

Depending on the composition of the blend you may actually get a competing situation for Tryptophan in the brain and find it harder to get to sleep. At the 24 hour mark you want to up-regulate mTOR and prevent declining IGF-1 levels, a meal with <20% of your daily caloric needs should accomplish this nicely, aim for 30g of protein or slightly more, accompanied with a good spectrum of fats, MCTs would be an excellent choice here. Keeping calories this low and keeping carbs to near zero should also allow at least macro-autophagy to still occur. Additionally the BCAA/EAA mix will likely cause monophasic insulin release and may even bump you into a hypo-glycemic state, not worth it at all. You could maybe look to include some creatine with the small meal to lower levels of myostatin (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303720709006388). I would also look to infuse some aminos and MCTs during the fast as we suggest in the article, just keep the doses 3-4 hours apart at least.

You mentioned you were sick from eating carbs? Why was that?

That is awesome info.

On the carbs I have no idea. I am starting to realize that most of the carbs out there I just can't stomach. I get very sick and bloated and actually hard to function. So far I have found about 300 grams from oat meal, and a corn bread mixture I do not get sick from. Rice is out, potatoes are out, pasta is out. I have no idea why, it is rather weird.

April 22, 2012 - 03:25 AM #
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I see, that's interesting. I'm not surprised by pasta or rice, but potatoes are usually failrly safe options. I would equally have thought that high quantities of oats may cause some intestinal problems from the avenin content. It may seem counter intuitive but have you tried simpler sugars? How do you handle fruit or carb powders like dextrose? I would maybe even suggest trying jelly beans or haribo.

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April 22, 2012 - 10:25 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Jonny said:
I see, that's interesting. I'm not surprised by pasta or rice, but potatoes are usually failrly safe options. I would equally have thought that high quantities of oats may cause some intestinal problems from the avenin content. It may seem counter intuitive but have you tried simpler sugars? How do you handle fruit or carb powders like dextrose? I would maybe even suggest trying jelly beans or haribo.

That confused me as well as from all of my research oatmeal should cause issues as well, but it did nothing to me. I haven't tried boat loads of simple sugars, but I have considered it. I may try that after my next pay day. I am normally pretty good with most fruit. Jelly beans also may work as well. I will have to price all of this out this week,

April 22, 2012 - 09:20 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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So trying Johnny's recommendation. I had a small meal about 400 cals at 24 hours of grass fed beef and coconut oil.

Tomorrow I will have the rest of my calories.

April 24, 2012 - 01:57 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Was out like a light last night after sleeping till late in the day yesterday (weekend) it was crazy. I'm up by 6am today and read to go. I'll do the tension at 5ish, stretch again, and be in bed by say 10 again. I have 2 more weeks of this then I have to more to waking up at a regular 9am for grad school and work.

Took the creatine also last night and was really reading about all of the studies. It looks promising. This regular creatine doesn't seem to be bothering me so I'll stick with that for awhile.

April 24, 2012 - 12:58 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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MarkOmegaWolf said:
Was out like a light last night after sleeping till late in the day yesterday (weekend) it was crazy. I'm up by 6am today and read to go. I'll do the tension at 5ish, stretch again, and be in bed by say 10 again. I have 2 more weeks of this then I have to more to waking up at a regular 9am for grad school and work.

Took the creatine also last night and was really reading about all of the studies. It looks promising. This regular creatine doesn't seem to be bothering me so I'll stick with that for awhile.

So last night as I said was the beef with coconut oil and 10 grams of creatine

Today was:

1 can of oranges(trying the fruit, half of my beef mash, lots of water at about 7am

at around 1 pm I will have: 60 grams of MPI and 50 grams of rilose, the last bit of simple sugar I have

at 9 tonight I will have the last of my beef mash

beef mash: 2lbs grass feed beef, 12 tablespoons (6 servings)natural peanut butter, 3 whole eggs, 1 table spoon olive oil seasonings and green veggies

April 24, 2012 - 01:30 PM #

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Doing about 40 minutes of fasted cardio today with my home made thermogenic

2 gram cayanne, 1 cup high quality black tea, 1 gram L-tyrosine, 500 grams green tea extract. Yum...

Then the usual training bits and the exact same meal plan as previous. Except now I'm stretching about 2x per day as recommended by sifu

April 25, 2012 - 03:30 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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Going to pick up 15lbs of dextrose next week and give it a shot.

April 25, 2012 - 08:25 PM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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So training is still the same for the next oh.. 121 days ish?

Picking up the dextrose tonight after training and going to start using carbs like dextrose. We shall see. It might be beneficial with how training is going to get during the next 100 days.

I swear I am getting angry with this flexibility The big thing holding me back is my hams. My hips and everything else in my legs is loose as can be, but these darn hamstrings.

April 27, 2012 - 12:47 AM #
MarkOmegaWolf

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So plan tonight after reading on supercompensation is to

Train 1:30 minutes of dynamic tension should drain glycogen fully.

Hour later eat some carbs, protein, small amount of fat, and head to bed.

Then go refeed the next day. After reading lyles Ultimate diet 2.0 over again I think taking some in post workout might be beneficial to me. Especially since I am going to add in some bodyweight style pushups: leopard, wrist, 2 knuckle, crane, and 2 finger thumb.

April 27, 2012 - 04:32 PM #

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