Week 9 update
Well we’re a little over halfway through the bulking stage, and we’re also a little over halfway to my target weight, so right on schedule. I got stuck right around 200 for about a week and a half, but eating 64 oz of porterhouse in two days followed by a giant 22 oz Bub’s burger + fries + cookies & creme shake on Sunday seemed to bust through that particular plateau.
Training is going very well. Lately I feel like tossing weight around is easy. It’s hard to believe that a month and a half ago I couldn’t get 10 reps at 225 for benchpress, and now that feels like a warm-up. Just yesterday I did sets at 275 and it felt pretty good. I’m pretty happy with progress on legs, too. A month ago I could barely do 140 on ham curls for sets, and now I can do the whole stack (200). I was also finally able to do a set of 8 reps x 225 lbs for lunges last week, which I thought was pretty good. Legs hurt for 3 days after that but hey, sometimes you gotta shock ‘em.
It seems to me like you can be in pretty good shape and nobody really notices, but then you hit a certain size and all of a sudden EVERYONE notices. Nobody had said anything about my size until about two weeks ago, and then I got four random comments in two days. It’s encouraging to have complete strangers comment about it. I like being big, but I’m starting to get really antsy about cutting. Can’t wait to see what I’ve built underneath!
Looking at my photos from this week, I can definitely tell that my chest has gotten bigger. The separation seems to go all the way up to my clavicles. Before it just kinda washed out about halfway up. It’s good to finally see some progress… upper chest is one of the hardest places for me to build. Arms finally made it to 18", and back is definitely starting to have some noticeable shape, even when at rest. Like I said, I’m just gonna keep rockin’ the heavy weights and looking forward to slimming down in two short months!
