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[NattyFLEX]

23th of August

Rest Day

I decided that i would find something interesting to do on my rest day and what better to do than trim my leg hairs LOL They have gone from looking like mans butt to a recently shaved vagina! Weight was back to normal after reaching an all time high yesterday, 143.5lb today. Am gonna go stay at my sisters place in Melbourne for the night, Ill try to snag a pic of her room mate well im their (not srs). She 18 years old, about 5ft 5, skinny and blonde and im going to be sleeping about 6ft away from her bed Oh and being in Melbourne for the night means ill be training at Doherty's (Legendary gym) in Brunswick Wednesday morning, Woo-Hoo Can't wait!

Nathan,

[NattyFLEX]

24th of August

Training at Doherty's Gym

Hack Squats
220lb x 5
220lb x 5
220lb x 4

Iso-Lateral Overhead Press
154lb x 5
154lb x 5
154lb x 5

Sumo Deadlift
265lb x 5 PR

Calf Raise
441lb x 4
441lb x 4
441lb x 4
441lb x 4
441lb x 4


It was a good change to train at Doherty's rather than my small towns ****ty little gym! I could actually do calf raises with out having to add a heap of dumbbells to the stack LOL I also got my mother to buy me a lifting belt for my birthday which is on the 2nd of November. Unfortunately didn't have access to a scale this morning so i can't do a weight update . Still managed to track my macros though, 185/441/80.

Nathan,

[NattyFLEX]

PB Casein Sludge topped with Mini Cookies

[NattyFLEX]

25th of August

Cardio

MISS
400 Cals

Macros today 185/440/80, Weight was 142.2lb Got the Cardio done really quick today which was good

Doherty's gym again Saturday!!

[NattyFLEX]

26th of August

Training (at Doherty's)

Squats
243lb x 5
243lb x 5
243lb x 5

Bench Press
149lb x 4
143lb x 5
143lb x 4

Barbell Row
121lb x 5
121lb x 5
121lb x 5

DB Curls
28lb x 10
28lb x 10
28lb x 10

I was in Melbourne for the day so i thought, why not train at Doherty's today I attempted squatting 243lb (110kg) for the first time today. Finished up completing the 3 sets of 5 reps i was aiming for. Then moved on to bench pressing, Last time i benched i managed to get the reps i was aiming to get so i upped the weight this time... Only could get the 4 reps on the first set so i was a bit disappointed with that. Lowered the weight slightly for the remanding sets and got 5 and 4 reps. Put the weight up slightly on the upright barbell rows and got all reps done. Also got a PR for reps on seated DB curls. 3 PR's in a single session, Pumped Baby!! Macros today were very nice 185/590/110 (High day), Weighed in today at 145.3lb. And a quick shot of last nights dessert.

Peanut Butter Sandwiches

[NattyFLEX]

28th of August

Rest Day

Weight was 146.8lb today (Almost an all time high!)

Some of you may know and some of you probably won't but i have an extremely low Testosterone, The last test results i got back were about a month ago (Ill put an attachment of the results at the bottom of this post). I got another test done on the 26th of this month and i should get to see the results from that tomorrow. I will be going to see an Endo doctor tomorrow so hopefully she will be able to help me out a bit! I have had a CT scan to see if i had a tumor on my Pituitary gland and it came back clear so i am still unsure of the cause of the low Test. My doctor said that if we don't end up finding out what the cause is that i might have to go on Hormone replacement therapy... I am positive that doing that is not what i want to do! I will post up the results from the previous test and any other news i get from the Endo tomorrow.

[NattyFLEX]

29th of August

Training

Squats
248lb x 5
248lb x 5
248lb x 6

Bench Press
149lb x 5
149lb x 5
149lb x 5

Chin-Ups
BW x 11
BW x 7
BW x 6

Push-Ups
BW x 33
BW x 13 (If i find out that 1 person laughed at 13 reps i will break you )

Cardio

HIIT
400Cals

Weight: 149.9lb (All time high by almost 2lb LOL)
Macros: 185/440/80

Okay, So i went to see the Endo about my Low T Levels... Got the results from my last blood test and it came back that my Testosterone was basically right in the middle of the average levels for someone of my age! I had a fair good idea that it was on its way back up, Libido was starting to come back, as was chest hair and the amount of facial hair. I almost had a very awkward moment when she was checking out my testicles.... Yup you guessed it LOL was starting to get a hard on! Luckily it was only just starting to pop up as she was finishing up playing around with it The female doc was ~25-30 years old and was SMOKIN' HOT!! HAHA. Anyway we are still unaware of what caused the first test to be so low, I will probably be getting it tested again late next month to see if it is still in the normal range.

Onto another part of my day. When we were on our way home I passed a pretty big sports store so i thought why not stop and take a quick look at what they've got. Walked out of the store $650 lighter...

