Sully's AX Test log

sulcop · 01-09-2006, 02:38 AM

First my stats:

Age: 40
Years Training: 26
Weight: 179
Body Fat: seven site caliper test 11.3%

Goal: Add lean tissue with no fat accumulation in preporation for late spring bodybuilding contest.

Diet: On January 1st I began a baseline diet. After making adjustments as needed I am now on maintenance calories and my weight is stable. This way I will know any changes to body comp are a direct result of the test product. My macronutrent profile is accentuated towards muscle gain with no empty calories. My food choices will be 100% clean. I will increase calories only to support any additonal muscle gains, and the increase will be 100 calories added per pound of lean tissue as a 50-40-10 ratio split between the two post training meals. Fluid intake is 1 oz. water per pound of lean tissue or in the range of 1.5 gal.

Training: I have already increased the volume slightly and I am working in a hypertrophy program popularized by East Europian principles. The program is a 4 day a week AM/PM split. All AM workouts will be short heavy and basic. All PM workouts will be for the same muscle groups but emphsis will be on intensity multipliers. PM workous will alter weekly and be based on the time/work principle. For example a PM workout for arms will have a time componant of 35 min. I will set my timer for 35 min and then attack the muscle in any way I can, forced reps, rest pause, super sets, 1 1/4 reps, negitives, double impact supersets, drop sets and step bombs may be used. When the timer bell rinngs the workout is ended. AM training will be constant, see outline below.

week 1- 7 sets of 5 reps large muscle groups, 5 sets of 5 reps small muscles
week 2- oscliating wave training (6 sets of the following reps-6-1-6-1-6-1)
week 3- 10 sets of 3 @ 75% 1 rep max explosive with 30 second rest
week 4- repeat week one and so on through four weeks on product and four
weeks PCT.

Workout Structure:

Mon: AM incline bench & tricep dips
PM 20 min chest, 15 min Tricep

Tues: AM Chins & rack deadlift
PM 40 min back

Wed: HITT cardio 20 min.

Thurs: AM full squats & glute ham raise
PM 20 min quad, 20 min ham

Fri: AM push press & hammer curl
PM 20 min delts & 15 min biceps

Sat: HITT cardio 20 min

Sun: rest

Recovery factors: I will have a weekly massage, ice therapy, hot/cold showers and epsom salt baths weekly to enhance recovery.

Supplements: pre/post workout 2 servings xtend
pre AM workout Labrada supercharge
post w/o 1 gram C, 400 iu E, antoxidants
with meals 1 gram fish oil & 1 gram Udo's blend
* (I have also been seleccted as a product testor for the new Des/Sup fat burner and it will be added when it arrives)

Blood work: To be drawn when kit arrives, post cycle and post PCT. I also
have IOC test kits I use for the shows I promote. I will send
one test in post cycle to check results using ICO standards.

Meal Planning: I wake at 5:00 am take 2 servings xtend and supercharge
Post w/o meal #1: 40 grams whey and 2 scoops Gatoraid
Post w/o meal #2: 8 egg whites with 2 yolks, banana, 1 cup oats
Meal #1: 8 oz. fresh turkey, 1 bag green beans
Meal #2: 1 can tuna, 1 bag broc.
Meal #3: MRP (I like AST, Labrada or EAS) 2 tb natural PB
post w/o meal #1: 40 grams whey and 2 scoops Gatoraid
post w/o meal #2: 8 oz. white fish and 1 cup rice
Meal #4: 8 oz. chicken, LARGE salad with 2 tbs olive oil
Meal #5: 8 oz. cottage cheese, 1 scoop beverly ultra size mixed with s/f
pudding mix.
*(in a growth phase I normally drink 12 oz water before bed. This makes me naturally wake up 3-4 hours later to go to the bathroom. After I go-and wash my hands- I drink 2-3 scoops xtend. This staves off catabolism with no digestion. The water prevents me from waking to an alarm as the shock of the alarm takes me and hour to return to deep sleep, but getting up to urinate does not shock the body and I return to restful sleep quickly)

**(on sunday I have a refeed day where the post training meals are combined to my first two meals so no complex carbs after meals 1-2. Both meals with have LARGE ammounts of fruit and complex carbs)

Supplement History: other then the normal powders, NO2 products, creatine and ECA stacks I have not taken any PH's, AS or other type products. I have not added more then a few pounds of lean tissue in 5-6 years. My best contest weight has been 165.

