sendit08

Background .. 24yrs old more will be revealed through this log
I was going to wait until i started cycling to keep a journal on here but i can use some support right now.
Until today my life pretty much consisted of four things...
school (Kin major CSUB)
work (bartender)
going to the gym
the fourth thing was a girlfriend but today i found out she has been ignoring me for the last three days because she is now with another guy. We were together for about two years then we split one year ago, then we decided to work things out. for the last three months everything was great. and now she just up and left me for some other dude.
Is there anything more immasculating than that?
Anyways its hard to find motivation right now because i feel like everything i do is for the future and now when i think about where i will be years from now i just see nothing.
Right now i am cutting for 15% bf and as soon as I get below 12% i will cycle.
I hope i can get some support because weightlifting has significantly improved my life and i wold hate to quit now because of a temporarily broken heart.

sendit08

Today i got up at the usual time and went straight to the gym.
I split my workouts by muscle groups.
Today I worked Shoulders, Traps, Abs, Serratus
I have three routines.
the other two are.
1. Chest, Tris, Calves, Leg/Thigh
2. Upper back, Lower back, Bis
On sundays I train outside and I am pretty creative with that.

Rubes11

hang in there bro i had a girl leave me after 3 years for another guy things will work out for ya. and lets get this journal started i wanna see some lifts and numbers. good luck

5'7 179lbs 36in vert,4.55 40yrd dash
goal by fall 185-190lbs
bench 255x2 4/20
squat 405x1 4/20

sendit08

thanx for the support man ...
Its just good to hear stuff like that right now.
I will start posting weight and detailed lifts tomorrow.
I workout every day alternating routines like so....
mon- Upper Back, Lower back, Bis, (1)
tues - Chest, Tris, Calves, legs (2)
wed - Shoulders, Traps, Abs, Serratus (3)
thurs - 1
friday - 2
Sat - 3
Sunday - out door stuff like tire flips, hooking pushing my car aound the bball court, plus just random stuff that my training partner and i come up with.

Rubes11

you'll learn quick that the people around here are nice and are always willing to give advice and help you out.

5'7 179lbs 36in vert,4.55 40yrd dash
goal by fall 185-190lbs
bench 255x2 4/20
squat 405x1 4/20

sendit08

the whole reason that i am cutting right now is because the last time that me and this girl split i lost total control of my BF. I was eating whatever whenever and missing workouts like crazy.
I am feeling pretty shitty right now.
Fortunately, too shitty to even hold down a cheat meal.

sendit08

Jeeze! It is super hard to motivate myself to go to the gym this morning.
All i can think about is that biotch and how i got played.
Is there anything that should make me believe that not all girls are like this???
The guy that she left me for is my age (24) and he just left just split up with his 16 year old FIANCE less than a week ago.
Because of this the main thing that is going through my head is, when this dude screws her over will I be able to resist taking her back AGAIN?
I think the best thing to do here is force myself to go to the gym for my usual workout and see what happens...
Ill post my workout when i get back but it will probably look sluggish so cut me some slack

sendit08

I have to admit when i arrived at the gym I didn't feel motivated at all.
Once a got through my warmup and start the heavy lifting my mind started to clear and for about 30 minutes I was able to focus on a workout.
I started with a deadlift pyramid.
135x20 ; 185x15 ; 225x10
follwed by bent over db rows
100lb dbs 2x10
reverse flys (sitting on incline with back bw my legs)
50lb dbs 2x10
seated rows ladder
140x8 ; 150x8 ; 160x8
pull downs
100lb 2x12 (wide grip palms forward)
85lb 2x12 (close grip palms facing backward)
incline unilateral curls
40lb 2x10 reg ; 30lb 2x10 hammer
Concentration curls
25lb 3x12
Straight leg deads
135lb 3x10
I think because I havent ate much yesterday or this morning due to feeling sick and kind of depressed I wasnt really up to 20 min hiit i usually end my workout with. So instead i just did some static stretching and left.

IronAddict

Oh man, that sucks! I feel your pain. Try to remember, that you aren't the first person this has happened to, and you will not be the last!

Look at it as her loss,and your gain. Because it would have been far worse, if you had been together longer. Use that feeling of indignance as fuel for your workouts. And you never know, you just may find another cutie in your gym.

