Many of you may have seen me around here, many of you may have not.... either way, I thought I would start up my first journal and include you in my experience.
I joined IM about 1 1/2 yrs ago. I was just a young BBing lad with little to no knowledge of nutrion plans, correct supplementation, proper techniques, etc... in short, I was a noob. I am now a little bit wiser to the game and have come a long way from where I started, mostly due to the great information that many of you have provided on this forum. I am beginning a new routine today. So, since today is Day 1, I have adjusted my diet and portioned everything that I plan eating accordingly throughout the day. Last week I went around and picked up all of my vitamins, proteins, p.bars, etc. I also have an idea of where I need to be with my diet and meal scheduling.
The routine I am doing is a continuation (actually a re-visiting) of the routine I had started almost a year ago and followed for roughly 9months. The routine is the Max-OT system. I stopped only 10-12 weeks ago. Since then I havent done much exercise due to a number of factors and now I am sick and tired of the now growing gut. Its time to get back on track for what my initial goal was... (185lbs, solid & defined) My stats back before I first ran this routine were the following:
Height= 5'8"
Weight= 173lbs
BF= 20-22%
33" waist
40R jacket (<-- I wear a suit to work everyday, so I know this one)
When I hit the peak of that routine it was around week 23... my stats then were the following:
Height= 5'8"
Weight= 192lbs
BF= 18-20%
33" waist
43R jacket (<-- I had to get all of my new jackets altered, courteousy of Mens Wearhouse
)
I was pretty pumped back then with my results. I was doing everything I thought that I could do to be on the right track towards my goal. But, since I obviously fell off the bus on that route, I decided to review my progress, analyze the results, and re-vamp it to be better go this time around. I am really amped for getting into the gym tonight and beginning this system all over again from the start. I still have the spreadsheets I created last time I did this system, so I will just clear the #'s and re-enter them with the new results from this time. I plan to post my before pics tonight when I get home, so keep an eye out for them. I will be getting up early 3x a week a doing a 15min HIIT cardio routine (first one is tomorrow morning) and I will the hit weights at the gym at night after work 5 days a week.
For now I will leave it at that. Keep an eye out for daily updates on my status, my routine, my numbers, and my stats. Thanks for any support!!!
I joined IM about 1 1/2 yrs ago. I was just a young BBing lad with little to no knowledge of nutrion plans, correct supplementation, proper techniques, etc... in short, I was a noob. I am now a little bit wiser to the game and have come a long way from where I started, mostly due to the great information that many of you have provided on this forum. I am beginning a new routine today. So, since today is Day 1, I have adjusted my diet and portioned everything that I plan eating accordingly throughout the day. Last week I went around and picked up all of my vitamins, proteins, p.bars, etc. I also have an idea of where I need to be with my diet and meal scheduling.
The routine I am doing is a continuation (actually a re-visiting) of the routine I had started almost a year ago and followed for roughly 9months. The routine is the Max-OT system. I stopped only 10-12 weeks ago. Since then I havent done much exercise due to a number of factors and now I am sick and tired of the now growing gut. Its time to get back on track for what my initial goal was... (185lbs, solid & defined) My stats back before I first ran this routine were the following:
Height= 5'8"
Weight= 173lbs
BF= 20-22%
33" waist
40R jacket (<-- I wear a suit to work everyday, so I know this one)
When I hit the peak of that routine it was around week 23... my stats then were the following:
Height= 5'8"
Weight= 192lbs
BF= 18-20%
33" waist
43R jacket (<-- I had to get all of my new jackets altered, courteousy of Mens Wearhouse
)I was pretty pumped back then with my results. I was doing everything I thought that I could do to be on the right track towards my goal. But, since I obviously fell off the bus on that route, I decided to review my progress, analyze the results, and re-vamp it to be better go this time around. I am really amped for getting into the gym tonight and beginning this system all over again from the start. I still have the spreadsheets I created last time I did this system, so I will just clear the #'s and re-enter them with the new results from this time. I plan to post my before pics tonight when I get home, so keep an eye out for them. I will be getting up early 3x a week a doing a 15min HIIT cardio routine (first one is tomorrow morning) and I will the hit weights at the gym at night after work 5 days a week.
For now I will leave it at that. Keep an eye out for daily updates on my status, my routine, my numbers, and my stats. Thanks for any support!!!
