Seeing the forrest and the trees, "The Big Picture Stack"

[futurepilot]

i dont know what it is but its harder for me too sleep, with the less carbs. But Im more tired during the day. Seems backwards, but i cant get around it. I stay awake late at night, wake up early, Im tired all day, then I still cant go to sleep at night. Its rediculous.

 

[Iron Lungz]

i dont know what it is but its harder for me too sleep, with the less carbs. But Im more tired during the day. Seems backwards, but i cant get around it. I stay awake late at night, wake up early, Im tired all day, then I still cant go to sleep at night. Its rediculous.

Yeah, I've been like that before. Then I hit up some ECA and my whole world changed.

 

[King Con]

i dont know what it is but its harder for me too sleep, with the less carbs. But Im more tired during the day. Seems backwards, but i cant get around it. I stay awake late at night, wake up early, Im tired all day, then I still cant go to sleep at night. Its rediculous.

I'm on the Anabolic Diet which is very low carbs and high protein/fats... at first I was getting tired and so forth during the day but I eventually got used to it as things have definitely turned around for the better... Hopefully its the same thing for you and will just take time to swap over to get used to the no carbs

 

[futurepilot]

will just take time to swap over to get used to the no carbs

thats what Im hoping.

 

[futurepilot]

workout #2

Good day in the gym today. It was nice and cool, I guess someone has fixed the air. the change in temp gave me renewed vigor. I dont know about anybody else but when its hot in the gym, it just drains it out of me. Dosed my animal pump, minus red pill, 45 mn before the gym. By the time i got there I was ready to tear sh!t up. Im really getting used too having the Pre-Workout pills, instead of a drink, its so much easier on the stomach. Intra-aid was tastn mighty good today too, right there beside me, helping me throw up those reps like nobodys business. Torrent is such a rush when Im done working out, being on minimal carbs, your body reacts almost immediatly as you drink the shake down, its lovely .

YouTube - Journey singing "Now your a man" by DVDA

 

[King Con]

I bet that Torrent carb rush is GLORIOUS!

 

[futurepilot]

I bet that Torrent carb rush is GLORIOUS!

Its like taking a handful of 1,3-dimethylamylamine, but Im real carb sensitive.

And, as a side note, the video i posted above is a joke. Its by trey parker/ matt stone, the creators of south park.

 

[Hoomgar]

Low carbs make Jack a dull boy LOL! I also know what you are saying about the hot gym too. Nothing is worse really than walking into the gym and you break a sweat before you even pick up a weight.

Hg

 

[futurepilot]

workout #3

Pretty good workout today. I left the red pill in Animal Pump and I think i decided to once and for all that its best left out for leg day. I just dont perform as well with stims in me, at max exertion. The intra-aid helped alot, to give me a level head. Then torrent afteward is just like hitting reset, homeostasis achieved

 

[futurepilot]

This is 15 days on "The Big Picture Stack" and it is muy bueno

By how many rep Q's I've been getting on this log, I guess that my updates cover all the bases, as far as pertinent information goes. As usual if anyone wants to know anything just ask, if not I'll just keep on keeping on. :clean:

 

[King Con]

This is 15 days on "The Big Picture Stack" and it is muy bueno

By how many rep Q's I've been getting on this log, I guess that my updates cover all the bases, as far as pertinent information goes. As usual if anyone wants to know anything just ask, if not I'll just keep on keeping on. :clean:

You've done a great job thus far F. BTW I knew that was a "south park" induced video haha I'm a big fan of theirs... you ever seen "BASEketball"

 

[futurepilot]

you ever seen "BASEketball"

"I got one of your moms pubes in my teeth, oh god heres another one!"

 

[King Con]

"I got one of your moms pubes in my teeth, oh god heres another one!"

That is HILARIOUS. That movie cracks me up everytime I watch it... :rofl:

 

[futurepilot]

That video is Journey, with the song playing over it. The song is from the movie Orgazmo, I havent seen it yet, but its looks pretty funny; here's the tag line.

"Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies."

 

[King Con]

That video is Journey, with the song playing over it. The song is from the movie Orgazmo, I havent seen it yet, but its looks pretty funny; here's the tag line.

"Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies."

Wow. Any movie with South park creators and porn is bound to be hilarious.

**It's just been added to my netflix.

 

[futurepilot]

Wow. Any movie with South park creators and porn is bound to be hilarious.

