Big, Buff and Fit. Sound good?

[GreekAdonis]

You must be hungry all the time with that new diet!

Where abouts in oz are you off to?

[Gym rat]

Oz how exciting sounds wicked bro.

[soundsgood]

Yeah pretty hungry all the time aye GA. I swapped from one extreme to the other, no middle ground for me lol. Although having an emptier belly has allowed me to smash my cardio better. I was two seconds off my gyms record on the 1km row sprint on my first attempt in 3 months. Should easily smash it next week!

Im off to the beautiful Whitsunday Islands in North Queensland. My best mate and his new wife have just bought a place up there so me and a few of the boys are gonna go have a look. Boys trip!!!! :grin:

[1day]

stuff

ahahahahahahah :naughty: you gona get a :smackbottom: when i tell ur mrs :pfft:

[soundsgood]

If you do I will tell your missus about that night down in vegas :naughty:

[1day]

If you do I will tell your missus about that night down in vegas :naughty:

wait a minute :-s , i never went to vegas wit u!! u homo, and ur sick dreams!!

:pfft:

[boostinggtir]

I assume vegas = rotorua

[soundsgood]

FRI 3 APRIL - CHEST / BICEPS / ABS

BENCH PRESS

15 x 60kg

36 x 62.5kg

25 x 62.5kg

INCLINE DUMBBELL PRESS

10 x 25kg

10 x 35kg

10 x 45kg

10 x 45kg

DECLINE DUMBBELL PRESS

12 x 40kg

12 x 40kg

LYING CABLE FLIES

12 x 70lb

6 x 100lb

8 x 90lb

STANDING BARBELL CURLS

20 x 20kg

10 x 60kg

10 x 60kg

STANDING CABLE BI CURLS

10 x 60kg

10 x 90kg

10 x 90kg

ALTERNATING DUMBBELL HAMMER CURLS

12 x 30kg

12 x 30kg

ABDOMINAL WORKOUT

15 mins

CARDIO

30 min roadrun

DIET

Meal 1: Double Protein shake / cup rolled oats

Meal 2: 150g Chicken w mixed veges

Meal 3: 160g Chop chop on brown rice w mixed veges

Meal 4: 160g chop chop chicken / two tblesp peanut butter

Meal 5: Double Protein shake / half cup rolled oats

Meal 6: 300g scotch fillet / salad

Meal 7: Double Protein shake

Had another crack at the 60% BW max rep on bench challenge. Again the lactic acid buildup was horrible, wasnt carbed up and probably had to much water in me to do any good. Only managed 36 which is 5 less than last time, but Im still in the lead (got until end of month).

I had a crack at the rower record and pumped out a 3.14 for the 1km sprint. That beat the previous Gym record by 3 seconds but I managed an unofficial 3.09 last year so Ive still got a bit of improvement. Interestingly 3.14 is the split time for the womens world record 2km sprint. Yes I wikipedia'd it

Ab work was good, by the end of it my abs were so numb I couldnt even feel them being worked out, which Im not sure is good or bad :shrug:

Weight was down to 103.6kg, 5kg down from 3 weeks ago. Ab definition is considerably better but its mainly the lack of puffyness around the jawline Im enjoying. That would be due to the lack of water retention after finishing my creatine cycle Id say.

[boostinggtir]

Man the weights just melting away. So did you say your doing a mini cut then bulking again? What weight do you think you'll compete at?

[TANKEDMOFO]

WTF is a mini cut?

is that like a mini mac burger from old school mcdonalds?

[soundsgood]

A mini cut is cutting for a short duration as opposed to a long drawn out pre comp one.

Yeah, I'll be going back into a bulk after it

I wanna be on stage at around 90kg Boosting

[Hardster]

Good to see your back and posting.

Really love reading your journal bro.

Go hard on the cut

[Loochi]

SG's the man! Always lifting heavy at the gym.. It's mind boggling sometimes! :shock:

[soundsgood]

Haha look who it is! Cobra lats himself! Welcome aboard bro

[Loochi]

Lol cheers mate. Gonna check out Lui's thread and see what's up. Good thread man. Read all of it last night lol. Every post.

[soundsgood]

SUN 5 APRIL - SHOULDERS / ABS

SEATED DUMBBELL SHOULDER PRESS

10 x 25kg

10 x 32.5kg

10 x 40kg

9 x 40kg

SIDE DUMBBELL RAISES

12 x 17.5kg

12 x 17.5kg

ALTERNATING FRONT DUMBBELL RAISES

12 x 25kg

12 x 25kg

BARBELL SHRUGS

12 x 100kg

12 x 180kg

12 x 180kg

12 x 180kg

SEATED MILITARY PRESS

12 x 20kg

10 x 60kg

10 x 80kg

10 x 80kg

ABS

15 mins various exercises

CARDIO

30 min road run

DIET

Meal 1: Double Protein shake / cup rolled oats

Meal 2: Apple / Orange / 200g chicken breast

Meal 3: Double Protein shake / half cup oats

Meal 4: 160g chop chop on brown rice w mixed veges

Meal 5: 160g chop chop chicken

Meal 6: 400g chicken breast / salad

Meal 7: Double Protein shake

Weight was down to 103kg today. \:D/

I have gone down 1 hole on my weight belt, but that wasn't hard (that's what she said :pfft: )

Although strength is down, I feel its a pretty good trade off for much higher levels of fitness

[Loochi]

That's awesome man.. I can't wait to see what you look like on stage bro'. Monster.

