Jason's IntraXCell and SteelEdge Log, From Athletic Edge Nutrition

[Jason2459]

Athletic Edge Nutrition

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IntraXCell-FAQ
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SteelEdge-FAQ
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Statistics
-Age: 30
-Sex: Male
-Height: 5'10''
-Weight: 186.47 (1 week average)
-Bodyfat: 14.2 (1 week average)


Training experience
For a good 6 years I was in a bodybuilder mode on and off but never had any desire to compete but just gain a lot of size. I went from around 135lbs to peak around 185lbs. I then started to get very inconsistant with my workouts and waveried anywhere between 165 - 180lbs. I never considered myself strong compared to the size that I gained. Then I started a Westside Barbell program back in November 2006 and have moved entirely over to the Darkside for good. I'm now training for a powerlifting meet in April of 2008.

Present diet
Currently for the past month I've been eating between 4,000 to 5,000 calories a day. Percentages split up somewhere around 40c/30p/30f.

Training outline
Typical Westside so far

Day1: DE Bench
Day2: ME Squat/DL
Day3: ME Bench
Day4: DE Squat/DL

Then throw in some GPP work here and there.


Supplements taken for a least 2 months before testing

Wake up 5:30am: 3 scoops (133g) Universal Real Gains, 2cups Milk (703cals, 5g fat, 101g carbs and 63g protein)
Workout 6am: water
PWO: 2 scoops (88.6g) Universal Real Gains, 1 scoop whey, 5tbls Dextrose, as much water as I can fit in the shaker (641cals, 5g fat, 101g carbs(50/50), and 53g protein.)
Get to work 45min later: eat, drink water
eat, drink water as much as I can all day and night
Go to Bed: Casein Mix with 1 cup Milk, multi-vit


Will Add in the following and test for a two month period:
On Training Days:
Pre-workout: carb drink as usually but with 1 scoop of Steel Edge and 3caps of IntraXCell
Post-workout: PWO shake as normal plus 3 caps of IntraXCell

On Non-Training Days:
No Steel Edge
Morning Breakfast with 3 caps IntraXCell
Dinner with 3 caps IntraXCell

Present goals
Compete in the 2008 NASA Iowa State Power Lifting competition. Going for at least 450SQ/300Bench/415DL.

Any and all prescription or recreational drugs you use that may alter results
Never did any drugs and haven't had any alcohol since 1996.

Anything else that may alter results disabilities, conditions, life situations, etc.
Nothing right now but you never know.

"Before" picture

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Current Bench, Squat, Deadlift
I did my 1RM 9 weeks ago now and was planning on waiting a good 12 weeks before I did it again. But I will go ahead and shoot for a 1RM again on my Squat, Bench, and DL. Then I will go for another 1RM in another 9 weeks after doing my test with IntraXCell and Steeledge and be able to compare. I know it probably wont be as large of a gain in weight increases as increases probably wont come as easy in the future.

Previous Max: (With creatine)
Squat: 355lbs
Bench: 255lbs
DL: 325lbs
Total: 935lbs

Current Max: (No Creatine)
Squat: 405
Bench: 270
DL: 385
Total: 1060

Goal Max in 2 months: (With Steeledge and IntraXCell)
Squat: 430
Bench: 280
DL: 405
Total: 1115

Any other relevant information
I've been off creatine now for over a month and can feel the effects on my endurance and recovery. I haven't lost any strength as I have consistently lifted PR's the past month. My muscles seem to get sore quicker and for longer periods of time. I was going to go back onto creatine by April before I saw the opportunity to test SteelEdge and IntraXCell and decided to try something different that is supposed to help with exactly what I'm feeling.

Will updated regularly the following information:
- My workouts
- How many calories, macronutrient (protein/carbs/fat) amounts
-Any cardiovascular or other exercise ? include intensity and duration: Cardio? What's that? I'll list any GPP work that is done.
-Any comments that I have on the product including side effects, impressions of the product, etc. even if they are possitive or negative
-Answer Any questions anyone might post or PM

[FORCE RECON]

Awesome man, looking forward to it! :cool:

[Jason2459]

Awesome man, looking forward to it! :cool:

Wow, that was a quick reply. Thanks, I am eagerly waiting to see how it can help with recovery and give me more energy for my workout in the early morning.

[Jason2459]

My first workout taking IntraXCell and SteelEdge will be this coming Monday so expect many updates from that point forward.

[FORCE RECON]

Wow, that was a quick reply. Thanks, I am eagerly waiting to see how it can help with recovery and give me more energy for my workout in the early morning.

I think you will really enjoy the way you focus during your workout after taking SteelEdge. Most users start to notice the effects of IntraXCell around the two week mark, and your "old/normal" workouts will feel easier and much less tiresome. :)

[Jason2459]

Little more on my background stats.

November 2006:
B/W: 167
B/F: 11%
LBM: 148.63lbs

Jan 2007:
B/W: 177.74 lb (avg 1week)
B/F: 13.3% (avg 1week)
LBM: 154.1

March 2007:
B/W: 186.47 (1 week average)
B/F: 14.2% (1 week average)
LBM: 159.99


From November 2006 to March 2007:
B/W: up 10.51lbs
B/F: up 2.2%
LBM: up 5.45lbs

FROM Jan 2007 to March 2007:
B/W: up 8.73lbs
B/F: up 1%
LBM: up 5.89lbs

From November 2006 to March 2007:
B/W: up 19.47lbs
B/W: up 3.2%
LBM: up 11.36lbs


MAX Stats:

November 2007:
Never did a Max attempt in my life before this.


Jan 2007
Squat: 355
Bench: 255
DL: 325
Total: 935

March 2007
Squat: 405
Bench: 270
DL: 385
Total: 1060

Max From Jan 2007 to March 2007
Squat: up 50
Bench: up 15
DL: up 60
Total: up 125

[Jason2459]

Goals and How I plan to get there:
in another 9 weeks.

Bench: 280
I'm getting stuck on the bottom now so get some 1 and 2 board presses in my workouts. I'm thinking I also need some more delt and lat work to help out. Maybe throw in some ME OHP work. I also feel like I am going to slow on the decent so I'll speed up the decent on speed days instead of take is slow on the way down.


Squat: 425
I felt it was really hard to get down into the hole and feel if I was below parallel. I figure some more low box squats will help here.


DL: 405
Still having a hard time getting it to come up off the floor. I think I need more work with the DL off a platform or using 25lbs plates. Also need to add in some good pullthroughs and maybe some GM Squats and Zercher Squats.

[FORCE RECON]

Great goals Jason! Very well thought out plan on how to acheive those goals too :cool:

[ATHLETIC EDGE NUTRITION]

I'm in!!:cool:

[Jason2459]

Did some GPP landscaping style yesterday. I spent the day digging, pulling out and dragging around 3 big, 4ft tall, bushes. Then did some random raking and cleaning up of the yard.

Sunday GPP work:

Bush Dig
3x324323223@shovel

Bush dead lift from roots
3x1@big bush

40 yard Bush Drag
3x1@ big bush

[FORCE RECON]

Did some GPP landscaping style yesterday. I spent the day digging, pulling out and dragging around 3 big, 4ft tall, bushes. Then did some random raking and cleaning up of the yard.

Sunday GPP work:

Bush Dig
3x324323223@shovel

Bush dead lift from roots
3x1@big bush

40 yard Bush Drag
3x1@ big bush

LOL :D Good stuff.

[Jason2459]

Week1/ Day 1

Comments
First day of taking SteelEdge and IntraXCell. Didn't know what to expect but was waiting and preparing myself for the "tingling" feeling that people talk about. I did notice more a rush feeling probably from the stimulants in SteelEdge which I'm not used to taking early in the morning or at all really. It felt like a drank two cups of coffee which I might do on occassion. My foot tapped quite a bit between sets and my body temp felt slightly elevated earlier in the workout. Normally I feel really warm after my workouts. Never got any tingling sensation but I took everything together this morning with my normal 3 scoops of Real Gains and 2 cups of milk. The taste wasn't as bad as I was expecting as I mixed a citrus flavor with chocolate flavoring. I did feel the buzz of stimulants well after my workout was over but I do a pretty quick and intense workout.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep and 10 wide awake and about to explode
4

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
7

Time to complete workout:
40m

The Workout

DE BENCH
Flat Bench
6x3@160
3x3@175
1x3@185

Assistance Work
Standing DB Military Press w/ Palms facing in
1x10@35, 50
1x6@45
2x8@35

DB Rear Laterals
4x10@25

Decline Bench Sit-ups
1x50@10lbs ball

B/W:186.2
B/F:14.5%

Today's Gorging of Food:

Didn't know the calories in 6 caps of IntraXCell but throw that in and I doubt it adds much.

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Oatmeal Our Family ( 3 cup, cooked ) 450 9 81 15
Muffin, fruit and/or nuts ( 1 extra large muffin (3-1/2" dia) ) 393 9 68 8
Monster Thick Burger Hardee's 2/3lbs beef ( 1 serving ) 1410 107 47 60
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 8 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 367 8 0 69
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 1 cup ) 216 2 45 5
Cheese, natural, Cheddar or American type ( 1 slice (1 oz) ) 114 9 0 7
Beans, string, green, raw ( 1 cup ) 34 0 8 2
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4611 155 478 315

[Jason2459]

LOL :D Good stuff.

Yeah, if I'm sweating and I have to put my back into I must be doing something GPP related. :D

[FORCE RECON]

Solid first day :cool:

[Jason2459]

Solid first day :cool:


Thanks, didn't do any supplement work and kept it kind of easy on the assistance work. Sometimes I'll throw in some heavier supplemental work but not all out ME on my DE days after the DE exercise. I'll also do my bi's on this day occassionally.

EDIT: On those days I'd say my after workout energy levels would probably be somewhere between 2-5.

I just figured out what i'll be eating the rest of the day so I updated my food intake for the day in the above log entry.

[NKWulf]

how come no one tells me these things. Subbed.

[FORCE RECON]

how come no one tells me these things. Subbed.

People with your "connections" should already know ;) :p

[NKWulf]

People with your "connections" should already know ;) :p
I have been in a SE stuper the last 3 days. I have been out of the loop, but back in now.

[Jason2459]

Week1/ Day 2

Comments
A little about the experience taking the products. I wanted to mention a few things again about the taste. I said yesterday that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and it's not. I wasn't saying that is was like drinking koolaide because it wasn't. I've just had much worse when it comes to supplement drinks. I might try it out tomorrow morning even though I don't workout by itself with water and see how it really tastes. Also wanted to mention that the scooper in the SteelEdge has way to long of a handle. Pain in the butt to pull out at 5:30am when you're still half asleep. :D I guess it's like that so people don't have to get their hands messy when it gets to the bottom but they still have to stick their hands in there to get it out. I said I was going to mention everything about these products in the log. The intraXCell caps are just the right size and I can pop all three in at the same time.

I was really tired this morning and didn't feel the kick from the SteelEdge as strongly this morning but did start noticing the blood rushing a little more than normal by the second set into my first exercise. I had a really tough workout and felt extremely drained by the end. One of those days where you just sit down in the locker room and try and decide to either hit the bathroom to throw up or hit the showers to cool down. My body temp was pretty high and I felt like I had steam coming off me coming out of the showers and sitting back down. I noticed my head was throbing a little on my way out of the gym. Not painful or a headache but just feel like the stimulants were still trying to kick in.

Finally starting to gain back my composure after todays workout now about an hour and a half to almost two hours since leaving the gym. This is typical for a really good intense Max Effort day for me.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep and 10 wide awake and about to explode
2 almost 1

Energy level once in the gym:
4 then 7 after my second set of first exercise

Energy level after workout:
1 (I'll say 0 would be puking and/or passing out)

Time to complete workout:
43m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
Arch Back GM (Going for 3 RM)
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225, 255 PR, 275 PR, 295 PR, 315 PR
1x1,miss@345 PR

I haven't done these in a long time. I figured I'm due to do them again. Watching the westside squat workout tapes I noticed how much explosive power they have in their hips when doing these and standing with a wider stance. Last time I did these I used a shoulder width or so stance. So, this time I brought my stance out like a squat and did them concentrating on exploding my hips into it. I can really feel them now.

Assistance Work
BB Lounges
1x10@bar
1x7@95 (was going for 8 but my glut really started to cramp so a stretched for a little bit)
1x9@95

GHR
3x8

Hanging Leg Raises
4x15

Standing Calf Raises
4x8@175

B/W:186.6
B/F:14.1%

Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Oatmeal Our Family ( 2 cup, cooked ) 300 6 54 10
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 4 oz ) 179 4 0 34
Coney (Chilli) Cheese Dog - A&W Restaurant ( 2 serving ) 700 42 54 26
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Egg, whole, raw ( 2 large ) 149 10 1 12
Hamburger, 1/4 lb meat, with tomato and/or catsup, on bun ( 2 (1/4 lb) hamburger ) 890 41 76 52
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type ( 2 slice, NFS (.75 oz) ) 141 11 3 8
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Total 4445 136 502 295

[Jason2459]

I'm FREAKING HUNGRY... Although I'm hungry a lot of times but today before lunch I was ready to just devour anything in sight. I’ll be interested if I’m like that again just before dinner time. I do plan on snacking on a couple hard boiled eggs before then.

[Jason2459]

Well, I just realized it's started. I'm HUNGRY!!! I ate the eggs around 2:30ish and I'm now really starting to feel my stomach calling for more food. Now, I'm usually getting hungry by the end of the day and ready to go home and cook some food and eat by 6pm. But this feeling is different some how and hard to explain how this hunger seems different then before other than saying it is different. Also, I noticed I've a lot more water to drink than normal today. I'll be curious if this type of hunger continues on for the next few weeks. This will be GREAT if so and I'll boost up my calories to please the beast.

[FORCE RECON]

Very good detail Jason. Seriously, you do a great job of explaining how your day goes, from start to finish!

Increased hunger and thirst has been noted by many of our testers in the past. I personally like the fact that I am hungrier when I am on IntraXCell......it makes it easier to eat enough to gain :D

[Jason2459]

OFF Day

SteelEdge by itself:

I went ahead and took the SteelEdge this morning by itself to see how it tastes and feels by itself and not going to the gym. I mixed SteelEdge with a glass of water and the results so far... The taste is a citrus bitter taste. Not the best but not the worse, doable. I was waiting for it to kick in this morning and got to work with no affects yet which would have put it at about 20m after taking it. I was like hmm... no rush yet, no temperature rising, nothing.. Then about 10 more minutes past and I started to notice I was starting to talk faster and faster to people and realized it had in fact started to kick in. Then the buzz hit me about 5 more minutes after that. My head feels buzzed. Again, I can feel the blood going through my head. Not a headache or anything just a rush. I would say I'm talking fast and have a rush like drinking a couple cups of coffee but this deffinitly feels like there is more going on than just that. I don't feel any body temperature rise though.

In about an hour I'll be eating some oatmeal and taking the IntraXcell. I'm hoping this rush that I have now will start to subside by then so I can see if I feel anything special with just the IntraXcell by itself.

[Jason2459]

OFF Day Continues with IntraXCell

By about 10am I started to feel the effects of the SteelEdge starting to die down which was good because I wanted to try out the IntraXCell with my Oats and have as little of the SteelEdge effects still going on. By about 10:30am I had already started to eat my Oats and popped in 3 caps of the IntraXCell. I was really hoping to feel the tingle. In about 18 minutes out of no where I started to feel something and was really hoping to feel the tingling. But the tingling never happened. I was feeling my body temprature rising. By about 30 minutes into it I was feeling slightly light headed but didn't last long and never got any more serious than that. I didn't get my hunger cravings like I did yesterday either.

Yesterday's hunger cravings were as if I hadn't eaten all day. Like not just my stomach was on empty but my entire body was seriously demanding food.

As for a recovery from yesterdays ME workout, my gluts started to get sore last night. Today I have some serious DOMS going on back in my gluts and hams. This usually lasts until Friday just in time for my SQ/DL DE day.


Stats This Morning:
B/W: 188.1
B/F: 14.4


Today's Gorging of Food

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Whole Wheat 100% Bread Dutch Country ( 2 regular slice ) 180 2 34 8
Peanut butter ( 2 tablespoon ) 190 16 6 8
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Oatmeal Our Family ( 2 cup, cooked ) 300 6 54 10
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Bacon Double CheeseBurger - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 800 48 47 45
Cake, shortcake, sponge type, with whipped cream and fruit ( 1 cake (3" dia) with fruit and whipped cream ) 211 5 40 4
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 4 oz ) 179 4 0 34
Beef shish kabob with vegetables, excluding potatoes ( 4 shishkabob ) 710 21 35 94
Potatoes, baked, flesh, without salt ( 2 cup ) 227 0 53 5
Corn, yellow ( 1 cup ) 606 8 123 16
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Total 4494 126 555 290

[Jason2459]

Week1/ Day 3

Comments
After taking the IntraXCell last night with dinner I really didn't notice anything for a while. It was maybe 30 or 40 minutes after taking it did I notice a little throb in my head, nothing painful.

I still have my DOMS in my gluts/hams and walk fairly stiffly after standing up.

I was just so tired this morning and didn't want to get up. I hit the snooze once and waited for the alarm to go off again. I almost felt like giving myself a double scoop of the Steeledge this morning but didn't and kept it at a single scoop.

I got to break out my 2boards for the first time today. Luckly the SteelEdge kicked in by the time I got to the floor and started my first set. I started to feel the rush again and was ready to pound out another intense ME day. By the second set I could feel my temperature rising. Still no tingling but something else has happened and I can still feel it. Nothing that I've been trying for or really need but I got a "PUMP." I feel dirty now... :D I was doing some Straight Bar Tricep Extensions and I could feel my triceps just exploding. My shirt is filled out in the arms area and it's been at least two and a half hours later and I can still feel the pump and my shirt is still slightly streached.

