Clearly Anandagirl Needs More Muscle... Tech! A Muscletech Clear Muscle 12 Week Log

[anandagirl]

I'm so punny!



Wheeeee, here we go! But the beasts are obviously less thrilled than I am.

Ok, everyone else's logs started off better than mine, so I guess I need to up the ante

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OBVIOUSLY, super exciting. Thank you Marshall28 as well as my favorite MuscleTech reps, FBS, KoweanGuy, and Yoojungl, for the opportunity.

So, about me. I have lifted off and on for many years, but have been training like a powerlifter with Big Wade for the last 18 months. I had some crap last fall and this winter - vertigo, work stress, sprained ankle, de quervain's and hip impingement so it's been one thing after another affecting my training. All of that also caused a bit of weight gain so I'm working on that as well. I'm stoked to try Clear Muscle to help maintain the muscle mass I have currently while I'm trying to lose some fat, and if I could actually build strength/recomp I would be THRILLED. I can't wait until I'm back in PR territory on my lifts, so I'll be evaluating how my strength progresses over the course of 12 weeks while following my normal program.

I'll be posting my workouts for sure. Not sure how much detail I will post about my food, but certainly will update here and there.

As far as baseline goes, here's my PR's in the big 3:

Bench - 123# on 11/13/17
Squat - 200# on 8/15/17
Deadlift - 280# on 10/30/17

Let's do this thing

[Bigdumogre]

First
And I see you are team ogre

[anandagirl]

First
And I see you are team ogre

Oh yeah, loud and proud! Although, poor Wade's head having to deal with me.... Since I don't follow your log, I'm guessing you are a different kind of Ogre?

[anandagirl]

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Supplements:
8:30 am - Dymatize ISO 100 Cinnamon Bun in coffee, 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
4:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
10:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine

Deadlift Day, 4:30 pm

Warm Up: Banded lateral walks, banded goblet squats, foam rolling my glutes

Conventional Deadlifts
PR: 280 10/30/17
135x1
10x180x1

Front Squat
PR's:
166x1 8/18/17
146x3 8/25/17

Paused:
130x1 7/27/17
125x3 8/11/17

45x5
65x3
3x85x3 (set 2 not recorded)



SLDL
3x105x8

Overall a pretty solid (easy) day.

Word to the wise. Do not ever withhold anything from your coach because he sees all...

[crpav]

In to follow! I will say I am impressed on your lifts in your video and the weight you lift.

[anandagirl]

In to follow! I will say I am impressed on your lifts in your video and the weight you lift.

Thanks! I'm a big girl so I'm decent at best.

[anandagirl]

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Rest Day

Supplements:
8:30 am - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
3:30 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
10:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine

Slept in, worked all day, took the dogs for a short walk and then went to a movie. It was called Damsel and it was hilarious.

[anandagirl]

May 24, 2018

Supplements:
6:00 am - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
8:30 am - 1 Scoop MyProtein Impact Whey in Smooth Chocolate
3:30 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
10:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine

Bench Day
PR's:
123x1 11/13/17
110x6 10/9/17

Paused Bench
115x3 12/4/17
123x1 11/13/17

Warmup: Arm circles and foam rolling my upper back and lats

Bench Press
45x8
55x5
65x3
75x1

Paused Bench
85x3
95x3
105x3 lost tightness on rep 1, but think I got it mostly back on 2 and 3

Close Grip Bench Press
3x85x8

Dumbbell Bench Press
3x25's x12



Barbell Shrugs
2x95x12

Out of time.... I can't even say I'm filling in accessories later because I leave work to go straight to a movie (Pick of the Litter.... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5644050/ AWWWWWW) and then almost immediately after that I have Stitch n Bitch. I swear, how does my schedule get so packed?

[koweanguy]

Doggo for the win~~

[koweanguy]

Great control on the bench but where's the grunting before the lifts??
Kudos on the vids btw~

[anandagirl]

Doggo for the win~~

Great control on the bench but where's the grunting before the lifts??
Kudos on the vids btw~

Uh oh, do I lose points for no grunting? Or does it prove that I'm not working hard enough? LOL

[yoojungl]

I'm late to the party D:

Your front squats are strong!!!!

Have you ever tried Sumo DL's before? Do you prefer conventional or sumo? I'm playing around with both to see which one I like better~

[Marshall28]

Can't believe I missed this one. Off to a great start!

[anandagirl]

I'm late to the party D:

Your front squats are strong!!!!

