---->hop112's DYMA-BURN stack...let's get shredded!!<----

[hop112]

First off, I'd like to thank Dymatize for letting me log their products. I also want to say sorry for not starting the log sooner, the package finally made it to my dorm at 5pm today. I can't wait to see the results of these products! Pictures will be put up tomorrow, once my camera charges.
Here's the stack:
-1 60ct. Dyma-Burn Xtreme with NEW FORMULA
-1 60ct. L-Carnitine Xtreme
-1 90ct. CLA with Tonalin
-2 lbs. Elite Whey, Cafe Mocha ---> Smells delicious, mixes fantastic with water and tasted great at first use!

I am also taking a multivitamin, Glucosamine for my joints, fish oil, and l-lysine ( immune health )

So a little background on me:
I'm a college sophomore who is on the university wrestling team. I took this year off because I didn't certify low enough. I took this last week off from lifting as sort of a de-loading phase and now I'm ready to get back to it! I'm hoping to show everyone that even on a college kid diet (that's right, I'm doing this with dorm food!) that it is possible to get make a transformation of your body!

Day 1: Back Day (formatted by repsxweight)

I started off with lat pullovers. 3 sets, the db's were 12x65, 10x85, 8x105
Next was wide grip cable rows. 3 sets, 12x110, 10x130, 10x150
Following that came the dumbbell rows. 4 sets. 10x55, 10x65, 10x85, 8x90
Can't forget the wide grip pulldowns! 4 sets. 10x110, 10x130, 10x150, 8x170
To finish things off, shrugs! The racks were full for a while so I used a hack squat style machine for the first few sets. But the weights for my bb shrug sets were as so:
15x225, 10x315, 8x405, 15x225 (These were performed after 3 sets on the hack squat, with 1-2 seconds squeeze at the top)

Overall, I felt great during my workout, I didn't notice a huge difference from the stack just yet, but I'm sure there will be a noticeable difference in a few days once it starts going through my system.

My diet for today:
I do not, and have never counted calories. I drink roughly 1 gal. of water a day, 1 protein shake, I had 3 cups of a taco salad thing (contents unknown ), 1 cup mashed potatoes, 8oz. 2% milk, 6oz. raspberry yogurt, a breadbowl & chicken/rice soup, and dinner will be shortly.

As for tomorrow, I start the wrestling post-season lifting program. That means this week is going to be max testing and technique for all the new guys, but I'm gonna get myself a good lift in.

[hop112]

Oh, one more thing! My measurements were updated last week.
Starting measurements (with no pump):
arms: 15"
legs: 22"
waist: 30"
chest: 43"
shoulders: 47"
Bodyfat % done with calipers: ~5%. I don't believe this to be true as it was only 3 spots, and I hold my fat in different places. But we'll go with that number +/-2-4%.
Bodyweight this morning: 161 lbs

[hop112]

So today begins my wrestling lifting program. We are going slow this week, doing max testing and going over technique. Today was bench and squat maxes. I maxed at 250 bench, I tried 270 and could only do a half rep. For Squats, we are focusing more on going very deep squats, and with my previous squat maxing, I ended up having one of my hips real tight and in pain for weeks after, so I went real light for my max. I figured this would give me time to work on really getting my form down and to allow my hips to loosen up a little before I go to the real heavy weight, so I left my max at a measly 315. Breakfast consisted of:
2 cups strawberry yogurt w/ granola and raisins
1 omelet w/ bacon, ham, onions and green peppers
1 egg sausage eggs and cheese on english muffins
8 oz chocolate milk
1 protein shake
2 sausage links
1 potato pancake thing

bw: 162

[TeamDymatize]

Very interested to see how this works out for you. I remember the days of dorm food and it can certainly be a challenge!

[hop112]

Since I do not have enough posts to be able to embed pix into the posts, I have my 3 starting pictures in an imgur album. If someone would like to embed them for me that would be great! *note, these photos are me not flexing, while cold. no pump here haha*

http://imgur.com/a/YlD1S

[hop112]

Today we did power clean maxes, and by power clean, I mean DEEEEEP power cleans. I managed 205, which isn't bad for not having done them in a while, though I hope to kick things up next week and hit 225 with proper form. Tomorrow starts our upper/lower splits and I will post those up once I get the sheet.
For breakfast:
1 egg, ham, n cheese sandwhich, 8 oz skim milk, 2 cups yogurt w/ granola and fruit, 1/2 cup grapes, 4 eggs, 1/2 cup hash browns, 1/2 grapefruit, 3 orange slices, 1 protein shake. BW this morning: 163.
Yesterday I was really wiped out by 7pm, not sure if it was from being up earlier than usual or what, but hopefully today I'll have plenty of energy to get me through my 4 hours of lab and the 4 hour hall program I'm putting on! I'm really liking the taste of the protein and how well it mixes! I haven't really been getting an energy kick from the dyma-burn, nor much of an appetite suppressant, although I consider myself a garbage disposal for food Put it in front of me and consider it gone! Can't wait to see what's in store for tomorrow!

