Hello gents, I realize I am not what you might consider an established poster here at AM; However, I am beginning the process of a major recomp including semi-gross amounts of cardio (mainly cycling [bike riding] 200 miles + a week) A few years back, with serious dedication mind you, I took my body from almost 300 lbs and a size 48 waist to its current 215 and size 34. I have gone up and down since the year it took me to drop from 290 something to 185 both amassing more muscle mass as well as dropping more body fat but have yet to real dial in my physique. I would like to think that my real goal is overall athletic fitness however I am an iron junkie at heart and with the help of your products would love to rededicate myself to the persuit of the chiseled human form.
Age: 24
Sex: Male
Height: 6' 2
Current Weight: 215
Body Type (endo/ecto/mesmo): EndoMeso
Bodybuilding goals short-term (90 days): Go from my current 15% bf to under 10% while retaining muscle mass and increasing strength on all core lifts.
Bodybuilding goals long-term (90days+): Simply, to make this lifestyle a more long term one. It seems that I will push hard for 4-6 months and then teeter off as pitfalls in life tend to keep me away from the gym and loosing focus on my goals when it comes to fitness.
Current Training Schedule (detailed please): I use what I like to think as some basic principles of Direct Continuance training including DC style RP sets and widow maker sets
Monday + Thursday: Chest, shoulders, triceps, back width and thickness
To elaborate, I pick 1 excercise each session for each bodypart/target and warm up to a 'work set' to rest pause with. Par example: my three main chest excercises are incline db press, flat db press, and smith machine incline press all rest paused. I rotate each of these excercises so that they are each given their own individual day, and when the rotation comes back around I force myself to beat either the weight or reps of my previous workset for that particular excercise or else I must substitute in another type of excercise for that muscle group
Shoulder excercises include: seated DB OH press, Seated BB OH press and DB side raises
Triceps excercises include: Reverse grip smith machine flat press, french presses, weighted dips
Back width/thickness I use a variation here and try to focus on weighted chinups/pullups as well as rows and deadlifts as needed.
Tuesdays and Fridays are lowerbody/bicep day and the excercises included are:
45 degree leg press
smith machine squats
regular back squats
seated calve raises
standing calve raises
Standing barbell curl
alternating hammer curls
seated preacher curls
Personal bests include : bw+115 lbs x8 reps dips strict form
300 lbs Hammer Strength shoulder press x6
110 lbs DB flat press x6 reps
Cardio Schedule: I use cardio as both a means of mental relaxation as well as a way to increase blood flow and recovery. I believe that at one point I lost sight of the importance of cardio to overall muscle growth and recouperation but have once again regained the desire to include copious amounts in my weekly routine. Typically, I ride 50+ miles twice a week and keep the other days to 25-30 miles or less (mainly on lifting days) or jog/walk for 2-4 miles post workout. My thought is that cardio is good anytime of the day and unless it is hindering my strength gains majorly, should not be overlooked.
Average Diet and macros: Let me preface this by saying I like to eat. Most of the time I try and keep a modicum of all types of foods in my diet. I have found that if I keep to a super strict diet I rebound in the end, which makes it harder when I do not have access to a gym (has happened in the past) I would say that on average I get anywhere from 2500 calories to 4000 depending on what my cardio is for the day (cycling takes alot out of yah) and I mainly focus on getting the majority from unprocessed foods.
My staples are ground turkey meat, boneless skinless chicken breasts, fresh fruits/frozen fruits, yogurt, soy milk (yeah I know) oatmeal, eggs, sprouted grains, grilled vegetables etc.
However, I am not opposed to letting a few things slip by such as a cup of frozen yogurt here or the occasional cheat fest after a rough week of cycling/lifting.
Macros would be approximately 40/40/20 and on a more often than not basis very high levels of protein consumption (my kidneys will thank me later.... )
Daily water intake: 1.5 to 2 gallons minimum
Thermogenic / Weight Loss products you have taken in the past 60 days: None
Amount Dosed per day:
Products Containing Beta Alanine that you have taken in the past 60 days: None
Amount of Beta Alanine per day
Cissus products you have taken in the past 60 days:
Dose per day: None
Supplements You Currently Take: None other than protein powder
What would you be taking DURING your Log?; Hopefully continued protein (whey isolate) powder consumption along with a quality multivitamin such as Megamen sport or Solgar
Why you should be chosen: I believe that with your support and the help of these products I can take myself to the next level. I know not everyone will understand, but as an ex fat guy I have always wanted to take myself to that next level but seem to get stuck along the way. I am hoping to be chosen so that I may fufill my own expectations as well as those who look up to your company as a top name in the supplement/sports nutrition industry and with a log requiring due diligence on my part it will help to ensure success
Prescription Medications (with or without a prescrscription) / Recreational drugs:?: None
Injuries, Medical complications (past and present)? None
This would be my first sponsored log on any board. Best of luck to everyone who applies and I hope I can be included in the select few, thank you again for this opportunity,
Larry