By the time I was done with my training I was just ready to passout and couldn't wait to get into the shower to cool off. Again it took almost two hours to gain my composure and skin color back from look all flushed and drained.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep and 10 wide awake and about to explode
1

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
1 - 2

Time to complete workout:
53m

The Workout

ME Bench
2 Board Press
1x3@bar, 95, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225
1x2,miss@255
1xmiss@275
1x1@255

First time doing these and these are perfect for where I am failing now on the bench and can really feel it at the bottom. Next week I hope to hit 265. 275 was probably to big of a jump.


Assistance Work
Pull-ups
5x6@

Tricep Ext with Straight Bar
5x8@70

Not that I'm trying to get one because I don't work to failure on assistance work but I got a freak'n PUMP!!!

Seated DB Clean and Press
4x8@40

Standing AB Pulldowns
4x15@60


B/W:188.4
B/F:13.9%

Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe ( 2 brownie (2" square) ) 224 14 24 3
Oatmeal Our Family ( 2 cup, cooked ) 300 6 54 10
Whole Wheat 100% Bread Dutch Country ( 2 regular slice ) 180 2 34 8
Finfish, salmon, pink, canned, without salt, solids with bone and liquid ( 1 can ) 631 27 0 90
Beans, baked, canned, with pork ( 1 cup ) 268 4 51 13
Egg, whole, raw ( 2 large ) 149 10 1 12
Peanuts, NFS ( 3 oz, shelled ) 494 42 16 22
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 2 cup ) 433 4 90 10
Egg, whole, cooked, fried ( 0.5 large egg ) 46 3 0 3
Celery, raw ( 0.25 cup, NFS ) 5 0 1 0
Carrots, raw ( 0.25 cup, NFS ) 12 0 3 0
Onions, young green, raw ( 0.15 cup, chopped ) 5 0 1 0
Shrimp, steamed or boiled ( 2 oz, without shell, cooked ) 77 1 1 15
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Soy sauce ( 0.5 tablespoon ) 5 0 1 1
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4574 138 505 338

[Jason2459]

The hunger bug got me tonight. I didn't get the super hungry before lunch but it sure hit again by dinner time. I even got a little bit of an acidic feeling in the back of my throat. I must eat more. :D

[FORCE RECON]

HAHA :D

Very detailed log man......I am enjoying this a lot :cool:

Keep up the great work!

[Jason2459]

HAHA :D

Very detailed log man......I am enjoying this a lot :cool:

Keep up the great work!

Thanks, I really enjoy trying something new. I've never been more than just a creatine and protein guy. I've never been into heavy supplementation and have pretty much always stayed away from them. There's way to much hype out there and to many things that want to play around with the hormones. This stuff looks very promising and doesn't try and do things your body isn't suppose to do.

[FORCE RECON]

Thanks, I really enjoy trying something new. I've never been more than just a creatine and protein guy. I've never been into heavy supplementation and have pretty much always stayed away from them. There's way to much hype out there and to many things that want to play around with the hormones. This stuff looks very promising and doesn't try and do things your body isn't suppose to do.

Very much so.....you will see MANY more people start to call themselves, "Just creatine, beta-alanine, and protein guys." :cool:

you just might be one of "those guys." :D

[Jason2459]

Week1/ Day 4

Comments
Woke up this morning at about 3am really thirsty and kind of hungry. So drank a glass of milk and ate a few slices of ham wrapped with a few slices of cheese. Woke up with much more ease this morning compared to yesterday.

The DOMS in my legs started to easy up last night and my gluts/hams were ready to go this morning. As usual perfect timing for my next session. By the time I got on the floor of the gym I was ready to go and do some DE box squats and explode up with energy. I found that my foot was tapping a lot today also.

Took maybe an hour at most to regain my composure today from the workout. The pump in my tri's yesterday went away sometime in the afternoon to be replaced by some DOMS and also by last night it was there in my Lats also and still here full force this morning.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
3

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
39m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Parallel Box Squats @50% 1RM
12x2@205

Started off slow for the first three sets or so as my muscles warmed up but after that I got some really good speed and explosion off the box. I love making the bar shake and the weights rattle.

Assistance Work
Hypers
4x10@90

Pull-Throughs
4x8@90

DB Side Bends
3x10@80

My lower back was so freaking stiff that I had to lay down and curl up on a bench half way through the pull throughs. I looked like a dead bug. I probably looked like I had a broomstick up my ass on the way back to the locker room I was so stiff.

B/W:189.2
B/F:14.4%

Today's Gorging of Food:

Update later when known.

[FORCE RECON]

Another great workout :cool:

[Jason2459]

Thanks, the workouts have been going great. For some reason I didn't have the option to edit my previous post. So, here's my food intake for yesterday.


Cals Fat Carb Prot
OSCAR MAYER, Ham (chopped with natural juice) ( 3 serving ) 155 10 3 14
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type, nonfat or fat free ( 3 slice, NFS (.75 oz) ) 93 1 8 14
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Bagel, whole Grain Custom ( 1 extra large (4" to 4-1/2" dia) ) 340 2 66 12
Turkey Subway 6" Honey Oat with Cheese ( 1 serving ) 380 9 54 24
Frankfurter or hot dog, with catsup and/or mustard, on bun ( 1 foot long frankfurter on bun ) 455 27 37 15
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
Popcorn, popped in oil, buttered ( 1 Act II pop and serve bag ) 453 29 45 7
Chicken or turkey teriyaki (chicken or turkey with soy-based sauce) ( 2 cup ) 685 14 25 105
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Total 4776 142 522 352

[FORCE RECON]

On this forum, you can only edit your posts for like an hour or so. No problem though :D

[Jason2459]

I finally felt the tingle last night. I had a late dinner around 9pm as I was busy all day putting up texture on the bathroom walls and celling, cutting out a space in the counter for a dishwasher, running electric, supply line, and installing the dishwasher, and then frame it in.

I didn't feel anything at first just laying on the couch watching the rest of a movie after dinner. Then I stood up to get ready for bed and I felt this tingle, almost itch, sensation go up my back and down my arms. At first I thought I needed to take a shower because I was in some insulation but then realized I didn't deal with any insulation today. It hit me that I finally felt the tingling sensation. After the initial run up the back and down the arms it pretty much just stayed in my forearms and hands for about 15 minutes.

[FORCE RECON]

HOORAY!!! You felt the famous BA "tingle!" Whenever I feel it, my ears itch and my hair itches. It is a little bit annoying to me, and just makes me more intense in the gym! :cool:

[Jason2459]

Week 2/ Day 1

Comments
Long busy weekend makes for a slow lethargic monday. Along with what I did on saturday, I put in a cabinet and shelving in the bathroom, painted the bathroom, installed a new fan, and fertilized the lawn on Sunday. Didn't get any tingling yesterday at all. I feel really tired I still put in a good workout and didn't get the work out till you puke syndrom this morning.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
1

Energy level once in the gym:
7-8

Energy level after workout:
3-2

Time to complete workout:
43m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench 60% 1RM
10x3@165


Supplemental Work
low-mid height pin presses
1x3@165, 205, 225


Assistance Work
Standing DB Clean and Press
1x12@30
1x10@35
1x8@40
1x6@45

DB Bent over Rows
4x8@90

Standing Ab Pulldowns
4x15@60


B/W:188.6
B/F:14.6%

Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
Bacon Double CheeseBurger - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 800 48 47 45
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Egg, whole, raw ( 4 large ) 298 20 2 25
Pizza with meat and fruit, thin crust ( 1 pizza (10" dia) ) 802 30 93 40
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4424 161 472 274

[FORCE RECON]

Sounds like you had a very productive weekend! I have a lot of respect for you, that you still put in a very quality workout, even though you were dead tired. Good stuff!

[Jason2459]

That's a pretty typical weekend too. Often I'm happy to get back to work. This week will be pretty busy and hecktic though as I have two contracts to deal with along with my normal day to day stuff.

THIS WEEKEND: NASA PL IOWA SATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET.

I'll be spectating this year but will be ready to go next year. That is my currently what I'm training for and why I have to be so dedicated. I can't stop now nor ever.

[FORCE RECON]

That's a pretty typical weekend too. Often I'm happy to get back to work. This week will be pretty busy and hecktic though as I have two contracts to deal with along with my normal day to day stuff.

THIS WEEKEND: NASA PL IOWA SATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET.

I'll be spectating this year but will be ready to go next year. That is my currently what I'm training for and why I have to be so dedicated. I can't stop now nor ever.

Thats awesome. You sure do put solid detail and thought into your logs. I hope you have a FUN/RELAXING weekend :D

[Jason2459]

Week 2/ Day 2

Comments
Very slugish this morning. I had a slight pain that would jolt down my left leg every once in a while first thing this morning. It's not there any more and I figure it was from being on my feet literally all day yesterday except for when I was driving. Got home last night did some painting and spread insect controll over the yard and sprayed around the outside and inside of the house. Got into bed pretty late like around 11pm. The alarm went off as normal, I turned off the alarm, but then I layed back down in bed. I was contemplating falling asleep again. This just pissed me off and told myself I had to stop being a wuss and get my sorry ass out of bed. I took the anger with me into the gym. Totally focused I just kept pounding out the weights with the only rest being to add more weights. Someone tried to come up and say something to me but I just kept going. I probably came off as an ass but I was motivated to keep pushing till I was done or I dropped.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
1-0

Energy level once in the gym:
6 at first then 9 as I pushed my butt through it.

Energy level after workout:
1

Time to complete workout:
46m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
Arch Back GM
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225, 255, 275, 295, 315, 345, 355 PR
1xmiss@385
1x1,miss@345


Assistance Work
BB Lounges
1x10@bar
1x8@115
2x8@135

GHR
4x8


Hanging Leg Raises
4x15

Seated Calf Raises
4x10@90


B/W:188.8
B/F:14.6%

Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Beef jerky ( 1 cup, pieces ) 369 23 10 30
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Bacon Double CheeseBurger - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 800 48 47 45
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Lasagna with meat and/or poultry ( 2 piece (1/8 of 7" x 12", approx 3-1/2" x 4") ) 740 29 75 43
Ice cream cookie sandwich ( 1 Chipwich ) 256 10 39 5
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4688 173 500 287

[FORCE RECON]

Week 2/ Day 2

Comments
Very slugish this morning. I had a slight pain that would jolt down my left leg every once in a while first thing this morning. It's not there any more and I figure it was from being on my feet literally all day yesterday except for when I was driving. Got home last night did some painting and spread insect controll over the yard and sprayed around the outside and inside of the house. Got into bed pretty late like around 11pm. The alarm went off as normal, I turned off the alarm, but then I layed back down in bed. I was contemplating falling asleep again. This just pissed me off and told myself I had to stop being a wuss and get my sorry ass out of bed. I took the anger with me into the gym. Totally focused I just kept pounding out the weights with the only rest being to add more weights. Someone tried to come up and say something to me but I just kept going. I probably came off as an ass but I was motivated to keep pushing till I was done or I dropped.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode


haha....great workout! Awesome job for pushing yourself to the limit even though you felt like a zombie when you woke up! :cool:

I enjoy reading your comments too...lol....very entertaining. :D

[Jason2459]

Thanks for the complements. I'm so so tired today. I'm ready to go home and crash but I probably wont. I have to say that days like today that SteelEdge really helps out in the morning to give me some energy for the workout. Honestly, I probably wouldn't keep taking something like that before every workout because I'm not big on stimulants but definitly would use it on days or weeks like this one. I can already say I give SteelEdge a thumbs up on the pre-workout department.

One thing I just noticed as I'm typing is that I'm not feeling any DOMS yet from yesterday or today's workout. Of course it could be I'm just so tired that my body is to lazy to do what ever it does to cause the soreness.

Off day tomorrow which is a relief to know I can sleep in for an hour. Will be back into the Gym for Day 3 ME Bench day on Thursday.

[FORCE RECON]

Enjoy your off day!

[Jason2459]

Week 2/ Day 3

Comments
Can't wait for this week to be over. Only today and tomorrow. At least I have something very exciting to look forward to this weekend. As each day goes by though my ass is dragging more and more. I did notice I got fairly stiff yesterday in the gluts and hams but not really sore like I did the week before and it's pretty much gone away already this morning. There was something else I wanted to mention but I'm to tired to remember.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
1

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
1

Time to complete workout:
47m

The Workout

ME Bench
2 Board Press
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225
1x2,miss@255 DAMN IT!!!!!! Same crap as last week.
1x1@275 PR!! AND FORGET 265!!!
1xmiss@285

I was so pissed that I missed on the third attempt again at 255. Last week I missed on the third rep also and then missed at 275 and planned this week to try for 265, WELL SCREW THAT!!! I'm not going to give up that easy!


Assistance Work
Pull-ups
4x7

Straight Bar Tricep Ext.
4x6@80


Seated DB Clean and Press
4x12@30

B/W:190.2
B/F:14.6%

Today's Gorging of Food:

fill in later when known

[FORCE RECON]

ONLY 2 more days!!!.....lol....shake off the miss w/ 255, you will get it next time. Solid workout.

[Jason2459]

I hit another milestone today with weighing in just over 190lbs this morning. Now to keep steadily going up like I have been till I hit 200lbs. Then a nice slow and steady cut back to 181 just in time for my meet.

Here's the Past 6 months stat's showing where I started back in November with my current PL program.

[FORCE RECON]

I hit another milestone today with weighing in just over 190lbs this morning. Now to keep steadily going up like I have been till I hit 200lbs. Then a nice slow and steady cut back to 181 just in time for my meet.


Congrats!!! :cool:

[NKWulf]

I hit another milestone today with weighing in just over 190lbs this morning. Now to keep steadily going up like I have been till I hit 200lbs. Then a nice slow and steady cut back to 181 just in time for my meet.

Here's the Past 6 months stat's showing where I started back in November with my current PL program.

good job man. Ill give yea 10lbs to get you to 200 and me down to 190.

[Jason2459]

Ill give yea 10lbs.

Cool, another 10 lbs of SteelEdge? J//K

:D

[Jason2459]

Week 2/ Day 4

Comments
Last Day and next week will be back to normal. I have to say SteelEdge has given me some extra energy that I wouldn't have had otherwise this week for my workouts. Even though the energy levels once in the gym are not a full 10 they would be much lower with out the boost. I did have a little more energy this morning then yesterday as I feel the end of the week is here and tomorrow's event I've been looking forward to for several months now.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
1

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
43m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Box Squat
8x3@225

Supplemental
Zercher Squats with Sumo Stance
1x6@135, 185, 205

First time doing these and I keep hearing about how much these hurt. Wow, pain is an understatement. I really do like these though because it really forces you to keep the back arched and stomach tight.


Assistance Work
Pull Throughs
1x10@90, 130
2x10@150

DB Side Bends
4x8@90

Hanging Leg Raises
3x15

Standing Calf Raises
3x10@195


B/W:190
B/F:14.9%


Today's Gorging of Food:
Update to come later

[FORCE RECON]

great workout Jason! I hope you have a great time this weekend!

[Jason2459]

Couldn't edit post again so here's Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Whole Wheat 100% Bread Dutch Country ( 2 regular slice ) 180 2 34 8
Beans, baked, canned, with pork ( 1 cup ) 268 4 51 13
Finfish, salmon, pink, canned, without salt, solids with bone and liquid ( 1 can ) 631 27 0 90
Egg, whole, raw ( 4 large ) 298 20 2 25
Orange, raw ( 1 cup, sections ) 85 0 21 2
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 2 cup ) 433 4 90 10
Celery, raw ( 2 oz, raw, yields ) 8 0 2 0
Onions, young green, raw ( 0.5 oz, raw, yields ) 4 0 1 0
Carrots, raw ( 2 oz, raw, yields ) 22 0 5 1
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Soy sauce ( 0.5 tablespoon ) 5 0 1 1
Shrimp, steamed or boiled ( 3 oz, without shell, cooked ) 116 2 1 22
Ice cream, rich, flavors other than chocolate ( 1 cup ) 357 24 33 5
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4589 147 485 338

[ATHLETIC EDGE NUTRITION]

Thanks for the complements. I'm so so tired today. I'm ready to go home and crash but I probably wont. I have to say that days like today that SteelEdge really helps out in the morning to give me some energy for the workout. Honestly, I probably wouldn't keep taking something like that before every workout because I'm not big on stimulants but definitly would use it on days or weeks like this one. I can already say I give SteelEdge a thumbs up on the pre-workout department.

One thing I just noticed as I'm typing is that I'm not feeling any DOMS yet from yesterday or today's workout. Of course it could be I'm just so tired that my body is to lazy to do what ever it does to cause the soreness.

Off day tomorrow which is a relief to know I can sleep in for an hour. Will be back into the Gym for Day 3 ME Bench day on Thursday.

Really enjoying your log so far and thank you for the consistent detailed updates.



I hit another milestone today with weighing in just over 190lbs this morning. Now to keep steadily going up like I have been till I hit 200lbs. Then a nice slow and steady cut back to 181 just in time for my meet.

Here's the Past 6 months stat's showing where I started back in November with my current PL program.

Congratulations, impressive. :cool:

Keep it up!

[NKWulf]

Cool, another 10 lbs of SteelEdge? J//K

:D

lol. I wish I had 10lbs of SE.....

[Jason2459]

Just starting my 3rd week now. Here's a recap of the past two weeks that stick out in my mind of what I've noticed so far.

SteelEdge: This stuff kicks in pretty quickly and you know it when it does. Seems to be about 15 minutes after I take it I can feel the blood starting to rush through my body and in my head. When I'm not extremely wiped out I find myself talking pretty quickly and going through the things with more speed. Feet tapping was quite noticable. When I was extremely tired like last week it deffinitely helped me gain a little more energy back that I didn't have. I don't know if it really helped Focus wise as I'm already extremely focused when in the gym. So that is a bad before and after comparison. Having never really had a "Pre-workout" Supplement before this is one that I can say I would use and want when I do need more energy for my workout. I might keep this on hand for weeks like last week. I've pretty much given my two thumbs up on this product already. It works, plain and simple.

