Bowser's Progress Log - No Better Time Than Now - Start 2014
Greetings All,
To help hold myself accountable, I am starting this thread, which I intend to update a few times a week.
I am starting my cut today, with the goal of getting back down to 230 lbs.
I have a buddy starting with me. He's new to bodybuilding.com, so please welcome: bball50center
[url]http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/bball50center/[/url]
Bball50center and I have our food/calorie journals created on Google Docs and shared with each other.
My super brief history: I weighed between 190 and 200 lbs. out of High School. I lost weight my freshman year by playing basketball every day. Then, I broke my ankle. I started gaining a lot of weight throughout the rest of college, starting sophomore year. I began lifting, but with a very uneducated routine. After college, I started reading bodybuilding.com and followed a more educated routine. I have been lifting religiously for two years. However, I have not been monitoring my diet AT ALL for the past year. Since moving into a new house last year, I have gained 21 pounds. A little bit of muscle, but mainly fat. It is time for a structured cutting phase. My last known weigh-in was at 257 lbs. (Sometime towards the end of Summer 2012 I believe)
My workout splits for the past six months have been:
Day 1: Chest & Biceps
Day 2: Back & Triceps
Day 3: Legs
Day 4: Shoulders & Traps
Rest
Rest
Repeat
(Very little cardio. Usually about ten minutes once or twice a week)
I'm long overdue to mix things up. This week, we began our new splits:
Day 1: Biceps, Triceps, & Traps
Day 2: Chest & Back
Day 3: Cardio (At least one hour, working up to two hours)
Day 4: Shoulders (Delts) & Legs
Rest
Rest
Repeat
**20 minutes of cardio after all three lifting days
I have Beginning Progress Photos that I may upload this weekend. (I will eventually) Today, we are taking a Bod Pod test over our lunch break to determine our starting Body Fat Percentage. My diet will primarily be "Lean & Green." We are both counting calories.
I'll let bball50center chime in with his own updates/story.
Starting Weigh-Ins from this morning:
Bowser - 278.8 lbs.
Bball50center - 415.0 lbs.
01/16/2014
Cheers!