MonStar's Journal: Breaking Bad Habits!

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[M.J.H.]

8-29-2004​

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.

 

[atherjen]

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

oui oui!!

damn thats one brutal leggie workout!

 

[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.

 

[M.J.H.]

8-30-2004​

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.

 

[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!

 

[Saturday Fever]

Food tastes way too good not to eat.

 

[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.

 

[BritChick]

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.

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