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Day 40 - Day 1 of BLACK CATS and IGF-2/Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade

1439 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 24 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

1506 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 4 x 12, 8, 7, 6
2. BB Military Pres 4 x 8
3. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 12
4. Incline DB Rear Raises 4 x 12

1541 - Spin Bike 20 min.

1723 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Ghandi​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~2145-1152 (waking at 0305 and 0700), so ~14 hours sleep. Passed out on the couch at ~2145 and woke at 0305. Felt shattered still, so went downstairs to bed. Asked to be woken at 0700, but when the time came I just went back to sleep. Sleep deep and much needed. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: High on target. I've accomplished a LOT today.

Energy: Well, DAY-UM, this has been sky high all day, and even running - when I thought I might falter - it was steady and consistent.

Motivation: Good things are happening. And I am CLOSE.

Mood/Aggression: Smiles.

Stress: There. Just not letting it bother me...

Libido: Could be.

Endurance: EXCELLENT.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was pretty fine. Efforts did NOT slow or falter, which was surprising. However, my body seemed to be running at one pace for the efforts; I had no real speed. Got to work on that again...Resistance training was good. Pushing it...Definitely prefer the Spin Bike as post-weights cardio...

Recovery: Nothing lingering from last week.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in deltoids, with anterior delts for the first half and a PAINFUL pump in left rear deltoid during Incline DB Rear Raises...Vascularity decent...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: NeoVar Recomped definitely makes a difference the day after high carbohydrate days (like yesterday).

Appetite: Good...Water intake normal...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I am in right ol' high and good mood...Started BLACK CATS and Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade for the first time today, as well as back on IGF-2 (I have missed it and don't want to come off for a LONG time)...BLACK CATS I only took 1 cap of this morning - may as well start off on the low side, even if I AM a stim junkie. It provided clean, lasting energy that had me bouncing around the gym during training. Didn't even have to take a second dose today it did me so well...Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade I mixed with my water that I use to down my 'first thing' supplement doses. It doesn't mix well and from now on I am just going to put it straight in my mouth. Slight cherry flavour. Also only had the one dose today, and thinking of doing 2.5ml each dose from now on, considering the guys use 5ml and I'm nowhere near as big as them. We'll see; if I need to drop the dosage I will...
 
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Day 41

1329 - Gazelle 20 min.

1400 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "When you can't run any more you crawl, and when you can't do that, you find someone to carry you." - Private Alex Tracy, Firefly: Heart of Gold (Season 1, Episode 13)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0800-1212, so ~4 hours sleep. Took me AGES to get to sleep - I was WIRED; got to say, even 1 cap of BLACK CATS has effects that last for HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS...When I eventually passed out I was OUT...Dreaming vividly...

Mental Alertness/Focus: As high as can be. It needs to STAY HIGH as well; the next week is going to be BUSY!

Energy: Took 2 caps of BLACK CATS on waking, and boy was I WIRED. Woke feeling like sh*te, but within 15 minutes I was wide awake and alert and bouncing around like an excitable puppy, thumping up and down the stairs, "stimmed out of your mind", as my husband called it.

Motivation: Oh so GOOD!

Mood/Aggression: The best ever!

Stress: I'm too high to let it bother me right now.

Libido: WHOA! WOW! Can I say READY and WANTING and the BEST yet!

Endurance: Good.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: Heart was pounding in my chest, the beat staying DEEP even as it slowed. Against my desire, but knowing it was for my safety, I only did cardio today, and will resume resistance training from tomorrow...

Recovery: No pain from yesterday, either from the HIIT Run or my resistance session.

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity increasing in my midsection, with veins popping around my hips...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Running DEFINITELY makes a difference, not only in how I feel, but re fat loss.

Appetite: I have had NO appetite today, not wanting to eat at all, effects lasting...Drinking excessively...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Oh, wow. I am almost walking on air, with my eyes on the stars and a cord keeping me in contact with the ground.
 
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Awesome detail, reviews, workouts and this whole log is sick, keep up the good work!

Thats great your loving Amphetalin, I got a bottle of it and HGH UP waiting for a summer cut:D
 
JudgementDay said:
Awesome detail, reviews, workouts and this whole log is sick, keep up the good work!

Thats great your loving Amphetalin, I got a bottle of it and HGH UP waiting for a summer cut:D
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Cheers, bud :)

Yeah, I am only on Day 3, and seriously, 2 caps of BLACK CATS has me so wired it's not funny - good, though. If you're a stim junkie you're bound to like it. It's the perfect product for me!
 
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Guejsn said:
Cheers, bud :)

Yeah, I am only on Day 3, ad seriously, 2 caps of Amphetalin has me so wired it's not funny - good, though. If you're a stim junkie you're bound to like it. It's the perfect product for me!
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I'm very much am a stim junkie, I don't take in nearly as much as I used too, at one point I was taking 800-1000mgs a day..Not recommended, but I needed it on 3 hours of sleep a night for work. But now I try not to go over 250mgs a day:D
 
JudgementDay said:
I'm very much am a stim junkie, I don't take in nearly as much as I used too, at one point I was taking 800-1000mgs a day..Not recommended, but I needed it on 3 hours of sleep a night for work. But now I try not to go over 250mgs a day:D
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Well, I'm starting to get back down to my 4-5 hours of sleep per night - this is what I am most functional and feel best with - and so far I've been kept awake and alert and energetic right up until I pass out for my short recuperation, and then I am wired again within the half hour of waking after dosing. Loving it!
 
Day 42

1400 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

1424 - Arms (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 6 x 22, 16, 12, 10, 8, 8
2. Dips 6 x 8
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 10, 10, 8, 8
4. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB under chest) 4 x 8
Superset C -
5. Incline DB Bicep Curls 4 x 10
6. DB French Press 4 x 8
Superset D -
7. DB Zottoman Curls 2 x 10
8. Tricep Push-Down 2 x 6

1525 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 108-110 rpm

1628 - Stretch 20 min.

2143 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Every man's life is a fairy-tale written by God's fingers." - Hans Christian Anderson​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0615-1124, so ~5 hours sleep. As it has been so of late, hadn't planned on falling asleep when I did, and actually wanted to train at ~0800. Instead I got the most incredible pain in my stomach at ~0555 and went and curled up into a ball to make the pain go away. The next thing I knew I was waking up and it was 1124...So, sleep was deep. No dreams at all...My body is starting to work itself into some semblance of a schedule, but it's not in the times I want it to be. Just got to keep working with it and it'll get back there...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Couldn't be better.

Energy: As Sean puts it, like I'm "high on drugs"! BLACK CATS is some wicked stuff, with only one dose of 2 caps first thing giving me energy lasting for 15-16 hours!

Motivation: I'm where I should be.

Mood/Aggression: Definitely top dollar. So unbelievably good. There's a lot of factors that get affected when I'm in a good mood, including but not limited to energy, focus, motivation, stress, libido, quality of training, and overall sense of feeling.

Stress: The stress is there, but I'm not letting it get to me as much as I used to.

Libido: The combination of BLACK CATS and Sustain Alpha has kicked this up a notch.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good stuff.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was good. It was fairly similar to Tuesday, where efforts were done at one pace and everything else at another. My mouth and throat got quite parched four minutes into the run which wasn't ideal, and my heart was trying to pound out of my chest, but it went well...Resistance training passed pretty well...Spin Bike after weights was great. Got quite a sweat going, even though it was 'easy'...

Recovery: IGF-2 is already having one of the effects I love most about it and that make it one of my top two ultimate favourite products - COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF DOMS!

Pump and Vascularity: Pump started during HIIT Run and just got more pronounced as I progressed with my resistance session...Vascularity was high, with knots in my hands and lower arms and raised lines through my biceps and anterior delts, albeit stronger in my right side than my left...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: The leaning is becoming more noticeable by the day - which is what generally happens when one is leaner and loses bodyfat...I have noticed that the grooves of my abs are not as deep as they used to be though. Probably from not having done much weighted work for them over the last month or so, and taking out squats, deadlifts, and powercleans from my resistance training - if I do these exercises my legs blow up and I DON'T want or need that. So, it's back to weighted and hanging abs' exercises from now on with a vengeance. I WANT my grooves back!

Appetite: For me to NOT be hungry, and not want be able to or to want to keep eating once I start, is HUGE. Over the last three days my appetite has been ANNIHILATED, and it's NOT from stress - which can cause me to swing both ways. I've been able to better control my appetite, with it sometimes being suppressed before, either when I am under extremely high stress, or when I was using DCP or Lean Xtreme, but never anything like what I am experiencing now. BLACK CATS will make "dieting" for competition so much EASIER, instead of a constant daily battle...One of the effects of BLACK CATS is increased thirst, and I've nearly had a litre of water for every hour that I've been up so far...

Overall Sense of Feeling: HIGH. Positive. Smiling.

