RE: Z's Hypertrophy-specific training journal!

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ORIGINAL: gzinkl

Here's a reason to keep records and glance back.  Here I am, frustrated by my seeming lack of progress.  I found my stats from when I first started working out, and then three months later (before the tendonitis that kept me out for a good three months).

Start:
BW: 177 lb  
BF: 17.2%  
shoulders: 46"  
chest: 40"  
waist: 37"  
hips: 40.5"  
thighs: 20" 
arm:  11"  
forearm:  10.5"  
calf: 14/14.5"

3 months later:
BW: 182 lb  
BF: 16.9%  
shoulders: 46"  
chest: 38.5"  
waist: 36.5  
hips: 41"  
thighs: 20.5"  
arm:  11"  
forearm:  10"  
calf:  14/14.5"

Today:
bodyweight:  191 #s
BF:  14.8% (11 on calipers)
neck:  15.5
forearms:  10.5
wrist:  6.75
l  bicep:  12.5
r bicep: 12.0
shoulders: 49.75
chest:  41.5 (corrected from above--someone who will remain nameless, but lives with me has a hard time with measuring devices; we'll ignore for a moment that he's an architect and should know better!)
abdomen: 39.25
butt: 41
thighs:  23
quads: 21
l calf: 14.75
r calf: 14.25
ankles: 9

With an end report of:

bodyweight:  191 #s +9lbs
BF:  14.8% (11 on calipers)  -1.9%
forearms:  10.5  +0.5
l  bicep:  12.5  +1.5
r bicep: 12.0   +1.0
shoulders: 49.75  +2.75!
chest:  41.5  +3!!!
abdomen: 39.25  +2.75 grrrr
butt: 41 same
thighs:  23 +2.5!
l calf: 14.75  +.25
r calf: 14.25  +.25

The slop comes in measuring the abdomen area (I have a strict policy of total relaxation and no tightening of the tape (which wasn't the trainer's policy, who took the initial measurements), so the gain in the abdomen is exaggerated (but frustrating nonetheless).  On the other hand, look at those legs, chest and guns go! Woo hoo!