[hop112]

Today I began our lifting program. It consists of an upper/lower split, 4 days a week. Today was the upper day. From memory, heres how it went:
30 min warm up consisting of jump roping, plyometrics, and pushups.
OG pullups 3 sets to controlled failure. I got 15, 10, 7
This was supersetted with plate bent oever rows, 15ea. for 3 sets.
Next was benchpress. It was a typical 8,6,4,2 pyramid and then 2 sets of 8 afterwards. I put up 135, 185, 225, 245, and then 185 and 195 for the burnouts.
By now I had a good sweat going and was feeling great! DB rows were next, 3 sets of 10. weight: 65,75,85 with good form.
Next was incline db press, in a format of single presses for each arm and then a rep of both, counted as one. I did 45x6, 55x6, and 55x6. This was a killer lift!
After that was cable rows, 3 sets of 10. I pulled 110,130,150, respectively.
By now I was getting tired, and moved on to dips. 3 sets to controlled failure with a 45 db held up by my legs. I got 25,17,12.
In between sets I did bar curls, 21's. To finish off we did plate pinches, 45's for the fingers, and 25's for the thumb. 45 seconds each set, repeated 3 times.

Overall I felt great, I'm getting a noticable difference in my abdomen area as far as difference.

Diet today was a little rough. It consisted of 2 PB sandwhiches and a protein shake earlier in the day. For dinner, 1 cup cowboy potato's, a big pile of beef stroganof with egg noodles, 2 cups brown rice, 1 baked chicken breast, 8oz choc milk, and my protein shake, and 2 apples.

Can't wait to blast the lower body tomorrow!

[hop112]

My lower body day consisted of power cleans, squats, RDL's, and leg extensions.
We started off with power cleans: 8x135, 6x155, 4x185,2x195. Then 5 sets of 5 at 155. At this point my shoulder was starting to feel a burn, not a good burn, from the "catch" part. I think it was just from an old h.s. injury I had that limited mobility in my arm, and the cleans were just aggrivating it.
Squats were in the same format. Deep squats to just below 90. 8x225, 6x255, 4x275,2x295. 5 sets of 8 at 255. I easily finished these lifts w/o a problem, will definitely be going up in weight next week.
RDL's: 2 x 10 I stood on boxes to do these: one set @ 135 and one @ 225.
Jeg extensions were my own little addition to the program. I started out with 4 sets of 25 reps at 25lbs, with 5 seconds rest inbetween sets. Squeezing real hard at the top of the lift for maximum contraction of the muscles. After that warmup, I did 3 sets of 10-12. The first was @ 155, second @ 175, third @ 195.

I am really starting to like this proein, I mixes wonderfully and tastes great. The other products, I haven't noticed much of a different "feeling" about myself, but I'm sure part of it is me running around trying to get all my work done all the time. I do seem to be getting thinner, or at least more toned though, which is impressive after only one week of use.

[TeamDymatize]

hop112's starting pictures:







You're already quite lean starting off - excited to see where this stack takes you!

[hop112]

Thank you very much for embedding them for me! I've always been very lean, no matter what I ate. I don't think I've ever been under 10%, which is great and all but making size gains is difficult while maintaining a lower bf %.

Today I took 2 dyma-burn capsules this morning in addition to the l-carnitine and CLA. I wanted to see if I would get that extra burst of energy that others have seemed to be getting (much needed for a monday morning!). I may not have got the same effects like I do from a PWO, but I didn't feel groggy or as tired like I normally do, which was a nice change!

165 lbs on the scale this morning.
Diet so far today:
1/2 slice toast with pb, pb granola bar --> pre lift
breakfast: 8 eggs, scrambled. 2 cups strawberry yogurt with granola and frozen fruit, 8oz chocolate milk, 1/2 grapefruit.