Other Notes: I have decided to dose Sustain Alpha only ONCE daily - 5ml first thing. I'm also going to dose BLACK CATS only once daily - 2 caps first thing...As a sidenote, BLACK CATS with IGF-2 is now my ultimate favourite stack of choice, giving me everything that I want AND need...
 
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Day 43

1324 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 108-110 rpm

1350 - Full-Body (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises 4 x 10
2. Weighted Crunches (knees in air at 90 degree flexion) 4 x 15
Superset B -
3. BB Romanian Deadlifts (on box) 2 x 10
4. Lying Leg Curls 2 x 10
Superset C -
5. Close-Grip Seated Row 2 x 20
6. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 2 x 20
Superset D -
7. BB Military Press 2 x 10
8. DB Lateral Raises 2 x 10
Superset E -
9. V-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 2 x 20
10. Alternate DB Hammer Curls 2 x 20

1438 - Spin Bike:
10 min @ 90-92 rpm

1454 - Racquetball 30 min.

1621 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "One must hold onto dreams." - Countess Anna Petrovna Grazinsky, The Secret Countess (Eva Ibbotson)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0700-1100, so ~4 hours sleep. My eyes were completely red by the time I finally drifted off. Sleep was deep and dark...

Mental Alertness/Focus: I feel like I'm studying, needing frequent breaks in between my work.

Energy: Felt shattered on waking, but that passed ~45 minutes after my first thing supplements' dosing...Body felt exhausted during training, and my deep beating heart and breathlessness didn't help...Moving slowly once the adrenaline slowed down...

Motivation: This can't get any better than what it is right now.

Mood/Aggression: Happy. Calm.

Stress: It's still there underneath everything; I'm trying not to dwell on it.

Libido: High.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Full-Body sessions are not about strength.

Quality of Training: Stopped after 20 minutes on the Spin Bike pre-weights, because my heart was beating so hard despite the relative ease of the spinning. Was sweating hard - BLACK CATS is a potent thermogenic for sure...Breathless and often lightheaded during resistance training, but I pushed through, determined not to give any ground...Body was drained as I sat on the Spin Bike post-weights. Only did 10 minutes. And then it was an intense half hour for my first experience learning and playing racquetball. I ran into the wall a few times - might hurt tomorrow - and wasn't as fast as I should have been, but I had fun and the time passed quickly...

Recovery: Although I was shattered on waking I have no DOMS.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump all over...Vascularity high...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: The last few days my heart rate monitor - I use it as a watch - has become looser and looser on my wrist, and even as tight as it can be, it has been rolling around my wrist!

Appetite: Eating every 2 hours, because I have to. Sticking to FOOD - I prefer this over protein shakes, and if I need 'liquid' protein use 10.5g of BC+EAA...BLACK CATS is definitely kicking up my thirst, and like yesterday I'm consuming nearly a litre every hour...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Is it weird that I'm far more comfortable in a males' locker room than I am in any female one? I've been "one of the guys" for far too long...
 
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Day 44

Sometimes life gets in the way...This was one of those days...Full from start to finish with work...


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The point is not whether you're tempted, but whether you give in." - Lancelot, Seduction's Gift (Angela Knight)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0800-1147, so ~3.75 hours sleep. I'm going to sleep later and later and staying up longer and longer. No dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: I wasn't as there as I should have been, just getting frustrated, but couldn't do much more, as I have a deadline and working towards it. 16 hours in front of a computer, though - no wonder not having the best time of it.

Energy: Had none, which was probably an ok thing.

Motivation: Professional.

Mood/Aggression: Frustrated. Felt like I was going in circles.

Stress: TOO HIGH.

Libido: No time.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: Fine.

Pump and Vascularity: No pumps...Vascularity high, though...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Feel like I'm starting to hold some water.

Appetite: Craving carbohydrates - needed them to be alert. The first day in a week I have WANTED to eat...Thirsty...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Eh...
 
Day 45

1716 - HIIT Gazelle:
a. 4 min
b. 24 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min

1738 - Abs/Hamstrings (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Abs A - 2 x [a. weighted crunch (knees at 90 degree flexion) x 15, b. reverse curls (on floor) x 15, c. bicycles x 40]
2. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts 4 x 25
3. Glute-Ham Raises 4 x 25
4. BB Good Mornings 4 x 10
5. Abs B - 2 x [a. side (right) plank x 1 min, b. side (left) plank x 1 min, c. plank x 1 min]

1826 - Gazelle 20 min.

1847 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It ain't about how hard you get hit, it's about how hard you get hit and keep moving forward...That’s what winners do." - Rocky Balboa​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0800-1438 (waking at 1100), so ~6.5 hours sleep. Needed it, too. I'm starting to be quite the insomniac most days and then my body catches up...Just deep, darkness when I pass out...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Still working to the deadline. Head a bit foggy, making a deep concentration. I feel like I did when I was studying in the last year of my degree, needing regular breaks to keep focused.

Energy: I had it when I was training.

Motivation: Good.

Mood/Aggression: I'll get through this!

Stress: High.

Libido: Still too busy.

Endurance: Good.

Strength: Irrelevant.

Quality of Training: HIIT Gazelle was ok. Definitely prefer running more...Resistance training was good...I'm starting to get to the point that I will not NOT do ~20 minutes of post-weights cardio, no matter how I feel...

Recovery: Feeling the raquetball from Thursday a little in glutes and legs.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs...Vascularity good...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: COUNTER.!

Appetite: None...Water intake rising again...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Not like myself.
 
Day 46

Monday is getting to be my weekly Day OFF...


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Do you ever wonder if what you look at is the same thing everyone else is seeing?" - Leslie, Ink Exchange (Melissa Marr) ​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~1400-1600, so ~2 hours sleep. Wasn't even going to go to bed; just stay up all day and try to go to bed between 2300-2300 so that I can get myself back into a decent routine, but my body is not wanting any of it...Closed my eyes and was out. Sleep was so deep that nothing registered. Felt like I had been asleep for far longer than a mere 'nap'...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Really struggling this morning, my head pounding and getting lightheaded every time I got up, and feeling like I want to fall over when I am SITTING down. Pushing myself through, though. Head feels like it's going to EXPLODE.

Energy: Whether I had it or not if I'd trained today I would have not stopped until I'd finished.

Motivation: I'm being bombarded on all sides. Time to pick up the ball.

Mood/Aggression: I am still far from being myself, and even my husband commented that the last few days have not been good. Got to get better.

Stress: High.

Libido: Later in the evening, yeah.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: Starting to feel hamstrings later in the night.

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity lines...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: 109.4lb.

Appetite: 7.5 weeks until competition and 2.5 weeks to the Arnold I cannot afford to have an appetite and must only eat what I have to and need to last more than a few days without going haywire...Water intake getting ridiculous...

Overall Sense of Feeling: When it comes down to it so much hinges on my TRAINING. How my body looks - forget my diet; I can eat whatever and as long as my training is as it should be, even at 'maintenance' I get the results I want, and resistance training and HIIT are ESSENTIAL. How I feel - days off are a beating on my psyche. Energy - training invigorates me and wakes me up; days off make me feel dead and heavy, sluggish. How well I breathe - hard and intense training increases my red blood cells and makes breathing easier, making me closer to being 'normal'. Mood - watch out if I am deprived of my training. Stress - I'm always highly stressed, but if I'm training well then I can try and ignore the stress better. Libido - the better my training the more likely I'll be inclined...I have learnt over the last few weeks that I definitely NEED to train hard and intense and at least a couple of hours 5-6 days a week, and that anything more than one day off all training a week affects me terribly and throws my body so out of sync...So, training is not just something I do just because I like to. It's something I do because I have to and NEED to do to LIVE!
 
Day 47 - Day 8 of BLACK CATS and IGF-2/Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade

1554 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

1620 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 6 x 12, 10, 8, 8, 8, 8
2. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 12
3. BB Military Press 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
4. Incline DB Rear Raises 4 x 12
5. Seated DB Shoulder Press 2 x 6

1705 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 105 rpm

1823 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You won't break me - No matter how hard you try - You can't shake me down - I'm ****ing bulletproof." - Five Finger Death Punch, Bulletproof​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0400-1400, so ~12 hours sleep. Boy is my body all over the place! My pounding head, lack of sleep, and everything else caused me to pass out...Dreaming this time; some pretty bizarre things...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Before I fell asleep this morning I was starting to lose focus a bit...Since waking I have been back to normal and very with it. The rest of the night will spent working...

Energy: There. Smooth. Lasting.

Motivation: You don't have anything if you don't have a dream, a vision, a goal to work towards.

Mood/Aggression: Back to being myself.

Stress: I can let this slide today.

Libido: Always room for potential.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Better than last week, so improvement.

Quality of Training: My mouth and throat was dry and parched by the third minute into the HIIT Run, but kept going. Efforts started getting a little slower towards the end of each set, but I still pushed myself as much as I could...Resistance training was good. A few moments during the first exercise where I was lightheaded, but that passed, and by the time I got half-way through my sets of DB Lateral Raises my face was flushed and rosy - which is a change from the paling and lips going purple that has been happening the last few weeks. The time passed quickly...Post-weights cardio was good. Not spinning as fast as I used to, but it's still spinning...

