The Lonely Road to Hell Part 2: HRT Solo Contest "Official Check-in Thread"

[mdritter]

Yo blinky...u did see rage wants everything in one post right? Just giving u a heads up

[mrdead]

Another week... Who's got what it takes to continue on...???

[blinky99]

Yo blinky...u did see rage wants everything in one post right? Just giving u a heads up

im aware, i can edit the post later to add the vids! =)

[ragingmuscle]

Beginning weight:187.2 lbs
last weeks weight:190.1
Weight this week: 189.4 maybe starting to level off a bit with the water and such?
Overall difference: +2.2
Current Protein 250g
Current Fats:40g
Carbs 150
Appetite:10 cant shove enough in there lol
cardio 4x a week non on legs 30min

feeling strong this week ready to go in there and kill the weights RAWR!!

Training Video


Check in Video

Your clearly getting into the rhythm of things with your trainin, eating, check ins, the whole bit. Good solid feedback and making some progress. I want you to run the same rotation for another week and we will most likely make a few adjustments next time. Good stuff Mitchell.

[ragingmuscle]

Just a quick heads up. I'm traveling for business today. My check-in will be coming in late tonight.

No worries Cody.

[mrdead]

im aware, i can edit the post later to add the vids! =)

So... He checks it the 1st time that you post, and now will be rechecking it frequently to see if you updated it...???

[blinky99]

So... He checks it the 1st time that you post, and now will be rechecking it frequently to see if you updated it...???

true didnt think of it that way, done a while ago.

[mrdead]

true didnt think of it that way, done a while ago.

Just tryin' to keep ya out of the "Doghouse"... You DON'T want to be there...

[blinky99]

Just tryin' to keep ya out of the "Doghouse"... You DON'T want to be there...

appreciated, I will post everything in my initial post from now on.

[rewaste]

Week 4 check in

Weight: 249lbs
Body Fat: 4.5%

THE FOOD AND WEIGHT

Beginning weight:256 lbs
weight 1st week: 246
weight 2nd week: 245
weight 3rd week:247
Weight 4th week:349
Weight difference this week: +2
Current Protein 495g
Current Fats: 60
Carbs 50
Appatite: 10. This number is to low lol

Supps
Pre-workout shock or jack*
Animal pak 2 times a day
Flex
Oxyelite*

Diet is*
2788 cals carbs 50 fats 47 pro 506
Meal 1
10 oz top round
1/2 cup oats

Meal 2
12oz chicken breasts
1/2 cup broc

Meal 3
3 scoops whey
1 teaspoon pb

Meal4
12Oz chiecken
1/2cup broc

Meal 5
14Oz tilapia
2Oz yam

Meal 6
14Oz tilapia
Salad 300 grams

Meal 7
Same as 6*
Training is*
7 days untill my body needs a rest
Cardio. 90.
Confession vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLW7NyGj0aw

Training vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aVnT6u8h_E

Overall having some intense training*

[ragingmuscle]

Week 4 Check in!!

Beginning Weight: 168lbs
Current Weight: 167lbs
Weight Difference -1lbs

Diet:
Protein 250g
Fats: 25g
Carbs 100g

Appetite: 9


Can't believe week 4 is already over! We're 1/3 of the way through this thing. I had a great week, everything just seemed to fire on all cylinders all week long. Diet stayed on point, and felt overall stronger all week. I didn't get any video from leg day ; dumbass me left my camera at the office. And yes, I got a "little" bit of sun this weekend - we took our son to Dollywood Saturday (last day to exchange my free company picnic passes for season passes at a reduced rate), so I walked around in the sun all day lol. As I mentioned the other day, I'm on the road today. Got my Session I workout in early this morning, and I'll try to find a gym somewhere in Gainesville to hit session II tomorrow, but I may just have to make do with a modified routine in the "gym" that the hotel has.

And now, for the meat & potatoes:

Week 4 videos!




Pictures:

Great job Rob. Shaping up perfectly and a pound down in a week is a good solid pace. Training looks good. Gettin in the groove. Same rotation this week.

