mike.lundy's 10 week double-t transformation log

[ptlvr]

I will be starting my 10 weeks transformation with NO-Beta by double t today. The overall goal is to drop my body fat and get visible abs while on no-beta. My cut will consist of me watching my caloric intake and keeping my protein and fats fairly high compared to my carbs. The only other supplements that I will be taking during the contest are 100% whey by Optimum Nutrition and CLA by Higher Power Nutrition (no ECA stacks and no thermos). My training will be consisting of both cardio and weight lifting. The cardio will mainly be AM running and either running or low intensity long walks on off days. The weight training will be DC style training. The goal is to drop as much body fat in 10 weeks while trying my best to maintain as much LBM.

I will mainly be seeing how NO-Beta helps me with pump/focus/drive and see how it affects me post training. I have used other no products that have had a problem with keeping me up at night and other causing me to crash right after my training. I want to see if no-beta causes either of these side affects.

My diet will mainly be the same for the 10 week period looking something like this
-5:30 1/2 cup cottage cheese w/stevia
-8:30 4oz chicken breast
-11:30 1 can of tuna in oil
-2:20-30 3 TBSP Peanut butter and 2 stalks of celery
-5:30-6 2 scoop of whey w/2 cups of whole milk, 2whole eggs and 4 egg whites, 1 cup of lettuce and 2TBSP vinaigrette dressing
-8:30-9 1/2 cup cottage cheese w/stevia
I will try to have as little of cheat meals as possible (would like none but my wife's and my b-day is this month)

good luck to everyone that is going through with the contest as well

[ptlvr]

Today is officially day two, I will post workout progress most likely the following day and write reviews on the no-beta the following day as well. today will be my "first" day on the product/diet/and workout. my trainig for today looks like this Biceps/Forearms/Calves/Hamstrings/Quads
I will post my load for my working set as well as my warmup sets later. The lifts will be

-seated incling curls= warm up 25x12/30x8/35x4 working set 40x8 w/RP and negatives
-reverse ez-bar curl= warm up 25x12/35x10/55x6 working set 75x10 w/RP/negs and static hold
-standing calf raises= warm up 100x15/120x8/160x4/180x4 working set 200x8 w/negs
-seated leg curls= warm up 60x15/80x10 workin set 120x15 w/RP negs and static hold
-front squats=warm up 95x10/105x8/135x8 working set 185x5 followed w/95x20

NO-Beta
-took 6 pills 15 or so minutes before my workout. During my training i could see the focus/drive and pump were all around a 9 out of 10. I really enjoyed not having the huge pre workout jitters that some pre w/o supps give. I did notice that I did have a bit of a crash when I was done but that could also be due to the squats I was having to do. Overall I would say that the product is great but I don't know how someone could only take 3 pills. I might just be less sensative to some to stims though

[ptlvr]

So the workout yesterday went very well I feel. I was able to get through it all and still wanted more. With the program I am on it's not about how many sets and lifts you can do, but how to make just one working set and lift count with optimum amount of time for recovery. I did feel extremely week on my front squats but it has been almost 6 months since doing them and i hate them to begin with. Today is technically a rest day, but to me that's only lifting. I am either going to go for a run today or take my dogs for a nice long walk depending on the weather. One thing I am really curious to see is how no-beta is while on a walk instead of your normal day pumping iron.

[ptlvr]

11-19-2010 rest day/low intensity cardio
-workout
since yesterday was a beautiful day I decided that my wife and I should take our dogs for a walk. It was about 61 degrees out, slight overcast and kinda windy. It was extremely nice. We went for a 1.5 mile walk at a fairly low pace.
-diet
diet was on but didn't get a post w/o shake nor my two glasses of whole milk. a little less calories but on a day that I didn't lift or do HIIT.
-weight
my weight seems to be dropping fairly good. I feel it is mainly water weight since carbs are low at this time.
-no-beta
i took 5 no-beta before my walk and it seemed to do well. I didn't have to worry about any jitters or insanely increased HR that would cause me to feel anxious. The only downside I am seeing is the fact that I am crashing fairly hard at this time.