Recovery: The last few weeks have seen my hamstrings get tight along with the DOMS a few days after a Hamstrings' session; However, hamstrings are fine now. I cannot praise IGF-2 ENOUGH when it comes to my recovery!

Pump and Vascularity: Pump strong, and like last week, the strongest in my rear delts - which is interesting, because until last week I've never really had one there before...Vascularity was good and got better as the resistance session went on...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I can only keep working on it.

Appetite: Fine...Water intake still high...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I'm relieved to be back to 'normal'.

RPN Notes: Flawless Skin Couture Intensive Dermal Restoration Therapy is slowly working its magic on my face around my eyes, and the lines there have diminished further.

Other Notes: I have decided to dose BLACK CATS at only ONE cap daily, taken first thing. I have been finding 2 caps a little strong, with my body in a far too overstimulated state. 1 cap is enough for the energy to last the 15-16 hours that 2 caps has, but it's not enough that I experience any uncomfortable effects.
 
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Very intence! The Amphetalin sounds intence as well, I'm gonna try a cap tomorrow.

Awesome to hear IGF-2 is really helping the recovery, I will have to give it a try in the future.

Awesome log and detail Rosie:D keep up the good work!
 
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Very intence! The Amphetalin sounds intence as well, I'm gonna try a cap tomorrow.

Awesome to hear IGF-2 is really helping the recovery, I will have to give it a try in the future.

Awesome log and detail Rosie:D keep up the good work!
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Yeah, the BLACK CATS is pretty intense. I was ok on 2 caps for the first few days, but scaling back to 1 cap is definitely a smart choice - and I still get the same benefits from 1 cap as I do from 2 caps.

Yes, IGF-2 is - and has been since I first started using it - my ultimate number ONE favourite product. It gives me everything that I need and most of what I want. As I mentioned in an earlier post the Amphetalin/IGF-2 stack is perfect for me!

Thanks, bud. Got to keep on pushing, even when I don't like it. Hope you're having a good week so far :)
 
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Day 48

1004 - Spin Bike:
a. 5 min @ 102-104 rpm
b. 35 min @ 112 rpm

1052 - Hamstrings/Abs (1 min recovery between sets):
1. BB Romanian Deadlifts (on box, BB past feet) 4 x 10
2. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (on box, BB to ground) 4 x 10
3. Lying Leg Curls 4 x 10
4. BB Good Mornings (to below parallel) 4 x 10
5. Abs 4 x [a. hanging knee raises x 10, b. rope crunch x 15]

1139 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 105 rpm

1302 - Stretch 25 min.

1759 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Nobody can take something away from you you don't give them." - Coach Haskins, Glory Road​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0600-0730, so ~1.5 hours sleep. Eyes closed and slept easily at 0600. Woke on my own at 0730, eyes red and bloodshot. Sleep deep and seemed far longer than what it was. Quickly came to once had 'first thing' supplement doses. No dreams...

Mental Alertness/Focus: My head is on straight...

Energy: There.

Motivation: A dream is only a dream unless it is pursued.

Mood/Aggression: Good.

Stress: Not letting it bother me.

Libido: A constant state...

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Hamstrings' day is not about strength.

Quality of Training: Pre-weights Spin Bike was great. Spinning faster. Sweating quite a lot...Resistance training was good. Went heavy on a couple of exercises. During sets I was shaking from the effort, like I would if I had a chill. When I looked in the mirror my face was as pale as death and my lips were purple, and yet I felt hot as and my skin was warm...Post-weights Spin Bike was ok. Slower than pre-weights. Fingers remained purple, even though I got warm. Afterwards felt like I had a chill...

Recovery: Fine.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs...Vascularity on and off in the gym...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Today is one of those days when I hate everything I see and feel.

Appetite: Lots of tempting food in the house, but sticking to my guns; I HAVE to...Water intake exceeding two galleons...

Overall Sense of Feeling: In the shower after the gym, even though the water was as hot as it would go, I felt cold as cold inside, like I had a chill. Outside the gym, in the cold I suddenly was burning up and wanted to have on as little clothes as possible. Later, when my skin felt like ice - which is normal; my skin is almost always cold and hardly ever warm - I felt hot. Sigh.
 
Day 49

0747 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

0813 - Arms (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 6 x 21, 12, 9, 9, 7, 6
2. Dips 6 x 8
Superset B -
3. Close-Grip BB Bench Press 4 x 6, 6, 8, 8
4. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curl 4 x 6, 6, 8, 8
Superset C -
5. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 8
6. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB under chest) 4 x 8
Superset D -
7. V-Bar Tricep Push-Down 4 x 6
8. DB Zottoman Curls 4 x 6

0908 - Run:
a. 10 min jogging
b. 1 x 30 sec effort
c. 1 min jogging
d. 1 x 30 sec effort
e. 10 min jogging
f. 1 x 30 sec effort/10 sec easy

1021 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Most dreams don't come true on their own. You have to help them. It takes a lot of hard work. But it's not impossible." - Lava Girl, The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~2100-0100, so ~4 hours sleep. Passed out on the couch watching the Olympic men's snowboarding halfpipe. Was exhausted. Woke and went down to bed, but got up after 45 minutes, as I was WIDE AWAKE and couldn't sleep...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Been there from the time I woke up. The time flies when you're doing what you love!

Energy: I was bouncing around the house from the early hours. In the gym I could barely be still, continually bopping everywhere - nervous energy or something...Did not falter until ~2000, when I fell asleep on the couch for 2.5 hours...

Motivation: Great.

Mood/Aggression: I feel different today. You know the feeling that you get when your MIND feels the seasons change? Well that's what it felt like. Like I do around the first day of spring. My mind was light and happy.

Stress: In my mood today this was not an issue.

Libido: Yeah.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: More and more.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was awesome. Efforts were like a rocket out of the gate, only slowing in the last two efforts per set...Resistance training was unbelievable. I cold barely be still. Although I was feeling the effect of my efforts re sets I didn't feel exhausted between them as I did yesterday. Noticed on my last superset that my face was pale and my lips and hands were purple, though...Decided to run for my post-weights cardio - instead of using the Spin Bike - as I wanted to deplete myself of energy and really make sure I had nothing left, and running exhausts me far sooner than cycling would. I started out and let my body pick a pace. After ~8 minutes I started getting really cold, like I did yesterday - that cold chill feeling, and I figured why not add in a couple of efforts to help tire me out faster. I was originally going to do a single 60-second effort and I went like a bat out of hell. Boy was it speedy, but after only 30 seconds I suddenly felt like I was going to throw up and I had to slow to control it. I let a minute pass, trying to control the nausea - which is something that I rarely ever get it feel during or after training - and and then sprinted again, the second effort every bit as fast and furious as the first. Warmed up again after the efforts...

Recovery: Because the benches are too high for me to do a bench press with my feet on the floor and no steps to put my feet on to bring them up to the right height, I did my Close-Grip BB Bench Press with my knees flexed and my feet on the edge of the bench. I must have arched my back or something, because after the first set of this my back was in PAIN and I felt like I had pulled it. The pain in my back has NOT let up all day...As for the rest of my body, I started feeling yesterday's hamstring session after training, and my body has been one big BRUISE ALL DAY...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in arms, strong in triceps and painful in left bicep...Vascularity good...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Delts and arms looked pretty good while I was lifting - I want that definition that I get when they under stress and pumped when I am NOT; which means that I need to get LEANER! I feel like a fat old housewife next to the likes of Laura Harris and Ava Cowan and it's not a nice feeling.

Appetite: Good. Still eating solid food for ALL my 5-6 meals (as well as using 10.5g of BC+EAA with 2-3 of them), and feel much better for it - I have been finding that having protein shakes just bloats me and makes me feel uncomfortable....Water intake remains excessive...

Overall Sense of Feeling: After the gym I was burning up and was quite happy strolling home in only a t-shirt (which got a few weird looks from all the people bundled up in hats, scarves, jackets, and gloves, LOL; as well as being told I am "just weird" by my husband when I got home). Have felt hot for the rest of the day...Feeling good, though...Loving what I have been doing with my days...Figured out how I can make myself tire in ~17-18 hours after waking, so that I at least sleep for 2-4 hours!
 