[ragingmuscle]

End week 4
Cardio 6 days @ 45 min
v

BF 21.4% today
BF: 19-21% avg for week 4

Beginning weight: 186.5 lbs [week one]
Weight today 184.5 LB Pretty solid @ 184 LB all week not much variance
Change: no change from week 3 to week 4


Week 4 video critique DB shoulder press @ 35






protein: 190-210G
carbs: 75-80g
fats: 20-30g
Appatite: 6

Thank you for putting everything together. Helps me help you in a timely manner for both of us. I've already seen and responded to this training vid. Need a different one. Your pulling off the impossible for someone in good health to not drop weight with only 75 grams of carbs a day and 270 minutes of cardio in one weeks time. Increase cardio to 60 minutes a day (bpm about 120) and drop carbs down to 50 grams per day. Eat all 50 grams of your carbs before noon each day and back fill with green veggies such as cucumbers, lettuce and broccoli. Switch the last three meals of the day to white fish such as tilapia, cod, flounder or orange roughy. Be sure to get that cardio in first thing AM before meal 1. No other changes. You can do this Mike.

[mdritter]

week 4
last weeks weight--188.2
todays weight--188.0

protein-250
carbs-150
fats-25

appetite-10/10

didnt drop that much weight this week, but i can def tell that im tighter in certain spots, but my muscles def feel fuller...crazy! been hungry most of this week, busy work week so had to combine my chest and shoulders which i dont like to do, hitting my 6 day a week cardio with my ab work and really am starting to tell a difference.

week 4 confessional


week 4 workout vid


hopefully the videos are posted how they need to be. although not sure if my squat vid is very visible my bad on that one Rage.

[ragingmuscle]

Week 4 check in

Weight: 249lbs
Body Fat: 4.5%

THE FOOD AND WEIGHT

Beginning weight:256 lbs
weight 1st week: 246
weight 2nd week: 245
weight 3rd week:247
Weight 4th week:349
Weight difference this week: +2
Current Protein 495g
Current Fats: 60
Carbs 50
Appatite: 10. This number is to low lol

Supps
Pre-workout shock or jack*
Animal pak 2 times a day
Flex
Oxyelite*

Diet is*
2788 cals carbs 50 fats 47 pro 506
Meal 1
10 oz top round
1/2 cup oats

Meal 2
12oz chicken breasts
1/2 cup broc

Meal 3
3 scoops whey
1 teaspoon pb

Meal4
12Oz chiecken
1/2cup broc

Meal 5
14Oz tilapia
2Oz yam

Meal 6
14Oz tilapia
Salad 300 grams

Meal 7
Same as 6*
Training is*
7 days untill my body needs a rest
Cardio. 90.
Confession vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLW7NyGj0aw

Training vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aVnT6u8h_E

Overall having some intense training*

Good work Jay. Just need to get that count down on the sets, but everything else looks spot on. I'll make your adjustments after I see you tomorrow short-timer.

[freaknastyp]

Your clearly getting into the rhythm of things with your trainin, eating, check ins, the whole bit. Good solid feedback and making some progress. I want you to run the same rotation for another week and we will most likely make a few adjustments next time. Good stuff Mitchell.

Sounds great thanks brother loving what I'm seeing so far can't wait to get some more

[ragingmuscle]

week 4
last weeks weight--188.2
todays weight--188.0

protein-250
carbs-150
fats-25

appetite-10/10

didnt drop that much weight this week, but i can def tell that im tighter in certain spots, but my muscles def feel fuller...crazy! been hungry most of this week, busy work week so had to combine my chest and shoulders which i dont like to do, hitting my 6 day a week cardio with my ab work and really am starting to tell a difference.

week 4 confessional


week 4 workout vid


hopefully the videos are posted how they need to be. although not sure if my squat vid is very visible my bad on that one Rage.

Vid was a bit tough to see from that angle, but from what I can tell, your on point still. Your weekly update vid didn't show. Looks like it's missing the correct coding. Let's make a couple adjustments on you this week. Drop carbs down to 100 grams a day and increase cardio to 45 minutes. No other changes Matt. Keep it going.

