GT's Journal

So I have really been forcing myself to eat right and lift. It has been really hard to do since it is summer and all I want to do is sleep and I have to stay in reasonable shape for baseball with throwing and hitting. Well I have done alright on my own but have caved a few times so I figured that I would start a journal so I could start holding myself accountable. I am willing to take any suggestions you have on my diet and on my training. According to the calorie calculators, I need roughly 2500 calories a day. Since I want to lose bodyfat and build muscle, I am going to try and get 2500 calories and 170 grams of protein every day. My split until the end of summer is:

Mon-chest/tri/abs
Tues-back/bi
Wed-throw/hit/cardio
Thurs-legs
Fri-shoulders/abs
Sat-throw/cardio
Sun-hit/rest

-Kyle
EDIT- I will try and get a few pics up tomorrow.

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

Well, today I woke up at around 12:00 p.m. and had to go to a hitting lesson at 3. It feels like I have been eating like crazy to make up for my lost meals. I really need to wake up when my alarm goes off at 8:00 a.m. I think I have found a way to get my 170 grams of protein and meet my caloric needs, but I will have to stay up for a little while. Today is chest/tri/abs day.
Week 1 Day 1
Chest-
barbell benchpress
135x10
155x10
185x8
205x6
185x8
135x10
Incline Flys
25x10
25x10
30x10
Decline Flys
25x10
25x10
30x10
Tris-
Rope pull downs
20x10
40x10
50x10
dumbell kickbacks
15x10
15x10
Abs-
weighted crunches
16x15
16x15
top half weighted crunches (not sure what to call em)
16x15
16x15
Lateral crunches(lay on side and lift upperbody and legs cruching at the hip area)
bwx15
bwx15
reverse crunches
bwx15
bwx15
leg lifts
bwx15
bwx15
 
Synopsis:
I am beat. I feel like passing out and going to bed right now, but I need to stay up for at least 2 more hours so I can get the remaining protien I require. My right shoulder feels really tight. It usually goes away in about a day but it is quite annoying. My chest feels like it is ginormous, I guess that is what happens when you add incline and decline flys to your chest routine. We finally bought some more water and I have been guzzling it down like there is no tomorrow (5 bottles in the last 1 1/2 hour). To clarify if you are wondering, I do abs in 2 supersets. Starting with weighted crunches, then lateral crunches, then top half weighted crunches, then reverse crunches, then leg lifts. I take about a minute break then do the next superset. It burns like crazy, but it has been one of the only things were I have seen results.  I am pretty sure that I am going to long toss tomorrow, so my split might be changing. I am waiting on my gf Cassidy to call me right now, she is in Mertyl Beach on a team cross-country camp thing. I got to go eat so I will post some pics I took this morning cold along with some old measurements because I am too lazy to do new ones. Till tomorrow. Peace!
-Kyle

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

By the way, I am
16
5'10"
170-175 lbs
-Kyle

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

So I woke up this morning around 9 and I ate breakfast then went and worked out. Today is back/bi.
Week 1 Day 2
Bi-
standing EZ curls
25x10
45x10
65x10
85x8
preacher curls
45x10
65x10
75x10
concentration curls
25x10
30x10
40x10
Back-
High pully rows w/row bar
50x10
70x10
90x10
110x10
Lat pulldowns
50x10
70x10
90x10
One armed dumbell rows
35x10
40x10
40x10
 
Synopsis-
I actually woke up on time today! Pretty good workout. Didn't put up as big of numbers, but I did feel the burn and cut down on my rest time in between sets. I felt huge after I was done. I am sore from yesterday in my pecs. Now I have to go mow the stupid lawn because it keeps growing. Till tomorrow.
-Kyle
 

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

So today was Cardio/abs day. My buddy John came over and worked out with me. We did abs then went and ran for a while.
Week 1 Day 3
Abs-
weighted crunches
16x15
16x15
top half weighted crunches (not sure what to call em)
16x15
16x15
Lateral crunches(lay on side and lift upperbody and legs cruching at the hip area)
bwx15
bwx15
reverse crunches
bwx15
bwx15
leg lifts
bwx15
bwx15
Leg lifts
bwx15
bwx15
Cardio-
6mph-1 min. warm-up
9mph-6.5 min.
3.5mph-2.5 min.
9mph-3.2 min.
3.5mph-1.8 min.
6mph-5 min.
3.5mph-3 min. cool down
(2.5 miles)
 
Synopsis-
Had a really good run. Furthest and longest I have ran in a while. Having my bud there really pushed me to push myself in my workout. Tomorrow is leg day. John is supposed to come over so I have a spot. Later.
-Kyle

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

Well I am an idiot. Just realized I wasn't supposed to do abs yesterday. I am paying for it today though. Because of that I am gonna take a day off to recover. I got a really important tryout for a showcase team and I need to be completely fresh for it. So today I am just going to try and get back to 100%.
-Kyle

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

I am going to rest until after my tryouts are over with. I can't take the chance of not perfroming 100% because this could be my ticket to playing college baseball. I will let you know how the tryouts go as soon as I find out. Wish me luck.
-Kyle

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

woops. my bad.

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

So i had the tryouts today and I think taking those days off payed off. I think I did pretty good. I ran the 60 in 6.94. The fastest was a senior who ran it in a 6.75. I will let you know if I made the team.
-Kyle
 
Edit- I am going to start back lifting on Monday. I tweaked my left hamstring pretty good at the tryout but didn't realize it untill later. Hopefully this wont hinder my leg and cardio workouts. My buddy John is lifting with me all this week. Till tomorrow. Later

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

Today is chest and tri day. My buddy john came over and worked out with me. Here it is.
Week 2 Day 1
Chest-
widegrip barbell benchpress
135x10
155x10
185x9
205x5
flatbench flies
25x10
25x10
25x10
incline flies
25x10
25x10
25x10
decline flies
25x10
25x10
25x10
Tris-
rope pulldowns
20x10
40x10
50x10
dumbell kickbacks
15x10
15x10
15x10
 
Synopsis-
My chest and arms feel like they are gonna fall off. I love it.

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

Ok. Well my girlfriend broke up with me this morning. I have a feeling that I will put up the highest numbers on back and bi that I ever had before.

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

Good news. I found out I made that showcase team I tried out for. But I still got to go to the second tryout so I am not gonna lift until after. I am pretty sore today and I need to be back at 100% so i can run another under 7 60 and pitch. So later.

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

sorry about your g/f man, but on the good side your workouts are going well, and youre workouts are pretty intense, i wouldnt wanna do that many reps on just them exercises lol

I am probably doing the thing wrong. I was doing weightxreps.  Yeah but it is cool man. I appreciate it. I did manage to do biceps yesterday though. I got a real god workout. Really pushed myself so I can rub it in her face when I am freaking huge. so I will post my workout for yesterday.
 
Week 2, Day 2
Biceps-
Preacher curls
25x10
45x10
65x10
85x10
Concentration curls
25x10
35x10
40x10
standing barbell curls
45x10
65x10
85x10
 
My right lat is sore from pitching so I skipped back and threw in abs I just did my ususal routine. I am too lazy to type it up right now.
 
Synopsis-
Got a good workout becasue I forced myself to go slow and realyfocused on squeeazing the weight up.
 

3rd place discuss bodybuilding transformation comp.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
-Aristotle

Nice training weights for the arms there, keep them concentration curls going theyre a bitch, i personally dont utilise them but ive tried them and they are damn tough. Keep at it.