Cupcakes & Deadlifts: An idiot's guide to strength and future aesthetics!

[jpfaherty]

Hmm..beer and cupcakes...Any particular cupcake flavor that goes well with beer?..

There's a bailys & Guiness cream cupcake I'm dying to make lol - Soon enough

Starting slow with the mich ultras though, this weekend I may have a REAL beer! haha

[SiSu247]

There's a bailys & Guiness cream cupcake I'm dying to make lol - Soon enough

Starting slow with the mich ultras though, this weekend I may have a REAL beer! haha

ive had that cupcake before....UNREAL!!!

[Slovation]

do u even cupcake?

[jpfaherty]

do u even cupcake?

All day son, all day

Where else are these 15's gonna come from?!

[Devils]

Food looks good mate.

[jpfaherty]

Food looks good mate.

Thanks brah! More epicness this weekend Macro bump coming soon too, so things should get better!

[Frankdaddy]

The show is in Jackson near Toms River and then I have a beach house at Seaside Heights until Wednesday. If im not enjoying seaside that well I may drive to Atlantic City as I have never been anywhere in Jersey before, so I am anxious to see it all

[deltpecx]

The show is in Jackson near Toms River and then I have a beach house at Seaside Heights until Wednesday. If im not enjoying seaside that well I may drive to Atlantic City as I have never been anywhere in Jersey before, so I am anxious to see it all

I've been to Jackson. There used to be a theme/amusement park there. It might still be there.
Seaside Heights...been there many times.

[wheathins]

I've been to Jackson. There used to be a theme/amusement park there. It might still be there.
Seaside Heights...been there many times.

that amusement park you speak of is the glorious Six Flags Great Adventure! http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/index.aspx

Also... yyeeeaaaaa buddy, in on this for sure!!!

[deltpecx]

that amusement park you speak of is the glorious Six Flags Great Adventure! http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/index.aspx

Also... yyeeeaaaaa buddy, in on this for sure!!!

Hey Wheats!

I didn't know if it was still open.

[Shazriki]

Holy cupcake secks.

[jpfaherty]

that amusement park you speak of is the glorious Six Flags Great Adventure! http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/index.aspx

Also... yyeeeaaaaa buddy, in on this for sure!!!

Yeah budddayyy! Glad to have you on board!

Holy cupcake secks.

Lol Yep You might want to wait till prep is over to check in

[chichinnn]

Holy hell dude..The food!! Congrats on your show! Time to kill it

[Shazriki]

Lol Yep You might want to wait till prep is over to check in

Nah dude I can hack it. I watch cooking shows to pass the time Munching on celery helps!

[securekey]

I am cutting on about 1600 calories a day... about 4-5 cupcakes? lol

Glad someone is enjoying food... I know I am not

[jpfaherty]

Nah dude I can hack it. I watch cooking shows to pass the time Munching on celery helps!

Dude I hear ya! I was watching man vs food everyday for the last month of my prep lol

I am cutting on about 1600 calories a day... about 4-5 cupcakes? lol

Glad someone is enjoying food... I know I am not

In good time my friend, in good time!

[jpfaherty]

Nutrition: 35/360/200 + Half Cup Cake

Weight:156.0

Sheiko 29:Week 2 Day 3

(1RPM%/reps/sets/weight)

BB Bench

50% 6 1 135
60% 6 2 155
65% 6 4 170

Lunges

5 x 5

DB Fly

10 x 5

Deadlift to knees

50% 3 1 185
60% 3 1 220
70% 3 2 255
75% 2 4 275

Rack Deads

55% 4 1 200
65% 4 1 235
75% 4 2 275
80% 4 4 295

Duration 1hr 20min

MISC

Had to push effin hard and fast this morning. In order to get my Sheiko workouts done in 1:15-1:25, which is all the time I have before work, I need to super set all accessory work. It's alright though, gettin ish done! 16 sets of deads at 5AM is hard work though! I feel so accomplished after every work out. Still in a great mind set, ready to kick ass and take names. I can not wait until my first PL Meet! I got my singlet in the mail last week, maybe I'll post a sexy pic for you guyz

[i_hate_my_job]

[QUOTEI can not wait until my first PL Meet! I got my singlet in the mail last week, maybe I'll post a sexy pic for you guyz [/QUOTE]

If said pic is posted while eating cupcakes im in


logs looking good bruh

[jpfaherty]

I can not wait until my first PL Meet! I got my singlet in the mail last week, maybe I'll post a sexy pic for you guyz

If said pic is posted while eating cupcakes im in


logs looking good bruh

I'll see what I can do, need more cupcakes, ran out last nite!