[huafist]

Great job Rob. Shaping up perfectly and a pound down in a week is a good solid pace. Training looks good. Gettin in the groove. Same rotation this week.

Thanks boss. On another note, what's your opinion on fasted cardio vs. regular? I ask because I saw you tell mike to do his cardio before meal 1. I've been doing the same on days I'm not doing kung fu. Also, what did you think of the ab work I video'd from last week?

[mdritter]

ok Rage will work on getting better vids...fixed my week 4 confessional, sorry forgot one letter in coding.....will make appropriate dietary changes and increase the cardio to 45 mins....thanks again!

[ragingmuscle]

Thanks boss. On another note, what's your opinion on fasted cardio vs. regular? I ask because I saw you tell mike to do his cardio before meal 1. I've been doing the same on days I'm not doing kung fu. Also, what did you think of the ab work I video'd from last week?

Morning fasted is by far the most productive. You begin tapping right into fat burning very quickly after coming off sleep and having fasted through the night. That ab video rocks. Looks tough as ****.

ok Rage will work on getting better vids...fixed my week 4 confessional, sorry forgot one letter in coding.....will make appropriate dietary changes and increase the cardio to 45 mins....thanks again!

OK, went back and caught that.

[brad23]

Beginning weight:203 lbs
Weight after week one: 200
Weight after week two: 196
Weight after week three: 197 (but by tues morning I was 196, adjustments not started till that morning)
weight this week: 196.8 (but was 195 fri. morning 4/27 and Sat morning, 4/28. Sunday morning I was 196.8 had cheat meal Saturday night-under1000 calories)
Weight difference this week: -.2
Current Protein 325g
Current Fats: 40
Carbs 150
Appetite: 5

With Post workout shake:
Current Protein 355g
Current Fats: 50
Carbs 200

Supplementaion
Animal Pak
Animal Flex
Amino Acids
Shock Therapy
SNI Protein
CLA
Fat burners

Week 4 check-in Video
http://youtu.be/dee-3Mx0Uzc

Training Video (Sorry about it being sideways)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCLuZbtFs80

Deadlift video (just to see if I have the right form)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1gyuImkr8

Rage,

Its been a crazy week with my weight lol. I started out one checkin day last week, I was 197, thats +1 from the week before. Well I worked out Monday and by Tuesday morning I was back to 196. Well I made the adjustments, then by Friday I was 195. Saturday the same as Friday. I had my Saturday night cheat meal, under 1000 calories. Sunday morning I was 196.8 and this morning as well. I have a feeling i will drop back down tomorrow but I just wanted to give you a heads up on how crazy my body is reacting lol. I know I probably shouldn't weight myself so much, but I just wanted to see how my body reacts to the changes.

[blinky99]

Thank you for putting everything together. Helps me help you in a timely manner for both of us. I've already seen and responded to this training vid. Need a different one. Your pulling off the impossible for someone in good health to not drop weight with only 75 grams of carbs a day and 270 minutes of cardio in one weeks time. Increase cardio to 60 minutes a day (bpm about 120) and drop carbs down to 50 grams per day. Eat all 50 grams of your carbs before noon each day and back fill with green veggies such as cucumbers, lettuce and broccoli. Switch the last three meals of the day to white fish such as tilapia, cod, flounder or orange roughy. Be sure to get that cardio in first thing AM before meal 1. No other changes. You can do this Mike.

I put up the Shoulder press vid earlier this [for week 4 training vid] week, but it's new overall i just uploaded it early. Then put it in this check in so it's all in one spot. Next monday is my new training video, I won't upload early again.

I've been loosing weight week to week, cept this week its ranged 184.2 to 184.9 etc on my scale. Next week I expect to go down a LB or so.

I'll start eating some more broccoli and get the carbs/ cardio in early AM.

beginning weight: 186.5 lbs
week 2 end 185.6
Week 3 end 184.5
Week 4 end 184.5

1300 cals or so here i come damn..