IntraXCell: So far I've notice a little tingling on two separate occations. So, I know it is doing something. I did notice slightly less DOMS effect, not near as painful, and slightly better timing to gain composure back after a workout from around 2 hours to 1 hour. Well, see this week if it was just because my body was to exhaust to do what it needed to do to try and protect me from over training. Although, the Zercher Squats gave me the worse DOMS of last week in my BICEPS!!! No, not in the glutes, hams, or quads but in the freaking biceps. From doing a static hold of the the barbell in the crook of the arms. That freaking hurt. I can't compare intensity levels while working out as I've always given myself very short breaks between sets. I'm still getting pretty wiped out by the end though. Still got plenty of time though in my testing and this stuff is supposed to build up over time and just get better.

[Jason2459]

Week 3/ Day 1

Comments
Great weekend and felt refreshed waking up this morning. Posted my review of the PL meet in my blog. I felt like puking after my workout but it only took about an hour to regain composure. It was a great workout and I hit my triceps hard. I'm expecting some major stiffness and DOMS in the next few days.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
3

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
1

Time to complete workout:
39m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench 60% three different grips
10x3@165


Supplemental
JM Press
1x3@165, 185, 205 PR

Haven't done these in a while and forgot how much I HATE them. That just means I MUST do them. I was able to go lower and heavier then the last time doing them.

Assistance Work
DB Flat Bench with elbows tucked and palms facing
3x8@70

DB Bent Over Rows
4x7@100

Standing Ab Pulldowns
4x10@67.5

I need to bump up my tricep strength big time and push my bench over 300.


B/W:190.8
B/F:15.1%


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 2 serving ) 224 3 5 46
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 3 oz ) 134 3 0 26
BK Tripple Stacker ( 2 serving ) 1600 108 66 96
Cottage Cheese Fat Free ( 2 serving ) 160 2 10 28
Orange, raw ( 1 large (3-1/16" dia) ) 86 0 22 2
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 12 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 550 12 0 103
Peppers, red, cooked, fat not added in cooking ( 1 cup ) 38 0 9 1
Onions, mature, raw ( 1 oz, raw, yields ) 10 0 2 0
Sweetpotato, raw ( 1.5 sweetpotato, (5") ) 205 1 47 3
Oats, raw ( 1 cup ) 311 5 54 13
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Total 4772 157 394 445

[FORCE RECON]

Just starting my 3rd week now. Here's a recap of the past two weeks that stick out in my mind of what I've noticed so far.

SteelEdge: This stuff kicks in pretty quickly and you know it when it does. Seems to be about 15 minutes after I take it I can feel the blood starting to rush through my body and in my head. When I'm not extremely wiped out I find myself talking pretty quickly and going through the things with more speed. Feet tapping was quite noticable. When I was extremely tired like last week it deffinitely helped me gain a little more energy back that I didn't have. I don't know if it really helped Focus wise as I'm already extremely focused when in the gym. So that is a bad before and after comparison. Having never really had a "Pre-workout" Supplement before this is one that I can say I would use and want when I do need more energy for my workout. I might keep this on hand for weeks like last week. I've pretty much given my two thumbs up on this product already. It works, plain and simple.

IntraXCell: So far I've notice a little tingling on two separate occations. So, I know it is doing something. I did notice slightly less DOMS effect, not near as painful, and slightly better timing to gain composure back after a workout from around 2 hours to 1 hour. Well, see this week if it was just because my body was to exhaust to do what it needed to do to try and protect me from over training. Although, the Zercher Squats gave me the worse DOMS of last week in my BICEPS!!! No, not in the glutes, hams, or quads but in the freaking biceps. From doing a static hold of the the barbell in the crook of the arms. That freaking hurt. I can't compare intensity levels while working out as I've always given myself very short breaks between sets. I'm still getting pretty wiped out by the end though. Still got plenty of time though in my testing and this stuff is supposed to build up over time and just get better.

Glad to hear that you are enjoying SteelEdge :cool:

....and you are spot on with your assessment of IntraXCell. Sometime during weeks 3-4 is when people usually notice IXL working/enhancing their workouts. Keep pushing yourself like you already have been in the gym man. Once IXL "kicks in" you will know it!

[Jason2459]

Week 3/ Day 2

Comments
Got some yard work done after work yesterday. Mowed the lawn, trimed the edges, and edged the sidewalk with a flat shovel. I was so tired this morning. I hit the snooze twice before I got out of bed. I don't have to much DOMS pain in my tri's yet but I can feel it a little when I bend my arms in my lower tricep region. I actually have some light DOMS in my Chest too!! I moved really slow this morning getting out of the house and got to the gym late because of that and sleeping in. It was probably at least 30m before I actually started to lift weights after I tool SteelEdge at home. It was kicked in though really good by that time and I was up and ready to plow through an intense and short workout. I felt pretty good after the workout and didn't feel any slugishness.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide
1-0

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
35m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
Very Low Box Squats (probably about 6in but well bellow parallel)
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 185, 205, 225, 255
1x1,miss@295
1x1@315, 335, 365
1xmiss@385

Never done box squats that low. That was very hard to get back up off the box. Once up I was up no problem. This is another lift that just plain sucks and I would never want to do it again. So, next week is another round because it is hitting exactly what I need. I'm hoping for carry over into both getting the bar off the ground for the DL and making it easier to get into the hole, just below parallel, in the squat.

Assistance Work
Hypers
4x8@90

Decline Situps
4x25@10


B/W:190.6
B/F:14.9%


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Steak, NS as to type of meat, cooked, lean only eaten ( 1 cup, cooked, diced ) 267 11 0 40
Hoisin sauce ( 0.25 cup ) 154 2 31 2
Egg roll, with beef and/or pork ( 2 egg roll ) 227 12 18 10
Onions, mature, raw ( 0.5 cup, NFS ) 30 0 7 1
Hot and sour soup ( 1 cup ) 160 8 5 15
Rice, fried, meatless ( 1 cup ) 271 12 34 5
Egg, whole, raw ( 4 large ) 298 20 2 25
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 6 oz ) 269 5 0 51
Orange, raw ( 1 large (3-1/16" dia) ) 86 0 22 2
Cod, baked or broiled ( 8 oz, boneless, cooked ) 278 8 1 47
Whole Wheat 100% Bread Dutch Country ( 4 regular slice ) 360 4 68 16
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type, nonfat or fat free ( 2 slice, NFS (.75 oz) ) 62 0 6 9
Ice cream, rich, flavors other than chocolate ( 1 cup ) 357 24 33 5
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4883 159 471 391

[FORCE RECON]

HAHA....I hear ya about hitting the "snooze" button.... :p

Your engery in the gym was 9/10, which is awesome....and you are almost up another lb :cool:

Hope the rest of your day goes great!

[Jason2459]

HAHA....I hear ya about hitting the "snooze" button.... :p

Your engery in the gym was 9/10, which is awesome....and you are almost up another lb :cool:

Hope the rest of your day goes great!


Moving so slow to start off and getting to the gym later really gave Steeledge time to really kick in this morning before I started into my workout. It was a short workout too so I didn't get completely depleted or need any recomposure time afterwords.

BTW, I'm finally starting to feel my front delts as the day goes on. Which is good. I was scared because I was only feeling it in my chest and slightly in my triceps from yesterdays workout. I was really hoping that keeping the elbow's in and palms facing on the DB bench press I would target mostly the delts and tri's.

I'm scared for my hips tomorrow though. I felt like my legs were coming out of their sockets doing those very low box squats.

[ATHLETIC EDGE NUTRITION]

Moving so slow to start off and getting to the gym later really gave Steeledge time to really kick in this morning before I started into my workout. It was a short workout too so I didn't get completely depleted or need any recomposure time afterwords.

BTW, I'm finally starting to feel my front delts as the day goes on. Which is good. I was scared because I was only feeling it in my chest and slightly in my triceps from yesterdays workout. I was really hoping that keeping the elbow's in and palms facing on the DB bench press I would target mostly the delts and tri's.

I'm scared for my hips tomorrow though. I felt like my legs were coming out of their sockets doing those very low box squats.

Good Stuff Jason, thank you for the detail and consistent updates in your log. :)


Be careful on those box squats, it's not worth getting injured over.

[Jason2459]

Good Stuff Jason, thank you for the detail and consistent updates in your log. :)


Be careful on those box squats, it's not worth getting injured over.

Nah, I lift first with my head then my muscles. Those very low box squats are just a pain in the a$$ though. Literally. I can already tell that they will help out my hip flexors which I need to bring up to speed. I'm constantly thinking about my weak points, then hit them hard, and then figure out again what is my weakest link. It usually has to do with exercises that I don't like. Which is pretty typical. Who wants to do an exercise that they don't lift as much weight with or is more difficult.

[Jason2459]

OFF Day

Took my first dose of IntraXCell this morning around 9am with some Oats and a scoop of my real gains. I took the three caps and then started to eat. The thing is I kept getting interupted at work. Does it LOOK like I was in the mood to work with a bowl of oats in my hand? I guess I needed to though... Okay, well point is that I ate a few bites here and there and took me almost an hour to finish off 2 cups worth. In that time though something strange happened. About a half hour after taking the IntraXCell I got this flushed feeling then a euphoric feeling really quick and then it subsided and went away. No tingling and didn't feel like fainting or anything just a strange wave went over me and left.

BTW, no DOMS right now at all anywhere in my body. Little stiffness in my hips and gluts but other wise not sore. Chest, delts and triceps that were sore yesterday are already to go for a workout but will wait for my ME Bench day tomorrow. This is good because I'm usually sore all the way up to waking up the morning of my next workout for that group of muscles.

[FORCE RECON]

Enjoy the day off!!! :D

[Jason2459]

Week 3/ Day 3

Comments
Felt pretty good this morning. Got to be by about 9pm. Worked a little on the bathroom remodel project last night but nothing major. I felt great through out the workout and even felt fine after the workout. Strangely enough though it was on the drive to work I started to feel depleted. Only took about a half hour to regain full composure again.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide 3

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
40m

The Workout

ME Bench
Seated BB OHP
1x3@bar, 75, 95, 115, 135
1x2,miss@155
1x1@185
1xmiss@195
1x1@155

This is GREAT. I keep finding exercises that I'm really weak at and are just really a pain in the butt to do. I don't remember the last time I've done a OHP of any kind with the BB. I had to get a spotter to help with the lift off when getting up above 135 as the hooks were behind where I was sitting and it was really awkward on the shoulders and I didn't want to injure them. I think I'll get an up right seat next time and go use the "Power Rack" that we have and get a better alignment then the hammer strength that I used today could offer. I'm sure if I get better at this that it will carry over to the bench. This is for sure a weak movement for me.

Assistance Work
Pull-ups
4x7

Elbow out tricep extensions
1x12@35
1x10@40
1x8@45

Face Pulls
1x10@100
3x10@120

Rope Hammer Curls
4x6@120

Hanging Leg Raises
4x15

B/W:190.9
B/F:N/A bad reading I'm sure, 18.5%


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Chicken or turkey with barbecue sauce (mixture) ( 4 chicken breast with sauce ) 1873 91 23 227
Pizza HarvestWheat Supreme ThinCrust DG ( 2 serving ) 500 16 64 26
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Oats, raw ( 1 cup ) 311 5 54 13
Total 4748 162 385 427

[FORCE RECON]

The OHP will certainly help with bench! I have found that when I switch up my shoulder routine and my shoulders get stronger, I am able to push more on chest day.

Hope the rest of the day goes great :cool: :D

[Jason2459]

Week 3/ Day 4

Comments
No DOMS right now what so ever. A little tightness in the triceps and shoulders from the OHP but no major soreness. This is a good thing. I'm hoping it's from the IntraXCell finally kicking in for me. I also didn't get any kind of depleted feeling this morning. If this is all I get from IntraXCell then that is perfect for me. Because the training program I do could easily run a person into the ground through overtraining. I'm looking forward to next week and see how it goes.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
3

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
5

Time to complete workout:
48m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Box Squats 60%
8x2@245

I actually started off with a couple sets at around 185 for several reps to warm up my hips as they were pretty stiff, not sore though. The blasted right into hitting 245 and really making sure I explode up and get my hips into it hard.

Supplemental
Zercher Squats with sumo stance
1x3@185, 205, 225

Getting used to it. At least this week I knew what to expect. Will start at 205 next week. Pain in the arms big time but these feel great in the back and ab regions where you really have to stabilize yourself.


Assistance Work

Pull Throughs
1x8@150, 170
2x8@190

DB Side Bends
4x8@90

Standing Calf Raises
4x10@225


B/W:191.9
B/F:15.1


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Bread, banana, prepared from recipe, made with margarine ( 2 slice ) 391 13 66 5
Bagel, whole Grain Custom ( 1 extra large (4" to 4-1/2" dia) ) 340 2 66 12
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Bacon Double CheeseBurger - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 800 48 47 45
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.25 cup ) 219 20 8 6
BK Tripple Stacker ( 2 serving ) 1600 108 66 96
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 5436 214 566 316

[FORCE RECON]

[QUOTE=Jason2459;34383731]Week 3/ Day 4

Comments
No DOMS right now what so ever. A little tightness in the triceps and shoulders from the OHP but no major soreness. This is a good thing. I'm hoping it's from the IntraXCell finally kicking in for me. I also didn't get any kind of depleted feeling this morning. If this is all I get from IntraXCell then that is perfect for me. Because the training program I do could easily run a person into the ground through overtraining. I'm looking forward to next week and see how it goes.


Yes, this is EXACTLY what IntraXCell does! You are just at the tip of the iceburg though.....weeks 3-4 is when most users start to report much more endurance during their sets/workouts! Studies have shown that Carnosine levels will continue to rise up to the 3 month mark!

I hope your weekend goes great! :)

[DaveGabe24]

Just read everything Jason, things look great in here. Time to really start reaping the benefits of IXL ;)

[Jason2459]

Just read everything Jason, things look great in here. Time to really start reaping the benefits of IXL ;)


Thanks for checking in. I'm just happy if I can leave the gym and not have a hour plus of regaining my composure and not having soreness for two almost three days. My hips and gluts were a little sore last night but I think that was just from driving in the car for over four hours. They were pretty stiff this morning but not so much this evening.

The big red game was kind of a big bust. Usually they have fist string playing first string and second vs second. This year they had first string vs second the entire time. Total blow out of something around 38 to 0 and the second string only had like 9 total yards. I did pleasently stuff my face today though. Started off with a nice big bowl of oatmeal this morning but then the feast started at the stadium. While there I ate a hotdog, bear brat, cheese burger, and two slices of pizza. Then right after the game we went to Old Chicago and I got myself a turkey stromboli with cajun fries. Then on the way back home had a Marshmellow Chocolate Malt from Dairy Queen. Yummy day, so all was not lost.

[FORCE RECON]

Thanks for checking in. I'm just happy if I can leave the gym and not have a hour plus of regaining my composure and not having soreness for two almost three days. My hips and gluts were a little sore last night but I think that was just from driving in the car for over four hours. They were pretty stiff this morning but not so much this evening.

The big red game was kind of a big bust. Usually they have fist string playing first string and second vs second. This year they had first string vs second the entire time. Total blow out of something around 38 to 0 and the second string only had like 9 total yards. I did pleasently stuff my face today though. Started off with a nice big bowl of oatmeal this morning but then the feast started at the stadium. While there I ate a hotdog, bear brat, cheese burger, and two slices of pizza. Then right after the game we went to Old Chicago and I got myself a turkey stromboli with cajun fries. Then on the way back home had a Marshmellow Chocolate Malt from Dairy Queen. Yummy day, so all was not lost.

:eek: LOL.....sounds like a great day of food!! :D

[Jason2459]

Week 4/ Day 1

Comments
Well, I got up with out hitting the snooze but it wasn't easy. I stood there forcing myself to not go back into bed. Hips are still a little stiff this morning but I think all the driving this weekend didn't help that out at all. I did get wiped out this morning and had a hard time keeping my arms up after my workout. I hate trying to talk on the cell phone after I hit my triceps or biceps hard. I feel like they just want to fall off. Didn't take much time though to regain my composure and probably only took about 20 minutes. Sitting here though I can already feel my chest and triceps getting a little sore. I did hit a 10 today though in the gym after the steeledge really kicked in. My legs and feet were tapping all over the place and I was just pounding out set after set. I was just ready to jump up and just start doing some kind of funny dancing to my music just to get the energy out.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
2

Energy level once in the gym:
10

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
40m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench 60%
10x3@165


Supplemental
JM Press
1x3@185, 205, 225 PR

These just do not get any better. I hate these with a passion. I am going up in weight but damn it they suck. I forgot last weeks 205 was a PR also. I feel like it's going to come down and crush me. BUT FEAR IS NOT AN OPTION!!!


Assistance Work
DB Flat Bench w/ Elbows tucked in and palms facing
4x8@75


DB Bentover Rows
2x8@105
2x6@105

Rope Hammer Curls
4x8@135

Standing Ab pull downs
4x15


B/W:192.8
B/F:15.2


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 1 cup ) 311 5 54 13
Kung pao chicken ( 1 cup ) 432 31 11 29
Rice, fried, meatless ( 1 cup ) 271 12 34 5
Egg roll, with beef and/or pork ( 2 egg roll ) 227 12 18 10
Hot and sour soup ( 1 cup ) 160 8 5 15
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Beef shish kabob with vegetables, excluding potatoes ( 3 shishkabob ) 533 16 26 71
Pineapple, raw ( 1 cup, diced ) 76 1 19 1
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 1 cup ) 216 2 45 5
Ice cream, rich, NS as to flavor ( 1 cup ) 357 24 33 5
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4646 161 491 315

[FORCE RECON]

Week 4/ Day 1

Comments
Well, I got up with out hitting the snooze but it wasn't easy. I stood there forcing myself to not go back into bed. Hips are still a little stiff this morning but I think all the driving this weekend didn't help that out at all. I did get wiped out this morning and had a hard time keeping my arms up after my workout. I hate trying to talk on the cell phone after I hit my triceps or biceps hard. I feel like they just want to fall off. Didn't take much time though to regain my composure and probably only took about 20 minutes. Sitting here though I can already feel my chest and triceps getting a little sore. I did hit a 10 today though in the gym after the steeledge really kicked in. My legs and feet were tapping all over the place and I was just pounding out set after set. I was just ready to jump up and just start doing some kind of funny dancing to my music just to get the energy out.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
2

Energy level once in the gym:
10

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
40m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench 60%
10x3@165


Supplemental
JM Press
1x3@185, 205, 225 PR

These just do not get any better. I hate these with a passion. I am going up in weight but damn it they suck. I forgot last weeks 205 was a PR also. I feel like it's going to come down and crush me. BUT FEAR IS NOT AN OPTION!!!


