I’ll get something up today for first week review (even though Tuesday was the start), although wasn’t expecting much first week.
Anyone notice increased soreness? Could be random, probably due to being woken up early every morning this week (4am FTL), or maybe something (again its only week one but pumps and mind-muscle connection seemed “deeper” recently).
Pretty decent update today or tomorrow.
Spoiler: I’m seeing some trends sooner than anticipated.![]()
My pressing is easily a weakness and I don’t bench frequently anymore (lots of overhead though). I’d love to see where I’m at a bit down the road if I added a belt and maybe my heeled shoes again. Been going super minimal with just my normal training shoes and no belt recently.
I felt my 435s were higher than I wanted, but I train high bar and use the squat for the weightlifting transfer so I like to bury my squats. These were still social media white light accepted.
I’ll get some more detailed training up, but my current macro cycle should be winding down next week and then onto some slight tweaks.
third for weenie bench... best ever was 255 or 65 @ 200ish lb (and soooffffftttt ha)... made it up to 410 on both squat and dead but hurt my back and ahvent maxed in over a year now... sadI am a fat 205 right now and the best I have ever done is deads for 425 x 5 a while back and I did recently squat 365 x 1 and it was full range, no belt, but very slow and not perfect form.
My GOAL is to get down below 180 and have 1300 pound total.
And yes, I feel your pain, I am weak in upper body movements. My bench is probably around 265 x 1.
third for weenie bench... best ever was 255 or 65 @ 200ish lb (and soooffffftttt ha)... made it up to 410 on both squat and dead but hurt my back and ahvent maxed in over a year now... sad
Same as last week (and usual) weight dropped to 173.6 this morning despite eating a bit more than usual on a Sunday and I was super sedentary (5k steps).
I find myself sneaking bites of random things as well lately to keep layering the calories on (which I think is crappy because it throws my tracking off), but considering that I’m still a bit miffed at how I look.![]()
You're killing it bro!! Does bmp require a pct or no??Today’s Training:
15 minute Power Snatch EMOM: started at 175 ended at a couple sets with 215.
-That’s a great day for me with no misses.
10x2 squats every 90s ended with a solid 395. Felt solid and better than 2 weeks ago.
Accumulated nearly 30 strict MU in 5 minutes.
Short sprint workout that I burned through quite well.
Strength still going strong.
Did a body comp a week early, I was bored, will do an official next week but said half a pound muscle up (it register my weight only a half a pound up anyway).![]()
nah, totally naturalYou're killing it bro!! Does bmp require a pct or no??
You're killing it bro!! Most people I see at that weight aren't doing that amount of weight on there reps. I'm 165lbs on a regular and you got me beat!! Nice!!So I was like why didn’t I post yesterday in Sunday? Posted then realized I was going to add my body composition from today...oops.
So again I don’t put a ton of stock in it, but body fat percentage is pretty similar to 4 weeks ago, bodyweight was up, and unless I’m missing something I registered the highest LBM I’ve ever had on that machine before.
So all in all it does appear I’m the most muscular I have been...and I feel pretty darn lean so this is cool.
Workout today was again goal of high intensity levels with lowered total volume.
Built to 215 snatch. Missed 225, but it was so perfect I almost surprised myself and just didn’t punch up enough. I’d have retaken it but trying to mitigate fatigue so no risking more misses.
3 singles at 415 for back squat for top sets. Super smooth, but maybe slower than I’d like.
Demolished 30 MU for time with a 2:27 (18-6-6). Considering my body weight is up this is awesome (usually see a slight struggle with gymnastics as the weight creeps over 170, but with obviously more actual muscle at this weight maybe that’s not as much of an issue).
Then a 12 minute AMRAP burner at a pretty blistering pace today.
im about to hop on the BMP bandwagon
only bought 1 bottle.Nice how long are you planning on running it?
only bought 1 bottle.
at 3 weeks decide if i wanna buy a 2nd bottle
Awesome. That's a good plan. I have a feeling you will want two bottlesOr hopefully the first 3 weeks will be positive and you will want to grab another bottle.
On a side note I continue to not “feel” a ton with this, but tighten up on the body comp and scale keeps trending down. Been an interesting experience so far.
Week 8 Update/Thoughts:
Bodyweight Change:
-Up .2lbs (171.4lbs-171.6lbs) Sunday-Sunday.
-Negligible change.
-New macrocycle started so training volume was up, so I upped Carbs AND Fats to compensate and didn't really see a weight change (I honesty expected some bump with more glycogen/water, but guess not...).
Body Composition:
-The jump in volume definitely did me some good.
-My body "responded" really well to it.
-I know people probably think it sucks I dropped volume for a few weeks in the log, but if next week continues the way this week did it will be well worth it.
-Muscle separation is up, vascularity is up, and fullness is up. Weight didn't change, but "look" definitely did this week.
Recovery:
-So I thought I'd have much greater DOMS this week than I encountered.
-Definitely sore, but based on how hard some of these sessions felt, the level of change in work done, and just overall perception of effort I expected more. Not a bad thing, just a tad surprising.
Strength:
-Hitting higher reps than previously and with the start of a cycle hard to totally equate strength, but it seems trending up (sometimes after a lower volume "break" I take a week or two to really get the ball rolling so this is a good sign).
Overall:
-At this point I am pretty set in how I feel this has done for me (positive), but will still take next week to compile a final review!
-I would love to extend this run, but may not be able to order more until I run out, which sucks, but so is life.
Agreed, makes me feel a bit bad there wasn’t anything “wow” in the log, but my progress has been great. I’ll try to capture how I feel in a review.
Honestly it’s been so long since using ArA (maybe I need to use again soon, I used it frequently in the past) it would be hard to fully compare, but with Anabolic Effect so recent I can’t help but make some comparisons when I get to the review.
For all those I’m hoping are lurking and watching.![]()
In for the review![]()
So I want to wait til tomorrow to finalize the review (weight and a couple other random things that seem intriguing just making sure!), but man I’m really wishing I could extend right now.
I have some stuff to run through in the “stash” and really shouldn’t be buying more stuff but this last week has been solid, the upped volume is really “responding”. I’m definitely grabbing more BMP when funds are there (probably after the holiday season...).
Thinking BMP + epicathechin (Myosynergy? Epi-Plex? Or Ep1logue? We’ll see) for recomp/cutting next.
But anyone whose been following knows I said maybe vascularity wasn’t the greatest lately, but was pretty pumped up last night before bed (not post workout).