Thanks brah, get your log started!

[adamjohn32]

I can foresee not visiting this thread too much in a couple months when my calories get lower, you know with all this talk of cupcakes and food pron but seriously man, you're really setting yourself up for a great growf season.

[jpfaherty]

I can foresee not visiting this thread too much in a couple months when my calories get lower, you know with all this talk of cupcakes and food pron but seriously man, you're really setting yourself up for a great growf season.

Lol yeah, might be best to avoid this for awhile, it's only going to get better (for me)!

MISC

Macro bump to 45/400/200 with no nightly cupcake. I was at 35/350/200 with half a cup cake each night. All in all this is probably a 5g fat increase and a 20g carb increase. We'll see how the scale reacts over the next 10 days. As long as it doesn't go crazy my next macro jump will be to 55g fat. We shall see.

Also, I'd like some opinions on this. I just signed up for "Run Ruckus Race" which is basically like the Spartan Races or tough mudders for those of you who may be unaware. The race is in 6 weeks. As a result I need to do some running to train for this 4 mile obstacle course. My macros above are based on very minimal cardio...Do you think I should just watch the scale and adjust accordingly? Or should I up the macros even more for the next 6 weeks to counter act the cardio I'll be doing for training...THOUGHTS?

[Shazriki]

Lol yeah, might be best to avoid this for awhile, it's only going to get better (for me)!

MISC

Macro bump to 45/400/200 with no nightly cupcake. I was at 35/350/200 with half a cup cake each night. All in all this is probably a 5g fat increase and a 20g carb increase. We'll see how the scale reacts over the next 10 days. As long as it doesn't go crazy my next macro jump will be to 55g fat. We shall see.

Also, I'd like some opinions on this. I just signed up for "Run Ruckus Race" which is basically like the Spartan Races or tough mudders for those of you who may be unaware. The race is in 6 weeks. As a result I need to do some running to train for this 4 mile obstacle course. My macros above are based on very minimal cardio...Do you think I should just watch the scale and adjust accordingly? Or should I up the macros even more for the next 6 weeks to counter act the cardio I'll be doing for training...THOUGHTS?

I'd watch the scale man and adjust accordingly. My stance of weigh and eating is that you need to be reactive, not proactive. Even though you may well need to start upping cals to sustain both types of training, there's no reason to do anything prematurely

[wrkoutfrq]

Lol yeah, might be best to avoid this for awhile, it's only going to get better (for me)!

MISC

Macro bump to 45/400/200 with no nightly cupcake. I was at 35/350/200 with half a cup cake each night. All in all this is probably a 5g fat increase and a 20g carb increase. We'll see how the scale reacts over the next 10 days. As long as it doesn't go crazy my next macro jump will be to 55g fat. We shall see.

Also, I'd like some opinions on this. I just signed up for "Run Ruckus Race" which is basically like the Spartan Races or tough mudders for those of you who may be unaware. The race is in 6 weeks. As a result I need to do some running to train for this 4 mile obstacle course. My macros above are based on very minimal cardio...Do you think I should just watch the scale and adjust accordingly? Or should I up the macros even more for the next 6 weeks to counter act the cardio I'll be doing for training...THOUGHTS?

i would adjust accordingly based on the scale... the whole point of reverse dieting is to rehab your metabolic rate by creating a caloric surplus, so if you start doing more cardio, just eat enough to see the typical results that you would see without it. so for instance if you are adding a total of 150kcals a day for a week with one session of cardio and you gain .2 lbs, and then next week you add 2 days of running and drop .4lbs, add cals until you see that .2lb a week gain again. make sense? at least thats my 2c on it... on days i do extra activity i typically eat more to compensate (doesnt happen often though lol...)

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I'd watch the scale man and adjust accordingly. My stance of weigh and eating is that you need to be reactive, not proactive. Even though you may well need to start upping cals to sustain both types of training, there's no reason to do anything prematurely

pretty much this lol...