Assistance Work
DB Flat Bench w/ Elbows tucked in and palms facing
4x8@75


DB Bentover Rows
2x8@105
2x6@105

Rope Hammer Curls
4x8@135

Standing Ab pull downs
4x15


B/W:192.8
B/F:15.2


Today's Gorging of Food:

later when known

Great job on getting 225 for a PR!......and LOL @ "My legs and feet were tapping all over the place and I was just pounding out set after set. I was just ready to jump up and just start doing some kind of funny dancing to my music just to get the energy out." :D

[Jason2459]

Week 4/ Day 2

Comments
Very exhausted today. Went to bed late last night and didn't sleep well at all. Hit the snooze once this morning and then dragged myself out of bed. In the gym I was just out of it. Someone said hi and I'm not sure what I said. It just kind of came out all slured. Person probably thought I was drunk or something. By the time I was done with the workout I was winded and wiped out. Amazingly by the time I got out to my truck I just felt tired but not depleted to the pont of puking. I have a little soreness in my chest and tightness in my triceps and delts. Nothing bad though.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
5

Energy level after workout:
1

Time to complete workout:
46m

The Workout

ME Squat
Very Low Box Squats
1x3@bar, 115, 135, 185, 205, 225, 275, 295 PR, 315 PR
1x2,miss@365 PR
1xmiss@385
1x1@365, 365

I HATE THESE!!!! Still missed at 385!!! I get down and sit on the box but just can't get back up. I went back down to 365 to get one more rep in and stood there after I did the rep with the weight on my back. I don't know how long I stood there. People probably thought I was about to pass out or something. I was just thinking how I've just hit 365 with no problem for 2 this week and I didn't hit 385. That pissed me off so I went down and did one more rep. I almost missed but I pushed through it. I probably should have racked it and thought about all that but screw it. It felt good to have the weight on my back.


Assistance Work
GHR
4x8


Hypers with 5second hold on top
4x8@30

Hanging Leg Raises
4x15


B/W:192
B/F:15


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 1 cup ) 311 5 54 13
Beef shish kabob with vegetables, excluding potatoes ( 3 shishkabob ) 533 16 26 71
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 10 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 458 10 0 86
Almonds, chocolate covered ( 13 almond ) 219 17 12 7
Hamburger, 1/4 lb meat, with tomato and/or catsup, on bun ( 2 (1/4 lb) hamburger ) 890 41 76 52
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type ( 2 slice, NFS (.75 oz) ) 141 11 3 8
Shrimp, baked or broiled ( 0.5 cup, cooked ) 112 4 1 18
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 1 cup ) 216 2 45 5
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4506 116 446 409

[FORCE RECON]

Way to push yourself on the box squats Jason :cool: Your daily descriptions of the time you spend in the gym is always entertaining :D BTW, your up to 192lbs!! CONGRATS!

[DaveGabe24]

Let the PR's and weight gain keep on coming :D Awesome efforts in here Jay...things are really looking good for you.

[Jason2459]

Thanks, on ME days it's all about the PR's.

[Jason2459]

Off Day

Why do I get the "Tingle" on my off days? Again, I took the IntraXCell with my oatmeal at work and of course I keep getting interrupted. Then about 30m later I get the tingle.

Stiffness in my chest/delts/triceps is subsiding and my hips/gluts/hams today really aren't that bad. Stiff a little bit but it's that good stiffness that just feels right. Either I really didn't have a good workout yesterday or the IntraXCell is helping. I'm going with the later as I look back over the past few weeks the DOMS has been either short term or non-existent.

Confused!!!
I'm coming up on 195lbs and I will start cleaning my diet up at that point. Now, what do I do when I hit 200? I was planning on working my way down to 181lbs. The thing is I think I like being in the 190's. I like having this layer of fat on me and I've had to work hard at getting both the muscle and the fat. Please don't say I'm lucky for that. It's hard on my stomach and wallet to eat. I'm more than satisfied at 3000-3500 calories but I won't go anywhere at that level. I actually was told that I look better right now and my face looks healthy not mal-nourished.

I know I wouldn't have any problems bumping up my GPP work and slightly reducing my calories and I could easily get back down to 181lbs. That would make me more competitive and easier to make a higher placement in a meet. I've been thinking about this and those were my reasons for going down to 181lbs. What I seem to have lost sight in this reasoning is why I'm doing this in the first place. It wasn't to compete at all and I never thought I would entertain that I would be competing. I started for the sole reason to get stronger and find a routine that I loved and could stay consistent with. I didn't care about size, weight, bodyfat, or placing first in a competition.

With all that in my head why do I want to stop and reverse progress? I still want to compete and I will do that because it definitely is driving me and I am very excited about it. But why am I competing and who am I competing against. ME. It is and always will be me and my genetics that I'm trying to beet. I'm supposed to be 5'10'' 135-145lbs. At least that's where I would be if I didn't workout. I know I was there. I'm think I'm going to scrap any notion of going down to 181lbs to make myself competitive against others and just let myself go to where ever it is that I can make it too so that I can be as competitive against myself as possible. My goal is to get stronger and I would love to someday lift an elite total but at what body weight? We'll just have find out?

[FORCE RECON]

Off Day

Why do I get the "Tingle" on my off days? Again, I took the IntraXCell with my oatmeal at work and of course I keep getting interrupted. Then about 30m later I get the tingle.

Stiffness in my chest/delts/triceps is subsiding and my hips/gluts/hams today really aren't that bad. Stiff a little bit but it's that good stiffness that just feels right. Either I really didn't have a good workout yesterday or the IntraXCell is helping. I'm going with the later as I look back over the past few weeks the DOMS has been either short term or non-existent.

Confused!!!
I'm coming up on 195lbs and I will start cleaning my diet up at that point. Now, what do I do when I hit 200? I was planning on working my way down to 181lbs. The thing is I think I like being in the 190's. I like having this layer of fat on me and I've had to work hard at getting both the muscle and the fat. Please don't say I'm lucky for that. It's hard on my stomach and wallet to eat. I'm more than satisfied at 3000-3500 calories but I won't go anywhere at that level. I actually was told that I look better right now and my face looks healthy not mal-nourished.

I know I wouldn't have any problems bumping up my GPP work and slightly reducing my calories and I could easily get back down to 181lbs. That would make me more competitive and easier to make a higher placement in a meet. I've been thinking about this and those were my reasons for going down to 181lbs. What I seem to have lost sight in this reasoning is why I'm doing this in the first place. It wasn't to compete at all and I never thought I would entertain that I would be competing. I started for the sole reason to get stronger and find a routine that I loved and could stay consistent with. I didn't care about size, weight, bodyfat, or placing first in a competition.

With all that in my head why do I want to stop and reverse progress? I still want to compete and I will do that because it definitely is driving me and I am very excited about it. But why am I competing and who am I competing against. ME. It is and always will be me and my genetics that I'm trying to beet. I'm supposed to be 5'10'' 135-145lbs. At least that's where I would be if I didn't workout. I know I was there. I'm think I'm going to scrap any notion of going down to 181lbs to make myself competitive against others and just let myself go to where ever it is that I can make it too so that I can be as competitive against myself as possible. My goal is to get stronger and I would love to someday lift an elite total but at what body weight? We'll just have find out?

You are tingling on your "off days," because your body wants to go lift and is mad that you are not lifting! :mad: :p JK

Almost up to 195lbs?!?! Well, that would make me happy if I was your height :D .....but I see where you are coming from.....just think about it more and do whatever you will enjoy the most!

[Jason2459]

:lol:


I do feel really good right now even with a dirty as heck diet. Three more pounds and I'll be at 195 and I look forward to cleaning up the diet and see what my body wants to do. Plus I'll start incorporating more GPP work in again.

[Jason2459]

The Tingle...

Here it is again. Strangely enough it was at least 45minutes after I took the IntraXCell that I got the tingling. I took the three caps right after I ate dinner. It just all of a sudden creeps up you. I also notice it much more pronounced tonight for some reason, more of a prickling then a tingling. Down my arms, my neck, and head. This is the most I've felt it being twice in one day. I think I've only felt the tingle twice maybe three times before today. I could look back on my log but just don't feel like it sorry. :D


Today's Gorging of Food

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Oats, raw ( 1 cup ) 311 5 54 13
Real Gains from Universal ( 44.3 gram ) 174 2 25 15
Orange, raw ( 1 large (3-1/16" dia) ) 86 0 22 2
Pizza with meat, thick crust ( 1 medium pizza (13" dia) ) 2280 95 265 87
Hamburger, 1/4 lb meat, with tomato and/or catsup, on bun ( 2 (1/4 lb) hamburger ) 890 41 76 52
Shrimp, baked or broiled ( 6 oz, without shell, raw (yield after cooking) ) 232 8 2 37
White potato, baked, peel eaten, NS as to fat added in cooking ( 1 large (3" to 4-1/4" dia, raw) ) 231 4 46 4
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.25 cup ) 219 20 8 6
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4624 174 511 249

[Jason2459]

Week 4/ Day 3

Comments
Felt much better today. I did get the lawn mowed last night. Also, I went out to get a door for the master bedroom. I'm sick of waking up with a stuffy nose because the stupid cat likes to lay right there next to me and I'm slightly alergic to cats. I got the door cut down to size but didn't get it hung yet. It was getting late by that time and I wanted to get to bed. It was probably around 10pm by the time I got into bed. Workout went okay and I didn't get completely depleted by the end. I felt great by the time I got to work. My triceps and shoulders are tight but not really sore. Stiffness in my hips/gluts/hams have gone almost completely away.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
2

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
45m

The Workout

ME Squat
Seated OHP
1x3@bar, 75, 95, 115, 135, 150PR
1x2,miss@155
1x1@165
1xmiss@185
2x1@155

I was really hoping to hit that 185 as I did get it last week. But I did add in a little more volume. I hit 150 for 3 and added in 165 for 1. The 150 was an accedent and probably could have gotten in 155 for 3 on that one. I accedently put a ten on one side and a 5 on the other. I thought I put ten's on both sides. I noticed it after I had it on the way down. I felt like I needed a little more after missing so I did two more sets of one at 155. The shoulders are really burning and giving out quickly on these.


Assistance Work
Pull-ups
5x7

Elbow's out Tricep Extensions
4x10@40

Face Pulls
4x10@140

Decline Situps
4x15@10


B/W:194.2
B/F:15.6


Today's Gorging of Food:

later when known

[FORCE RECON]

Nice workout Jason :)

[Jason2459]

Week 4/ Day 4

Comments
Had some guests over last night so I made what I call an open face chicken cordon blue. Basically it's a layer of rice, a layer of baby spinach leaves, a half or full boneless skinless chicken breast, then a slice or two of maple ham, a slice of provolone cheese, and drizzled with a little bit of balsamic vinegar. After I have the rice and chicken cooked I stack every thing up and put it in the microwave until the cheese is melted then after taking it out drizzle a little of the balsamic vinegar on top and serve it. I like to make the rice with some chicken bullion, vermicelli, and some sweat basil in it. They brought the dessert which was some sort of banana cream pie on a graham cracker crust. So, after they left there was some clean up to do and got to be by 10pm.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
10000 ... Umm... I accedently put in two scoops of SteelEdge. I put it one scoop and wasn't thinking and put in another scoop. Needless to say I was jamming it out at the gym today. Nothing like playing some air guitar and drums in between sets.

Energy level after workout:
8 I was still kicking

Time to complete workout:
47m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Box Squats 52%
12x2@210

I'm glad my three week wave started over this week and back down to 52%. I didn't realize how stiff my hips where until I started these. Ouch.


Supplemental Work
Zercher Squats
2x3@210
1x3@225, 255PR

It wasn't so bad at 210 this week. 225 was getting a little harder. Then BAM! 255 hit me hard. I had a hard time keeping the bar in my arms and figuring out how the heck to breath. I had this one guy, who by the way was in teh squat rack next to me doing bicep curls with nickels on the damn bar!!!, tell me after my second set at 210 that I was doing the front squat all wrong and he was kind enough to show me how. I normally probably would have ignored it all and kept on trucken but I actually let him go on and show me. Then I went on to explain the Zercher Squat and how it really hits the core hard. After I got done with my last set where it looked like my veins were about to pop out of my neck and I'm puffing at all the wrong times on the way down and up he said "Wow, those look like they hurt!" I actually said the corniest thing in the world not thinking about it "No pain no gain man!" I felt like smacking myself.



Assistance Work
Pull Throughs
4x10@150, 190, 197.5, 205


DB Side Bends
4x8@90

Seated Calf raises
3x10@110


B/W:196.4 !!!! Damn this means I have to start cleaning up my diet on Monday
B/F:15.8


Today's Gorging of Food:

later when known

[FORCE RECON]

Week 4/ Day 4



Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
10000 ... Umm... I accedently put in two scoops of SteelEdge. I put it one scoop and wasn't thinking and put in another scoop. Needless to say I was jamming it out at the gym today. Nothing like playing some air guitar and drums in between sets.

Energy level after workout:
8 I was still kicking

Time to complete workout:
47m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Box Squats 52%
12x2@210

I'm glad my three week wave started over this week and back down to 52%. I didn't realize how stiff my hips where until I started these. Ouch.


Supplemental Work
Zercher Squats
2x3@210
1x3@225, 255PR

It wasn't so bad at 210 this week. 225 was getting a little harder. Then BAM! 255 hit me hard. I had a hard time keeping the bar in my arms and figuring out how the heck to breath. I had this one guy, who by the way was in teh squat rack next to me doing bicep curls with nickels on the damn bar!!!, tell me after my second set at 210 that I was doing the front squat all wrong and he was kind enough to show me how. I normally probably would have ignored it all and kept on trucken but I actually let him go on and show me. Then I went on to explain the Zercher Squat and how it really hits the core hard. After I got done with my last set where it looked like my veins were about to pop out of my neck and I'm puffing at all the wrong times on the way down and up he said "Wow, those look like they hurt!" I actually said the corniest thing in the world not thinking about it "No pain no gain man!" I felt like smacking myself.



LOL :D HAHAHA Funniest post of your log....lol :D Two scoops of SE will get you flying!

CONGRATS on the PR!!! :cool:

[Jason2459]

Week 5/ Day 1

Comments
Had a great weekend. It was just beautiful outside. Saturday went garage saling and picked up a bunch of stuf including a foosball table for $5 and a snow blower for $10. Bargains all over the place. Then went out golfing for the first time in over a year that afternoon. Sunday got some landscaping done, worked on bathroom remodle a little, and finished hanging door to the bedroom and framing it in. Sorry kitty no more hair in the bedroom. Went to a friends house that night for some grilling. Ate a bacon and cheddar bratt, pinapple brat, a bear brat, some seasoned shrimp, and a twice baked potatoe with chedar and bacon on it. Then played some guitar hero II for to long and didn't get home till pretty late. Oh well, great weekend.

Had a great surpise this morning. I put load of laundry in the washmachine before going to bed and the hose for the drain poped out some how and was laying on the floor. Well, if the drain hose is on the floor the water doesn't fill up in the washmachine and just goes out the drainage and right onto the floor. NOT GOOD, because the washmachine wont fill up with water it keeps trying and trying and doesn't continue on with the cycle. Luckly I got up right on the first alarm and when I went to the bathroom I could hear water running and thought that was strange. I ran down stairs and nothing was on. I ran down the the basement and it was filled with a sheet of water. It was coming out so fast that the floor drain wasn't keeping up. I turned it off and it quickly started to drain down. The person before us just used this utitility sink to stick the waschmachine drain tub into and so did we for starters. Later on I was going to move the washmachine to another location as we finished off parts of the basement and run a proper drain and water to the washmachine. Well, I know what project I'll be working on now sooner then planed. Fun stuff.

Workout was great as I was slightly peeved and took it out on the weights. I was also very ready to get into the gym and move the iron. I decided that I've been doing stuff I didn't like and it was time to do some fun stuff for the next few weeks.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
3

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
40m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench 60%
12x3@165


Supplemental Work
Mid-height Pin Presses

1x3@225, 235PR, 255 PR


Umm.. I hit two big PR's and didn't realize it at the gym. I forgot my journal in my truck and was just focused and ready to hit the weights I didn't want to go back out and get it. I just found out here at work. I have a spreadsheet of all my major exercises for ME and Supplemental and track the PR's on those so it's really easy and quick to see. I haven't done these in a while but for a none ME day that felt really good.


Assistance Work
Front/Side/Rear Combo raises with DB
3x10@30

DB Hammer Curls
4x8@45

Laying down V Sit-ups??
1x10

How do I explain this. Just sitting on the floor with my feet spread out in a V. I try and keep my feet down and just situp from laying down. I got about one set in and tried for another set and I just couldn't keep my feet from coming up. I had to look like a dieing fish on the second set just flooping around for what was a feeble attempt at a few reps. I'm sure with more work I'll get better at these.

