E_P_C and MTCS go full APE, Bulk to Cut with Athletic Edge Nutrition

[grignasty]

subbed

oh did you say motivation......




be great brah

[StrongWTFbrah]

Impressive leg day you did there. Will sub this thread.

Nice supps you're taking as well. I wrote a review about PSU in the supp section cuz I was really impressed with it. Good luck with everything.

[E_P_C]

sub'd. What contest are you prepping for?

NPC Bodybuilding in June. Lightweight Division

[E_P_C]

Thoughts of the Day:

Sickening workout today. I can remember that last time i did DB Seated Shoulder Press but im pretty sure my max was 1 rep with 55 and today smashed that. I have been doing a lot of shoulder work lately since that is a big weakness and looks like progression is being made there. Rest of the workout was decent too, lowered the weight on Bench so i can start hitting some good sets since that seemed to have stalled again recently.


Supplements Taken:

1 scoop of Presurge
1 scoop of Creatine RT
3 caps of Intraxcell
6 caps of Orange Triad
1 scoop of Intrabolic
2 caps of Green Coffee Extract
5 caps of Fish Oil


Training:

Bench Press-

135x10
135x10
145x5
175x5
190x12

DB Bench Press-

75x10
75x7
75x6

DB Seated Shoulder Press-

45x10
50x7
55x6
60x4

Decline Bench Press-

135x10
185x5
185x5
185x5

Tricep Cable Single Arm Press-

50x10
50x10
50x10

Tricep Cable Rope Press-

50x15
50x15
50x15
50x15
50x15


Tunes or Motivation:

[jshaw5]

Nice session man, a lot of good work in there. How long do you rest between sets?

[E_P_C]

Nice session man, a lot of good work in there. How long do you rest between sets?

Not long maybe a minute at most, enough time to get a mirin session in front of the mirror

[SWelch]

Question on the green coffee extract. The one you take - how many mg and how many times per day altogether?

I just picked up one that says 2 before meals (800mg). If I do 3x /day that would leave me with 15 days of product. 2x/day gives me an extra week. Thoughts?

[E_P_C]

Question on the green coffee extract. The one you take - how many mg and how many times per day altogether?

I just picked up one that says 2 before meals (800mg). If I do 3x /day that would leave me with 15 days of product. 2x/day gives me an extra week. Thoughts?

i do 400mg before lunch and 400mg before dinner

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/at...e-extract.html

[Grifts]

Not long maybe a minute at most, enough time to get a mirin session in front of the mirror

[SWelch]

i do 400mg before lunch and 400mg before dinner
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/at...e-extract.html

Thanks! Now I have 45 days

"It rubs the lotion in..."

[MTCS]

Thoughts of the Day:

Chest Day! Getting stronger and feeling good about my numbers!

Supplements Taken:

1 scoop Optimum Nutrition Vanilla Hydro-whey
3 tabs Optimum Nutrition Opti-men
2 tabs Cellucore SuperHD
2 tabs AEN APE
1 scoop of Animal Rage
3 caps of Intraxcell
1 scoop Creatine RT
1 scoop IntraBolic
1 scoop Optimum Nutrition Casein (bedtime)

Macros:
Calories 2227, Fat 77g, Carbs 220, Protein 200

Training:

Bench Press-

95x10
115x10
135x10
155x5
180x5
200x6

Dumbbell Bench-

70x12
70x12
80x10
80x10
90x8

Incline Dumbbell-

45x10
45x10
50x10
50x10
55x8

Cable Crossovers-

30x12
30x12
35x12
35x10
40x8

Today was a good day. I am happy with my bench results. I will get my numbers back up! Yesterday was supposed to be a run day but couldn't due to not feeling well. Next run day will be Saturday after a motivating leg day tomorrow!

[E_P_C]

Great work man. DB Press is getting really strong, time to start repping the 100's

[JWaldGar]

Nice improvement for shoulder press, keep pushing those weights

[E_P_C]

Nice improvement for shoulder press, keep pushing those weights

Thanks, felt good to DB Press some decent weight for once

[MTCS]

Thoughts of the Day:

Legs day today and coming up on the end of the first week of the transformation challenge. Legs felt good and done with week 1 of APE!