Have you ever tried Sumo DL's before? Do you prefer conventional or sumo? I'm playing around with both to see which one I like better~

Better late than never! I have never done sumo deads, so I have no idea which I like better. I figure my conventional form is hit or miss usually, so why add something else? I try to just listen to my coach. I guarantee he's not reading, but that's a shame because I'm sure he thinks I aggravate him on purpose

Thanks! Working weight right now is sooo looow though, and still feels hard. Well, I guess if I'm being honest, 6/10. But I'm lazy so that's hard for me LOL

Can't believe I missed this one. Off to a great start!

[anandagirl]

Oh and BTW I would recommend Pick of the Litter 11/10. I cried like 50 times but it's so awesome what these people and dogs do. It makes me want to be a puppy raiser for them. 11/10 broken hearts but 20/10 good feelz.

https://www.guidedogs.com/pickofthelitter

[FormulaLT1poweR]

Awesome start Anandagirl!

Videos too?! This is going to be THE log?!?

[anandagirl]

Awesome start Anandagirl!

Videos too?! This is going to be THE log?!?

[anandagirl]

Friday, May 25, 2018

Supplements:
8:30 am - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
12:30 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
10:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine

Squat Day
PR: 200x1 8/15/17

Squats
45x5 Wideish
45x8 closeish
45x5
65x5
95x3
115x1
6x140x2



Paused Squats
2x95x3

Wide Stance Squat
2x65x10

Stiff Legged Deadlifts
3x115x6

Bodyweight Calf Raise
3x15 each leg

Today was freaking weird. My little gym is always so quiet, I do a ton of workouts there when it's just me by myself. Today I'm in the middle of my 65# warm up set and the door opens, and like 20+ kids shuffle in. I say kids but high school, maybe college aged with coaches. It was a MADHOUSE! So I worked on my focus

[anandagirl]

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Rest Day, very short dog walk and a standing day at work.

Supplements:
7:30 am - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
3:30 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
11:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine

[lowroller21212]

Good stuff in here!

[FormulaLT1poweR]

Today was freaking weird. My little gym is always so quiet, I do a ton of workouts there when it's just me by myself. Today I'm in the middle of my 65# warm up set and the door opens, and like 20+ kids shuffle in. I say kids but high school, maybe college aged with coaches. It was a MADHOUSE! So I worked on my focus

I go to an Anytime Fitness, love going to the smaller gyms that don't have a ton of people.

For the longest time I was going around 7pm during the weekdays, thinking after work would be too crowded etc. About a month and a half ago I was going to be busy the rest of the evening, so I stopped after work for a quick workout...it was dead! I get there about 4:45pm and its amazing! The cardio equipment is usually pretty full, but the weights area isn't bad at all. Since going after work I haven't missed a day!

[anandagirl]

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Supplements:
7:30 am - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
2:30 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
11:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Sour Apple Glutamine

Upper #2 Day
PR's:
123x1 11/13/17
110x6 10/9/17

Paused Bench
115x3 12/4/17
123x1 11/13/17

Close Grip Bench Press
45x8
65x5
75x3
2x100x6
3x90x8

Wide Grip Bench
2x95x3

Dumbbell Bench Press
3x30's x12



Barbell Shrugs
2x105x12

Barbell Rows
80x10
2x75x12

Hammer Curls
3x20's x12

Rear Delt Raise
2x20's x12

So, got hit up last night by a supplement company called "TC Nutrition" - they want me to be one of their athletes. I'm sure it's a scam, did a little research so I know what the scam is (or at least what others have been offered), but I want to hear it from them. Especially since their message to me was "There isn't any catch" and "This isn't spam or anything like that, I swear!" At least the person messaging me seems to be an actual person who can communicate clearly unline the Dreaming Elegance and Bfirst Sixers (Ready Player One reference ). I am playing with her somewhat though, I've asked her twice how many grams of L-leucine is in a serving of their whey. We shall see LOL

[anandagirl]

Good stuff in here!

Hi LR!!!

I go to an Anytime Fitness, love going to the smaller gyms that don't have a ton of people.

For the longest time I was going around 7pm during the weekdays, thinking after work would be too crowded etc. About a month and a half ago I was going to be busy the rest of the evening, so I stopped after work for a quick workout...it was dead! I get there about 4:45pm and its amazing! The cardio equipment is usually pretty full, but the weights area isn't bad at all. Since going after work I haven't missed a day!

