HandyAndy's progress journal

[yungahdubz]

Thats one sexy bench you got there.

 

[HandyAndy]

Thanks haha

 

[Quagmire911]

Clear your pm's, they are full.

Do what I said and take your weight and your chest and waist measurements. Then take them every two weeks. Do this now and post it in here!

Edit-Post exactly what cardio you do every week as well. Low intensity and/or HIIT...

 

[HandyAndy]

7/1/08

Deadlifts
185x5 - ****in pissed off here i just want to give up on this exercize, i feel ****in weak doing these and i look like a jackass doing them

Bench
Couldnt do these my wrist is killing me for some reason, hurt during warmups...

Squats
150x5
150x5
150x5

20 mins cardio on elliptical

Deleted my rant It was pointless and I shouldnt have wrote it in the first place

On the bright side, the scale read 245 lbs today, but wouldnt it have shown on the outside if i really went from 280 to 245?

 

[Quagmire911]

You didn't really look 280 in the pics you sent. Maybe the scale you were using was f****** or something.

You should also try and weigh yourself under the same conditions every two weeks. So first thing in the morning after you go to the toilet and before you eat, wearing only boxers.

So that was weight=245lbs
Chest-48"
Waist-44 and a half "
Round belly button- 50"

Now you have something to compare against in another two weeks.

Try and get videos of the squat and deadlift as well. And list your weekly cardio.

This is for your deadlift, READ AND APPLY:

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=147274
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=141664

And keep it up, you are doing well.

Quagmire

PS-Remember that if you are carrying quite a bit of extra fat, that you will have to squat and deadlift a good percentage of that weight whilst you are lifting. So as the fat comes off, your lifting numbers will "artificially" get higher faster, than someone who is at say 10-12% bf-if you get what I mean.

 

[HandyAndy]

I use the same scale, which is the one at my gym.

I wish i could riase my deads and squats but I physically cant handle that weight without having terrible form (as if my form isnt bad enough)

And I do apply all the stuff I hear about deads, my back rounds no matter what, Im just going to lower the weight

 

[Quagmire911]

I use the same scale, which is the one at my gym.

I wish i could riase my deads and squats but I physically cant handle that weight without having terrible form (as if my form isnt bad enough)

And I do apply all the stuff I hear about deads, my back rounds no matter what, Im just going to lower the weight

Don't read anything else on the deadlift, apart from the two articles in the deadlift article above. It is all you need.

And as I said above, your numbers appear lower because you are having to squat/deadlift more weight at 245, than if you were 180 say.

Get those videos, and do the mobility work.

 

[chinwaggler]

hey you said your doing a low carb diet, but on the 27th, there are no carbs?

this is a bad idea because low carbs is good, but 0 carbs is bad... and if you stick to an extremely low carb diet for over two weeks, bad stuff happens to your body.

 

[Quagmire911]

hey you said your doing a low carb diet, but on the 27th, there are no carbs?

this is a bad idea because low carbs is good, but 0 carbs is bad... and if you stick to an extremely low carb diet for over two weeks, bad stuff happens to your body.

It is an anabolic diet. Usually five days no carbs and then a two days carb up. Or four days no carbs, one day carb up.

 

[HandyAndy]

Hmmm, im not exactly following the anabolic diet, im just making sure im not getting in carbs.

Also, do you want me to up my carbs on the weekends?

 

[Quagmire911]

Hmmm, im not exactly following the anabolic diet, im just making sure im not getting in carbs.

Also, do you want me to up my carbs on the weekends?

You should be getting a lot more carbs on the weekend, and a lot less fat. Go to stronglifts.com and reread the anabolic diet. The carb up is too replenish glycogen stores.

So weekdays no carbs, lots of fat, and the weekend lots of carbs, low fats. High protein all the time, although a bit lower at the weekend.

 

[I-tallionStallion]

Dude...have you dropped 35 lbs?? Thats friggin awesome

 

[HandyAndy]

Dude...have you dropped 35 lbs?? Thats friggin awesome

Yeah according to the scale, but not judging by my size or clothes.

