People here seem to be following very different workouts. How did you decide on yours?
I love HIT so I've always trained that way over the last 2 years. I.e. 1 set to complete failure of each exercise at a 5/5 cadence. This is because HIT has given me great gains and I enjoy it more than any other form of training and don't see the point in doing loads of unneccessary sets per exercise when you can do all you can in 1.
Anyway, my current workout was decied by Anthony. I signed up for 12 weeks online personal training at his website .......PerfectWaistline.com
The one I just put up was an arm specialisation workout that he had me alternating with a back specialisation workout and a workout for lower body work over the last 2 weeks , as my goals as well as to bulk up was to concentrate on back and arms strength and size and to work on lower body work for lower back rehab.
That was my last workout in the college gym, so probably no more gym fitties :-(
Perhaps I'll ask if its frequented by fitties when I sign up for a new gym back home! :-P
Weigh in tommorow then the next 2 weeks will be involving a lot of partyin g so my plan is to just maintain my size, and then make a sprint for my 71kg target the following 2 weeks.
Richy
Two weeks of partying, hasn't signed up for a new gym yet/
I can see it all going pear shaped
It all under control
Signing up on Monday; gym mon-thurs; partying at the weekends.
Weigh in today puts me at 150.7lbs, which is about 70.3kg when clothed. So I'm currently 0.7kg off my goal. Its doubtfull I'll meet that in the next 2 weeks as I'm going to be too busy partying with 2 weekends away. But as I started this 2 weeks late due to injury, I've given myself 2 weeks after that in which to meet it by. :-) and confident I can do so
Bodyfat today is 10.5% so it actually looks like I've gained 2lbs of pure muscle (with no fat) over the last 3 weeks. :-D
Back strength is increasing nicely; on the 4 exercises I've stuck with through out the challenge my strength is up about 27%. Arms are now 1'' bigger than at the start of the year, although you would'nt think so; I now see what peope mean when they say 1'' on arms isn't all that noticeable. But inches all add up! and people have said recently that I look like I've added bulk. Approaching the size I used to be,I now feel far more confident and (ar the usual body issues anyone has)I am no longer subconcious about loooking too skinny.
Back rehab has been going well; pain is still fairly frequent but is now very minimal. My squats, lunges and deadlifts have all been increasing steadily by about 2.5kg per week and the next weights up will most likely mean I can start working to failure. I also had my form re-checked by my physio recently and bar a couple minor adjustments she was very happy, so looking forwards too carrying on with these.
150.7 (68.5kg) is my weight unclothed first thing in the morning.
70.3kg is what I am with clothes after a meal. Only reason I'm using that is because I know that before I lost weight I was 71kg when weighed at the docs in first year of uni. Which is my goal for the challenge.
Havent posted in 10 days on here so thought I'd tell you why.
Been really busy searching for an apt. in Cardiff last week so havent been on-line but I havent been slacking!
I've been using a new gym recently which is awesome; mainly because the cable stack makes me look twice as strong! I never truseted the last one telling me I can only use 20odd on lat pulldowns!
Last full workout was.....
Squats - 40kg x 8
SLDL - 25kg x 8
Pullover - 20kg x 5
Lat Pulldown - 40kg x 6
Db Flye - 14kg x 6
Db Incline Bench Press - 16kg x 5
Cable Lateral Raise - 7.5kg x 4
Db Curl - 9kg x 9
Tricep Pushdown - 32.5 x 4
I've lost track of how long is left of the challenge but I'm not going to meet my goal by the looks of it; currently 1.5lbs off and got a slight sore throat and hol withg uni mates this weekend so i'm just going to relax and enjoy myself this week with only a couple at most light gym sessions.
Been feeling pretty good recently anyhow so not too bothered about falling just shgort of my goal.
After this week I'll be back on it for a 9-day blitz to get as close as poss to my goal (71kg) for graduation.
I'm very sorry to spam your log, but I've been observing your progress, I'm looking to start bulking soon, and Anthony mentions you have the bulking diet down to a tee. I was just wondering if you could drop past my training log and give me your thoughts.
Thanks very much, and really well done with your progress
I'm very sorry to spam your log, but I've been observing your progress, I'm looking to start bulking soon, and Anthony mentions you have the bulking diet down to a tee. I was just wondering if you could drop past my training log and give me your thoughts.
Thanks very much, and really well done with your progress
Rich
Richy's bulking diet this weekend and last consisted of lots of beer and takeaway food.
He can eat like a horse without putting on any weight - although he has no other resemblance to a horse apparently!