Check out one of the things that i got!

7ft Olympic Barbell with 265lb/120kg of Rubber coated weight plates

[andyboi]

haha lol@ mini cookies! Looking the goods.. mmm

I've never been to Brunswick doherty's even though I live 20 minutes from it. I've heard awesome things about it, though!

[NattyFLEX]

haha lol@ mini cookies! Looking the goods.. mmm

I've never been to Brunswick doherty's even though I live 20 minutes from it. I've heard awesome things about it, though!

You definitely gotta have at least 1 session their, something about it their just gets you in the mood to squat Its actually the only Dohertys i have been to LOL have you been to any of the other Dohertys?? if so how were they?

[NattyFLEX]

31st of August

Training

Squats
287lb x 1
298lb x 0
Decided to test out my 1 Rep max

Hack Squats
215lb x 5
215lb x 5
215lb x 10 (Huge PR!)

Overhead Press
121lb x 5
121lb x 5
121lb x 5

Sumo Deadlift
287lb x 4

Calf Raise (Leg Press)
364lb x 4
364lb x 4
364lb x 4
364lb x 4
364lb x 4

Really solid session, Strength was to the roof! I attempted 5 reps on the sumo deadlifts, When i was half way up on the last rep i guess i was pulling too hard and i started to fall back I fell on my ass and dropped the bar against the right shin LOL took a good bit of skin off with some blood. Macros at 185/440/80 and weight 146.6lb.

and the lunch i made up...

Pastries with PB Casein Sludge

[NattyFLEX]

Britt posted this a while ago but since that i feel it has helped me out i thought that I'd hit it up in my log

I listen this every time before i train!


Strongly encourage you all to watch!

[NattyFLEX]

1st of September

Progress Pics

Feel free to give some feedback!

Hands On Hips Most Muscular


Front Double Bi


Side Chest


Side Tri


Back Double Bi


Back Lat Spread

[NattyFLEX]

3rd of September

Training

Squats
254lb x 5
254lb x 5
254lb x 7 PR for Reps & Weight!

Bench Press
154lb x 5
154lb x 5
154lb x 3

Upright Barbell Row
128lb x 5
128lb x 5
128lb x 4

Dumbell Curl
29lb x 10
29lb x 10
29lb x 9


Weight: 146.4lb

Overall a pretty happy with the workout. Smashed my old PR for squats, Once again the left hip flexer muscle was being a lil bitch LOL. Oh do i love my weekly surge day, Macros for surge are 185/590/110 Red Rock Deli potato chips come at me

[red_cat]

I'm going to be super critical of your posing, only because someone did that for me and it helped a lot.

-Blow your air (ALL of it) out on every pose except for FDB. If you blow it out of your FDB then your rib cage collapses and you lose some waistline definition.

-Be conscious of your legs at all times. You have to flex them just as hard as your upper body.

-Side Chest/Tri: Really sit down in the pose. You've got the right idea with spiking your calf, but you can use the leg that isn't visible (left in the side chest) to push your hamstring out a little bit and make it look bigger. Flex your hams and glutes HARD.

-RDB: Good job not crunching your rhomboid together. You're hitting the upper body portion just fine, but remember to blow your air out. For lower body, make sure you're spiking that calf HARD and try to flare your leg out some it shows a little more quad sweep. Also, try sitting back in this pose just a bit to bring out some hamstring definition.

RLS: I can't tell if it's just the angle, but it looks like your arms are uneven...fix that. Same advice for lower body as in the RDB.

[NattyFLEX]

Thanks heaps for the constructive criticism Wade, its always welcomed.

When you said my arms look uneven of on the RLD i think that it was actually my whole body being off balance from not sitting my left foot in the correct position, I know what you mean about flexing quads in the FDB, because my legs don't have much of muscle mass on them i find it hard to flex them in that position. Luckily i will not have to perfect my posing for a long time until i get in any sort of condition to compete LOL. I will practice a bit of posing tomorrow and see if i can implement some of the advice that you gave me

Nathan,

[NattyFLEX]

4th of September

Just a quick update for you guys

Cardio

400Cal HIIT


Weight was an all time high today at 150.6lb, Never before been over 150lb!

Cardio was a real grinder today, after dripping with sweat and my shirt being drenched i finally got thru it lol. Kyle i have no idea how you push thru over 1000Cal every day. True inspiration!