Besides your 24. Your to young of a man to be whipped over a woman. I can promise you this, time heals all wounds, even despair...

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

sendit08

thanks a lot IronAddict!!
Its amazing how releaved you can feel just by hearing others tell you its gonna be ok.
The good thing is that i am still making progress as I have expected and will start my cycle when i expected to start.

IronAddict

No problem

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

sendit08

my buddy just called me up and said he was on the way to the gym.
so i met him there, spotted him a bit, then i went and did my hiit training.
NO WAY that i am letting this chick ruin what i have worked to hard for.
Now i just need to find a way to stop thinking about her... I have a night class tonight and i hope i can pay attention to the teacher.

Any tips on how to get my mind elsewhere... I have to do alot of studying and that is when i find myself obsessing over what i coulda shlouda woulda done differently and so on.

RasPlasch

Like ironaddict said. Its a great strategy to fuel your workouts with the anger you gained from the relationship. Trust me. I do it all the time. Don't fret, over time you will start thinking less and less about her. There are literally billions of other fish in the sea. You will find one for you. .

I will be following this journal. So don't let that chick bring you down.

sendit08

Thanks for all of the support everybody.
I will be using this journal as motivation.
I hope to be entering some type of amateur bodybuilding competition sometime ether at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Not for any other reason than to just provide me with motivation and see where i stack up against other people who have worked as hard as I have.

Rubes11

nice workout. and she did you a favor by doing that now the way that i see it. it saved you the trouble later on down the road heck your 24 you'll find someone better dont worry about it. and not all girls are like that ive found many girls that are great i just dont date them lol.

5'7 179lbs 36in vert,4.55 40yrd dash
goal by fall 185-190lbs
bench 255x2 4/20
squat 405x1 4/20

RasPlasch

Yeah. He just bangs them and leaves.

Rubes11

i do not...well not all the time just the latest ex she was a psycho and all that she wanted from me was sex.

5'7 179lbs 36in vert,4.55 40yrd dash
goal by fall 185-190lbs
bench 255x2 4/20
squat 405x1 4/20

sendit08

Just got back from my night class... (theory of coaching hockey)
now that im newly single i was scoping out the girls and since we were mainly discussing Arod and how his confession will be viewed vs the denials of others the girls in the class were board as shit... my buddy that i sit next to and I caught a couple of them eye-fucking us. I almost forgot how sweet the single life can be

sendit08

Just got back from the gym and I feel like pretty good... I was a little distracted because I have a Biopsychology test in about three hours and I am just now sitting down and cramming my ass off (well whats left of it after that workout)
Heres what I did...
usual warmup (5min super light elip, 10min of some bbal)
started with a Benchpress pyramid (85lbx20 135x20 185x15 225x7 225x7)
db bench (200x5 200x5) incdb bench (180x5 180x5) decdb bench (180x5 180x5)
cable crossovers burnout sets (60x20 60x20 60x20)
Tricep pushdowns (140x10 150x10 160x10)
Dips (BW 3x10)
Toe pushes/calf raises on lp machine (810x10 810x10 810x10) super slowmo
Treadmill slight inc 5min walk.
Squat Pyramid (135x15 185x15 225x15 285x10 315x5 315x5)
Instead of hiit training i got on the bike at steady pace so that i could read my biospsych textbook.
ended with some static stretching then left.

IronAddict

Good going!

These are the types of worries a 24 yr old should have. Right now, women are tertiary in importance. Finish your schooling, then the world is your oyster!

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Rubes11

nice workout and i agree with ironaddict on the girls thing.

5'7 179lbs 36in vert,4.55 40yrd dash
goal by fall 185-190lbs
bench 255x2 4/20
squat 405x1 4/20

sendit08

looks like I am a bit ahead of schedule in my progress.
It actually looks like I am putting on muscle during this cut.
Minimal amounts of muscle and not in all areas but its still coming in as the fat is coming off... (trust me, I can tell)
I use a caliper to track my BF. It may not be that accurate but I can still set short term goals based on milimeters of fat around my abdomen.
Based on the chart that came with the caliper I am currently 14% BF Which I think is pretty accurate. As soon as I get down to 12% on the chart I will start my cycle...
It is as follows.
Test prop (1-16) 400mg EW
Tren Ace (1-5) 300 mg EW
Tbol (6-11) 50mg ED
Tren Ace (12-16) 300mg EW
Might start Masteron at week ten... depending on my overall look by then.
The week before I start the cycle I will max in each of the big three so I can track my strength progress... I will also take some pics at that time aswell and continue to do so throught the cycle.
If all goes well I might use myself in my research paper on the personal use of AS for non performance enhancing reasons.

