MrKleen73
Legend
First things first I want to thank they guys at Hi Tech ManimalPatB cobri66 for choosing me to log this product. I also want to thank them for still sending me the bottle after I was unable to respond to winning for a while due to some family emergency's. That says something about the company to me!!! On top of that I have NEVER been let down by any of their products. They are not as popular as they should be in my opinion based on the quality of the products I have used over the years!!!
I am calling this log a comeback log because I have been dealing with injuries and family emergencies since October of last year. I also moved my Mother In Law in to take care of her. She has full blown MS and now they think she might possibly have Parkinsons as well. If not then some of her lesions are just causing the same effects. Basically this has left me with ZERO time for myself. I have only had maybe 20-30 workouts total this year, and my diet has consisted of a lot of stress type eating. So I am quite out of shape for what I am used to being. My muscles are smaller, waist has grown quite a bit, and I feel like I am getting old from being more sedentary. Joints and everything are creaking. I need movement in my life!!!
What has changed? - We just had to put her in the hospital and she will be there for at least 5 weeks. So my plan is to get my happy ass back in the gym and crush this log while she is in there. Once I am back in the habit, I should be able to maintain once she gets back home.
Training Methods - I decided after a lot of looking around that I am going to try Christian Thibideaux's Invalid Link Removed, program. I will be training very frequently and explosively. It will be alternating an Upper Body and Lower Body Split. My goal if my body can hold up is to not take any days off during the next 4 weeks. I can do truncated training, or CNS stimulation work on days I really don't have a full workout in me but the goal is to do something every day. I may do the Neural Charge workouts after each Upper and Lower day cycle instead of only doing them at the end of the week. This is all going to depend on how I am feeling and how my joints feel.
Since the training will be explosive in nature rep speed is going to be my performance focus. Once rep speed drops on the exercise that is the end for that exercise. This will keep me from putting my joints or connective tissue in much danger, while also saving my CNS from degradation. On top of this explosive rep speed is well known to increase insulin sensitivity better than any other type of rep. The effect it has on the Glut4 Translocation is very strong so it will help a lot with nutrient partitioning.
Direct Back and Biceps work will be done once or twice a week probably on the same day as a Neural Charge workout. Other ancillary exercises for traps, rhomboids and rear delts will be peppered into the upper and lower body days between sets to keep the pace up.
Nutrition - I plan on eating in a slight deficit with most of my calories and carbs in my peri-workout period. I may carb cycle but in all honestly with training each day being the plan I may end up having a relatively static carb intake it all depends on my gym performance.
Cardio - I have not decided on the cardio as of yet. I want to see how I respond to this frequency and relatively quick pace first. I really don't think I am going to need a lot of direct cardio, but I may add in a little athletic or GPP type conditioning work if I feel it is needed to make the progress I want to make. If so I would expect to see High Intensity things like sprints, sled work, body weight, battle rope, and medicine ball complexes. Stuff like that. I do not typically just get on the tread mill anymore, but sometimes I go for a walk/jog at lunch.
I need to weigh myself tomorrow morning, I am guessing I am somewhere around 215 give or take 5 lbs either way but I could be farther off. I haven't been on a scale in a long time so it is hard to estimate how much muscle I have lost, or fat I have gained. My goal for this log is to lean up quite a bit. I am not sure that I can get my abs to show back up during this log but that is the goal of the fat loss and one I do not intend stop until I achieve even if it takes longer than this bottle lasts.
I can't wait to take my first dose tomorrow morning and see how I feel. I will also take some pics in the morning tomorrow as a visual progress indicator so we have something to compare to at the end.
Wish me luck guys! This is a major undertaking for me just coming back into the fray. I am going to have to test my current 3 rep on most of these movements over the next week or two. I started to get some of them about 2-3 weeks ago before everything went out of control with the mother in law health taking a horrible turn and her ending up in the ICU for a while. So I won't have to test those. Right now Strict Press is 195x3, Push Press is 235x3, Bench 275x3, High Bar Squat 375x3. There were all tested on the same day following one another so I am sure the 3 rep max is a little off for the Push Press, Bench and Squat but it won't hurt me to start out a little lighter on those. Kind of humbling looking at these numbers and knowing I put up some good numbers in my meet in October last year. Hard to believe how much strength you can lose in that time frame. I know it will bounce right back though. I have lots of muscle memory to tap into and I ALWAYS gain my muscle back VERY quickly for some reason. I fully expect that when I retest my maxes on the 5th week they will all be MUCH higher!!!