**skelooth** · 01-09-2006, 02:42 AM

wow fantastic start to this log, I will definitely be watching to see what happens! :bigthumbu

**MASSIVE** · 01-09-2006, 02:53 AM

Very impressive start....Three testers ready...two to go. :nosthumbs

**dangetinthere** · 01-09-2006, 06:36 AM

sweet you have started also:nosthumbs

**DarkFalcon** · 01-09-2006, 08:03 AM

Fantastic detail Sulcop! Looking forward to this log. :nosthumbs

sulcop · 01-09-2006, 05:55 PM

Still no supps so I am holding on Baseline. I will start daily posting once I start the product, but here is my AM workout weights:

Incline Bench Press: 7 sets of 5 reps, 90 second rest between sets; 285# - set 6 was only 4 reps and set 7 was 3 + 1.

Dips: 5 sets of 5 reps, 90 seconds rest between sets; 45# added to B/W

Weight: 180

Diet: as outlined, all food is pre cooked, weighed and measured and put in tupperwhere for 3-4 days in advance. All I do is heat and serve or mix and serve. The eggs are hard boiled (more filling that way) the shakes are not pre made; however, as they tend to degrade if pre mixed too early.

Sully

lardo5150 · 01-09-2006, 11:14 PM

Can you tell me what xtend, supercharge is, I can't find this in a search.

LFL · 01-10-2006, 01:04 AM

Looks like this is going to be a well done journal. Can't wait to follow your progress. I am a few years older than you, basically same training experience. Almost identical bodyweights. Should be interesting to compare "notes" with you.

sulcop · 01-10-2006, 01:45 PM

lardo,

xtend is the scivation BCAA product and supercharge is by Labrada and is a preworkout NO2, creatine and preworkout energy product. In advanced cutting cycles I take it with 25 ephedra and it is a powerful stack! DO NOT take after 4pm or you will not sleep.

My kit just arrived, but because I am anal about my system I will start dosing on Monday. I also decided that because I have stabalized that I will do a protein loading cycle as another way to click the anabolic switch. My diet from Tuesday through Saturday will be the following: All meals clean protein and veggies, any quantity as long as weight and body comp are stable. I will use xtend, whey drinks post workout and NO carbs other then 50 grams of veggies per day. Sunday will be ALL FRUIT, unlimited quantities all day. Monday I will return to the diet as outlined. Several times I have used protein cycling at the start of a growth phase and found amazing increases in a short time; however, the growth trigger is short through cycling alone and the result does not seem to replicate with additonal cycles so I find it best used to start a hypertrophy cycle.

Todays workout:

Chins: 7 sets of 5 reps per set with 50#, last rep of last set was a cheat rep
Rack deadlift: 7 sets of 5 reps 405#. First set was 455 but needed to reduce weight sets 2-7. All reps compleated.

I am not posting afternoon workouts due to all the variable changes and it is just too hard to track. I will say that yesterday for chest/tri PM I did step bombs and double impact supersets (isolation movement to failure-compound movement to failure-isolation movement to failure) and a set of 100's. My sets of 100's take a weight I can get 20 with and I rest pause until the 100 reps are done. For this I took 135# on smyth inclines and did rest pause sets. I did not get all 100 done as the timer went off at around 70 reps.

