My Quest to COMPETE - BEAT THE DISEASE!

[JKurz1]

you have no idea how close I am to cashing in the chips...never ever felt this shitty, looked this bad....never been this weak....it sux bro and I have a deep feeling that I've reached my maxes at this level and at this weight....my weight not moving and I dont feel like Im getting stronger...I just think I started out way to light and now I've reached my potential for the condition I am in....

 

[BiggT]

You're nowhere near your potential, thats clear as you were 255 a few years ago and 375 was a routine lift on the bench on a bad day. You are kind of summing things up yourself in your post, yes you need to keep gaining weight to get stronger. Ask yourself this question? How many 6'2" guys can you think of that are brutally strong and sporting appreciable muscle at 170lbs? Of course you can only go so far at this weight, you can afford a TON more on your frame.

I PMed you a post from another board from a guy who struggled with an eating disorder, he went from 230 to 155, and back to 209 to kick it, still struggles with the mental games an eating disorder can play with ya....he chronicles how he always felt like crap when he'd start eating, then he'd go back to dieting and still feel like crap.....you've just got to keep doing this thing, your body will adjust.

 

[JKurz1]

thnx moses.........

 

[magic8989]

If your starting to feel fatigued or have a lack of energy maybe you just need to take a week to deload?

 

[JKurz1]

TUESDAY October 17, 2006

Decent Chest/bi session last night, but I think I overtrained bigtime. My delt is killing me and so is my left bi. It feels as though my shoulder could give way at any moment, so I need to do no upper body wiork tonight. I also finish my am cardio with about 50 pushups for blood flow. I doubt it, but am wondering if this is starting to hamper my gains. Also, just finished Mentzer’s 3rd book,. Incredible interesting and I am sincerely thinking of trying his HIIT methods out. One problem. I know damn well I cant only go to the gym 3x a week. That was his MAX…sometimes it was once a week….and NO CARDIO……Just don’t see it happeneing unless my health becomes so bad that the docs say I’m done. I really do think I am crumbling. Not only from a mnetal standpoint but from a physical. I feel like hell. Not a dayhs goes by where I am not forcing myself to eat and my stomach feels like pins and needles. I am constantly lightheaded and my legs often times go numb. My blood circulation isn’t what it should be and I’ll bet I have high RBC.

I stayed the same in reps on bench, as no one was there to spot me. Then my brother came in and gave me a nudge with my final set of 215 for 1…..if I was dying, I highly doubt I could train like I do and be as strong (even though it is weaker than piss) than I am…someone dying would have a hard time doing a pushup…..correct?

I beat all my inclines and declines by 2 reps minimum…for example, 155 x 8 on decline was 12 last night. Went as high as 180 which I haven’t done yet.

Today is hammy and calves…..no idea how I am going to change up my workout….thinking of high rep str8 legs

 

[JKurz1]

thanks for the reassurance....today is Thursday 10-12-2006...weighed in at 169lbs after 20 minutes of light walking on an incline and a quick 15 minute 15 rep nat. routine....it's my day off from here on out which I hate. Lowering carbs after third meal just makes me feel blah....I get in about 54g of carbs in each of my first 3 meals and nothing but fiberous veggies after.

Yesterdays delt routine was solid.....I din't do BTN, as you know me better than that. I had to beat all my lifts from the prior week by either 5lbs or 1 rep...to which I did, now my lower back and stomach are killing me. I am thinking of maybe a light leg wo tonight if it's raining or a HIIIT sprint session..........prob. dumb, so we'll play it by ear.

Same exact scenerio as last Wednesday......cept I did seated BNP instead of push press....good routine....still pretty weak maxing out at 115 for a sloppy half 6 reps....weighed in at the exact same as last thursday...169+ teetering on 170....how long has this weight been now? Nothing to do this eve, thoughts about a light leg workout? Speed squats or something? Stroll on the treadmil sounds boring...Did hams on tuesday and got quads on Sunday so today would be bad for legs, would it?

 

[JKurz1]

No love today>>>>

 

[SgtSlaughter]

You gotta be positive man.

You've gained weight. I don't know if ur using a trainer still. Have you increased calories accordingly with your weight gain?

When was your last day off? (You need rest to gain strength...otherwise it will taper at some point)

 

[JKurz1]

You gotta be positive man.

You've gained weight. I don't know if ur using a trainer still. Have you increased calories accordingly with your weight gain?

When was your last day off? (You need rest to gain strength...otherwise it will taper at some point)

full day of rest was one week ago today.......but keep in mind, one day is quad only one day is ham only......you don't think Im ok to just do a modified quad routine?

 

[SgtSlaughter]

full day of rest was one week ago today.......but keep in mind, one day is quad only one day is ham only......you don't think Im ok to just do a modified quad routine?

If you want to keeping progressing maybe it's time to train the lifts 3 day a week?

Have you tried low rep progressive training yet? It's a no brainer, at first (weeks 1-5 or so) you will feel like you can do more... but then you'll wish you had more time off

It's guaranteed you'll put up more weight bro...slowly but surely, and when you stall... tweak the rep range a bit and keep at it.