Day 50

1343 - Spin Bike:
40 min @ 105-106 rpm

1433 - Full-Body (30 sec recovery between alternate sets):
Alternate Set A -
1. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 15, 12, 10, 8
2. Dips 4 x 15, 12, 10, 8
Alternate Set B -
3. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 10
4. BB Military Press 4 x 10
Alternate Set C -
5. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 4 x 10
6. BB Bent Over Rows 4 x 10
Alternate Set D -
7. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (BB to touch floor) 4 x 15, 12, 10, 8
8. Lying Leg Curls 4 x 15, 12, 10, 8
Alternate Set E -
9. Rope Crunch 4 x 15
10. Hanging Knee Raises 4 x 10

1525 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 100-102 rpm

1641 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Belief is a powerful thing. If you believe you can..." - Niall, Ink Exchange (Melissa Marr)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0530-1119 (waking at 0700 and 1032), so ~5.75 hours sleep. Sleep was deep and needed it. Dreaming like wow...

Mental Alertness/Focus: There right up until ~0500 before I fell asleep - I'd actually been in bed since 0110, but took me that long to get to sleep...Alert as since waking...

Energy: Energy has been like yesterday. Also smooth, very much so, and time is passing like I don't know how it flies by.

Motivation: It's amazing what we can put our bodies through when we shouldn't be able to...

Mood/Aggression: Good. Still feel different, like I can feel spring nearly here...

Stress: I've been making a conscious effort NOT to let this bother me lately. I notice that I don't let myself get as stressed when I write - which I have been doing a LOT of this year...

Libido: The body is almost always ready.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Although Full-Body sessions are not about strength I still go as heavy as I can for the reps that I've determined to do.

Quality of Training: Chewed on a drop of ThermoGum during training, knowing that the way I have been feeling during training over the last week or so that I might need the extra kick. Got to say that it makes me sweat just that little bit more during cardio...Pre-weights cardio was fine. Warmed up easily...Resistance training I made different. Decided to start with the 'small' body-parts and work my way up. Also gave myself shorter recovery time, so that I was pretty much almost always moving or lifting and at no time at all - whether between alternate sets or exercises - did I have more than 30 seconds where I was not lifting. It was a good session and I liked it. Definitely stressed my muscles. After Alternate Set A I noticed that my face had ALREADY paled and my lips turned purple - and they stayed like that for the rest of the session. Right anterior delt/bicep tendon was also giving me a LOT of pain, even as I did NOTHING and kept it still between some exercises...Felt chilled as I started post-weights cardio. A little lightheaded, but kept going. Had to sit down afterwards for a breather...

Recovery: My back still aches a little from yesterday - the only time there is NO pain is when I am cycling...Anterior delts are also both in a lot of pain, and my right biceps' tendon is under high aggravation...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump good all over...Vascularity reasonably strong, despite my pale face and purple lips...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I notice EVERY fluctuation.

Appetite: Fine...Still thirsty as all hell and whilst training along I nearly drink a galleon...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Chilled out and relaxed. A rare thing. But a nice feeling. One that I am going to hold onto!

Other Notes: Amphetalin has been given a name change and is now called Black Cats, just so you know when I refer to it in future posts.
 
Day 51

1039 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 2 x 40 sec effort/20 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging
f. 1 x 1 min effort/1 min easy

1104 - Back/Chest (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 10, 8, 6, 4
2. Push-Ups (feet on bench, hands on DB) 4 x 10
Superset B -
3. BB Bent Over Row 4 x 6
4. Flat BB Bench Press 4 x 6
Superset C -
5. Wide-Grip Lat Pull-Down (in squat position, below parallel) 4 x 8
6. Incline DB Bench Press 4 x 8, 6, 6, 6

1155 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 102-104 rpm

1307 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I don't live my life trying to meet or exceed other people's standards because my own standards and expectations are tough enough. I LIVE my life and I make no excuses for who I am or what I do, regardless to the consequences. Life is not a dress rehearsal and we only get one chance to do what we love. Life is too short and time is too valuable to not go after your dreams." - Dana Bodner Posey​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0330-0732, so ~4 hours sleep. Deep. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Wasn't the best when I woke up - eyes all red and bloodshot, head spinning - but ~15 minutes after dosing 1 cap of Black Cats I was ready to go. Have been busy all day since finished training...

Energy: It was like Thursday, when I could barely stay still in the gym.

Motivation: Working for it...

Mood/Aggression: Here and there...

Stress: It's caught up to me today...

Libido: No.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Ok.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was a little different; I wanted to try something else. First two efforts of the first set were like I were a rocket out of the gate, but I started feeling the pace after that, and although I still went as hard as I could for the rest they were not as fast as the first two sprints...Resistance training was ok...

Recovery: Neither my back or hamstrings are an issue today...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump during Superset A...Vascularity was best it has been in a while, strong through deltoids and arms...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I feel like I've GAINED FAT over the last couple of days - which doesn't make a lot of sense and just makes me want to scream!

Appetite: SIGH.

Overall Sense of Feeling: Funny how you can go from high to low so FAST.
 
Day 52

1331 - HIT:
1. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
2. Alternate Side-to-side Plyometric Bench Jumps 1 min
3. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
4. Burpees (with push-up) 1 min
5. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
6. Deadbug (with 8lb m/b) 1 min
7. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
8. Side Plank 1 min
9. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
10. Plank 1 min
11. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
12. Alternate Side-to-side Plyometric Bench Jumps 1 min
13. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
14. Burpees (with push-up) 1 min
15. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
16. Deadbug (with 8lb m/b) 1 min
17. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
18. Side Plank 1 min
19. Treadmill 1 min @ 3.75 min/km
20. Plank 1 min

1455 - Stretch 21 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Moderation doesn't work for me. Abstinence is the only way." - Brenda, Shortland Street​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~1730-1845, ~2030-2335, and ~0430-1125 (waking at 0833), so ~11 hours sleep in total. Man, was that ever weird. I was knacked by 1730 last night and fell asleep on the couch watching the Olympics (as I have been doing the last few nights). Woke for a while, and then fell asleep again, barely able to keep my eyes open. Took a few hours after my second waking to get back to sleep. So, all very interesting. My body definitely makes up for the days when I sleep less than 3-4 hours - if at all - with days like that. Dreaming some...

Mental Alertness/Focus: I have been fine since getting up for the last time...

Energy: Good.

Motivation: There's nothing like renewed motivation!

Mood/Aggression: Good mood. If I keep my training high and intense and it should stay ok.

Stress: My stress levels have gone from something like maybe a 3-4 on the 1-10 'stress scale' most of last week to being back at above 10!

Libido: Some.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: HIT today. Went to the gym to do it, since I want to start doing these using a treadmill for every other minute - although I will still no doubt use skipping and shadowboxing as well at times, or even with. I set the pace and away I went. My legs were a little shocked to start with, but gradually got used to it. I WAS pushing for it on the last few minutes on the treadmill, though, and feeling my lungs burn. Tasting blood. Felt good though. Pleased afterwards...

Recovery: I am the loosest I have been in a long time. IGF-2 has definitely kicked in completely...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump yes...Vascularity is starting to become wicked again...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I'm starting to think that as with everything else my body reacts differently re higher stress and that the more stress I am under the better I make progress. Anyways, it's weird how things play out...I feel tighter today and a bit more comfortable.

Appetite: Good...Water intake still very excessive.

Overall Sense of Feeling: Training is my RELAXING time, the place where I can myself go and find a sense of peace and safety. I don't know what I would do withOUT it!...Training has only been at Maintenance this last week due to sleeping patterns and everything else that's been going on. But it's got to be back to being perfect next week, with a few pre-bed 20-minute cardio sessions...
 
Day 53

This week's Day OFF...Making up for it by shovelling snow and walking to the library...


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Children's fantasies are important; they're the very foundation of the ability that allows them to dream." - Fairy Godmother Lily, The Tooth Fairy​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0822 (waking at 0315), so ~7.25 hours sleep. Interesting. Deep. Full of vivid and bizarre dreams ...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Pretty good.

Energy: Actually, I've had a fair amount, so expended some with active daily living.

Motivation: Lily (see quote above) is dead right. I know. The dreams I had as a child still hold now, and having them within my grasp just makes me want them all the more!

Mood/Aggression: Calm. Relaxed.

Stress: Very high, but I am calming myself down.

Libido: YES!

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: My body feels GREAT! See, even training more and intense makes me feel BETTER!

Pump and Vascularity: No pumps...Vascularity reasonable...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: 110.8lb at 8.8% bodyfat. So, regardless of how my body FEELS, it's still making progress (go figure). Progress is WELCOME!

Appetite: Good.

Overall Sense of Feeling: This week is going to be BUSY. I'm taking today to prepare and chill before I'm all helter-skelter-busy-all-day-and-night-with-no-time-for-a-lot-unless-it's-scheduled-in, like I was at the start of January and earlier this month.
 
Day 54

0856 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

0922 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 6 x 12, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6
2. DB Lateral Raises 6 x 8
3. BB Military Press 6 x 12, 10, 8, 8, 7, 7
4. Bent Over DB Rear Raises 6 x 8

1005 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 110 rpm

1700 - Gazelle 20 min.

1724 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Whatever comes later, we have these moments right now. Right here. We may as well make the best of them because we will never get these moments back." - Razvan, Dark Slayer (Christine Feehan)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0130-0607 (waking at 0416), so ~4.5 hours sleep. Sleep was deep once I got there. Dreaming strong...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Here and there, with highs and lows.