**It's just been added to my netflix.

You gotta let me know after you see it :rofl:

 

[King Con]

You gotta let me know after you see it :rofl:

I definitely will. I just hope it lives up to the hype.

What did you think of Team America?

 

[futurepilot]

I definitely will. I just hope it lives up to the hype.

What did you think of Team America?

Im thought it was good. It wasnt really laugh out loud funny too me, but some of the monologues like the "dicks, pussys, asholes" were right on point.

 

[futurepilot]

Workout #1

I guess i never realized that the bars at my university's gym were rusted. But i sat there looking at my hands like...what the f#ck? I did a little bit of flat BB bench too warm up, then moved on too my DB's and cranked out a bunch of those. I left the red pill in Animal Pump this time and it seemed to help alot. I think its just leg days that get me too amped to use any stims. I knocked over my intra aid bottle and spilled some I nearly cried. I was a little deflated after that but I still had 90% left so it was all good:whip:. I left my torrent in the freezer this time, so by the time I got home it was a slushie, SOOOOOOOOOO good, highly recomended to anyone who wants a great shake.

 

[futurepilot]

Workout #2

I found what was once believed to be only a mythical creature at my university's gym...a guy who deadlifts!!!!:jaw: THE HORROR, LOOK AWAY!!!! Sorry, about that. Anywho, I lifted with him today, we were able to help each other while we switched plates. There's no real deadlift setup, so we just took a bar from the flat bench, since there was no one on the gym but us, and used that. It was a pain in the ass to keep adding plates, but you gotta do what you gotta do. So I just did a bunch of deadlifts today, I was too tired at the end to do anything else, so i just called it a day.

Animal pump, no red pill just a little bit of coffee mmmm, Intra-aid was helping immenselytoday, I forgot how much i loved doing deadlift, we pyramided up to 405 for 6, and I was nearly dying. But once you get into that groove you just cant quit :head: I left my torrent in the freeze again, and man is that the bust way too do it. Its just like some a sour apple slushie from 7-11.

 

[Iron Lungz]

Imagine that, someone that actually deadlifts? Nooooo...
Good update.

 

[Hoomgar]

I found what was once believed to be only a mythical creature at my university's gym...a guy who deadlifts!!!!:jaw: THE HORROR, LOOK AWAY!!!! Sorry, about that. Anywho, I lifted with him today, we were able to help each other while we switched plates. There's no real deadlift setup, so we just took a bar from the flat bench, since there was no one on the gym but us, and used that. It was a pain in the ass to keep adding plates, but you gotta do what you gotta do. So I just did a bunch of deadlifts today, I was too tired at the end to do anything else, so i just called it a day.

Animal pump, no red pill just a little bit of coffee mmmm, Intra-aid was helping immenselytoday, I forgot how much i loved doing deadlift, we pyramided up to 405 for 6, and I was nearly dying. But once you get into that groove you just cant quit :head: I left my torrent in the freeze again, and man is that the bust way too do it. Its just like some a sour apple slushie from 7-11.

That rocks. Finding someone to lift with who lifts like you do is rare in most gyms. Looks like you guys threw some serious weight around too. Good stuff fp...

I still need to try that Torrent slushie!

Hg

 

[Orangepeel]

Its just like some a sour apple slushie from 7-11.

My 7-11 has the sour apple flavor like 1 time every 3-4 months, total bullshit!

 

[King Con]

Imagine that, someone that actually deadlifts? Nooooo...
Good update.

I am in love with that avi.


I love deadlifts as well... nothing beats pulling big weight from the floor.

 

[futurepilot]

That rocks. Finding someone to lift with who lifts like you do is rare in most gyms. Looks like you guys threw some serious weight around too. Good stuff fp...

I still need to try that Torrent slushie!

Hg

I was so happy, the only guys my size are football players, and while they're all really nice guys, their form on all exercises is just atrocious. So im left working out by myself, or sometimes I con my gf into spotting me.

You got too, they're the shiznit!

 

[futurepilot]

My 7-11 has the sour apple flavor like 1 time every 3-4 months, total bullshit!

It's even worse for me i just moved to jacksonville, fl and the nearest 7-11 is down in miami:frustrate

As a kid I used to walk about a mile to the 7-11 and we used to get slurpie's every day during the summer, it was like the cool place to be if you were 10yrs old :rofl:

I've been checking out your log too, looks like your doin good, i havent really had anything to contribute, but im watching.

