bader85's 2012 Contest Transformation Log

[bader85]

Workout 3/15/12
Chest

Wow.. I think the numbers speak for themselves.. lame lame lame.

5 min Elliptical WU

Decline BB Bench Press:
WU bar x 15
WU 95 x 10
WU 135 x 10
155 x 12
185 x 10
155 x 12
155 x 10
135 x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12

Super lame.. felt sooo heavy today. I noticed my elbows still feel a little dry

Incline DB Presses 30 degree:
35 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12

Cable Crossovers: fst-7 style, 30 second rests, stretch and flex in between sets
35 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

I tried to just do a burnout on the chest press machine, but after I couldn't push more than 40 pounds (seriously) I decided I was already burned out, lol.

Elliptical 15 mins resistance lvl 14. Good sweat.

So yeah.. umm? WTF is going on.. I weight 251ish still.. but my strength has been slowly decreasing.. I'm not at a huge calorie deficit.. I'm not counting exact, but if anything I'm about 2750 cals a day, and my bmr is around 3000+. I'm not carb restricting a ton.. I still get about 150g a day in.. so I don't know why I'm getting weaker.. especially when taking tren?? lol.. lame. Could it just be too low of estrogen and the weak joints at the moment taking its toll? My shoulders felt dry too.

Should I do a deload week or switch it up for a week and do high intensity instead of high volume? Suggestions, I'm open to anything. I'm freaking frustrated.

 

[gymjunkie09]

overtraining and undereating comes to mind...I'm only 5'8" and sitting around 172-174 ish and was eating almost that much and still losing weight, and that was up until last week when I dropped my carb intake to 70g/ed and i'm still getting stronger and leaner and i've carb loaded once and it def wasn't a clean carb load lol. Drop your volume down a notch or cut back some on the cardio and increase your calorie intake for a couple days and let your body recover and I guarantee you will feel better and stronger then switch to carb cycling. Sleep could also be an issue cut back your tren dose, its not gonna do you any good if youre not sleeping and your body isn't getting the rest it needs then youre just hustling backwards. This is what I would do but you know your body best.....good luck

 

[obsessedwliftin]

overtraining and undereating comes to mind...I'm only 5'8" and sitting around 172-174 ish and was eating almost that much and still losing weight, and that was up until last week when I dropped my carb intake to 70g/ed and i'm still getting stronger and leaner and i've carb loaded once and it def wasn't a clean carb load lol. Drop your volume down a notch or cut back some on the cardio and increase your calorie intake for a couple days and let your body recover and I guarantee you will feel better and stronger then switch to carb cycling. Sleep could also be an issue cut back your tren dose, its not gonna do you any good if youre not sleeping and your body isn't getting the rest it needs then youre just hustling backwards. This is what I would do but you know your body best.....good luck

This is great advice right here!

 

[bader85]

Indeed. Good stuff GJ. Thanks bro.

 

[bader85]

Very true on the sleep too, but I will note thay the last two nights I've slept a lot sounder. Still wake up a few times to pee but when I sleep I've been sleeping deep.

I'll carb up a bit. Take a rest day today and hit it hard tomorrow.

 

[gymjunkie09]

Very true on the sleep too, but I will note thay the last two nights I've slept a lot sounder. Still wake up a few times to pee but when I sleep I've been sleeping deep.

I'll carb up a bit. Take a rest day today and hit it hard tomorrow.

Yeah I'm not sleeping the best either but well enough to make tren worthwhile

 

[dmk777]

Hey Badder nice to see you still killing it bro ,

 

[bader85]

Workout 3/19/12
Back

So I took a bit longer break than I thought.. but I kind of think I needed it. I'm not going as high as volume in sets, but I'm going heavier.. I think my body responds better to high intensity, failure and dropsets, cause I didn't feel growth that much the past 5 weeks, and I know it takes a while.. but before this I was getting some pretty big results from my previous training method and it was quick. My delts have shrunk as well as my arms, I'll get measurements since it's the half-way mark now.

7 min elliptical WU.

DB Pullovers:
50 x 12
70 x 12
90 x 8 dropset
75 x 8

Close grip Cable Pulldowns:
130 x 12
150 x 12
190 x 10 dropset
160 x 10 dropset
130 x 10

One Arm DB Rows:
55 x 12
70 x 12
85 x 10
85 x 10 (this was a little easy, I was expecting to have to dropset the last, so I think I'm going for 100+ lbs next back day)

Wide Grip Seated Rows really squeeze the back on these:
150 x 12
170 x 12
200 x 10dropset
160 x 10dropset
130 x 10

Rack Pulls:
225 x 3 (I meant to only do two, but seriously got caught up with the moment, lol)
275 x 2
315 x 2 w/ straps
335 x 1 w/straps (my back was toast)

So all in all, I felt GREAT on this workout, and I like my numbers, and I felt my lats explode. Like my arms are slightly forward cause my lats are in the way to keep them exactly at my side?

I also weighed 244 today.. and umm. wtf? From 3 days of no training and carb loading I lost 7 pounds? Hah, crazy? I don't look feel any less fat honestly, so I sure hope it wasn't muscle.. I didn't feel very weak today on the weights, but it is different not doing so much volume. I'll have to take pics too since we're midway, but seriously.. I don't look a lick different in my serious opinion, I weighed 260 at the start, but I really don't see much different from 16 pounds less at the moment. In fact, I feel smaller and not as muscular. I'm my own worst critic, but I'm really being serious.

 

[bader85]

Also I've decided to go low carb during the week, probably 100g or less. then do carb loads every weekend. Unless someone thinks I should do it more often? Some say every 3 days or so, but that's with like. no carb whatsoever right? I figure 100g won't make me seriously weak or tired, It'll mostly be pre-post workout, and then do around 500-600g on saturday/sunday. Thoughts on this guys?

 

[LetsGrow]

If I were you and you really wanted to benefit from carb manipulation I would do 50g in the am then nothing the rest of the day but say leafy greens and do that for 10 days before carb load (which would be for half a day and simple carbs and no fats). So you would look to consume approx 400-500carbs in that window of time and then drop them again for 10 days, you will enjoy the benefits my friend. Going to take some time getting used to it at first but you will be good to go. During the days with no carbs basically keep protein intake about 2g per body weight and then the rest of your caloric needs from healthy fats. Basically you will be doing keto but you can seriously benefit from it I think.