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Final Review
Initial Weight: 168.6
Final Weight: 183.0
+14.4
Weight Gain Since Starting BAM:
+6.0
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Final Weight/Calorie Graph
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Based on measurements and BF%...I estimate a good 80% LBM vs. fat gain.
Overall Total Calorie average:... 3440 (P,C,F) 319,312,106 38%,34%,27%
I really cut my FAT in the 2nd half of this cycle. See graph on macros:
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Based on my measurements, my body fat has increase by about 0.5%. I think the pictures show a bit more, but nothing crazy.
Measurement summary:
.........Initial.....Final
Waist: 32.7......33.5....
+0.8
Chest: 40.5......43.1....
+2.6
Bicep: 14.5......15.55..
+1.05
Quad: 22.5......24.4......
+1.9
Calf:...15.1.......15.55.
+0.45
Forearm: 12......12.2..
+0.2
Regardless of measurements, shirts are fitting much tighter and new jeans are very tight on thighs but still loose in waist...
Awesome strength gains on this stack, some examples of strength gains:
Leg Press: 6x310 up to 8x440
Squats: 5x245 up to 6x305
Lat Pulldown: 7x208 up to 5x233
Bicep Curl: 5x95 up to 7x100 with higher set volume
Skulls: 5x75 up to 7x80
I made great progress on Deads as well, but the exercise was new for me during this cycle, so I wont detail it.
Unfortunately my shoulder injury didn't allow for shoulder or chest PRs.
The major sides I noticed on this was:
- Aggressiveness/Impatience
- DOMS (typically worse when I changed up exercises)
- Thirst! thus Peeing!
- Odd sleeping...sometimes a rock...sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night...not really tired..but I could fall back asleep without issue.
- I had no acne, only minor lethargy, no cramping.
Pluses:
- HUGE strength increases...PRs every week.
- Weight gain
- Calories...I believe this stack allows you to eat MORE than normal while minimizing fat. This is important, I think some do not eat enough.
- Great recovery between sets. Going to complete failure and 2 minutes later, get the same reps again.
If I take these separate:
Jungle Warfare: I got immediate weight gain and strength by week 2. I got MOST of my weight gain while on JW. I gained 12.6 lbs by the end of my JW (day 35) and only 1.8 in the remaining 21 days. However, strength continued.
BAM: Huge thirst. I stopped JW 10 days into my BAM cycle...which seemed to stall the mass increases. Hard to decipher BAM input as I was on JW and Restore at the same time.
Restore: I didn't feel much from Restore to be honest. I believe there could have been some thinning out...my waist did decrease some while weight stayed. Again, strength still continued to climb, if not as dramatically.
Summary, awesome stack. Jungle Warfare is very potent and is just the BOMB. I may extend my JW portion of the cycle next time.
Now, here are some pictures. hard to get exact before/after comparisons and to be honest I am very critical of my pictures. I don't believe these truly represent how different I look, but here goes:
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For reference, that first shot is at 169 lbs, 2nd at 175, 3rd at 183. I can see more definition in my 2nd shot...a bit softer in my 3rd, but more size.
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again 175 in the first, 183 in the 2nd. Also, for those that will ask, the jeans in my after shot are 32W vs. 34W in the first shot.
After seeing these shots, I will be slowly shaving some fat lbs off as I heal my shoulder. Still plan on going heavy on back, legs and arms if possible and cranking some cardio while staying near maintenance of 2600 cals.
I may try to squeeze in a another bulk prior to summer...depends on shoulder healing.
Thanks everyone for following. It was quite a ride and I truly appreciate the support from everyone. Logging really keeps you honest and helps motivation and discipline.
Finally, thanks to ALRI and FnF for supplying the BAM! Keep me in mind for future logs!