Weight: 179.5

**skelooth** · 01-10-2006, 06:49 PM

Question: What's the strategy behind all fruit on sunday? Is it soley to carb up with the hopes of glycogen overcompensation? This isn't the first time I've heard of someone eating nothing but fruit all day, but it confuses me because there is no protein consumption during that.

sulcop · 01-10-2006, 07:10 PM

The theory behind protein loading is the same as carb loading. By increasing and then illiminating protein the body will overcompinsate when protein is reintroduced. The carbs are for supercompinsation and help flip the anabolic switch when I begin my all out mass assault. This protein cycling was developed in Bulgaria, home of the greatest weight lifters in history. This was developed first on animals to increase there meat to fat content for better sales at the market. Seems Bulgaria did not have an abundance of anabolic steroids for cattle, they were for there olympic team instead. Anyway, these anamial tests were attempted on humans with great results. In the early 90's this was brought to the USA by Leo Costa, Charles Poloquin and a few other coaches. I have used this with great success several times, mostly to bust through a platoe. One thing I must add, we as bodybuilders are protein regulated. We are sold on this belief that one meal with no protein and we spiral into catabolism. This is simply not true. 100 million years of evolution has set up so many checks and balances that a day, or even several days without one macronutrient will not make much differance. Protein supercompinsation is actually more then a theory now as its results have been documented many times, in the real world. I am not aware of any scientific study... yet.

Sully

sulcop · 01-10-2006, 07:28 PM

EME,

You are correct, except for this week. This week as a primer for the testing I am doing a protein cycle. Six days high protein, low carbs, one day all carbs (fruit) then return to my normal diet as I start my kit. I expect big gains that first week.

Sully

**EME** · 01-10-2006, 07:34 PM

Yes, I see that now.

- EME

Quote:

Originally Posted by sulcop

EME,

You are correct, except for this week. This week as a primer for the testing I am doing a protein cycle. Six days high protein, low carbs, one day all carbs (fruit) then return to my normal diet as I start my kit. I expect big gains that first week.

Sully

**skelooth** · 01-10-2006, 08:38 PM

Awesome thanks for the explaination bro. I remember reading about protein cycling in something called the anabolic burst diet but it never seemed popular so I never paid much attention to the theory

Maybe I'll try something like that myself.

Good luck on the log! :bigthumbu

sulcop · 01-11-2006, 08:58 PM

Still in my precycle. Today was cardio only, 20 min high intensity on the stepmill.

weight: 179 I am down one pound from the start of the protein load. My baseline calories were correct so I have added two red meat meals to keep the weight up.

sulcop · 01-14-2006, 01:11 PM

Thursday was again all meats and veggies.
Weight back up to 179.5 so the beef worked as far as stopping my weight decline.

Thursday AM: Squats 7 sets of 5 resp @ 315#
Glute ham raise 5 sets of 5 reps 10#

Friday weight 179.5 so the weight has stabolized

workout: standing barbell press 7 sets 5 reps @ 225#
Hammer curls 5 sets of 5 reps @ 55#

Both Thursday and Friday I kept to my high intensity work in the afternoons using my timer as a guide.

Saturday weight is 179.5 and no workout except 20 min. HITT cardio. Today is the last day of all meats and veggies and the weight is stable. No changes so any body comp changes after monday will be due to the addition of the HH. I will not post Sunday, but my diet will consist of all fruit. Monday I will start the HH and the log will be reformatted with more detailed diet and PM workouts. I will also have blood drawn Monday morning and again after my cycle and I will post results. Body camp will also be done Monday morning, seven site caliper. I am so ready to start my HH, have not been this motivated in years!

Sully

**EME** · 01-14-2006, 03:05 PM

Great start to your log Sully.

I'm looking forward to following along and seeing your results!

Best of luck with your training! :bigthumbu

- EME

sulcop · 01-17-2006, 02:01 PM

It is finally here, day #1 of my HH cycle.