Energy: I had energy for training, and then a few hours afterwards I barely felt like doing anything.

Motivation: Strong!

Mood/Aggression: Calm but antsy, if that makes sense.

Stress: HIGH!

Libido: YES!

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Ok.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was good. Throat dry by the end of the second minute into it. First few efforts were the best. Bit of pain just below my sternum between efforts, but managing...Resistance training was good. Lips were purple from the start of the second exercise on...Post-weights cardio was recovery...

Recovery: Flexible and without pain.

Pump and Vascularity: Pumps in deltoids...Vascularity strong from the first exercise...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Although I am making progress sometimes I do not FEEL as if I am (sigh). We are each definitely our own worst critics! But hey, our body is our own, so it should be to the condition WE want it.

Appetite: Fine...Water intake still excessive...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I will just be glad to get this week over with.

RPN Notes: I got told today that I look younger. The RPN Skincare Regimen is definitely working, and not just working on diminishing lines and wrinkles around my eyes, but has helped make my complexion even smoother.
 
Day 55 - Day 16 of BLACK CATS and IGF-2/Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade

0751 - Spin Bike:
40 min @ 100 rpm

0837 - Abs/Hamstrings (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Abs 5 x [a. hanging straight-leg raises x 10, b. rope crunches x 10]
2. BB Romanian Deadlifts (on box, BB to feet) 4 x 10
3. Lying Leg Curls 4 x 10
4. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (on box, BB to ground) 4 x 10

0920 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 95 rpm

1031 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Flowers unfold slowly and gently, bit by bit in the sunshine, and a soul, too, must never be pushed or driven but unfolds in its own perfect timing to reveal its true wonder and beauty." - The Findhorn Garden (Eileen Caddy)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~1630-1815, ~2030-2235, and ~0130-0512, so ~8 hours sleep. Man, that was quite something. I faded early last night. Was awake for a while between bouts of sleep, mind racing. Ok, though. Sleep was deep and much needed. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Has been there since getting up for the day.

Energy: I had energy for training, but after that, none.

Motivation: "You have to sacrifice something to get something." - Evangeline Lilly

Mood/Aggression: Stressed but also calm.

Stress: HIGH!

Libido: YES!

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Yep, everything went up.

Quality of Training: Pre-weights cardio was fine. Bit slower than it has been...Resistance training was interesting, and the only day in the last few weeks where my lips have not turned purple. A few lightheaded spells, especially after heavier sets of BB Romanian Deadlifts, but all good...Shattered after post-weights cardio...

Recovery: Feeling my glutes a little after training...No aches or pains from yesterday's sessions...

Pump and Vascularity: Pumps in legs...Vascularity started during pre-weights cardio and is still there...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Definitely running again is making a difference.

Appetite: Good...Thirsty ALL the time...

Overall Sense of Feeling: At least my sleeping patterns are starting to come together - albeit broken into 1-4 hour segments. But eh, it's all good; better than not sleeping one day and then too long the next. Sleeping should get into a regular pattern by the end of next week, when training, etc. is all back to 'normal'...Have also been noticing since I started running and cutting my dose of BLACK CATS down to only 1 cap daily, that I AM able to fall asleep, and energy is lasting me ~12 hours now...Also decided that I won't be doing pre-bed cardio, since I seem to be passing out before I plan on sleeping; instead I'll go back to doing any pm cardio between 1630-1830 on days that I decide to do it...
 
Day 56

1410 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

1437 - Arms (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 8 x 23, 16, 13, 10, 10, 10, 8, 6
2. Dips 8 x 10
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 10, 8, 8, 8
4. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB beneath chest) 4 x 8
Superset C -
5. Incline DB Bicep Curls 4 x 8
6. V-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 6

1535 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 102 rpm

1642 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Sometimes you just have to have faith." - Captain Bob Prince, The Great Raid​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~1700-1815 and ~0130-0316, so ~3 hours sleep. Felt good on waking - BLACK CATS kicks in fast, even if you don't feel like it on waking...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Has been high as high all day.

Energy: Pushed through training.

Motivation: I have faith. And I'm prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.

Mood/Aggression: HAPPY!

Stress: This is about almost the LOWEST it has ever been!

Libido: HELL YES!

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was ok...Resistance training was pretty good, despite the lightheadedness I felt during most of it...Post-weights cardio was 'recovery'...

Recovery: A little ache in glutes from yesterday...

Pump and Vascularity: Pumps in arms strong from the first superset...Vascularity was AWESOME...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I can see the losses made now - although still have the belly that I want GONE!

Appetite: BLACK CATS really works on appetite ELIMINATION, so that, although I am constantly tempted, I just eat what I have to...Thirsty as always...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I'm pretty stoked. 2010 started off well and the last couple of weeks has been good. A jampacked next few months looms. This year can only get BETTER! Looking forward to it and LOVING it!
 
Day 57

0836 - Spin Bike
a. 5 min @ 100 rpm
b. 15 min @ 108 rpm
c. 20 min @ 120 rpm

0922 - Full-Body (30 sec recovery between alternate sets):
Alternate Set A -
1. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 10
2. Dips 4 x 10
Alternate Set B -
3. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 10
4. BB Military Press 4 x 10
Alternate Set C -
5. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 4 x 10
6. BB Bent Over Rows 4 x 10
Alternate Set D -
7. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (on box, BB to touch floor) 4 x 10
8. Lying Leg Curls 4 x 10
Alternate Set E -
9. Rope Crunch 4 x 15
10. Hanging Knee Raises (curl knees to elbows) 4 x 10

1011 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 120 rpm

1121- Stretch 20 min.

1903 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I, I'm invincible - I'm indestructible - It's my destiny - I, I'm invincible - I'm unshakeable - Through the truth in my soul..." - Skillet, Invincible​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~2300-0500, so ~6 hours sleep. Passed out on the couch. Slept deep and right through...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Pretty good, right until after the huge carbohydrate binge after lunch, and then I was OUT for ~2 hours...

Energy: UNBELIEVABLE! I was like a machine in training. Everything seemed so easy and I was bouncing around like the energizer bunny they used to call me!

Motivation: I KNOW I CAN DO THIS! So, DO it!

Mood/Aggression: Bit of good and bad. Only disappointment is in myself...

Stress: Aside from not being as lean as I want to be, I am in a pretty much stress-free zone right now. This is a FIRST in forever!

Libido: Some!

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Even though Full-Body sessions are NOT about strength I still lift as heavy as I can on the day for the reps I set. Today I was lifting weight that I would on the individual body-part days - which is something. I felt so strong!

Quality of Training: Pre-weights cardio was awesome. Spinning like a devil...Resistance training was the best ever! I cannot even express how great this was. Head was in a great place. Energy was off the charts. Strength and endurance and everything was waaaaay up. I was just GREAT!...Post-weights cardio, although 'recovery', was still good, energy high...

Recovery: Excellent. My body is back to being as flexible as I was and I am having no more DOMS issues...On another note, my joints are the best they have ever been - and given how they have been over the last few years that is saying a HUGE something!...

Pump and Vascularity: Pumps stunning...Vascularity was the best ever!...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Yes, so I had a high carbohydrate/calorie day yesterday. Wasn't planning on it, but come the evening and well - once I get started it's ON. It took almost 90 minutes of non-stop eating to be able to stop. Anyways, the >400g of carbohydrates consumed last night did NOT bloat me - got to thank double-dose of NeoVar pre and post eating, as well as pre-bed and first thing this morning - and only made me look better this morning, regardless of the small weight gain from the glycogen and water...Definition in arms is starting to get better...Still nowhere near as lean as I want to be, and I won't be at the Arnold either. So long as I hit the leanest possible for me for my competition - the first one is 6 weeks away...

Appetite: After a long time of no appetite I was suddenly RAVENOUS last night and then again today - ~3 hours after finishing training, and I was craving carbohydrates in a BIG way - even after all I ate last night! Mostly complex carbohydrates - with a little sugar - and I wolfed down as much - if not MORE - as I did last night in a mere hour of constant shovelling down the bread and waffles and pita chips and cookies - anything that was in the house and not hidden from me. I know - BAD, this close to competition. But it's done now and I can do nothing but let it go and move on and resolve not to let it happen again - I can't do moderation, so a good thing I train so hard...As far as water, 2 galleons down already and still counting...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I know what my body feels best with re nutrition and training and recovery and what WORKS the best. Yes, sometimes I go against that - and I regret it straight afterwards. But, learning. Working on it...Man, only 6 weeks until my first competition. And really, if I'm honest, I am not dieting yet per se - although I AM working on it. Any other competitor would think I was crazy not to have been dieting and doing excessive cardio for at least 12-16 weeks pre-competition, but I figure, I only have to lose 1-2% bodyfat, and 6 weeks is long enough. Still, no excuse. But getting back into the swing of things is the best thing for me to do right now, and I am slowly getting there, and next week I WILL be there. 4 weeks is plenty adequate - I will introduce a fat burner for the last 4 weeks of my competition preparation, and everything will be perfect from then on in. In the meantime, it is good that my body is starting to get back into a regular routine - when I am training as I should then it does it naturally - re sleeping...
 