I was rather dissapointed with myself today, I was still sore from the RDL's from last week, even with proper stretching, diet, and plyometrics. I've even kept away from alcohol so I wasn't dehydrated like the other 80% of my school was this weekend. My lifting coach thinks I may have strained it, even with perfect form, because of the blocks I was using to stand on, and that extra foot of clearance put too much stress on them.
That being said, I made the most of my workout:
Power Cleans: 6 x 135, 4 x 145, 2x 175. Then 2 sets of 5 x 145. This was a breeze, will definitely be moving up in this pyramid for wednesday.
Squats: Here's where I had problems. I managed to do the warm up of 8 reps of 215, but with difficulty. My hammy was in no mood to go low. So I decided to take it easy, and move on to the next lift.
DB lunges with shrug the whole time: 2 sets of 12 each leg with 30lbs db.
4 way neck: 2 sets of 10 each, with 35, 70lbs.
forearm rolls in rice bin: 45 seconds x2
shoulder complex with 15 lb db's. supersetted side raise with front raise, and rotator cuff U's, with combined front and side raises. Each set was 10 reps. Repeated this twice.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be feeling better...

[Godhelpme]

hop112's starting pictures:







You're already quite lean starting off - excited to see where this stack takes you!

You look great, Hop!! Good luck!!

[hop112]

Thanks for the compliment!

[hop112]

Yesterday was legs day! I lost my I.D. card for campus so I've been living off triple decker PB and Honey sandwiches for two days now!

After warm ups, the lower day was a breeze! They only issues I had with any of the lifts were the power cleans; it wasn't the weight, just my shoulders acting up a bit and really starting to hurt after the catch.
Power cleans: 135x6, 155x4, 185x2, then 3 sets of 155x5. No issues with getting the weight up, just the shoulder irritation, hopefully it'll go away after this weekend.
Squats? No problem! I went as deep as I possibly could, our strength coach even said they were great squats. 215x8, 245x6, 255x4, 275x2, then 3 sets of 225x8. I had no trouble here at all so I'm looking to step it up bigtime net week!
RDL's: 135x10, 225x10
shoulder complex with 10's x3 sets
leg extensions: 25x 50 reps, for that awesome pump. 2 sets of 180x10-12


Even though I've been waking up earlier, after taking the supps in the morning before liftin, I've noticed I don't really need a PWO, I wake up and am ready to go! (I am super stim tolerant so this is saying alot)

[hop112]

Today is what our coach would normally call Friday Funday, but since it was thursday, he said tough luck, you guys have April break, deal with it. So the team decided to be smart-asses and wear singlets/ spandex to the weight room today. Well, it was just our luck that we were told we were going to the pool balcony, to get a partner, and a 45 plate. Needless to say, we were unamused. And so began the 25 minutes of running stairs in what is possibly the most humid room I've ever been in. We ran up the stairs, over to the next set, down them, back up, over the the next, and so on, until we had done 7 total laps. Then we were told to do plate presses while running up the stairs. This lasted for around 8 minutes or so. Finally came the buddy carries and wheelbarrels! By the time we were done, my traps were so sore that it hurt just to carry the plate back to the room! After stretching out, I got in a few sets of db press, cable rows, and lat pull downs ( all super setted with medium weight) just to keep maintenance.
After that, I went to breakfast, which I was STARVING.
1 omelet w/ bacon, cheese, onions, tomato.
1 Waffle
Fruit- grapes, strawberrys, cranberrys, melons
2 cups strawberry yogurt w/ granola.
8oz chocolate milk
8oz apple juice

April break starts tomorrow so we'll see what type of bodyweight stuff I throw together for the weekend.

[hop112]

So this weekend was not nearly as productive as I had hoped. Instead of getting in any actual lifting, my grandpa put me to work I ended up cutting down a fairly large tree and hauling it away, that was my workout for the day. The other two days, I guess I'd call them rest days, although I stayed consistent with staying on top of the supps. Hopefully tommorrow I'll get in the gym and blast my upper body, hoping to do my bench pyramid with ease!

[hop112]

Today I was all sorts of jacked up and ready to lift after a long weekend!

LEGS DAY BABY!

Power Cleans: 155x6, 165x4, 195x2, 3 sets of 155x5. Blew through them like it was no one's business!
Squats: 225x8, 245x6, 255x4, 275x2, 3 sets of 225x8. I can't wait to get my max back up to 400...But I'm taking it slow and movin up with good form and a positive attitude!
Lunges with 30's. 3 sets of 12 each leg.
RDL's: 135x10, 225x10
Shoulder complex. repeated 3 times.

