Destination Abs: Day 134 (Picture Update)
By: Kevin Larrabee, CSCS It has been a while since I have posted pictures for the Destination Abs project. After taking a few days completely off of training I hit it hard for three days with a refeed and on Monday I went back to the normal schedule of lifting. So just to recap, in this phase the goal is to continue to put on lean muscle while limiting fat gain. The process of doing this is pretty delicate but Leigh has been a great help locking in the calories. I am still... Read More
Day 112: Stay Busy (Mike Tyson and Hooters)
By: Kevin Larrabee, CSCS One of the biggest issues dieters face is staying preoccupied and keeping their minds off food. For example, you are more likely to cheat if you are home alone and bored to death watching re-runs of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge 3044. You need to stay busy. Hanging out with friends, going to the movies, and yes, even playing video games. You need to satisfy your need for pleasure and you don’t want it to come from a bag of Skittles. Everyone... Read More
Destination Abs: Week 11+12
By: Kevin Larrabee, CSCS I guess we can officially say Phase 3 is over. We shot the calories back down for 2 or 3 more weeks after the “bulking” phase and my body has just had enough. Also I have been itching (and bitching to Leigh) about wanting to go back to the upper/lower splits and energy systems training I used to do at Cressey Performance (Where I have been driving 2 hours roundtrip to train there 4 days a week, making sure that my free time suffers. But when you... Read More
Destination Abs: Week 9
By: Kevin Larrabee, CSCS Welcome back to Destination Abs. As you may have noticed, I have not updated this journal/log for about two weeks. There are two reasons for that. I won’t get into that too much. Last week, I kind of fell off the wagon while celebrating my grandfather’s life with family. I have no regrets about that. Since Friday I have been back on track with the nutrition. For the final four weeks I will be going back to a full-body strength program I... Read More
Top 5: Trader Joe’s Products
By: Kevin Larrabee, CSCS Why I Shop at Trader Joe’s Last week I was reminded by podcast listener and online client Tim that I never wrote that Trader Joe’s Top 5 article that was promised months ago. Well, here it is. I talk about Trader Joe’s on the FitCast, a lot. I do about 80% of my grocery shopping there every week. I recommend all of my clients do the majority of their shopping there as well? Why? Because they have the highest quality organic products... Read More