Day 58

1203 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 2 min jogging
d. 4 x 1 min effort/1 min easy
e. 2 min jogging

1228 - Back/Chest (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 2 x 10, 6
2. Push-Ups (feet on bench, hands on DB) 2 x 10
Superset B -
3. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 2 x 6
4. Push-Ups (feet on bench, hands on m/b) 2 x 10
Superset C -
5. BB Bent Over Rows 4 x 4
6. Flat BB Bench Press 4 x 10, 6, 6, 6
Superset D -
7. Wide-Grip Lat Pull-Down (in squat position below parallel) 4 x 6
8. Incline DB Bench Press 4 x 8, 6, 6, 6
Superset E -
9. V-Bar Close-Grip Seated Row 4 x 8
10. Push-Ups (feet on bench, hands on m/b) 4 x 8

1325 - Run 20 min.

1442 - Stretch 20 min.

2109 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Just because you've done something doesn't mean you should keep on doing it." - Miss Laing, Casino Royale​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0115-0729, so just under 6.25 hours sleep. Deep. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Pretty good right up until after dinner, when I suddenly felt like not concentrating on anything and just sleeping - almost like I get after spending 60-90 minutes eating carbohydrates...

Energy: Energy was great until ~1840, and then I passed out for 90 minutes.

Motivation: Good.

Mood/Aggression: Highly disappointed in myself for yesterday's binge lapse - I had better be on track again in a few days! Otherwise, ok.

Stress: Minimal.

Libido: For sure.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Slow increases.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was a little different. Added a few longer efforts in for speed endurance...Resistance training was great...Post-weights cardio was a run, since I needed to expend some of the energy from yesterday somehow...

Recovery: I love my IGF-2!

Pump and Vascularity: Pump was good...Vascularity was the almost the best I've ever seen it, and the darker my skin the better it appears...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Holding a bit of water today...

Appetite: What happened to the appetite suppression? Today I once again had INTENSE cravings for carbohydrates. However, I did not give in this time - my body does ok on ONE day of binging, but two in a row now and or more just makes me feel like absolute crap - and was good...Haven't drunk as much water today; although still well over the galleon mark...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Bring on the next step!
 
Day 59

1055 - HIT (no recovery between rounds):
2 rounds of -
1. Skip 1 min
2. Box - Straight Punches 1 min
3. Skip 1 min
4. Box - Uppercuts 1 min
5. Skip 1 min
6. Box - Hooks 1 min
7. Skip 1 min
8. Box - Pitter-patter 1 min
9. Skip 1 min
10. Plank 1 min

1120 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Everyone has oceans to fly if they have the heart to do it...What do dreams know of boundaries?" - Amelia Earhart, Amelia​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0200-0615, so ~4.25 hours sleep. Deep, once there - although took a while. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Was fine up until ~1430, then started fading...

Energy: Great until ~1430.

Motivation: I CAN DO THIS!

Mood/Aggression: Tired.

Stress: Low.

Libido: Some.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: Got a new skipping rope and glad to be back skipping - although HIT in the gym definitely feels great (albeit maybe not at the time)...

Recovery: No DOMS.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in lower legs and delts...Vascularity good...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: My upper pectorals are looking a lot leaner...Returning to my usual golden colour...

Appetite: Good...Water intake high...

Overall Sense of Feeling: This year has been good to me so far. It can only get better!
 
Day 60 - Day 21 of BLACK CATS and IGF-2/Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade

0811 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

0837 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 4 x 8, 6, 6, 6
2. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 15, 12, 10, 8
3. BB Military Press 4 x 12, 11, 10, 9
4. Incline DB Rear Raises 4 x 15, 12, 10, 8

0912 - Run 20 min.

1900 - Gazelle 20 min.

1936 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You are more influential than you think." - John Wooden​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0000-0551, so nearly 6 hours sleep. Another night of passing out on the couch...

Mental Alertness/Focus: There...

Energy: AMAZING energy in the gym!

Motivation: "Experience is the name we give to our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde. It's time to STOP making mistakes! Attention to the SMALL details - because that's where something is won or lost...

Mood/Aggression: Calm, but not happy.

Stress: Medium.

Libido: Not today.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: 10-20lb increases all around.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was great. The first two efforts were like I was a bullet flying from the barrel of a gun. The second set was a little slower, as I'd almost completely exhausted myself with the first set. Tasting blood from 7 minutes in...Resistance training was excellent. Shoulders and Arms are two muscle groups where my strength does not increase a lot - especially with DB Lateral Raises, Rear Raises, or anything to do with Biceps - and today the strength increases were significant...Post-weights cardio was running, since I need to do something HARDER - although the pace may not have done much...

Recovery: I feel 100%.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in shoulders...Vascularity sweet...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Not feeling the best today (the last 4 days have been rough). Got to be perfect as I see perfect...

Appetite: Ok...Need to drink more water (I do better with more water)...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I'm HATING on myself right now!...The silver lining is that my sleeping patterns are settling down...
 
Hang in there. The Arnold may not have you where you want to be. But it will motivate you and you won't be on stage so at least you can be where you want to be when its your time for the stage.
 
crader said:
Hang in there. The Arnold may not have you where you want to be. But it will motivate you and you won't be on stage so at least you can be where you want to be when its your time for the stage.
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You're right. It will be motivation for sure! Looking forward to it, and meeting you!
 
Day 61

0831 - Spin Bike:
40 min @ 106-112 rpm

0918 - Abs/Hamstrings (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Abs 4 x [a. rope crunch x 15, b. hanging curl ups x 10]
2. BB Romanian Deadlifts (on box) 6 x 10, 10, 10, 6, 6, 6
3. Lying Leg Curls 6 x 10
4. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (on 12-inch box, BB to ground) 4 x 10

1003 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 118-120 rpm

1136 - Stretch 20 min.

1725 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Unless you try something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ben Booker​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0615, so ~5.25 hours sleep. Deep. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: All the way...

Energy: Was rocking it out in the gym, high on energy!

Motivation: "If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed." - Ben Booker. I have begun! And I WILL finish successfully!

Mood/Aggression: Calm. Relaxed.

Stress: Rising.

Libido: Yes.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Even though Abs/Hamstrings' sessions are NEVER about strength, I'm making gains - just goes to show that you do NOT have to lose strength when losing bodyfat!

Quality of Training: Pre-weights cardio was ok...Resistance session was awesome. Pushing myself, even through the lightheaded spells after the BB Romanian Deadlifts...Post-weights cardio, I made sure to be more brutal...

Recovery: Excellent.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs, definitely in hamstrings strong from Lying Leg Curls...Vascularity was ok...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Just got to concentrate on knowing that I WILL be where I want to be for competition, even if I'm NOT for the Arnold...

Appetite: Fine...Water intake high as high again...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I CAN do this. I MUST do this. I WILL do this!
 
Day 62

0806 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

0831 - Arms (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 6 x 20, 13, 10, 10, 8, 8
2. Dips 6 x 10
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 10, 8, 8, 8
4. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 4 x 8
Superset C -
5. Incling DB Bicep Curls 4 x 8
6. Push-Ups (feet on ground, hands on DB under chest) 4 x 8
Superset D -
7. Alternate DB Hammer Curls 4 x 12, 12, 16, 16
8. DB French Press 4 x 8, 6, 6, 6

0934 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 110-112 rpm

1138 - Stretch 21 min.

2245 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There comes a time when a man must ask himself if he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning...Two very different paths. I mean, to be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present, with no thought of what has gone before and no thought about what lies ahead, but a life of meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the present." - Linderman, Heroes: Parasites (Season 1, Episode 18)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0530, so ~4.5 hours sleep. Deep...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Spot on most of the day...

Energy: A few lightheaded spells - especially after my post-training shower - but otherwise energy has been fine all day. Right up until I passed out for 1.5 hours at ~2100...

Motivation: Just seeing my body in the mirror is motivation enough to get back into respectable shape as soon as possible!

Mood/Aggression: A bit of everything...

Stress: A little high.

Libido: Not really thinking about it.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was great. Like a bullet again re the first few efforts...Resistance training was good...Post-weights cardio also good...

Recovery: Has been really great.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump some, albeit not as much as I would usually have on Arms' day...Vascularity was knots in my forearms...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: FOCUS!

Appetite: Good...Water intake so much that I am starting to feel like I'm becoming water retentive - even though I also feel like it's all going straight through me...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I HAVE to do this!
 