I really want to start having time to get in several sets of leg extensions and maybe hammy curls...Hopefully I'll get em in on thursday.

Diet today:
2 sausage and egg burritos, 2 cups yogurt, protein shake w/ 8oz choc milk (TASTED GREAT BTW!), 8oz choc milk. Lunch, 6" turkey sub with the works and 16 oz water. Dinner was non existent due to me having class from 12-9pm and a project to finish :/

[hop112]

I couldn't wait for the upper split today! Nothing beats a solid upper body workout in my opinion. I've been taking the supps in the morning before I workout, and I'm still seeing improvements in terms of energy and being able to wake up much easier once I get to the gym.
OG Pullups: 3 sets to failure, slow on the way down. 15,12,8
This was supersetted with plate rows, 3 sets of 15.
Next came bb bench: 8x135, 6x185, 4x205, 2x235. then 3 sets of 8x185. I blew through this with no assistance so I'm hoping I'll be able to do the same on friday when I move up in the pyramid.
incline db press, left arm, right arm, both = 1 rep. 2 sets with 45's for 6 reps. This lift really tires me out, mostly because of the balancing aspect of doing one arm at a time and the high reps.
db rows: 2 sets of 10. 55, 85
lat pulldown: 3 sets of 10. 130, 150, 150
pinwheel curls: 3 sets of 10 with 45's
dips: real slow on the descent. 3 sets til controlled failure.
Ab workouts consisting of jack-knives, bicycles, leg raises.

Diet:
5 eggs, 2 cups yogurt w/ fruit, 1 hash brown, 1 apple, 1 bagel, 8 oz choc milk, protein shake w/ choc milk, 6" turkey sub with the works.

Feelin' great, definitely making progress with leaning out, can't wait to see the end of my 4 week progress!

[hop112]

Yesterday was a good solid leg day.
powercleans went well: 6x155, 4x195, 2x205, 3 sets of 5x155. Gotta keep on movin up in the pyramids! Love it!
Squats-> I really went balls to the wall to try and play catch up in the pyramids, so I jumped up two pyramids. 8x225, 6x255, 4x275, 2x305. 3 sets of 255x8. These weren't a big issue as far as strength, which is nice, because I really would like to keep progression as high as possible before I plateau.
RDL: 2 sets of 10. 135, 225
Lunges with 35's: 3 sets of 12 each leg
leg extensions: 2 sets of 2x25, BIG squeeze at the top. Then 2 working sets, 10x165,10x195.
Deadlifts: 8x225, 5x315, 5x365

Diet for the day was the exact same as the previous day. Still loving the energy effects from the Dyma-Burn!

[hop112]

Today I was really looking to kill it for the upper split.
Overhand bw pulls (feet on ground, pull up to bar) to controlled failure, supersetted with 45 plate raises.
Bench: 8x135, 6x195, 4x215, 2x245, 3 sets of 8x175
DB rows:2 sets of 10. 60,85.
Incline db bench: left, right, both = 1rep. used 45's for 2 sets of 6.
lat pulldown: 3 sets of 10. 110,130,150
weighted dips: 15xbw+45. 12xbw+70. 10xbw+90.
plate pinches.

Diet: 4 eggs over easy, 1 cheese omelet, 24oz choc milk, 1 sausage/egg burrito, 2 cups yogurt w/ fruit. 1 pancake.
Feelin great, still seeing gains, Definitely seeing more cuts and vascularity improving!

[mgering1]

logs looking good so far. Your already pretty lean starting your going to be literally shredded after this log too bad I let myself go after this past year but i'm getting there. I technically live on a campus also and it is pretty hard to eat well. considering I don't have a kitchen and there is no real university cafeteria here makes it a tad bit challenging. though living off chicken cottage cheese eggwhites oatmeal peanutbutter, and tons of veggies isnt too bad and easy to prepare.

[hop112]

Thanks for stopping by! I'm really hoping that I can finish this out and end up at nearly competition conditioning, even though my wheels might be lacking a bit. How do you manage to prepare the chicken with no kitchen or cafeteria available? Props to you sir, I don't even eat that clean.

