Jungle Warfare log - JonesersRX7

[JonesersRX7]

Done with product - Final review can be found in this post: Jungle Warfare Log - JonesersRX7

Huge thanks to Planetary Nutrition for selecting me as a tester. You can read the full right up here on their website.
ALRI Jungle Warfare

Purpose:
To track progress and give feedback on Jungle Warfare.

Goals:
Keeping calories at maintanance I am hoping to see an increase in hypertrophy with a reduction in bodyfat. The pictures, your opinions on after pics and the tape measure will be the judge at the end.

Intro:
I am still continuing to follow Glen's split. I will be working out every other day depending on recovery and if I feel I am on the verge of over training I will back it off to 1 on 2 off for a week or so.

I will NOT be reading Ryan's log to prevent me from thinking I am experiencing something that I read. Should make things more fair. I will ask your help and if I start to experience pain in my side or something crazy and so is Ryan.... let me know please. :-P

Stats:
Age: 24
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 176lbs
BF: 16% **
Body type: Endo - slight meso?

Measurements:
Arms - L= 15.25 R= 15.125
Forearms - 12
Waist - 35 - damn love handles man...
Chest - 44
Thighs - L= 24.25 R= 25
Calves - L= 16 R= 16.25

Supplements:
Multi Vitamin - no iron
Vitamin C
Flax oil
Fish oil
Jungle Warfare

Dosing will be a 1 cap 3x a day. Split approx every 8 hours. I opened up the bottle and did a morning and night split on Sunday. The stuff kind of smells like chocolate?

** I used my new calipers and it gave a reading of an average of 16% after I did 6 readings, every time comming up different. Pictures along with measurements will be up later tonight after training so you guys can decide for yourself.

Current training schedule:

Each body part gets 2 warm up sets then 3 working sets of 8-12, 4-6, and 2-4 reps with the same weight each set always going to failure. Rest is between 60 and 90 seconds. One exercise is picked for the current muscle being worked. Tempo for reps is explosive positives with 5-7 second negatives. If I feel I can do more than alotted rep range, I shift negatives to 7 seconds to fatigue for reps.

Workout A:
Chest - Either incline Hammer Strength or flat db press
Back thickness - deadlifts, rack deads, or rows
Back width - Reverse close grip pulldowns or wide grip pull ups
Shoulders - Hammer Strength machine or db presses
Triceps - Incline skull crushers or seated overhead exts

Workout B:
Bicep - straight bar curls or preacher curls same sets as "A"
Quadricep - Squats or hack squats with lots of warm ups and 2 sets of 10-12
Hamstrings - SLDL or lying curls same sets as "A"
Calves - Standing or Seated.

I lift every other day alternating workouts A and B.

Cardio is done 3x a week. 2x in the morning and once combined with workout A never following workout B.

Example

Monday - Cardio/Abs
Tuesday - Workout A
Wednesday - Cardio/abs
Thrusday - Workout B
Friday - Off
Saturday - Workout A/Cardio/abs
Sunday - Off

Diet:
Macro break down - 40:40:20
Off days I am shooting for 2500 calories.
On days I am going for 2700.

You can see all foods that were ate in my fitday journal. It is fully updated the next morning.

If you have any comments please feel free to post.











And why my waist is a ginormous 35....

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Monday May 15, 2006 (Week 1, Day 2)

WEIGHT:
176lbs

TOTAL KCal:
2443

TRAINING:

Exercise group B

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Biceps - Straight bar curls
20x20
30x15
55x12
65x6
75x4

Quadriceps - Squats
85x20
115x12
155x10
175x10

Hamstrings - Seated Leg Curls
30x20
40x15
50x12
65x6
75x4

Calves - Seated Calve Raises - Plated
25x20
45x15
90x12

Green denotes warm up sets.

NOTES:
Living up in Anthem, there are no other gyms besided the community center. The dumbells do go up to a hundred pounds but there are no power racks, just 2 smith machines. Also realized tonight there is no pull down machine and I will have to use the cable cross over machine for low cable rows.

My calories were crap today because I had no chicken and no brown rice so I had to use oats and flavored them with a 1/2 scoop of whey. I wasn't that hungry today though, so that was odd.

Calves got cut short... gym closes at 10. Smith machine squats were different, I had been avoiding using them the past 2 weeks and finally used them for squats tonight. Was able to do 4-5 second negatives.

Have pics that were taken after gym session and will be edited and attached to first post tomorrow.

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Wednesday May 17, 2006 (Week 1, Day 4)

WEIGHT:
176

TOTAL KCal:
2599

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Incline Dumb Bell Press
60x12
65x6
80x3 - 1 rep short

Floor Deadlift
185x7
185x7
225x4


Wide Grip Pullups
Body Weight x9.5
Body Weight x6
Body Weight x4
-40lbs Assisted x8

Incline Skull Crusher
65x12
75x6
95x4

Dumbell Shoulder Press
40x12
45x6
50x3


Going to stop noting warmups; A - they stay the same B - do YOU care.. no..

