Post Mass Gain

PR's!!!!!

2008-06-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

had my first PR on a snatch today in a long time. After 2 misses, i hit 145 for a snatch today, only ten pounds under body weight! i would like to have a body weight snatch before i leave for italy for a month, but we shall see.
also, i was so pumped that i started jumping up and down and i badly bruised my right heel. i feel like a real dumbass. hopefully it shouldnt take to long to heal.

injury!

2008-05-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

jammed the hell out of my thumb today at wushu. i threw a hook and didnt have a tight thumb. i caught it wrong on the edge of the pad and totally fucked it up. it hurts so bad to move now. i am just worried that this will mess up my olympic lifting training because of the hook grip. we shall see. hopefully it will be better tomorrow.

i completed and "Angie" crossfit workout today in 21:28, one minute less than my previous time. not a huge jump, but i gotta keep moving. no chatting!

Its been awhile

2008-05-21T23:16:00.000-07:00

since mass gain, and i have trimmed off a little of the excess weight from the mass gain program.
i have gotten stronger, and my metobolic conditioning has gone up with the introduction of more crossfit.

these days i am weighing in between 157 and 160.
my body composition has become leaner, and i have recently started the zone diet, taking 18 blocks per day with 3 times the prescribed fat intake.

ill try to start posting more often again.
let yall know what is going on.

right now i am doing the olympic lifts 2 days per week, a linear progression program on the benchpress, crossfit 3 days per week, and martial arts 2 days per week.
i am feeling great!

february 04 2008

2008-02-04T16:54:00.000-08:00

before (next to deli sign) and after (in gym) pictures.
1st pic: weight at 155
2nd pic: weight at 165

biggest difference i see is in my butt , my shoulders, and my core.

february 04 2008

2008-02-04T16:33:00.000-08:00

Pictures from my final day of training.
Snatch preparation,
Snatch preparation 2,
and the snatch

february third. 2008

2008-02-03T10:33:00.000-08:00

final max day.
woke up weighing in at 165.
seems like unless i start stuffing my face like crazy again, this is my bodyweight ceiling.
probably should continue to eat big, at least until my weightlifting competition on march 15.
i will be competing inthe 169 lb weight class.
mass gain is now officially over.
maxes today:
c&j: 190 (15 lb increase)
snatch: 130 (5 lb increase)
front squat: 125 (5 lb increase)
soon i will be posting before and after pictures, as well as before and after information on my strength and weight gains.

JANUARY 29 2008

2008-01-29T17:34:00.000-08:00

this is my unloading week, so im not doing anything tooooo crazy right now. i did a weird exercise today though:
sandbag complex (around 75 lbs i think?):
1 sandbag clean
2 sandbag jerks
3 sandbag overhead squats

for5 rounds.
the sandbag overhead squats were by far the hardest part because of the close grip that you have to maintain on the bag (maybe a couple inches more than shoulder width)

also, yesterday: MY FIRST MUSCLE UP!!!!!!

january 28 2008

2008-01-28T10:02:00.000-08:00

Slammed up some new maxes yesterday. all lifts resulted in new personal records.
pretty happy about it.
woke up weighing 165.
definitely in need of some new jeans. squatted to pick something up yesterday and completely blew a seam.

Front squat: 220 (5 lb increase)
Snatch: 125 (15 lb increase)
c & J: 175 (5 lb increase)

i'm wassup

january 19 2008

2008-01-19T21:59:00.000-08:00

morning weigh in: 165 lbs! Still climbing!

today was the first big testing day in the strength cycle.
lifts tested: snatch
clean & jerk
front squat
snatch: 110 (5 lb increase)
c & j: 170 (previously untested)
front squat: 215 (35 lb increase)

feel like this is pretty good considering i was still fried from the week's workouts.
im loving my strength and bodyweight increases.
the downside: i am in dire need of some new jeans.
will post pics soon.

january 14 2008

2008-01-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

FIRST DAY OF STRENGTH CYCLE

woke up at 163 pounds.
the workout:

front squat at 140: 10x2

snatch pull: 105x3
110x3
115x3
snatch balance:
45lbs, 65 lbs, 75lbs, 95 lbs, 105 lbs

january 10 2008

2008-01-10T21:13:00.000-08:00

i have been leveling off in bodyweight at around 160-161 pounds. i dont think that this is due to anything other than that i have been eating only enough too sustain body weight without adding much. i plan on increasing my caloric intake agin to try to get ass much out of this program as possible. before this past weekend, i was eating around 4500 to 5000 calories per day, and for the last 5 days i have probably been eating around 3000 per day.