[jpfaherty]

I'd watch the scale man and adjust accordingly. My stance of weigh and eating is that you need to be reactive, not proactive. Even though you may well need to start upping cals to sustain both types of training, there's no reason to do anything prematurely

i would adjust accordingly based on the scale... the whole point of reverse dieting is to rehab your metabolic rate by creating a caloric surplus, so if you start doing more cardio, just eat enough to see the typical results that you would see without it. so for instance if you are adding a total of 150kcals a day for a week with one session of cardio and you gain .2 lbs, and then next week you add 2 days of running and drop .4lbs, add cals until you see that .2lb a week gain again. make sense? at least thats my 2c on it... on days i do extra activity i typically eat more to compensate (doesnt happen often though lol...)

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pretty much this lol...

Thanks guys

[jpfaherty]

Nutrition: 45/400/200 + 10cho pre workout supp

Weight:157.6

Sheiko 29:Week 2 Day 5

(1RPM%/reps/sets/weight)

BB Bench

50% 5 1 135
60% 4 2 155
70% 3 2 185
80% 2 2 210
75% 3 1 195
65% 5 1 170
55% 7 1 145

Standing Good Mornings

5 x 5

DB Fly

10 x 5

Squat

50% 5 1 160
60% 4 1 190
70% 3 2 220
80% 2 5 250

Squat

50% 5 1 160
60% 5 2 190
70% 4 4 225

Duration 1hr 15min

MISC

Tough one this morning. I strained my groin on my 11th set of squat. I had to really grind out the last 4 heavy sets, and I felt myself favoring the opposite side of the groin I strained. It may not have been smart but I wasn't quitting! I knew I had off until Sunday so I was going to push through. I will stretch, ice, heat and hopefully feel better on Sunday.

Yesterday was my first day on my new macros and I woke up today 1.6 pounds heavier. Hopefully it levels off some or at least slows down a little bit, but we'll see. Not making any changes yet.

I'll get some pics of some stuff up in here tonight, it's been too long!

Supplement: I'm currently taking "Madness" Pre-work out by bio-pulse nutrition. Ant, owner of Bio-Pulse was nice enough to send me a bottle to log and review. So far I'm liking it! I get really good pumps from it, and it's doing a pretty good job of waking me up in the AM! I'll be doing a full review in the supplement section if any of you are curious.

[mattjansen]

Glad your loving sheiko man, Ive never felt more accomplished than being able to check off set after set of the madness. Two things with your running I think that you supersetting your accessory work and being on a time limit on the overall workout is already increasing your work capacity which should help with your overall conditioning for running. I would watch and assess as far as your macros when you run, the most important thing is gym performance and running performance so if it starts to suffer than increase but see how you feel on your current macros first.

[jpfaherty]

Glad your loving sheiko man, Ive never felt more accomplished than being able to check off set after set of the madness. Two things with your running I think that you supersetting your accessory work and being on a time limit on the overall workout is already increasing your work capacity which should help with your overall conditioning for running. I would watch and assess as far as your macros when you run, the most important thing is gym performance and running performance so if it starts to suffer than increase but see how you feel on your current macros first.

So you agree that I should be reactive and not proactive with the macros in relation to cardio/macros?

Thanks for the good words my man!

[jpfaherty]

Typical Meals 7:00AM-6:00PM - Chicken Breast wrap, odwalla bar, Bananna, Apple, GY, Apple Jacks to put in GY

Typical Daily breakfasts


Cupcakes! - Jelly filled, and key lime!


Work out Shoes

[wrkoutfrq]

oh lawd, dem cupcakes... do want!

some bling chucks! what did you lift in before? when i switched from regular running shoes to wrestling shoes (way long ago) i noticed a HUGE difference. same going from those to Oly shoes/vibrams (depending on the lift im doing). much better grounded and solid base. i can even lift in running shoes anymore, which makes it a pain because my campus gym doesn't allow vibrams, and there's no point wearing my Oly shoes to work chest lol. i'll have to get a picture of the doors going into it, the whole thing is covered with crossout pics showing whats not allowed. not very inviting if ya ask me

[Crazyups]

Good LAWD!!!! Those cupcakes!!! Very nice