MONDAY 01-16-06 DAY #1

WEIGHT: 180
BODYFAT: 11.6% (7 site caliper)
MORNING PULSE: 56/BPM
MORNING TEMP: 96.2
MORNING B/P: 110/65
MEASUREMENTS:
chest: 44"
abbs: 31"
bicep: 18"
Quad: 25"
calf: 19" (this is why I do no direct calf work)

DIET:

meal #1 (pre-workout)- 1 scoop supercharge, 2 scoops xtend
meal #2 (post workot)- 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey
meal #3- 8 eggs/3 yolks, 1 cup oatmeal (dry weight)
meal #4- 8 oz chicken, baggie green beans
meal #5- AST MRP, apple
meal #6- (pre-workout)- 2 scoops xtend, 1 scoop hydroforce
meal #7- (post workout) - 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey
meal #8- 2 scoops syntrax, matrix 5.0 2/3 cup oats
meal #9- 8 oz. cod fish, baggie broc.
meal #10- 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 tb natural P/B

SUPPORTING SUPPLEMENTS:
post workout- 2 NO antoxidant, 1 gram C, 400 IU E, 2 Joint Support
with meals- 1 flax cap, 1 fish oil cap

HH CYCLE:
week #1: 1 post w/o, 1 with meal #4, 1 with meal #9
week #2: same
Week #3: adjust to 4XDay, 1 post w/o, 1 meal #3, 1 meal #7, 1 meal #9
week #4: same
Weeks 5-8: PCT

I decided to adjust the dosing schedule to see if there is any benefit to adjusted dose through the cycle as apposed to a 6 week cycle that others are doing.

AM WORKOUT:
Incline Bench press: 285 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 4 X 4 X 5 (forced rep)
Tricep Dip: 35 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 4

PM WORKOUT:
Chest: 30 min direct work, ecletic style (around 12-14 sets of 7-20 reps)
Tris: 15 min direct work, ecletic style (around 8 sets 10-20 reps)

NOTES:
Nothing to report for first day. Blood was drawn and results will be posted when I receive them.

sulcop · 01-18-2006, 02:40 PM

TUESDAY 01-17-06 DAY #2

WEIGHT: 180
BODYFAT: 11.6% (7 site caliper)
MORNING PULSE: 54/BPM
MORNING TEMP: 96.4
MORNING B/P: 110/60
MEASUREMENTS:
chest: 44"
abbs: 31"
bicep: 18"
Quad: 25"
calf: 19" (this is why I do no direct calf work)

DIET:

meal #1 (pre-workout)- 1 scoop supercharge, 2 scoops xtend
meal #2 (post workot)- 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey
meal #3- 8 eggs/3 yolks, 1 cup oatmeal (dry weight)
meal #4- 8 oz turkey, baggie green beans
meal #5- AST MRP, 1/2 bananna
meal #6- (pre-workout)- 2 scoops xtend, 1 scoop hydroforce
meal #7- (post workout) - 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey
meal #8- 2 scoops syntrax, matrix 5.0 2/3 cup oats
meal #9- 8 oz. chicken, baggie broc.
meal #10- 2 cans of Stallone's pudding, 1 tb natural P/B

SUPPORTING SUPPLEMENTS:
post workout- 2 NO antoxidant, 1 gram C, 400 IU E, 2 Joint Support
with meals- 1 flax cap, 1 fish oil cap

HH CYCLE:
week #1: 1 post w/o, 1 with meal #4, 1 with meal #9
week #2: same
Week #3: adjust to 4XDay, 1 post w/o, 1 meal #3, 1 meal #7, 1 meal #9
week #4: same
Weeks 5-8: PCT

I decided to adjust the dosing schedule to see if there is any benefit to adjusted dose through the cycle as apposed to a 6 week cycle that others are doing.

AM WORKOUT:
chins 45# X 5 X 5 X 5 X 4 X 4
rack deads 385# X 6 X 6 X 5 X 5 X 5

PM WORKOUT:
back: 40 min direct work, ecletic style (around 12-14 sets of 7-20 reps)

NOTES:
Still nothing to report, but only day two.

