BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Alright boys and girls. I have officially decided to stop being a lazy fuck outside of the gym (the kitchen). I train hard as hell and enjoy every moment inside the gym, and even time out of it thinking about when I am next able to go to the gym. However, since the fall of 2016 I have given 0 fucks about my diet or physique. I used to walk around 200-215 at probably 15% BF as a natural. After benching 405 pounds as a natty (at 215 pounds), I still didn’t want to hop on gear so I just started eating everything in front of me in hopes of chasing that 500 pound bench. About a year into that (fall of 2018) I decided to take the plunge into AAS with the plan of dieting down and getting stronger. After tearing my MCL after only a few weeks into my cycle I again said fuck the diet and used the cycle to chase the 500-pound bench. I ended the cycle with a 475 bench weighing around 275 (nowhere near competition form, it was a chest bounce and ass came off the bench) but IDAF I was a happy boy. A FAT boy, but a happy boy lmao.
I spent the time after my cycle pre-habbing/rehabbing my knee and just trying to maintain as much muscle as possible to make a quick recovery while getting started on my weight loss. I have decided to go back to my roots in chasing a double weight bench. I have hired the boys over at @Atlas_Physiques to take over my diet and get me where I want to be.
On my own before hiring atlas I went from 278 at my peak (was probably actually mid 280’s, but I didn’t get on the scale very often when I got over 250), to 257.2 as my morning weight starting with the boys over at @Atlas_Physiques.
CURRENT STATUS
So I am currently in my first week of my powerlifting cycle (I have a separate IRL strength coach), and as of writing this it is my first day of the diet plan with Atlas. I am extremely excited to see how the carb/meal timing will affect my workout efficiency. I have never followed any kind of meal-timing protocol or any real set macro ratios for that matter. I’ve never worried about low-glycemic/high-glycemic, white rice vs brown rice, or any of my meal choices for that matter. I have always only focused on how much protein I was getting and making sure I hit my calorie goal.
My training has always been and will most likely always be powerlifting-centric, however I do hypertrophy work as my accessory work. My training cycle is (in short story form), 1-2 heavy compound movements per workout, followed by accessories which are higher volume based. Legs twice a week, pressing 2x a week and deadlifts 1x a week (you can find my full powerlifting training log in the powerlfiting forum). These extra hypertrophy workouts will hopefully help out the compound mass-builders to round me out and let me look like I somewhat lift .
WHAT I WILL BE POSTING HERE
I am not sure what all you guys want to see/hear in this log, but I will be treating this as an all-encompassing diary so to speak. I will be posting weekly check in physique update pictures. I will be posting morning and night weights, overall how I feel each day with my diet (I won’t be posting up specifics about my diet as that is in my eyes proprietary information from @mands and @Wunderpus ), and my feeling from my training for each day. (I will save the workout specifics and details for my powerlifting thread. However, I may post videos here and there of some workouts,especially if by like week 12 or so I am looking halfway decent with a nice juicy pump ). I will also be posting up my supplementation protocol (vitamins, thermogenics, AAS).
I also hope this can be a discussion of sorts between members of the community to ask questions/criticize/shoot the shit. Just give me a hard time and lets have some fun
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OVERALL GOALS
If funds permit I will continue with Atlas year round and get down to a lean 15%ish bodyfat. I want to be as efficient of a powerlifter as possible and I want to achieve that by being lean and strong as an ox (think Ben Pollack/Jessie Norris/Pete Rubish/Dan Green ETC ETC). I don’t know how much I will weigh at 15% BF in the next 3-6 months, so I’m not sure what my competition goals will be. I am assuming I will be below 220 and will likely compete in the 100kg class of the USPA. As far as lifts go, my short term goals are a competition paused bench of 455, squat of 545 and a deadlift of 675. I have no idea how quickly these will happen as I have only ran one cycle before my current one and I only got to squat/deadlift for about the first 4 weeks of that cycle SMH. The progress physique wise and strength wise will be FUNNNNNNNNNNN to see.
Thank you guys for taking the time to read this and I hope some of you will pop in and out to keep up with my progress. I feel this log will help keep things interesting for me and of course hold me accountable. The weekly pictures will not be pretty at first or even easy to post, but I know what I am capable of and know where I will be in 3-6months so I think it will be fun to have it all logged (The good, the bad and the ugly).
Let the fun begin.