Nathan,

[NattyFLEX]

5th of September

Training

Squats
259lb x 5
259lb x 5
259lb x 5

Bench Press
154lb x 5
154lb x 5
154lb x 3

Chin-Ups
BW x 11
BW x 7
BW x 6

Push-Ups
BW x 34
BW x 12


Cardio

400Cal MISS


Woke up today at 148.2lb. Then went on to preparing breakfast, while i was eating i checked my email... Message from Berto, gotta drop carbs by 40 Not a great start to the day LOL Actually getting some good weather around here which was great! Some of you may and some of you may not know that i'm currently going thru depression. Its weird because the better the weather is outside the better i feel. So besides Berto dropping my carbs the day went great! Class felt like it was over before it started, Cardio was a breeze and another PR for weight on squats


Beef Burger

[NattyFLEX]

7th of September

Training

Hack Squat
248lb x 5
248lb x 5
248lb x 5

Overhead Press
127lb x 5
127lb x 5
127lb x 4

Sumo Deadlift
287lb x 5 PR for reps!

Calf Raise (Leg Press)
375lb x 4
375lb x 4
375lb x 4
375lb x 4
375lb x 4


Woke up this morning @ 151.5lb Wow, all time high!

[andyboi]

He dropped the carbs? Gaining too much weight, sir? Don't worry about it, you're kicking ass in the gym.

Another high in body weight and another PR in squats.. c'mon, nothing to be down about even though the weather isn't the best

[NattyFLEX]

He dropped the carbs? Gaining too much weight, sir? Don't worry about it, you're kicking ass in the gym.

Another high in body weight and another PR in squats.. c'mon, nothing to be down about even though the weather isn't the best

Nope he got back to me the next day and said i get them back, at 185/440/80 at the moment. I have gained about 7lb in 3-4 weeks so i think it might get dropped soon though. Hope not because it seems that I've gained a fair amount of muscle in that time frame, Deadlift gone up ~50lb, squat up ~30lb.

Yeah weather gonna be shiit for the next week

How long is it until you start prepping??

Thanks for the support in here Andy!

[NattyFLEX]

8th of September

Cardio

HIIT
400Cal

Weight dropped 7.1lb from yesterday LOL 144.4lb today. 400Cal HIIT was pretty tough today!

Attempted to make one of the legendary 3DMJ protein cakes last night Tasted amazing! I made this one with Myofusion CnC. Recipe is here if anyone wants to take a look www.3dmusclejourney.com/recipes-sludge-cake.php. Ill post a pic up of tonight's cake later

[NattyFLEX]

10th of September

Training

Squats
265lb x 5
265lb x 5
265lb x 4

Bench Press
154lb x 5
154lb x 5
154lb x 5 PR for reps

Upright Barbell Row
127lb x 5
127lb x 5
127lb x 5 PR for reps

Dumbell Curls
33lb x 9
33lb x 6
33lb x 6


Felt good today. Took 2 scoops of Novem and a 200mg caffeine tablet pre-workout. Walked into the gym buzzing! Stepped under the rack and did 20 reps of the bar then slowly upped the weight until it hit 265lb. I have never attempted 265lb for reps so i wasn't quite sure how I'd go, Finished the first set and racked it. Just pushed thru the next set then said to myself "I'm not holding back!" I will push thru every rep until my legs give way! Finished with 4 reps, was aiming for 5 but i can't say that im disappointed with gettin 4. Next went on to bench press, previous best was 154lb x 5,5,3 so i was determined to best that! I actually surprised my self by getting 5,5,5 Pumping out the PR's baby!!!

[red_cat]

Just pushed thru the next set then said to myself "I'm not holding back!" I will push thru every rep until my legs give way!

That's kind of my mentality on leg days. I'm not satisfied until I'm limping/waddling out. Congrats on the PR!

[NattyFLEX]

That's kind of my mentality on leg days. I'm not satisfied until I'm limping/waddling out. Congrats on the PR!

Thats pretty much what i say to myself before every set of squats I'm sure everyone is looking at me saying "Who the fuk is he talking to?" LOL I don't care, if it helps me push it that little bit harder then no one gonna stop me talking to myself like a mad man! Thanks for the congrats on the PR

[NattyFLEX]

11th of September

Cardio

MISS
Stationary Bike: 300Cal
Rower: 100Cal

Weight: 147.7lb

Not to much to update today, Hope to post a pic of the 3DMJ protein cake that was made last night.



Nathan,

[NattyFLEX]

3DMJ Protein Cake (Fail... )



Low Fat CnC Ice-Cream + Protein Cookie

[NattyFLEX]

12th of September

Training

Squats
265lb x 5
265lb x 5
265lb x 5 PR

Bench Press
160lb x 5
160lb x 3
160lb x 2

Chin-Ups
BW x 12
BW x 7
BW x 6

Push-Ups
BW x 35
BW x 12


Overall i was fairly happy with today's workout A little disappointed with how the bench press went but got PR's on the rest so can't complain! Woke up this morning at 147.3lb.

Nathan,

[NattyFLEX]

13th of September

Cardio

MISS
Stationary Bike: 300Cal
Rower: 100Cal


Weight: 152.6lb All time high!


Sorry about the short post, Not to much to update today!

[NattyFLEX]

If this doesn't get you in the mood to squat i have no idea what will!

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