Hello to anyone who reads this journal,i have a training diary at home that i list workouts and poundages used but thought that keeping an online journal might help with motivation,which is something ive been struggling with for the last few months,training regular but not really enjoying it like i used to.
Feel free to comment on anthing wether good or bad,i prefer for people to be honest.
Bit of info,started messing about with my older brothers bullworker when i was 11 and got a junior weightlifting set out of my mams catalogue just after,i was a typical little fat kid at school until i hit puberty and went the other way and turned really skinny,messed about with weights at home up until 18 then i joined a proper BB gym,stopped training for a good few years and turned into a right p1ss head,almost alcoholic.
New years day about 5 years ago my missus took a pic of me in just my boxers and it was a wake up call,look a complete wreck in it,cut right back on the drink and started training and eating healthy again,started BB seriously 4 years ago.
Train at home now in a decent home setup as its not practical to use the local gyms with the shifts i work now.
The last couple of months ive tried bulking big style including a fair bit junk and last night i was the heaviest ive ever been 16 stone 2 and its taking its toll,i feel crap TBH,ankles are swollen,breathing heavy just feel uncomfortable so i'm going to slowly cut from now until the summer holidays in august,not going to do anything major at first simply cutting most of the junk out,that combined with my job will cause a drop in the flab.
I have a basic diet plan i got from James a while ago and it works very well and i will be using this closer to the summer though i carn't stick to it long term as i do have a big appetite and do enjoy having some junk in my diet.
Current fat b@stard stats are.
Height 5'8
Weight first thing 16s
chest 47 1/4" normal 49 1/2 extended
arms 17" refuse to grow
neck 17 3/4"
Quads upper thigh just under 27"
calfs 17 1/4"
waist 34"(forum measurement
) real life measurement 38 1/4" always had a problem with storing fat on the lower back
Training has always been basic compounds straight sets aiming at poundage progression workout to workout,time for a change and for the next few months i'm going to forget about weight used and go more for wiping a bodypart out with as much intensity as i can,so pre exhaustion going to failure forced reps ect.
I don't train on set days,i go by how i feel so if ive had a bad day at work and feel knackered or had a bad nights sleeps will put a workout back a day.
Training back today,workout was.
straight arm pushdown supersetted with chins 3 sets of 12 pushdowns,chins went 6,4,2
T-bar row 1x12,10,9
low cable row 3x12
rack pulls from just below knees 3x6
Scran today has been,
breakie oj with a dash of olive oil 8 egg broccoli omelette with cheese 2 slices of granery bread coffee
mid morning 2 tins mackrel granery bread humous
postworkout shake,flapjack
lunch chicken,noodles,veg stirfry
mid afternoon shake oatcakes banana
tea chicken dinner,twix coffee
Mid evening nuts seeds milk
before bed don't no yet
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