[ptlvr]

today's workout will be Chest/Shoulders/Triceps/Back width/Back Thickness. I will update tomorrow of my load and reps.

Hammer Strength Bench=wrm/up 45x15/65x10/75x8/90x4 working set 110x15 with RP/Negs count 5/static hold 30secs
DB overhead extension=wrm/up 45x12/55x10/65x6 working set 80x12 with RP/Negs count 3/static hold 15secs
Standing Barbell Press=wrm/up 45x15/55x8/65x4 working set 85x15 with RP/Negs count 3/static hold 8secs
Close Grip BB Shrugs=wrm/up 135x15/175x10/195x8 working set 245x15 Negs count 3/statc hold 30secs
Barbell Row=wrm/up 135x15/155x10/175x6/195x4 working set 225x10 RP/Negs count 2
Dead lift=wrm/up 135x8/185x6/185x6 working set 315x4

**So I might be doing my back workouts strapless since I think I may have left them at the gym and they might now be gone for good. I look forward to doing my workout, the reason I am going with the Hammer Strength Bench is because with the workout I am doing I will have RP sets/negatives and static holds. Since I don't have a spotter it might be extremely hard to get the weight back up to rack it. I will take 6 no-betas pre w/o and update tomorrow.

[ptlvr]

the workout for the 20th went well, I had tried my hardest to really stress the negatives. I am sore today which I haven't been in months. After my training I walked to my parent?s house from the gym, it was about a three mile walk. It wouldn't have been so bad but I was lugging my 40 pound gym bag around with me which just made it suck. I was really tired and sore and decided that I just wanted a cheat meal. I just felt that eggs and a salad weren't going to do it for me and went to bed too early to eat my cottage cheese. Today I am planning to do some cardio and go for a jog. I haven?t really tried my no-beta before a run but it will be good to see how it helps since I hate running. Starting Monday the 25th (my B-Day) I am going to start AM running to really kick start my metabolism.

[drooks10]

Happy early birthday! Subbed to follow your progress. Good luck in the competition!

[ptlvr]

Happy early birthday! Subbed to follow your progress. Good luck in the competition!

thanks bro, i've been lurking your thread and good luck to you as well.

[ptlvr]

on the 21st I didn't go for my run instead the day was too nice and I went for a walk. on the 22nd I went in for my DC trainig and couldn't take the lack of pump any more and decided to up my workout. Start=DC turned into 5x5

[ptlvr]

so yesterday was the first day that I really felt no-beta
drive 10/10
focus 10/10
pump 10/10
my workout for 1/25/2010 (my 24th b-day)
I started with chest and warmed up with flat bench presses then
flat db press 80x5 80x5 80x5 80x5 80x5
incline db press 70x6 65x8 65x8
hammer flat press 100x6 90x5 90x8
skull crushers 65x8 65x8 65x8 (my tri's were already dead from chest)
db overhead ext 75x10 75x8 75x8
cable tricep ext 65x12 80x10 95x6<===rack
db shrugs 100x10 100x12 100x10
seated db shrugs 80x10 80x10
bb shrugs 275x12 275x10 275x10
bent over rows 215x5 215x5 215x5 215x5 215x5
lat pull downs 180x8 180x8 180x8 180x8
hammer strength low row 85x12 85x10 85x12
dead lift 315x5 315x5 295x5 225x10

[drooks10]

so yesterday was the first day that I really felt no-beta
drive 10/10
focus 10/10
pump 10/10
my workout for 1/25/2010 (my 24th b-day)
I started with chest and warmed up with flat bench presses then
flat db press 80x5 80x5 80x5 80x5 80x5
incline db press 70x6 65x8 65x8
hammer flat press 100x6 90x5 90x8
skull crushers 65x8 65x8 65x8 (my tri's were already dead from chest)
db overhead ext 75x10 75x8 75x8
cable tricep ext 65x12 80x10 95x6<===rack
db shrugs 100x10 100x12 100x10
seated db shrugs 80x10 80x10
bb shrugs 275x12 275x10 275x10
bent over rows 215x5 215x5 215x5 215x5 215x5
lat pull downs 180x8 180x8 180x8 180x8
hammer strength low row 85x12 85x10 85x12
dead lift 315x5 315x5 295x5 225x10

Dang, man! That is an impressive workout! You did deadlifts last? Brutal.

