Well as a first log for the IAJ 2014 I guess a little bit about myself is warranted. I have been lifting on and off mainly for sports since I was 12. My dad was the one who introduced me to lifting weights and the foundations he grew up with and used in training for football. I lifted for strength and speed during High school and college for soccer ( I played goalie). After college I joined the US Army and began lifting more for my own physical fitness as well as a bit of competition against other soldiers. I worked out with a number of power lifters where I learned about Olympic lifts as well pushing some heavy weight. After I got out of the Army I changed my typical workouts for endurance as I started road racing motorcycles. While I did not gain a lot of mass, I did make up for it by being very lean and defined. After a major accident that exacerbated an injury from while in the Army I quit racing motorcycles and decided to put an emphasis in building some mass. The first year I put on about 15 pounds of lean mass, the next I put on 23 pounds (not nearly as lean though).
Since then I have been in and out of a full time lifting schedule. I was in Iraq with my job (Department of Defense civilian) in 2011 for the first I am Juggernaut Challenge and decided not to enter as I was unsure if I would be able to fulfill winning due to not knowing exactly when I would be back in the US that year. I enjoyed every bit of the logs that year and felt as if I missed out by not entering. Upon my return from Iraq I had a couple bad illnesses and injuries that sent me back in my training and health/fitness. I decided early this year I was ready to get back in it and improve my fitness and life again through working out. In June this year I started back full time lifting. So far I has dropped a lot of body fat, got back most of the strength I had lost, and put back on most of the size I had lost as well.
I decided to enter the IAJ 2014 as a challenge to myself. To see if I can kick up my workouts, diet, and overall fitness to a new level. I will be logging the Juggernaut HP (of course) and the CycloBolan/CycloDex/CycloClenz stack for the competition. I love healthy competition and I may meet some other people in here that are like minded and like a little challenge from someone to push themselves in a little inner challenge or two during the IAJ. The best way to help motivate others sometimes is little friendly competitions. I like to change things up so any routines or challenges are more than welcome. I have been around lifting/bodybuilding a long time and enjoy helping others reach their goals. I hope everyone in the IAJ 2014 challenge meets their own personal goals during this challenge, and good luck to everyone competing!
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12-28-2013, 06:26 PM #1
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12-28-2013, 06:44 PM #2
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I forgot to add beginning pics...
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Hey Dennis, for starters thank you for your service to this great country! Us disabled vets need to stick together, and I know there will be about 5 others going in on this with us. It looks like to me you have a great foundation to use for training and a pretty solid looking stack to help enhance those efforts! I'll be looking forward to sharing our training tips and hopefully we can push each other along the way. Your story will inspire many others to try just that little extra that we all need to do. Over coming injuries is difficult and it's great you didn't let it stop you. I'm in!
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12-30-2013, 01:02 PM #11
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Thanks everyone I appreciate it. I am starting this challenge out with a couple injury (reinjuries I guess) but I am jazzed and ready for it! My IL stack is just the ones I selected just for this challenge as I use a few other IL products everyday that I will be using as well. I am one of those strong minded people you just cant quite beat down as I continue to stand up and keep going. My injuries right now are just a slow down for the progress I had been getting the past 6 months!
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01-01-2014, 07:51 PM #15
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hellz yeah... good to see you again...
Thanks... I know Im going to work through all of it... the neck is ALOT better today and did a really good chest workout today with no issues other than some soreness in my shoulders...lol all of that to follow here in a few..."Strength and Honor" words to live by!
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01-01-2014, 08:28 PM #16
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Day 1
Today being the day after a bit of partying and waking up early to take the wife to the airport had me a bit twisted from my normal planned routine....