Surely if i lost 35 pounds the physical change would be drastic, so as of now, i dont know what the porblem is. The scale has definately changed, but I havnt.

 

[I-tallionStallion]

Get someone else to weigh themself on it to see if they are still the same. Or get weighed somewhere else. I highly doubt that you've made zero progress since you've started.

 

[HandyAndy]

But my body hasnt changed one bit, ive made some strength progress and for 7 months my body has stayed the same...

 

[shaunuk]

well, since you've lost weight and also gained strength I'd say you've definitely lost some fat.

You gotta remember you still have quite a bit of fat so it might be a while before you notice it coming off.

You're doing awesome mate, keep it up!!

 

[HandyAndy]

Thanks for the support dude, hopefully it keeps coming off

And edit: Ive been fvcking up this week, I went out twice in a row with friends that I could have turned down, I knew I should have went to the gym! Dont worry, no more of that..!

 

[HandyAndy]

Ok, I just wanted to double check my weight today, the scale read 265, seriously.....WTF?

Either that scale is ****ed or my weight is rapidly fluctuating somehow....im confused but i should measure by how my clothes fit and start retaking my measurements...

Another problem with me taking measurments is some days im bloated and im huge! and other days im normal size...

 

[HandyAndy]

Today

Squat
155x5
155x5
155x5 Doing better here

Bench
185x2 Couldnt do these my arms were trembling(from squats maybe?) and my wrist is still hurting

Deadlift
135x5 Lowered the weight to work on my form. Quag that video you gave me was extremely helpful but I just cant press my chest out! I bend over, grab the bar, lower my hips until my shins touch the bar, then when i try to straighten out my back I just cant for some reason, Im thinking maybe because im tall i have to bend over more than others and my shoulders are rolled forward, im thinking of putting the bar on a couple plates to raise it for me a little...

20 minutes elliptical

Meal 1 - Protein Shake
Meal 2 - Roasted chicken (no, not an entire chicken)
Meal 3 - Rice, potatos and chicken with protein shake and green tea (post workout carbs)
Meal 4 -
Meal 5 -
Meal 6 -

 

[HandyAndy]

7/7/08

Happy Monday :rock:

Bench
185x5
185x5 - Fail.

Today I was benching 185 and I couldnt get the last rep up, this guy worked in with me previously before I started my set. So im doing my bench and I cant get the weight up, and this jackass is just standing there looking around, meanwhile 185 pounds is about to come crashing down on my neck. He finally realizes im about to die and decides to help. Instead of going around the bench like a normal human being with a little bit of common sense, that retard lifts up one side on the barbell so the opposite side goes down, he then realized what a big idiot he is and begins to walk around and spot me properly (or so i think) So what he does he do? He lets go of the bar, and no he doesn't even walk all the way around, he takes 2 steps toward me, leans his body and stretches his arms all the way over me and grabs the bar from the middle. I felt like letting out a big " WHAT THE ****!!!!!" but good thing I didn't, everyone would have looked at me like I was crazy. I mean WTF, why would you do that, use your brain!

Squat
155x5
155x5
155x5 - These are tiring, thats why I love them, my form also look good, I realized that I needed to press my elbows back so my back doesn't round.

Deadlift
135x5 - Perfecting my form, props to Quag for the great video my form is 10x better.

20 minutes on the elliptical - 300+ calories. Im also hearing this myth

"the body under goes a phase between the 0-10/13 minute mark where it isnt burining alot of calories rather setting up for the rest of your workout - somethning along those lines. With low intensity i recommend at least a minimum of 40minutes at least"

Its probably garbage anyways..

Meal 1: Chicken + Veggies + Beans and green tea
Meal 2: Sandwich: Lettuce, Avacadoes, green peppers, bacon, cheese (post workout carbs)
Meal 3: Awesome protein shake with chocolate flavor, 2 spoonfulls of peanut butter and a whole banana.
Meal 4: 3 scrambled eggs, more green tea and fish oil
Rest of the meals still to come
Meal 5: Chicken and Green beans with green tea