Psycho's 1st Ever Bulk

[psychodiver9]

Pretty solid day of eating Sunday

Banana chOc chip oatmeal pancakes and bacon
Sludge pwo
Tuna, quinoa, brocc for lunch
2 pieces leftover stuffed crust
2 chicken breast, rice, spinach for dinner
Apple with WF caramel dip ( first time. Amazing) and nuts

Good chest day. Went up on reps for db bench. 5x5 with 90 the heaviest they have. Only missed one rep. Pretty cool I can't go any heavier because they don't have bigger DBS

[peteyboy1015]

Pretty solid day of eating Sunday

Banana chOc chip oatmeal pancakes and bacon
Sludge pwo
Tuna, quinoa, brocc for lunch
2 pieces leftover stuffed crust
2 chicken breast, rice, spinach for dinner
Apple with WF caramel dip ( first time. Amazing) and nuts

Good chest day. Went up on reps for db bench. 5x5 with 90 the heaviest they have. Only missed one rep. Pretty cool I can't go any heavier because they don't have bigger DBS

Pretty nice with the dumbbells. I guess it's time to switch back to regular barbell bench now, lol.

[lovingit]

Nice job. Ugh this reminds me that I forgot to get bananas at the grocery store.

[psychodiver9]

Pretty nice with the dumbbells. I guess it's time to switch back to regular barbell bench now, lol.

Yeah man typical I do db bench and reg incline and switch every 6 weeks or so. But guess I can't now. Same boat with db rows. I can get 5x5 with 90 so gotta figure something put there

Bananas are def a stable. Banana ice cream, Sammys, pancakes. Yum

[peteyboy1015]

Yeah man typical I do db bench and reg incline and switch every 6 weeks or so. But guess I can't now. Same boat with db rows. I can get 5x5 with 90 so gotta figure something put there

Bananas are def a stable. Banana ice cream, Sammys, pancakes. Yum

Bananas are my favorite fruit. Any dessert with banana, IMO, is instantly amazing.

[psychodiver9]

Ok day today. Started out rough. Running around trying to get organized on Monday for a 530 lift. Did back and was a good lift. Got all my reps for rdl and increased reps in a couple others

Diet
WW English muffin and crs pb
Pwo shake
Snacks of Pb, nutella, Hannah Sammy, plum, apple, pro bar
Lunch was chicken, broccoli and quinoa leftovers
Dinner was chicken thighs, asparagus, rice
Mint choc chop IC and last of pizza in evening

Was gonna do some night time cardio but stomach is upset so decided to skip it. Gonna run tomorrow am

[psychodiver9]

So far today I've had
Banan and dark choc almond butter
Blueberry oat pancakes and bacon
Plum, popcorn, clif bar, cherries
Apple, almonds, turkey sand
Dinner is tilapia, asparagus, spinach, and quinoa
Sludge and ice cream after

My stomach is still getting used to this new eating. Ready for weigh in

[lovingit]

Man, I was going to make some protein pancakes today but I got lazy. My food today is lame. I want to get on the treadmill but I think I'm well under cals and don't want to eat a ton tonight (not hungry).

How do you make your sludge?

[psychodiver9]

Man, I was going to make some protein pancakes today but I got lazy. My food today is lame. I want to get on the treadmill but I think I'm well under cals and don't want to eat a ton tonight (not hungry).

How do you make your sludge?

I make t differently each time. Tonight is cheesecake jello, vanilla yogurt, banan myofusion, and cereal mix in.

I love pro pancakes.

I ran this am. No lifting tonight. Want to walk or jump rope later. See how my stomach feels

[lovingit]

I make t differently each time. Tonight is cheesecake jello, vanilla yogurt, banan myofusion, and cereal mix in.

I love pro pancakes.

I ran this am. No lifting tonight. Want to walk or jump rope later. See how my stomach feels

Have you ever done burpees? Those are fun to play around with. They are really hard for me because push ups are still challenging for me, but still they are fun.