Day 63

0742 - Spin Bike:
40 min @ 118-120 rpm

0827 - Full-Body (30 sec recovery between alternate sets):
Alternate Set A -
1. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 4 x 10
2. Dips 4 x 10
Alternate Set B -
3. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 10
4. BB Military Press 4 x 10
Alternate Set C -
5. Flat BB Bench Press 4 x 10
6. V-Bar Close-Grip Seated Row 4 x 10
Alternate Set D -
7. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (BB to floor) 4 x 10
8. Lying Leg Curls 4 x 10
Alternate Set E -
9. Weighted Crunch 5 x 10
10. Hanging Leg Curls 5 x 10

0924 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 118-120 rpm

1102 - Stretch 20 min.

1605 - Gazelle 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It doesn't matter where you start...It's where you end up." - Marzia Prince​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0530 (waking at 0351), so ~4.5 hours sleep. Deep again. Nice to see that I'm returning to my usual 4-5 hours sleep (definitely being back training as I should is helping a lot)...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Have been busy...

Energy: Energy has been strong...

Motivation: Getting better and better.

Mood/Aggression: Good.

Stress: Letting it go...

Libido: Yes.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Pretty sweet, actually, considering that Full-Body sessions are never about strength.

Quality of Training: All cardio was great. Legs were fine and loving the spinning. On a random note, I have noticed that since I've started cycling again, my lower body has returned to its usual more flexible state...Resistance session was good...

Recovery: Feeling hamstrings a little from Tuesday's session, but nothing major, and not tight.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump all over, especially in arms and delts...Vascularity ok...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: The most noticeable areas of muscle gain since coming to the US are in my back and legs, with some in shoulders.

Appetite: Fine. I find that having more fat (>50g daily) I can control my appetite more...Trying NOT to drink as much water today, although still over the galleon mark...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I'm starting to get back into a regular schedule - yes, it's 3-4 hours later than what I used in NZ, but it's working and doable, and so I'll stick with it...Have decided to miss the competition on the 10th of April and focus all my efforts on winning my Figure Pro card on the 24th of April. I just want to make sure that I definitely give myself the best possible chances, because I want this!...We head off to the Arnold tomorrow. Exciting times!
 
Day 64

0655 - HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min
b. 24 x 20 sec effort/10 sec rest
c. 1 x 1 min effort

0723 - Back/Chest (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 10, 8, 8, 8
2. Push-Ups (feet on bench, hands on DB) 4 x 10
Superset B -
3. BB Bent Over Rows 4 x 10
4. Flat BB Bench Press 4 x 10
Superset C -
5. Pronated Close-Grip Lat Pull-Down 4 x 10
6. Incline BB Bench Press 4 x 10

0805 - Gazelle 20 min.

0827 - Stretch 22 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Each and everything I do has a purpose...NEVER STOP. NEVER GIVE UP...Never say can't. Never say won't. A champion must first challenge the self before they can challenge others. I am my competition. Failure is not an option." - Ava Cowan​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0500 (waking at 0352), so ~4 hours sleep. Great time going to bed now, and going to sleep about the same time every night, and waking up naturally about the same time every morning - even if I let myself go back to sleep for another 1-1.5 hours - so getting back into schedule...

Mental Alertness/Focus: It's early days yet, but it'll be there for the rest of the day...

Energy: Energy great!

Motivation: Strong.

Mood/Aggression: Fine.

Stress: Trying NOT to think about it for the next 3-4 days...

Libido: Yes.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: HIIT Skip was good. Nice to be skipping again. Feeling delts...Resistance session was fine...

Recovery: All good again :)

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in chest and through delts...Vascularity knots and blue lines...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: For some reason, the last few days I have been holding water more and more (WTF???)...Just got to remind myself that my competition is 6 weeks away, and I WILL be in the condition I want for that!

Appetite: Ok...Going to try and not drink as much today; 2-3 galleons daily is getting to be more than a little annoying and my body does not need that much...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Beautiful weather for travelling...
 
Day 65

0844 - HIT (no recovery between rounds):
3 rounds of -
1. Skip 1 min
2. Box - Straight Punches 1 min
3. Skip 1 min
4. Box - Uppercuts 1 min
5. Skip 1 min
6. Box - Hooks 1 min
7. Skip 1 min
8. Box - Pitter-patter 1 min

0916 - Plank 3 min.

0923 - Stretch 22 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The right thing isn't always obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else." - Charlie Swan, Eclipse (Stephanie Meyer)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0715, so ~6.25 hours sleep. Was out fast and hard when I eventually passed out. No dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: I was wide awake within 15 minutes of dosing BLACK CATS on waking. Alertness and focus was the name of the day...

Energy: Excited energy!

Motivation: Reaffirmed, especially after meeting Ava Cowan - who has been an inspiration to me for a while now.

Mood/Aggression: GREAT!

Stress: None...Until after the buffet dinner (which is NOT the thing to be having the night before a photoshoot! - but then, so has nothing I've done this week been conducive to preparation for a photoshoot...sigh...)

Libido: HELL YEAH!

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: HIT was great...

Recovery: No aches or pains or joint issues.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in lower legs and delts...Vascularity was pretty strong today, especially in the crowded, heated expo...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Passable.

Appetite: Had breakfast and then nothing until got back from the expo - which explains the 800-calorie pre-dinner snack and then the buffet all-you-can-eat dinner...Water intake was the lowest it has been in MONTHS...

Overall Sense of Feeling: My FIRST Arnold Fitness EXPO experience. And boy was it something! Crowded is an understatement. People from all walks of life teeming the aisles and lining up at the booths, and generally running rampant. Sean and I spent a bit of time helping man the Applied Nutriceuticals booth - and met a few of the forum guys, which was fun :) We got the smackdown from an official when I started throwing t-shirts into the crowd - if you want to get people's attention and suddenly see a sea of hands, throw t-shirts around :D - seems like trouble follows me, LOL. All in good fun, though. I had a blast, and got to meet people I have been wanting to meet for some time now: Some of the rest of the Applied Nutriceuticals team - Don, Tanya, Jeff, Mark, Ben, and our new spokesmodel (the male 2010 Bodybuilding.com Spokesmodel winner) Ben Booker; as well as Christine and Matt Pearson of RPN/ThermoGum, Eric Marchewitz of LG Sciences, and Ava Cowan. Missed a few people that I wanted to meet - Kelly Baker, Paul Miller, and Scott Conroy - but I'll get to meet them sometime elsewhere no doubt. The expo was a lot of laughs, heaps of fun, but ~4 hours was definitely enough for me for one day...Back tomorrow...

ThermoGum Notes: I used a drop of the NEW flavoured ThermoGum during my HIT this morning. Different taste from the brief raspberry and lingering lemonade before endless pepper bite of the original ThermoGum - this is all cinnamon and raspberry and no tang or bite, but very pleasant. Unlike the original, which I used to chew for up to 8 hours at a time, the new drops last about an hour, and then it's popping in a new one - which I did frequently throughout the day and night. Definitely a great energy booster and it's nice to have a gum that is thermogenic! "ThermoGum is a revolutionary high-powered, fat-burning sugarless gum designed to stimulate energy, enhance focus, and amplify weight loss...ThermoGum provides clean energy, intense focus and mood boost without crash." ThermoGum delivers, and is a staple in my supplement arsenal!
 
Day 66

0445 - Skip:
a. 20 min
b. 5 min effort

0616 - Stretch 22 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Every choice has a price." - Trailer, Brooklyn's Finest​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~2130-2300 and ~0100-0330, so ~4 hours sleep. I am finding that I sleep in intervals lately, which is ok, because I am getting the sleep I need. All sleep deep...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Once woke at 0330 it was ALL on!

Energy: The earliest I have trained in a long time today, but all good. I NEEDED it!

Motivation: It was my own fault that I was not in the leanest condition possible for my photoshoot this morning, but it just made me even more determined to be for my next one, and do this RIGHT!

Mood/Aggression: On top of the world! Really! I haven't been able to stop smiling or laughing.

Stress: Not letting ANYthing bother me!

Libido: Can I just say a BIG YES!!!

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: It's nice to be skipping again.

Recovery: Good.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in lower legs and delts...Vascularity was reasonable...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Ok.

Appetite: I was fine.

Overall Sense of Feeling: Today wasn't so much about the expo as it was about spending time with friends. Had lunch with Jeff and Jen - great people! - before wandering the expo. And then dinner and drinks with Christine and Matt after leaving the expo. My first time in a gay bar, and let me tell you that it was the best bar I have been to - so much fun, and happy all the time, and inviting, with the best service and nicest people! I had three cranberry martinis - my first time drinking in FIVE years! Let myself loose. I haven't had so much fun in a long time! The PEOPLE I spent time with during the Arnold were what made the weekend for me :)
 
Day 67

Today is this week's Day OFF...Needed. And welcomed. There was none last week...


