Thread: Leptigen? You bet your sweet mass!

Thu, May 6 – meals

Pre-workout protein drink
Post workout protein drink #1
Post workout protein drink #2

Leptigen
Roast beef sandwich w/ FF cheese
EAS drink

Leptigen
Baked salmon w/ salsa
Baked haddock w/ salsa
Green beans, peppers and onions

Roast beef sandwich w/ FF cheese
EAS drink

Leptigen
Turkey meatloaf (yep, leftovers)
Baked haddock w/ salsa (and more leftovers)
Salad

Protein drink

Comments
That first Leptigen serving is killing the appetite to the point that the mid-morning meal is being skipped.

Fri, May 7 - workout

Chinups
8, 6, 5, 5

BB Rows
245 x 7, 7, 6, 6

BB Shrug (straps)
405 – 2 x 10 (front), 2 x 10 (rear)

Seated DB Press
60 – 6, 5

DB lateral raise
25 – 9, 8

DB rear delt raise
35 – 8, 8

Seated calf raises
140 – 6, 7, 7, 6

Clean Cardio
135 – 5 x 6 (30 sec RI)
[rest 2 minutes]
135 – 6, 6, 4 (30 sec RI)

Bodyweight: 229

Comments
I tried something different for the clean cardio by not going to failure except on the final set. I’m hoping that improvements start showing soon.

2 week observation

As far as appetite-related effects, I’ve noticed that the Leptigen has more of an effect early in the day, and less-so as the day goes on. The first serving really kills the ol’ appetite, to the point that I don’t want to eat my usual mid-morning snack. The noon-time Leptigen has the effect of making me not-so-ravenous for lunch, but the late afternoon serving makes almost no difference at the evening meal.

With respect to workouts, it seems that strength is increasing, but I don’t how much of that can be attributed to the Leptigen and how much can be attributed to recovering from TP’s training program. I think that by now (2 weeks), the after-effects of the training program are about gone, so next week will be a good determination of the Leptigen’s effects on strength.

There hasn’t been much net change in bodyweight from last week, although my weight did its normal fluctuations during the course of the week. The pizza didn’t seem to have too disastrous an effect.

One physical thing that I have noticed is that since this past Monday’s workout, the DOMS seems to be more pronounced, at least more noticeable than last week. Right now my legs are extremely sore and chest is still quite tight from Wednesday.

And finally, I found out today that my May trip to Spain has been cancelled, meaning that I’ll be able to complete the great Leptigen experiment without the encumbrances of international travel.

Sat, May 8 – meals

Leptigen
Protein drink
Bowl of Fiber One cereal with some wheat germ and a little milk

Can of tuna

Leptigen
Can of tuna

Protein drink

BBQ chicken
BBQ pork
BBQ sausage
Green beans
BBQ baked beans


Protein drink

Comments
I checked measurements again and they were identical to last week's.

Sun, May 9 – workout

Squat
315 – 3, 3, 2

Box Squat (10” box height)
275 – 3, 3

Bench Press
275 – 3, 3
265 – 3, 3

Deadlift
405 – 3x3

Platform deadlift (4” high platform)
315 – 3, 3

Good Morning
205 – 3x7

Crunch Machine
170 – 3x8

Bodyweight: 229

Comments
Energy levels weren’t quite as high as last Sunday, so I had to cut back a little on the volume. Probably not enough calories yesterday.

Sun, May 9 – meals

Pre-workout protein drink
Post workout protein drink #1
Post workout protein drink #2

Leptigen
Bowl of Fiber One cereal with some wheat germ and a little milk

Leptigen
Can of tuna

Can of tuna
EAS drink

Protein drink

Leptigen
Veal Parmigiana

Protein drink

Mon, May 10 – workout

CG Pulldown
210 – 4 x 8

BB Rows
245 – 7, 7, 6, 6

Overhead DB extension
30 – 3 x 8

V-bar pressdowns
80 – 9, 9, 8

Barbell Curls
105 – 6, 6, 5

Standing DB curls
50 – 7, 6, 5

Standing calf raises
300 – 9, 9, 9, 8, 8

Clean Cardio
135 – 8, 7, 5 (30 sec RI)
[rest 2 minutes]
135 – 6, 5, 4 (30 sec RI)

Bodyweight: 228

Originally posted by CaptainDeadlift
BBQ chicken
BBQ pork
BBQ sausage
Green beans
BBQ baked beans

G'day Cap'n D! With regret ... I'm going to have to stop following your journal, for tales of pizza and BBQ's just make a girl lament what she's not eating. And you know how we love our barbies down here

Originally posted by Novo
With regret ... I'm going to have to stop following your journal, for tales of pizza and BBQ's just make a girl lament what she's not eating. And you know how we love our barbies down here

Come back. I promise I'll be good. For a while, anyway.

Meals for the past two days have been pretty much the same as before: chicken, tuna, salads, vegetables, protein drinks, plus one meal of scrambled eggs. Also one little "indulgence" which shall remain unnamed lest I incur the wrath of Novo again.