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Had a great chest and back workout today. More progress on incline bench! For my heaviest set for inclines for the day (220lbs), I focused on nice, slow, and controlled reps with perfect form (my form was ok, but a hair sloppy on the previous set with 200lbs), so I couldn't quite get the 3rd rep without a bit of help. I'm still very happy with this session though, as I did 5lbs more on each of my fist two sets for the same amount of reps as before, and just a hair short of the same 3 reps as last time, but with 5lbs more and more control.

I also used a 90lb dumbbell for pullovers at the end of my workout today, and they felt great. Slow and controlled reps, with a big stretch and ROM.
 
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Both of these are delicious. Peanut butter with rice and pea protein.
 
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Today is the 3 Week Point:

Morning Weight: 156.2 lbs

Appetite has been high lately, and I've been eating a lot.

I'm also pleased with the progress I've been making on my lifts, especially incline bench. Vascularity is good as well.
 
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My chest feels pretty full today, which is nice; sometimes it feels/looks a bit flat the day after working it:
 
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Another very good workout today (traps, delts, and arms):

I untracked the bar for shoulder presses from the bottom of the rep, and they were done seated, so getting that first rep up with 150 was pretty difficult. I think I ended up resting less than a minute between sets a lot this workout, but I got a great pump.
 
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Morning Weight: 157.4 lbs

My right knee felt a bit sore yesterday, probably from doing a lot of relatively heavy calf work lately, but today it's more sore, although nothing crazy, but I'm going to take the day off for legs and calves. I'd likely attribute that to walking a few miles looking for Pokemon last night, haha. Pokemon GO is pretty damn cool.
 
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Took Saturday and Sunday off, since my knee was bothering me and I felt sore and tired in general. I was thinking of taking today off too, but decided to get in a quick workout. My knee is better than it was a few days ago, but I decided to give it a little more time before working legs and/or calves again, so today was chest and back.

I had an ok workout. I didn't eat much before my workout, still felt a bit tired, and my mind wasn't completely in the workout, but it felt good to workout. Not too long of a workout, but I got a nice pump.
 
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Yesterday's shoulders and arms workout. Had a good workout, and my triceps are sore today:
 
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What are the main things your noticing so far, looks like great progress in strength and increase in BW by 7lbs+. Impressive results so far!
 
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What are the main things your noticing so far, looks like great progress in strength and increase in BW by 7lbs+. Impressive results so far!
Increased vascularity
Noticing some vascularity on my chest, delts, and the front of my biceps, as well as a bit more vascularity on the outside of my biceps and calves.

Increased Appetite
After about 2 weeks my appetite really increased. I've been eating a lot, and not really feeling full. Great for bulking

Increased Endurance
Not feeling as fatigued during/between sets (and supersets) leading to some reductions in rest time between sets (or not wanting to rest the full time when doing heavier sets).

Increased Strength
Incline bench as been where I'm tracking my strength progression the most, and weight is definitely going up with similar reps.
 
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Had a great chest and back workout today:

Great session on incline bench press, with more reps at 185 (14 vs 12) and 225 (3 vs 2) than the last time I did those weights, and after 225x3 I did 230x2 then 235 and 240 x1 each after that.
 
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Today's post workout meal was 1 Birthday Cake protein bar, 1lb ground beef, 1 cup white rice, and 1 cup apple sauce.
 
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Today's morning weight: 156.8 lbs

I had a good shoulder and arm workout today. Short rest periods throughout, and a great pump:
 
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Yesterday's leg workout. First set of Squats was focused on fast and explosive reps, the second set was done with 4 second negatives. Leg extensions were done with one leg at a time, alternating legs (1 rep left, 1 rep right, etc):

I'll be finishing up the last 4 caps in the bottle today, and taking a rest day, so I'll have some final thoughts for the log tomorrow.

Today's morning weight: 157.0 lbs
 
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Some progression for this log:

WEIGHT:
End Week 1: 150.8 lbs
End Week 3: 156.2 lbs
End Week 4: 157.0 lbs

note: all weights taken first thing in morning after using bathroom before eating or drinking anything

The beginning of week 3 was when I really started to notice an increase in appetite, so it makes some sense that scale weight jumped up at the end of that week.

