Leanripped
03-07-2010, 04:49 PM
I decided to start a journal for this contest.
Here's some of my background:
I've been bodybuilding and into fitness for the past 15 years or so. I started in highschool and have been hooked on it ever since. Once I saw how I was able to change my body through weight training I fell in love with it.
Goals: My goals for this contest are to add 10 - 15 pounds of lean muscle. Just before the holidays I had bulked up to 155 with the intentions of getting to 160. Unfortunately the mass wasn't all that lean. From there I was going to cut slowly over the next 4 months by carb cycling. The cut didn't go well, and I ended up losing alot of muscle AND strength. On top of that I ended up getting some sort of stomach bug that knocked my weight down even more to 142, so it hasn't been a good start to the year. This contest is the perfect opportunity to get the motivation that I need to pack on some lean mass.
Program:
I'm going to try to stick to a traditional bodybuilder split routine. In general I'm going to stick to heavier weights and I'll go heavier with compound movements. And depending on my joints hold up I may incoporate two workouts into my program, one heavy in the morning and volume at at night to help with the scupting. I've also been interested in practicing olympic lifts.
My diet will consist of higher protein, high fat and moderate carbs. I'll plug my diet into fitday.com to keep track.
Stats: Weight 142, height 5'5"
Supplements:
Protein blend
Possibly creatine
Caffeine
fish oil
vitamin C
Vitamin B Complex
I'll post some pictures in another thread.
- Leanripped
Here's some of my background:
I've been bodybuilding and into fitness for the past 15 years or so. I started in highschool and have been hooked on it ever since. Once I saw how I was able to change my body through weight training I fell in love with it.
Goals: My goals for this contest are to add 10 - 15 pounds of lean muscle. Just before the holidays I had bulked up to 155 with the intentions of getting to 160. Unfortunately the mass wasn't all that lean. From there I was going to cut slowly over the next 4 months by carb cycling. The cut didn't go well, and I ended up losing alot of muscle AND strength. On top of that I ended up getting some sort of stomach bug that knocked my weight down even more to 142, so it hasn't been a good start to the year. This contest is the perfect opportunity to get the motivation that I need to pack on some lean mass.
Program:
I'm going to try to stick to a traditional bodybuilder split routine. In general I'm going to stick to heavier weights and I'll go heavier with compound movements. And depending on my joints hold up I may incoporate two workouts into my program, one heavy in the morning and volume at at night to help with the scupting. I've also been interested in practicing olympic lifts.
My diet will consist of higher protein, high fat and moderate carbs. I'll plug my diet into fitday.com to keep track.
Stats: Weight 142, height 5'5"
Supplements:
Protein blend
Possibly creatine
Caffeine
fish oil
vitamin C
Vitamin B Complex
I'll post some pictures in another thread.
- Leanripped