Diet and Exercise

What Happened When I Took A Break From Alcohol

May 26, 2022 by Jason Clements

It has only been 70 days. Really, it is not that big of a deal. However, I want to encourage others who are chasing excellence to pursue more self-experimentation. Maybe you can learn about yourself from reading about what happened when I took a break from alcohol for 70 days.

Here’s The Point Of This Article

This is about doing some self-experimentation. This break from alcohol is about doing some self-discovery. If you want, you can use this article to find out about you. This is about getting to that next level in your climbing. Or maybe you need to get to that next level in your life.

Maybe nothing happens when you take a break from alcohol. Who knows? But if you decide to go for it, I will cheer for you.

This is not an article about how you need to stop drinking; or, that alcohol is from the devil. That is not what this is about. I really don’t care if you are a rock climber (or not) and you drink – or drink a lot, a lot. As long as you don’t drink and drive; and, as long as you leave no trace, I don’t care about your drinking habits.

These Are The Questions I Asked Myself

Why am I not making gains like I think I should?
Am I being injured too often?
Why am I not less fat around my middle?
What if I am only one adjustment away from making great gains in my climbing skills?
Jason, you work out every day. You’ve been eating better. But you’ve got this plateau. You’ve stopped improving. Why?

I Simply Decided To Completely Stop Drinking Any Alcohol

I just wanted to find out for myself if alcohol was holding me back from making the gains that I thought I should be making – in climbing and in other parts of my life.

Another reason that it was easy for me to just decide, was the timeliness of reading an article from one of my online mentors, Ed Latimore. Ed is an undefeated pro-boxer and he wrote this article: 10 Observations From 2 Years Of Not Drinking.

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Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers With Mega Bacon for Keto and Low Carb Diets

July 23, 2014 by Jason Clements

Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers With Bacon for Ketogenic and Low Carb Diets

Let’s face it: You haven’t been using enough bacon with your stuffed jalapeno peppers. Most recipes call for you to cut up a few strips of bacon and mix it into your cream cheese and then stuff the peppers. That is just not enough bacon! This variation that will appeal to all of you bacon lovers.

1. I picked these beauties from my garden. I enjoy the jalapenos and add banana peppers to give my mouth a break from the heat.

2. Remove seeds and pith. If you are sensitive to the pepper juices, consider wearing gloves.

3. I used about 1/2 package of cream cheese, or 4 oz of cream cheese for 9 pepper (or 18 halves). With approximately 2 grams of carbs per ounce, I only used 8 grams of carbs total for all of these.

4. Bacon. I cook my bacon in the oven at 350 degrees and turn it at least 2 times. You’ll have to check until you get your system down. I like my bacon where the fat just melts in my mouth and is not quite yet crispy. It is your choice on how long to cook your bacon.

5. Place my stuffed peppers in the toaster oven for 20 minutes. Depending on how “done” you enjoy your peppers, cook them shorter or longer. For me, as soon as there are a few toasty brown spots on the cream cheese, it is done.

6. Add your fresh picked cherry tomatoes and an avocado for the perfect meal.

7. Use approximately 1/2 slice of bacon per pepper. You’ll thank me later. Enjoy!

Weight Loss For Rock Climbers: My Climbing Went From V2 to V6!

July 10, 2014 by Jason Clements

My climbing abilities jumped: I had never sent a V3. Afterwards, I was able to send a few V5’s and V6’s. This is my story of how I lost 22 lbs. of fat, gained 7 lbs. of muscle and improved my climbing from V2 to V6.

The usual disclaimer: This is just my experience and my opinion. This is what works for me. If you have a different experience, feel free to share in the comments. I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on the interwebs. However, I embrace the concept of self-experimentation and the value of N=1 data for personal improvement.

MY PERSONAL THEORY FOR IMPROVING CLIMBING

Improvement in overall fitness should lead to improvements in climbing
Improvement (reduction) in Body Fat Percentage should lead to improvements in climbing

My Experiment

All I wanted to do was lose some belly fat (maybe even lose weight fast) and climb a little stronger. I didn’t have an end weight in mind and I really didn’t know if I would lose weight or add muscle or both. Mentally, I was prepared to just accept the data. And I had no idea how this would affect my climbing. I was hopeful that I would get stronger; I just didn’t know how much stronger. Continue Reading

Scrambled Eggs With Peppers Topped With Lorraine Swiss and Fresh Basil

May 30, 2014 by Jason Clements

The World's Best Scrambled Eggs

Welcome To The World’s Best Scrambled Eggs

Prep Time: 3 minutes. Cook Time: 3 minutes.

Ingredients

2 eggs scrambled
1 Tbsp bacon fat
1 Tbsp sliced jalapenos
1 whole sweet mini pepper
1 slice Lorraine Swiss
Plenty of fresh basil
Salt to taste
Top with your favorite salsa or Pain Is Good Smoked Jalapeno Salsa

Instructions

Heat pan on medium low.
Crack eggs into bowl. Scramble with fork.
De-stem, core, slice pepper.
Add jalapeno and sweet pepper slices to eggs. Scramble.
Add 1 Tbsp bacon fat to heated pan.
Pour scramble into pan.
As soon as edges set up, flip the scramble.
Do not allow the eggs to brown.
Transfer eggs to lightly salted plate
Top with Lorraine Swiss, fresh basil, and salsa

30 Day Ab Challenge WARNING*

May 29, 2014 by Jason Clements

As Hosted By Robyn Mendenhall Gardner via FB

30 Day Ab Challenge WARNING Article at a Glance

If this 30 Day Ab Challenge motivates you, then do it with all of your effort. Don’t allow anything to get in your way of success.
What can you expect to happen to your body?
Is this saying true for you: “You can’t out-exercise a poor diet.”
Fat loss is controlled by many factors. Do not underestimate the power of your blood chemistry and hormone levels that are directly influenced by the fuel you put into your body.

People Are Hungry For Change

At the time of writing this, there are over 2 MILLION people signed up to do the 30 Day Ab Challenge. I applaud all of you. Do it. Try hard. Make it happen. Get a friend (or many friends) to take this challenge with you. I wish you all success!

On the surface, this a beautiful challenge. Just look at the number of people who are joining. Robyn has made it super easy to follow. And, over the 30 days, you’ll be challenged a little more each day. The workouts look short and sweet. You are very likely to have success with this type of challenge!

Expectations: Can This Challenge Give You 6-pack Abs? Man of Steel Abs

YOU MUST BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS. You have to dig a little deeper inside of you. A new challenge may motivate you, but there is more! Where are you right now physically? Are you in shape, slightly out of shape, or way out of shape? Set your expectations accordingly. And if you are using this 30-day challenge to propel a long-term change, then you should already be looking at what you want to do for your body in July and August and beyond!

Would you like to have a “Brutally Honest” moment with yourself right now? Realize that you are already self-experimenting. Look at your body right now.

Many people won’t like this next questions: What in the world do you put in your body as fuel? Continue Reading

Little Changes Every Day Make Big Changes Over Time

January 7, 2014 by Jason Clements

Do You Have New Goals For Climbing This Year

The best advice I can offer you is to track your changes. Tracking your data may help you keep on course and keep you motivated to stick with your goals.

You will see in the later graphs, that in each of my workouts, I challenge myself to do just one more push up or one more pull up than the previous workout. It is just a tiny change; but the dividends it pays later are enormous.

So, if you are going to improve your climbing abilities this year, start tracking your data. Will you climb a grade or two harder? Will you work on your diet and try to drop some fat from your body. Or, will you just work on improving your health? You can track all of those changes.

How I Track My Workouts Continue Reading