Nick's log

Nick500

its going good. currently 13 stone 12, so a loss of 10 lbs in 19 days. given that about 5lbs was water weight post creatine, i make that the rough 2lb/week loss.

been doing lots of cardio, and one of my good friends who is awesome at mountain biking took me out saturday and sunday and made me work harder than i have in a long time ! plus i love mountain biking so its the perfect cardio training really.

i still have horrible love handles and back fat, but i can definitely see a marked improvement on front abdominal fat, and i have been really consistent with training and chopping and changing my routine lots, making my muscles hurt the day after (and my legs are ****ed ! cycling canes !)

still popping an eca as i wake up, before 45 minutes cardio in the gym hr bpm 140 - 160 4 times a week.

i do an eca even if i dont do cardio in the morning, in fact it really keeps me awake as I never get enough sleep and slowly becoming more and more insomnia-ridden.

i then goto work 930 - 530 and when i get back another eca before weight session 6 - 730.

this is perfect because the comedown from the eca targets me about 11 and it makes me tired.

i've also started taking citrulline malate from bulkpowders, really just to trial it out, i bought 100grams (roughly 2 - 3 weeks supply) and if its good may buy some more albeit it being a little pricey. It seems to have boosted my endurance slightly, i'm quite amazed i managed to get through the cycles at the weekend.

Diet wise, i'm trying to get a wide amino acid profile, the newest addition being that i have 6 egg whites added into my morning MRP shake, and 6 egg whites in my PWO. Other protein sources include:

Ham
Chicken
Beef
Tuna
Powders

I have also bought some dextrose (again, bulkpowders) for PWO, and eating fruit when i'm hungry (but not too much) inbetween meals.

i'm eating 5-6 meals a day, 2 - 3 being liquidised MRPs (just so much easier)

Lifts are a little dissappointing to be honest, and upsettingly could only do 6 reps of 100kgs on the bench yesterday. although my form is 100% strict now, slow chest touches, so i suppose that counts for something.

nicely motivated at the moment, and enjoying it lots.

Nick

Nick500

had only 5 hours sleep last night, but set the alarm at 745, took an eph25, snoozed for 15 minutes, took another eph25, then 15 minutes later 250mgs caffeine and 3 1/2 grams citrulline malate.

was a total monster at the gym. dont think i have ever sweated so much in my life doing cardio. i did my usual 5 minutes of warmup waiting for the eph 25 to kick in, and then about 12 minutes in i just went into overdrive, my heart rate up in the 190s, for sustained periods of time, then relaxing it to 140/150s even though i didn't want to.

average heart rate was about 160 for 45 minutes, approx 600 calories burnt.

went home, 6 egg whites, 80 grams oats, 2 scoops whey, 1 pint milk 1 tablespoon peanut butter and a banana in the blender for breakfast MR.

actually really enjoying the cardio at the moment ! i can see a bit of definition coming out, fat being lost in the chest/nipple region which is nice, same for the glutes.

still got a big fat belly tho and love handles ! have upped my ab workouts but i only manage a 4 pack when tensed at the moment. still, at about 16 % bodyfat, i have fairly impressively large abs.

Nick

Nick500

was really in a bad state last night.. just felt exhausted but was so hyped up on shit i couldnt relax

today i took no eca, no caffein whatsoever, and feeling great. also got 7 1/2 hours sleep.

will take an eca before training but not too much caffein !

Nick

Nick500

had an awesome train today with raz. we did his new style of training which involved:

cable flies supersetted with tricep pulldowns x 4
incline bench press (dumbells) supersetted with kickbacks x 4
Dips supersetted with pressups x 4

Aiming for intensity - finished the workout in 1 hour, or maybe less, sweated soooo much, and got an extreme pump from it.

I think i might take on board the principle of switch-supersetting, i.e. grouping muscles into 2s and doing an alternative superset for 3 different exercises, 4 sets of each. Hit in all the right places and got a great cardio workout in the process !

Diet has been awesome today, 20 egg whites so far, but been fairly shit in the week (ate out a few times - nothing too naughty tho), so not lost any weight.

Birthday coming up this weekend and my party the following weekend so no doubt drinking to be done and I dont expect anything too great in terms of fat loss but hey you only have your 21st birthday once in your life.

Confident of the future, gonna stay on the ECA most of the time I think until i've reached a nice bodyfat level, i really think that i'm putting on muscle mass too at the same time, which is awesome!

Nick

crazycal1

dips are excellent idea and the incline,but i`d stick to compound exercises for mass-forgot to say mate thought your back and traps looked huge!(eddie guerrero!)

Nick500

another good cardio session this morning at 9am (yes, i was late for work but **** it)

eca at 815 and 845, + trimethoprin i'm taking for acne/spots.

Found the 45 minutes easier than ever before, and i was doing it on quite a high level, heart rate was lower than usual too - i think its a sign of me getting fitter.

I've been cycling loads recently and they have been intense 3 hour sessions.

Also, weighed myself (but on an empty stomach first thing in the morning) and i was 13 stone 9. I usually weigh-in at my 6pm session when I suppose i have food inside me, but still, i think that shows a couple lbs at least lost.

its now 11am and i'm sweating my arse off at work ! god damn thermogenics !

Nick500

was my birthday at the weekend, so totally let myself go diet and supp-wise. really enjoyed eating good food, chocolate when i wanted, anything I could get my hands on really (!). had pork scratchings in the pub, and about 15 pints worth of alcohol over the weekend, and had a really great time.

Also, slept 3 really good nights, and given that I usually can't sleep, it was a nice feeling to get a solid 8 hours (gone are the days when i used to sleep 12)

back on the eca today, bumping it up to 4 a day for a couple weeks as (a) my body is probably more used to the substance now (b) to kick start the fat burning again.

still 'feel' well fat around the abs, and not lost any weight this week, about 13 10 ish. to be expected i suppose.

Nick

Nick500

any fairly crap week for diet as i had my party on friday.

knuckling down from tomorrow really hardcore, cardio every day.

also doing a thing with razg, if either of us fail on our diet (like have a pint or a choc bar - i.e. a treat we shouldnt give ourselves), we have to give the other guy a fiver !

Nick

razg

I am not predicting a profit on my behalf :P

crazycal1

i know you know this,but try and get some more sleep mate