Ms_Mac's Mass Building Journey with some help from Glycobol

[ms_mac]

Hi every one:

I am waiting for my shipment of Glycobol to arrive - should be here tomorrow so I will start using it as soon as it arrives. I haven't come across any women who have logged this product so let me be the first. LOL!

My goal is to pack on some size and start winning some comps. I will not be competing again for another 2 or 3 years, so plenty of time to play around and see what works and what doesn't. So far I haven't really been able to put on any significant amount of size. I have competed 3 times - my last show which was Nov 2008, I weighed in at 113 lbs - way too small for my 5'7" frame. I did place 2nd in that show though....the girl who beat me had a good 10 lbs on me though. My attempts at bulking in the past have not been very successful..... I would like to get to 140 lbs, while staying lean....highest I ever got was 129-130lbs. So lets see what this Glycobol stuff will do.

My macros for now for each of 6 meals are approximately:

28 grams protein
30 grams carbs
10 grams fat

I will be dosing Glycobol as follows:
1 cap 15-30 min before meal 1
1 cap 15-30 min before post w\o meal which is my last meal of the day.

My typical day looks like this:

8 am - Meal 1
11 am - Meal 2
2 pm - Meal 3
5 pm - Meal 4
7:30 pm - Meal 5

9 pm-10 pm - workout
10:30 or 11 pm - Meal 6

Cardio is usually done in the morning after meal 1 ( walk or run with my 2 yr old son in the jogger) or during my lunch break at work at 4 pm. No more than 30 min or max of 3 hours per week. I have a home gym for weights so I can work out after son goes to bed.

My current w\o split:

Day 1(Sun) - Quads and Calves
Day 2(Mon)- Chest, shoulders, Tris
Day 3(Tues)- off
Day 4(Wed) - Hams and Abs
Day 5(Thurs) - Back, Traps, Bis
Day 6(Fri) - off
Day 7(Sat)- off

Heavy weights in the 4-6 rep range for most.

Other supplements:
Fish Oil - 1 cap with every meal
CLA - 1 cap with meals 1, 3 and 5
NO Shotgun - 30 min pre workout
Extend - 4 scoops during workout

I think that about covers everything. If I am missing anything please let me know.

Let the games begin! LOL!

[ms_mac]

I might as well start by posting tonight's workout - do not laugh at the weight, k?

Quads and Calves:

BB squat
4*4 - 175lbs
1*20 - 115lbs

Leg Ext
4*6 - 50lbs
1*20 -25lbs

Step ups - Knee high bench
1*10 - just bodyweight
1*10 - holding 20lbs each hand
1*6 - 25lbs each hand
1*4 - 30lbs each hand
1*20 - just bodyweight

BB Calf Raise
3*20 - 125lbs

Cardio done earlier in the evening - walk with my son - 26 min. Got caught in the rain......Soaked by the time we got home!

[ms_mac]

I just finished my workout for the night and just took my first dose of Glycobol. Will eat my post w\o meal shortly. The workout:

Chest, Shoulders and Tri's:

Incline DB Press
2*6 - 40lbs
2*6 - 35 lbs
Could not get the 40's up for the 3rd set, DAMN!

Flat DB Bench Press
4*8,8,6,6 - 40lbs
Wanted 45's here but again could not get them up.

Decline Fly
3*6,6,4 - 35lbs

Seated Shoulder DB Press
3*6,5,4 - 35lbs

Front raise with a plate
3*6 - 25lbs plate

Dips
3*6,6,4
These were done very slowly, both on the way down and on the way up - BURN!!!

I ran on the treadmill this afternoon - 5K in 26:11.

Weight this morning - 122. I normally only weigh on Friday's but wanted to get a starting point for this log. So from now on I will only report weigh every Friday.

Thats it for now. Night all!@

[jeremyleinen]

Looks good. I'll be following along, as I just started Glycobol last week.

[ms_mac]

Thanks - I actually just finished reading your log. Looking good!

[ms_mac]

Day 2 of glycobal:

I took my first dose -1 cap 30 minutes before breakfast and my second 1 cap dose about 30 min ago. Am now eating pre bed meal.

Today was an off day. So I am in day 2 and haven't noticed any side effects, in fact I have noticed no effects whatsoever. No hunger, no shakiness, nada! But its only day 2, so we'll wait it out and see what happens. Thinking tomorrow I may try the full 2 cap dosage. Any thoughts?

[ms_mac]

Day 3 and still nothing to report.....I took my first dose again 30 min before breakfast - 2 caps, and another 2 caps post w\o - 30 min before meal.

Today's work out - hams and abs:

Romanian Deadlift
4*6,6,4,4 - 105lbs
1*20 - 45lbs

Lying Leg Curl
4*4 - 42.5lbs
1*20 - 15lbs

BB Lunges
1*10 - 45lbs
1*10 - 65lbs
1*10 -75lbs
1*10 - 85lbs
1*20 - 45lbs

Hanging leg raise
3*15

Oblique crunch - holding weight plate overhead
1*20 - 10lb plate
2*10 - 25lb plate

TADA! No cardio today.