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Life is a helluva thing to happen to a person." - David Rossi, Criminal Minds​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~2000-2300, ~0100-0400, and ~0600-1430 (waking at 0800 and 1200), so ~14.5 hours sleep in total. I was asleep for most of the trip back from Columbus, but was wide awake for some. Deep. No dreams. Just much needed, sleep...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Wide awake since getting up...

Energy: There. Letting myself rest and recover re training, though...

Motivation: Tip-top.

Mood/Aggression: I am STILL buzzing from the weekend (especially yesterday)!

Stress: None.

Libido: How could I not?

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: All good :)

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity ridiculous...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Have been gradually getting heavier over the last few days (which is explainable, considering the food I have been packing away!), but today, despite that, seeing my abs better...

Appetite: Staying on the course of the last few days...Water intake already getting better...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I am HIGH as high right now! The weekend was a great and interesting experience, made greater by the people I spent time with. Unforgettable, for sure!
 
I've rolled in and only read the last page at this point; I admire your dedication and desire. Details aside, I love how everyday has what appears to be an intense workout. Consistency is quite evident.

Good luck with all your endeavors!
 
FlexW99 said:
I've rolled in and only read the last page at this point; I admire your dedication and desire. Details aside, I love how everyday has what appears to be an intense workout. Consistency is quite evident.

Good luck with all your endeavors!
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Hiya :) Thanks, bud. I ONLY train INTENSE. I HAVE to. I push my body as hard as I can every single time I train.

Cheers! :cheers:
 
Guejsn said:
Hiya :) Thanks, bud. I ONLY train INTENSE. I HAVE to. I push my body as hard as I can every single time I train.

Cheers! :cheers:
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I'm going to read the full log, but are you on-point to reach your comp in April?

I am considering a Fall show. A few good bros on here and a few promoters have told me I wouldn't be ready by May. It's been a great ride, results are compounding.
 
FlexW99 said:
I'm going to read the full log, but are you on-point to reach your comp in April?

I am considering a Fall show. A few good bros on here and a few promoters have told me I wouldn't be ready by May. It's been a great ride, results are compounding.
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Well, considering I am ~8.2% bodyfat right now and my competition is 6 weeks away, I consider that PLENTY of time to be ready for it. You'll notice that I do not diet or do excessive cardio, etc. like most competitors, because I DO have that time to finetune everything (and I love my food, LOL; it's the intensity of my training that allows me to get away with eating >4000 calories/day!)
 
Guejsn said:
Well, considering I am ~8.2% bodyfat right now and my competition is 6 weeks away, I consider that PLENTY of time to be ready for it. You'll notice that I do not diet or do excessive cardio, etc. like most competitors, because I DO have that time to finetune everything (and I love my food, LOL; it's the intensity of my training that allows me to get away with eating >4000 calories/day!)
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What are you looking to get down to and what do you maintain at?

Are you shooting for figure/fitness/BBing?
 
FlexW99 said:
What are you looking to get down to and what do you maintain at?

Are you shooting for figure/fitness/BBing?
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I am aiming to get as lean as possible for me. I usually maintain 8-10% bodyfat all year round, with a Maintenance of ~4300 calories/day. I am going to be doing Figure.
 
Day 68

1427 - HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min jogging

1453 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Seated BB Shoulder Press 4 x 12, 10, 8, 6
2. DB Lateral Raises 4 x 12, 10, 8, 8
3. BB Military Press 4 x 15, 15, 10, 8
4. Incline DB Rear Raises 4 x 12, 10, 8, 8

1530 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 106-108 rpm

1632 - Stretch 20 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "When you're running on empty, you've got to find that fire; you've got to find the drive; you've got to find passion...When I have a goal and I set my mind to it, it's all I think about." - Ava Cowan, The Sport of Figure Featuring Ava Cowan: Episode 6​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0230-0430 and ~0830-1106, so ~4.5 hours sleep. All deep. Very little dreaming; I am so exhausted by the time I eventually fall asleep - especially since I am staying up until I literally close my eyes and pass out - all I see is black nothing...

Mental Alertness/Focus: There until ~1900, and then back again ~2130...

Energy: Was amazing in the gym, considering all the WRONG carbohydrates I have been having over the last week - usually too high an intake of carbohydrates, and I feel like sh*t and don't perform as well, being sluggish and feeling crap...

Motivation: Ava Cowan.

Mood/Aggression: Good mood. Training was excellent and set the tone for the rest of the day.

Stress: Some.

Libido: Yeah, baby, yeah! ;)

Endurance: Excellent. Especially speed endurance.

Strength: Another 5lb increase per hand with DBs for DB Lateral Raises and Incline DB Rear Raises from last week!

Quality of Training: HIIT Run was AWESOME! Efforts were all able to be done at a VERY high pace, with little faltering with consecutive efforts. Went so hard that the 4 minutes jogging was required between sets...Resistance training was great. So NOT expecting the strength gains that I had, nor the ease with which it all passed by...Post-weights cardio was fine. I am going to have to UP the pace here from now on...

Recovery: No aches, pains, niggles, or other issues.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump reasonably strong, especially in anterior delts...Vascularity was getting pretty high...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Felt pretty good considering my diet over the Arnold weekend until now...Still managed to lose bodyfat, though, sitting at 8.2% bodyfat at a slightly higher 115.4lb (extra weight from food and water)...

Appetite: Not a lot better - still on a chicken and chocolate craze...Water intake back to my usual 1-2 galleons daily...

Overall Sense of Feeling: From now on my body must be made in the KITCHEN and not in training.

Supplements Notes: I finished my bottle of NeoVar Recomped last week, and so, until I receive my new one, I will be using one scoop of SuperPump250 pre-training in Blue Raspberry Ice flavour. Started the latter today. Blue Raspberry Ice is like WOW! Great taste; like passionfruit. Loved it! It ended up being 2 hours after dosing it (with my 2 caps of IGF-2) that I started training. However, unlike the time I used a sample of it last year, this time I NOTICED it. One of the most notable effects was the increased heat and sweating - like I was using a potent thermogenic - with increased vascularity. I enjoyed it :)
 
Day 69

0807 - HIT Skip:
a. 4 min
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec rest
c. 8 x 50 sec effort/10 sec rest
d. 1 x 1 min effort

0835 - Stretch 21 min.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Fate often takes a man far from his heart." - Spartacus, Spartacus - Blood and Sand: Great and Unfortunate Things (Season 1, Episode 8)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0300-0500, so ~2 hours sleep. Just couldn't sleep, so was watching movies. When up, felt like had slept for ages...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Top.

Energy: Energy not so good, which is why I decided on doing HIT today instead of the session that should have been here...

Motivation: Visualizing me as lean as I want to be, and knowing that I CAN be there when I WANT to be.

Mood/Aggression: Tired later on in the day.

Stress: Quite.

Libido: All day long!

Endurance: Great.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: Good.

Recovery: Left anterior lower leg ached after the skipping until well into the evening.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs...Vascularity good...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Eh...

Appetite: Yes, I ate a whole high raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake by myself on top of lunch, and then some...Water intake needs more work - I prefer drinking closer to 2 galleons...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Ok.
 
Day 70

Nothing :(


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I am what I have been shaped to be." - Gregori, Dark Magic (Christine Feehan)​


Sleep - Time and Quality: ~2300-0630, so ~7.5 hours sleep. Passed out early last night, well before I wanted to - probably because of the lack of sleep the night before. Sleep deep and black and empty...

Mental Alertness/Focus: All day, good.

Energy: Had a very upset stomach all day, and in no mood for anything but being curled up in a ball...

Motivation: Dig deep, girl; I KNOW that you CAN do this!

Mood/Aggression: Up and down.

Stress: High and then low and then medium - all over the place today...

Libido: Usual.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: Fine.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump, none...Vascularity high lines...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Looking quite a bit softer today, and holding water (no surprise there, given yesterday's diet)...

Appetite: Craving the carbohydrates, but going through stages of not wanting to eat...Water intake should be back to normal tomorrow...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Good things have been happening...NOT training has been doing a number on my mind, though...
 
Keep workin hard woman! I've got your 'definition of a Champion' as my wallpaper. An easy thing to remember when times are tough and you wanna fold your cards. The definition allows me to bend but not break. I won't BREAK!
 
FlexW99 said:
Keep workin hard woman! I've got your 'definition of a Champion' as my wallpaper. An easy thing to remember when times are tough and you wanna fold your cards. The definition allows me to bend but not break. I won't BREAK!
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I will never fold. Maybe tear a little, but never fold! Thanks, bud :)


crader said:
Ahem....as Sean would say this is your virtual kick in the ass on diet!!! ;)
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I KNOW! :damnit1: He has been giving me the LITERAL kick and a rolling of the eyes...Ok, time to be SERIOUS, with NO more playtime and room for error!

How have YOU been since the weekend?
 
I've been okay, I missed training on Mon and Tue because my stomach started swelling and I could not stand straight. Its still hurting but I trained the rest of the week. I wish we had medical insurance on me because I think the hospital is what its going to take to get better!
 
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