Originally Posted by TheStuff

December 1st, 2006

With winter break from college coming and my supplements starting to drown out, I have decided that I want to go on a serious months cycle. I have been lifting since 7th grade but have never really took it seriously. Never kept track of intake of calories or serious dieting just lifted 2-3 times a week.

Now that I have a month off of school (after finals week) I am motivated to come back a month later with some nice gains.

Purpose of this cycle is to stay cut, but gain more muscle mass and strength. OK, fair enough. Just understand by limiting your calories to stay cut you might limit your growth as well, but you'll gain strength for sure.

Stats:
Sex: Male
Age: 20
Height: 5'9-5'10
Current Weight: 153lbs

Weights: (All is reps, not maxing out) Give us more info here. Like amount of sets, reps and each specific exercise?
Bench: 185
Shoulder Press: 115
Leg Press: 270
Squat: 155
Curl: 50
Lat pulldown: 130
Tri pushdown: 160

Splits:
Mon: Chest/Delt/Tri
Tues: Legs
Wed: Bi/Back
Thurs: Chest/Delt/Tri
Fri: Legs
Sat: Bi/Back
Sun: Off day

Upper body strength has been worked on a lot more than legs as I do soccer/track and have rarely worked on legs that much. This seems counter productive. If you rely on your legs during these sports, wouldn't you want to put a bit more emphasis on them?

Diet:
No strict diet, just eating whatever I want. Biggest mistake you can make bar none!

Goals: What I am really looking for in my cycle is adding more muscle mass. People say I am fairly cut right now, but at 153lbs, I need to gain a little more, hopefully in muscle. I am also looking to take legs more serious and starting to incorporate them more in my workout as I know that doing squats and leg workouts help the whole body grow.

Suppliments for cycle: (Purchased today, Dec 1, 2006)
(3) Iron Magazine's Max. Pump bottles - 3 pre-workout, 3 post, 20 days per bottle, 3 bottles should last 2 months.
(1) Iron Magazine CEE Creatine - 4 pre-workout, 4 post, 30 days per bottle, 1 bottle should last me my month cycle
(1) ON 100% Whey Protein - Atleast 1-2g protein for every lb of weight. Current weight of 153lbs = 153-306g of protein daily. 1 scoop = 23g
Shake = 2 scoops, take 4 shakes daily, intake daily from shakes = 184g
(Is that enough? I feel like that isn't enough?) 184g should be plenty for your goals although you want the majority to come from whole food sources. Like I said above, diet is the key!

Diet goals:
Hope to record daily everything I eat along with cal. intake, keeping a daily intake of around possibly 3000-3500 calories a day. (Is this too low?) Only you'll know if it is. Weigh yourself each week and gage for yourself based on your goals. Based on you height and weight it seems fine but there are to many variables. Also, why record your diet if you're going to eat whatever?

This is my "map" for my cycle, please anyone who has read this and have any suggestions for me, go ahead and post. It will be my first serious cycle and I need to know more information on everything. What would you guys suggest for my training? What are the best foods for my diet? etc etc.