Alright boys and girls. I have officially decided to stop being a lazy fuck outside of the gym (the kitchen). I train hard as hell and enjoy every moment inside the gym, and even time out of it thinking about when I am next able to go to the gym. However, since the fall of 2016 I have given 0 fucks about my diet or physique. I used to walk around 200-215 at probably 15% BF as a natural. After benching 405 pounds as a natty (at 215 pounds), I still didn’t want to hop on gear so I just started eating everything in front of me in hopes of chasing that 500 pound bench. About a year into that (fall of 2018) I decided to take the plunge into AAS with the plan of dieting down and getting stronger. After tearing my MCL after only a few weeks into my cycle I again said fuck the diet and used the cycle to chase the 500-pound bench. I ended the cycle with a 475 bench weighing around 275 (nowhere near competition form, it was a chest bounce and ass came off the bench) but IDAF I was a happy boy. A FAT boy, but a happy boy lmao.
I spent the time after my cycle pre-habbing/rehabbing my knee and just trying to maintain as much muscle as possible to make a quick recovery while getting started on my weight loss. I have decided to go back to my roots in chasing a double weight bench. I have hired the boys over at @Atlas_Physiques to take over my diet and get me where I want to be.
On my own before hiring atlas I went from 278 at my peak (was probably actually mid 280’s, but I didn’t get on the scale very often when I got over 250), to 257.2 as my morning weight starting with the boys over at @Atlas_Physiques.
CURRENT STATUS
So I am currently in my first week of my powerlifting cycle (I have a separate IRL strength coach), and as of writing this it is my first day of the diet plan with Atlas. I am extremely excited to see how the carb/meal timing will affect my workout efficiency. I have never followed any kind of meal-timing protocol or any real set macro ratios for that matter. I’ve never worried about low-glycemic/high-glycemic, white rice vs brown rice, or any of my meal choices for that matter. I have always only focused on how much protein I was getting and making sure I hit my calorie goal.
My training has always been and will most likely always be powerlifting-centric, however I do hypertrophy work as my accessory work. My training cycle is (in short story form), 1-2 heavy compound movements per workout, followed by accessories which are higher volume based. Legs twice a week, pressing 2x a week and deadlifts 1x a week (you can find my full powerlifting training log in the powerlfiting forum). These extra hypertrophy workouts will hopefully help out the compound mass-builders to round me out and let me look like I somewhat lift .
WHAT I WILL BE POSTING HERE
I am not sure what all you guys want to see/hear in this log, but I will be treating this as an all-encompassing diary so to speak. I will be posting weekly check in physique update pictures. I will be posting morning and night weights, overall how I feel each day with my diet (I won’t be posting up specifics about my diet as that is in my eyes proprietary information from @mands and @Wunderpus ), and my feeling from my training for each day. (I will save the workout specifics and details for my powerlifting thread. However, I may post videos here and there of some workouts,especially if by like week 12 or so I am looking halfway decent with a nice juicy pump ). I will also be posting up my supplementation protocol (vitamins, thermogenics, AAS).
I also hope this can be a discussion of sorts between members of the community to ask questions/criticize/shoot the shit. Just give me a hard time and lets have some fun
. OVERALL GOALS
If funds permit I will continue with Atlas year round and get down to a lean 15%ish bodyfat. I want to be as efficient of a powerlifter as possible and I want to achieve that by being lean and strong as an ox (think Ben Pollack/Jessie Norris/Pete Rubish/Dan Green ETC ETC). I don’t know how much I will weigh at 15% BF in the next 3-6 months, so I’m not sure what my competition goals will be. I am assuming I will be below 220 and will likely compete in the 100kg class of the USPA. As far as lifts go, my short term goals are a competition paused bench of 455, squat of 545 and a deadlift of 675. I have no idea how quickly these will happen as I have only ran one cycle before my current one and I only got to squat/deadlift for about the first 4 weeks of that cycle SMH. The progress physique wise and strength wise will be FUNNNNNNNNNNN to see.
Thank you guys for taking the time to read this and I hope some of you will pop in and out to keep up with my progress. I feel this log will help keep things interesting for me and of course hold me accountable. The weekly pictures will not be pretty at first or even easy to post, but I know what I am capable of and know where I will be in 3-6months so I think it will be fun to have it all logged (The good, the bad and the ugly).
Let the fun begin.
