phersan's Optimum Anabolics Log

You haven't worked out in daaaayz and now it's your bday and you're not lifting all weekend? slacker.

5'6" 125/ Bench: 115 / Front squat: 90 / Deadlift: 205 / Pullups: 10

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bobbi... give me a break girl. I took like a week and a half hiatus from the gym. I met this girl... you know, been busy going out on hot dates and stuff She's adorable...

Anyway, I worked out today and it felt good. Really good. I didn't do the OA program routine cause I felt like I wouldn't be able to handle this week's pace after my break. (30 seconds in between sets, 60 seconds in between supersets). I did my own little thing. I still used super sets, but I did 4 sets instead of 5 of each superset and my pace was a little slower. I think I'm gonna take this time to modify the OA program to my likings and see what kinda results I get. This program was well worth it tho, I'm just too curious of a guy to stick to one thing haha. I'll post up my 8 week gains and stuff tomorrow maybe... and I will describe in detail what I will be doing on my next 16ish week program I plan on trying. I might end this log here after I post my gains... and then start a new one.

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ok so I worked out today... again, did my own thing. I think I'm gonna take tomorrow off since I dont work and do all the gains and stuff from these past 8 weeks... and then start a new log with my own routine 

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hey fox, welcome to my layer... yeah the diet is part of the optimum anabolics program. Jeff Anderson suggests a 3 week low protein diet, but I think that is unnecessarily long and am shooting for 2 weeks.

the concept behind protein cycling is simple. You saturate your muscles with protein for 6 weeks or so, normal high protein diet, 6 small meals a day, etc... then you cut it out of your diet for 3 weeks, or in my case 2 weeks.

The concept behind the cycling is this: you're allowed one high protein meal (30g) right after you work out... your muscles are supposed to just soak it all up right away, and then run out, so your body will be looking for more protein to rebuild the muscles but will fall WAY short of the needed amount, thus it will look for secondary options to aid the muscles. The lack of protein is supposed to naturally increase your testosterone and other growth hormones by a very significant amount. And those hormones will rebuild the muscles.

I think I'm feeling a difference in the gym, but it could all be psychological... either way, my weights are up so I'm not complaining. And maybe I can drop a pound or two of fat these 2 weeks while I'm at it since I cut out all my meats and dairies!

thanks for the question tho, good to see people reading this and wondering...

I am sorry phersan, but Jeff Anderson will write ANYTHING just to sell his ebooks. As far as I know there is no support for his claim about protein cycling and increasing testosterone. Testosterone levels should DROP after a training session. If they don't, you didn't stress your body. Even if you could raise your hormones levels, it won't build any muscle if there is nothing to build from.

The only thing that low protein diet can affect is your recovery rate (to the worse side).

If you have something that supports his theory I would love to hear.

im getting really tired of jeff anderson. at first i thought he was really cool, like when i first started learning about lifting, but honestly his emails are ridiculous. every one is like "new super muscle building/fat loss trick"...the things he comes up with arent even new or that good and he has no real background with this stuff anyway. i remember seeing a pic of him and he looked like a normal 40yr. old out of shape guy

Jeff's pretty built from what I remember... but like I said in a post a couple pages back, I'd like to see more science behind his claims as well, but for now I was just gonna try it out and see for myself... kinda like a personal experiment. I think 3 weeks of low protein is unnecessarily long.

And in the program (low protein phase), you do fuel your muscles with protein right after you workout ... 30-40 grams right after you workout and the muscles are supposed to use just about all of it right away... then produce testosterone. Protein cycling isn't a new concept, but many people overlook it... maybe it's not as good as he hypes it up to be, but I did it and I felt pretty good to be honest. I don't know if I'll cycle protein again, just because of the hassle, and how you can get good gains without cycling... maybe a 1 week cycle would be more appropriate, just to keep the body guessing... might do that.

