The Mongolian Wrestler’s Jelly Belly
Everyone has choices to make. And we make them everyday whether you are aware of them or not. How much you train is a choice. How hard you work when you train is a choice.
What you eat is a choice. How many helpings is a choice.
And, as you can see I have been making choices. Far too many of them!
Sometimes it takes a shock to the system to catalyze change. In this case that shock to my system was this photo and it’s remarkable similarities to this photo of a Mongolian wrestler taken from a very unflattering angle.
It is official: I now have Mongolian Jelly Belly.
Yes, it’s amazing how we can delude ourselves.
Well, I need to delude my mind again in a positive way. Perhaps I can figure out a way to delude my mind into enjoying spinach or thinking it’s not hungry when it’s screaming for a pizza.
But jokes aside: Weight control is important for people who wrestle, for people who compete, and for people who want to live a long and healthy life. I want all of those things.
Well, Im wrestling with people 128kgs and lighter, and my favorite benchmark and Beijing Champion - Da Guang - is 115kgs. But my ideal weight is 98kgs, not my current 107kgs!
So, by February 1st, I hope to lose 9kgs of fat. Pretty ambitious ey!
My philosophy on losing fat is simple: move more, eat less.
I’m going to compliment that with:
BSN NO Explode & Nitrix - Creatine to supercharge muscles and workouts. I find this to be an excellent supplement stack well worth the investment.
BSN Atrophex - high powered fat cutter to speed my metabolism and burn fat
Flaxseed Oil - the healthy fat
Spirulina - natures richest food and richest source of amino acids
Vitamin B - essential for optimal health
No Pizza - cheese, doagh, fat, oil, and more fat…not good!
No Chocolate - fat
No Sodas - sugar sugar sugar
Running with my Nike Plus iPod setup - great motivator. Good music, online tracking and community, posts to facebook!
Wresting 2 times a week at Double Hero - basics, handwork and sparring
Weight training 3 times a week - strength-building and fat burning
But I need to track all this. I need to hold myself accountable. I need to stay motivated and I need to discover others trying to achieve what I am trying to achieve. All ideas are welcome!
If you are interested in making new choices, and getting rid of your Mongolian Jelly Belly…then join me and let me know. I’ll hold you accountable, and you have my permission to give me shit if I don’t hit my goal.
Keep Smilin’
Michael
January 4th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Have you considered doing HIIT training?
January 5th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Hi Fred,
I do it on occasion.
I need to do more!
Can you send me an email ar Michael@shuaijiao.tv please.
Im back in NZ and would like to contact James Chen.
thanks!
January 7th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Hey bro,
Interesting how I was thinking ad doing the same thing and then I Just read this post. Interesting.
All i did to lose 10 kgs in 3 months and get my strength back was keep diligent at weight training, no breaks! no, well I need to go here or there, exercise first! Also, not out of choice, but because I am a poor student, I have portioned my meals to smaller sizes and cut out unnecessary snacks that are a waste of money because they aren’t good for me anyways; thus my poverty is my savior in fact. Then add, wrestling, kung fu, and cardio to weight training and those abs you remember all so well start to show up again. I do endulge in a belgian waffle, or coke once in awhile, but if your diligent with the things above, they are delicious and there are no effects.
When you get to the top of the hill, it becomes easy again and you love it, but the next couple months are going to be hell, no need to ’sugar’ coat it!lol! You will do it brother, i did it, and you are far more discipline than me!
All i need now, is some Beijing standard wrestlers and coaches to work with! so your lucky! keep that in mind, take advantage of your situation!
your bro!
Miguel
May 25th, 2010 at 2:58 am
Sumo wrestling is my all time favorite. i always watch it a lot in Japanese channels.”’