 Pikey's progress
I've been thinking about posting a log for a while now and have decided to take the plunge as I’ve found reading Paul’s and Lee’s very motivating and I thought telling you guy’s how I’m coming on and what I’m up to will help keep me focused and you never know some of you out there might enjoy reading it.
A little about me first, I’ve been training with weights now for 27 years, god am I really that old? The early days spent power lifting and then following a pec tare which put paid to properly heavy benching a period weight lifting and also as cross training for one or two other sports I’ve indulged in.
All that time my main passion has really been the gym I have always got a real buzz from training hard. Ever since I started training I’ve been saying I’d like to get in good enough shape to go on stage, about two and a half years ago I realized if I was going to do it I’d better get on with it. I’ve entered 3 qualifiers now placing third each time, the first time 3rd out of 3 the last time 3rd out of 5. I’ve made progress but have a lot of improving to do. This year I was delighted to qualify for the NABBA British, I thoroughly enjoyed the finals, my aim was to get a call out which I did so I went home a happy chap realizing I need to make big improvements if I ever hope to make the evening show which is now my aim.
I need to pack muscle on everywhere but am looking to really improve my back, Hamstrings, and calves. I’ve posted a couple of photo’s below taken when I came home from the British, my guts bloated because as you do after a show I’d eaten every sugary fatty thing I could get my hands on, but you get to see what I looked like.
5 weeks later I’m 7.5K heavier weighing 86K, I’ve just started a bulking cycle eating 7 meals a day, and also having a protein drink when I get up for the loo in the night. I’m having 250g carbs and 400g protein per day, the only fats are from fish oils, and omega 3 supplements and my cheat day. I’m eating clean Monday through Saturday night when I tend to have a takeaway and while keeping the protein high Sunday I basically eat as much as I can face and whatever I fancy.
I’m training 5 days per week Wednesday and Saturday are rest days 45 minutes to an hour per session with 30 minutes cardio first thing every morning |