Hams--dust the fluff in 05

[Hams]

After spending the bulk of last year bulking (and making impressive gains in both muscle and fat), it has been decided by a council of experienced bodybuilders and interested friends and acquaintences that it is high time for the fluff to fly off. In order to get a head start on the new year, the Clean-up-the-diet campaign began December 12th 2004. At 5'4", 154.5lbs, and 22%bf with a nice accumulation of adipose on the buttocks and upper thighs, I started training with the two best bodies in my beloved state. We have been meeting every Sunday to do a leg workout that has me wretching and passing out--but oh the thrill of watching the tear-drop form! After one week of recovering from this hell and eradicating the unclean vittles, I weighed in at 152.5 (Dec 19). The next week (Dec 26), I hit 151. The big drop came last week (01/02)--148.5. Now,on this lovely Sunday, I've managed to weigh in at 147. Not bad progress, I must admit. The hips are narrowing, clothes are fitting better, and muscles are popping out that had been hidden under layers of stored energy. It's exciting, gloriously painful, and extremely FUN. After hanging out and reading this forum, I have decided to share the journey, absorb the knowledge, and heed the advice of the many who have traveled this very same road. With the background in mind, the plan for the next 3-5 months is to continue to shed the fluff by getting the diet and training down to a fine-grained science. When I'm around 130-135 and 10-12%bf, I'll begin my first cycle ever. My very experienced female training partner has been using Winstrol-V, but I will opt for the more predictable Anavar. I will spend the last half of this year and a good portion of the next building and refining. The long-term goal is to be around 140-145 and shredded by Summer 06.

Church is going to start soon, and so I've got to get ready for my meeting with the Leg Lord.

 

[the-short-one]

Amen, sister. I too, am cutting - with a goal weight of 120 by March 20. I'm 135 now.

 

[alycat]

Hams... what do you do at 'church'? What do these 'Leg Lord' have you doing... I owuld like to be touched by these gods...
Help

 

[jenscats5]

Hams... what do you do at 'church'? What do these 'Leg Lord' have you doing... I owuld like to be touched by these gods...
Help

What she said

 

[Sassy69]

LOL Worship the Gods of Iron of course!

 

[Hams]

Hey ya'll--I just got back from the farm (my workout partners live 80 minutes away on an awesome organic farm--the gym is in the barn!) and my legs are trashed and gased. I feel really fatigued. I'll post the details when I get in from work.

 

[Sassy69]

Wow. There is no way I could drive 80 min after leg day. If I can make it out to my car & into the seat w/o getting stuck I'm very happy.

 

[Hams]

Wow. There is no way I could drive 80 min after leg day. If I can make it out to my car & into the seat w/o getting stuck I'm very happy.

No kidding. I almost fell asleep several times during the drive this morning. Thankfully, work let me go home for an hour and take a nap. I still feel kind of fluish and tired, but that will lessen significantly by tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be so sore I will barely be able move. Any kind of squatting or bending over movement will elicit a serious of grunts and ooohs. So, what caused this horrendous damage to the biggest muscles in my body? Well, this time we started off with 2 sets of leg extensions to prefatigue the quads. Then we moved over to the leg press and did 7 sets. I saw stars and passed out on two of them. The world just kind of shrivels down to my racing heartbeat and quick, shallow breathing, and then blows back up to include all the elements of torture in the gym. It's a sweet extreme. After the leg presses (I've added about 70lbs of weight since the first time I worked them out with my partners 3 weeks ago!) we went back to do extensions. I was so, so happy we didn't hop on The Beast. The beast is a modified hack squat machine that has had the pins at the bottom taken out and a 6 inch block nailed onto the foot panel. It allows one to really get down into the hole. Let's not forget that it is hell. In any case, we did 3 sets of extensions and just killed the tear-drop with tons of partial reps toward the end of each set. That made me want to vomit (for the record, I have not yet puked during one of these leg workouts, but it is considered a rite of passage and will probably happen at some point in the near future). After extensions we did 3 sets of strict stiff legged deads standing on a platform with dumbells. Those things make me sick and light-headed, too. That's it. Oh, I've been bruising too easily this week and I had cramping in my quads during the workout. We think it may be an iron and potassium deficiency, which supplementing will hopefully remedy. I feel tired and bitchy today. I'm gonna ice, take a warm bath, inhale a little de-stress, watch Napoleon Dynamite, and go to bed!

 

[the-short-one]

Holy shit. Very few women never even think of pushing themselves to that point. I've gotten to the light headed-pass-out stage, but never to the puking.

You are awesome.

 

[the-short-one]

BTW, Sassy -

Looking good in the avi!