NOTES:
My appetite seems to be down. I'm having trouble getting in the calories I am shooting for. Also on deads I just couldn't seem to get the right rythem down with my breathing. I was winded by the 4 or 5th rep and noticed this durring warmups. So I lowered the weight as I also forgot my straps.

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Monday May 22, 2006 (Week 2, day 9)

WEIGHT:
175lbs - Loss of 1lbs

TOTAL KCal:
2646

TRAINING:

Exercise group B

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Biceps - Preacher Curls
45x12
65x6
75x4

Quadriceps - Hack Squats
110x10
140x10

Hamstrings - Stiff Legged Dead Lift
115x12
135x5
135x6

Calves - Seated Plated Calve Raises
90x12
135x6
135x4

NOTES:
Weight was down 1lbs. But I also was training 5 hours earlier and 2 less meals. This will be my normal workout time now due to a shift change. People at work have been saying I look bigger and telling me to "ease down on the roid's" So that makes me feel good.

If you haven't stopped by Glen's log.. he did the same workout today -- his weight kicked my ass!

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Wednesday May 24, 2006 (Week 2, Day 11)

WEIGHT:
176.5 Up 1/2 pound

TOTAL KCal:
2912

MEASUREMENTS:
Arms - L= 15.25 R= 15.25 Right up an 1/8th - extra pump set of tri's on the right side to catch up is working... ?
Forearms - 12
Waist - 34.25 - down 3/4's of an inch
Chest - 44
Thighs - L= 24.50 R= 25.15 L - quarter of an inch in a week? R - 1/8' of an inch
Calves - L= 16 R= 16.25

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Flat Dumb Bell Press
50x12
65x6
185x4

Bent Over Barbell Rows
115x12
135x8
185x4

Wide Pullups (body weight)
9
6
8 with 4 assisted -40lbs
9 assisted -52lbs

Smith Machine Behind the Neck Shoulder Press
95x12
135x6
155x3 - 1 reps short


Over Head Tricep Extensions (both arms)
35x12
45x8
55x6


NOTES:
Sweated like a mother tonight, not sure what that was about. Strength seems to really be going up but I think it's placebo and the fact that I haven't fully tracked my weight lately. But I look huge in the mirrors and alot of the residents are blatently starring.

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Monday May 29, 2006 (Week 3, Day 16)

WEIGHT:
177lbs

Blood Pressure

131/80 74 BPM

TOTAL KCal:
Memorial Day -- Lots of food, pretty much clean though

TRAINING:

Exercise group B

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Biceps - Straight bar curls
60x11
70x5
75x5

Quadriceps - Squats
185x10
225x10

Hamstrings - Seated Leg Curls
55x12
70x6
85x4

Calves - Seated Calve Raises - Plated
90x12
90x12
135x8

NOTES:
Holy insane pumps. Now I normally don't mention pumps, but I had the biggest pumps in my biceps by the end of the streches. I think I got new strech marks, feels like balloons and skin is paper thin.

Squats are finally starting to feel right in the smith machine so I increase weight and did do 3 second negatives. I almost puked.

Memeorial day weekend was tough to track calories but I had 3 BBQ basted boneless skinless chicken breasts in a period of 8 hours today along with brown rice that I brought. I mention this because I was proud of myself.. and recieved alot of crap for it!

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Wednesday May 31, 2006 (Week 3, Day 18)

WEIGHT:
177 - no change from last weigh in. +1lbs total

Blood Pressure:
130/82 77BPM

TOTAL KCal:
2694

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Incline Dumb Bell Press
65x12
75x5 - 1 rep short
75x3 - 1 rep short

Floor Deadlift
185x8
185x8
225x5


Wide Grip Pullups
Body Weight x9.5
Body Weight x5 - 1 rep less then last workout
-40lbs Assisted x10

Incline Skull Crusher
75x12
95x6
115x4

Dumbell Shoulder Press
40x12
45x6
45x4


NOTES:

Strength was down, but I have a feeling it was just an off day. I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary besides my mind not being truely focused. Every night I look in the mirror the veins in my chest and delt are appearing more. Still not popping when I flex, but still not lean enough.

I'm not sure on the weight gain. I am definately bigger and fuller. The calories are slightly lower then maintenance (From what I have figured) and I am staying the same weight. So I won't draw any conclusions until I go off the product and see what the last 2 weeks of the log (2 weeks off JW) will do. Not sure how long it stays in ones system. An example would be TTA which will stay in the system for 1-2 weeks.

Not sure if I should bump cardio to 4 times a week.

[JonesersRX7]

This is Saturday's workout - left for Prescott as soon as I got out of the shower.