I will admit, Jeff's marketing is pretty convincing, and he could probably fool a lot of people with his claims... but the intensity of this program, the convenience of the workout sheets with all the exercises and stuff, and the diet tips were worth it in my opinion. I'll do the gains soon after I eat lunch... I'll tell you now, I got some decent strength results in a lot of exercises. I never did flyes with 40lb dumbbells in my life before.

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Jeff's pretty built from what I remember... but like I said in a post a couple pages back, I'd like to see more science behind his claims as well, but for now I was just gonna try it out and see for myself... kinda like a personal experiment. I think 3 weeks of low protein is unnecessarily long.

And in the program (low protein phase), you do fuel your muscles with protein right after you workout ... 30-40 grams right after you workout and the muscles are supposed to use just about all of it right away... then produce testosterone. Protein cycling isn't a new concept, but many people overlook it... maybe it's not as good as he hypes it up to be, but I did it and I felt pretty good to be honest. I don't know if I'll cycle protein again, just because of the hassle, and how you can get good gains without cycling... maybe a 1 week cycle would be more appropriate, just to keep the body guessing... might do that.

I will admit, Jeff's marketing is pretty convincing, and he could probably fool a lot of people with his claims... but the intensity of this program, the convenience of the workout sheets with all the exercises and stuff, and the diet tips were worth it in my opinion. I'll do the gains soon after I eat lunch... I'll tell you now, I got some decent strength results in a lot of exercises. I never did flyes with 40lb dumbbells in my life before.

You had gains because you are new to training, and pretty much everything will lead to gains. Good luck with the program, just don't get caught in Jeff's claims. He speaks a lot of crap.

Phersan, it's crazy how big your arms are compared with the rest of your body.  Maybe it's just me, I dunno, but I'm quite jealous   My arms suck

well I've been lifting for about 3 and a half years on and off now... so I'm not that new to training. I did start this program after like 6 months off tho, so I know my gains came quickly just because I was off for so long. But I made good strength gains, and quick size gains too, and I am lifting some weights that I was lifting back in my prime when I was lifting non stop for like 2 years... so I'm back on track where I was more or less, and I did it in about 8 weeks, so I'll hand that to Jeff... the intensity works, and I will be using a lot of his program in my own routine from now on. Supersets are VERY efficient, was doing them before this program, but he's laid out a lot of good stuff for me now.

In my opinion, you just gotta take what he says with a pinch of salt, and use what works for you... all of the information is there, given to you plain and simple. You just gotta pick apart the stuff you think is crap, and stick with the stuff that's useful and is working for you. I have a pretty good idea of what I want to be doing from here on out in terms of training... and I will post it up sometime in the near future. It will look very similar to the OA program, but there will be some significant modifications.

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Jeff's pretty built from what I remember... but like I said in a post a couple pages back, I'd like to see more science behind his claims as well, but for now I was just gonna try it out and see for myself... kinda like a personal experiment. I think 3 weeks of low protein is unnecessarily long.

And in the program (low protein phase), you do fuel your muscles with protein right after you workout ... 30-40 grams right after you workout and the muscles are supposed to use just about all of it right away... then produce testosterone. Protein cycling isn't a new concept, but many people overlook it... maybe it's not as good as he hypes it up to be, but I did it and I felt pretty good to be honest. I don't know if I'll cycle protein again, just because of the hassle, and how you can get good gains without cycling... maybe a 1 week cycle would be more appropriate, just to keep the body guessing... might do that.

I will admit, Jeff's marketing is pretty convincing, and he could probably fool a lot of people with his claims... but the intensity of this program, the convenience of the workout sheets with all the exercises and stuff, and the diet tips were worth it in my opinion. I'll do the gains soon after I eat lunch... I'll tell you now, I got some decent strength results in a lot of exercises. I never did flyes with 40lb dumbbells in my life before.

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How is the program going so far? I just started this week. Hopefully, it is a good program. I read different things about negative training weight lifting and I am not sure if it will be effecient. How is the protein cycling going?