Finally, I begin my journal!

[rustilldown]

First and foremost thanks to anyone who takes the time reads this. been wanting to start logging my day to day workouts and results along with aas use for quite some time now. I will be running a 5x5 strength training routine Along with a few assistance exercises to keep the beach muscles up to par.(and to assist the big lifts of course ) stats are 24, 6'0, 185 , roughly 11 % body fat I would estimate maybe 12ish. Current supps are beta alanine, creapure, taurine. Will be startiing mod Grf 129 and ghrp 6 in a week, and in about a month will be running a beastdrol test prop 4 week cycle. Goals are to continue to grow stronger, bigger And hammer out Intense workouts each and everytime I step in the gym!! No pain no gain! I have about 4 years of serious lifting experience and 2 cycles under my belt. That's it for now I'll add more as I think of it. -Mike

 

[rustilldown]

Day 1. After doing a lot of riding bicycle and running I have decided to get back to the weights. So here is what I ate today and my workout.
5.:30 am 30grams whey protein, teaspoon creapure, beta alanine, taurine. 1 banana, handful of grapes, 2 hard boiled eggs
10:00 am 2 cups old fashioned oats, 25 grams whey, 2 hard boiled eggs, apple, few sticks celery broccoli and cucumber
1:30 pm 450 calories of raw energy mixed nuts, 2 hard boiled eggs, chicken noodle soup, orange, few sticks celery broccoli cucumber, small yogurt
4pm - pre workout cup of old fashion oats , 25 grams whey
5pm- tsp creapure , beta alanine , taurine
5:15 - gym -incline press 2 x warmup.
135x5
155x5
175x3
195x1
205x1
225x1( better than expected!)
Squat -warm up x2
135x12
225x5
275x5
295x3
315x1 ( not bad )
Pullips- shit ton with different grips
Standing calf raises( worked weight up to sets of 315 x 12 ( ouch)
Some heavy Ab work with planks mixed in.

Overall a very good day! Supper was pork chops rice 2 cups milk with granola cereal and some corn

Also on a side note I am a construction worker 10 hours a day so all that food consumed is also being burned during the day still trying to find the proper amount of food intake to grow with little fat gain . -mike

 

[Colstreamer]

hey bro, good to see a new log up! I've found keeping a log on here really useful.

 

[crixus]

Good luck bro.. ill follow along

 

[rustilldown]

Hey guys thx for the input I'll update as often as I can remember. Sup crixus glad to see you in here now to the good stuff.!
Diet today was the same as yesterday except I had tomato soup instead of chicken noodle and supper was meatloaf, chicken, rice 2 cups milk granola Muslix cereal( love this stuff) and spinach salad. I'm working out of town so I'm in a camp where they cater to us.

Warm up- 5 minute bike ride level 15 rpm around 80
Seated military press 2 x warm up
115 x 5
125 x 5
135 x 6
140 x 5 ... Fucking weak bush league was quite disappointed in that oh well

Bent over rows 2 x warm up
Went with higher reps with this today to ensure I use the correct form
4 sets 135x 20 ( felt easy but clean reps with nice squeeze )

Stiff legged deadlift 2x warm up
135x5
185x5
225 x5
245x5 ( felt good nice stretch will definitely increase next time ) will be sore tomorrow!

Did a few sets of hammer curls running the rack, single leg hammy raises, and heavy Ab work for 3 minutes

Overall an average day think I may need to eat more as I weighed in at 183 today. (damnit)! Also quite choked about my military press makes me want to run back to the gym and try again . I head home Friday for a few days off and will be starting ghrp 6 and grf 1-29. Test prop is on the way and beastdrol katanadrol are in my closet. It will be my first run with any of these compounds. How much prop per week is equivalent to 500 Mgs enanthate? Thx - Mike.

 

[rustilldown]

Not sure if this works but here is a before pic in Barbados after a fairly successful cut. View attachment 53933

I'll try to add a recent pic soon as I get home I'll have the wife take a picture. Definitely not as lean as the before pic !

 

[johnnyrockit8665]

Great to see another log in here bro. Hey if you're getting ready to start another cycle you should check out the link in my signature about the transformation contest. It starts the 1st of Feb. and runs for 90 days. Also it doesn't cost anything to enter and you're keeping a log anyway so you don't got nothing to lose but a lot to gain. Anyway check it out and let me know!!!

JR

 

[zedhed]

Good to see you logging in here bro. Always nice to see someone put out the effort to do one.
Dam bro you really 180 @ 6'?
Oh just saw your pic so I guess you are LOL...
On that 5x5 you gonna need to dam near dbl your food intalke bro. The thing is if you dont you just arent gonna get the potential out of the program.
You dont need to worry bout getting fat either. Doing your job and doing a 5x5 , well thats gonna take a hell of a lot of fuel for that furnace.
Looking foreward to seeing you continue this.

 

[rustilldown]

Ok here goes. Diet for today was same as yesterday except I added in 500 more calories of raw energy mixed nuts( love these !!!) and supper consisted of a new York strip loin steak, baked potato, scoop of mashed potato, 3 chicken fingers , 2 cups milk and big bowl of Muslix cereal. Muscles felt full at work today coveralls feel tight I know I may be overtraining a little but I love the gym so much I don't care and I do take days off when u feel too fatigued , but after work today I was fired up and ready to go. Also the 5x5 routine is my own and I do not follow a totally strict rep range or weekly schedule as I enjoy messing around a little too having fun. But I do take the lifts seriously ! Today's lifts...
Flat bench 2x warm up
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5 ( not bad did not need spot but last rep was a good push)
135 x 12
10 pushups almost buckled onto my face
Pull ups - 50 or more wide grip with a few breaks in between
Close grip lat pull downs ( not sure on correct exercise name)
3 sets of 170 x 5 ( these felt amazing and burned alot )

Sumo squat ( different squat variation to stretch them hip flexors)
2x warm up
135x12
185x 5
205x 5
225x 5 ( not too heavy but felt a little awkward like my stance was slightly off... Will try to improve)

Hit a few rear delt flys and side lateral raises then a nice stretch session, then stuffed myself full of steak!

Thx for dropping in Zed I definitely am working on upping the calories but it's tough I tell ya!
Johnny I'll check out the transformation right now and see what it's about!

 

[zedhed]

Dude I hear that loud and clear.
My breakfast this morning was this,
7 egg whites
3 whole eggs
1 1/5 cups oats.

Bro thats a ton of foon and its not fun pushing that much down.
You can do it and you will get there. Just keep working at it man.
Something else for you here bro.
For the most benefit from your 5x5 you should be consistant on your excersizes.
An excellent template is the Strong Lifts 5x5 for intermediate lifters.
I urge you to google that and appy it to you. As long as your gonna put in the effort I would love to see you reach your potential.
Belive me its still dam fun too!
Give it a whirl and let me know your thoughts.
And keep on posting in here too bro!