[psychodiver9]

Have you ever done burpees? Those are fun to play around with. They are really hard for me because push ups are still challenging for me, but still they are fun.

Yeah. They are fun. My brother and I would do them as part of circuits we'd do

[psychodiver9]

Did shoulders today. Really feel like a beast with those 5ers on internal/external rotation
Then did shoulder flies
Front/side raise
Upright row
Single arm shoulder press
Barbell shrugs

Diet was and English muffin and crs with a bowl of Reeses puffs
Pwo shake
Snacks of plum, popcorn, pro bar, cherries
Lunch was apple roast beef Sammy and almonds
Dinner is chicken stir fry with onion and green pepper over rice
Ice cream and sludge to come

[psychodiver9]

Pretty good run last night. Pushed my distance a bit.
Walked the dogs this morning for about 35 minutes. No lifting today was gonna run by ny knee is bothering me and feel general tiredness so I am going to listen toy body an rest tonight. Hard for me to do.

Bacon and eggs for breakfast. Pugtastic!

[psychodiver9]

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This closed my day of eating. Hopefully I posted it correctly. First time trying to get a pic on my iPod. After break had yogurt with whey and blueberries
Same lunch as yesterday
Plum and pro bar
Chicken, broccoli, quinoa
Protein ice cream milk shake.

Daily totals
3243. 145- fat 201- pro can't recall carbs. 2something

[psychodiver9]

Had a banana and dark choc almondbutter then ran 2.5 miles. Came home had oatmeal blueberry pancakes and bacon. Snacks were apple, almonds, pro bar, and plum. Lunch consisted of chicken breast broccoli and quinoa.

Did arms today which is a boring day for me

Dinner is a feta bacon burger with spinach salad then pb co brownies. Nom

[psychodiver9]

Ok well I am clearly not bulking yet. I am down 0.6 lbs. Here is my progress since I started dieting

8/1 194.6 ate around 2900-3000 this week
8/7 193.4 ate3200-3300
8/14 194.6 continuted around 3200-3300
today 193.8.

i am thinking i should increase cals now to about 3500-3600 what do you guys think? it seems 3200is is my maintenance. which means for a time iw as at 1000 cal deficit. i have definitley learned alot from this bulk/cal increase so far

[peteyboy1015]

Ok well I am clearly not bulking yet. I am down 0.6 lbs. Here is my progress since I started dieting

8/1 194.6 ate around 2900-3000 this week
8/7 193.4 ate3200-3300
8/14 194.6 continuted around 3200-3300
today 193.8.

i am thinking i should increase cals now to about 3500-3600 what do you guys think? it seems 3200is is my maintenance. which means for a time iw as at 1000 cal deficit. i have definitley learned alot from this bulk/cal increase so far

I would take a look at your past macros, and calculate calories from there, since calories on boxes aren't exactly the most accurate depiction of overall caloric intake.

[psychodiver9]

I would take a look at your past macros, and calculate calories from there, since calories on boxes aren't exactly the most accurate depiction of overall caloric intake.

I'm not really sure what you are saying? Recalculate my past macros? For what point?

[lovingit]

I would increase calories by 200-300 personally.

[psychodiver9]

I would increase calories by 200-300 personally.

Thanks. That's what I'm going to do start at 3500-3600 today and see where it takes me. More food is profit!

[peteyboy1015]

I'm not really sure what you are saying? Recalculate my past macros? For what point?

No. I meant something like this.

Kashi GoLean:
Box calories: 140
Protein: 13 g
Carbs: 30 g
Fat: 1 g

Macro calories: 181

Notice how calculating calories using the macros yields a 40 calorie difference? I'm saying instead of going by what the box states, calculate your calories using macros. Therefore, I am suggesting for you to look at your past macros, calculate calories from there, and then compare to the box value of calories you were using before...you might be under/overestimating your calories you will come to find, as I did as well.

