"I am an athlete not a bodybuilder." - MrCarl's log

[Anthonyxavcx]

Muesli looks so good dude, is it basically like super-granola from Greece? That's what it looks like hah

[psychodiver9]

Nice workout. Tons of PRs. What practice were you at?

[MrCarl.]

Muesli looks so good dude, is it basically like super-granola from Greece? That's what it looks like hah

Yes, something similar and covered with chocolate.

Nice workout. Tons of PRs. What practice were you at?

Thanks, inclne DB press felt really really good and strong. I am physiotherapy student and doing my 2-week practice at a local rehab center.

[ErikTheElectric]

Eats are incredible up in here!

Subbed sir! Keep up the solid work!

[MrCarl.]

Eats are incredible up in here!

Subbed sir! Keep up the solid work!

Cheers mate!

[MrCarl.]

Weights are magical



WO song of the day


05.06.2012
Weight: 166.1lbs

I am sore as hell right now. Did Wenndler with BW assistance for past 2 months, but nothing can substitute the DOMS from heavy weights

WEEK 1
Squat A

Squat
Warm up, 5x181, 5x204, 7x231 (rep PR with given weight)

SLDL (put emphasise on for as I have been having back problems lately: Illiolumbar syndrome) They say that physios are most injured ones themselves...
12x110, 12x 131, 10x154, 8x176

One legged squat w dumbbells
3x10x22 w dumbbells

Leg extensions (felt reeally good, concentrated on contraction and slow movement)
2x15x77, 12x88

Cable crunch aka Cable "god" 4x15-8
15x176, 15x192, 2x12x220


I might bump my avg calories of the week to 3300kcal as I stopped gaining weight atm but we'll see. 3300kcal at most. I just love food too much

Macros: 3325kcal, F 93g, CHO 476g, P 156g



Ground beef pasta with paprika,onion, garlic and tomatoes



Strawberry quark with muesli, banana and STRAWBERRIES

[ErikTheElectric]

Okay, a Bring me the Horizon fan..

You already had mad props from me with your food p0rn, but you just went up a few notches in my book with your music choice. :P

BTW: Where do you live bro?

[TinyMuscolo]

How is the new cal split working for you? I mean, jumping from cutting to hitting 3k cals can be mindphucking. Any weight gain/loss, change in appearance, whatever?

[MrCarl.]

Okay, a Bring me the Horizon fan..

You already had mad props from me with your food p0rn, but you just went up a few notches in my book with your music choice. :P

BTW: Where do you live bro?

I don't call myself a fan, but used to listen BMTH alot in the past and still listen when I work out. Pumps me up. Hehe, thanks and trying to keep up with the foodporn
I live in Europe, Estonia.

How is the new cal split working for you? I mean, jumping from cutting to hitting 3k cals can be mindphucking. Any weight gain/loss, change in appearance, whatever?

Building my cals up slowly. Ended my PSMF @162lbs and today was 168lbs. Not so defined as I was after carb up, but I didn't gain any fat. It is water in my muscles and additional food in my system. In march I was successfully cutting @3200kcal as I was really active. Trying to stabilze my weight @ 167lbsish this month and then start gaining.

[MrCarl.]

I want my 5.5 - pack abs back!

but do not want to lose the regained upper body thickness...



This song describes what should I do about it


06.06.2012
Weight: 167.6lbs (this is the maximum weight I will allow during the reverse dieting this month)

Aaaah kill me now! My body is sore all over, but I am loving it. Tomorrow is going to be DL and OHP combined beacause I might not have time to hit the gym later this week.

Trying to land my cals into 3250kcalish range this week.

Macros: 2645kcal, F 120g, CHO 204g, P 157g



My infamous tuna pizza



Garlic omelette with sour cream and dill (couldn't fit bacon into my macros )

Discoverd bunch of strawberries in my freezer from last year. Might do a strawberry cheesecake or a cottage cheese/ice cream smootie tomorrow.

[MrCarl.]

Sore all over!



Todays deadlift song. Pantera is the bomb.


