Whats up everyone!
Ive been around here awhile and finally decided to start a training log for my next 6 weeks of leaning for summer, and to give others an idea of how awesome this program really is. Its Jim Stoppanis "Shortcut To Shred". Its based off of linear and reverse linear periodization, and a concept called "cardio acceleration" which is basically just busting out a minute of cardio between every set.
Im currently finishing my last week of the first round of this program tomorrow and I can say its amazing. However, Ive gotten a little bored with the cardio acceleration. I feel like starting a log will keep me motivated to keep killing it, and to really keep my diet on point (I splurged once this last time around and now its time to really get dialed in). So the "log" will actually start on Sunday.
Im currently 18, and finishing up highschool. So this is my last summer for highschool to really look good. Plus, I want to prove to myself that I can finally get lean (started as a very fat kid). Ive been training for just over 4 years, and have used many natural supps to help me reach my goals.
Ill be following the diet plan laid out for the program specifically. I weigh 212 (rounding it down to 210 for calculations), so week 1 nutrition is as follows
315g Protein
315g Carbs
105g Fat
3465 cals
Weeks 2-3 will be
315g Protein
210g Carbs
105g Fat
3045 cals
Weeks 4-6 will be
315g Protein
105g Carbs
105g Fat
2625 cals (refeed once a week)
I also follow an intermittent fasting protocol (feeding window is 12pm to 8pm). It works very well with my school/work schedule. Saturdays are my only exception to this as I usually work 11-3 at one job and 5-11 at my other job. Saturday is also usually my off day from training if Im scheduled both shifts. I sip 1 scoop of Finaflex BCAA+SAA during this time.
Training is 6 days a week on a Chest/Tri, Legs/Shoulders, Back/Bi so everything is hit twice a week. First workout is heavy weight low reps, and the second is lighter weight higher reps and each week the gap between the 2 progressively grows.
Supplements to be used
Alphamine/E9/Hemavol stacked Preworkout
Modern BCAA intra
Absolutely Abliderated
TTA 500
Growth Factor XT (or other sleep aids. I like the deep sleep I can get and I feel it really aids recovery)
Multi
Fish Oil
Cycle Support (I like to keep organs healthy even though I dont cycle)
Green Coffee Bean Extract
African Mango
First 2 weeks will have
ABE original formula
Raspberry Ketones
Thyrocaps
Im finishing these up from my first run of the program. So the last 4 weeks the supps drop and I let the diet do the talking to really see how hard my body can go.
As I stated, this log will begin on Sunday when I start the program over from day one. Im currently finishing week 6 and Im interested to see how adding the carbs back in for a few weeks will affect my progress. If anyone thinks that I should not start the diet over and still keep my carbs low (currently around 110), please say so. As Ive never ran such a structured diet plan (always counted macros, but ran my own diet calculations so Ive never had to "restart" so to speak).
Ill update the log as much as I can with what workout I did, what type of cardio Im currently doing, weight changes, mirror changes, and of course, before and after pictures which I will upload in my next post. Hope to see atleast a few guys follow along.
Thanks!
Ive been around here awhile and finally decided to start a training log for my next 6 weeks of leaning for summer, and to give others an idea of how awesome this program really is. Its Jim Stoppanis "Shortcut To Shred". Its based off of linear and reverse linear periodization, and a concept called "cardio acceleration" which is basically just busting out a minute of cardio between every set.
Im currently finishing my last week of the first round of this program tomorrow and I can say its amazing. However, Ive gotten a little bored with the cardio acceleration. I feel like starting a log will keep me motivated to keep killing it, and to really keep my diet on point (I splurged once this last time around and now its time to really get dialed in). So the "log" will actually start on Sunday.
Im currently 18, and finishing up highschool. So this is my last summer for highschool to really look good. Plus, I want to prove to myself that I can finally get lean (started as a very fat kid). Ive been training for just over 4 years, and have used many natural supps to help me reach my goals.
Ill be following the diet plan laid out for the program specifically. I weigh 212 (rounding it down to 210 for calculations), so week 1 nutrition is as follows
315g Protein
315g Carbs
105g Fat
3465 cals
Weeks 2-3 will be
315g Protein
210g Carbs
105g Fat
3045 cals
Weeks 4-6 will be
315g Protein
105g Carbs
105g Fat
2625 cals (refeed once a week)
I also follow an intermittent fasting protocol (feeding window is 12pm to 8pm). It works very well with my school/work schedule. Saturdays are my only exception to this as I usually work 11-3 at one job and 5-11 at my other job. Saturday is also usually my off day from training if Im scheduled both shifts. I sip 1 scoop of Finaflex BCAA+SAA during this time.
Training is 6 days a week on a Chest/Tri, Legs/Shoulders, Back/Bi so everything is hit twice a week. First workout is heavy weight low reps, and the second is lighter weight higher reps and each week the gap between the 2 progressively grows.
Supplements to be used
Alphamine/E9/Hemavol stacked Preworkout
Modern BCAA intra
Absolutely Abliderated
TTA 500
Growth Factor XT (or other sleep aids. I like the deep sleep I can get and I feel it really aids recovery)
Multi
Fish Oil
Cycle Support (I like to keep organs healthy even though I dont cycle)
Green Coffee Bean Extract
African Mango
First 2 weeks will have
ABE original formula
Raspberry Ketones
Thyrocaps
Im finishing these up from my first run of the program. So the last 4 weeks the supps drop and I let the diet do the talking to really see how hard my body can go.
As I stated, this log will begin on Sunday when I start the program over from day one. Im currently finishing week 6 and Im interested to see how adding the carbs back in for a few weeks will affect my progress. If anyone thinks that I should not start the diet over and still keep my carbs low (currently around 110), please say so. As Ive never ran such a structured diet plan (always counted macros, but ran my own diet calculations so Ive never had to "restart" so to speak).
Ill update the log as much as I can with what workout I did, what type of cardio Im currently doing, weight changes, mirror changes, and of course, before and after pictures which I will upload in my next post. Hope to see atleast a few guys follow along.
Thanks!