Mike 1st attempt at cutting!

After going to the gym for 18 months while not really looking after my diet, i have decided to attempt to cut down my bodyfat to a goal of around 12% from im guessing about 24%. Ive decided to run this from feb 1st to may 1st to see how i get on and i know once i set this thread up it will drive me forward in my goal for a lean muscular defined look.
I will be using y3t training as i like the variation and think it will help prevent boredom while on this 12 week journey. I think the hardest part of this is uploading pics but we all need a starting point.
 
My stats
I weighed in today at 14st 1lb im 5ft 10, my measurements are as follows;
calfs 16in
stomach (gut) 40 in
waist 38in
quads 24in
arms 14in
chest 40 in
 
My first day of y3t was actually the 31st of jan, my split will be;
Day one- chest and biceps
day two- legs
day three- back and abs
day four- shoulders and tris
 
unless done at a different time each workout is followed by cardio which increases every week week 1 is 20 min week 2 30 min week 3&4 40 min. i will be doing sscv post weights i will also take some amino energy intra and bcaas before cardio followed by 2 coops of on whey or hydrobuilder when session is over.
 
 
 
 

how do i upload my pics?

You have to use imageshauck or photobucket to down size them. You do realise you had to have them up by the 9th of jan? still be a good idea to run an unoffical SUC to monitor your progress. good luck

Is that something i have to download? yeah i realise that put the thread in the wrong place lol! call this my warm up for the next comp.

kokelly


Is that something i have to download? yeah i realise that put the thread in the wrong place lol! call this my warm up for the next comp.

No type it in google then just sign up.  upload the pics on image shauck first then get the codes off the site then the little button on here that looks like a tree click that paste the code in there then it should come up takes a little playing around.

So here are the pics, although there not very good and make me look really small i think but heyho should look a lot better in 3 months, would love to get really cut enjoy the summer and then look to lean bulk. 
 
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Thanks for the help titch much appreciated, great pic by the way.

kokelly


Thanks for the help titch much appreciated, great pic by the way.

thanks mate ,Its hasnt worked mate im sure it says get codes for websites somewhere on image shauck copy and paste that code then insert it when you click on the tree, it took me ages to get it right. If that dont work view the pic click right hand button go to properties and copy the url code and insert that. hope that helps

Got there in the end mate thanks for your help, right then lets get cut lol!

Typical e.g daily nutrition is
 1 scoop whey,cla  and banana on waking
amino energy intra wo
hydrobuilder postwo
10 am 3 whole eggs on 2 slices of wholemeal bread
1pm 200g chicken breast half a sweet potato and 2 handfuls of broccoli
4pm 1 scoop of whey 2 oatcakes 1 tsp of nat pb
7-8pm e.g salmon fillet carrot and suede mash mixed veg
before bed 1 scoop whey and peanut butter

Started week 1 day 1 of y3t yesterday and did back and abs
wide grip pulldown 3x8 62kg
ng pulldown 3x8 62 kg
tbar row 3x8 60kg
seated row 3x8 60kg
hanging leg raises 3x10 bw
reverse crunches 3x10 bw
incline crunches 3x10 bw 30 sec plank between (start easy on the abs as never work them directly and doing legs next day)
20min sscv treadmill
 
Legs 1/2/12
leg press 3x8 142kg
leg ext 3x8 91kg
ham curl 3x8 84kg
squats 10 x 65 8x105x2 8x 145
sldl 3x8 85kg
did 30 min 5aside football on evening
Could of gone heavier on a few of the above but concentrating on nailing form. diet very close to e.g on both days but its the weekends that are testing.lol!

Thanks for your help titch after 2 hours of trying your suggestion of right click on properties worked, so many thanks.

Alright mate, best of luck with the reformation.

From the looks of the pictures you should make your goal in 4 months. I went from fatter than that to a 6 pack in about the same timeframe.

Good session there too.

Thanks for the visit, hardest parts definitely the diet but really determined so hopefully hard work and logging my journey will see me well. will check out your journal now.

Diet looks good just need to keep to it and you will see the results tupperware will be your new friend. Will you be planing any cheat meals i have mine on a sat night keeps me sane and something to work towards. keep up the hard work.

You got a good diet mate, better than mine(work in progress).  So what are you hoping for at the end of the SUC?

titch84


Diet looks good just need to keep to it and you will see the results tupperware will be your new friend. Will you be planing any cheat meals i have mine on a sat night keeps me sane and something to work towards. keep up the hard work.

Im gunna try to stay strict until sunday when i play football at 10.30 am for 90 minutes and theres usually chilli back at the pub so will prob have a small bowl and slice of bread and then a nice sunday roast later in the day but sure it wont harm me too much after running around like a goon for 90mins lol!
 
RZORO- Thanks for dropping in, its a shame i couldnt start with the jan suc but im really just concentrating on doing this for me and aiming for a lean muscular physique for may rather than the tellytubby in the pics lol! heres hoping anyway!

So day three of this y3t week 1 and hit chest and bis at the gym 2nite had a superpump max sachet preworkout and amino energy during and hyydrobuilder after, defo felt ready for the sesh even if gym was packed with deusches taking up all the benches! so improvised a little-
 
chest press machine (as no bench free) 3x8 65kg (felt twice as heavy as 65kg bp)
butterfly machine 42x8 56x8 63x8x2
incline db press 3x6 60kg had rest pause last two reps
ez bar curls bar+30kg 3x8
alternate db curls 32kg x12 (too heavy form bad lasttwo reps) 28kg x 12x2
close grip ez curl bar+20kg 3x8 (awesome pump after but shattered arms)
 

Woke up this morning and ran at a steady pace for 20 minutes fasted with the dog whos shattered now (only a little jack russell) so cardio done and will be hitting shoulders and tris later to complete week one of y3t!