pow_wow41
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First off, I would like to thank VaughnTrue & the rest of the iForce team for giving me the opportunity to log their products. In this log, I will be using Hemavol & Compete! Both are first time uses for me, but being a frequent surfer of AM, I have always read great things about iForce & both products.
A little background on me.. I am a 21 year old college student working part time & addicted to moving iron. I have been an avid lifter since about the 8th grade, mostly because of football. I never really had my nutrition in check in, only because I didn't understand the importance of it at the time. Once I graduated & decided not to continue my football career, I took some time off. It wasn't until about a year and a half ago until I started to get serious about lifting again. My stats are 5'10'', 199 as of this morning. Not too sure on BF%.. but i would guess about 15% or so.
My diet right now is about 3,000 calories, trying to lean bulk into the spring. I usually use MyFitnessPal to count cals, but i've been going more off how my body feels & reacts, using the mirror more than the scale. Definitely aim for about 225-250g protein, 250-275g carbs, 80-100g fats.
Lately, I've been going off of the Layne Norton PHAT template workouts, which looks something like this..
Mon:Upper Power
Tues:Lower Power/Abs
Wed:Off
Thurs:Back/Shoulder Hypertrophy
Fri:Arm/Chest Hypertrophy
Sat:Leg Hypertrophy/Abs
I just really like the idea of going all out on compound lifts one day, & then splitting out for iso later in the week. Seems to work well so I'm gonna keep it going.
Anyways, my Lemon Drop Hemavol & Lemon Drop Compete! came today, along with an iForce t-shirt. I was pretty freaking excited to start. I dosed 1 scoop of Hemavol & 1 scoop Compete! about 15 minutes before I left for the gym. (I live about 15 minutes away) First impression of the Hemavol / Compete! combo... wow, this stuff is delicious. It honestly tasted like one of those lemonades you get at the county fair. :thumbsup: Once I finished enjoying the shake, i filled it back up to add my Intra scoop of Compete. On the way to the gym, I noticed very clean energy. This is my first non-stim Pre-WO, so the feeling was definitely new. I almost had a tunnel vision-like effect while driving. Once I got to the gym, it was on.
My mondays usually consist of 6 or 7 compound or heavy lifts, usually with 1 warm up set & 3-4 working sets of 5.. taking about an hour, hour & a half.. well, not today. Here was my workout. (Copy & Pasted from my iPhone note log :fing02: )
1/21 Upper Power
Start time: 2:00
Start weight: 199.5
BB bench:
135x10, 225x8, 245x7, 255x5, 225x7, 135x10
DB row(off hand rested on Incline bench head):
70x10, 110x8, 125x7, 135x7, 155x5, 70x10
BB shoulder press:
Barx10, 135x8, 155x7, 165x5, 135x10
BB shrug: (Alt F/B)
225x10, 225x10, 275x8, 275x8, 315x8, 315x8, 135x10
BB curl:
45x10, 65x8, 85x7, 95x6, 105x5, 45x10
EZ bar Skullcrushers:
95x10, 105x8, 115x7, 95x12
End time: 3:50
End weight: 200
(Took a pretty big dump midway through so that contributed to only a small weight jump :dump: )
My endurance today was ridiculous. Each set felt like the first warm-up set, until about the end. I added more reps & more sets than usually do & felt like I could have done more. Usually, my rest times were anywhere from 1-3 minutes when doing sets of 5, but I didn't rest more than 90 seconds today. I felt pretty recovered a minute after each set, which is something I've never experienced before. Pumps were nice, especially only BB curls. Had a long sleeve thermal on & my arms were ready to rip out of it. I rolled my sleeves to my elbows & the vascularity was insane. So far, thoroughly impressed. Will report back tomorrow.
A little background on me.. I am a 21 year old college student working part time & addicted to moving iron. I have been an avid lifter since about the 8th grade, mostly because of football. I never really had my nutrition in check in, only because I didn't understand the importance of it at the time. Once I graduated & decided not to continue my football career, I took some time off. It wasn't until about a year and a half ago until I started to get serious about lifting again. My stats are 5'10'', 199 as of this morning. Not too sure on BF%.. but i would guess about 15% or so.
My diet right now is about 3,000 calories, trying to lean bulk into the spring. I usually use MyFitnessPal to count cals, but i've been going more off how my body feels & reacts, using the mirror more than the scale. Definitely aim for about 225-250g protein, 250-275g carbs, 80-100g fats.
Lately, I've been going off of the Layne Norton PHAT template workouts, which looks something like this..
Mon:Upper Power
Tues:Lower Power/Abs
Wed:Off
Thurs:Back/Shoulder Hypertrophy
Fri:Arm/Chest Hypertrophy
Sat:Leg Hypertrophy/Abs
I just really like the idea of going all out on compound lifts one day, & then splitting out for iso later in the week. Seems to work well so I'm gonna keep it going.
Anyways, my Lemon Drop Hemavol & Lemon Drop Compete! came today, along with an iForce t-shirt. I was pretty freaking excited to start. I dosed 1 scoop of Hemavol & 1 scoop Compete! about 15 minutes before I left for the gym. (I live about 15 minutes away) First impression of the Hemavol / Compete! combo... wow, this stuff is delicious. It honestly tasted like one of those lemonades you get at the county fair. :thumbsup: Once I finished enjoying the shake, i filled it back up to add my Intra scoop of Compete. On the way to the gym, I noticed very clean energy. This is my first non-stim Pre-WO, so the feeling was definitely new. I almost had a tunnel vision-like effect while driving. Once I got to the gym, it was on.
My mondays usually consist of 6 or 7 compound or heavy lifts, usually with 1 warm up set & 3-4 working sets of 5.. taking about an hour, hour & a half.. well, not today. Here was my workout. (Copy & Pasted from my iPhone note log :fing02: )
1/21 Upper Power
Start time: 2:00
Start weight: 199.5
BB bench:
135x10, 225x8, 245x7, 255x5, 225x7, 135x10
DB row(off hand rested on Incline bench head):
70x10, 110x8, 125x7, 135x7, 155x5, 70x10
BB shoulder press:
Barx10, 135x8, 155x7, 165x5, 135x10
BB shrug: (Alt F/B)
225x10, 225x10, 275x8, 275x8, 315x8, 315x8, 135x10
BB curl:
45x10, 65x8, 85x7, 95x6, 105x5, 45x10
EZ bar Skullcrushers:
95x10, 105x8, 115x7, 95x12
End time: 3:50
End weight: 200
(Took a pretty big dump midway through so that contributed to only a small weight jump :dump: )
My endurance today was ridiculous. Each set felt like the first warm-up set, until about the end. I added more reps & more sets than usually do & felt like I could have done more. Usually, my rest times were anywhere from 1-3 minutes when doing sets of 5, but I didn't rest more than 90 seconds today. I felt pretty recovered a minute after each set, which is something I've never experienced before. Pumps were nice, especially only BB curls. Had a long sleeve thermal on & my arms were ready to rip out of it. I rolled my sleeves to my elbows & the vascularity was insane. So far, thoroughly impressed. Will report back tomorrow.