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• Reassessing Goals — Training Shift.

  Oh well well, I have returned, my beloved Gunz Crew. The days have been so run/gun busy that I haven’t had the chance to think clearly without some random wrench being thrown in my equations. Thankfully, with a slight change in rhythm, I’ve been able to do so & in the process, revamp and reassess the things I’ve wanted to achieve w/my body & health.

  Some of you already know that I managed to turn around from 295 in 2017 to a current 244 as of this writing, along w/a transition from 33% body fat to 15.5%. Additionally, since February 2018 under guidance from Remson of Tribe By Noire, I have been on a plant-based diet. Then there are those you that know that back in 2008, I used to be a walking mass of 390-395 pounds w/likely near 40% body fat. Now, while I may not be at the goal weight of 235 again, I am within striking distance & not a hard thing to accomplish.

  However…seeing my age of 34 & despite finally being at a weight I am comfortable with, with reading more on BMI (something trainers & fitness community folk love to occasionally dodge because you know, “gains”) & the health risks associated w/being quite above recommended BMI of 22-24.9 (considered a healthy range, linked to news link down below), I sat down to re-assess. I have decided, therefore, to pursue dropping down to at least 202. Sure, it may be slightly above recommended BMI, but it’s a start.

  The roadblock I’ve sometimes seen my friends or past few clients run into when it comes to dropping weight usually would wire down to eating too much, eating the wrong kinds of foods or inconsistency w/training. In my case, however, it has been boiling down to not eating enough. Normally w/labor-intensive work in a 2 floor building 5 days/week, which consists of being on-the-go 20 miles/day of walking 4 of those days, 10-12 on the 5th day. When dialing that in w/my usual 3 day training split, while my body, just to cut, may need slightly below 2,000, my body instead has been needing over 3,000. If you use Cronometer or MyFitnessPal to input your activity or if you sync up the Fitbit app, you’ll know exactly how this works.

  Thankfully, w/a current change of pace, I’ll only be hitting 80 miles a week instead of almost 95. Additionally, I have split my training to 4 days in order to avoid that extra wear. My previous training consisted of Pull/Legs/Push or Pull/Push/Legs but currently I’ve adopted Push/Pull/Legs/Shoulder routine, where the Push/Pull exercises that have shoulder-dominant exercise have been put into a separate day. In addition to that, instead of a uniform rep/set format for all exercises, I’ve made it intentional to undulate — where some exercises will be for hypertrophy, some for maximal strength & others for muscular endurance. I do, however, maintain a progressive intensity increase for 3 weeks & deload on the 4th as a means for the body to recover & recalibrate.

  Due to the extra rest that I’ll be seeing with my new schedule arrangement, my eat for my caloric & nutritional goals won’t be as severe either, which is a welcome change, thus making everything I want to accomplish simpler without being neurologically taxed in the process.

  https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-identifies-ideal-body-mass-index

  11/11/2019

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• Off the Radar! Upcoming stuff and other things.

  I know, it’s been a slow few weeks and unfortunately, nothing of huge note to put up on the blog as of late. You could say it’s been a tad uneventful, kind of like last night’s Super Bowl scoreboard. Thankfully today, I have some announcements on what I’ve managed to start doing.

  1. Tribe By Noire Review Series! For those of you that know (or already knew), I had spent a good year under the tutelage of Remson Noire of Tribe By Noire — a Personal Trainer whose focus is on fitness, plantbased dieting and mindset training. I’ve wanted to eventually put on video my experience with him and how being under him has helped me sharpen up in preparation of tackling the world of personal training and fitness. Initially, I was attempting to do one big video however, upon 2 to 3 takes, it became clear that with the detail, along with how it impacted me, I would have to turn it into a video series on my Ron Gunz channel on YouTube. I’ve managed to record the first part and I have to still do parts regarding the training, techniques involved and how he helped me with the plantbased dieting, which initially can be somewhat of a daunting task.
  2. Firebutt #1 is now on paperback! Yes, it was an e-book only via Amazon but now it’s out in paperback form and I couldn’t be happier.
  3. Firebutt #2 writing is resuming. I will be sincere when I say that it is tricky when you try to write stories using a similar layout as Dante Alighieri’s work (Inferno/Purgatorio/Paradiso/VitaNuova) instead of regular paragraphs. Then consider that I am not even focusing on artwork yet, especially cover art as I am literally working off the last chapter of #1 in order to keep the story tightly knit going into #2 because the last thing a writer needs to do in a writing series is work on a followup that has zero connection to the previous and thus leaving the reader wondering about the transition and story flow. Even something as wild as Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure has the sense of continuity.
  4. Gunz Crew Vol. 1 is having a bit of a pause. I need to re-record guitars and bass on one track as I was unsatisfied with the mix even after I thought I was good to go. Yes folks, sometimes I can KO something with little effort but sometimes, when the audio anal in me kicks in, things go in a different direction. I ended up also starting another track with keyboards and it got me so sucked in that despite it not sounding like something that should be in the album…it’s staying, it simply is.