this week has been dedicated to testing for my one rep maxes so that i can set up the program for the strength cycle of mass gain.
so far:
back squat: 240
standing press: 130 (up from 120 before i started the massgain)
jerk: 170
clean :165 (up from 135 before i started mass gain)
seems like not only am i getting bigger but WAY stronger!!!

january 2 2008

2008-01-02T16:50:00.000-08:00

morning weigh in: 160 lbs.

todays workout:
6x6 pushpress 95 lbs
6x6 L pullups 17.5 lbs
abs back

most ive ever weighed.
weird.

december 31 2007

2007-12-31T22:35:00.000-08:00

morning weigh in: 159 lbs.
but i broke 160 this weekend! saturday i think.
todays workout:
6x6 frontsquat 90 lbs.
6x6 press 80 lbs
6x6 weighted pulls 17.5 lbs
abs back

december 28, 2007

2007-12-28T18:32:00.000-08:00

morning weigh in: 157 lbs

todays workout:
deadlift highpulls @ 115 lbs

pushpull and abs/back were all in one workout:

3 rounds:

100m sled drag with 50 lbs
10 pushups
100m sled drag with 50 lbs
10 tire flips

day 12 december 27 2007

2007-12-27T18:45:00.000-08:00

morning weigh in: 156 lbs.
eating good.
evening weigh in at 7:00: 159 lbs.
working out tomorrow.
cant wait to start the strength cycle.
right now im just getting fat.

day ten, december 26 2007

2007-12-26T19:33:00.000-08:00

i havent been eating quite as well over the past couple of days because of the holidays and stuff. i have been spending time with my family and as a result was restricted from some of my caloric sources. i lifted on monday, same routine as last week, and the weight actually felt a little easier, which was encouraging. i also did the same routune again today as last wednesday, at higher weight, and it felt pretty good as well. my body weight is hovering around the 156-158 range. i am also going to begin weighing myself in the morning when i wake up to get a more accurate idea of what my actual body weight is.
more later.

Day Five, december 21 2007

2007-12-21T21:53:00.000-08:00

some before-mass-gain pics (even though im five days into the 7 week program) weigh in today at 157 naked.
workout today: deadlift highpulls at 110 pounds, 10 minutes push pull circuit, abs/back circuit.

wednesday's workout: 6x6 pushpress at 90 lbs. L-pullups weighted at 10 lbs, abs/back circuit

mass gain, day 2, december 18 2007

2007-12-18T16:09:00.000-08:00

well, today is day number two. yesterday was my first workout with mass gain. i have been used to doing crossfit workouts at crossfit rva, so the workload felt really easy for me. i did six sets of six front squats at 80 pounds, six sets of six standing shoulder press at 75 pounds, and six sets of six weighted chin ups with 10 pounds, followed by an abs/back circuit. This is the hypertrophy part of the cycle, which Jake Rowell of Crossfit RVA tells me is not meant to blow your muscles out, but only to stimulate them.
yesterday i was shy of my caloric goal of 5000 calories by about 500, but im well on my way today.
just made up a cool shake, and it is going down alright...1/2 can coconut milk, 1/4 lb. peanuts, splash of soymilk, ice, banana, and 2 scoops chocolate whey protein powder.
thats...almost exactly 2000 calories! holy shit didnt expect that...
am i already a little bigger, or is my stomach just perpetually swollen?

preliminary weigh-in naked weight(on my house scale, im going to the gym tomorrow) : 154 lbs at 5'8"
(wish mass gain made you a little taller too)

will post a picture of my self at current weight soon.

more later

sunday, december 16 2007

2007-12-16T22:13:00.000-08:00

MASS GAIN

my mass gain cycle officially starts tomorrow. I will be doing some major grocery shopping for those high calorie, high fat, high protein foods, and will do my fist lifting circuit. By the end of this program 7 weeks from now, I am hoping for a solid 10 pound body weight increase.
Tomorrow I will "weigh in" for my first official body weight. I have been floating around 150 pounds, so I'm expecting something in that neighborhood.

more later!