My gym is less than a year old now and is a dedicated lifting gym. I think we need more members for the owner to start actually making money, but it's also 24 hours with access code. It's usually busiest after work 5-6pm or so, but have seen at most like 5-6 other people in it. Often I'm all there by myself, so the sheer volume of this team (cross country running team? Town is at 8000 feet so we get a ton here for altitude training) was off putting. We have three racks a couple benches, a couple boxes, a bunch of dumbbells, etc. I commandeered my own rack, TYVM, so they used both of the other two racks, both boxes, all three benches (to sit on most of the time, but I guess I can't complain because I would have only used them for my camera ), barbells, dumbbells, medicine balls, kettlebells... They had some sort of crazy circuit going and I have to admit they used the space well considering it's a gym in the space of a 2.5 car garage and there was well over 20 people. Of course at the end they used every available foam roller too to do a group class of some sort. I'll blame them for my DOMS because I just wanted to get out of there Hahahaha! I told the owner I hoped she was making money off of them!

[anandagirl]

Update on scammy scam scam! The scam was that they want you to be an affiliate where you can make a commission with your affiliate link. It kind of pisses me off (but no need to waste more time on them) that they target people without perfect bodies and then talk about how the company is going to help them with breaking into the fitness industry. She wrote a lot about not needing to look perfect and how they wanted to prove their products work, and that they were going to use their IG and Twitter influence to promote these affiliates and give them "more fame and sales." Pretty predatory for those who are a little self-conscious but want to be a "fitness influencer"



But of course to get started, you need to have tried the products to be able to promote them so they gave me a code "for a certain percentage off" to order a stack with a 30 day money back guarantee. Stacks started at $150 and the code gave a whopping 10% off In my response I compared them to Avon or Amway and said they were obviously flooding the market with affiliates so that nobody really made any money except them. I wouldn't be surprised if this was an MLM where the girl "recruiting" me was also an affiliate and would get a bigger percentage off what her affiliates sell. Oh FFS, I don't even want her crappy supplements. Maybe that shiit works on millennials but not on suspicious old hags like me.



Regardless, I hope this shows up in a google search - TC Nutrition is a SCAM

[KateTelfer]

nice work! love a good deadlift.

[anandagirl]

nice work! love a good deadlift.

Thanks for stopping by!

[anandagirl]

Monday, May 28, 2018 - Day 7

Supplements:
7:30 am - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 3g Creatine, 10g MyProtein Raspberry Lemonade Glutamine
2:00 pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle
10:30 pm pm - 2 caps Clear Muscle, 10g MyProtein Sour Apple Glutamine

Deadlift Day

Warm Up
Banded side steps, banded goblet squats, foam roller

Deadlifts
PR: 280 10/30/17
15x195x1

Again stuck with hook grip for all of these. Thumbs were crying tears of almost numbness

Front Squat
PR's:
166x1 8/18/17
146x3 8/25/17

Paused:
130x1 7/27/17
125x3 8/11/17

45x5 - Totally lied to coach and actually typed 8
65x3
3x95x3



SLDL
125x6 swore it was for 6 and then I looked again and it was supposed to be 8
125x8
125x8? The video is quite hilarious, I'm whining, cursing, all of it.

This session kicked my ass. 195 moved well but after 15 singles it felt pretty hard. But as Big Wade says, "feelings don't matter." I did my first working set of front squats and thought I was done, took my squats shoes off and everything. Whoops. By the time I got to SLDL I was kind of done. Grip was giving out and my thumbs basically said NO to hook grip again. The rest of the night I could barely grip anything, my friend who barely walks for exercise was opening up jars for me and shiit.



Last thing. I know in real time Memorial Day was yesterday but in log time, it's today. I had the pleasure of hanging out with a 95 year old WWII Veteran this weekend and he told me a story. We were talking about his kids, the career decisions they all made, the choices between following their dreams and taking the "bird in the hand" and he told me a story about a choice he made that he still thinks about. He was a football player in high school, and received a full football scholarship to Notre Dame. He was in the his first year of college when WWII officially began. He could have stayed in college, but he thought about all the young men back home who were putting their lives on hold to fight this war, and he decided to leave school to enlist. He did end up returning to college, and playing football for his local school in the midwest, but he never returned to Notre Dame. He doesn't regret leaving to fight because it was what he felt was right, but he sometimes is up at night thinking about the what if's. Hug a veteran if you can.

[Marshall28]

Using a deadlift bar or a stiff bar ?

[anandagirl]

Using a deadlift bar or a stiff bar ?

Weightlifting bar. My gym is mostly the crossfit type. I'm the lone powerlifter

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[FormulaLT1poweR]

Squats + Deadlifts in the same day? That's asking for death!

I actually know a lot of people who combine them. I actually separate them, and alternate my "heavy" days, each week. I'll do Squats during leg day, Deadlifts during back. Each week one will be a heavy day, and alternate the next.