Moondogg

sentit08 - hope things start looking up soon for you bud.

Maybe I can give you a hand with your routine.

From the workouts youve posted so far it seems like your doing a bodypart split, with quite high rep ranges. This isnt really the best way to lift during a cut.

Would you mind posting the routine your using atm.

What sort of diet have you been following? Do you know how many cals youve been eating, and what your macro nutrients were each day?

sendit08

the reason for this is because I have had an issue with my rc in that past. it only bothered me during sports but to prevent any type of injury I dont do all my pushing in one day
I normally stick to 5-8 reps in compounds and 7-10 in isolation type exercises (I feel when it comes to the smaller body parts i need at least seven reps to get to the deeper fibers)
Tomorrow I will post my third workout routine (of three total) I will include a large rep range because I expand my rep range every third mon,tues,and wed.
I hope that makes sense to you
I am currently cutting at 300-400 cals under maintance each day.
for me that is 21-2200 calories per day. I am taking in (apx) 225g prot, 70g fat. and carbs vary depending on what is convenient (if I am at school and have to pack a meal Ill usually throw some chicken or steak in some bread so that I dont need a fork) other than that I dont really eat too much carbs.
I get more than my fair share of caffeine but hey, I am a student with a part time job I need the caffeine sometimes.

I know I wrote a lot but after you read my responses please post any improvements I can make. I am always willing to change anything

sendit08

I also get quite a bit of sodium... I never stopped to count the sodium but I know its above normal... I will track how much I take in tomorrow since it will be a normal day for me and post it... but if I have no reason to be overly worried about bp problems is there any reason i should avoid sodium. Does it effect cutting fat at all. I was thinking maybe it would cause you to retain water.

sendit08

I was feeling pretty sluggish this morning and it didnt stop when I got to the gym. When I feel like this I usually will cut out some of the isolation exercises and focus on using the best possible form. If I have learned anything for sure about lifting it is that lack of focus leads to injury
warmup: some bbal + messing around on the punching bag (thought it may get me more focus and amped up)
Clean and press (135x15 185x10 185x10 225x5 225x5)
Seated barbell press (185x8)x3
Db shrugs (100x10)x3
Upright Rows cable (135x10 150x10 165x10)
Serratus pullover + situp on dec bench (45x15)x2 ; wish we had 100lb plates
leg lifts squeezing 10lb med ball (2x10) front, left, right
20 minute Hiit
static stretching
Now its time for my nutrition class. Last class the instructor started talking about how to "tone" your muscles in the gym. She was telling this to a couple of slightly overweight students near the front of the class (they asked). I figured if they are gonna get off their ass and go to the gym, I am not going to disagree with a theory right infront of them. Her exact words were lightweight many reps will tone the muscle and burn the fat in the specific area targetted. sheesh!

sendit08

And I like it.....
Bball warmup
Deadlifts
225 10x1
315 5x2
Bent over DB rows
100 8x3
Reverse Flys
60 8x3
Pull downs, wide grip, palms forward
90x10
105x8
120x6
Seated Rows
150x10
160x8
170x6
Pull downs, close grip, palms back (slow-mo)
75x10
90x8
105x6
BB preachers
75x3
Arnold Curls (i get weird looks when i do these)
27.5 12x3
Straight leg deadlifts
135 10x3
20 minutes of Hiit

do you guys think I should add some weight and lower the amount of reps to no more than 5 on each lift or certain lifts or ______????

sendit08

I get up to 3000mg per day... usually stay around 2500mg which is still above normal... Should I be worried about this???

Rubes11

very nice workout keep up the good work.

5'7 179lbs 36in vert,4.55 40yrd dash
goal by fall 185-190lbs
bench 255x2 4/20
squat 405x1 4/20

sendit08

thanx buddy...
I have been feeling pretty good lately during my workouts...
I am gonna jack up the weight a little bit starting tomorrow and see if I can step it up a bit