Meals:
Morning- 4 eggs scrambled with some salsa for flavor
1130 meal- 1/4 pound turkey sandwich with mustard (guldens spicy)
Post workout- 2 scoops chocolate peanut butter Monster milk with 2 scoops IL Glutamine MTX
evening meal- 1 1/2 cup black eyed peas, 8 oz tilapia filet, 1/2 cup corn
Supplements:
Morning- 1 IL Men's Multi, 1000mg Vitamin C, 1 IL Cyclo Bolan, 1 IL Cyclo Clenz
Afternoon- 1 IL Men's Multi, 1000mg Vitamin C, 1 IL Cyclo Bolan, 1 IL Cyclo Clenz
Pre-Workout- 1 2.5mg Yohimbe, 2 scoops IL Juggernaut HP, 1 1/2 scoops ILCarnoCre
Post workout- 2 scoops Monster Milk, 2 scoops IL Glutamine MTX
Before bed- 1 scoop IL CycloRem, 1 Cyclo Bolan, 1 scoop Monster Milk
Workout:
Today was chest day and with the Back/neck Pain issues that have been bothering me the last week has subsided, but even though it has I made this a light weight day, just high reps.
warm up 10 minutes of standing curls, bench dips, and rotator cuff exercises
Smith machine flat bench 21's (7 narrow grip, 7 regular, 7 wide grip)
95x21
135x21
135x21
135x21
135x21
supersetted with front plate raises
35x15
35x15
35x15
35x15
Smith machine incline presses
95x15
135x12
135x12
135x12
135x12
supersetted with Barbell bent over rows
135x10
135x10
135x10
135x10
smith machine decline bench press
135x15
135x15
135x15
135x15
supersetted with flat bench DB flyes
35x10
35x10
35x10
35x10
DB pullovers
35x15
35x15
35x15
35x15
supersetted with Bench dips
BWx10
BWx20
BWx20
BWx20
Overall it was a really good workout, I got a great pump on it. Almost as good of a pump as on my heavy days! I will say that the mix of the Juggernaut and the Carno Cre was great! I like adding the Yohimbe an hour before my workout to help give me a better drive for my workouts. When the bottle of the Juggernaut says take 20 minutes before workout they weren't kidding! The Juggernaut rush kicked in almost exactly at 20 minutes and hit pretty hard. It was nice, it has been a while for a PWO to kick in like the Juggernaut HP did today! I took a nap about 4 hours prior to my workout since I didn't get much sleep last night due to having to take my wife to the airport. It was nice and helpful for a great workout.
A few pics from after the workout... no flexing...
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Awesome workout for day 1, wow! Sounds like your off to a great start. How many calories, did take in for the day?
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I took in around 1800 calories for the day, not used to calculating it all. I am just used to knowing/ regulating what and how much I eat for a goal. I have been in a caloric deficit for the past few months to lean out and burn off a bunch of stored fat I had accumulated. I am increasing my caloric load since I am trying to put on 10lbs of lean muscle.... lots of heavy workouts will be seen in here....
I have issues with both of my knees but it comes and goes, I found building up the strength in them slowly have helped out a lot. I only use knee wraps when I am doing the REALLY heavy lifts on squats and leg presses to keep them strong.
Great to see you in here Bill... its been awhile since I have been on the forum here!"Strength and Honor" words to live by!
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01-02-2014, 10:10 AM #23
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SO.... Yesterday I was tired both physically and emotionally from New Years eve and my wife leaving. I got my workout and meals logged in, but I didn't get to log everything like I wanted so here it is.
My Goal is to put on 10 pounds of lean muscle and be at 8-10% Body fat by the end of this competition. While the lean muscle level may not be met, right now the 8-10% is the target area overall and to keep there. The problem I find is the huge difference in measurements between my scale's BF meter and the calipers I have so to alleviate this I just average the two. I also have what I consider some weak areas and in my log I will be tracking the measurements just like on everyone's dashboard. This is a good way for me to see in numbers if the work I am putting in is getting results or if I need to change up things to get a better result. I only plan on doing the measurements once a week, most likely every Sunday. Since I took the measurements last night I may not do them again this Sunday since it will only be a few days worth of work...LOL
I have a 3 day on 2 day off split consisting on major groups for each workout day. Because of this some days are longer than others (IE Legs and Back) but every now and again I will throw out a day and do something different like my Olympic 5x5 workout just to keep my mind interested. This is my current rotation is chest, legs, back two days off then arms, legs, and shoulders.
As of 1 January my measurements are:
Height 72"
Weight 181 lbs
Body fat scale-18" caliper 11"
Arms 15.5"
Calves 12"
Chest 43"
Neck 18"
Forearms 12"
Waist 33.5"
Thighs 23.75"
Hips 39"
Shoulders 51"
I can see in a couple areas where the holidays have affected me... bloating especially.... LOLLast edited by thnakd1; 01-02-2014 at 05:40 PM.
