Jenny

Good job sticking to this journal Mike Looking good!

M.J.H.

JerseyDevil: Hey man, thanks for the post, I really appreciate it. Yesterday was somewhat of a pain in terms of not binging. I really don't even know why I wanted to but I felt that urge to go crazy with food and I just kept satisfying it in other ways. So obviously whatever I did worked because I didn't binge! I was starving last night before I went to bed though, so I pigged out on some peanut butter, lol.

Jenny: Thank you so much for the support, it means a lot.

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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fantasma62

Hey Mike, keep up the good work, I am happy to see that you are sticking to this.

Don't worry about a binge now, that's something that'll cure itself. If you go on a binge (which you won't, right?), then simply put it behind you and get back on the proverbial horse. Don't look back.
By the way, your journal may be the one that saves you from binging. Whenever you feel like doing so, go back and read your journal and see how euphoric you were feeling the day that you started it. See how happy you were and are, that people are behind you and that you have been able to keep a journal this far. I also suggest you do the same thing if you have an urge to start a new journal. Just read this one and your urge will be alleviated...

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

M.J.H.

Tony: Hey man, thanks for stopping by. You're right man I am definitely not going to be slacking off this time around. And even if I do slip up and overeat I am simply going to move on like it never happened, and stick it out with this journal. Because I have absolutely no reason at all to start a new journal at this point. I am not going to jump on one of the ridiculous fad diets that I always read about. Or the programs that everyone raves about. Because everyone is different and what I am doing now is working great for me. I feel better than ever. And I think that instinctive training has a lot to do with it.

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.

Monday; 9-13-2004

Back

Good workout today, really beat up my upper back hard. At first I thought that it was going to be a somewhat bad workout, just based on how I felt. But then after I started to get into it---it really ended up being a good workout overall. I was definitely very impressed with my back strength, especially the day after hitting my biceps hard. So I was happy today.

Bentover Rows
2 sets of 10 with 295
2 sets of 6 with 345
3 sets of 3 with 385

Nautilus Pullovers
2 sets of 12 with 260
2 sets of 5 with 310

CG Cable Rows
4 sets of 6 with 290

Nautilus Compound Rows
Dropset; 200 for 12, 160 for 8, 120 for 8, 80 for 8

Started off with bentover rows for some heavy sets. Did these Yates style with a double-overhand grip, with the cambered-bar. Hit 2 sets of 10 with 295, and then worked up to 3 sets of 3 with 4 plates on each side! I was extremely pleased. Obviously used some momentum on my heavier sets, but I was still very happy. Decided to change things up and hit pullovers right after the bentover rows. Lats took a hell of a beating, ouch. Then I did some v-bar cable rows, not too bad at all. At this point my lats were trashed. Finished up with a dropset, OUCH. Used the Nautilus machine and just rowed until I basically couldn't even row anymore, lol. Lats were fried.

Diet:
- MRP + 2% milk
- chili + beans
- V-12 preworkout
- whey protein postworkout
- ground beef + cheese taco salad
- MRP bar
- cottage cheese + peaches
- tuna & cheese sandwich

Sleep: 7.5 + 1.5 hours.

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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PreMier

Workouts lookin solid Mike. Would have replied sooner, but I wanted to see if this would make 2 pages

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

M.J.H.

PreMier: Thanks for the support bro, I really appreciate it a lot. LOL, I totally know what you're saying about not posting sooner. Yeah I honestly wasn't sure that I would make it to 2 pages or not, I am glad that I did though. Now I am just looking forward to making or to 3, 4, and 5 pages, lol.

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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PreMier

One step at a time brother, one step.

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Jill

I did back today too! Super heavy, I'm already feelin it!

M.J.H.

PreMier: Agreed bro, that's what I need to keep in mind. Just taking things one day at a time. That's the only way that I am going to stick to this journal.

Jill: I guess it was a back day for everyone! Yeah I had a pretty good workout today, really seemed to hit my lats hard. I think I am going to do legs tomorrow, but I am not really sure. It depends on how much shoulders feel to be completely honest. Thanks for the support though, Jill.

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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naturaltan

and I thought my 250 (I call it the stack) was good and then I read you're doing the stack plus 40. Nice pull!

just kick'in it in the ole Charger

M.J.H.

naturaltan: Every cable stack is different bro, lol. The one that I use at my gym is 290 lbs. for entire stack, I am not adding on weight to the stack. I just did 4 sets of 6 with the entire stack, which was 290. Sorry for any confusion.

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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ncgirl21

Hey Mike Journal's lookin good hun, keep it up

http://stephlg.proboards44.com/index.cgi#general

Duncans Donuts

Awesome bent rows.

"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.

Andrea: Hey there! Thanks for the support, I really appreciate it. Nice to see your face here in my journal, I havn't seen or heard from you in a while.

Duncans Donuts: Thanks bro, I appreciate it. I am going to try and get up a video of my bentover rows. So you guys have some idea of the form I am using. I do them Yates style, with a cambered-bar, and I row with a double-overhand grip. On my heavier sets I definitely use some momentum, but it's hard for me to say how much. Only a video would show you what I mean. Thanks again for the support.

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.

Tuesday; 9-14-2004

Shoulders

Great workout today in the gym. I am really surprising myself because there is so much talk about overtraining, and how you can't go to the gym this many days in a row, etc. I have gone to the gym the past like week or more straight with no rest days, and I feel better than ever.

