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Status: Junior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 56
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Let's see, background (this is LONG):
Currently 6'2, 234lbs, 20-25% BF (thyroid issue)
26 y/o, a year fresh out of college with dual bachelors in biz & soc, currently an entry level desk monkey financial extraordinaire in mutual funds for a custodial firm. I live in NH (unfortunately) like Tripdog.
Lifting & sports experience: Competitive long distance swimmer for 13 years, tri-athlete in hs: swimming, football, lax... skipped the lifting sessions in football which led to multiple knee and shoulder injuries. Started lifting January '06... put on a program by a fellow gym goer Jan '07. Started cutting, dieting properly June 10 '07 and stopped drinking, smoking, etc completely same time. Went from 223lbs and 35+% bf to 179lbs and 7-10%BF Dec 07. Currently bulking as much as I can as naturally as possible. Didn't start doing deadlifts or free weight barbell squats until Dec 07 (was scurred of it). Even took Jan & Feb off from deadlifts (don't know why) - but best part is my strength and weights are consistently going through the roof. Went from 215lb deadlift to currently 405lbs in a matter of months and backsquat went from a sad 95lbs at start to 335lbs presently. Bench (I prefer DBs to barbell), but is roughly around 260-265lbs (upper upper body is my biggest weakness - upper chest/shoulders). I train 4 days a week and have a very busy schedule between work (commute hour+ each way into Boston and have night/weekend grad school classes for MS in Finance). I try and do 3-4 exercises per bodypart and 3-4 sets of peak weight by peak I mean excluding warm-up. I always stick to compound movements to kick things off and tend to stick to dumbbells and barbell work with no machines minus the seated fly and some cables here or there, particularly for bulking. My style focuses on slow negatives and faster positive movement while isolating my mental focus on mind-muscle connection, form, and contraction. I will always drop the weight if I feel I am working my ego more than my muscles. I like to think I am mimicking Lee Priest (bodybuilding idol).
Monday - Legs
Wednesday - Chest, Tri's
Friday - Back, Bi's
Saturday - Shoulders
Diet: 11 meals a day on training days (eat every 2 hours) and I cook all my food out for the week (except breakfast, shakes, etc) - on non-workout days, I'll lower the carbs to nothing and subtract a few meals because for me calories in and out (seeing as how I work a desk job) is very important to watch. As you can see I also center the majority of my carbs around/during my workouts. Being hypo-thyroid has huge disadvantages with carbs.
1)4 whole eggs, half cup whites, piece of chicken, 1/4 cup cheese, tblsp some sort of natty butter
2)scoop isolate, scoop misc whey with healthy fats
3)12 ounces turkey chili, 1/2 cup broccoli, 20 almonds
4)12 ounces grilled london broil, 1/2 cup broccoli, 20 almonds
5)12 ounces turkey breast, 1/2 cup broccoli, 20 almonds
6)pre-workout 1 & 1/2 hour before - 1 cup rolled organic oats, 2 scoops whey, some fats, taurine
7)15 minutes before workout - 25g WMS, 6 scoops Xtend (want to replace with EAA's), 6 grams BA, 2 grams CM
8) Intra-workout - 50g WMS, 10 scoops Xtend, 4 grams BA, 1 scoop WPI
9)Immediate pwo (within 15 min) - 2 scoops whey, fats, skim milk
10) 1 - 1&1/2 hour PWO - 50grams complex carbs, 50 grams protein, 10grams fats (either ground beef + whole wheat pasta, meat + sweet potato, or meat + brown rice)
11) Pre-bedtime - 1/2 container lowfat or FF cottage cheese with a some few red grapes, healthy fats
Cals = Have to say roughly 5000+ and very clean at that... I do have a cheat meal 1-3 times a week whether its fried chicken breast, sushi, or maybe some pizza. I'm holding a lot of water and definitely have had some fat gains, but everyone's noticed how much my body has grown in other places. Waist has unfortunately recently climbed above 34.
Goals: Get my MS in Finance, CFA Levels 1,2,3 and become a successful financial analyst in fixed income securities perhaps even specialize in municipal bonds and maybe one day a Fund Manager. Also be able to do a competition one day in bodybuilding - amateur or whatever - get to 280lbs is the short term and 320 long term and then cut.
Overall I have a huge interest in dieting, nutrition, and training - bodybuilding is challenging as is fighting thyroid disease without medication (I was hyper, now hypo post-radiation treatment). I throw a lot on my plate and because of my euro-parents upbringing, school, etc - I tend to overload myself on purpose out of guilt and if I am not successful - mentally I tell myself I have not worked hard enough though it may not be the case. Keeps me humble and going.
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Last edited by Kernkraft; 05-26-2008 at 03:54 PM.
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05-25-2008, 03:51 PM
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