[boostinggtir]

SEATED MILITARY PRESS

12 x 20kg

10 x 60kg

10 x 80kg

10 x 80kg :thankyou: :pfft:

Yea those shoulders are looking pretty huge, you've got some nice rear delt happening to. I might copy this routine, I'll just half the weight. :grin: I'm gonna add a 5th day at the gym. \:D/

[soundsgood]

MON 6 APRIL - LEGS

SQUATS (warmup legs)

20 x 20kg

10 x 60kg

10 x 100kg

10 x 140kg

6 x 180kg

21 x 100kg

LEG PRESS

20 x 102.5kg

112 x 102.5kg

LEG EXTENSION

12 x 90kg

12 x 113.5kg

12 x 113.5kg

12 x 113.5kg NEW PB

LYING LEG CURL

10 x 90lb

10 x 140lb

10 x 140lb

STANDING CALF RAISES

12 x 440lb

12 x 440lb

WALKING LUNGES

2 x 20 paces w 27.5kg dumbbell each hand

CARDIO

15 mins treadmill

5 mins rower

DIET

Meal 1: Double Protein shake / cup rolled oats

Meal 2: Apple

Meal 3: 160g chop chop chicken on brown rice w mixed veges

Meal 4: 160g chop chop chicken

Meal 5: Double protein shake / half cup rolled oats

Meal 6: 400g chicken breast / salad

Meal 7: 6 eggs scrambled / double protein shake

Weight was down to 102.5kg

Attempted the leg press challenge (most reps at bodyweight). Was only to parallel, not legs into chest. Didnt carb up at all today, and felt like shit really, hence the shit effort at squats. Pumped out 112 reps, probably had another 30 -40 in me as I was allowed a rest pause, but I couldn't see myself getting up to 400 so I didnt bother continuing

Learnt my lesson! Always carb up before leg train :banging:

Anyways, diet has been pretty strict, and coupled with the cardio Ive made pretty impressive quick body transformation. Ive started to wonder if maybe I could keep going and be in shape for the NABBA waikato show or maybe the Auckland NZFBB champs :think: :wink:

Im not 100% sure its related to my cut, but since Ive been severely restricting my carbs and dropped calorie intake my more than 50% my brain seems to have been working a little ermmmm different. Its not as on the ball it seems. Its somewhat embarrassing to admit but I have had a couple of minor anxiety attacks while driving in the last week. It was like my foot got heavy, the road appeared to close in on me, my heart rate rose suddenly and I was out of breath. Then a few seconds later it was over. Nothing major but concerning none the less. Hopefully just a temporary thing, but has anyone had anything similar while cutting???

[Gym rat]

You are brave bro for doing cardio after legs nice leg training as well.I think I will have 21 x100kg ago :shifty: .

[boostinggtir]

Hmm, maybe a bad reaction to a supplement? I guess it could be something to do with, the shock to your system, from the dramatic change in diet. Consider taking some saintjohns wart, it's great for mild anxiety. You can get it at the supermarket. Milks also good for anxiety.

[poos_n_wees]

:ditto: On St John's wort.. could've been placebo? But they helped me :nod: Only about $13 from the supermarket.

Im not 100% sure its related to my cut, but since Ive been severely restricting my carbs and dropped calorie intake my more than 50% my brain seems to have been working a little ermmmm different. Its not as on the ball it seems. Its somewhat embarrassing to admit but I have had a couple of minor anxiety attacks while driving in the last week. It was like my foot got heavy, the road appeared to close in on me, my heart rate rose suddenly and I was out of breath. Then a few seconds later it was over. Nothing major but concerning none the less. Hopefully just a temporary thing, but has anyone had anything similar while cutting???

:shock: Thats some scary stuff! Nothing to be embarassed about. I've had anxiety attacks before (not when I was cutting though) and they are NOT fun at all.

Is there anything else in your life thats stressing you out? Any major life changes? The restricted calories/carbs could just be compounding that.. I know when I restricted carbs my brain felt like it was melting. Things seemed way more overwhelming, like it took 500% more effort to complete tasks.

[Sportsgirl]

Hey what's this business of doing legs on Monday? I thought it was chest and triceps day? :pfft:

BTW I like the pretty colours you use for your diet :nod:

[soundsgood]

Thanks for the advice, I have also been advised Arnica. If it doesn't help I'll give st johns wort a go. It was really weird cos Ive never had anything like it before.

Hey what's this business of doing legs on Monday? I thought it was chest and triceps day? :pfft:

BTW I like the pretty colours you use for your diet :nod:

lol thanks :grin:

BTW you wouldn't try to train chest on a Monday evening at my gym. Every wannabe and his mate hog the benches, but the squat-rack is always free :shifty:

[boostinggtir]

haha that'd be right