Red Ghost

[robbyjrwv35]

I'm a 40 yr old male testing Red Ghost for 30 days. Been lifting serious for the past 5 years. Not competing though. Just for me. This is my first day taking Red Ghost. I weighed in at the gym today at 237lbs. I'm hoping to lose 5 to 10 lbs in 30 days. I currently stand 5ft 7. I did 15 minutes of cardio this morning then worked chest for 1 hr. I lifted light today with high reps.

Benchpress 225lbs 3 sets of 15 reps
1 set of 125 for 25 reps

Incline Benchpress 4 sets of 185lbs for 12 reps

Upper , middle and lower cable flys 6 plates for 10 reps on each exercise.

Breakfast was after gym at 10:30 am and I ate yogurt with oats mixed in. Estimate 270 calories.

Lunch was 2 turkey wraps with habinero cheese and jalapeño cream cheese. 700 calories.

Dinner same.

Total calories 1,670 for the day.

My first assessment of Red Ghost upon taking it was a warm feeling in my stomach. I have had energy all day. No jitters so far, but I have a high caffeine tolerance. So far I like it. I'll post each day what weight loss I see and exercise and meals to add more information.

 

[Sean1332]

Great start, man. I'm excited to see a fresh opinion.

 

[paul56778]

IN!

 

[Hyde]

In to watch the progress!

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Going to post a few more times

 

[robbyjrwv35]

So that I can post some pics of starting point

 

[robbyjrwv35]

I took three

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Or four pics

 

[robbyjrwv35]

To share on here

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Three more

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Posts

 

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And there's 20 posts

 

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[Hyde]

Great start, man. I'm excited to see a fresh opinion.

Hey Sean when are we gonna bench 225 for 3x15?!

 

[Sean1332]

Hey Sean when are we gonna bench 225 for 3x15?!

As soon as he have a massive chest like he does lol!

 

[Hyde]

As soon as he have a massive chest like he does lol!

Yeah that's what I was thinking. The USPA IL state chairman, Matt Houser, used to train at my gym before I came there so he knows all our people, and he is huge. I talked w him at the Arnold before the XPC where he opened his bench at 900. Fast forward 2 weeks to last Saturday where he was assisting at the USPA meet I competed in and was spotting my PR bench of 303.

I was like "Please God don't let me miss a 300 bench in front of Houser; I can't live w the shame"

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Well apparently I was supposed to keep posting here. I have been posting my stuff everyday, but on different threads. I'll go back and just give a short recap of each day

 

[BEAST73]

Subbed..

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 2
15 minutes of cardio
Bicepts and tricepts for 45 minutes.
Weighed in at 234.7lbs

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 3 no gym
Took in 2,000 calories
Walked 4.7 miles burned 547 calories

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 4
Back and shoulders
Burned 740 calories
Took in 1,700 calories

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 5
Walked 2 miles
Leg day
50 minutes
Burned 900 calories
Took in 1,700 calories

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 6 and 7 off

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 8
Weighed in at 234.2 lbs
Attribute that to Easter dinner.
Chest day
1 hr and 20 minutes and 15 minutes of cardio.
Took in 1,760 calories
Burned 1,075

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 9
Hit arms
Took in 1,600 calories
Burned 104
Weighed in at 231.7 lbs

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Burned 1,042 calories is what day 9 is supposed to say

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 10
Took in 1,500 calories and burned off 1,257.
Hit shoulders and back today for about an hour and 10 minutes. And did 15 minutes of cardio.
Weighed in at 231.6 lbs

 

[Hyde]

Making some progress

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Yeah, been working hard. But lost 6 lbs so far. So that's awesome!

 

[BEAST73]

Day 10
Took in 1,500 calories and burned off 1,257.
Hit shoulders and back today for about an hour and 10 minutes. And did 15 minutes of cardio.
Weighed in at 231.6 lbs

Awesome..