[UNCnate]

Hey!

I told you one of us would find it.

[ms_mac]

Originally Posted by UNCnate

Hey!

I told you one of us would find it.

Thanks for checking up on me.

Tonight's workout - Back, Traps and Bi's

Narrow Grip Pullups
4*6,4,4,2

BB Row
4*6,6,4,4 - 85lbs

One arm row
3*10 - 30lbs

BB Upright row
1*10 - 50lbs
1*10 - 55lbs
1*8 - 60lbs

BB Shrug
1*10 - 60lbs
1*10 - 70lbs
1*10 - 85lbs

BB Curl
3*6 - 60lbs

Cardio earlier today - 30 min on the elliptical and 30 min on the treadmill - 8% incline and 4-4.5 mph

Day 4 and still not feeling a thing but I did get a pr for pullups - last week I did 4 sets of 4,4,3,3. This week I was able to do 6 reps on the 1st set. So getting stronger is a good sign! LOL

[ms_mac]

So I weighed in this morning.....120lbs. So thats DOWN 2 lbs since Monday. Hmmmmmmmmmmm........I think I'll keep cals\macros the same for now and see what happens next week. If another drop, I'll increase carbs. Right now I at around 180-200 grams of carbs. I am hoping to eventually be around 300 or so grams. So I think I am on the right track for now.

Today will be a cardio day, so I'll report back later.

Mornin' All!

[ms_mac]

Cardio done for the day - 30 min walk to the grocery store with my 2 yr old in the stroller.

[ms_mac]

Just finished my 30 min of cardio - a fast walk on the good ole' manual treadmill! Me thinks I'm gonna ask Santa for a better one!

Day 6 and still feeling good - no side effects yet. I think I may start experimenting with the times I take this. Currently doing 2 caps 30 min before breakfast and 2 caps post workout- 30 min before meal. I am going to try this pre workout and see if that makes any difference.

[ms_mac]

Quads and calves tonight:

BB Squat
4*4 - 175lbs
1*12 - 125

Leg Ext
4*8,8,6,6 - 55lbs
1*20 - 25lbs

Step ups - knee high bench
1*10 - 20lbs each hand
1*6 - 25lbs each hand
2*4 - 30lbs each hand
1*20 - body weight

BB Calf Raise
4*20 - 140lbs

Cardio earlier today - run\walk with my son - 4 miles in 43 min.

To all my fellow Canadians - Happy Thanksgiving!

[ms_mac]

Day 8 - again not much seems to be happening other than a weight loss of 2 lbs in the first few days. I dosed a bit differently today. Took my first dose of 2 caps 30 min before supper tonight as this was a cheat meal and the highest carb meal of the day: 2 scoops mashed potatoes, lotsa turkey, peas and carrots, gravy and the kicker - 1 big ass piece of apple pie with 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream! YUMMY! This was also my pre w\o meal. I had an awesome workout though - felt super strong! 2nd dose was 30 min before post w\o meal.

Chest, Shoulders, Tris:

Flat Bench Press
4*8 - 40lbs - could not get the 45's again tonight.

Incline Bench Press
2*7,6 - 40lbs
2*8 - 35lbs

Incline Fly
2*6 - 35lbs
1*8 - 30lbs

Military Shoulder Press
3*8 - 45

Side Lateral
3*6,4,4 - 20lbs

Dips
3*6

I did 20 min of cardio post w\o on the treadmill.

Thats it for tonight!

[UNCnate]

Have you tried to change the dosing up?

Myself and others like to do a 1/1/1/1 dosing, getting at least 30-40 carbs at each dose.

[ms_mac]

Originally Posted by UNCnate

Have you tried to change the dosing up?

Myself and others like to do a 1/1/1/1 dosing, getting at least 30-40 carbs at each dose.

I have seen that some of you do that, but why? Is there any benefit to doing a 1\1\1\1 schedule as opposed to 2\2? Just wondering what the logic behind this is.

[jeremyleinen]

Originally Posted by ms_mac

I have seen that some of you do that, but why? Is there any benefit to doing a 1\1\1\1 schedule as opposed to 2\2? Just wondering what the logic behind this is.

I'm doing the 1/1/1/1. I figure its a better way since it allows the glycobol to go to work onmore than just 2 meals.

[ms_mac]

Originally Posted by jeremyleinen

I'm doing the 1/1/1/1. I figure its a better way since it allows the glycobol to go to work onmore than just 2 meals.

Makes sense I guess. So which meals do you go with? I'm guessing 1st meal of the day,pre and post and one other?

Today was a rest day for me....if you can call running after a 2 yr old rest. LOL! I am sure that counts for some cardio.