01-10-2006, 07:10 PM	#11
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	The theory behind protein loading is the same as carb loading. By increasing and then illiminating protein the body will overcompinsate when protein is reintroduced. The carbs are for supercompinsation and help flip the anabolic switch when I begin my all out mass assault. This protein cycling was developed in Bulgaria, home of the greatest weight lifters in history. This was developed first on animals to increase there meat to fat content for better sales at the market. Seems Bulgaria did not have an abundance of anabolic steroids for cattle, they were for there olympic team instead. Anyway, these anamial tests were attempted on humans with great results. In the early 90's this was brought to the USA by Leo Costa, Charles Poloquin and a few other coaches. I have used this with great success several times, mostly to bust through a platoe. One thing I must add, we as bodybuilders are protein regulated. We are sold on this belief that one meal with no protein and we spiral into catabolism. This is simply not true. 100 million years of evolution has set up so many checks and balances that a day, or even several days without one macronutrient will not make much differance. Protein supercompinsation is actually more then a theory now as its results have been documented many times, in the real world. I am not aware of any scientific study... yet. Sully __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-10-2006, 07:28 PM	#12
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	EME, You are correct, except for this week. This week as a primer for the testing I am doing a protein cycle. Six days high protein, low carbs, one day all carbs (fruit) then return to my normal diet as I start my kit. I expect big gains that first week. Sully __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-10-2006, 08:38 PM	#14
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,183 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 154	Awesome thanks for the explaination bro. I remember reading about protein cycling in something called the anabolic burst diet but it never seemed popular so I never paid much attention to the theory Maybe I'll try something like that myself. Good luck on the log! :bigthumbu __________________