STRENGTH:
I mainly used barbell incline press to gauge my strength progression, and I've increased the weight for similar reps and/or gotten more reps with similar weights during this log. The spreadsheet below shows my working sets for incline press for each workout, and the numbers in bold at the bottom are just estimated 1-RMs (using an online calculator) from my best set that workout (the one that gave the highest estimated 1-RM). It doesn't mean much, but it does show a nice upwards trend:
 
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Today's post workout meal was 1 Birthday Cake protein bar, 1lb ground beef, 1 cup white rice, and 1 cup apple sauce.
You eat 1 pound of ground beef bro that's so bad man I mean maybe per day but in one meal your body must feel horrible
 
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You eat 1 pound of ground beef bro that's so bad man I mean maybe per day but in one meal your body must feel horrible
I can eat 2 lbs in one meal with carbs lol

What's wrong with ground beef?
 
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You eat 1 pound of ground beef bro that's so bad man I mean maybe per day but in one meal your body must feel horrible
If I eat a pound of beef at once, that's all the beef I'll eat for the day. I usually stick to just 1/2 lb at a time, but my stomach handles eating that much beef at once post-workout just fine when I do it. I don't force myself to eat that much at once; I usually have a scoop of protein powder or a protein bar after my workout, and then a meal about 30-60 minutes after that. When I'm having beef and rice, I'll start with 1/2 lb beef and 1/2-1 cup of white rice. If I'm still hungry after that, I'll have another bowl with the same thing, so sometimes I only have 1/2 lb beef at once, but sometimes I'll have 3/4-1 lb of beef. For chicken, it's usually 1/2-3/4lb chicken breast at once, and for eggs, it's usually 4-6 eggs at a time.

I'm focusing on eating more to grow, and things like ground beef, chicken breast, and eggs are easy and cheap. I also love white rice. I'm thinking I'd like at least 1/2 lb beef, 1/2 lb chicken, and 6 eggs per day, plus either another 1/2 lb of chicken or beef or 6 eggs, or maybe 2 of the 3. I have to eat to grow, and my family has always had a very fast metabolism.
 
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I can eat 2 lbs in one meal with carbs lol

What's wrong with ground beef?
Nice. Ground beef and white rice is such a good meal IMO. It's cheap, easy to make, and loaded with protein, carbs, and fat. I usually get 80-85% ground beef. Less than 80% is too greasy.
 
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We eat for fuel not tastes
Who is we?

I like to enjoy my food. I'm not a bro that wants to eat bland chicken and white rice every day to meet my macros. There's more to life.

They are not mutually exclusive options. You won't die if you eat fattier beef. Your gains won't disappear. Fattier meat makes better burgers. I haven't died yet.
 

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Who is we?

I like to enjoy my food. I'm not a bro that wants to eat bland chicken and white rice every day to meet my macros. There's more to life.

They are not mutually exclusive options. You won't die if you eat fattier beef. Your gains won't disappear. Fattier meat makes better burgers. I haven't died yet.
Hahaha. I workout to live, not live to workout. I understand the importance of a diet, but that doesn't mean I won't cheat on it. If you're not a competitor then every last shred/gainz does not matter.

It's funny when people think we're all the same.
 
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Hahaha. I workout to live, not live to workout. I understand the importance of a diet, but that doesn't mean I won't cheat on it. If you're not a competitor then every last shred/gainz does not matter.

It's funny when people think we're all the same.
Exactly. I'm not eating a 3/4 lb burger with bacon, avocado, fried egg, and onion rings every day but if I want a burger I'm gonna do it right.

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Who is we?

I like to enjoy my food. I'm not a bro that wants to eat bland chicken and white rice every day to meet my macros. There's more to life.

