Andy - Let zah Bulkin' Begin

[Bignbuff]

Nice work on the bulk!

[tagun]

Congrats Andy, hoping something similar for myself. Great, great gain! I'm sure you'll look amazingly buffed when you chisel those 9 pounds down.

Btw I hope you'll get hit in the head (no pun intended) and start you nutrition log with pictures again! :P I know you don't have the time... But still!

[CaliforniaKing]

Great Job Andy! Good luck on the cut. How good were your strength gains?

[nmsk80066]

nice work man, can't wait to see how the cut goes. we know you successfully can so i'm excited!

[ssnipazz]

Nice work on the bulk!

Thanks brotha!

Congrats Andy, hoping something similar for myself. Great, great gain! I'm sure you'll look amazingly buffed when you chisel those 9 pounds down.

Btw I hope you'll get hit in the head (no pun intended) and start you nutrition log with pictures again! :P I know you don't have the time... But still!

Hopefully I'll shed the fat very fast and efficiently! I really don't know if I'll start the nutrition log. I'm not going to lie and say its due to business, because that's just an excuse. It's more of a burden bringing my camera everywhere and that nutrition log is by far the most time consuming one to update (so I'm lazy to do it). Sorry

Great Job Andy! Good luck on the cut. How good were your strength gains?

GREAT strength gains! I'll list some that I could remember on the top of my head. In these 3 months, these are some of the PRs I've gotten. A lot of my OLD PRs were done on my cut, where I often performed 15-25 reps. It might look like a much larger gain than it actually was.

Deadlift:
OLD PR: 295x2.
NEW PR: 315x4

Squats:
OLD PR: 235x5 (Half squats, bad form)
NEW PR: 235x5 (ATG)

Bench Press:
OLD PR: 225x8 (Set #1), 275x1 (I really don't count this anymore... it was 3 years ago and I haven't tried maxing out ever since)
NEW PR: 235x5 (Set #5), 245x4 (Set #5)

Dumbbell Shoulder Press:
OLD PR: 60x7
NEW PR: 85x4

Dumbbell Bench Press:
OLD PR: 75x8
NEW PR: 100x5

Bent Over Barbell Rows:
OLD PR: 95x15
NEW PR: 175x6

Dumbbell Rows:
OLD PR: 50x20
NEW PR: 90x6

Cable Lateral Pulldowns, Wide Grip:
OLD PR: 115ish x20
NEW PR: 175x6

Seated Cable Rows, Close Grip:
OLD PR: 115ish x20
NEW PR: 175x6

Close Grip Bench Press:
OLD PR: N/A
NEW PR: 155x10

That's about all that is notable, I think.

nice work man, can't wait to see how the cut goes. we know you successfully can so i'm excited!

Thanks

Tomorrow is Day 1 of my cut. Wish me luck!

[tagun]

Woohoo, superb strength gains! Haha, when you diet that bit of fat down I just know you'll look like an animal. Props to you man and don't worry - you lose fat just by eating less; can't say only eating more works for building muscle.

I, too, can't wait to see you at the end of your cut; good luck!

Edit: and oh yeah, I totally get why you won't continue a nutrition log. And believe me, it's not because you're lazy, it's because you're a normal dude that has a life and doesn't want to spend half a day snapping photos of food and then pasting them on the interwebz... Props to having the will to keep it up as long as you did. All good things come to an end.

Although don't forget about us and make one of your constructive yet funny and entertaining review or whatever vids once every now and then.

[ssnipazz]

Day 89 (September 11, 2009)

-- Diet: --

Grand Total:
XX Calories
Carbs: XX
Protein: XX
Fat: XX

-- Friday Workout: --

(( Chest ))

Workout Sessions: 1
Workout Time(s): 5:17PM-6:10PM
Workout Duration(s): 53 minutes


First Session:

Seated Machine Chess Press:
135x10
135x10
135x10

Barbell Bench Press:
225x6
225x5
205x5

Incline Dumbbell Press:
70x6
80x6
90x6

Decline Dumbbell Flys:
40x7
40x8
40x6

Seated Cable Flys:
50x12
50x12
50x12

Session 1 End.

-- Notes / Thoughts: --

- Workout partner's workout plan. The jump from the warm-up set to 2 plates on Bench Press really curb stomped me. Incline Dumbbells were great.

[ssnipazz]

Day 89 (September 12, 2009)

OFF DAY

Tomorrow will be the start my cut!

-- Stats --
Weigh: 173.8 pounds
Height: 5'9"
BF: 14.8%

-- Diet --
2350 calories
250g carbs (42.6%)
200g protein (34.0%)
61g fat (23.4%)

-- Supplements --
- Creatine (3-5g daily)
- Fish Oil (at least 3 daily)
- Multivitamin (1 daily)
- AmphetaLean (20 pills left. Will use very sparingly.)
- Purple InTrain (~5 more servings left.)


I will begin my calorie count tomorrow again. Workout log detail will be back to normal.

[watermelon_2001]

Best of luck with the cut, looking forward to seeing the results. Any plans as to how long you intend to follow it; as in, have you set a goal date?

[ssnipazz]

Best of luck with the cut, looking forward to seeing the results. Any plans as to how long you intend to follow it; as in, have you set a goal date?

2 months at most.

Here's my lifelong cycle until I reach my goal (185 pounds @ 9% body fat)

Bulk: At least 3 months.
Cut: At most 2 months.

[ssnipazz]

I've cut for 30 days now, and I think I'm done cutting for now. Shed some extra unwanted fat away, lost 8 pounds this month, and I'm back to bulking!

Updated picture of me on my avatar.

[nmsk80066]

I've cut for 30 days now, and I think I'm done cutting for now. Shed some extra unwanted fat away, lost 8 pounds this month, and I'm back to bulking!

Updated picture of me on my avatar.

looking large man! good stuff, pretty darn lean too

you going to start uploading workouts and stuff again?

[ssnipazz]

looking large man! good stuff, pretty darn lean too

you going to start uploading workouts and stuff again?

Thanks mang!

I would love to, but I'll only do it when I have time since school has been keeping me busy. I also spent the rest of my money to get a new computer; rendering videos will be a LOT faster, and I'll hopefully make fancier / more appealing videos