Short History - a few years ago I weighed over 500lbs - yes, you're reading that right- hadn't done any exercise in forever (obviously), smoked like a chimney and ate like a hog - I could barely get out of a chair and looked like a blob of dough.
I got the wake-up call one day and decided to get into some kind of healthy shape; understand that I never expect to look like a bodybuilder, or even close - I just want to look decent and feel well.
Through consistent hard work 5-6 days a week, and sticking to a decent diet I gained a very decent amount of muscle and lost a tub load of fat - I am down to 321 lbs, with a a very decent lbm - measured through hydrostatic weighing. My ultimate goal is to reach 275lbs while trying to keep as much muscle as possible, or even possibly gain some. Btw, I am 6'2.5" and about 51.
I am very happy with my strength level, but am always extremely paranoid about losing it if I get too strict on my diet.
My sessions consist of mostly compound exercises - I love squats and dedz - and the only real isolation work I do is for arms once a week, and not too much of that; every time I've tweaked something it was from iso moves. In all movements I try to go heavy for high reps while keeping good form and range of motion- although I am partial to partials when there's no gas left in the tank or to work on certain parts of the movement. I won't lift a weight that I can't get about 10 reps with, but I still stay decently heavy.
I don't follow conventional bb or pl rules - I just do what works for me.
My current diet - and I've tried EVER DIET, and they all work for a while - is my version of the warrior diet, or carb back-loading, or whatever you want to call it today. Low carb protein shakes all day - train late afternoon - followed by high carb protein shake - followed by 2 healthy "normal" sized well balanced meals. This works out great for me as I like to eat, but I don't like how I feel afterwards - so I'd rather just have protein drinks all day till I train - I've done this before for long stints and do not have a problem with energy - I actually enjoy the feeling- and I mostly train without pre workout mind freaking supps.
cardio - I either take an evening walk in the hills with a weighted vest - using anywhere between 25 to 85lbs - or I do the evil stairmaster, alternating speed intervals; but I hate the stairmaster of course!
Supplements:
cycle - 4-6 weeks
Super DMZ
Halo Extreme
Advanced Cycle Support
Ultra Male
additionally I take 3xC1000, 3xTaurine500, 3xFishoil/cla/primrose oil/MCTs/E400,2x LiverCare, 3xCranberry extract, bcaas, glutamine, etc
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PCT
Advanced Cycle Support
E Control
Formeron (if I go past a 4 week cycle, I will probably start this after week 4).
All the additional stuff mentioned above.
Clm 75/50/50/50
and for emergencies I have access if need be to nolva and adex
I hope to run on cycle for 4-6 weeks, depending on how I feel, etc.
I am not expecting to sit back and let the supps work miracles - I don't cheat on my diet and I sweat buckets in the gym - I just am doing this to get a little kick start again as my weight loss has stalled for a long time, and the only thing the doc can come up with is that I'm eating too little! So I am upping my cals, adding in these supps, and getting ready to kick some!
I am taking a before picture - and at the end of the run I will take another pic - by then I hope to feel good enough to post them both together!
I hope to update my workouts daily - my diet will be almost the exact same thing every day so I wont bother repeating it.
Thanks for stopping by.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
Starting tomorrow morning - very excited!
I got the wake-up call one day and decided to get into some kind of healthy shape; understand that I never expect to look like a bodybuilder, or even close - I just want to look decent and feel well.
Through consistent hard work 5-6 days a week, and sticking to a decent diet I gained a very decent amount of muscle and lost a tub load of fat - I am down to 321 lbs, with a a very decent lbm - measured through hydrostatic weighing. My ultimate goal is to reach 275lbs while trying to keep as much muscle as possible, or even possibly gain some. Btw, I am 6'2.5" and about 51.
I am very happy with my strength level, but am always extremely paranoid about losing it if I get too strict on my diet.
My sessions consist of mostly compound exercises - I love squats and dedz - and the only real isolation work I do is for arms once a week, and not too much of that; every time I've tweaked something it was from iso moves. In all movements I try to go heavy for high reps while keeping good form and range of motion- although I am partial to partials when there's no gas left in the tank or to work on certain parts of the movement. I won't lift a weight that I can't get about 10 reps with, but I still stay decently heavy.
I don't follow conventional bb or pl rules - I just do what works for me.
My current diet - and I've tried EVER DIET, and they all work for a while - is my version of the warrior diet, or carb back-loading, or whatever you want to call it today. Low carb protein shakes all day - train late afternoon - followed by high carb protein shake - followed by 2 healthy "normal" sized well balanced meals. This works out great for me as I like to eat, but I don't like how I feel afterwards - so I'd rather just have protein drinks all day till I train - I've done this before for long stints and do not have a problem with energy - I actually enjoy the feeling- and I mostly train without pre workout mind freaking supps.
cardio - I either take an evening walk in the hills with a weighted vest - using anywhere between 25 to 85lbs - or I do the evil stairmaster, alternating speed intervals; but I hate the stairmaster of course!
Supplements:
cycle - 4-6 weeks
Super DMZ
Halo Extreme
Advanced Cycle Support
Ultra Male
additionally I take 3xC1000, 3xTaurine500, 3xFishoil/cla/primrose oil/MCTs/E400,2x LiverCare, 3xCranberry extract, bcaas, glutamine, etc
-----------------
PCT
Advanced Cycle Support
E Control
Formeron (if I go past a 4 week cycle, I will probably start this after week 4).
All the additional stuff mentioned above.
Clm 75/50/50/50
and for emergencies I have access if need be to nolva and adex
I hope to run on cycle for 4-6 weeks, depending on how I feel, etc.
I am not expecting to sit back and let the supps work miracles - I don't cheat on my diet and I sweat buckets in the gym - I just am doing this to get a little kick start again as my weight loss has stalled for a long time, and the only thing the doc can come up with is that I'm eating too little! So I am upping my cals, adding in these supps, and getting ready to kick some!
I am taking a before picture - and at the end of the run I will take another pic - by then I hope to feel good enough to post them both together!
I hope to update my workouts daily - my diet will be almost the exact same thing every day so I wont bother repeating it.
Thanks for stopping by.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
Starting tomorrow morning - very excited!
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