Anyway, join on in, I plan on making this a fun ride. I am motivated to make a comeback and kick some ass!
I am calling this log a comeback log because I have been dealing with injuries and family emergencies since October of last year. I also moved my Mother In Law in to take care of her. She has full blown MS and now they think she might possibly have Parkinsons as well. If not then some of her lesions are just causing the same effects. Basically this has left me with ZERO time for myself. I have only had maybe 20-30 workouts total this year, and my diet has consisted of a lot of stress type eating. So I am quite out of shape for what I am used to being. My muscles are smaller, waist has grown quite a bit, and I feel like I am getting old from being more sedentary. Joints and everything are creaking. I need movement in my life!!!
What has changed? - We just had to put her in the hospital and she will be there for at least 5 weeks. So my plan is to get my happy ass back in the gym and crush this log while she is in there. Once I am back in the habit, I should be able to maintain once she gets back home.
Training Methods - I decided after a lot of looking around that I am going to try Christian Thibideaux's Invalid Link Removed, program. I will be training very frequently and explosively. It will be alternating an Upper Body and Lower Body Split. My goal if my body can hold up is to not take any days off during the next 4 weeks. I can do truncated training, or CNS stimulation work on days I really don't have a full workout in me but the goal is to do something every day. I may do the Neural Charge workouts after each Upper and Lower day cycle instead of only doing them at the end of the week. This is all going to depend on how I am feeling and how my joints feel.
Since the training will be explosive in nature rep speed is going to be my performance focus. Once rep speed drops on the exercise that is the end for that exercise. This will keep me from putting my joints or connective tissue in much danger, while also saving my CNS from degradation. On top of this explosive rep speed is well known to increase insulin sensitivity better than any other type of rep. The effect it has on the Glut4 Translocation is very strong so it will help a lot with nutrient partitioning.
Direct Back and Biceps work will be done once or twice a week probably on the same day as a Neural Charge workout. Other ancillary exercises for traps, rhomboids and rear delts will be peppered into the upper and lower body days between sets to keep the pace up.
Nutrition - I plan on eating in a slight deficit with most of my calories and carbs in my peri-workout period. I may carb cycle but in all honestly with training each day being the plan I may end up having a relatively static carb intake it all depends on my gym performance.
Cardio - I have not decided on the cardio as of yet. I want to see how I respond to this frequency and relatively quick pace first. I really don't think I am going to need a lot of direct cardio, but I may add in a little athletic or GPP type conditioning work if I feel it is needed to make the progress I want to make. If so I would expect to see High Intensity things like sprints, sled work, body weight, battle rope, and medicine ball complexes. Stuff like that. I do not typically just get on the tread mill anymore, but sometimes I go for a walk/jog at lunch.
I need to weigh myself tomorrow morning, I am guessing I am somewhere around 215 give or take 5 lbs either way but I could be farther off. I haven't been on a scale in a long time so it is hard to estimate how much muscle I have lost, or fat I have gained. My goal for this log is to lean up quite a bit. I am not sure that I can get my abs to show back up during this log but that is the goal of the fat loss and one I do not intend stop until I achieve even if it takes longer than this bottle lasts.
I can't wait to take my first dose tomorrow morning and see how I feel. I will also take some pics in the morning tomorrow as a visual progress indicator so we have something to compare to at the end.
Wish me luck guys! This is a major undertaking for me just coming back into the fray. I am going to have to test my current 3 rep on most of these movements over the next week or two. I started to get some of them about 2-3 weeks ago before everything went out of control with the mother in law health taking a horrible turn and her ending up in the ICU for a while. So I won't have to test those. Right now Strict Press is 195x3, Push Press is 235x3, Bench 275x3, High Bar Squat 375x3. There were all tested on the same day following one another so I am sure the 3 rep max is a little off for the Push Press, Bench and Squat but it won't hurt me to start out a little lighter on those. Kind of humbling looking at these numbers and knowing I put up some good numbers in my meet in October last year. Hard to believe how much strength you can lose in that time frame. I know it will bounce right back though. I have lots of muscle memory to tap into and I ALWAYS gain my muscle back VERY quickly for some reason. I fully expect that when I retest my maxes on the 5th week they will all be MUCH higher!!!
Anyway, join on in, I plan on making this a fun ride. I am motivated to make a comeback and kick some ass!
. With your commitment level I am sure that you will be leaned out again in no time!
