Duncans Donuts

Judging from your pictures, I'd assume any feelings of your physique getting out of hand are probably paranoia. I understand wanting the best and achieving goals, etcetera; but don't be ridiculous. You're looking good dude, and if you added 5 pounds of fat or so, that can be removed in a couple of weeks easily. I'm shooting to achieve a body fat that you probably maintain at the moment, so don't get down on yourself.

"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

M.J.H.

Duncans Donuts: Hey man, thanks for the post, appreciate it. Yeah I do think that me feeling fat, and wanting to lose fat is a bit of a complex. I have this fear of being fat I have no idea why. It drives me crazy though---it is what makes me want to frequenty change up my diet, etc. Anyway, thanks for the support, bro.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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Jill

Those pics of you, once again are damb sexy! You have a great physique.

I think you are wayyyyyyy to hard on yourself. I think you need to love yourself just a weeeeeee bit more. JMO

Oh, those zottman curls, Im gonna give em a try on arm day next week!

M.J.H.

Jill: Hey there, thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words a lot---seriously. I know I am very very hard on myself. But I never complain much about my size or strength or anything it's basically just my bodyfat %. The Zottman curls are great, you'll definitely like them I think, be sure to do the negative part of each rep extra slow.

I think the main reason that I make such a big deal out of my bodyfat level is because if you think about it's not that difficult to eat like crazy and train hard and achieve some decent size. I mean I often see guys who have good size in the gym but are covered in flab so it's hard to see. That's not the look I am going for at all. I think leaner is much more appealing. For example a 150 lbs. physique well-defined with a tight midsection is more appealing to me than a 175 lbs. physique flabby. Maybe that varies from person to person, who knows.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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M.J.H.

Legs

Hack Squats
2 sets of 8 with 410
3 sets of 5 with 500
2 sets of 12 with 370

Smith-Machine Lunges
2 sets of 8 with 195
2 sets of 4 with 265
1 set of 10 with 155

Nautilus Leg Extensions
3 sets of 8 with 260

SLDL
2 sets of 2 with 485
2 sets of 4 with 405

Hyperextensions
4 sets of 6 with 115

Nautilus Seated Leg Curls
2 sets of 8 with 180
2 sets of 12 with 150

Seated Calf Raises
6 sets of 15 with 270
2 sets of 10 with 320

Standing Cable Crunches
3 sets of 15 with 100
2 sets of 10 with 140
1 set of 20 with 90

One word to describe my session in the gym today = EXHAUSTING. Talk about beating the f*ck outta' my body. High-volume legs just drains me completely, I can't get over how much it wipes me out. Started with 7 sets of hack squats, ouch. Good sets. Moved onto some Smith lunges, which I loved. They beat my thighs up completely. They're 1000x better IMO than DB lunges. I don't have to worry about my grip giving out, or balancing, etc. Hit up some leg extensions after that and that point my quads were FRIED.

For my hamstrings I f*cked up on SLDL, didn't realize just how exhausted I was, so I tried to go heavy and that just wasn't happening. Got pissed and did some hypers, and then some seated leg curls. Hamstrings took a pretty good beating. For calves I did 8 sets of seated calf raises, calves were all cramped up afterwards. Good sets. I am going to force my calves to grow, lol. For my abs I did some standing cable crunches with the rope attachment---really like them a lot. Great abdominal contractions.

Workout lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes (for some reason I keep hitting that exact time in the gym, lol) and finished with a total of 40 sets. Not bad at all.

Diet:
- protein oatmeal + peanut butter
- Gatorade + V-12 during workout
- whey protein postworkout
- low-carb tuna & cheese sandwich, dried fruit
- MRP + 2% milk
- grilled chicken & cheese soft taco
- grilled chicken + rice, broccoli + cheese sauce
- low-carb cinnamon toast
- grilled chicken
- 1/2 low-carb peanut butter sandwich

One again today, I was STARVING! And the cinnamon toast was great! Mixed cinnamon with Splenda on low-carb toast.

Damn, I can't even imagine how many calories that I took in today! I ate and ate and ate and ate. Every time that I stopped eating I would feel like I wanted to eat again.

Sleep: 7.5 hours.

Day 10 today of 6-OXO, 3 capsules 2x per day. Tomorrow I am going to move to 2 caps 2x per day.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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atherjen

oui oui!!

damn thats one brutal leggie workout!

" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed."

NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd
NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th
NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

M.J.H.

Jen: Haha, I don't think that I am TOO hard on myself. Well maybe sometimes I guess. Yeah I beat the sh*t outta' my legs today, really exhausting sets today. I was drenched in sweat by the end of my leg session today, lol. New avatar is great Jen, I like this much more than your last one.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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M.J.H.

Rest

Damn I am aching all over the place today! Glutes are friggin' killing me, my thighs hurt some, calves are aching everytime I walk, lol. I am definitely feeling the effects of this high-volume training, that's for sure. My inner forearms are still sore from those damn wrist curls, lol.

Diet:
- grilled chicken, rice
- MRP + 2% milk
- grilled chicken sandwich
- dried fruit
- ground beef & cheese soft taco
- ?

Sleep: 7 hours.

Day 11 today of 6-OXO, 2 capsules 2x per day.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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CanaDan

Great work on the training so far man! I agree with you, eating low carb leaves me starving too! I never realized how much I craved carbs until I started cutting out a lot of them.

Keep up the good work!

A child of five could understand this. Someone fetch me a child of five. - Groucho Marx

Saturday Fever

Food tastes way too good not to eat.

yay.

BritChick

Sounds like you're doing great Monstar

M.J.H.

CanaDan: Yeah man, it's the strangest thing. Because I feel like eating low-carb is definitely tough when it comes to cravings and all that, but at the same time I have lost more fat on a low-carb diet than I ever have on any other type of diet. But it's too much of a b*tch to deal with on a day-to-day basis, IMO.

SF: Agreed!

BritChick: Thanks for the support, I appreciate it. I am going to do some kind of cardio tonight, I am not sure at this point what type yet---I'll figure something out.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

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BritChick

Me too... trying not to think about it too much though right now!