DATE:
Saturday June 3, 2006 (Week 3, day 21)

WEIGHT:
177lbs Same as last time + 1lbs total gain

TOTAL KCal:
Didn't log fit as I went up north to Prescott But I had all clean foods up until dinner when I had a chicken sandwich with this beer mustard and some steak fries.

TRAINING:

Exercise group B

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Biceps - Preacher Curls
50x12
70x6
80x4

Quadriceps - Hack Squats
110x10
140x10

Hamstrings - Stiff Legged Dead Lift
115x12
135x5
135x6

Calves - Seated Plated Calve Raises
90x12
135x6
135x4

NOTES:

I trained early in the morning about an hour after some egg whites and 12 grain bread. I normally don't train in the AM and I just couldn't find the drive. I only upped weight on preachers as I really wasn't feeling it on anything else. I did get a good pump and had the mind/muscle connection on each contraction but overall crumby work out.

Looking forward to tonights work out! Will post that update later tonight so stay tuned!

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Monday June 5, 2006 (Week 4, Day 23)

WEIGHT:
176 Starting weight

TOTAL KCal:
2903

Blood Pressure
Unable to take - short on time and had my daughter.

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Flat Dumb Bell Press
55x12
75x6
85x4

Bent Over Barbell Rows
115x12
155x8
205x4 rest/pause for last rep

Wide Pullups (body weight)
10
4
7 with 5 assisted -40lbs
9 assisted -52lbs

Over Head Tricep Extensions (both arms)
40x12
55x8
65x4

Smith Machine Behind the Neck Shoulder Press
95x12
155x6
165x3


NOTES:
Had a good workout. All weights were up except chins, I can't weight till I begin working for strenght come October as I really want to increase my strenght all around.

I seem to have burned up alot of VAT as when my stomach is relaxed I don't have much of a prego belly as I used to. My abs are comming through more now relaxed as well. Muscles have seemed to harden up... alot when I flex, especially legs.

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Wednesday June 6, 2006 (Week 4, Day 25)

WEIGHT:
Completly forgot to check...

Blood Pressure

125/80 73 BPM

TOTAL KCal:
2940 Was very windy and dusty so the salmon did not get cooked out on the grill and it became 8 O'clock... so it had to be Quiznos for dinner. I hope those carbs aren't right....

TRAINING:

Exercise group B

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Biceps - Straight bar curls
65x11
75x5
75x5

Hamstrings - Seated Leg Curls
60x12
75x6
95x4

Quadriceps - Squats
215x10
225x10

Calves - Seated Calve Raises - Plated
90x20
90x12
90x12

NOTES:
Workout was good... tried to bump biceps too much for only a minute rest. Squat and leg curls were switched up because 3 little high schoolers were hoging the one smith machine that was available because the other one is broken. I inquired about selling one of the smiths and using the money to by a power rack.. but they said something about insurance. But sh!t.... a power rack doesn't break.

So anyways... hams came before squats but amazingly enough I was able to increase weight and was still doing 3 second negatives. I am also taking a wider stance than normal, hoping to bring up my inner sweep.

Calves were blasted with a very heavy high rep set. They hurt today.

I hope the the carbs I ate late last night don't impact me too much. I will add in 20 minutes of cardio tomorrow after workout A. Then again on Saturday with abs. I am going to take measurements on Monday as I some how either recieved extra caps or missed a 3 does as I have enough to run it to Monday. Summarization will be done then with pics and then a follow up in 2 weeks.

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Friday June 9, 2006 (Week 4, Day 27)

WEIGHT:
176 - Same as start

Blood Pressure:
Had an iced coffee 45 minutes prior to time when BP would be taken, so I skipped as I did not want results to be skewed.

TOTAL KCal:
2829

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Incline Dumb Bell Press
70x12
75x4 - 2 reps short
75x3 - 1 rep short

Floor Deadlift
185x11
205x6
225x5 - 1 xtra rep


Machine Pull downs
110x14 - too light
190x6
250x3

Incline Skull Crusher
85x12
95x6
115x4

Dumbell Shoulder Press
40x8 - 4 reps short
45x6
45x4


NOTES:
This is Friday's workout I just am too busy over the weekends to even spend 2 minutes on the PC. I ate clean that day and was feeling strong up untill the last part of my workout when I just hit a wall on the 3rd set of Skulls up to shoulder presses.

Tried a new Cybex pull down machine, has a much different feel from the chins I have been doing and not as smooth as cable pull downs. I will keep them in there for now on though as my back is definately sore in different places.

I am still getting comments about being leaner and bigger and asked to tone down the "roid rage" when I get slightly frustrated with the computers --- "what the frack isn't this working" and I hear "Damn Jonesie... tone down the roid rage, just because you are all big n stuff" You have to remember IT nerds normally aren't in to fitness. Most talk about Monster drinks and World Of Warcraft.....