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I definitely admire the creativity and appreciation to do a average between the two sizing methods you mentioned. Makes it easier for the mind set not to worry so much. Plus the fact you throw in something different during your weeks training..awesome concept to keep the body guessing! Looking forward to following you my friend!
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Thanks... the holidays and my wife's cooking hasn't helped me this last month... LOL
Thanks I learned a lot from Joe SWAT and a few others over the years.... keeping the body guessing is one key to growth..
Thank you ma'am.... now if I just start posting pics to my photobucket and videos to youtube... LOL"Strength and Honor" words to live by!
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DAY 2.... Leg Day
Today I am a bit tired since I didn't sleep all that well last night. I had gotten used to sleeping next to my wife and now she isn't here again...ugh I woke up before my two girls and enjoyed a quiet house until around 10 when they finally woke up...LOL So today is Leg Day... my light day of my two weekly leg days and it will be the first workout with my new leg press/ hack squat machine! I am pumped and excited to use it! The PWO Jugg/CarnoCre didn't hit me as hard today, but I was also on more of a fasted workout since I had only a small snack a couple hours before my workout so I was kinda dragging half way through. By the time I got to my stiff legged deadlifts I was toast.. I didn't even get the first set to the 15 reps like I wanted and knew it best just to call it quits where I was at. I had a good workout and decent pump... pushed myself like I haven't in a while and was nauseous for a while after so I took my post WO shake and ate a sandwich later than I normally would, but I wanted to ensure it stayed down! SO.. Here it is....
Meals:
Morning- 3 eggs scrambled with some salsa for flavor
Morning snack- 1/2 everything bagel with 1 TBSP cream cheese
PostWO meal- 1/4 pound turkey sandwich with mustard (guldens spicy)
Post workout- 2 scoops chocolate peanut butter Monster milk with 2 scoops IL Glutamine MTX
evening meal- 1 Super size Jersey Mikes turkey and provolone, light on the mayo
before bed- 2 scoop IL Glutamine, 2 scoops MMilk
Supplements:
Morning- 1 IL Men's Multi, 1000mg Vitamin C, 1 IL Cyclo Bolan, 1 IL Cyclo Clenz
Afternoon- 1 IL Men's Multi, 1000mg Vitamin C, 1 IL Cyclo Bolan, 1 IL Cyclo Clenz
Pre-Workout- 1 2.5mg Yohimbe, 2 scoops IL Juggernaut HP, 1 1/2 scoops ILCarnoCre
Post workout- 2 scoops Monster Milk, 2 scoops IL Glutamine MTX
Before bed- 1 scoop IL CycloRem, 1 Cyclo Bolan, 2 scoop Monster Milk- 2 scoops IL Glutamine MTX
Workout:
Today was my light leg day even though leg presses aren't exactly light... LOL kept everything lighter with higher reps
Leg Press Machine Calf raises (warm up)
290x20
290x20
290x20
290x20
Leg extension (warm ups)
90x15
90x15
90x15
90x15
Leg press
290x10
380x10
470x10
605x8
685x4
685x5
Hack squat
90x12
180x12
270x12
Smith machine back squat
135x10
135x15
135x15
135x15
super-setted with Smith machine BB calf raises(15 heels in 15 heels out)
135x30
135x30
135x30
135x30 (had to pause for a bit then crank out the last 5 of this one!)
Front Squats
135x10
135x10
135x8 (knee started bothering me so I stopped)
Leg extensions ( I call these the killer triples... 10 reps both legs, 10 right leg alone then 10 left leg alone)
90x30
90x30
90x30
90x30
Leg curls
45x15
50x15
55x15
60x15
stiff legged deadlift
135x8
ended this one early bc I was fried and could only barely do half the expected reps!
It was a good leg workout.. been ALONG time since I have done hack squat or leg presses! seems sad that I finished with what I used to start out at, but that's what a couple years of not doing them will do to you... a few more times and the weight will steadily go up... just need to find more weight is all...LOL
I definitely had the duck walk going after this workout and am making sure I use full potential of glutamine tonight. I will post a couple photos later once I load them to photobucket....LOL"Strength and Honor" words to live by!
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