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 11
Leg day
Did 20 minutes of HIIT and 10 minutes of walking.
Then worked legs for 50 minutes. Pyramid my way up on the leg press to 8 reps of 750 lbs. Then I did hack squats 4 sets of 365 lbs 10 reps. Single leg extension 6 sets of 15 reps. Calve raises 260 lbs 4 sets of 10 reps. Then I just went for a pump on curls and tricepts extensions. Then I stretched out my hip flexors and hamstrings for about 5 minutes.
I took in 2,340 calories today.
Burned 1,342 calories today.
Weighed in at 231 lbs.

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 12
20 minutes of HIIT
100 push ups and 100 sit ups and ab wheel for 50 reps.
Took in 1,750 calories
Burned 540 calories

 

[Sean1332]

How's Red Ghost treating you?

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Ok . I dropped 6 lbs. But I weighed in today and have put 2 lbs back on. Don't know if it's just water weight or if it's muscle. I'm staying thirsty alot though. So may just be water gain. My calorie intake is staying between 1,500 to 2,000. I have not deviated from that.

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Well been hit with the stomach bug today so I only took in 870 calories.
Did arms in the gym though and did 15 minutes of cardio. Burned 759 calories. This is day 15 by the way

 

[Sean1332]

Ok . I dropped 6 lbs. But I weighed in today and have put 2 lbs back on. Don't know if it's just water weight or if it's muscle. I'm staying thirsty alot though. So may just be water gain. My calorie intake is staying between 1,500 to 2,000. I have not deviated from that.

Definetly water/weight fluctuation. That's a good amount of lbs lost so far.

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 16
Chest day
25 minutes of cardio
1 hour lifting
Burned 870 calories
Took in 1,940 calories
Weighed in at 229.6 today
Happy about that. Having a little water retention, but I'm staying thirsty alot. Doing really well so far. No bad side effects. Things are going smooth for me.

 

[Hyde]

Keep up on the hydration! It's the key to everything. And don't push too hard if the bug is lingering. But you know that.

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Yeah, I felt good today. Yesterday was awful. Barely made it through my workout yesterday.

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 17
Shoulders and back
15 minutes of cardio
1 hour lifting
15 minutes swimming
Took in 1,970 calories
Burned 1,184
Weighed in at 228.8 today

 

[Hyde]

8lbs off already! It's coming off fast

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Yeah, I'm very happy so far! If it keeps up, I'll end up dropping about 15 pounds all together.

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 18
Leg day
20 minutes of cardio
40 minutes of lifting
Took in 1,540 calories
Burned 800 calories

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 22
Did a full body workout today.
Did 20 minutes of cardio then
Lifted for 1 hr 10 minutes
Took in 1,700 calories today
Burned 1,143 calories
Scale was out of order at the gym today. I'll try to weigh in tomorrow

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 23
Hit bicepts and tricepts today
Burned 847 calories
Took in 1,344 calories
Weighed in at 229.3 lbs

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 24
Did chest and abs
15 minutes of cardio
40 minutes lifting
Burned 843 calories
Took in 1,243 calories

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 25
Leg and back
15 minutes of cardio
1 hour and 15 minutes of lifting
Consumed 1,940 calories
Burned 1,657 calories
My calories burned are more today because I ended the day with a walk at the park on the wilderness trail. My phone measures foot steps. So it adds to my S health app to calculate calories and exercise. Felt great today, full of energy.

 

[Hyde]

I love a good trail walk! My foot got hurt a bit right before Easter and just now getting to where walking isn't painful, just uncomfortable over time. Hoping to get out to a state park this weekend - it's awesome to get out for a stroll through some trees, especially in spring.

Sinuses are going nuts, however lol

 

[robbyjrwv35]

Day 28
Skipped the gym the last 2 days and today. Came down with a virus and felt like crap. Still took my Red Ghost though. I'm feeling better today just not 100%. I'll be back in the gym tomorrow. I'm picking up my old Olympic bench and weights from my dad's today. My oldest daughter moved out so her room is going to be my mini gym. Lol Now I can lift twice a day.

 

[Hyde]

That will be awesome, to have some home space! Hard to not get some extra work in when it's right there for you.