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Jae's journal - 11/22/2005 5:33:35 PM
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KISS4Jae
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Hey all,
I'm just starting to get my **** together so I don't have all my measurements and stuff yet. I'm also reading a lot and figuring out what I want for goals, so anyone who has any ideas please feel free to respond; I'm pretty open to coaching at this point.
Basically I made a promise to myself to be in the best shape of my life for my 30th birtdhay. Thats about 18 months away. I started working out the last week of June, and have been going at it ever since. Progressively increased my frequency and workout duration, without any real structure but just a lot of drive, up until I went on vacation for a couple weeks end of september. When I got back in October, I decided on some specifics.
So I want to compete in an amateur bodybuilding competition. Sometime around my 30th (so May of 2007 would be great). I have no idea where to start looking for one of those, or if this is even a reasonable goal.
I've been putting some discipline into nutrition, though it's far from perfect. I did cut out all the junk food and fast food though, and I'm especially proud of ditching all the sodas and sugary drinks and I only booze on special occaisions (vacation, new years, etc)... haven't had any at all for over a month now, and barely drank for the couple months before that.
Got ahold of BFFM and also a couple Men's Fitness mags to give me some ideas and some direction. Just bought an Accumeasure caliper and tape measure, and I'm practicing the pinching thing (though I have no idea if I'm doing it right :-( )
I'm experimenting with some supplements. I used hydroxycut and Blitz cycle before I went on vacation, for about a month. I lost about 10 pounds but at the time I wasn't measuring LBM so I don't know how much of it was fat. I can say this much for sure though:
Was doing cardio twice a day, for 30-45 minutes each session. Elliptical, burning between 500 and 750 calories a pop.
Was lifting once a day, alternating between two different upper body workouts and a lower body one.
This was 6 days a week for both cardio and lifting.
I was on a very low calorie diet (1500-1800 calories).
I dropped 2 notches on my belt and grew some obvious muscles. You have to understand, I looked like crap before I started. I could barely bench 95 pounds and couldn't do one pull-up. Just before I left I hit a set of 185 on the bench for 4 reps, and I did 3 sets of pull-ups, 6 or 7 each.
After I came back I took it easy for a couple weeks, doing sporadic workouts. Then I started to lift havier again and I think I must have strained something on my right side, cause benching hurt and I could do more on my incline than my flat bench. Had to stick with Hammer Strength machines.
I finally got smart about it and stopped, and decided to totally change my routine and focus. It was around that time that I started lurking around here and got BFFM, at the beginning of this month. So, now I'm following a 5-week abs and core strength program from Men's Fitness. It's a lot of dumbells, lighter wieghts, using the stability ball for many excersises and the medicine ball for a few. 3 full body workouts per week and 2-3 cardio days.
Supplementwise I'm trying CE2 and NO2 (MRI), and Vitrix. I also eat a Centrum multivitamin each day and some Glucosamine. For protien shakes I'm eating MetRX, one post workout and one before bed. The post-workout one I add a bunch of stuff to - 2 TBlspoons peanut butter, a banana, and half a cup of dry oats.
I plan on seeing this 5 weeker through (I'm on week 2 now), and then swithing to a muscle building program from the same magazine that's 4 weeks long. after that I might try MaxOT, not sure. I'd like to cut fat all spring to prep for summer, but I really want to put on some mass, so I'm sort of stuck.
Anyone have an opinion about whats best to do first? Should I get down to bedrock, as lean as I can, and then go for mass? Or should I just go with winter and put mass on, and then worry about leaning up in spring / summer? Or just put on mass and let cutting happen when it happens...?
I _think_ I'm between 18 - 20% bodyfat, but I could be way off cause I'm using the calipers just based on the little sketches that came with it. The annoying part is that it likes to sit on my tummy and love handles... my arms and legs seem kind of lean. Like, ecto arms, ecto legs, endo torso :-( and this is all just educated guesses based on all the stuff I've been reading.