06.06.2012
Weight: 168.2lbs (still gaining)

WEEK 1
DL/OHP A

OHP

WU, 5x83, 5x94, 5x110 (easy, but I forgot that last set is all out MAX set, lol)

DL

WU, 5x204, 5x231, 8x264 PR! (might have managed to do 9 but in expense of form)

DB shoulder press

12x52, 6x 57, 8x52

DB sitting "power cleans"

2x10x19

Chin-ups (will do 9-10 reps next time in one set!)

6x, 8x, 7x BW

DB kickbacks (another great movement)

2x15x13


I just can't think of a muscle that is not sore right now. I might be doing too much accessory work (reduced little bit as I was so tired halfway)... Ill give my routine time as I am not eating @ maintainance yet. One option that I liked was accessory work for WS4SB template. http://www.defrancostraining.com/art...rds-part3.html

Trying to land my cals into 3250kcalish range this week. This means that I can eat 2900kcal tomorrow and my first week of reverse dieting will be over. And baked a huge strawberry condensated milk cheesecake with chocolate cookie crust today Badboy is in the fridge right now.

Macros: 3416kcal, F 89g, CHO 500g, P 175g



BRO special: Persllade chicken, rice and veggies

[ErikTheElectric]

Solid numbers again man! "walk" is such a good song to lift too, try checking out cowboys from hell or "floods".. amazing stuff.

Are you a big panterA fan?

[psychodiver9]

Nice job on the deads. Way better tricep exercises than kickbacks imo

[JasonDB]

Nice job on the deads. Way better tricep exercises than kickbacks imo

^^^ This. If you are shooting for size cgbp and weighted dips can handle most of your development... if you want to start doing isos (use typical powerlifting accessories for power) for aesthetic purposes put focus on the long head. Decline skullcrushers are a good go too choice... any behind the head movement (or even incline skulls) can also get the job done.

[TinyMuscolo]

Good stuff bro, awesome eats! That omelette looks really well made. The texture is inspring, did u do something special to get it?

[MrCarl.]

Solid numbers again man! "walk" is such a good song to lift too, try checking out cowboys from hell or "floods".. amazing stuff.

Are you a big panterA fan?

Yeah, Pantera is just epic. Have listened to Pantera for years. Cemetary gates is also such a good song.

Nice job on the deads. Way better tricep exercises than kickbacks imo

^^^ This. If you are shooting for size cgbp and weighted dips can handle most of your development... if you want to start doing isos (use typical powerlifting accessories for power) for aesthetic purposes put focus on the long head. Decline skullcrushers are a good go too choice... any behind the head movement (or even incline skulls) can also get the job done.

Agreed, but wanted to fit in one iso for 2x15 and I feel that kickbacks will do the trick for me. Otherwise cgbp and weighted dips ftw

Good stuff bro, awesome eats! That omelette looks really well made. The texture is inspring, did u do something special to get it?

Thank you, sir! Nothing special: chopped garlic, 2 tiny chopped champignons and 4 beaten eggs. My all time favourite omelette is: chopped champignons, red onion and bacon topped with cheese Big omelette fan here.

[MrCarl.]

Jababababa



This song was just banging in my head for the whole day.
As you can see, my music choice is quite diverse.


08.06.2012
Weight: 168.3lbs

No gym workout, but I was working at a food festival representing one nice product and my jaw hurts from talking so much all day long. Will start working for them next month. Little income is always welcome
In the evening had soccer practice. I have been neglecting cardio for too long. I have to remind you that I play sports in the winter (floorball) and soccer in the summer. Frist minutes into training were hard. As is write this post I am drinking my morning coffee before going to our 3rd league game. First time I am playing my desired position as attacking midfielder (not sure how many soccer fans in my log )

Calories for the week landed in 3250kcal region and satisfied with it. Increasing it to 3350kcals next week.

Macros: 2933kcal, F 88g, CHO 374g, P 167g

And Here, I represent you.......



Condensated milk strawberry cheesecake
3376kcal, 128g F, 360g CHO, 184g P

Texture was perfect, but taste wasn't something spectacular (really good though)

[JasonDB]

184g brotein cheesecake? Is this real life????? So much want....