They are not mutually exclusive options. You won't die if you eat fattier beef. Your gains won't disappear. Fattier meat makes better burgers. I haven't died yet.
I know this but I count my macros I'm just saying I wouldn't put extra fat in red meat if I didn't have too ...I don't eat bland chicken I actually don't eat chicken or turkey only on occasion
 
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Maybe I eat so much red meat I like to keep my fat low cause if you eat all red meat fat is already super high
 
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Log Summary and Final Thoughts

I was very pleased with this 30 day run. Here's a breakdown/review of my thoughts on the natural anabolic:

Appetite
After about 2 weeks, my appetite really increased. I was always hungry, could eat a ton at one meal and not feel bad/full, and want to eat again just an hour or two later (see weight below).
Rating: 10/10

Weight
My scale weight increased by about 7 lbs over the 4 weeks, with much of the weight coming in the third week, which makes sense, since that was when my appetite really started to increase. 7lbs in a month is great in my book!
Rating: 10/10

Vascularity
Pretty early on, within a few days, I noticed increased vascularity (some on the inside of my biceps, some on my Delts and chest, and more pronounced vascularity on my outer biceps). This vascularity was present not only during/after workouts, but even when I just picked something up, moved around a little, or even positioned my arms in a certain way. It didn't give my crazy huge veins immediately like taking a dedicated pump pre-workout and hitting arms would, but vascularity was definitely increased throughout the day.
Rating: 8/10

Strength
I gauged my strength progression mostly on barbell incline press, and I made some very good progress. My most recent chest workout I hit 205x8, up from 205x5 at the beginning of the cycle, and 195x8 a bit into the cycle. Also from 185x9 to 185x14. I've been able to either add weight for the same amount of reps, or the same weight for more reps throughout this cycle. Very nice strength progression IMO.
Rating: 9/10

Endurance
As seen above, I made some very nice progress in the mid to high rep ranges 185x9 to 185x14 on incline bench for example. I also did a lot of supersets, and found I didn't get quite as winded as normal between/during supersets, and often even cut rest periods short of my standard 1 minute. I didn't do much cardio during this log, but when I did, I didn't feel too winded, perhaps a little easier than normal, but I didn't do all that much to gauge that in particular.
Rating: 8/10

Overall Rating: 9/10

I am very pleased with this log and the natural anabolic. Strength and weight both increased very nicely, as did appetite and vascularity, and even endurance. I'd really like to use this again, preferably for 8 weeks!
 
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Christ almighty...great log, I figure most people would like to look like to look like your before pics lol...
 
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Christ almighty...great log, I figure most people would like to look like to look like your before pics lol...
wow man looking great !!!! do you compete ?
Thanks guys. I don't compete, although I think I'd like to one day. I feel that I need to put on more size in general to even think about competing though, and especially bring up my weaker points (legs, calves, traps, back thickness etc). Here's some pics taken in the last month, since this log is a bit old:
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Yous would rock the effin physique shows my man .
You think so? I guess I've just never been much of a fan of physique. I'm not a fan of the poses, and don't really even know what the judges are looking for. It almost seems like a muscular "beach body" contest, not so much a physique or bodybuilding contest, but I'm not that well versed in the nuances of it, admittedly. Classic physique seems like it can be promising in the future, but I really just like bodybuilding from the 70s and 80s, even some of the 90s too, but I have a LOT more size to put on before I think about doing any bodybuilding, haha.

Anyway, I just Googles some of the physique poses and tried some for sh*ts and giggles. I'll upload some from my phone here in a second. Let me know what you think. Pics were taken a few minutes ago, no pumping up, no workout today, etc.
 
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Here you go, my quick attempt at some physique-style poses:
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Thoughts?
 
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I am in no way a judge or at Liberty to judge anyone but I do feel however you would Excel greatly in the physique competitions. It's a great place to start.
Thanks man. I suppose that it would be good way to "get my feet wet" in the world of fitness competitions, as I'm nowhere near big enough to do a classic physique or bodybuilding show IMO. My philosophy is if I'm going to compete, I want to be competitive, and have a chance to win, even if it's only a small show. If nothing else, it would give me some good experience cutting and prepping for a show, which is something I haven't really ever done. I've been bulking and/or maintaining for a LONG time now, haha. I do really want to bring up my traps (especially from the back) and my calves a bit before I begin thinking about cutting/prepping though. Thanks for the feedback though, and I'll look into it a bit more for sure.
 

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