[ptlvr]

Dang, man! That is an impressive workout! You did deadlifts last? Brutal.

yeah it was pretty bad but I won't be able to get back to the gym until this friday so I had to hit half of the body yesterday. Deads were horrible I think I almost blacked out.

[THEMANBEAST]

Keep up the good work.

[ptlvr]

beast thanks bro
update, my chest/back/tri's still a bit sore. i'm actually glad to feel some pain it's been too long since I felt like this.

[ptlvr]

update: as of lately it's been hard to train so I am really relying on diet right now. Thinking about putting the old heavy bag up in the garrage and working that since the rain and cold

[ptlvr]

today was another great day to hit it hard, my no-beta kicked in with my cup of coffee this morning and holy **** it was on.

bb curl warmup-45x20
alt db curl 55x5 55x5 55x5 55x5 50x5
preacher bench curl (other side like fitness does it) 75x8 75x4w/ds55x6 75x4 w/ds55x6
incline db curl 35x8 35x8 35x8<<<strict form back all the way against bench
hammer curl 50x8 50x10 50x8
reverse ezbar curl 65x8 65x8 65x8
wrist curl forearm on bench 65x15 65x12 65x12
squats 135x8 185x6 225x5 225x5 185x10<<didn't care about rules did it in my socks and my body was dead
front squats 185x5 <body didn't want anymore
leg ext 165x10 165x10 185x8
standing shoulder press 85x10 105x5 ds 85x5 85x10
side lateral raises 25x10 25x10 25x10
bent-over rear delt lateral raises 30x8 35x8 40x8
seated leg curl 135x10 135x10 135x10
standing calf raises 200x14 200x14
little bit of abs and walked on treadmill, i wanted to lift a little more but my body said no and I threw up outside
i would say it was a good day i really wanted to do seated db press but when i tried to get the 70s up it wasn't happening tried the 60s and so screw it, i didn't want to cause any damage

weight update-173 dropped 7 pounds in a little under two weeks and i think i will get my two week progress pics up soon

[drooks10]

Can't wait to see the pics! That is a huge workout, bro! Glad you enjoyed the NO-Beta/Coffee combo! Do you have Creadyl?

[ptlvr]

thanks man, right now i don't have creadyl since I still have some ON BCAA+creatine mono if i kill that off first i will or i might start taking it later

[drooks10]

thanks man, right now i don't have creadyl since I still have some ON BCAA+creatine mono if i kill that off first i will or i might start taking it later

Definitely check it out!

[ptlvr]

db press 80x5 80x5 80x5 80x5 80x5
decline bb press 185x5 155x8 155x8 <felt extremely awkward and week
flat bb press 205x6 185x8 185x8
cable flies 35x8 35x8drop set 15x20 30x6 drop set 25x20
skull crusher 85x8 85x5 65x10 65x12
db overhead ext 75x12 75x10 75x10
cable triceps pushdown 90x8 90x8 85x10 85x10
dead lift 315x8 275x10 275x8
bb bent over 185x10 185x10 185x10 135x20
hammer strength seated lat pull 90x12 90x12 90x12 45x15
lat pull down behind neck 150x12 150x12 150x10
db shrugs 100x12 100x12 100x12
seated db shrugs 80x10 80x10 80x10
bb shrugs 135x20 185x15

after the chest presses i started to feel week and after the deads i was dead. I think if i hit deads first i would have had a higher rep set but the rest of my w/out would have sucked. I decided to go a little higher in reps for some workouts so i would get a better pump and keep my heart rate higher. While reading the Encyclopedia of bb by Arnold he states that endomorphs should use a higher rep range to help with burning fat.