Decline situps
3x10@20



B/W:195
B/F:15.6


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 1 cup ) 311 5 54 13
Orange, raw ( 1 cup, sections ) 85 0 21 2
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 12 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 550 12 0 103
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Spices, poultry seasoning ( 1 teaspoon ) 5 0 1 0
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 1 cup ) 216 2 45 5
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Egg, white only, raw ( 4 large egg white ) 66 0 1 14
Steak, NS as to type of meat, cooked, lean only eaten ( 16 oz, boneless, cooked, lean only ) 905 36 0 136
Sweetpotato, raw ( 1.5 sweetpotato, (5") ) 205 1 47 3
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4526 120 414 437

[FORCE RECON]

Sorry to hear about your Washer issues! :eek: BUT......GREAT job hitting TWO PRs!! :cool:

[Jason2459]

Week 5/ Day 2

Comments
Didn't do much last night. Went out to eat and got my nice juicy steak and sweetpotato. YUMMY. As I feared though I couldn't fall asleep right away as I was thinking about my deadlifts for today. Thinking about form and exploding off the ground. Moving the bar as fast as possible. I didn't have any problem waking up though. I was excited to get to the gym. Very strange morning though. I keep doing stupid things and forgeting stupid stuff. It's like I'm wide awake yet my brain hasn't been activated yet. I was very focused at the gym though. No DOMS or stiffness from yesterdays workout.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
3

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
50m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
DL with 25lbs Plates (alternate between sumo and conv. till miss)
SUMO: 1x1@bar, 95, 115, 145, 165, 195, 215, 225, 265, 295, 315, 345, 365 PR!
CONV: 1x1@bar, 95, 115, 145, 165, 195, 215, 225, 265, 295, 315, 345 PR!

Sumo: 1xmiss@395
Conv: didn't attempt for a hit or miss at 365 for the Conv.

This was great. I think I really like these because of the challenge and how taxing they are. I won't do them for more than two weeks and with out a good 4 week or more break in between them. Let the CNS get a nice break. But I think they work so good in bringing up the DL. Last time I did these was back February 20th and hit 325 on the Conv and 345 on the Sumo. I didn't move on past 345 on the conv. pull as I really felt 345 and really struggled. I only want a single miss and wanted that on the sumo. I went for 395 and felt the bar bend but didn't break the ground. I knew if I could break it off the ground I could lock it out. But it didn't move. I'll get it next week!!

Assistance Work
GHR
6x5

Standing Ab Pull-downs
4x15@65

Seated Calf Raises
1x15@110
2x12@110


B/W:196.6
B/F:16


Today's Gorging of Food:

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 2 cup ) 622 10 109 26
Turkey Subway 6" Honey Oat with Cheese ( 2 serving ) 760 17 108 48
Egg, whole, raw ( 4 large ) 298 20 2 25
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 12 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 550 12 0 103
Cottage Cheese Fat Free ( 2 serving ) 160 2 10 28
Pineapple, raw ( 3 slice (3-1/2" dia x 3/4" thick) ) 123 1 31 1
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4259 86 489 381

[FORCE RECON]

Week 5/ Day 2

Comments
Didn't do much last night. Went out to eat and got my nice juicy steak and sweetpotato. YUMMY. As I feared though I couldn't fall asleep right away as I was thinking about my deadlifts for today. Thinking about form and exploding off the ground. Moving the bar as fast as possible. I didn't have any problem waking up though. I was excited to get to the gym. Very strange morning though. I keep doing stupid things and forgeting stupid stuff. It's like I'm wide awake yet my brain hasn't been activated yet. I was very focused at the gym though. No DOMS or stiffness from yesterdays workout.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
3

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
50m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
DL with 25lbs Plates (alternate between sumo and conv. till miss)
SUMO: 1x1@bar, 95, 115, 145, 165, 195, 215, 225, 265, 295, 315, 345, 365 PR!
CONV: 1x1@bar, 95, 115, 145, 165, 195, 215, 225, 265, 295, 315, 345 PR!

Sumo: 1xmiss@395
Conv: didn't attempt for a hit or miss at 365 for the Conv.

This was great. I think I really like these because of the challenge and how taxing they are. I won't do them for more than two weeks and with out a good 4 week or more break in between them. Let the CNS get a nice break. But I think they work so good in bringing up the DL. Last time I did these was back February 20th and hit 325 on the Conv and 345 on the Sumo. I didn't move on past 345 on the conv. pull as I really felt 345 and really struggled. I only want a single miss and wanted that on the sumo. I went for 395 and felt the bar bend but didn't break the ground. I knew if I could break it off the ground I could lock it out. But it didn't move. I'll get it next week!!

Assistance Work
GHR
6x5

Standing Ab Pull-downs
4x15@65

Seated Calf Raises
1x15@110
2x12@110


B/W:196.6
B/F:16


Today's Gorging of Food:

Later when known

CONGRATS on the PR!! :cool: You have set a few PR's during this log :) Keep it up!

[Mickfootie]

Logs looking good Jason. I see you aren't at your best first thing in the morning.... :)

Great job on the PR for the deadlifts.

[Jason2459]

CONGRATS on the PR!! :cool: You have set a few PR's during this log :) Keep it up!

On ME day's it's all about the PR. There are two main goals for a ME day.

1)Hit the PR!!! even if it's for 3, 2, or 1 rep or even if it's for volume.
Like if I hit 365 next week but still miss at 395 I'll go back down to say 350 and get a few more reps to bring up the volume.

2)Hit at least three reps at and above 90% of your 1RM. My max at the DL is 385 and 90% of that is about 345. I hit 345 twice, once sumo and once conv. Then hit 365 sumo. If I had missed 365 then I would have went back down to say 345 or 350 and hit one more rep to make that three reps above 90%. Now, I seem to notice Louie Simmons mention that you should hit three attempts above 90% in which a miss is also concidered an attempt. So that means I got in 4 reps above 90% today according to that. I like to make sure I get in reps and not count the misses. It's worked for me so far but as I get into heavy weights I might think differently. :D

[Jason2459]

Logs looking good Jason. I see you aren't at your best first thing in the morning.... :)

Great job on the PR for the deadlifts.

Thanks for checking in. I HATE mornings. I am SO not a morning person. It is just the best time for me to get into the gym. If I try and workout over lunch there are many days that I can't leave work or I have to run an errand. If I try and workout afterwork I'm frustrated as heck trying to mix in with the crowd. If I workout later at night I'm just as exhausted and have way to many other projects and things to do.

[Mickfootie]

Thanks for checking in. I HATE mornings. I am SO not a morning person. It is just the best time for me to get into the gym. If I try and workout over lunch there are many days that I can't leave work or I have to run an errand. If I try and workout afterwork I'm frustrated as heck trying to mix in with the crowd. If I workout later at night I'm just as exhausted and have way to many other projects and things to do.

I workout in the mornings too as it is also the best time for me to fit around my day and shift working...

Good luck with the rest of the AEN Combo. I have 2 tubs of SE and 2 tubs of IXL which i will soon be coming onto. I used the IXL for 30 days before and it yielded some great results so decided to go with the SE and a couple of months on it this time... :)

[Jason2459]

Week 5/ Day 3

Comments
Yesterday was the off day. I wasn't feeling to hot in the afternoon. Headache and just felt like I was getting a tempurature. My right hip was really sore by the end of the day too. It hurt to lift my leg straight up. My body will only handle those dealifts with an offset for one more week and that's it. After today's ME bench and Monday's DE Bench doing pin presses I feel really beat up. Both of those exercises, pin press and dl with offset, are probably the hardest on the body out of anything I do. I'll need a deload week after these two weeks.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
2

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
42m

The Workout

ME Bench
Low Pin Presses
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225
1x1,miss@255PR!
1xmiss@270
1x1@245

I almost had the 270. I got it about three inches up off the pins and just couldn't get it passed that and get a lockout. Looks like some four boards after next week.



Assistance Work
Lat machine Pulldowns
1x12@157.5
3x5@217.5

Seated Cleans
4x8@30

DB Tricep Extensions
1x15@25
3x10@30

Laying legs straight out in a V situps (have no idea what else to call these)
1x15
1xfish flopping around
Decided to get as many out of the first set as I could as I knew the second set would just be horrible.

Kneeling Ab pull-downs
3x15@150

B/W:196.4
B/F:15.6

[FORCE RECON]

Jason you are tearing it up every time you get tin the gym.....impressive!

[Jason2459]

Thanks, I have to work as hard as I can to get anywhere. People don't seem to believe I'm a hard gainer when they look at how much I've gained in the past 6 months. It's been a lot of hardwork inside and outside of the gym. Force feeding myself and forcing myself to hit the gym or do GPP work when I really don't want to.

Hmm... I'd like to add one thing about today's workout. I just realized I think I actually felt the SteelEdge's effect on focus. I've always had focus in the gym but today did seem different for some reason. I was in a zone but not my normal zone. I've been happy with the pickup that SE has been giving me and wasn't concerned about or really knew what it was meant that it can give a person focus in the gym.

[FORCE RECON]

Thanks, I have to work as hard as I can to get anywhere. People don't seem to believe I'm a hard gainer when they look at how much I've gained in the past 6 months. It's been a lot of hardwork inside and outside of the gym. Force feeding myself and forcing myself to hit the gym or do GPP work when I really don't want to.

Hmm... I'd like to add one thing about today's workout. I just realized I think I actually felt the SteelEdge's effect on focus. I've always had focus in the gym but today did seem different for some reason. I was in a zone but not my normal zone. I've been happy with the pickup that SE has been giving me and wasn't concerned about or really knew what it was meant that it can give a person focus in the gym.

Awesome :cool:

[Jason2459]

Today's Gorging of Food

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 1.5 cup ) 467 8 81 19
Chicken, with bone, NS as to part, broiled, light or dark meat, NS as to skin eaten ( 4 large piece (yield after cooking, bone removed) ) 872 50 0 100
Chicken, with bone, NS as to part, broiled, light or dark meat, NS as to skin eaten ( 4 small piece (yield after cooking, bone removed) ) 332 19 0 38
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 6 oz ) 269 5 0 51
Macaroni, whole wheat, cooked, fat not added in cooking ( 1 cup, cooked ) 173 1 37 7
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 4 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 183 4 0 34
Alfredo sauce ( 0.25 cup ) 63 4 4 2
Bread stick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese ( 1 large stick or slice ) 220 9 28 6
Mango, raw ( 8 oz yields ) 104 0 27 1
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4308 111 406 408

[Jason2459]

Week 5/ Day 4

Comments
I hadn't touch the bathroom remodel in a little while so did some work on it last night. Finished up the backwall and all the walls and texturizing is done. Ripped out the old vanity and sink. Will put a new one in tonight and maybe the new medicine cabinet and lights. Then there will still be some new outlets to put in, tile parts of the wall, tile the floor, finish off the closet area.

Hips were still sore last night so I did some walking up and down the stairs with some weight in my arms to try and losen them up. I decided that after it felt fairly nice while bringing down the old sink top. So, I went back up with it and back down with it several times for about 15minutes. It probably weighed about 25lbs. This morning the hips were ready to go. My triceps are slightly sore this morning. Not an all out DOMS but still there.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
9

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
35m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Box Squats @ 57%
10x2@230


Assistance Work
BB Lounges
4x8@135

Hypers
4x8@35 w/ 5s hold on top

Hanging Leg Raises
4x15

Seated Calf Raises
5x6@140 w/ a good pause on top of each rep

B/W:197.6
B/F:15.8

[FORCE RECON]

Nice workout....you are closing in on 2 bills! :cool:

[Jason2459]

I've pleasently broke over 197 this morning. I can't wait to hit my 200lbs milestone. I would have never EVER believed that I'd ever weigh that much. Never in my wildest dreams. It still seems wrong to me some how that I'll be 200lbs. Coming from being 135lbs out of college. CRAZY!!!

B/W 197.6

B/F: 15.8%

[Jason2459]

Today's Gorging of Food

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 2 cup ) 622 10 109 26
Beef jerky ( 1 cup, pieces ) 369 23 10 30
Turkey Subway 6" Honey Oat with Cheese ( 2 serving ) 760 17 108 48
Egg, white only, raw ( 4 large egg white ) 66 0 1 14
Orange, raw ( 1 large (3-1/16" dia) ) 86 0 22 2
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Tuna, fresh, baked or broiled ( 10 oz, boneless, cooked ) 434 11 1 77
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 1 cup ) 216 2 45 5
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4737 128 539 363

[FORCE RECON]

I've pleasently broke over 197 this morning. I can't wait to hit my 200lbs milestone. I would have never EVER believed that I'd ever weigh that much. Never in my wildest dreams. It still seems wrong to me some how that I'll be 200lbs. Coming from being 135lbs out of college. CRAZY!!!

B/W 197.6

B/F: 15.8%

:D :cool:

[Jason2459]

Week 6/ Day 1

Comments
Glad to be back to work. Long weekend. Saturday I had to get up at 6am and go to work. There was a hazardous waist recycling program going on from 9am to 12pm for people to just drop stuff off for free. We've been doing a lot of equipment upgrades so I filled up the truck and brought it all over there. After that I went home and I put in the vanity and vanity top, faucet, Medicine Cabinet, Lights, and new outlet. Put trim around the vanity and sealed it up. Also, got outside for a little bit and did some landscaping. Really nice day outside.

Sunday I had to get up at 6:30am to go walk for the March of Dimes. It was a nice walk starting out through some nature trails then ended up going through part of the city to go back to the starting point. It was a long walk though, 8 miles, and by the end the sun was just baking everyone. I ended up with a really good sun burn and wind burn. After that I got home and finished putting on the top caps and most all of the trim for the stair case. Needless to say I didn't do any GPP work on Sunday after the 8 mile walk.

So, I didn't get to sleep in like I normally do on the weekends. After the walk my hips were really sore and still are this morning. It hurts to raise my legs. I was able to wake up okay this morning mentally but my body didn?t want to move. Also, woke up with a slight temperature this morning but it wasn't to high so I still went into the gym. I think it's just from the long weekend and lots of sun.



Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
37m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench @ 60% 4 different grips
12x2@165

Supplemental Work
Mid Pin Presses
1x3@225, 245
1x1@275 PR!!

I moved through the DE Bench work pretty good and quickly. Then I went into some Sup work with the Mid height pin presses and started to slow down. I was just going to hit 255 for three again but I noticed this slow down after the second set and got kind of peeved about it so I decided to load up the weights and just hit a PR for 1. It went up pretty smoothly too but doubt I would have been able to hit it for two. I paused on top thinking about it but told myself it's not an ME day and didn't want to miss.

Assistance Work
Front/Side/Rear Delt Combo
4x10@20

Close Neutral Grip Lat Pulldowns
1x10@180
3x6@220


B/W:197
B/F:15.6

[Jason2459]

Today's Gorging of Food

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Egg, whole, fried ( 2 large ) 181 14 1 12
OSCAR MAYER, Ham (chopped with natural juice) ( 1 serving ) 52 3 1 5
Bread, white, made from home recipe or purchased at a bakery, toasted ( 2 thick slice (3-3/4" x 5" x 5/8") ) 315 6 55 9
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type ( 1 slice (1 oz) ) 95 7 2 6
Turkey Subway 6" Honey Oat with Cheese ( 2 serving ) 760 17 108 48
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 3 oz ) 134 3 0 26
Beef jerky ( 1 cup, pieces ) 369 23 10 30
Enchilada with beef, beans, and cheese ( 4 enchilada or enchirito ) 966 49 97 41
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Total 4498 133 503 325

[FORCE RECON]

ANOTHER PR!!!!! :eek: .....and its cool that you did the March of Dimes. :cool: Keep setting PRs!!!

[Jason2459]

Week 6/ Day 2

Comments

blahhhhh....... Hips were still sore last night. So, decided going up and down the stairs worked last time I'd go for some of it again. To facilitate this I riped out a wall and put a wall up. No longer is the house a 4 bed 2 bath but now a 3 bed two bath. Upstairs had three smaller bed rooms and one larger bedroom on the main floor off the living room. The plan was to take out two walls and make one bedroom out of two upstairs and put in a wall to block off the hall way. Well I got one of the walls ripped out last night and blocked off the hall way with a new wall. I got to take many reps of going up and down the stairs taking down rubble and putting it into the back of the truck and going down to cut wood. It worked, my hips felt fine this morning. I was completely disoriented though waking up this morning. I got to bed kind of late. I didn't take a shower until about 10pm. Then woke up this morning with the feeling that I didn't asleep at all and then where the heck am I.

I gave myself a scoop and a half of SteelEdge this morning. I think that helped some in the gym to get me going. I also finally go through the first container of SteelEdge and opened up the second one I bought. So, doing about one scoop for each workout 4 times a week lasted just over a month. Not bad. My triceps are a little sore this morning but not too bad at all. Just enough to know that they are there.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1-0

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
34m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
DL with 25lbs plates Alternate Conv. and Sumo
Sumo: 1x1@bar, 95, 125, 145, 175, 195, 225, 245, 275, 295, 325, 345, 375 PR!!
Conv: 1x1@bar, 95, 125, 145, 175, 195, 225, 245, 275, 295, 325, 345

Sumo: 2xmiss@395

I love these for some reason. They are just exhausting but I really get focused when doing them. I'm constantly thinking about form, technique, and just ripping the weight off the floor. I stopped at 345 on the Conv as that is where I got my PR on the conv. last week and really just wanted to concentrate on the Sumo PR. I got 375 up easy this week. Which is GREAT!!! as my previous max attempt was just 385 using 45lbs plates and I had to pull a much greater distance and get much lower to break the floor with these. Then I went for 395. I ALMOST HAD IT on the first attempt!!!! I got it just above the knees but just couldn't lock it out. I was so happy though that I got it off the floor and that probably broke my focus and I think I failed by not pulling back enough. I went for it one more time and I was just burned out. I got it about half way up my chins so I was happy I was still able to break away from the floor.


Assistance Work
GHR
5x6

Standing AB Pull-downs
4x10@70


B/W:197
B/F:15.1

I have been sweating a LOT the past few days and it was really hot upstairs and I was just drenched last night working on the walls. I figured I was burning a lot of my fat that I've been working to get. I may get a little dirtier in my diet for the next few days.