[ragingmuscle]

Beginning weight:203 lbs
Weight after week one: 200
Weight after week two: 196
Weight after week three: 197 (but by tues morning I was 196, adjustments not started till that morning)
weight this week: 196.8 (but was 195 fri. morning 4/27 and Sat morning, 4/28. Sunday morning I was 196.8 had cheat meal Saturday night-under1000 calories)
Weight difference this week: -.2
Current Protein 325g
Current Fats: 40
Carbs 150
Appetite: 5

With Post workout shake:
Current Protein 355g
Current Fats: 50
Carbs 200

Supplementaion
Animal Pak
Animal Flex
Amino Acids
Shock Therapy
SNI Protein
CLA
Fat burners

Week 4 check-in Video
http://youtu.be/dee-3Mx0Uzc

Training Video (Sorry about it being sideways)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCLuZbtFs80

Deadlift video (just to see if I have the right form)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1gyuImkr8

Rage,

Its been a crazy week with my weight lol. I started out one checkin day last week, I was 197, thats +1 from the week before. Well I worked out Monday and by Tuesday morning I was back to 196. Well I made the adjustments, then by Friday I was 195. Saturday the same as Friday. I had my Saturday night cheat meal, under 1000 calories. Sunday morning I was 196.8 and this morning as well. I have a feeling i will drop back down tomorrow but I just wanted to give you a heads up on how crazy my body is reacting lol. I know I probably shouldn't weight myself so much, but I just wanted to see how my body reacts to the changes.

This is just the way your body should be reacting. We have to load you up a bit on calories with that cheat to keep the metabolism right where we want it...high. Now it's time to crank it up a bit more. Totally normal fluctuations. The dead lift vid looks solid. Good form and technique. On your pull-down vid, I counted 7 on the regular reps, so keep an eye on the count. Aside from that, your on point. Watch that hip when practicing the deads. If it doesn't feel right then just pass on the challenge. Not worth the injury. OK, lets get to the adjustment. Drop carbs down to 100 grams a day and add in 30 minutes of cardio 4 days a week. Lower fat to no higher than 30 grams in a day even with the post workout shake in there. Nice work Brad. No other changes.

[chrisbartley]

Weight beginning 165
Weight last week=170
Weight this week=171
Difference=+1
Protein=200-250
Fats=50
Carbs=180-250

Changing workoutfrom bb to db andim not eating eggs because i cant even choke them down anymore. Find it hard to find time to eat, my workouts are on point but my diet in clean but not eating enough or enough meals anyways, my sleep schedule is jacked up to, really need to turn it around but my schedule is getting extreamly busy, with the two jobs, baby, taxes, getting new gear, a trip tomorrow, have to take my national registry.

[kcburrows]

sorry i'm late boss--
Check In:
Current weight 186.4
last weeks weight 187
difference -.4
(i'm a little concerned about this but i'm not sure if I should be or not. I did slightly chsnge my diet up so i am not sure if thats the cause or not)

Macros:
Protein:258
Carbs:147
Fats: 28
My diet has been the same from last week with 2 minor changes
-meal one is back to being 12 egg whites, because i can stomach them again thank god!
-meal 4 which was 6oz chicken was replaced with 6oz fish 1/4 c rice (the rice remained the same)

i dont know if i should be concerned or not...you know the motto: "in rage we trust" so if i need to switch something up i'm willing to change whatever is necessary.
I got 2 vids this week. had a bunch filmed this week but my camera girl was a little jumpy to say the least lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV0Tl...ature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECiZcOl_2E

[rockwood51]

I'm going to have to post these in the morning. It's 2:46am and I have to get to sleep. The three videos are uploading right now and I'll throw the post together as soon as I wake up tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, everything I've done today took longer than expected. It's been one of those days....

[brad23]

This is just the way your body should be reacting. We have to load you up a bit on calories with that cheat to keep the metabolism right where we want it...high. Now it's time to crank it up a bit more. Totally normal fluctuations. The dead lift vid looks solid. Good form and technique. On your pull-down vid, I counted 7 on the regular reps, so keep an eye on the count. Aside from that, your on point. Watch that hip when practicing the deads. If it doesn't feel right then just pass on the challenge. Not worth the injury. OK, lets get to the adjustment. Drop carbs down to 100 grams a day and add in 30 minutes of cardio 4 days a week. Lower fat to no higher than 30 grams in a day even with the post workout shake in there. Nice work Brad. No other changes.