 

[futurepilot]

I wanted to go for a run this morning, and to do workout #3 at the ROTC outdoor gym, but it was 30 freaking degress when i woke up! And now its 58, supposed to get up too 65, but i got class, rediculous. Ill be heading off to the gym later tonite, Ill report back then.

 

[King Con]

I wanted to go for a run this morning, and to do workout #3 at the ROTC outdoor gym, but it was 30 freaking degress when i woke up! And now its 58, supposed to get up too 65, but i got class, rediculous. Ill be heading off to the gym later tonite, Ill report back then.

Have fun at the gym... damn I hate when the weather acts up like that. Tis the cold season.

 

[futurepilot]

Have fun at the gym... damn I hate when the weather acts up like that. Tis the cold season.

for sure, i guess i cant really complain though, back home in chicago the weather is a high of 30, getting down too 15 at night. i am not looking forward to going home.

 

[futurepilot]

Workout #3

I like too switch up my routines when i can, and one thing I love to do for legs is high rep sets on the leg press. i've tried the same thing for squats, but it's just easier to use the LP. I'll put something really light, like 2 plates per side, then do 40-50 reps. Get up stretch my legs, get back under do 60-70 reps. Rinse and repeat untill my legs are jello. I feel that these type of sets are giving me the depth i need in my legs. My legs are pretty big, 28-29inches, now Im just trying to get that definition.

Animal pump no red pill and a red bull(sugar free) before I left for the gym. Intra-aid mixed with water by my side. I nearly puked up everything I had in my stomach towards the end of todays workout, i think having the intra-aid, and the nutrients in it, helped calm it down though. Water by itself never really helps, usually only food. So i was extra hapy to get home to my torrent shake, its never tasted so good. i was so pumped and jacked by the time I got home, i was shaking like a crack head, and the torrent just did me right.

 

[futurepilot]

Leg Day Music

YouTube - Disciple-Slayer

 

[King Con]

High reps always get me going on leg day. Great work F. Torrent is insanely good after an exhausting leg day.

 

[futurepilot]

Workout #1

I didnt realize it had been so many days since i was in the gym untill I looked at my last post, time has just flown by with all these projects Im working on.

Today was a good day, a little tired, so i left the red pill in with animal pump. I started with a 5mn warmup on the treadmill, which i think really helps get that pump moving through your body. Chest today was rockn, and Intra-aid was my savior i wasnt able to eat anything before i left and the Intra-aid seemed to help give me almost as much energy as my normal snack that Ill eat right before the gym. I remembered to put my torrent in the fridge, and it worked perfectly this time, ice crystals all the way down to the bottom of the cup, loving it.

Im off to my last classes and i am so full of energy, its nice too gain something from your workouts, instead of having them drain you all the time.

 

[Iron Lungz]

Today was a good day,

Did you have to use your AK?
Sorry, couldn't resist an Ice Cube lyric...

 

[futurepilot]

Did you have to use your AK?
Sorry, couldn't resist an Ice Cube lyric...

haha, thats a good song. I cant believe Ice Cube though, I mean when I was younger he was friday, and gangsta rap. Now he's family/kids movies?!?! I would love to see him do a kids movie with NWA's **** da police as the title track.

 

[King Con]

haha, thats a good song. I cant believe Ice Cube though, I mean when I was younger he was friday, and gangsta rap. Now he's family/kids movies?!?! I would love to see him do a kids movie with NWA's **** da police as the title track.

I would just like to see another Friday with Chris Tucker back.

 

[Iron Lungz]

I would just like to see another Friday with Chris Tucker back.

Indeed.
I still love the original. Brings bake memories...
I have the nickname Iron Lungz for two reasons - 1) Because I can stay under water for a long time (job related), 2) Well, you can figure it out. (But no longer - also job related).

 

[King Con]

Indeed.
I still love the original. Brings bake memories...
I have the nickname Iron Lungz for two reasons - 1) Because I can stay under water for a long time (job related), 2) Well, you can figure it out. (But no longer - also job related).

Haha I figured the 2nd reason after Method Man type reference.

I still watch the original for the Debo beat down scene!

 

[futurepilot]

I apologize for my absence, the thanksgiving holiday called, and I was without an internet connection until now. I will update days i missed. I made a point to bring the goods with, and find places to lift.

Please be patient.:drunk:

 

[Iron Lungz]

No apology needed, well at least from my perspective.
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I know I did.

 

[futurepilot]

Workouts #2,#3,#1

I was able to get in 3 workouts since I last reported. I only had use of the typical hotel workout facilty but it wasnt as bad as it could have been.