01-11-2006, 08:58 PM	#15
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Still in my precycle. Today was cardio only, 20 min high intensity on the stepmill. weight: 179 I am down one pound from the start of the protein load. My baseline calories were correct so I have added two red meat meals to keep the weight up. __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-14-2006, 01:11 PM	#16
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Thursday was again all meats and veggies. Weight back up to 179.5 so the beef worked as far as stopping my weight decline. Thursday AM: Squats 7 sets of 5 resp @ 315# Glute ham raise 5 sets of 5 reps 10# Friday weight 179.5 so the weight has stabolized workout: standing barbell press 7 sets 5 reps @ 225# Hammer curls 5 sets of 5 reps @ 55# Both Thursday and Friday I kept to my high intensity work in the afternoons using my timer as a guide. Saturday weight is 179.5 and no workout except 20 min. HITT cardio. Today is the last day of all meats and veggies and the weight is stable. No changes so any body comp changes after monday will be due to the addition of the HH. I will not post Sunday, but my diet will consist of all fruit. Monday I will start the HH and the log will be reformatted with more detailed diet and PM workouts. I will also have blood drawn Monday morning and again after my cycle and I will post results. Body camp will also be done Monday morning, seven site caliper. I am so ready to start my HH, have not been this motivated in years! Sully __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-09-2006, 02:38 AM	#1
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Sully's AX Test log First my stats: Age: 40 Years Training: 26 Weight: 179 Body Fat: seven site caliper test 11.3% Goal: Add lean tissue with no fat accumulation in preporation for late spring bodybuilding contest. Diet: On January 1st I began a baseline diet. After making adjustments as needed I am now on maintenance calories and my weight is stable. This way I will know any changes to body comp are a direct result of the test product. My macronutrent profile is accentuated towards muscle gain with no empty calories. My food choices will be 100% clean. I will increase calories only to support any additonal muscle gains, and the increase will be 100 calories added per pound of lean tissue as a 50-40-10 ratio split between the two post training meals. Fluid intake is 1 oz. water per pound of lean tissue or in the range of 1.5 gal. Training: I have already increased the volume slightly and I am working in a hypertrophy program popularized by East Europian principles. The program is a 4 day a week AM/PM split. All AM workouts will be short heavy and basic. All PM workouts will be for the same muscle groups but emphsis will be on intensity multipliers. PM workous will alter weekly and be based on the time/work principle. For example a PM workout for arms will have a time componant of 35 min. I will set my timer for 35 min and then attack the muscle in any way I can, forced reps, rest pause, super sets, 1 1/4 reps, negitives, double impact supersets, drop sets and step bombs may be used. When the timer bell rinngs the workout is ended. AM training will be constant, see outline below. week 1- 7 sets of 5 reps large muscle groups, 5 sets of 5 reps small muscles week 2- oscliating wave training (6 sets of the following reps-6-1-6-1-6-1) week 3- 10 sets of 3 @ 75% 1 rep max explosive with 30 second rest week 4- repeat week one and so on through four weeks on product and four weeks PCT. Workout Structure: Mon: AM incline bench & tricep dips PM 20 min chest, 15 min Tricep Tues: AM Chins & rack deadlift PM 40 min back Wed: HITT cardio 20 min. Thurs: AM full squats & glute ham raise PM 20 min quad, 20 min ham Fri: AM push press & hammer curl PM 20 min delts & 15 min biceps Sat: HITT cardio 20 min Sun: rest Recovery factors: I will have a weekly massage, ice therapy, hot/cold showers and epsom salt baths weekly to enhance recovery. Supplements: pre/post workout 2 servings xtend pre AM workout Labrada supercharge post w/o 1 gram C, 400 iu E, antoxidants with meals 1 gram fish oil & 1 gram Udo's blend * (I have also been seleccted as a product testor for the new Des/Sup fat burner and it will be added when it arrives) Blood work: To be drawn when kit arrives, post cycle and post PCT. I also have IOC test kits I use for the shows I promote. I will send one test in post cycle to check results using ICO standards. Meal Planning: I wake at 5:00 am take 2 servings xtend and supercharge Post w/o meal #1: 40 grams whey and 2 scoops Gatoraid Post w/o meal #2: 8 egg whites with 2 yolks, banana, 1 cup oats Meal #1: 8 oz. fresh turkey, 1 bag green beans Meal #2: 1 can tuna, 1 bag broc. Meal #3: MRP (I like AST, Labrada or EAS) 2 tb natural PB post w/o meal #1: 40 grams whey and 2 scoops Gatoraid post w/o meal #2: 8 oz. white fish and 1 cup rice Meal #4: 8 oz. chicken, LARGE salad with 2 tbs olive oil Meal #5: 8 oz. cottage cheese, 1 scoop beverly ultra size mixed with s/f pudding mix. (in a growth phase I normally drink 12 oz water before bed. This makes me naturally wake up 3-4 hours later to go to the bathroom. After I go-and wash my hands- I drink 2-3 scoops xtend. This staves off catabolism with no digestion. The water prevents me from waking to an alarm as the shock of the alarm takes me and hour to return to deep sleep, but getting up to urinate does not shock the body and I return to restful sleep quickly) *(on sunday I have a refeed day where the post training meals are combined to my first two meals so no complex carbs after meals 1-2. Both meals with have LARGE ammounts of fruit and complex carbs) Supplement History: other then the normal powders, NO2 products, creatine and ECA stacks I have not taken any PH's, AS or other type products. I have not added more then a few pounds of lean tissue in 5-6 years. My best contest weight has been 165. __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-09-2006, 02:42 AM	#2
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,183 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 154	wow fantastic start to this log, I will definitely be watching to see what happens! :bigthumbu __________________

01-09-2006, 02:53 AM	#3
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01-09-2006, 06:36 AM	#4
dangetinthere Custom User Title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Detroit Area Posts: 160 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	sweet you have started also:nosthumbs __________________ **dangetinthere has not been evaluated by the FDA. dangetinthere is not intended to diagnose,treat,cure or prevent any disease.