So anyway, any ideas / comments would be great. I'm reading through MaxOT now, and periodically referring back to BFFM for nutritional concepts. And supplement-wise I think I'd rather go with testosterone booster and creatine and say screw the NO2. It seems flaky at best, and maybe even dangerous . I don't like seeing the warning on the bottle "do not use if you have erectyle disfunction..." wtf is up with that? I thought this was sort of like viagra, not something that might _cause_ that kind of problem. but anyway....
Lookin for advice. thanks. Oh, and I will get my measurements up here pronto. Maybe even a pic. Would be nice to have a before pic so I can actually enjoy my after pic :-)
-Jae
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RE: Jae's journal - 12/20/2005 1:13:33 PM
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KISS4Jae
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OK, I am going to participate in a bulking competition with some other DB members.
I will be posting my measurements, pics and progress in the (01/06-03/06 bulking comp) thread, but hopefully I can duplicate it all in here. My current stats are all at home, but I'll post em tonight when I get a chance. Need to get a before pic taken also.
Anyway, these damned calipers are so hard to use, my measurements are all over the place. I _think_ I am somewhere around 19% BF, but I don't really know.
Last time I weighed myself was yesterday, I was about 185. almost finished with the 5-weeker turned 6-weeker core strength routine (lots of stability ball dumbell work and such), this is my last week. Then I'm taking a week off (Xmas to NYears), then I'm starting the bulking competition.
I'm eating 6 times a day on weekdays, cheating on weekends (4-5 times a day, and not as controlled nutrition). Except for the weekends I do not cheat much at all, and I'm tracking everything.
Oh, and I'll be starting to cap my own supplements come this weekend, cause I'm tired of paying so goddamn much. Plus, I want exactly what I want, not whats for sale. Basically going with a combo of Whey, EFA's, CEE, several forms of arginine, and a small amount of citrulline malate. For health support I've got milk thistle, glucosamine/ chondroitin, and a multivitamin with some additional healthy compounds (lycopene, etc). I'm not capping the cheap stuff, only the stuff thats normally retardedly expensive (CEE, AEE and the other arginine stuff, etc).
Cheers all,
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-Jae
Israeli Defense Force girls have M-16's.
Chicks with guns... mmmmmmmmmmm.
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RE: Jae's journal - 12/28/2005 9:55:41 AM
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KISS4Jae
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OK, so here's my current stats... I'm measuring with a Myotape measure and an accumeasure caliper, so I am pretty sure it's far from accurate. I certainly get rather inconsistant results, but I am trying to just do multiple tests each time and take the average. At least it will work as a trend tool.
Also just ordered a handheld bodyfat tester, and a digi scale with full body composition analysis, so I can have some more information sources to average in.
...as of 12/25/05...
28 years old
"Moderate" metabolism overall
Circumferences:
Bi's&Tri's = 13.5
Chest = 40.375
Belly = 38.25 
Thighs = 24.5
Skinfolds (3-point via Accumeasure):
Upper (Pectoralis) = 10
Middle (Abdominals) = 37
Lower (Quadricep) = 16
Total = 63mm ~18.6% BF
Bodyweight (lbs):
Total = 187
Fat = 34.782
LBM = 152.22
Nutrition:
~RMR = 2057
~Activity KCals = 822.8
Maintenance = 2879.8
Meals/Day = 5.875 mean average over the last 2 weeks.
Actual Intake/Day = 3421.13 KCals mean average over the last 2 weeks.
...yes, I am currently in a bulking cycle...
I do not know my macronutrient ratios as I have not been tracking those, however, I am definately eating a large amount of protien, moderate to large portions with almot every meal. This comes from chicken, MetRX MRPs (make a shake with one of those packets, + half cup oats, + 2 TBLsp peanut butter, + a banana or something), whey pre & post workout, and vegetable sources like beans + rice. If I had to guess I'd say I'm doing almost dead even calories from protien fat and carbs (1/3rd each), but like I said I haven't really been tracking that.
I don't know what my 1RMaxes are right now, as I just got off a 6 week program with all sorts of alternative lifts on the stability ball, and other core strength related stuff. I will be lifting heavy come January, so I should get some useful figures around then.