Seated DB Presses
2 sets of 12 with the 65's
1 set of 8 with the 80's
3 sets of 4 with the 90's

DB Upright Rows
2 sets of 10 with the 60's
2 sets of 5 with the 80's

DB Lateral Raises
4 sets of 10 with the 40's

BB Front Raises
3 sets of 6 with 80

Hit a huge PR today in the gym. I have never used over the 80's in seated OH DB presses, and today I hit the 90's for 3 sets of 4! I was EXTREMELY happy with my strength there, it really came out of nowhere. The 3rd set of 4 with the 90's was definitely to failure. Moved onto some DB upright rows, which I really like---never done them before. Finished up with some DB laterals and some BB front raises. I am not at all going to be hitting my traps all that hard, they grow easily and I do not want my traps to overpower my delts, in my physique.

Diet:
- MRP + 2% milk
- MRP bar
- tuna & cheese sandwich, banana
- cottage cheese + fruit
- V-12 preworkout
- whey protein postworkout
- fried rice, vegetables, spicy chicken, egg roll
- ice-cream, cinnamon toast, 2% milk

This is going to be my cheat night for the next few days! I was starving tonight, but I went the past 5-6 days or so eating pretty damn clean IMO. So I think I deserved it. Ate a big huge meal at a Chinese restaurant first. Fried rice was DELICIOUS!

Had a big bowl of mint choclate chip ice-cream and 3 pieces of cinnamon toast (just white toast with butter and cinnamon/sugar). Then gulped down a lot of 2% milk.

Sleep: 8 hours.

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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klmclean

Keep up the good work!

chiquita6683

keep this up! wanna come pose for me sometime?

In my opinion, it looks like you want your outside to look the way you feel deep inside. You know how hard you've worked to get where you are, and the physical expression of the internal strength is why you like the idea of muscle -Kane

dianas05

As long as you don't get carried away with the cheat meals then I think it won't hurt you. Nice workouts!

~*Diana*~

"The greatest pleasure in life is in doing what people say you cannot do." Walther Bageholt

ncgirl21

Your diet is looking really good Cheat meal sounds yummy too- next time I head that way your taking me to get Chinese

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fantasma62

Hey Mike,


Man, I am very proud of you. You are doing it. You are keeping your thoughts, workouts and ideas "in this here journal" and have not veered off.
Remember, cheats are good for not binging.
Great workouts, really awe inspiring. Keep on writing, I'll keep on reading.
Again, I'll always support you, so keep up the good work....

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

M.J.H.

klmclean: Thanks so much for the support, appreciate it!

chiquita6683: Thanks, lol, come pose for you huh? Speaking of posing I do need to get some more progress pictures up. Maybe in the next few weeks or so. I am not sure that my physique has changed all that much, though.

Diana: Agreed. I think that if I have a cheat meal every 4-6 days it shouldn't hurt anything. I was just dying last night for something sweet! I might have gone a little overboard with how much ice-cream and cinnamon toast I ate, but oh well. I am sure I burnt some of that off this morning in the gym.

Andrea: Haha, my diet other than my cheat meal last night is looking really good. Maybe if next time you're in my area you actually to give me a call! I might be heading down to Virginia Beach actually in the next few weeks---we'll see what happens with my school schedule and all of that. I really like it down there, compared to Delaware at least.

Tony: Thanks man, for all the support that you have given me. Really means a lot, bud. By the way you're absolutely right that every cheat meal I have is one step closer to not binging. Last night I started off with the mindset, okay I am going to binge and start a new journal and program tomorrow. Then after the ice-cream, I was like you know what f*ck that. I am not going to change my program because I love how I am training now. And a cheat meal is not going to kill me, and it was damn tasty!

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.

Wednesday; 9-15-2004

Legs

Good workout this morning I think, although it was definitely exhausting, holy sh*t. For whatever reason my endurance during this workout was just not there, lol. After the box squats I was drained, and then the platform deads just knocked me right on my a*s.

Box Squats
2 sets of 4 with 405
2 sets of 6 with 365

Platform Deadlifts
3 sets of 2 with 485
1 set of 5 with 405

Nautilus Leg Extensions
Dropset; 250 for 14, 210 for 12, 170 for 10

Nautilus Lying Leg Curls
3 sets of 12 with 180

Seated Calf Raises
4 sets of 20 with 270

Sets of box squats were pretty good I think, I don't know. I was definitely wiped the hell out after 2 sets with 405. Platform deadlifts were done standing on a Reebok box, that was 4-5" off of the ground. Good sets. Nice PR with 3 sets of 2 with 485. Dropset with leg extensions wiped me right on my a*s. Lying leg curls were good, too. Hamstrings took a hell of a beating. Calf work just sucked. I hate training calves, and mine never ever grow, lol.

Diet:
- cottage cheese + pineapple
- V-12 preworkout
- whey protein postworkout
- 1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich
- 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
- MRP bar, low-carb bar
- mixed fruit
- tuna & cheese sandwich
- chicken noodle soup

Sleep: 9.5 hours.

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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chiquita6683

I am so damn prouda You, Mike!

In my opinion, it looks like you want your outside to look the way you feel deep inside. You know how hard you've worked to get where you are, and the physical expression of the internal strength is why you like the idea of muscle -Kane

klmclean

Good job on keeping your binging under control

( I have the same problem )

Keep it up!

BritChick

Looking good Mike... I soooo hear you on the calves!