  As more develops, the more you’ll see here but until next time, stay awesome Gunz Crew.

   

  Ron Gunz

  02/04/2019

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• 60 Days Later! Being on a Plant Based Diet!

  This is the kind of blog I thought I’d never write but alas, it’s 2018 and the lords of chaos have dictated that today is that day!

  For those whom did not read my last blog, it is my ambition to drop to 200-202 pounds with the ambition of joining the US Air Force as a means to provide a better and healthier future for my daughter as well as myself.

  It doesn’t end there though because it is also to provide a better presentation to potential clients that I long to serve as a personal trainer because let’s be real, who would you find yourself easier to go to for your fitness goals — the guy with a solid brain but his body makes him look like he just ate a boar and is dancing with chances of a heart attack (even though my vitals are actually in good standing at this moment) or the guy who has that same brain but whose physical attributes reflect health, strength and vigor? The latter, of course!

  For the first time in two years, I hit a physical roadblock. Despite having a decent omnivorous eating routine (no fast food, junk food, pork, sweets or soft drinks), something seemed off. This is all despite being on a necessary caloric deficit to achieve my goal, despite my macros set to where my body isn’t overworking kidneys (Protein 30% because more than that, your kidneys will take a beating), overflowing with fat (35% max as recommended is minimum 20-35%) or wildly jacked up on glycogen (minimum 45% and 65% being the max). Something seemed missing.

  Lo and behold, my good friend Remson Noire, the CEO and Head Coach of Tribe By Noire hit me up on The Book of Faces. We both came together and sat to discuss goals. He had goals with me and I had goals of which I had faith he would help with achieving. We talked health history, weight goal, nutrition — you name it, we spoke about it and my toilet is a witness to that.

  When I had returned from New York during the last week of January, I had ballooned up to 275 pounds. When I went up there, I was between 265-270. Yeah New York, you’re so healthy!

  Before I started the program with Remson for the Cutting Phase on February 1st, the first step I took was engaging a plant-based diet and also my struggles transitioning. As I explained to him, dairy was easy to eliminate because of my history with congestion, constipation and inflammation but it was eliminating eggs and meat from the equation because in all honesty, I was so addicted as well as conditioned.

  Things like this is why having a good fitness and health coach is important — because despite all information being at your tips, you need someone to keep you accountable and helping you keep your mind fresh at it because let’s be real — all that self-reliance and yet our sole dedication and drive, at some point, requires a push.

  Goodbye beef, chicken, eggs, fish, steak and hello beans and tofu! My macros got altered to 65% Carbs, 20% Protein and 15% Fat which is quite the change but it was also to especially curb that Saturated Fat. If I were to put my best days on this diet versus my best days on an omnivorous diet, you’d be like, “Ron, what was up with all that Cholesterol and Saturated Fat?!” because that was a big problem prior to going plant-based. Yes folks, eggs and wings aren’t that great for you.

  Having recipes involving oats with cinnamon, chia seeds, Himalayan salt and quinoa became a learning experience, as well as embracing the awesomeness that comes with rice and beans, along with combining different herbs, having a feast with sweet potato, broccoli, spinach and the list goes on. Let’s not even talk about how I embrace eating an entire kiwi whole, skin included!

  Cooking tofu though — that, in itself, is an acquired skill! You’re getting your protein and essential nutrients for sure but to make sure it doesn’t taste like seasoned sponge? That took some time and skill to learn to cook! Cooking chicken is easy, turkey shouldn’t even be considered rocket science and making a dope burger isn’t that tricky but tofu is another ball game in itself. In fact– when going to Ichicoro Ramen in Tampa with Dee last week, I had their Vegan Miso plate and realized that they made the tofu look and taste like ground beef!

  When Remson says that eating in this way requires a lot of creativity and intelligence, it is very true but the rewards have been good. As of now, I am at 254 pounds, I can comfortably wear a large sized shirt, 36 size pants feel normal again and wearing medium in underwear feels nice and comfy for my balls!

  As for energy levels and libido, look — those are two things I have never lacked and quite frankly, now there’s more of those two things than I would like to control so if you know someone on a plant-based diet who is lacking one or the other or both, chances are they are doing it wrong!

  Eventually, I will also write about implementing supplementation while on this style of eating but for now, whenever posting about my health changes and fitness accomplishments, I focus on this aspect first, simply because it is an area I would often be on the battle with on a yearly basis.

  Stay tuned as in the next exciting episode of Gunz Crew, I’ll be writing about The Making of Axl the EP!

  One love,

  Ron Gunz

  P.S. — here’s a FREE single from the Axl EP!

  04/08/2018

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