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-Jae
Israeli Defense Force girls have M-16's.
Chicks with guns... mmmmmmmmmmm.
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RE: Jae's journal - 12/28/2005 10:19:44 AM
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KISS4Jae
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Oh forgot to mention supplementation. This is my normal schedule over the last 2 weeks, though I'm going to change some stuff and I just stopped the Aromatase Inhibitor cycle (until February):
EFA's - 3 grams /day, 1 with breakfast, 2 before bed (GNC Fish Oil + GLA)
Saw Palmetto + Zinc 30mg before bed (NOW brand Saw Palmetto w/ Prostate Support)
Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM - 4 pills /day, 2 with breakfast, 2 before bed (GNC Triflex brand)
Multivitamin - 2 pills /day, one with breakfast or 1st lunch, 1 before bed (NOW brand EcoGreen Iron Free)
Aromatase Inhibitors - 120mg /day, in the evening (NovadexXT, total cycle was just over 3 weeks)
Custom performance enhancer - Total of 15 grams / day, spread into 3 roughly even dosings (Bulk Nutrition products, self capped):
Creatine Ethyl Ester - 3.6 grams
Arginine Ethyl Ester - 3.6 grams
DiArginine Malate - 3.6 grams
Arginine AKG - 1.6 grams
Citrulline Malate - 1.6 grams
Milk Thistle - 1 gram
Whey protien - dosing varies, usualy double pre & post servings, sometimes a pre bed serving or other random times if my meals didn't have sufficient protien or I have a longer gap between meals. Currently using Ultramyosin brand by MetRX, has nice EAA and BCAA profiles and some KIC.
I'm going to try a bottle of GAKIC during January, and if it goes well continue through February. Also planning to do another Aromatase Inhibitor cycle in February (probably test a generic version of 6-OXO this time).
Regards,
-Jae
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RE: Jae's journal - 1/5/2006 3:29:25 PM
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KISS4Jae
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I posted a preliminary review of GAKIC in the supplements threads ("Gakic?!?!?!?!?!")... I have used it a couple times this week and noticed that I can squeeze out another rep or two which effectively raised my working weight for MaxOT. Also, my second set was sometimes stronger than my first, and this is after a complete MaxOT warmup routine.
I will report on this further as I get further into the bottle. since I'm training 5 days a week, I'll be burning through it in less than a month.
In other exciting news, I started MaxOT this week, for the first time. Man, this thing is great, especially for being free. I highly recommend it, and I'm only a few days in.
Regards,
-Jae
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RE: Jae's journal - 1/10/2006 3:25:04 PM
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KISS4Jae
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Bought some forearm wraps (well, they're really elbow wraps, but anyway) to try and deal with the feeling of forearm splints that I think I'm developing. I hope they help. Also bought some powerlifting straps, to help with deadlift.
Deadlift is basically the sh!t. Scientifically, I believe squats give you a larger testosterone boost, but... there's nothing like the feeling of the deadlift. My friend Treven, on Team MetRX, was trying to break the florida state record for deadlift. Not sure if he ever did, but at the time he was 1RMaxing at 695 pounds. Some freaky ****, esp for a PHD - brawn and brain.
Anyway, I've rambled on a bit, but the morale of todays post:
1) Forearm splints suck.
2) Deadlift... just do it.
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-Jae
Israeli Defense Force girls have M-16's.
Chicks with guns... mmmmmmmmmmm.
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RE: Jae's journal - 1/22/2006 6:21:35 PM
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KISS4Jae
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Missed Thursday night workouts the last 2 weeks, so I only hit 4 days both weeks. Still worked hard as hell those days, but I need to get my ass back into the 5 day routine - bulking competition only has about 5 weeks left!
I'm getting a lot stronger - MaxOT seems almost like a powerlifting routine, more than bodybuilding, but I'm to noob to be sure. Anyway, I can't really bitch - strength is a good thing. :-)
-Jae
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