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bader85
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And so it begins anew.
Stats:
Sex: Male
Age: 26 (wow I feel so much older)
Height: 6'4"
Weight: Haven't weighed today, but I'm fluctuating between 255 and 260
BF% would be 20%ish.. sadly. I'll explain below.
Goals... well as you can see from my *cough* weight. I'm definitely wanting to trim up, but I still am looking to put on more muscle. I'm going to continue on a recomp and not go full cut. Even if I don't end up as low bodyfat as I'd like to be in the 12 weeks.. I don't want to lose any muscle. So in other terms.. I'm going to do a lean bulk. I want to be bigger and it just is going to take time with the weights. I had a weight in mind of 245 @ 10%. THat would be a goal of gaining about 10 pounds of muscle and losing 20 pounds of fat.
So a little past history from last years competition to now. Finished up the competition and continued rocking it to a little below 15% BF by July. I had put on another 5 if not 10 pounds of muscle getting my LBM to ~200. I'll post some pics of that. Up til September I kept pretty trim. Got married too! In vegas. As cheap as we could. A couple of family members were gracious enough to help fund our little honeymoon and we had a great time. I still hadn't found a job, we had to relocate several times last year. After September my health went to shit. Very stressed, no money, bad eating, I went up to about 245. By November my father-in-law was very nice to let us move in with him back in Idaho, and I was able to go to the gym again, and keep better track of diet and food intake.
At 245 I could barely fit in my 38 jeans.. and now at 260 I fit just fine in my 36's... except my thighs are hella tight. lol.
So since then, I've been eating very clean and working hard, and I need to get BF tested but I'm around 210 pounds LBM and 255-260. My arms are 17" flexed.. end of the comp last year they barely were 16" flexed. I wear a 50 long/tall dress suit. I was wearing a 46 tall end of the comp.. SO needless to say, I've grown. I hit the weights really hard.
I'm happy to announce that I FINALLY got a job. I was 'scouted' out at my gym two weeks ago by the owner of the entire franchise of gyms in the valley. He asked me if I was a professional football player, and if not, that I should work for him.
A week later I'm employed. It's a part time thing, and the pay isn't the greatest, but there is a lot of room for advancement and it's doing something I love. I live at the gym already, I might as well work there too. I'm also in the meantime working on building my own insurance business. Health, Life, Supplemental, Long-Term Care, Retirement Planning. That has lots of potential. Between the two, I think my finances will finally start turning toward the black again in a few years time. (if anyone wants to know how to make a great tax-free investment that grows average 7% yearly with no less than 1% ever, let me know)
I'm ready to have some FUN. I loved the motivation this created in my life last year, I loved the comraderie. We had a great time last year, I enjoyed all of my companions last year, and I hope they enjoyed me. I'm looking to build some fun friendships, continue learning the great sport of bodybuilding, and challenging myself beyond where I've ever imagined my physique to be.
As always, I'm 100% open to critiquing. I've only been weight lifting for a few years combined in my entire life.. and only the past two years has it been consistent. I'll get photos tonight. I'm going out of town from tomorrow til Monday, so not much will be updated during that time.
Today was my rest day, and I got a deep tissue massage, and it felt amazing. I did back yesterday.
I haven't set any exact macros for my diet yet. It will probably be 50/30/20 P/C/F on workout days, and P/F/C on rest days. I'll probably stay around 150g of carbs or less to start burning off some fat.
My workout splits look like this:
Day 1 - Chest and Bis
Day 2 - Back
Day 3 - Rest
Day 5 - Shoulders and Tris
Day 6 - Legs
Day 7 - Rest
I do fasted cardio every couple of mornings, and I'm going to start playing racquetball a couple times a week too.
Stats:
Sex: Male
Age: 26 (wow I feel so much older)
Height: 6'4"
Weight: Haven't weighed today, but I'm fluctuating between 255 and 260
BF% would be 20%ish.. sadly. I'll explain below.
Goals... well as you can see from my *cough* weight. I'm definitely wanting to trim up, but I still am looking to put on more muscle. I'm going to continue on a recomp and not go full cut. Even if I don't end up as low bodyfat as I'd like to be in the 12 weeks.. I don't want to lose any muscle. So in other terms.. I'm going to do a lean bulk. I want to be bigger and it just is going to take time with the weights. I had a weight in mind of 245 @ 10%. THat would be a goal of gaining about 10 pounds of muscle and losing 20 pounds of fat.
So a little past history from last years competition to now. Finished up the competition and continued rocking it to a little below 15% BF by July. I had put on another 5 if not 10 pounds of muscle getting my LBM to ~200. I'll post some pics of that. Up til September I kept pretty trim. Got married too! In vegas. As cheap as we could. A couple of family members were gracious enough to help fund our little honeymoon and we had a great time. I still hadn't found a job, we had to relocate several times last year. After September my health went to shit. Very stressed, no money, bad eating, I went up to about 245. By November my father-in-law was very nice to let us move in with him back in Idaho, and I was able to go to the gym again, and keep better track of diet and food intake.
At 245 I could barely fit in my 38 jeans.. and now at 260 I fit just fine in my 36's... except my thighs are hella tight. lol.
So since then, I've been eating very clean and working hard, and I need to get BF tested but I'm around 210 pounds LBM and 255-260. My arms are 17" flexed.. end of the comp last year they barely were 16" flexed. I wear a 50 long/tall dress suit. I was wearing a 46 tall end of the comp.. SO needless to say, I've grown. I hit the weights really hard.
I'm happy to announce that I FINALLY got a job. I was 'scouted' out at my gym two weeks ago by the owner of the entire franchise of gyms in the valley. He asked me if I was a professional football player, and if not, that I should work for him.
A week later I'm employed. It's a part time thing, and the pay isn't the greatest, but there is a lot of room for advancement and it's doing something I love. I live at the gym already, I might as well work there too. I'm also in the meantime working on building my own insurance business. Health, Life, Supplemental, Long-Term Care, Retirement Planning. That has lots of potential. Between the two, I think my finances will finally start turning toward the black again in a few years time. (if anyone wants to know how to make a great tax-free investment that grows average 7% yearly with no less than 1% ever, let me know) I'm ready to have some FUN. I loved the motivation this created in my life last year, I loved the comraderie. We had a great time last year, I enjoyed all of my companions last year, and I hope they enjoyed me. I'm looking to build some fun friendships, continue learning the great sport of bodybuilding, and challenging myself beyond where I've ever imagined my physique to be.
As always, I'm 100% open to critiquing. I've only been weight lifting for a few years combined in my entire life.. and only the past two years has it been consistent. I'll get photos tonight. I'm going out of town from tomorrow til Monday, so not much will be updated during that time.
Today was my rest day, and I got a deep tissue massage, and it felt amazing. I did back yesterday.
I haven't set any exact macros for my diet yet. It will probably be 50/30/20 P/C/F on workout days, and P/F/C on rest days. I'll probably stay around 150g of carbs or less to start burning off some fat.
My workout splits look like this:
Day 1 - Chest and Bis
Day 2 - Back
Day 3 - Rest
Day 5 - Shoulders and Tris
Day 6 - Legs
Day 7 - Rest
I do fasted cardio every couple of mornings, and I'm going to start playing racquetball a couple times a week too.