Now, I use macro calorie calculations as I find them to be far more accurate.

[psychodiver9]

Thanks for the idea but that is way more obsessive than I want to be with it. I'll just increase cals and adjust that way

[peteyboy1015]

Thanks for the idea but that is way more obsessive than I want to be with it. I'll just increase cals and adjust that way

Alright.

I also agree with lovingit's advice for bulking BTW.

[psychodiver9]

Had 5 eggs(with yolks!) and 4 slices of bacon with black coffee for breakfast.

Did legs today. Lower squat weight by 20lbs after getting to failure last week. I got all my reps but still feel I have room to go lower so may drop weight again next week. Sucks going lower weight on a bulk but really working on form and getting to parallel. Shouldn't I get a break for being 6'2?

Squats- bwx12 45 barx10. 135x8 225 x 6 295 5x5
Leg curl 130 3x10
Stand calf 260 3x12
Walking lunges 45s 3x8
Glute press 110 3x10 (yeah it's Girly but I have no ass and want one)
Goblet squats 90 4x12

Had sludge with Pb, Banana myofusion and almond milk pwo

[2canman]

in. GL man!

[psychodiver9]

in. GL man!

Thanks. Finished up yesterday with pretty boring food till dessert.

Lunch was tuna steak covered in a mixture of The Heat is on and soy sauce and broccoli
Snack of almonds and a plum
Dinner was chicken thighs, quinoa, spinach
Dessert was pbco brownies microwaved ad covered in hagan daz vanilla ice cream.

I'm about to make oatmeal banan chocholare chip pancakes with bacon for breakfast. I'll try to post a pic but I suck at it

[peteyboy1015]

Had 5 eggs(with yolks!) and 4 slices of bacon with black coffee for breakfast.

Did legs today. Lower squat weight by 20lbs after getting to failure last week. I got all my reps but still feel I have room to go lower so may drop weight again next week. Sucks going lower weight on a bulk but really working on form and getting to parallel. Shouldn't I get a break for being 6'2?

Squats- bwx12 45 barx10. 135x8 225 x 6 295 5x5
Leg curl 130 3x10
Stand calf 260 3x12
Walking lunges 45s 3x8
Glute press 110 3x10 (yeah it's Girly but I have no ass and want one)
Goblet squats 90 4x12

Had sludge with Pb, Banana myofusion and almond milk pwo

Glad to see another person tame their ego, drop weights, and really focus on form. I used to do really heavy squats, but never truly hit parallel. I've gone down severely in weight to make sure all my squats are ATG.

[psychodiver9]

Glad to see another person tame their ego, drop weights, and really focus on form. I used to do really heavy squats, but never truly hit parallel. I've gone down severely in weight to make sure all my squats are ATG.

Thanks. Though I don't see the point in going past parallel.

No pics of breakfast. Disnt turn put great. Too much banana I think. They didn't stay together.

Totals from yesterday 3571 211/209/238

[psychodiver9]

Yesterdays totals were 3602 159/405/180

Nothing worth reporting food wise

Did chest


Incline hammer press 60 3x8
Db fly 50 3x10
Db bench 90 5x5
High cable cross 70 3x10
Incline barbell 185 5x5
Low cable cross 70 3x10

This am did resistance cardio (walked dogs) and had blueberry oatmeal pancakes with bacon

Plan to run tonight weather permitting. Legs are a bit sore from saturday so may do short run tonight and stretch it tomorrow.

I have a 15 oz strip for dinner tonight that pug would be proud of!

[peteyboy1015]

Thanks. Though I don't see the point in going past parallel.

No pics of breakfast. Disnt turn put great. Too much banana I think. They didn't stay together.

Totals from yesterday 3571 211/209/238

ATG squats allow for more flexibility in the knees, from what I've read. Other than that, it's a pretty good ego booster too .