01-09-2006, 08:03 AM	#5
DarkFalcon I've got a RAGING clue! Join Date: May 2005 Location: dnyc99's cleaning staff Posts: 11,511 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 299	Fantastic detail Sulcop! Looking forward to this log. :nosthumbs

01-09-2006, 05:55 PM	#6
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Still no supps so I am holding on Baseline. I will start daily posting once I start the product, but here is my AM workout weights: Incline Bench Press: 7 sets of 5 reps, 90 second rest between sets; 285# - set 6 was only 4 reps and set 7 was 3 + 1. Dips: 5 sets of 5 reps, 90 seconds rest between sets; 45# added to B/W Weight: 180 Diet: as outlined, all food is pre cooked, weighed and measured and put in tupperwhere for 3-4 days in advance. All I do is heat and serve or mix and serve. The eggs are hard boiled (more filling that way) the shakes are not pre made; however, as they tend to degrade if pre mixed too early. Sully __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-09-2006, 11:14 PM	#7
lardo5150 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 24 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Can you tell me what xtend, supercharge is, I can't find this in a search.

01-10-2006, 01:04 AM	#8
LFL Amateur Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 80 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 3	Looks like this is going to be a well done journal. Can't wait to follow your progress. I am a few years older than you, basically same training experience. Almost identical bodyweights. Should be interesting to compare "notes" with you.

01-10-2006, 01:45 PM	#9
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	lardo, xtend is the scivation BCAA product and supercharge is by Labrada and is a preworkout NO2, creatine and preworkout energy product. In advanced cutting cycles I take it with 25 ephedra and it is a powerful stack! DO NOT take after 4pm or you will not sleep. My kit just arrived, but because I am anal about my system I will start dosing on Monday. I also decided that because I have stabalized that I will do a protein loading cycle as another way to click the anabolic switch. My diet from Tuesday through Saturday will be the following: All meals clean protein and veggies, any quantity as long as weight and body comp are stable. I will use xtend, whey drinks post workout and NO carbs other then 50 grams of veggies per day. Sunday will be ALL FRUIT, unlimited quantities all day. Monday I will return to the diet as outlined. Several times I have used protein cycling at the start of a growth phase and found amazing increases in a short time; however, the growth trigger is short through cycling alone and the result does not seem to replicate with additonal cycles so I find it best used to start a hypertrophy cycle. Todays workout: Chins: 7 sets of 5 reps per set with 50#, last rep of last set was a cheat rep Rack deadlift: 7 sets of 5 reps 405#. First set was 455 but needed to reduce weight sets 2-7. All reps compleated. I am not posting afternoon workouts due to all the variable changes and it is just too hard to track. I will say that yesterday for chest/tri PM I did step bombs and double impact supersets (isolation movement to failure-compound movement to failure-isolation movement to failure) and a set of 100's. My sets of 100's take a weight I can get 20 with and I rest pause until the 100 reps are done. For this I took 135# on smyth inclines and did rest pause sets. I did not get all 100 done as the timer went off at around 70 reps. Weight: 179.5 __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-10-2006, 06:49 PM	#10
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,183 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 154	Question: What's the strategy behind all fruit on sunday? Is it soley to carb up with the hopes of glycogen overcompensation? This isn't the first time I've heard of someone eating nothing but fruit all day, but it confuses me because there is no protein consumption during that. __________________

01-14-2006, 03:05 PM	#17
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,264 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	Great start to your log Sully. I'm looking forward to following along and seeing your results! Best of luck with your training! :bigthumbu - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.PhysiqueFXonline.com www.MichaelandKendra.com My wife, and IFBB Fitness Pro Kendra Elias' personal site: www.KendraElias.com Proud member of Team ALR: www.ALRIndustries.com