Supplements Taken:

1 scoop Optimum Nutrition Vanilla Hydro-whey
3 tabs Optimum Nutrition Opti-men
2 tabs Cellucore SuperHD
2 tabs AEN APE
1 scoop of Animal Rage
3 caps of Intraxcell
1 scoop Creatine RT (during workout)
1 scoop IntraBolic (during workout)
1 scoop Optimum Nutrition Casein (bedtime)

Macros:
Calories 2004, Fat 63g, Carbs 194, Protein 185

Training:

Squats-

115x10
145x10
175x10
205x5
230x5
260x9

Leg Press-

590x15
630x15
680x15
720x15
770x15

Calf Raises on Leg Press Machine-

590x30
630x30
680x30
720x30

Standing Calf Raises-

235x30
255x30
275x30

Leg Extensions-

155x12
165x12
175x12
185x12
195x10

Leg Curls-

145x12
155x12
165x12
175x12
185x10

Good end to the week! Missed my run on Wednesday, but I do plan to get in a 3-5 miler tomorrow, maybe longer depending on how I feel! Week 1 is in the history books!

[E_P_C]

260x9?!?!

Good job bro

[E_P_C]

Yesterday was an off day, heading to the gym soon to hit back

[MTCS]

260x9?!?!

Good job bro

Bro, next week is 275x1+

I am gonna so dominate that shyte!

[E_P_C]

Bro, next week is 275x1+

I am gonna so dominate that shyte!

You got 5-6 reps of that easy

[TallForAManlet]

A lot of solid work going down in here, like always. 260x9 is awesome, high rep squats always destroy me.

[E_P_C]

Thoughts of the Day:

Good workout this morning. Had a killer pump and arms were very tight and vascular by the end of it. Mixed it up with a bunch of stuff since i was at the gym and had more options today.


Supplements Taken:

1 scoop of Presurge
1 scoop of Creatine RT
3 caps of Intraxcell
6 caps of Orange Triad
1 scoop of Intrabolic
2 caps of Green Coffee Extract
5 caps of Fish Oil


Training:

Single Arm Iso Lateral Pulldown-

90x10
135x5
160x5
170x5

Leg Raises-

3 sets of 15

Wide Lat Pulldown-

170x10
170x10
170x10

Machine Tricep Press-

55x15
65x15
65x15

Cable Ez Bar Curls-

100x10
120x5
140x5
140x5

Cable Rope Pressdown-

40x15
50x10
30x15
30x15
30x15

Cable Single Arm Curl-

55x8
55x8
55x8

[KenshinH]

You guys kicked a$$ the first week of APE! Jelly ... I have about two more weeks before I can bust that first bottle open

MTCS - Your bench and squat numbers are really getting up there! Great work!

EPC - ditto! And congrats on the promotion!

[E_P_C]

Sunday morning squats

Im sure the gym will be empty

[MTCS]

You guys kicked a$$ the first week of APE! Jelly ... I have about two more weeks before I can bust that first bottle open

MTCS - Your bench and squat numbers are really getting up there! Great work!

EPC - ditto! And congrats on the promotion!

Thanks bro! I like my numbers!

EPC, congrats on the promotion as well!

[E_P_C]

You guys kicked a$$ the first week of APE! Jelly ... I have about two more weeks before I can bust that first bottle open

MTCS - Your bench and squat numbers are really getting up there! Great work!

EPC - ditto! And congrats on the promotion!

Thanks bro! I like my numbers!

EPC, congrats on the promotion as well!

Thanks

wasnt really a promotion, just making it known now to make sword_ jealous

[E_P_C]

Thoughts of the Day:

Holy fuark my legs are shot. Positive side, intense leg day Wednesday, negative side, worthless day at the gym today. Was not really worth the pain to push through. Thought about hitting deadlifts tonight but decided to wait 24 hours and start the week with some heavy lifts. So yeah i guess thats that.


