My ass-kicking road to getting HUGE

[BiggT]

Damn, I didn't know you were 232 already....great work. This should show people you can gain insane amounts of weight and keep body comp. good with some old fashioned hard work.

 

[Tweakle]

I haven't done cardio in about a year

2-3 moderate sessions a week will make a big difference in keeping the fat off and should help you recover faster from the workouts. It's not much of a commitment and worth it as a premptive measure if nothing else (prevent fat accumulation when you raise your cals)

 

[xblitz44x]

Damn, I didn't know you were 232 already....great work. This should show people you can gain insane amounts of weight and keep body comp. good with some old fashioned hard work.

...yeah and it's possible WITHOUT JUICE.

Thank you sir. I got from 195-220 in no time. 225-230 was a bit of an effort; going from 230 on a Friday to 225 again on Monday after a weekend of not eating right. Now I'm sitting pretty steady at 230-234. 240 is my goal, for Madden purposes of course.

 

[xblitz44x]

2-3 moderate sessions a week will make a big difference in keeping the fat off and should help you recover faster from the workouts. It's not much of a commitment and worth it as a premptive measure if nothing else (prevent fat accumulation when you raise your cals)

I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks. There's just 3 weeks left on this training circuit then I'm going to probably spend 6 weeks on a CKD'ish diet trying to shed some fat and retain strenght.

 

[JKurz1]

I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks. There's just 3 weeks left on this training circuit then I'm going to probably spend 6 weeks on a CKD'ish diet trying to shed some fat and retain strenght.

good stuff bro...u doing this all natty? How much fat hae you gained vs lean mass? Visible abs?

 

[xblitz44x]

Well, it's sort of all natural. I went from 195-220 completely natural, then realized test levels were unbelievably low for some reason so I went to the doctor's who put me on Androgel. Since then I assume (but still have to be tested) that the test levels are around normal, although honestly I don't feel any different than I did before I was prescribed.

The only supplements I've been taking are creatine, the rest of my glutamine, a multi, and protein powder.

Start this 5x5 thing in February at probably 13% bodyfat and went up to about 15% now. These are all complete guesses, by the way. Abs are visible when I flex them. I'll take some pictures for the hell of it.

 

[BiggT]

Well, you made huge strength gains for having low test levels......If you've got andro gel from your Dr, what the hell, give it a go.....I haven't done much research on the subject, but I was always under the impression that TOTAL test levels are meaningless, and what is important is the amount of test in your body COMPARED to various other hormones (estrogen, epitestosterone, cortisol etc etc).....again, I don't know.....but with the gains you made and the physique you're sporting, I find it hard to believe that your body's own natural test wasn't working as it should have been.

 

[xblitz44x]

Sorry for the confusion but I have been on AndroGel for about 2 months now. I don't feel any different than before I was taking it. I'm thinking about just dumping the shit and saving my $10/month.

 

[JKurz1]

good stuff...what do you thik about mine....6'2, 180 and lean...looking to add mass.

1 -
3/4 C Egg Whites
2 Whole Eggs
2 Slices no-fat cheese
4.5 oz dry Oatmeal
1.5 C Skim Milk

2-
10 oz cooked beef
Salsa to taste
1.5 C cooked rice
1 C corn
1 T MCT

3 -
1 Scoop MuscleMilk
2 Scoops Complete Whey
2 C Skim Milk
1 Banana
1 C Yogourt (sometimes as I don't really like the stuff)

4 -
same as 2

5 -
same as 2

6 -
same as 3

repeat on Mon, Tues, Wed, .... all week

 

[xblitz44x]

Not bad, I just have a few comments.

1) Take an hour and input everything that you'd eat in a given day into a nutrition calculator like www.fitday.com so you can figure out approximately how many calories/fat/carb/protein you're eating in a given day. You wouldn't have to do it everyday because after you do it once you can use that day as a template and just sub things in and out to spice it up for the other days; staying around the same calories.

2) If, for some reason, you find that your calories are too close to maintenance, get rid of the egg whites and use whole eggs. Don't be afraid of them.

3) Any reason for the Muscle Milk in addition to the whey?