God

I recently joined the forum and thought it would be a good idea to make a log of my training, diet, targets etc. A bit about me:

Age: 21
Height: 5'9

- Started training when I was 16. Starting weight was 135lbs (always been pretty skinny).

- Trained for a year and a half and upped my weight to 155lbs.

- Got injured (tennis elbow in both forearms) and out for year and a half. In hindsight I would say the injury was caused by poor nutrition and overtraining.

- Weight dropped down to 142lbs.



- Got back into training seriously at the start of 2008 and got weight up to a watery 195lbs, at around 17% body fat, over a 15 month period. At this weight I felt very bloated from being on a heavy bulk for such a long time so decided to cut down to a level where I felt fitter.



- Cut down to 171lbs at around 10% body fat over a 3 month period.

- Now I am bulking back up on my first cycle. My aim is to get up to a fairly lean 200lb by mid summer.

Will update this thread regularly with details on my workouts, what I have been eating and scale readings.

My stats when I started the journal were:
Weight - 173lb
Bench - 110kg
Squat - 180kg
Deadlift - 180kg

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My latest progress photos are on page 30

God

I am finishing off my new diet tonight so will post it soon

Incredible Bulk

ahhh bollox... your a scummer.

i take it all back from the welcome thread, go away!!!!

andysutils

God

Charming that is!

Incredible Bulk

if your not from the south you'll never understand the rivalry

T.F.

Looking good mate, good luck with everything, solid lifts there

andysutils

oh lmao, oops i thought you had accidently mispelt scammer as scummer .

Okies.

T.F.

Pompey v Saints mate Get with it

God

Thanks. Still very much a working progress, but should hopefully be improving a lot over the coming months.

benster

Looking good!
How many reps you getting from those lifts, or is it your 1RM?

God

Unfortunately those are 1RM. Hopefully not for much longer

God

Went to the gym tonight and trained chest. Appalling weights on the bench but an overall ok session. Did the following:

* 3 Sets on Bench - 60kg warm up - 12 reps , 80kg - 10 reps, 90kg, 4 reps
* 3 sets on Incline Dumbbell presses - 32.5kg - 12 reps, 35kg - 8 reps, 35kg - 6 reps
* 3 sets of flat flyes - 3 sets of 12 using 20kg dumbbells. Probably could have gone a little bit deeper with a lighter weight but wanted to go heavy this week after a light week last time with this exercise
* 3 sets on the pec dec going progressively heavier (12 reps, 8 reps, 4 reps)

Despite not lifting big weights today I did keep the rest between sets short so the session was quite intense and I still think I will be hurting for a few days.

Got the Osteopath tomorrow morning to straighten me out!

benster

Heck!! - what's up with your back?

God

lol nothing major. Contrary to what most people think an Osteopath can treat a lot of places on the body so I get my shoulders, hamstrings, knees etc all looked at. I consider it my monthly service! I am going to try and cut it down to bi-monthly though as can't afford it really.

Feel like a new person after going though. I am hoping by looking after my body now the best I can, I will be able to keep lifting weights for many years to come.