Well not been doing any 'serious' dedicated training on a regular basis for about 8 months. I had a few false starts, separated my shoulder etc... and I want to get back into the game ASAP. So I decided that some anabolism would help me recover from the 'light' workouts the coach is ptting me through more quickly. I should mention that whenever I s tart going back, the first three weeks are pure hell. My body is usually sore (muscle sore mainly) for up to 5 DAYS after 1 training session. This means that in the first three weeks I can only make it to about 5-6 classes. which sucks. I wanna get back into the game now, and I want to be there for three classes a week, minimum.
That's my goal. Sure I'd like to be able to lose some BF and gain some muscle/strenght. But the training itself usually will do that to me anyhow, especially when I'm first starting up after a long layoff (or like when I first started a couple of years ago). My goal here is to just be able to expose myself to the training on a more frequent basis at first, so I can get back "into the groove" more quickly.
For kicks though, here's my approximate stats at the beginning of my 'cycle'
6'3 , 225lbs, about 18% BF (guessing because the damn fat calipers I ordered from the e-store here STILL havent' arrived. ) Been lifting seriously for 2 years, MMA seriously for nearly a year all totl'd, and been not training "seriously" (1x week weights for maintenance mainly plus anything I would do when I was at physio for 5 weeks) for the past 8 months.
Just an FYI, I started a couple of years ago at around 200 lbs, but at something crazy like 25% bf. In my prime when I was doing MMA training I was a good 200lbs at around 8-9% bf.
So here's my log for the last three days:
Monday: 5mg m1t - felt nothing, did 2 hours of MMA training (mainly stand-up)+ couple of sets of shoulder presses, lateral raises, etc.. Rolled with some guy twice my age (50). He's been training longer than I have in the past 8 months, this I know for certain. Pretty even match though. Must be youth on my side, and the fact that I outweigh him by about 30lbs. He submitted once when I had mounted him, kinda premature of him IMO. Oh well.
Tue: Sore as all fuck, did 5mg M1t and Around 200mg of 4AD transdermally.
Wed: Still sore but went to class anyhow. 10mg M1t and ~400mg 4AD transdermal. Did 2 hours of training (all groundwork with about 20 min of sparring) + some weights. Sparred some young russian guy, we were pretty evenly matched but I managed to pull off an armbar on him at the end. Well I guess I did outweigh him by 60lbs or so, hehe. Did 6x40 DB bench presses (was actually like 8x30, 8x35,6x40) DB shoulder press was (8x20,7x30, 4x35) Which is pretty good for me recently.
Thu: Not feeling too sore. Stretched real good last night after training but I actually felt more sore yesterday after class. Still soemwhat sore though, but not like I would usually feel. 10mg m1t and ~400mg 4AD trans. Rest day. Went out for Indian food. Had Mussels Nicobar, Some fried shrimp thing (bad I know but tasted soo good), and som Chicken biryani. had a small glass of Stella Artois too.
Most weekdays I eat pretty clean. 2 bowls a day of Kashi Go Lean! , the one with the 8g of protein and 10g of fiber per serving (before milk) with milk, usually chicken and rice for lunch, whatever is good for supper and some kind of high-protein snack after work (tuna or salmon). Protien shakes 1 or 2 a day on off days, usually 3 on trainng days. Also put half a scoop in my morning bowl of GoLean!.
Friday is today and All I'll say so far is that I'm not feeling very sore at all today. A bit sore, but not much. No class tonight so I may just do some deadlifts and other back work tonight at home. Next class is saturday at 2 pm. Can't wait!
My recovery time does seem to have improved tremendously though, so I can't complain! Saturday should be pretty brutal though so we'll see how I feel on Sunday and Monday.
Peace out!
That's my goal. Sure I'd like to be able to lose some BF and gain some muscle/strenght. But the training itself usually will do that to me anyhow, especially when I'm first starting up after a long layoff (or like when I first started a couple of years ago). My goal here is to just be able to expose myself to the training on a more frequent basis at first, so I can get back "into the groove" more quickly.
For kicks though, here's my approximate stats at the beginning of my 'cycle'
6'3 , 225lbs, about 18% BF (guessing because the damn fat calipers I ordered from the e-store here STILL havent' arrived. ) Been lifting seriously for 2 years, MMA seriously for nearly a year all totl'd, and been not training "seriously" (1x week weights for maintenance mainly plus anything I would do when I was at physio for 5 weeks) for the past 8 months.
Just an FYI, I started a couple of years ago at around 200 lbs, but at something crazy like 25% bf. In my prime when I was doing MMA training I was a good 200lbs at around 8-9% bf.
So here's my log for the last three days:
Monday: 5mg m1t - felt nothing, did 2 hours of MMA training (mainly stand-up)+ couple of sets of shoulder presses, lateral raises, etc.. Rolled with some guy twice my age (50). He's been training longer than I have in the past 8 months, this I know for certain. Pretty even match though. Must be youth on my side, and the fact that I outweigh him by about 30lbs. He submitted once when I had mounted him, kinda premature of him IMO. Oh well.
Tue: Sore as all fuck, did 5mg M1t and Around 200mg of 4AD transdermally.
Wed: Still sore but went to class anyhow. 10mg M1t and ~400mg 4AD transdermal. Did 2 hours of training (all groundwork with about 20 min of sparring) + some weights. Sparred some young russian guy, we were pretty evenly matched but I managed to pull off an armbar on him at the end. Well I guess I did outweigh him by 60lbs or so, hehe. Did 6x40 DB bench presses (was actually like 8x30, 8x35,6x40) DB shoulder press was (8x20,7x30, 4x35) Which is pretty good for me recently.
Thu: Not feeling too sore. Stretched real good last night after training but I actually felt more sore yesterday after class. Still soemwhat sore though, but not like I would usually feel. 10mg m1t and ~400mg 4AD trans. Rest day. Went out for Indian food. Had Mussels Nicobar, Some fried shrimp thing (bad I know but tasted soo good), and som Chicken biryani. had a small glass of Stella Artois too.
Most weekdays I eat pretty clean. 2 bowls a day of Kashi Go Lean! , the one with the 8g of protein and 10g of fiber per serving (before milk) with milk, usually chicken and rice for lunch, whatever is good for supper and some kind of high-protein snack after work (tuna or salmon). Protien shakes 1 or 2 a day on off days, usually 3 on trainng days. Also put half a scoop in my morning bowl of GoLean!.
Friday is today and All I'll say so far is that I'm not feeling very sore at all today. A bit sore, but not much. No class tonight so I may just do some deadlifts and other back work tonight at home. Next class is saturday at 2 pm. Can't wait!
My recovery time does seem to have improved tremendously though, so I can't complain! Saturday should be pretty brutal though so we'll see how I feel on Sunday and Monday.
Peace out!