I have definitly noticed that my recovery is up. I still get as sore as normal, but im ready to go again in 2-3 days, instead of in the past when i might need 5-7 days to fully recover.

Im sad to see that my intra-aid is getting low this will be 22 workouts on the stack so far and i've loved evey minute of it. I probably have 2-3 more workouts on intra aid, 4-5 left with torrent, and 8 more Animal pump packets. I'll continue the log as each one runs out to determine how each one helps/affects my workout.

I've shed a fair amount of bodyfat since the begining of this log, so the before and after pics ahould be pretty good. At the begining of this log i was about 260, now Im around 245. Thats in the past 7wks, this log will have run 8-9wks by the end. My weighing 260 is a result of an extended bulk, now transitioning into a cut, resulting in optimum condition by Feb 1, for the bodybuilding contest we have running on here, set up by texas and twitch.

 

[Hoomgar]

Ah the bottom of the tub. I still say they should put a frown face on the bottom of the IA tub LOL!

Good working man. You have burnt a good bit of weight nice and steady in the last 7 weeks. It's gotta feel good? I'm in to the end. You've made great progress so far so it will be cool to see how you do as the supps run out like you said.

Reps for the great log...

Hg

 

[King Con]

Sounds like you have had a solid run with this log and I can't wait to see the difference in pictures... great work!

 

[futurepilot]

Sounds like you have had a solid run with this log and I can't wait to see the difference in pictures... great work!

thanks man, I cant believe its almost over, It's been a great time. And I promise i will have the pics up the day after the I use the last Animal Pump.

I've got Back tonite (#2) cant wait, all i had was machines last week, I need to feel that iron. But first I need to find my, straps because i have no freakn clue where they went:think:

 

[Iron Lungz]

I need to feel that iron.

Hey man, we're cool and all, but come on... not in public!

We are looking forward to your update.

 

[Universal Rep]

thanks man, I cant believe its almost over, It's been a great time. And I promise i will have the pics up the day after the I use the last Animal Pump.

I've got Back tonite (#2) cant wait, all i had was machines last week, I need to feel that iron. But first I need to find my, straps because i have no freakn clue where they went:think:

It's almost over???

 

[futurepilot]

Hey man, we're cool and all, but come on... not in public!

We are looking forward to your update.

Always with the mind in the gutter:nono:

 

[futurepilot]

It's almost over???

Sadly yes, but its been a blast:head:

 

[futurepilot]

Workout #2

I sent a friend the link to this log and he commented that the Workouts #'s were a little hard to follow. Sorry if anyone else had a similiar issue figuring out what the fuck I was doing on any given day, It just seems like a way for me to give better feedback by listing my results, not so much exactly what reps/sets I did.

On another note, I broke my pinkie toe today:trout: its only about the 9 billionth time, and it doesnt really affect training, but its still annoying.

Other than that, today was great. Animal pump with the red pill in, great energy by the time i got to the gym. It's pretty cold out, so walking to the gym really got my blood pumping. I tried something I had read in another log by doing the 'Intra-aid freeze' but I had a hard time getting down the ice crystals quick enough to hydrate, without getting a brain freeze. it seems like a popular way to do it, but its just not for me. And it looks like I have 1 more full scoop, then a little leftovers i'll just toss in with the last scoop. Torrent is perfect for me though, in the 'freeze' state. Its awesome to have an after workout slushie, like some of the nicer gyms make for you, but in the comfort of your own home

 

[Hoomgar]

Good stuff fp. I was a little thrown by the log layout at first when you started it too. Mostly just the "Workout #1 and Workout #2" part. But it was no issue for me to look at what you were doing and figure it out. Since then I've had no issue at all with how you've done it.

Little toe, I can't tell you how many times I've smashed them into a little bruised, crushed grape-like looking blob. It's a miracle they still work and haven't healed sticking out sideways or something LOL! Needless to say, as I've gotten older... I've learned to walk slowly and carefully in the dark at night when my shoes are off. That wrought iron furniture will do a number on your feet! Wake the whole house up LOL!

So now that you are at the bottom of the tub, you probably understand better what I meant about them putting a frown face on the inside bottom of the tub LOL! Torrent is the same way. The last scoop of Torrent is always a sad event if you haven't got another tub lined up awhile.

Over all I think you did a smokin job on the log here man and I am glad you were one of the guys I picked to log this stack for us.

Looking forward to your final take on all of it.

Hg