Got another workout tonight which will be my last workout on the product. I will give my finally summary when I take pics either tonight or tomorrow.

Finall measurements WILL be up tonight though.

[JonesersRX7]

DATE:
Monday June 12, 2006 (Week 5, day 30)

WEIGHT:
176lbs No change

TOTAL KCal:
2859

MEASUREMENTS:
2859
Arms - L= 15.5 R= 15.25
Forearms - 12
Waist - 34
Chest - 44.5
Thighs - L= 24 R= 24.5
Calves - L= 16 R= 16.25

TRAINING:

Exercise group B

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Biceps - Preacher Curls
55x12
75x6
80x3.5 with a 10 second contraction trying to get it up

Quadriceps - Hack Squats
130x10
160x9 - 1 rep short

Hamstrings - Stiff Legged Dead Lift
115x12
155x7
175x6

Calves - Seated Plated Calve Raises
90x10
135x8
135x9

NOTES:
Nothing spectacular to report. I am definately stronger in my legs but I have really been working to try to bring up my hamstrings. I think this is also why my squat is increasing so much.

I need to trim up the legs and shave the chest stomach again and I will be posting pics and final summary either Tuesday or Wednesday night, whatever night allows me more time.

I will also address any questions I get as well.

[JonesersRX7]

Off product now and am logging for another 1.5 weeks.

DATE:
Wednesday June 14, 2006 (Week 5, Day 33)

WEIGHT:
175 Loss of -1lb

TOTAL KCal:
2903

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Flat Dumb Bell Press
60x12
80x4
80x4

Bent Over Barbell Rows
115x12
155x6 rest/pause 2
205x4 rest/pause for last rep

Wide Pullups (body weight)
9.5
4
8 with 4 assisted -40lbs

Over Head Tricep Extensions (both arms)
45x12
60x8
70x4

Smith Machine Behind the Neck Shoulder Press
115x12
165x5
165x3


NOTES:

Weight was down a pound so we will see if that keeps up.

[JonesersRX7]

Missed Fridays workout as I was busy with REI and then was busy with house/family stuff all weekend. I hate missing bi/leg day as my biceps are severly lagging and legs because they grow so damn easy.

Have 3 more workouts with one being tonight until the end of the log and then a week rest and then on to log Beta of Burn3d.

I will post final pictures and full review at that time. Pics were taken on the 31st day, so one day off. I have continued to lean out since I have added in more cardio.

[JonesersRX7]

Off product now and am logging for another 1 week.


DATE:
Monday June 19, 2006 (Week 5, Day 38)

WEIGHT:
174 - Down 2 pounds

Blood Pressure:
Had an iced coffee 45 minutes prior to time when BP would be taken, so I skipped as I did not want results to be skewed.

TOTAL KCal:
Unsure as logging fit day has been lax but still eating same meals.

TRAINING:

Exercise group A

EXERCISE - WEIGHT - SETS:

Incline Dumb Bell Press
65x12
70x4 - 2 reps short
75x3 - 1 rep short

Floor Deadlift
185x12
205x6
225x4

Machine Pull downs
140x12
180x6
230x5

Press downs
55x12
70x6
100x4

Dumbell Shoulder Press
35x10
40x5
40x4


NOTES:

On the same calories and weight has dropped 2 pounds since comming off product. I did this work out on Monday and it's now Wednesday and I am still sore as sh!t. I was never ever this sore on the product. My weights as well are down and I am eating the same things durring the day with the exception of dinner that always changes from fish, steak or a chicken meal but always putting me about 2700-2800 each day.

I am missing the product more and more.

[JonesersRX7]

Final Review:

I first want to thank Planetary again for choosing me to be one of the first to log Jungle Warfare. You can find it here for a great price: ALRI Jungle Warfare

Weight:
176 - End of 30 day run
173 - 2 weeks off product at same calories

I have continued on same calories and training but have lost 3pounds over 2 weeks while off product. That alone makes me happy.

Measurements:
Arms - L= 15.5 +1/4 inch R= 15.25 +1/8 inch
Forearms - 12 - same
Waist - 34 -1 inch
Chest - 44.5 +1/2 inch
Thighs - L= 24 -1/4 inch R= 24.5 -1/2 inch
Calves - L= 16 R= 16.25 - same

Pics:

These pics were taken at the 31 day mark. The last day on the product.











Final Thoughts:

I will definately run this product again and if I continue to stay natural I will run it for 2 months straight durring a clean bulk this up comming winter bulk phase.

Being off the product for two weeks I missed the all day pumps and vascularity and sense of well being. I felt like a king. Strenght didn't increase by much but that's because I was any where from 300 - 600 below maintenance.

Strength while off and declining. Partially because of needing a week rest and being off the product. You can see the weight continued to decline the last 2 weeks.

I don't do stars but I will definately run this product again.