[FORCE RECON]

Week 6/ Day 2

Comments

blahhhhh....... Hips were still sore last night. So, decided going up and down the stairs worked last time I'd go for some of it again. To facilitate this I riped out a wall and put a wall up. No longer is the house a 4 bed 2 bath but now a 3 bed two bath. Upstairs had three smaller bed rooms and one larger bedroom on the main floor off the living room. The plan was to take out two walls and make one bedroom out of two upstairs and put in a wall to block off the hall way. Well I got one of the walls ripped out last night and blocked off the hall way with a new wall. I got to take many reps of going up and down the stairs taking down rubble and putting it into the back of the truck and going down to cut wood. It worked, my hips felt fine this morning. I was completely disoriented though waking up this morning. I got to bed kind of late. I didn't take a shower until about 10pm. Then woke up this morning with the feeling that I didn't asleep at all and then where the heck am I.

I gave myself a scoop and a half of SteelEdge this morning. I think that helped some in the gym to get me going. I also finally go through the first container of SteelEdge and opened up the second one I bought. So, doing about one scoop for each workout 4 times a week lasted just over a month. Not bad. My triceps are a little sore this morning but not too bad at all. Just enough to know that they are there.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1-0

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
34m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
DL with 25lbs plates Alternate Conv. and Sumo
Sumo: 1x1@bar, 95, 125, 145, 175, 195, 225, 245, 275, 295, 325, 345, 375 PR!!
Conv: 1x1@bar, 95, 125, 145, 175, 195, 225, 245, 275, 295, 325, 345

Sumo: 2xmiss@395

I love these for some reason. They are just exhausting but I really get focused when doing them. I'm constantly thinking about form, technique, and just ripping the weight off the floor. I stopped at 345 on the Conv as that is where I got my PR on the conv. last week and really just wanted to concentrate on the Sumo PR. I got 375 up easy this week. Which is GREAT!!! as my previous max attempt was just 385 using 45lbs plates and I had to pull a much greater distance and get much lower to break the floor with these. Then I went for 395. I ALMOST HAD IT on the first attempt!!!! I got it just above the knees but just couldn't lock it out. I was so happy though that I got it off the floor and that probably broke my focus and I think I failed by not pulling back enough. I went for it one more time and I was just burned out. I got it about half way up my chins so I was happy I was still able to break away from the floor.


Assistance Work
GHR
5x6

Standing AB Pull-downs
4x10@70


B/W:197
B/F:15.1

I have been sweating a LOT the past few days and it was really hot upstairs and I was just drenched last night working on the walls. I figured I was burning a lot of my fat that I've been working to get. I may get a little dirtier in my diet for the next few days.

:eek: Should we expect a PR EVERY workout now Jason? :D :cool: You are tearing it up man! I dont know what else to say other than KEEP IT UP!!

BTW, good stuff you have going on with the house renovations!

[Jason2459]

That would be nice. I don't expect them on DE days but get them every once in a while. I have to look back but I think I've hit some type of PR on all my ME days since I started Westside back in Novemeber. This past month though I think I've added more weights in the gym and on my body then I have previously in a one month period.

Hmm... IntraXCell anyone? :D

[FORCE RECON]

That would be nice. I don't expect them on DE days but get them every once in a while. I have to look back but I think I've hit some type of PR on all my ME days since I started Westside back in Novemeber. This past month though I think I've added more weights in the gym and on my body then I have previously in a one month period.

Hmm... IntraXCell anyone? :D

LOL :D I made some crazy strength gains my first 60 days on IntraXCell and SteelEdge......MOST of our testers are either gaining lean body mass, or are having huge strength gains...only a select few do both.....you seem to be doing BOTH!!!!!

[Jason2459]

Today's Gorging of Food

Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1.5 serving ) 123 0 23 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Oats, raw ( 3 cup ) 933 15 163 39
BK Tripple Stacker ( 1 serving ) 800 54 33 48
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Turkey Subway 6" Honey Oat with Cheese ( 1 serving ) 380 9 54 24
Corn dog (frankfurter or hot dog with cornbread coating) ( 1 corn dog ) 273 18 20 9
Pie, custard ( 1 piece (1/8 of 9" dia) ) 286 16 28 7
Orange, raw ( 1 large (3-1/16" dia) ) 86 0 22 2
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4886 134 641 281

[Jason2459]

Week 6/ Day 3

Comments
I didn't want to get up this morning. I even hit the snooze at first and laid back in bed. But that lasted for a split second. I thought about something that came up in a discussion about the training I've been doing and it caught me on fire. Evedently, and this seems to be from many people, Westside is not for me. It is for the ultra elite power lifters who train and compete fully equipped. It is not for the novice, weak, and non-athletic person like myself. BULLS#!7!!!!!!! That just got me pissed off and ready to hit the gym harder then ever.

This was my last post to that thread that I just put in this morning:
"BTW I thank everyone that has told me that I can not progress, I should not being doing this, I will go no where, I'm not strong enough yet, and anything else negative. Because that just drives me harder. Negativity is NOT an option. You MUST believe you can do it and you will be able to lift the weight that is before you. If you think for a split second that you will fail you WILL FAIL!!! I was thinking about all that this morning going into my work out and it drove me harder then ever. I pushed two PR's today. Thank you! LIFT STRONG BE STRONG!!! "

I was extremely focused and moved through the ME work like clock work. Only breaks I had was changing the weights and I was back under the bar. As for DOMS of soreness I don't have any right now. Hips/Gluts/Hams are slightly stiff but fine. Going into today my upper body was ready to go. I did get a stupid pump again in my triceps AND my biceps today.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
10

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
42m

The Workout

ME Bench
Low Pin-presses
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 185, 205, 225
1x2,miss@255 PR!
1x1@275 PR!!!
1xmiss@295, 285
1x1@255

I was going to stop after the miss at 295 but kept going. I was then going to stop after the miss at 285 but kept going. I had to stop myself after hitting the 255.


Assistance Work
Lat Pull-Downs
4x6@210

Seated Cleans
4x10@30

DB Tricep Ext.
4x8@40

Rope Hammer Curls
4x8@130

Laying Down V whatever what ever situps
4x9 Couldn't get the 15 I got last time. My legs started to come up.

Decline Situps
3x10@20


B/W:198.2
B/F:48.9% Umm... it was a little off today :D

[FORCE RECON]

MORE PR's!!!!! :cool: :eek: RIGHT ON! :D

......um.....looks like your bodyfat % has gone up a bit :p

[Jason2459]

MORE PR's!!!!! :cool: :eek: RIGHT ON! :D

......um.....looks like your bodyfat % has gone up a bit :p

Yeah the body fat reading does that every once in a while. I just throw the results away when averaging it out for the week to see where I'm at. I did just break through 198 this morning for the first time. I can't wait to see numbers 2, 0 and 0 on the scale. At that point in time I don't care where the weight goes. If it keeps going up great. If it goes back down fine. I'll probably get my diet to right at about 4000 calories and a 40,30,30 split or so. It'll waver around a bit but I wont be trying so hard to bulk up but I wont be trying to cut either. It'll be nice to not have to feel like my stomach is going to explode by the end of the day.

[FORCE RECON]

Yeah the body fat reading does that every once in a while. I just throw the results away when averaging it out for the week to see where I'm at. I did just break through 198 this morning for the first time. I can't wait to see numbers 2, 0 and 0 on the scale. At that point in time I don't care where the weight goes. If it keeps going up great. If it goes back down fine. I'll probably get my diet to right at about 4000 calories and a 40,30,30 split or so. It'll waver around a bit but I wont be trying so hard to bulk up but I wont be trying to cut either. It'll be nice to not have to feel like my stomach is going to explode by the end of the day.

You are almost to 200! Just a little bit longer man :cool: I agree....it gets old having to stuff yourself to gain weight!

[Jason2459]

Week 6/ Day 4

Comments
Have not been sleeping well the past two days. I keep waking up through out the night. To many projects going on at work and home that I constantly think about. No DOMS of any kind going into today. Triceps are a bit tight but not stiff if that makes any sense. Went to the gym and just had a nice relaxing workout. Felt good today and felt like I had some kind of ZEN flow going on through the gym.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
5

Time to complete workout:
38m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL 62%
8x2@250


Assistance Work
BB Lunges
4x8@135

Pull-Throughs
4x8@205

Hanging Leg Raises
4x15

Seated Calf Raises
4x8@140

B/W:199.2
B/F:15.6

[FORCE RECON]

Another very solid workout Jason :) .....and SOOO CLOSE to 2 BILLS!!! :D :cool:

[Jason2459]

Week 7/ Day 1

Comments
Garage sale on Saturday went well. Loaded the rest of everything that didn't sell and brought it to goodwill. Then went to a city wide garage sale myself. Every year this small little town not to far away has a huge city wide garage sale. Just about every house either has stuff outside or is selling food and drinks. From hotdogs and hambugers to funnel cakes and cookies. I ate a lot that day. :D

Sunday finished taking the rest of the walls out that separated the two rooms and now officially have one big room. I just have to finish up with a little bit of drywalling and trim work. I couldn't get the dry wall yesterday as it was raining all day.

I felt really good going into todays workout. Tired as heck but still ready to move some iron.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
4

Time to complete workout:
40m

The Workout[/b]

DE Bench
Bench @ 60% 4 different grips
10x2@165

I went back to bringing it down slowly again, pause, then explode up. I feel I'm moving this weight fast and fast now. I can't wait for my next max attempt. I feel I'll break 280.

Supplemental Work
Seated OHP
3x3@135

I hate these!!! I really really hate these. Did I say I hate these!!

Assistance Work
Face Pulls
4x10@130

Rope Tri pulldowns
4x6@130

Rope Hammers
4x8@130


B/W:198.2
B/F:15.7

[FORCE RECON]

Very nice Jason :D Hopefully tomorrow you will do exercises that you dont hate :p

[Jason2459]

Week 7/ Day 2

Comments
Well, went to bed late last night but not because of doing any house work. I got Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 as a gift last night. I hadn't even unpacked the Xbox yet since moving into the house. I set it up and played for just a little while. It's weird, after playing that game for a long time if you look at anything it moves up the wall. Everything seems to move. It was like I was drunk. Should have went to bed earlier but oh well.

I was able to pull myself and stay out of bed this morning. Workout went well. I was really depleted by the end but I didn't feel like puking which is really good.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
45m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
Parallel Box Squats
1x3@bar, 105, 135, 185, 205, 225, 275, 295, 315, 365 PR!
1x2,miss@385 PR!!
1xmiss@405

I was dreading these. I really felt like doing high box squats because they are so much easier but forget it, I'm not wussing out. I'll be coming up on my max attempts and wanted some work right at parallel since I've put so much work earlier well below parallel. I was excited when I hit 385 for two but just ran out of gass and didn't want to pass out on the third rep. Then I went for the 405 which is my current full max no box and it felt really good giong down. I got onto the box and started up but felt my form going quickly so I brought it back down and set it on the pins. I was going forward. I made the mistake of starting with the hips and not leading with the head.

Assistance Work

SLDL
4x10@90 w/ DB

I haven't done these in a while. I don't like them as they really make me winded and light headed. I'm very surprise I didn't feel like puking today. I did have some nasty burps though.

Standing Abs pull-downs
4x12@70

Standing Calf Raises
4x10@215

B/W:198.9
B/F:15.9

[FORCE RECON]

Week 7/ Day 2

Comments
Well, went to bed late last night but not because of doing any house work. I got Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 as a gift last night. I hadn't even unpacked the Xbox yet since moving into the house. I set it up and played for just a little while. It's weird, after playing that game for a long time if you look at anything it moves up the wall. Everything seems to move. It was like I was drunk. Should have went to bed earlier but oh well.

I was able to pull myself and stay out of bed this morning. Workout went well. I was really depleted by the end but I didn't feel like puking which is really good.

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
45m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
Parallel Box Squats
1x3@bar, 105, 135, 185, 205, 225, 275, 295, 315, 365 PR!
1x2,miss@385 PR!!
1xmiss@405

I was dreading these. I really felt like doing high box squats because they are so much easier but forget it, I'm not wussing out. I'll be coming up on my max attempts and wanted some work right at parallel since I've put so much work earlier well below parallel. I was excited when I hit 385 for two but just ran out of gass and didn't want to pass out on the third rep. Then I went for the 405 which is my current full max no box and it felt really good giong down. I got onto the box and started up but felt my form going quickly so I brought it back down and set it on the pins. I was going forward. I made the mistake of starting with the hips and not leading with the head.

Assistance Work

SLDL
4x10@90 w/ DB

I haven't done these in a while. I don't like them as they really make me winded and light headed. I'm very surprise I didn't feel like puking today. I did have some nasty burps though.

Standing Abs pull-downs
4x12@70

Standing Calf Raises
4x10@215

B/W:198.9
B/F:15.9

VERY good job Jason!!! ANOTHER PR :) 198.9lbs :D SOOO CLOSE :p Keep up the great work.....

....and LOL at you and your guitar hero story :D

[Jason2459]

Hopefully hit the 200 mark this week. Though I feel my body's metabolism fighting to keep me skinny. I've actually been pounding down some seriously nasty food since last Friday.

On another note there's only one more week on this log then I'll hit some max attempts on my main three lifts and wrap it up for my test of IntraXCell and SteelEdge. Now one question is that I notice it mentions that effects can be seen for up to three months. Now after those three months are you supposed to stop taking it for x number of days/weeks/months? Then go back on it for another three months? I'm asking this for the future.

After this test I'll be going back to creatine and testing out waxy maze starch for two months. Then after those two months and I see how WMS effects me I'll stay on that and add back in IntraXCell for three months. I don't like changing to many variables at once.

If you wanted I could even post back after these next two months and pick up the journal again with that three month test with Creatine/WMS/IntraXCell.

[FORCE RECON]

Hopefully hit the 200 mark this week. Though I feel my body's metabolism fighting to keep me skinny. I've actually been pounding down some seriously nasty food since last Friday.

On another note there's only one more week on this log then I'll hit some max attempts on my main three lifts and wrap it up for my test of IntraXCell and SteelEdge. Now one question is that I notice it mentions that effects can be seen for up to three months. Now after those three months are you supposed to stop taking it for x number of days/weeks/months? Then go back on it for another three months? I'm asking this for the future.

After this test I'll be going back to creatine and testing out waxy maze starch for two months. Then after those two months and I see how WMS effects me I'll stay on that and add back in IntraXCell for three months. I don't like changing to many variables at once.

If you wanted I could even post back after these next two months and pick up the journal again with that three month test with Creatine/WMS/IntraXCell.

Regarding your question on cycling, here is our response.

The longest performance studies on BA, are in the 10-12 week range,with CARN levels continuing to increase up to 80% by week 12 as do performance improvements. There really haven't been any performance studies that go longer than 12 weeks, so it hard to know if there will be anymore benefit to taking BA beyond that point. At this point, based on the research we recommend anyone interested in maximizing IntraXCell/Beta-Alanine's benefits, to go on atleast a three month cycle.

If future research shows that BA can keep on increasing CARN levels beyond 12 weeks, we will update our recommendations.

Having said that, studies show BA to be EXTREMELY safe and many blood biochemical, hematological and hormonal markers have been looked at with no negative impact at all by BA supplementation. I don't see any harm in staying on BA continuously if you so chose. Even if BA doesn't increase CARN levels beyond the 12 week mark, simply staying on it to maintain those levels, performance benefits and vascularity is enough of a reason for me to stay on it continuously. Also the fact that I have a life time supply doesn't hurt either.:)


For people on a budget that can't stay on BA continuously, we recommend 3 month cycles with 2-4 weeks off in between them.




In Summary:

1. For people who can afford and want to stay on BA/IntraXCell all the time, there is nothing in the research at this point that says you can't. Maybe when longer studies are done on BA, BA will show performance improvements past 12 weeks, or maybe continued supplementation will just maintain CARN levels/performance. Or maybe it wont show either and in fact we should go off BA periodically. Until than, we stick to our recommendations of atleast three months of continued use of BA/IntraXCell and than leave the cycle frequency up to the user and what best fits their needs.

2. For people that can't afford to stay on BA/IntraXCell continuously, we recommend you try and go on it for atleast 12 weeks as the research support performance improvements, atleast up to the 12 week mark. We also recommend to cycle off it for 2-4 weeks, from a partly scientific standpoint and a partly customer value standpoint.

[Jason2459]

Week 7/ Day 3

Comments
Got home late from work but still had time to put up one sheet up. I wanted to get at least that one done because it covered up a lot of wires. Had three holes to cut out for the light switch and two outlets. Was going to get ready for bed after that but something was calling my name. I started to play Guitar Hero II again for a little bit. Needless to say it was really hard getting out of bed this morning. I was only going to play one song...

I was ready to hit the gym though and hit the one board. Just one problem I didn't have the one board in my truck. I had the two, three, and four but not the one. So, I did the two board. I'll have to find out what I did with it.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1-0

Energy level once in the gym:
8

Energy level after workout:
5

Time to complete workout:
45m

The Workout

ME Bench
2 Board Press
1x3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225, 255 PR!
1x2,miss@275 PR!!
1xmiss@295
1x1@275

275 felt really good. It felt nice and smooth for one and struggled for the double. But I felt like I could do it for a single all day long. The 295 felt heavy on the way down but just couldn't get it all the way back up. I got it up about two inches then failed.


Assistance Work
Pull-ups
5x7

Some type of Standing Press then I forget the name of and starts with a D. Basiclly its a press that I alternate pressing in front of the face to the back of the head and don't really go to a complete lock out. Used a straight curl bar. I counted front to back to front as one rep.

1x15@30
1x12@50
1x10@60
1x10@70

Elbow's Out Tri. Ext.
4x8@50

Legs straight out to V situps
1x17 (Little better)

Decline Situps
3x10@20


B/W:199 (I can really feel my metabolism is really kicking and fighting. Past three days I've been well over 5k cals and eating hamburgers, pizza, fries, soda, icecream, cookies, brownies, and anything else I can shove in my mouth that's quickly availbable)
B/F:15.6

[FORCE RECON]

Great job in the gym! :cool: Keep bucking your metabolism!!! 200 is SOO CLOSE :D

[Jason2459]

BRADFORD PRESS!!! Just came to me.... Well it had two D's in it but I guess it starts with a B. I didn't mind these to much and really burned out the shoulders pretty good.

