JKurz's Log "Mirrors are all hidden"!

[The Shadow]

The diet I think is solid and I am pretty sure you agree........

The part you are having a hard time with is the 2x a day training, and I am beginning to agree you are correct...take it through this week and reevalute?

I'm not following his outline....shit....he take in over 7K in cals......mine, if you recall from page one, is around 4,200.........and I am gainging 3-4 per week

Is the leg routine too much?

LEG EXTENTION X 4 (WARMUP/PREEXHAUST)
MACHINE HACK SQUATS X 5 10,8,8,6,6
LEG PRESS NARROW X 4 12,10,8,8
LEG EXTENTION X 3

light smit sqat feet in front X2
DBELL DEADS X 3

yep.....2x per day is too much imo

I would prefer to see you on 5 x 5 - or my Old School program 3x per week

 

[Tweakle]

here's a good leg routine that I'm sure you won't be using twice a week or once every 5 days.

squats, 3-5 sets of 5 or one set of 20 r/p
GHR, 3 sets of 5
calf raises, 3 sets of 5

add weight to the bar each week, eat steak & pizza, fire trainer. This is like watching my famous skinny spotter train, he knows best & absolutely 'has' to do lots of sets because that's how you get big.

 

[JKurz1]

yep.....2x per day is too much imo

I would prefer to see you on 5 x 5 - or my Old School program 3x per week

ok.....ill do it....after this week....give the low down. Will I keep my cals the same? Minus the pw shake? Man, the weight is gonna pour on doing nothing for 4 days.....just hope its clean! Tell me having low test will play no part in the excess cals being stored as fat and no gains in the gym.....cranking the intensity and eating big will have it bounce back, right? Also on a-dex, tonga ali...

 

[36drew]

ok.....ill do it....after this week....give the low down. Will I keep my cals the same? Minus the pw shake? Man, the weight is gonna pour on doing nothing for 4 days.....just hope its clean! Tell me having low test will play no part in the excess cals being stored as fat and no gains in the gym.....cranking the intensity and eating big will have it bounce back, right? Also on a-dex, tonga ali...

Jesus man. Weight doesn't pour on in four days. It takes weeks, months, even years for the weight to pour on. Do you think the fat obese slob went from 140-300 overnight? God no. It takes years. And for someone in your shoes, you could do that but it would be largely muscle after some initial fat gains.

 

[silver_shadow]

so which way will you be going JK? old school or 5x5 or maybe even HST... all good sound programs IMO.

 

[JKurz1]

so which way will you be going JK? old school or 5x5 or maybe even HST... all good sound programs IMO.

Looks like the 5x5...think thats the best route? 5x a week?

Are the calories adequate? Not enough? Too much? Keep em where they are?

Also, will my test levels come back since I am done starving myself? The exess cals are not going to lead to fat gain, right?

 

[36drew]

Looks like the 5x5...think thats the best route? 5x a week?

Are the calories adequate? Not enough? Too much? Keep em where they are?

Also, will my test levels come back since I am done starving myself? The exess cals are not going to lead to fat gain, right?

1) 3500 calories would seem to be an ideal starting point.
2) Yes they should come back over time, and if they do not, then at least you know.
3) Yes excess calories will lead to fat gain, but they also lead to muscle gain.
4) You cannot have the best of both worlds at once when you are trying to form a foundation for a physique. In other words, don't count on keeping your abs while you build Rome. It usually takes a tonne of steroids, elite genetics, or a huge foundation to be able to maintain both at once.

 

[JKurz1]

4200

 

[JKurz1]

Yesterday was a decent day, low carbs for some reason I missed two meals and the scale showed it...I was 165 yesterday am and 164 today. I only got in my pw shake of oats, dex and whey and then cottage cheese with almonds and a shake from 630 to 930 when I really should have had two more meals. Plus, I subbed in 2/3 cup oats for my 4oz pasta in my third meal, which was lower in cals, I think. All else stayed the same. Abs look good this morning, NOW I need to stop looking in the mirror. I am bulking, not cutting damn it.

Yesterdays am session was bis...pr on str8 bar curls.
PM was chest and where I failed last week at 65lb dbells at 4 for two sets....I got 65lbs last night for 3 good sets of 7. Done after that....all my other lifts stayed the same. Delts are sore. I need a day off tomorrow!

This morning was tris and abs followed by 15 min inclne walk. 1hr, went pretty well.

1st meal
3/4 cup oats
1/2 cup oat puffs
1 scoop whey
6 egg whites, skim and coffee

2nd meal is one of my favorites. Hard boiled egg whites in my cold 1 cup oats, 1/4 cup dry to munch on.......

 

[BiggT]

JK...lol...look for thickness and size and swollenness....those are the signs you're doing what you're supposed to do, not abs......you should be setting a nice string of PRs for some time too.

I also like dry oats to crunch on.