Back from Vacation… Will start back up tomorrow
I just got back to Iraq yesterday. My vacation was nice, but I’ll be glad to get back into working out. I was away from workouts for 3 weeks. After I got home, within 4 days, I had lost 5 pounds. I assume that was all water weight that was stored in my muscles. We’ll see. After I start working out again, that 5 pounds will probably come back fairly quick. I ate a lot of junk food, mostly in the form of sweets while I was on vacation. I probably gained a little fat. That’s ok. I’m going to be bulking anyway.
I plan on starting back up tomorrow morning. I’m wondering, do I start with a moderate full body workout and then give myself a few days to recover? Or do I jump straight into a chest and tri workout and really break down the muscles? What would you all recommend?
For my supplements, I’ve got my Animal Pak for vitamins, I’ve got some grape No-Xplode, and I picked up some Muscle Tech Hardcore Chocolate protein the other day as well. I ordered some ON Whey, but don’t have it yet. It should be here within a couple days. I have two different proteins because I like to keep one at my room, and one at the office. That way I’m not trying to portion it out every day to take with me. And finally, I also have the Animal Test that was sent to me for testing. I’m really looking forward to some good gains with this.
When I left, my weight was at about 189 and it had leveled off right around there for a few weeks. I haven’t weighed myself since I got back but I’m guessing the scale will show me at about 174. If that’s the case, my goal for the next 4 weeks will be to surpass my previous plateau and get up to 185. I’m hoping that by the end of the year, I can reach 190. My new long term goal, long term being when I deploy out of Iraq in July, is going to be for a bulk of 200 pounds and then a cutting phase to bring out my abs. As I haven’t done a cutting phase, I have no idea how much weight I will lose so after I reach 200 pounds, I will cut until I like what I see.
It sure is good to be back. I’ve definitely missed the burn and look forward to hitting the gym tomorrow morning. I’ll be sure to let you all know how bad it hurts after I’m done working out.
