My Log: The Journey to 85Kg

[Simo]

BTW Growth im using Balance 100% Creatine Mono

[jono]

lol. ive been drinkning that much for like 2-3 weeks.. i feel good. remember i eat a ton of carbs.. and if i dont drink a ton of water i get dehydrartd very fast

[Growth]

BTW Growth im using Balance 100% Creatine Mono

Good old mono eh :grin: Still the best bang for your buck IMO.

[Growth]

lol. ive been drinkning that much for like 2-3 weeks.. i feel good. remember i eat a ton of carbs.. and if i dont drink a ton of water i get dehydrartd very fast

Well i guess if youve been doing it for so long then it must be alright. Yeah you do eat insane amounts :grin:

[deegee]

Still a lot of water, I wouldnt want to be doing that much for too long though. How much longer left in this current bulk you are doing?

[Simo]

Sorry about the multiple postings, damn computer was not working properly,

anywho,

Todays Workout

DB Press

25.5 x 8

25.5 x 8

28 x 5

30 x 4

Incline DB Flys

10 x 10

13.5 x 8

16.5 x 8

18.5 x 8 (this was easy too)

Shoulder Press (smith)

40 x 10

50 x 8

60 x 6

65 x 4

DB lateral raise

8.5 x 8

10 x 8

11.5 x 8

AB work

DB Front Raise

10 x 8

13 x 8

Pretty happy, can feel the effects of the creatine, so thats positive. struggling with the water, up to around 3-4 litres now

[jono]

Still a lot of water, I wouldnt want to be doing that much for too long though. How much longer left in this current bulk you are doing?

no idea

[Growth]

Nice work mate, weights are continuing to rise, great stuff.

[jono]

nice work all round man... good to see progress

[deegee]

Good to hear that you can feel the effects of the creatine. I so often just notice a weight increase, due to water no doubt and thats it.

[Simo]

Yeh i didnt really feel it at the start but when i was on the smith machine, it was definatley much easier and could push through the sticking point, havent noticed much weight increase, tho i havent weighed yet. Il especially look foreward to deads tomorrow :grin:

[Varven]

First 2 weeks of creatine loading Im always happy... I see gains in all my lifts always ! Good going Simo.. btw how much do you weigh now.. any guess at your bf% ?

[Flex]

hey Jono, I don't mean to worry you but if you seriously have to drink 8x 4 litre containers a day - or 32 litres of water a day, this may indicate some sort of renal (kidney) problem or possibly diabetes - especially if you feel dehydrated all the time.

You really shouldn't need more than 8 litres a day - even that is pretty excessive - even if you are doing stacks of cardio. I would recommend getting some tests done asap as 32 litres is a crazy amount of water. Excessive thirst can be an indication of high blood sugar which is an early warning sign of diabetes - either diabetes insipidus or mellitis.

If you don't have any underlying problems, as stated early your sodium/potassium balance will get completely out of balance, which can lead to water intoxication, causing irregular heart rythym, dizziness, or death. This will normally only occur during exercise/sport/illicit drug use etc, however you can still overdose on water whether your sitting on your butt or running a marathon.

[jono]

hey Jono, I don't mean to worry you but if you seriously have to drink 8x 4 litre containers a day - or 32 litres of water a day, this may indicate some sort of renal (kidney) problem or possibly diabetes - especially if you feel dehydrated all the time.

You really shouldn't need more than 8 litres a day - even that is pretty excessive - even if you are doing stacks of cardio. I would recommend getting some tests done asap as 32 litres is a crazy amount of water. Excessive thirst can be an indication of high blood sugar which is an early warning sign of diabetes - either diabetes insipidus or mellitis.

If you don't have any underlying problems, as stated early your sodium/potassium balance will get completely out of balance, which can lead to water intoxication, causing irregular heart rythym, dizziness, or death. This will normally only occur during exercise/sport/illicit drug use etc, however you can still overdose on water whether your sitting on your butt or running a marathon.

i was drinkig like 8L a day when i was 10 yr old lol . i just drink as much as i can. perhaps the 8 4L was a bit to much prediction .. i would say i have at least 4-5 of them a day though. if i dont.. i can get headache etc..

[Flex]

Even 4 or 5 of them is excessive - seriously, if you haven't already, get some tests done.

[Simo]

VV, havent weighed myself yet, but i feel a little heavier, look a little fuller, plus there is always heaps of water in my belly, had over a litre already today, fat probably about 12-13% maybe.

[Simo]

Fridays Workout

Dead Lifts

60 x 8

80 x 8

100 x 6

110 x 4

120 x 2

130 x 1

135 x 1 Oh yeh :grin:

DB Row

25.5 x 8

36.5 x 6

38.5 x 5

Ab Work

Hyperextention

BW x 12

5kg x 12

BW x 12

Lat Pulldowns

48 x 10

60 x 8

66 x 6

72 x 4

BB Curl

20 x 6

40 x 4

30 x 6

DB Curl

13.5 x 8

13.5 x 6

DB Hammers

13.5 x 8

13.5 x 8

The extra energy from the creatine is great, felt real strong, esp on lat pulldowns which i usually hate.

[Growth]

Your workouts are comming along awesome mate! You must be putting on the kilos as well huh?

[deegee]

Your workouts are comming along awesome mate! You must be putting on the kilos as well huh?

Cant be too far off the 85kg target now

[jono]

great work on the deads and db rows man. very very solid stuff

[Simo]

might be pushing 80kg, but doubt more than that, my short term goals are in sight now, thanks for the encouragement.

[jono]

might be pushing 80kg, but doubt more than that, my short term goals are in sight now, thanks for the encouragement.

time to make some new goals soon man :grin:

[deegee]

You should be there in no time.

[Simo]

Tuesdays Workout

Squats (these bring new meaning to deep squat)

60 x 10

70 x 8

75 x 7

Leg Press

1pps x 10

2pps x 10

3pps x 10 (easy as)

Lying leg Curl

24 x 10 SS 18 x 8 (one leg)

24 x 10 SS 18 x 8 (one Leg)

30 x 10

36 x 8

Leg Extention

42 x 10

60 x 10

84 x 8

96 x 7 (stack)

Best leg workout this year, I was taking POV advice with the deep squats, these were deep as, like i was going as low as i could so the bar nearly touched the bottom of the squat rack, this is a few inches more than usual, and hense the pb. still feeling the creatine effects, the stack on leg extention was easy. First time i tried the new leg press, its a little weird feeling and has heaps of resistnece, not that smooth, but yeh. :grin:

[jono]

Tuesdays Workout

Squats (these bring new meaning to deep squat)

60 x 10

70 x 8

75 x 7

Leg Press

1pps x 10

2pps x 10

3pps x 10 (easy as)

Lying leg Curl

24 x 10 SS 18 x 8 (one leg)

24 x 10 SS 18 x 8 (one Leg)

30 x 10

36 x 8

Leg Extention

42 x 10

60 x 10

84 x 8

96 x 7 (stack)

Best leg workout this year, I was taking POV advice with the deep squats, these were deep as, like i was going as low as i could so the bar nearly touched the bottom of the squat rack, this is a few inches more than usual, and hense the pb. still feeling the creatine effects, the stack on leg extention was easy. First time i tried the new leg press, its a little weird feeling and has heaps of resistnece, not that smooth, but yeh. :grin:

nice work. deep squats > all