01-17-2006, 02:01 PM	#18
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	It is finally here, day #1 of my HH cycle. MONDAY 01-16-06 DAY #1 WEIGHT: 180 BODYFAT: 11.6% (7 site caliper) MORNING PULSE: 56/BPM MORNING TEMP: 96.2 MORNING B/P: 110/65 MEASUREMENTS: chest: 44" abbs: 31" bicep: 18" Quad: 25" calf: 19" (this is why I do no direct calf work) DIET: meal #1 (pre-workout)- 1 scoop supercharge, 2 scoops xtend meal #2 (post workot)- 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey meal #3- 8 eggs/3 yolks, 1 cup oatmeal (dry weight) meal #4- 8 oz chicken, baggie green beans meal #5- AST MRP, apple meal #6- (pre-workout)- 2 scoops xtend, 1 scoop hydroforce meal #7- (post workout) - 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey meal #8- 2 scoops syntrax, matrix 5.0 2/3 cup oats meal #9- 8 oz. cod fish, baggie broc. meal #10- 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 tb natural P/B SUPPORTING SUPPLEMENTS: post workout- 2 NO antoxidant, 1 gram C, 400 IU E, 2 Joint Support with meals- 1 flax cap, 1 fish oil cap HH CYCLE: week #1: 1 post w/o, 1 with meal #4, 1 with meal #9 week #2: same Week #3: adjust to 4XDay, 1 post w/o, 1 meal #3, 1 meal #7, 1 meal #9 week #4: same Weeks 5-8: PCT I decided to adjust the dosing schedule to see if there is any benefit to adjusted dose through the cycle as apposed to a 6 week cycle that others are doing. AM WORKOUT: Incline Bench press: 285 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 4 X 4 X 5 (forced rep) Tricep Dip: 35 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 4 PM WORKOUT: Chest: 30 min direct work, ecletic style (around 12-14 sets of 7-20 reps) Tris: 15 min direct work, ecletic style (around 8 sets 10-20 reps) NOTES: Nothing to report for first day. Blood was drawn and results will be posted when I receive them. __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com

01-18-2006, 02:40 PM	#19
sulcop Pro Stature Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 127 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	TUESDAY 01-17-06 DAY #2 WEIGHT: 180 BODYFAT: 11.6% (7 site caliper) MORNING PULSE: 54/BPM MORNING TEMP: 96.4 MORNING B/P: 110/60 MEASUREMENTS: chest: 44" abbs: 31" bicep: 18" Quad: 25" calf: 19" (this is why I do no direct calf work) DIET: meal #1 (pre-workout)- 1 scoop supercharge, 2 scoops xtend meal #2 (post workot)- 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey meal #3- 8 eggs/3 yolks, 1 cup oatmeal (dry weight) meal #4- 8 oz turkey, baggie green beans meal #5- AST MRP, 1/2 bananna meal #6- (pre-workout)- 2 scoops xtend, 1 scoop hydroforce meal #7- (post workout) - 1 scoop gatoraid, 1 scoop cytosport whey meal #8- 2 scoops syntrax, matrix 5.0 2/3 cup oats meal #9- 8 oz. chicken, baggie broc. meal #10- 2 cans of Stallone's pudding, 1 tb natural P/B SUPPORTING SUPPLEMENTS: post workout- 2 NO antoxidant, 1 gram C, 400 IU E, 2 Joint Support with meals- 1 flax cap, 1 fish oil cap HH CYCLE: week #1: 1 post w/o, 1 with meal #4, 1 with meal #9 week #2: same Week #3: adjust to 4XDay, 1 post w/o, 1 meal #3, 1 meal #7, 1 meal #9 week #4: same Weeks 5-8: PCT I decided to adjust the dosing schedule to see if there is any benefit to adjusted dose through the cycle as apposed to a 6 week cycle that others are doing. AM WORKOUT: chins 45# X 5 X 5 X 5 X 4 X 4 rack deads 385# X 6 X 6 X 5 X 5 X 5 PM WORKOUT: back: 40 min direct work, ecletic style (around 12-14 sets of 7-20 reps) NOTES: Still nothing to report, but only day two. __________________ www.SOAbodybuilding.com