Ledhead Unleashed!

[muscleaddiction]

LOL Tapout is so 2000 and 8 but I wont hate cause clearly your working your ass off to look like you do I can let a fashion faux pas pass.

Dinner looks good nom nom nom.

Happy NYE to all the fine folks up in this thread!

Yeah I guess you are right...it is so yesterday lol! Thanks for letting me slide with my fashion faux pas, and yes been working my ass off for sure, just got back from the gym trained legs mostly emphasis on quads, but will continue my quest for 1st place at my competition this coming year...have a wonderful healthy ans safe New Years and see you back here in 2013!!!

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[Evan Tipps]

Led at what age did you start taking steroids

 

[goin on 4T]

Blew up my delts.. Again, still trying to condition myself before I bust my move. I did 12 sets and stayed at 12-15 reps. I hit front, side, and rear. I took 1-2 minutes between sets to get my muscles ready for more strenuous work. I'm coming a long just fine, muscle membrane is a beautiful thing. Concentrated on the correct form and isolation movements, and was geared towards just getting the blood flowing. I was in and out of the gym in 40 minutes. Pumped like a mofo!

I'm starting my diet Monday. F*ck New Years Eve! I don't drink, and I probably will not even be awake to watch that silly ball drop. I will be up at 5 to do cardio. It's show time and I am psychologically and physically ready to kick ass and take names. I cut all ties and eliminated all hindrances ; my focus is totally on my training, it has my undivided attention.

Here is a preview of my diet. However, this is a tentative diet ; I always adjust, change, and manipulate things according to how I feel and look. I adjust my diet in 2 month intervals to give my body time to adjust and absorb the food correctly, instead of overloading my system and retaining water and fat (concentrate on absorption and constant nitrogen retention). Every two months I up my protein and carb intake to 10 grams each (by that time my muscles are bigger and need more fuel). I always diet up, and just integrate cardio, T3, diuretics, etc, when needed..

6:00 10 egg whits, quarter cup of oats..

8:30 2 chicken breasts and one baked potato.

11:00 2 pieces of Orange Roughy and some string beans

1:30 10 egg whites and a half cup of oats (preworkout meal).

3:00 workout

4:30 8 oz sirloin and half of cup of brown rice.. PWO meal. Note* last meal of the day when I eat complex carbs.

7:00 Orange roughy and kale salad (contains rubisco).

9:30 10 egg whites again because they are easier to digest..

11:30 casein shake or some cottage cheese..


I'm ready and I'm going to destroy everything that crosses my path!!

Goal: 250-252 @ 4-5% BF by mid July..

Doesn't look like you get anysleep. You wake up and eat immediately?

 

[ledhead]

Led at what age did you start taking steroids

I think 23. Used AAS until my late twenties then stopped for personal reasons for about 8-9 years ; then I started back up again 4 years ago because I have the desire to compete again. Here is my philosophy on steroid use. There is no reason why people should use roids unless they compete or are contemplating on competing, or they need to take roids because they are engaging in something related to fitness that has a reward.

People can get big, hard, and develope a decent physique without roids. It is totally beyond me why people use steroids just to walk around their hometown looking jacked or trying to look jacked. I don't understand why people would jeopardize their health, and spend their money on roids without any "real" reward to be had ; when they can make nice gains with sups and eating right.

Anyone with any real experience with using roids and competing knows that you pay a huge price to look 'real good' for only maybe a week or two.. Not worth it unless there are rewards to be had! Just my opinion...

 

[ledhead]

I did cardio on an empty stomach or fasted cardio, whatever your phraseology is this morning. For about 30 minutes at a moderate pace. When doing cardio you should not be out of breath because that is a leading indicator you might be burning tissue. When doing cardio you should be able to hold a conversation with someone without being out of breath.

Second, cardio is crucial to building muscle, that is contrary to what a lot people think. People think you should only do cardio when cutting, that is complete nonsense. In order to build muscle, your body must have an excess amount of energy to build muscle. Cardio provides that energy your muscle need to grow. However, you should know your limits to how much cardio is suffice, so no muscle is sacrificed. It is a juggling act, you want to dip into your fat storages and simultaneously not burn muscle, and supply your muscles with enough energy to grow. Now, that takes time to get down pat through trial and error.

This evening I hit chest.. Did 12 sets, then hit the road. I examined my chest prior to going to the gym to see what part was/is lacking the most. It appears, I'm lacking in the "upper chest" area. Hence, I did all incline movements for my chest, I just altered the angles. Again, weight unimportant, isolating the muscle was my objective and doing high reps to get a nice pump.

Barbell Incline Press: 4x15. I used a rather steep angle and brought the bar down to where it barely missed my chin to hit the upper most part of my chest.

Dumbbell Incline Press: 4x15. Lowered the angle to a middle incline to hit a different part of my upper chest.

Dumbbell Incline Press: 4x15. Lowered the angle to where it was about 6 inches from being a flat bench. This time I changed my grip to where the dumbbells looked vertical instead of horizontal.

Again, no set protocol; just going with how I feel and look, and listening to my body. I just simply concentrated on isolating my muscles and conditioning them correctly. Took 1-2 minutes between sets for conditioning purposes and I was out in 35-40 minutes.

I'm motivated!

 

[muscleaddiction]

^^^ nice and effective. Great explanation on cardio and it roll in building muscle.

 

[ledhead]

^^^ nice and effective. Great explanation on cardio and it roll in building muscle.

Thanks, brotha.. Yep.. The role of cardio is constantly being misconstrued.

 

[TheRippedReverend]

Am just curious about fasted cardio. Is it really more effective for fat burning? I mean as soon as youve burnt up all your fat as energy your bumping muscle next?

This has been such a big debate in the past.

 

[ledhead]

Am just curious about fasted cardio. Is it really more effective for fat burning? I mean as soon as youve burnt up all your fat as energy your bumping muscle next?

This has been such a big debate in the past.

Through my experiences fasted cardio has worked for me better than any other kind of cardio. You are right, it is a highly debated topic; some people say take a protein shake then go do cardio, some say fasted is the way to go. I say, find out what works for you because we all respond differently to certain things..

Like I said, it is a juggling act that you have to figure out through trial and error. It is not cut and dry.

 

[rustilldown]

Hey led just dropping in things are looking good in here. Thx for the meal plan too and explanation on cardio!!