[Jason2459]

Week 7/ Day 4

Comments
Hmm... comments. Had a guest over last night. Made some BBQ Chicken, Cheddar Twice Baked Potatoes, Cut up WaterMellon, A Sudenly Salad, and some salad.

Really good workout this morning. Pretty intense and felt really really depleted aftterwards. Didn't feel like puking my guts out which is good. Took no more then 40m to regain composure. Next week will be a deload week so no going over 90% or PR attempts. That will be left for my max attempts the folllow week on the three main lifts.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
2

Time to complete workout:
45m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
DL 60% (Sumo on most but a few conv. just for kicks)
10x2@230 (Reset between each rep)


Supplemental Work
Rack Pulls Sumo
6x2@315 (reset between each rep)
1x1@365 (This was a previous PR on the rack pulls on an ME day. Felt good. I could have easily added more weight and get a PR. Not the day or time for that though.)

Assistance Work
GHR
5x6

Hypers
5x8@90

DB Side Bends
3x8@100

Hanging Leg Raises
3x15

Standing Calf Raises
3x8@290


B/W:199.6
B/F:16.1

[FORCE RECON]

.4lbs to go Jason! Solid workout :cool: :)

[Jason2459]

OFF Weekend:

HIT 201.2!!!!!

Funny thing is I was excited but disappointed that I didn't actually see 2 0 0. Must sound stupid. I just don't feel like I'm 200lbs. I still don't believe it. All day so far I've been saying, no way. Now I can clean up the diet some what. Not really worry about it and just eat to keep my body satisfied and to get stronger.


B/W: 201.2
B/F: 16.0

[FORCE RECON]

OFF Weekend:

HIT 201.2!!!!!

Funny thing is I was excited but disappointed that I didn't actually see 2 0 0. Must sound stupid. I just don't feel like I'm 200lbs. I still don't believe it. All day so far I've been saying, no way. Now I can clean up the diet some what. Not really worry about it and just eat to keep my body satisfied and to get stronger.


B/W: 201.2
B/F: 16.0


WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!

Also, I like your sensible approach to cleaning up your diet :) No need to stress about it.......because.....your over 200lbs!!!!!!!!!! :cool: Congrats man!! :D

[Mickfootie]

OFF Weekend:

HIT 201.2!!!!!

Funny thing is I was excited but disappointed that I didn't actually see 2 0 0. Must sound stupid. I just don't feel like I'm 200lbs. I still don't believe it. All day so far I've been saying, no way. Now I can clean up the diet some what. Not really worry about it and just eat to keep my body satisfied and to get stronger.


B/W: 201.2
B/F: 16.0

Congrats mate... :) Some great workouts Jason too.

[Jason2459]

Thanks. I went to the Chinese buffet last night. :D It'll be nice to just concentrate now on adding weights to the bar and not concern myself with weight on the body. Diet will be maintained at about the 4000 calorie area with a break down of 40c/30p/30f. I'll be cutting out the fast food burgers and keeping the saturated fats down under 30g. I'm sure I'll still be eating some pizza and ice cream here and there but not near as often.

[Jason2459]

Week 8/ Day 1

Comments
After working out in the yard yesterday I got myself a really good sunburn on my upper back. Not good on a bench day!! Last week for my testing of IntraXCell and StellEdge. I'll be deloading this week in prep for next weeks max attempts on the squat/bench/deadlift. No, PR's or ME workouts. I'll be doing DE/RE type workouts. I'm also planing on not taking the SteelEdge this week and hitting myself with it next week on the max attempt days.



Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
3

Time to complete workout:
30m

The Workout

DE Bench
Bench @ 55% 4 different grips
10x3@150

OUCH!!!!! all I have to say...

Assistance Work
Standing Bradford Press
1x10@70
1x10@80
1x8@90

Neutral Grip Pull-ups
4x6

Rope Triceps pulldowns
4x10@80 (Good 3s Static hold on the contraction)

DB Hammer Curls
4x8@45


B/W:199.8
B/F:16.1

[FORCE RECON]

Looking forward to your updates this week Jason :cool:

....BTW, go drink some water or something to get back over 200lbs :p

[Jason2459]

Week 8/ Day 2

Comments
I've been really needing this deload week. It felt so good today in the gym. I'm not totally distroying my body in there and dripping with sweat by the time I'm done. It feels different not taking the SteelEdge. I sure don't have the high it gives me but still have the focus as always. I can't wait for next weeks attempt yet nervous at the same time. I just hope I hit my goals.

One thing I noticed about the IntraXCell is a slight smell. I smelled it before on the previous bottle and figure I'd wait until I opened my second bottle to see if it smelled the same. I forgot all about it until I got a wiff of it this morning. It smells of eggs that are just starting to go bad. It's not a open the bottle and everyone in the room passes out smell. Just a slightly bad odor. At least it doesn't make my breath smell bad. Or at least no one has said that I have the breath of dog poop.


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
5

Time to complete workout:
30m

The Workout

ME SQ/DL
High Rack Pulls and holds (just above knee height)
1x1@225 20s hold
5x1@315 10s hold
4x1@405 6s hold


Assistance Work
Hypers
4x8

I went really slow on these and made sure my back was really straight. It felt SOOO good on the way down and on the bottom. Nice stretch.

Standing Ab Pulldowns
4x10@70


B/W:200.4
B/F:15.8

[FORCE RECON]

Yeah....LOL....the "egg" smell is from the NAC :D As you get to the bottom of the bottle, the smell intensifies :p No worries though....nothing has gone bad :)

Very solid workout too :cool:

[Jason2459]

Week 8/ Day 3

Comments
I really could have used SteelEdge ths morning. I didn't get home from work until 11pm last night. I was going to just get home and go to sleep and worry about getting ready in the morning. But once I got home I knew I better do it that night because I'd probably forget something in the morning. Forgetting pants, shirt, or shoes isn't a big deal. Those are important enough to have to go back to the house and get them. It's the forgetting of underwear, socks, belt or any small stuff that I just wouldn't feel like going back home to get. I'd have to go the day with out them.

The cat was just a pain in the rear last night too. She was mad I wasn't home to give her any attention and she pawed at the door all through the night waking me up. I did hit the snooze once and went back to sleep but when the alarm went off again I was a good boy and dragged myself out of bed. I told myself that it was going to be an easy workout anyways. Then of course I argued that point with myself saying if it's going to be easy then why go in the first place! Then I retaliated by telling myself I need to stop being a pansy a$$ and get out of bed I need to train...


Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
1

Energy level once in the gym:
4

Energy level after workout:
1

Time to complete workout:
25m

The Workout

Sudo ME Bench
1x10@135
6x3@225

Wow, 225 felt really heavy this morning. Good thing I'm not maxing out today.


Assistance Work
Seated DB cleans
4x10@30

V-laying down situps
1x17

Decline situps
3x12


B/W:199.8
B/F:15.8

[FORCE RECON]

Week 8/ Day 3

Comments
I really could have used SteelEdge ths morning. I didn't get home from work until 11pm last night. I was going to just get home and go to sleep and worry about getting ready in the morning. But once I got home I knew I better do it that night because I'd probably forget something in the morning. Forgetting pants, shirt, or shoes isn't a big deal. Those are important enough to have to go back to the house and get them. It's the forgetting of underwear, socks, belt or any small stuff that I just wouldn't feel like going back home to get. I'd have to go the day with out them.

The cat was just a pain in the rear last night too. She was mad I wasn't home to give her any attention and she pawed at the door all through the night waking me up. I did hit the snooze once and went back to sleep but when the alarm went off again I was a good boy and dragged myself out of bed. I told myself that it was going to be an easy workout anyways. Then of course I argued that point with myself saying if it's going to be easy then why go in the first place! Then I retaliated by telling myself I need to stop being a pansy a$$ and get out of bed I need to train...




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I dont know about leaving pants and shirts at home Jason :p Good job talking yourself into working out :cool: Dont let the little girly voice inside your head convince you you need to stay home :D

[Jason2459]

:lol:

I didn't see that cartoon the last time I looked. That was damn funny!

[Jason2459]

Week 8/ Day 4

Comments
Left work late again last night but much earlier then the other night. Got home by 7pm and was in bed by 9pm. That felt good. A couple guys that have done some local bodybuilding shows that used to workout in the morning are back in the mornings again. It was nice to see them. I got to talk with one of them after my workout and he noticed I've gained some size. :) That always feels good to hear. Then he asked the question after I told him I'm up to 200lbs. "What are you taken man!" Of course I hear everyone around kind of get quite to hear the response. I just kind of chuckled inside. Of course they expect I'm on some type of steroid or prohormone. Just good ol' food and a few extra proteins and aminos. Told him about this test I've been doing with IntraXCell and SteelEdgeand I've been off creatine now for about three months.

This is it. Deload week over with. The last workout before the main three lifts....

Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 exploding
2

Energy level once in the gym:
7

Energy level after workout:
5

Time to complete workout:
25m

The Workout

DE SQ/DL
Low Box Squat 50%
8x2@205

Sumo DL 50ish%
8x2@205


Assistance Work
Standing Calf Raises
4x8@250

B/W:200.2
B/F:15.9

[Jason2459]

Body Composition Stats

Current May 2007
B/W: 200.43 lb (Past week's Average)
B/F: 15.9 (Past week's Average)
LBM: 168.56

March 2007:
B/W: 186.47 (1 week average)
B/F: 14.2% (1 week average)
LBM: 159.99

Jan 2007:
B/W: 177.74 lb (avg 1week)
B/F: 13.3% (avg 1week)
LBM: 154.1

November 2006:
B/W: 167 (1 week avg)
B/F: 11% (1 week avg)
LBM: 148.63lbs


Increases in the past two months during the testing of IntraXCell and SteelEdge:
From March 2007 to May 2007
B/W: up 13.96lbs
B/F: up 1.7%
LBM: up 8.57lbs

From the beginning, past 6 months:
B/W: up 33.43lbs
B/F: up 4.9%
LBM: up 19.93lbs

Will get Lift Stats after Next week.

[FORCE RECON]

Body Composition Stats

Current May 2007
B/W: 200.43 lb (Past week's Average)
B/F: 15.9 (Past week's Average)
LBM: 168.56

March 2007:
B/W: 186.47 (1 week average)
B/F: 14.2% (1 week average)
LBM: 159.99

Jan 2007:
B/W: 177.74 lb (avg 1week)
B/F: 13.3% (avg 1week)
LBM: 154.1

November 2006:
B/W: 167 (1 week avg)
B/F: 11% (1 week avg)
LBM: 148.63lbs


Increases in the past two months during the testing of IntraXCell and SteelEdge:
From March 2007 to May 2007
B/W: up 13.96lbs
B/F: up 1.7%
LBM: up 8.57lbs

From the beginning, past 6 months:
B/W: up 33.43lbs
B/F: up 4.9%
LBM: up 19.93lbs

Will get Lift Stats after Next week.

VERY nice Jason!! Man, you have come a long way!!!!! :cool: Congrats!! :)

[Jason2459]

VERY nice Jason!! Man, you have come a long way!!!!! :cool: Congrats!! :)

Thank you. It's been a lot of hard work but well worth it. I just posted up my before and after pictures in my bodyspace profile. Check it out!! :D

[FORCE RECON]

Thank you. It's been a lot of hard work but well worth it. I just posted up my before and after pictures in my bodyspace profile. Check it out!! :D

GREAT PICS!! :D

Your chart is awesome too.....you have done a great job of consistantly gaining 1lb per week :eek: thats incredible man....really. You couldnt ask for more that that!

[Jason2459]

OFF Day

Not working out today at all. Recovery time. Had a great weekend outside. Finally planted the garden. I've been tilling the garden area for the past four weeks but never got around to getting the seeds. Tilled it one final time and went and got some seeds. Planted some watermellon, cucumber, romain lettuce, carrots, onions, and giant pumpkins. Didn't do any corn this year as I'll get a lot of that from the farm.

Also, got a section next to the shed planted with some sun flowers. Along the long side of the garage I need to pull up some roses and replant them in front of the garage and then put in some raspberry and blackberry plants. Ran out of time and didn't get that done.

I also built a planter to house some herbs and strawberries. There was this old cabinet that's about 5' high and I made a base for it to sit in and now it's a raised planter. The top is about three feet up. Menards wanted $50 for a planter a quater of that size and it wouldn't have been raised. Forget that. I also got around to putting up some more paneling in the bedroom. That's almost done now.

The plan for the rest of the week will be as follows:

Tuesday: Max Attempt on Squat
Wednesday: Max Attempt on Bench
Friday: Max Attemp on DL

[FORCE RECON]

OFF Day

Not working out today at all. Recovery time. Had a great weekend outside. Finally planted the garden. I've been tilling the garden area for the past four weeks but never got around to getting the seeds. Tilled it one final time and went and got some seeds. Planted some watermellon, cucumber, romain lettuce, carrots, onions, and giant pumpkins. Didn't do any corn this year as I'll get a lot of that from the farm.

Also, got a section next to the shed planted with some sun flowers. Along the long side of the garage I need to pull up some roses and replant them in front of the garage and then put in some raspberry and blackberry plants. Ran out of time and didn't get that done.

I also built a planter to house some herbs and strawberries. There was this old cabinet that's about 5' high and I made a base for it to sit in and now it's a raised planter. The top is about three feet up. Menards wanted $50 for a planter a quater of that size and it wouldn't have been raised. Forget that. I also got around to putting up some more paneling in the bedroom. That's almost done now.

The plan for the rest of the week will be as follows:

Tuesday: Max Attempt on Squat
Wednesday: Max Attempt on Bench
Friday: Max Attemp on DL


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Cant wait to see how your lifts turn out!

[Jason2459]

SQUAT

The MAX attempts have started. I felt rested this morning even though I stayed up a little later then I was planning last night. I will have to make sure to NOT play Guitar Hero II on Thursday night as it really wears out my hand and keeps me up late. B)

I didn't take SteelEdge all last week as I really wanted to feel it for these max attempt days. I took a double dose of SteelEdge this morning. WOW, did that give me a good spark, or I should say HUGE BLAZE, this morning. I was already awake too because I was very excited to get into the gym and hit the squats.

I started out just going through the movements with the bar and geting in a good stretch. Getting myself into a groove. Then I started it up.

1x5@135 Felt really good. I'm in my groove and warming up.

1x3@225 Little more weight and felt like I was exploding up.

1x1@315 Put on the belt to get some air in the belly and push against. Really went slow on this to get a really good strech and feel some weight.


READY FOR MY FIRST ATTEMPT:
1x1@415 PR!!!

I got myself under the bar. I told myself that this was going to be really heavy but it didn't mater. I could do this. I wont fail. I just need to keep tight and keep pushing. I took in a really deep breath and stepped out. Left foot back and out then the right foot back and out. Two step step out. Perfect. Let a little air out and Breathed in like it was my last breath. Down I go. Felt like forever before I hit the hole but once I was there I could feel it. My hips were down and stretched out like I was giving birth. I lifting my head and shoulders as hard as I could and started the rise up. KEEP YOUR BREATH IN!!! I had to yell at myself. KEEP PUSHING AND KEEP IT TIGHT!!! I gripped the bar as hard as I could and pulled the bar down into my traps as they started to raise up and flexed my hips as hard as I could. Up I went.

GOOD LIFT!!!!

I gave myself a breather and decided to go for a second attempt.

1xmiss@435

I know exactly where I messed up on this one. I didn't breath right. That is where it all started. I stepped out with it fine. Let out a little but didn't take back in enough air. When I started to go down I didn't push out enough into the belt and I felt myself go forward a little. I had to pause for a split second and correct my form. I got myself down and started up but just didn't have enough force to get up more then a few inches and I had to bring it back down. I spent to much energy on correcting my self on the way down.

SQUAT 1RM: 415lbs

[FORCE RECON]

SQUAT

The MAX attempts have started. I felt rested this morning even though I stayed up a little later then I was planning last night. I will have to make sure to NOT play Guitar Hero II on Thursday night as it really wears out my hand and keeps me up late. B)

I didn't take SteelEdge all last week as I really wanted to feel it for these max attempt days. I took a double dose of SteelEdge this morning. WOW, did that give me a good spark, or I should say HUGE BLAZE, this morning. I was already awake too because I was very excited to get into the gym and hit the squats.

I started out just going through the movements with the bar and geting in a good stretch. Getting myself into a groove. Then I started it up.

1x5@135 Felt really good. I'm in my groove and warming up.

1x3@225 Little more weight and felt like I was exploding up.

1x1@315 Put on the belt to get some air in the belly and push against. Really went slow on this to get a really good strech and feel some weight.


READY FOR MY FIRST ATTEMPT:
1x1@415 PR!!!

I got myself under the bar. I told myself that this was going to be really heavy but it didn't mater. I could do this. I wont fail. I just need to keep tight and keep pushing. I took in a really deep breath and stepped out. Left foot back and out then the right foot back and out. Two step step out. Perfect. Let a little air out and Breathed in like it was my last breath. Down I go. Felt like forever before I hit the hole but once I was there I could feel it. My hips were down and stretched out like I was giving birth. I lifting my head and shoulders as hard as I could and started the rise up. KEEP YOUR BREATH IN!!! I had to yell at myself. KEEP PUSHING AND KEEP IT TIGHT!!! I gripped the bar as hard as I could and pulled the bar down into my traps as they started to raise up and flexed my hips as hard as I could. Up I went.

GOOD LIFT!!!!

I gave myself a breather and decided to go for a second attempt.

1xmiss@435

I know exactly where I messed up on this one. I didn't breath right. That is where it all started. I stepped out with it fine. Let out a little but didn't take back in enough air. When I started to go down I didn't push out enough into the belt and I felt myself go forward a little. I had to pause for a split second and correct my form. I got myself down and started up but just didn't have enough force to get up more then a few inches and I had to bring it back down. I spent to much energy on correcting my self on the way down.