[jeremyleinen]

Originally Posted by ms_mac

Makes sense I guess. So which meals do you go with? I'm guessing 1st meal of the day,pre and post and one other?

Today was a rest day for me....if you can call running after a 2 yr old rest. LOL! I am sure that counts for some cardio.

I just go with whatever my 3 highest carb meals are, and then I take one pre-bed, for the theoretical GH boost.

[ms_mac]

Originally Posted by jeremyleinen

I just go with whatever my 3 highest carb meals are, and then I take one pre-bed, for the theoretical GH boost.

My carbs are spaced pretty evenly throughout 6 meals...today I did a 1\1\2 split. I think I'll stick with that for a while.

Tonight - Hammies and Abs:

Deadlift
4*6 - 105lbs
1*20- 55lbs

Hanging Leg Raise
3*15

Lying Leg Curl
4*6,5,4,4 - 42.5
1*20 - 20

BB Lunge
4*6 - 100lbs
1*20 - 55lbs

Oblique Standing Side Crunch
3*15 - 25lbs in each hand

Cardio - 4 mile run\walk with my son - 45 min

[ms_mac]

Back, Traps and Bi's tonight:

Pre w\o cardio - treadmill for 30 min

Bodyweight pullups - narrow grip
4*6,5,4,4

BB Row
4*6,6,6,4 - 85lbs

One arm row
3*8,6,6 - 35lbs

BB U\R row
3*10,8,6 - 60lbs

BB Shrug
3*10,10,8 - 100lbs

BB Curl
3*5,4,4 - 65lbs

Weigh in and body fat testing tomorrow morning. Wish me luck!

[jeremyleinen]

Log is looking good! Good luck on your bf reading tomorrow...

[UNCnate]

Originally Posted by ms_mac

Makes sense I guess. So which meals do you go with? I'm guessing 1st meal of the day,pre and post and one other?

Today was a rest day for me....if you can call running after a 2 yr old rest. LOL! I am sure that counts for some cardio.

I go with my preWO meal, postWO, then the other two highest carb meals of the day.

[jeremyleinen]

Originally Posted by UNCnate

I go with my preWO meal, postWO, then the other two highest carb meals of the day.

do you do the pre bed dosing like some suggest?

[UNCnate]

Originally Posted by jeremyleinen

do you do the pre bed dosing like some suggest?

I dont. I find it more beneficial to dose it with carbs, personally.

[ms_mac]

Originally Posted by jeremyleinen

Log is looking good! Good luck on your bf reading tomorrow...

Originally Posted by UNCnate

I go with my preWO meal, postWO, then the other two highest carb meals of the day.

Originally Posted by jeremyleinen

do you do the pre bed dosing like some suggest?

Originally Posted by UNCnate

I dont. I find it more beneficial to dose it with carbs, personally.

Thanks guys, for the info. For most of this week I did a 1\1\2 split - 1 before meal 1, 1 before meal 4 and 2 post workout meal 6.

So here are my stats as of this morning - using a 3 point caliper pinch:

Weight - 119.2 lbs - down 0.8lbs from last week.
Tri pinch - 5mm
Ab pinch - 4mm
Quad pinch - 4mm

Overall using this method - 7.74%

My last reading was done just before I left for the Olympia - I had been cutting up to then. Here they are from Sept 18:

Weight - 117.2 lbs
Tri pinch - 5mm
Ab pinch- 4mm
Quad pinch - 6mm

Overall - 8.53%.

So in 4 weeks a net gain of 2lbs and body fat down just slightly. Good news!

Off to do some cardio. TGIF,everyone!

[ms_mac]

Quads and Calves tonight:

BB Squat
4*6 - 175lbs
1*12 - 125lbs

Leg Ext
4*6,6,6,4 - 60
1*20 - 30

Step Ups
1*8 - 25lbs
3*6,6,4 - 30lbs
1*20 - body weight

BB calf raise
4*20 - 150lbs

Cardio- run\walk this morning with the baby in the strolle - 4 miles - 40 min
pre w\o - 20 min on the treadmill

[ms_mac]

Chest, Shoulders and Tris tonight:

Incline DB Press
1*8 - 40lbs
3*12,12,10 - 35lbs - could not get the 40's up again!

Decline DB Press
1*12 - 35lbs
3*6 - 40lbs

Flat Bench DB Fly
3*6,6,5 - 35lbs

Military Press
3*8,6,5 - 55lbs

Front Raise w\plate
3*8 - 25lbs plate

Dips
3*8,6,6

Felt 10 ft tall and bulletproof! LOL

No cardio today.

Tada!

[ms_mac]

Cardio today:

ran a 5K - 30 min.

Thats it for today.

[jeremyleinen]

Originally Posted by ms_mac

Cardio today:

ran a 5K - 30 min.

Thats it for today.

5k, eh? Did you do that out on the road or a treadmill? Got my race in less than two weeks, curious to see how I'll do.

Have you had an GI issues with glycobol?