Gotcha, I'll keep an eye on the rep count. On the hip, It only effected me on the second set but I will take it easy and work my way up in weight. If I can't do it, I can't do it. I'll just listen to my body. On the diet, I will make the adjustments needed and will post my diet here in a bit in my log, but I'll copy the link here so you can look at it. I've made all the adjustments to my meals today but I need to type it out. Also, as I figured it would work, I'm back down to 195.2 this morning.

Diet added, Rage take a look if you have time. Thanks!
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...3566163&page=4

[rockwood51]

"True Self discipline only occurs when no one else is watching."

Like I said in the confessional, my diet sucked this past week. I've mentioned having an off day here and there before, but this week was a mess. Hell I even missed my supplements a couple days. It's no one's fault but my own. I'm taking steps to fix it this week. I knew going into this competition that the diet would be my weak point. It's obvious that I've had issues with self-discipline before or I wouldn't have weighed 375 at my heaviest. I looked back and realized that I started these 12 weeks great, but it's been slowly slipping into more and more neglect. Enough is enough. Tom, I'll be back to my best this week. I didn't give you everything this past week, and if I'm honest with myself I could have done better on previous weeks.

It changes now. You'll see it in my journal, the dead lift comp. and my check-in this week. I'm not going to make excuses because.... well.... its an excuse.

Beginning Weight = 317.6
Weight This Week = 317.6
Weight Difference For The Week = 0

Total Difference since beginning = -12.4lbs


Macros I'm supposed to follow:

Protein = 300
Carbs = 100
Fat = 40
Appetite = 7
Cardio = 90 minutes, 6 days a week


Training Videos

[brad23]

"True Self discipline only occurs when no one else is watching."

Like I said in the confessional, my diet sucked this past week. I've mentioned having an off day here and there before, but this week was a mess. Hell I even missed my supplements a couple days. It's no one's fault but my own. I'm taking steps to fix it this week. I knew going into this competition that the diet would be my weak point. It's obvious that I've had issues with self-discipline before or I wouldn't have weighed 375 at my heaviest. I looked back and realized that I started these 12 weeks great, but it's been slowly slipping into more and more neglect. Enough is enough. Tom, I'll be back to my best this week. I didn't give you everything this past week, and if I'm honest with myself I could have done better on previous weeks.

It changes now. You'll see it in my journal, the dead lift comp. and my check-in this week. I'm not going to make excuses because.... well.... its an excuse.

Beginning Weight = 317.6
Weight This Week = 317.6
Weight Difference For The Week = 0

Total Difference since beginning = -12.4lbs


Macros I'm supposed to follow:

Protein = 300
Carbs = 100
Fat = 40
Appetite = 7
Cardio = 90 minutes, 6 days a week


Training Videos

Love the quote man! Keep pushing!

[ragingmuscle]

Weight beginning 165
Weight last week=170
Weight this week=171
Difference=+1
Protein=200-250
Fats=50
Carbs=180-250

Changing workoutfrom bb to db andim not eating eggs because i cant even choke them down anymore. Find it hard to find time to eat, my workouts are on point but my diet in clean but not eating enough or enough meals anyways, my sleep schedule is jacked up to, really need to turn it around but my schedule is getting extreamly busy, with the two jobs, baby, taxes, getting new gear, a trip tomorrow, have to take my national registry.

Consistency is huge in this. But a gain of 1 lb in a week is still good. There more consistent you can be, the better the results. A variance of 200-250 on protein is just too much to help you gain any momentum. Same with carbs. 180-250 is just too much of a swing. I can't make any adjustments with these kinds of variables. Just look back through my previous adjustments as reference. Training looks good. Need to slow the negs a bit on the leg curls, but other than that, your spot on.

[mrdead]

Do my eyes deceive me...??? Is everyone moving on to the next week...???!!! Well done, gentlemen...