[TinyMuscolo]

I think Im unna come here more often, just to see how to "spend" my free cals LOL

[MrCarl.]

184g brotein cheesecake? Is this real life????? So much want....

Thanks! Jason, this is real life. My "record" cheesecake was something like 245g P per cake and no powders used. This is actually cottage cheese cake but with identical texture as cheesecake (experimented subtituting cc w full fat cream cheese) Macros for this cottage cheese per 100g: 81kcal, 1.5g F, 2g CHO, 15g P (and the texture is not dry at all as this cottage cheese is mixed with unflavoured yogurt.

I think Im unna come here more often, just to see how to "spend" my free cals LOL

Hehe, you are more than welcome to visit more often. I hope I wont dissapoint you.

[TinyMuscolo]

Hehe, you are more than welcome to visit more often. I hope I wont dissapoint you.

Be my guest on my log at anytime! You'll find something interesting, food porn wise!

[MrCarl.]

Had a nice soccer game and we won 8-0. Gave an assist also. Not counting anything today, but hitting P macro goal. Going to good buddies bday house party. Good times

[MrCarl.]

Insane bloat is insane



Classics!

Too much drinking and too much eating this weekend. Easly chuckled down 6k kcals one day. Still feeling weak and bloated. Though cake was damn good. I am getting little bit concerned as I got lean too early because the weather is ****ty and I haven't been able to hit the beach. 29th of june I will be going to a uni students summer sports camp where I want to look sharp. Might do a 5-day PSMF to get rid of some unwanted water weight and clear things out.

As I mentioned before WO was really really bad and it seems that I lost lots of bench strength (I hope this was due to my "bad" weekend and skipping bench WO on my last cycles deload week)

BACK TO DESTRUCTION MODE TOMORROW!

11.06.2012
Weight: Didn't want to stress myself?!

WEEK 2
Bench B

Barbell bench press
Warm up, 3x127, 3x143, 6x165 (utter crap)

Incline dumbell bench press (didn't go all out and concentrated on form)
15x55, 12x60, 8x60

DB flyies
2x15x17

Chin-ups
8x, 8x, 6x, 5x, 5x

Dips
15x, 2x12x + BW

Nothing interesting foodwise (tempted to eat lower cals than planned this week to even out the weekend overeating....) But ate the ammount I planned. Going to bake an awsome cheesecake tomorrow

Macros: 3718kcal, 117g F, 493g CHO, 181g P

[ErikTheElectric]

Nothing interesting foodwise (tempted to eat lower cals than planned this week to even out the weekend overeating....) But ate the ammount I planned. Going to bake an awsome cheesecake tomorrow

Macros: 3718kcal, 117g F, 493g CHO, 181g P

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I know dat feel about the bloating bruh.

Can't wait too see how that cheesecake turns out!

[psychodiver9]

My advice is commmit to the bulk and don't try to do Mini cycles like that

[TinyMuscolo]

Might do a 5-day PSMF to get rid of some unwanted water weight and clear things out.

5 days of PSMF seem too much to me, aesthetically speaking. At least, more than 3 days straight left me looking like crap many times. Playing with electrolytes, alcohol and 1-2 days of PSMF, all these COMBINED, can do wonders though

[MrCarl.]

I know dat feel about the bloating bruh.

Can't wait too see how that cheesecake turns out!

I will not dissapoint you!

My advice is commmit to the bulk and don't try to do Mini cycles like that

Thanks, former fat boy syndrome kicked in

5 days of PSMF seem too much to me, aesthetically speaking. At least, more than 3 days straight left me looking like crap many times. Playing with electrolytes, alcohol and 1-2 days of PSMF, all these COMBINED, can do wonders though

Instead of PSMF I might do 3 days quite low carb and then refeed high carbs before going to the camp. Feling good already and the bloat is gone

[MrCarl.]

Prepare yourself for 5175kcal cheesecake with 260g protein!

[ErikTheElectric]

[MrCarl.]

On a spread but this gif made me lol hard. That's me sitiing in front of the oven right now Will give finishing touch to my cake tomorrow...