Week 1 Review:

Deadlift Day- B
Arms Day- A
Legs Day- A
Chest Day- A
Back Day- A

Diet- B

Cardio- F


Overall Week: B+


So could be better all around. Workouts were very good for the most part so cant complain there and got 5 good workouts in which is the plan, as much as i would love to get 6 intense sessions, thats probably not gonna happen 9 out of 10 weeks. Diet could have been better. Not cheating more so along the lines of carb distribution and getting enough calories in everyday. Cardio was ****, not really an issue for fat loss more along the lines of just getting in shape. My endurance is crap right now and needs to improve over the next 5 months. So a slightly above average week to start things off, minor changes to be made to make the next week more productive.


APE Review:

Not much to report after 1 week. Increased vascularity and definitely a much better pump in the gym, training fasted makes it much easier to notice a difference in this. Not gonna instantly produce results so more to report on this in the coming weeks.

[MTCS]

Week 2 of the contest and of APE! My plans for running fell short as I cut the ball of my foot Saturday and had to let it heal up some! This week starts week three of my 5/3/1 so weights go heavy and reps go less! None the less, I am gonna dominate this week!

[E_P_C]

Week 2 of the contest and of APE! My plans for running fell short as I cut the ball of my foot Saturday and had to let it heal up some! This week starts week three of my 5/3/1 so weights go heavy and reps go less! None the less, I am gonna dominate this week!

Get it done bro!

[E_P_C]

Thoughts of the Day:

Good workout but we all know I want great. I dunno, for one its cold as hell here which makes lifting in a garage thats like 20 degrees miserable. If the weather doesnt warm up im gonna have to go to the gym every workout for the next few weeks because this workout was just miserable. Weighted Pull ups were decent at least, goal was sets of 10, as you can see some had to be broken up with the heavier weights. Hopefully i can get those reps per set back up.


Supplements Taken:

1 scoop of Presurge
1 scoop of Creatine RT
3 caps of Intraxcell
6 caps of Orange Triad
1 scoop of Intrabolic
2 caps of Green Coffee Extract
5 caps of Fish Oil


Training:

Deadlifts-

315x3
360x3
405x5

Weighted Pull ups-

BWx10
25x10
45x10
70x5
70x5
90x2
90x2
90x2
90x2
90x2

Barbell Rows-

155x10
155x10
155x10
155x10
155x10


Motivation/Tunes:

[MTCS]

Thoughts of the Day:

Today was military press and just as planned, I did dominate the press. I feel like I am getting some definition as I monitor the diet and I am seeing the added vascularity from the APE!

Supplements Taken:

3 tabs Optimum Nutrition Opti-men
2 tabs Cellucore SuperHD
2 tabs AEN APE
1 scoop of Animal Rage
3 caps of Intraxcell
1 scoop Creatine RT (during workout)
1 scoop IntraBolic (during workout) missed this one today!

Macros:
Calories 1856, Fat 54g, Carbs 160, Protein 210

Training:

Military Press-

65x10
80x10
95x10
120x5
135x5
150x7

Dips-

2 sets of 12 (w/25 lbs)
2 sets of 12 (w/35 lbs)
1 set of 10 (w/45 lbs)

Chin-ups-

2 sets of 10 (w/10 lbs)
2 sets of 10 (w/20 ls)
1 set of 8 (w/20 lbs)

Reverse Grip Cable Pull-downs-

65x10
70x10
75x10
80x8
95x6

Reverse Grip Barbell Benchpress/Close Grip Bench Press-

135x12 (reverse grip)(x2)
135x12 (close grip)(x2)

Out of all my exercise groups, my shoulders feel the strongest! I can see the most development there over anything else! I am having a hard time making my 2350 calorie goal and am apprehensive to add things that may affect my carbs! It may be time to drop the calories. Tomorrow is deadlifts and goal is 350x6! I'm sure I will destroy that!