SQUAT 1RM: 415lbs

:eek: AWESOME JOB JASON!!! :cool:

.....and LOL....DONT play Guitar Hero II into the wee hours of the night anymore!! :p

[Jason2459]

I'm satisfied but not overly excited. I would have been overly excited if I got that 435. Minus the mess up in form I feel like I could have had it. We'll see next time. I should have started my first attempt at 435. But what's done is done. I can't change that.

[Jason2459]

My Assessment of my Max Squat and where I go from here.

Previously My goal going into today and problems I was working on the past 8 weeks:
"Squat: 425
I felt it was really hard to get down into the hole and feel if I was below parallel. I figure some more low box squats will help here"


Well, I didn't have a problem feeling the myself get into the hole. I feel those low box squats did help with that. I also had no problem getting a lift off the bottom. I hit 415lbs pretty smoothly so I'm satisfied with that. I messed up on 435 so I need to fix my issues there.

I don't think I was ready for the weight. I think my body could have done 435 if I didn't screw up my form in the beginning. I need to load up the bar with some heavy @$$ weights in the next 8 weeks to let my body get used to the weight.

I'll get some high box squats in there and some more arch back good mornings. The high box squats will allow me to really load up the weights more then I normally would be able to do and make 435 not seem like such a shock just standing there. The arch back good mornings that I have been doing to strengthen up my erectors and protect myself from injuries and to help with recovery from a form break.

[Jason2459]

BENCH

Went to bed at a fairly decent time last night but I kept waking up thinking the alarm was going off. I was too excited about getting into the gym today. I took two scoops of the SteelEdge again and it really gives me a ZIP!!

Started off with some warm ups

1xa few@bar

1x5@135

1x1@225


TIME FOR THE FIRST ATTEMPT

1xmiss@285

Okay, okay. I got a little over zealous here. I at least moved it back up a little and needed just a small little push in one spot. I got into my setup with as much of an arch as I can get, planted my feet into the ground and pulled my shoulders back together. I got a lift off but made sure to tell the person to not help at all unless the bar is moving back towards me. Stalling is okay. After the lift off I was expecting to feel like the bar was going to be really heavy but it wasn't. I brought it down and it felt okay. The problem was on the way back up. I got it to about mid height and it stalled, big time, then started to move back towards me. The spotter gave it a little nudge and I got it the rest of the way up.

SECOND ATTEMPT!!!
1x1@275 PR!!


This felt heavier then 285 for some reason. I still stalled for a second at about mid-height but got it.

[FORCE RECON]

Very nice :cool: Good luck on friday!!! DONT STAY UP TOO LATE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES :mad: :p

[Jason2459]

Yeah, I will have to force myself to NOT play guitar hero this evening and get my @$$ into bed! :D

[Jason2459]

Okay, time to look at where I'm at with the bench and what I need to do. Here's my previous goals going into the past few months:

"Bench: 280
I'm getting stuck on the bottom now so get some 1 and 2 board presses in my workouts. I'm thinking I also need some more delt and lat work to help out. Maybe throw in some ME OHP work. I also feel like I am going to slow on the decent so I'll speed up the decent on speed days instead of take is slow on the way down. "

Well, I deffinitely did not get stuck on the bottom this time. In fact the bottom to half way up was very solid. I also think I brought the bar down much faster and smoother then before which is good. Two goals that I was able to accomplish. I was 5lbs off from the weight I wanted but then again I started off going for 5lbs over that. I shoulda coulda woulda... oh well.

Thinking about yesterdays lift I can spot several touble spots. First, and again like the squat, is my breathing. On thing I didn't think about at all was my breathing. I need to get that under control and timed right with the lift. I didn't take in any breath that I remember or anything. Need to work on that.

Also, leg drive. That is something that I've never been able to understand but just recently I'm starting to get it and now need to practice using more leg drive and get that into my bench.

The last thing is now hitting the mid area of the bench. I'll get some more floor presses in there and 2-3 board work. I still need to continue to bring my shoulders up to par. I think they are really lacking still.

[Jason2459]

DEADLIFT

I needed yesterday really badly. I've been kind of down this week for some reason. Sort of an emotional low and feeling out of it. Not sure why. I didn't do anything yesterday. I took off early from work and just relaxed and vegged out in front of the T.V. No GPP work. Didn't go outside except to water the garden and plants, that was relaxing. I thought about what I'm doing and what I want to do. Luckly I reaffirmed myself that I have to keep pushing myself and I want too not just because I have to. I'm looking forward to the next round. I went to bed early and woke up late. I set the alarm for 6:30am. I felt refreshed....


1xseveral reps@bar (some SLDL, some conv, and ended with sumo)

1xseveral more@135

1x3@225

1x1@315 (Got my belt on to make sure form is right with belt on)

READY FOR THE FIRST ATTEMPT
1x1@405 PR!!

Got my feet into position. Pretty wide sumo stance with my toes about two inches away from the plates. Bar touching my shins. I take in the Breath of life and hold it. I go down and set my grip into place and with out more then a second chance for any time to slip by I start the pull. I sit back and get my shoulders behind the bar and it comes up off the ground with ease and before I know it the bar is at my knees. That's when the weight hit me and I knew I better keep pulling back as hard as I could before I loose it. I lean back and bring my hips forward as hard as I can. I strain but pull my shoulders back. LOCK OUT!!!

No second attempt or more today. I was happy with that and felt releaved this week is over. I can't wait to start training again next week....

[Jason2459]

Okay, Today's Deadlift....

Here is where I wanted to be today several weeks ago:

"DL: 405
Still having a hard time getting it to come up off the floor. I think I need more work with the DL off a platform or using 25lbs plates. Also need to add in some good pullthroughs and maybe some GM Squats and Zercher Squats."

I focuses a lot on the deadlift this past training cycle. I really focussed hard on breaking the weight off the floor. I was extremely happy today when that happened. I was able to explode the weight up off the floor to knee height. I held breath the entire time and drove my hips into it hard. Getting it to break off the floor has been my problem since the beginning so this is really a big accomplishment to me and makes me very happy that I was able to achieve this goal.

Now, going forward I need to work on the lock out from the knees up. I'll probably focusing more on the squat in this next training cycle as I wasn't near as happy with that as I was for my bench and dl. I will do some rack pulls and some holds to help with the DL but a lot of the work I'll be doing for the squat will help carry over to the lockout in the deadlift.

[Mickfootie]

Okay, Today's Deadlift....

Here is where I wanted to be today several weeks ago:

"DL: 405
Still having a hard time getting it to come up off the floor. I think I need more work with the DL off a platform or using 25lbs plates. Also need to add in some good pullthroughs and maybe some GM Squats and Zercher Squats."

I focuses a lot on the deadlift this past training cycle. I really focussed hard on breaking the weight off the floor. I was extremely happy today when that happened. I was able to explode the weight up off the floor to knee height. I held breath the entire time and drove my hips into it hard. Getting it to break off the floor has been my problem since the beginning so this is really a big accomplishment to me and makes me very happy that I was able to achieve this goal.

Now, going forward I need to work on the lock out from the knees up. I'll probably focusing more on the squat in this next training cycle as I wasn't near as happy with that as I was for my bench and dl. I will do some rack pulls and some holds to help with the DL but a lot of the work I'll be doing for the squat will help carry over to the lockout in the deadlift.

Nice work Jason on the Deadlift. :cool:

I'm sure it won't be long and the Squat will be your Slave too..... :)

[Jason2459]

Thanks, I was very happy with todays pull. It's a constant cycle of figuring out the weak points, correcting them, and find new weak links. It's a challange and fun at the same time.

[FORCE RECON]

DEADLIFT

I needed yesterday really badly. I've been kind of down this week for some reason. Sort of an emotional low and feeling out of it. Not sure why. I didn't do anything yesterday. I took off early from work and just relaxed and vegged out in front of the T.V. No GPP work. Didn't go outside except to water the garden and plants, that was relaxing. I thought about what I'm doing and what I want to do. Luckly I reaffirmed myself that I have to keep pushing myself and I want too not just because I have to. I'm looking forward to the next round. I went to bed early and woke up late. I set the alarm for 6:30am. I felt refreshed....


1xseveral reps@bar (some SLDL, some conv, and ended with sumo)

1xseveral more@135

1x3@225

1x1@315 (Got my belt on to make sure form is right with belt on)

READY FOR THE FIRST ATTEMPT
1x1@405 PR!!

Got my feet into position. Pretty wide sumo stance with my toes about two inches away from the plates. Bar touching my shins. I take in the Breath of life and hold it. I go down and set my grip into place and with out more then a second chance for any time to slip by I start the pull. I sit back and get my shoulders behind the bar and it comes up off the ground with ease and before I know it the bar is at my knees. That's when the weight hit me and I knew I better keep pulling back as hard as I could before I loose it. I lean back and bring my hips forward as hard as I can. I strain but pull my shoulders back. LOCK OUT!!!

No second attempt or more today. I was happy with that and felt releaved this week is over. I can't wait to start training again next week....

GREAT JOB!!!! The deadlift is my favorite exercise! :D CONGRATS!!!

This log has been very interesting and full of details.......without question, one of the best logs we have had :cool:

[Jason2459]

GREAT JOB!!!! The deadlift is my favorite exercise! :D CONGRATS!!!

This log has been very interesting and full of details.......without question, one of the best logs we have had :cool:


Wow, thanks for the complement. If there are ever any questions I will be more then happy to answer them.

[Jason2459]

Final Review!

I took on this test back in April to see how I would react with SteelEdge and IntraXCell. I extended the four week test to eight weeks, which I paid for, because I know my body would probably take a little while before the IntraXCell would kick in and really give me anything really noticeable and worthy of writing anything up on. So, here are the two products broken down.

SteelEdge:
IT WORKS!! I guess I can be a little more descriptive then that. IT WORKS RIGHT AWAY!!! ? okay okay more info, I get it. I really didn?t know what to expect from this product. I never took any kind of stimulants, focusing, nootropics, or what ever category this product wishes to fall into. The entire two weeks I could feel the effects and they never dwindled. I did take the last week off from taking it and took them only on my max attempt days here this last week in a double dose to really feel the punch.

In about 15minutes I can start feeling the effects. Its effects are much different then if I were to drink several cups of coffee. It?s not just a caffeine rush that would make me all jittery. However, I did have some good foot tapping times to the tunes I was listening too here and there. It gave me more of a sense of being fully awake and not just dragging myself out of bed at 5:30am. I would feel ready to go and have the energy for a full workout that could last several hours, which I don?t do anyways but I felt like I could. I would normally take only one scoop but when I did take two scoops then it was a complete rush. I would feel like getting up and playing the air guitar across the gym floor.

I always wondered what people meant when they said something gave them focus. I always figured I had a lot of focus because of my training and not because of some supplement. On a few occasions, not all the time for me, I finally felt what it was meant for a product to produce focus. I?m usually in a zone but on those few times I was in an entire different zone then normal. Very hard to describe, but I wouldn?t think about anything else then the weights in front of me. I wouldn?t remember hearing any music or seeing any people just lifting, pushing, and pulling the weights.

So, overall great product. Taste is a bit bitter but very doable. It worked every time. Gave a great boost but didn?t go overboard. The focus when it came around was very nice!

IntraXCell
This was the one I knew I?d have to wait for any kind of effects. This was the main reason I really wanted to do this test. I?ve always been a Eat food and just stick to the basic supplement kind of guy. You know, take the protein powder only when necessary other wise EAT, take a multi, and just the past year got into creatine. I was even wondering if creatine was helping me. I stopped taking creatine about a month before this opportunity came around because I didn?t know if it was actually helping. It turns out it was helping with recovery. I don?t know about strength because that didn?t go down at all but by about three weeks after stopping I was starting to get some serious DOMS and harder to recover from one workout to the next. I was about to start taking creatine when this opportunity came around and decided what the heck lets try it out.

I took three caps before and after workout and three caps in the morning three caps in the evening on non-training days. It took about four weeks until I realized it was actually starting to work. I looked back at week three and realized my DOMS was starting to go away a little sooner. Every week after that, I had less and less DOMS and quicker and quicker recovery times. The last few weeks I have had zero DOMS and fully ready to go for my next workout. I can definitely say that this product has done exactly what I hoped it would do and that is to help with recovery between training sessions. I haven?t been taking it light and easy either, at least not for me. I?ll let the numbers in my log speak for me there.

The IntraXCell delivered exactly what I wanted and severely needed in order to help keep up with the training that I do. The caps are very convenient and on a few occasions I uncapped them into my shaker to take with me. They do have a slight smell so don?t be surprised there.

I plan to take IntraXCell again in about two or three months for a three month cycle along with creatine and will probably keep SteelEdge in my arsenal for those days that I really really need the boost. Thanks so much Athletic Edge Nutrition and everyone that has commented on my log or has been following along. I have to make special mention of Skircus7 as you?ve really been there pretty much every day.

[FORCE RECON]

Final Review!

I took on this test back in April to see how I would react with SteelEdge and IntraXCell. I extended the four week test to eight weeks, which I paid for, because I know my body would probably take a little while before the IntraXCell would kick in and really give me anything really noticeable and worthy of writing anything up on. So, here are the two products broken down.

SteelEdge:
IT WORKS!! I guess I can be a little more descriptive then that. IT WORKS RIGHT AWAY!!! ? okay okay more info, I get it. I really didn?t know what to expect from this product. I never took any kind of stimulants, focusing, nootropics, or what ever category this product wishes to fall into. The entire two weeks I could feel the effects and they never dwindled. I did take the last week off from taking it and took them only on my max attempt days here this last week in a double dose to really feel the punch.

In about 15minutes I can start feeling the effects. Its effects are much different then if I were to drink several cups of coffee. It?s not just a caffeine rush that would make me all jittery. However, I did have some good foot tapping times to the tunes I was listening too here and there. It gave me more of a sense of being fully awake and not just dragging myself out of bed at 5:30am. I would feel ready to go and have the energy for a full workout that could last several hours, which I don?t do anyways but I felt like I could. I would normally take only one scoop but when I did take two scoops then it was a complete rush. I would feel like getting up and playing the air guitar across the gym floor.

I always wondered what people meant when they said something gave them focus. I always figured I had a lot of focus because of my training and not because of some supplement. On a few occasions, not all the time for me, I finally felt what it was meant for a product to produce focus. I?m usually in a zone but on those few times I was in an entire different zone then normal. Very hard to describe, but I wouldn?t think about anything else then the weights in front of me. I wouldn?t remember hearing any music or seeing any people just lifting, pushing, and pulling the weights.

So, overall great product. Taste is a bit bitter but very doable. It worked every time. Gave a great boost but didn?t go overboard. The focus when it came around was very nice!

IntraXCell
This was the one I knew I?d have to wait for any kind of effects. This was the main reason I really wanted to do this test. I?ve always been a Eat food and just stick to the basic supplement kind of guy. You know, take the protein powder only when necessary other wise EAT, take a multi, and just the past year got into creatine. I was even wondering if creatine was helping me. I stopped taking creatine about a month before this opportunity came around because I didn?t know if it was actually helping. It turns out it was helping with recovery. I don?t know about strength because that didn?t go down at all but by about three weeks after stopping I was starting to get some serious DOMS and harder to recover from one workout to the next. I was about to start taking creatine when this opportunity came around and decided what the heck lets try it out.

I took three caps before and after workout and three caps in the morning three caps in the evening on non-training days. It took about four weeks until I realized it was actually starting to work. I looked back at week three and realized my DOMS was starting to go away a little sooner. Every week after that, I had less and less DOMS and quicker and quicker recovery times. The last few weeks I have had zero DOMS and fully ready to go for my next workout. I can definitely say that this product has done exactly what I hoped it would do and that is to help with recovery between training sessions. I haven?t been taking it light and easy either, at least not for me. I?ll let the numbers in my log speak for me there.

The IntraXCell delivered exactly what I wanted and severely needed in order to help keep up with the training that I do. The caps are very convenient and on a few occasions I uncapped them into my shaker to take with me. They do have a slight smell so don?t be surprised there.

I plan to take IntraXCell again in about two or three months for a three month cycle along with creatine and will probably keep SteelEdge in my arsenal for those days that I really really need the boost. Thanks so much Athletic Edge Nutrition and everyone that has commented on my log or has been following along. I have to make special mention of Skircus7 has you?ve really been there pretty much every day.

Your log was a pleasure to follow Jason. You should apply to test more products here on BB.com.....you have done a great job with this one!

[ATHLETIC EDGE NUTRITION]

Awesome reviews Jason, thank you for being so consistant and thorough with your log entry's. Glad you went on with IXL, as we have now had a few people, such as yourself that are taking longer than 3-4 weeks to really respond to IXL.

SteelEdge/IntraXCell stack delivers again!



BTW, keep us post on your next 3 month cycle with IntraXCell.

[Jason2459]

Thanks both of you. I'll post up another product review thread when I'm back on IntraXCell and creatine. I want to take the next few months to make sure I'm fully saturated with creatine. I'm also trying out waxy maize starch instead of a malto/dextrose split for post workout.

[ATHLETIC EDGE NUTRITION]

Thanks both of you. I'll post up another product review thread when I'm back on IntraXCell and creatine. I want to take the next few months to make sure I'm fully saturated with creatine. I'm also trying out waxy maize starch instead of a malto/dextrose split for post workout.

Sounds good. There are times,(days when I lift and do cardio) where I throw some WMS into SteelEdge. Works well. :)


Thought you may be interested in a recent study that was just completed using IntraXCell!!. There is also a contest in that thread with opportunities to win some free IXL.

Check it out if you get a chance.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=2940681value

[Mickfootie]

Nice review Jason. Good feedback. I was impressed with the IXL when i run a 4 week supply a while back with Green Mag. I have now put IXL back in my supplementation and plan on running with it for 12 weeks.
I am currently using the SE too to see how my workouts go on it.