[hop112]

Today I got up promptly at 7am, made a nice big bowl of oatmeal, took it with my morning supps, and headed to the gym for the lower split.
Power cleans: 6x135,4x185,2x215, 3 sets of 5x155. This was the most weight I've ever achieved on a power clean so I was pretty stoked about that! I took the energy boost from that to my squats.
8x255, 6x275, 4x295, 2x305, 3 sets of 8x225.
Lunges w/ 40's: 3 sets of 12 each leg
rdl's: 10x135, 10x225

Felt real good today, really hoping to kick it up a notch in the last week of my log. My diet today wasn't too great, just the oatmeal, a 1/2lb burger and fries, a bagel, and lots of water so far. I hate this being low on spare $ thing, but I'll make the most of it. Tomorrow's a new day!

[mgering1]

Thanks for stopping by! I'm really hoping that I can finish this out and end up at nearly competition conditioning, even though my wheels might be lacking a bit. How do you manage to prepare the chicken with no kitchen or cafeteria available? Props to you sir, I don't even eat that clean.

sometimes I have to buy sandwiches from a deli but for the most part I make my own food .. sometimes you gotta sneak in something that can cook your food otherwise id be screwed. Easy ways though you can make eggwhites frozen veggies and oatmeal in the microwave. I buy a bunch of spices and stuff too. I bought a rice cooker that I can microwave brown rice or pasta (takes a little while though). You can also make chicken in a toaster oven that has a bake or broil feature you can probably find one between 20-40 dollars if your lucky. It kind of forces me to eat healthy in a way which is good though I run out of food pretty fast.

[hop112]

That's awesome that you're able to eat well given the constraints! Next year when I get my house off campus, I'm definitely investing in a rice cooker! I use one all the time when I'm home during the summer months. Yeah unning out of food is always an issue, but hopefully I'll be able to purchase a large portion of my food in bulk and throw it in a chest freezer for later use.

[hop112]

Today I blasted through my upper split.
bench: 8x135, 6x205, 4x220, 2x255, 3 sets of 8x180
db rows: 10x65, 10x85
incline db: 6x45, 6x50
lat pulldown: 10x110, 10x130, 10x170
rice bucket-forearms
curls/dips to failure

[hop112]

Felt a little tired this morning so I went in to lift during the time that one of my labs was canceled. I decided to do shoulders today since the split doesn't cover much of it.
Military press: 15x45, 12x55, 12x65,6x75. Struggled a lot with the last set, not sure why.
cable side raises: 5 sets of 12x30
arnold press: 3 sets of 10x45
rear delt complex
rear delt flys: burnout

Diet: oatmeal oatmeal and more oatmeal so far today. gonna be having a team dinner tonight with all sorts of goodies. cant wait!

[hop112]

Legs day today, really hoping to lean out these last few days before my log ends!
Power cleans: 6x135, 4x185, 2x215. 3 sets of 6x155. Was really hoping to get 2x220 but it wasn't happening today.
Squats: 8x255, 6x275, 4x305, 2x315. 3 sets of 8x255
Lunges: 2 sets of 12 reps each leg with 45's
Leg extensions: 4 sets of 20x25. BIG squeeze at the top of the rep. Then 2 sets. 12x155, 10x175
Hammy curls: 10x135, 10x155, 10x175, 15x125
Seated calf raises: 15x45, 15x75, 15x90, 15x140

Diet thus far: protein shake. i'll be eating 2 cups of oatmeal for a snack, then grab a turkey sub for lunch, dinner should be whatever is available in the cafeteria.
BW: 168

Hoping to get new measurements by sunday to see just how much I've progressed!

[hop112]

Friday was a good upper body day!
I am ever nearing the oh so enticing 300 bench!
Bench: 8x135,6x205,4x230,2x265, 2 sets of 8x185
Incline db: 2 sets of 6x55,65
single arm rows: 10x65,85
lat pulldown: 3 sets of 10x110,150,170
plate pinches


I'm really liking the way I feel after lifting, I'd like to attribute it to the supps. I haven't felt any adverse side effects other than the intended effects of each supp so far.

[hop112]

Yesterday I decided to hit the bi's and tris with a lee priest style workout.
double high cable curl: 15,12,10,10,8
tricep push down: 15,12,10,10,8
incline db curl: 12,10,8,7,6
decline close grip bench: 15x185, 12x195,10x205
machine curls until failure. 3 sets

[hop112]

Today is the final day of my log, I will be uploading pictures, measurements, and the final video review. I would like to thank Dymatize for giving me the opportunity to use their products, I feel the gains I've had are definitely noticeable!