Jayzon’s BodyBlog

I’m a smart person…at least that’s what I thought…turns out…not so much

 Here I am thinking that I have my diet down pat. Every calorie accounted for. Carbs/protein/fat split to perfection. Except…I’m guessing at the serving sizes. And guessing is never good. Especially when it turns out that you’re getting about twice the amount of carbs you’re supposed to be getting…Just plain idiotic on my part. So, a simple measuring cup to the rescue and I’m now where I need to be. I don’t want to call the last two weeks wasted but…well…350-380 grams of carbs per day is just a lil too much for a cutting cycle…just a tiny bit. Better results coming soon!!

I’ve never really had any interest in competing at any point but I’ve always wondered how I’d do if I had a specific date like a contest in mind when trying to lean out. Well, I leave at 9:51 AM on July 12th for good ol’ Cabo San Lucas and I’ve decided to use that date as a mock contest date. So for the next 4 months (almost exactly) expect to see way more progress pics and updates. Every saturday I’ll put up a new pic to keep myself honest and motivated. I’m shooting for about 160-165 and sub 6% bodyfat. I’m about 180 and 10% right now so it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. We’ll see though…I’ve never tried to get this lean. Wish me luck!!

So I fell off the wagon for pretty much the entire month of November. Really really not good. I hit the gym only twice a week and my diet was as atrocious as its been in a while. I couldn’t even tell you why I fell off…I just kinda did. But as of today…I’m back on the grind. Back to eating 95% clean…back to hitting the gym 4-5 times a week. Back to feeling good about how I’m treating my body!

So 8 years back during my first round with bodybuilding I had that wonderful teenage metabolism going on and could get away with not so complex carbs, i.e. white rice, white bread etc.  Now that my metabolism has slowed quite a bit for a number of reasons, age, lack of lean muscle, genetics (most of my family is borderline obese), I’ve decided to eat as absolutely perfect as possible. Yams being one of the cleanest and most complex sources of carbs, I stocked up and started eating them almost exclusively (for carbs I mean).

I felt a little sick the first day. Day two I got "sick". Day three I ate red potatoes instead and felt fine. Day four I put the yams back in and got "sick" again. I though maybe I got a bad batch so I went out and bought some of the really expensive individually wrapped ones. Day five….you guessed it…"sick".  Damnit!!

 Guess I’ll have to stick with red potatoes and wild rice….

Wow!! That’s all I can really say. Typically I’m eloquent (read: wordy) but I think that sums it up.  When I first started lifting 8 years ago Ultimate Orange was still (semi)legal and I thought that was the greatest thing ever. Even if I was dreading the gym, one scoop of UO would push me through a workout. NOX is everything great about UO without the need to vomit after a particularly grueling set. And I’ve never felt the kind of pump I’m getting. Wow/Amazing…BSN is my new hero!! 

I always try to layout exactly what I want to accomplish before I take a real world step. That way I’m always looking forward to something and not just fumbling around. I wrote it all down for myself but I figure, why not share it with all of you?  I broke myself down body part by body part as such:

 Shoulders: More roundness and fullness. Front and medial delts needs lots of work!

 Triceps: Need a little size. Stretch more often to give them a little more length as well.

Biceps: Lots of work. A genetic pitfall. Gain size then work on the short head a LOT!

 Back: Add a little thickness. Lower back needs strengthening (work on your posture!).

Obliques: Just a little thickness. Stick to higher reps.

Abs: Get your diet in check. The musculature is there, shed some bf % points.

Chest: Stick to inclines. Add some overall thickness but especially upper chest.

Quads, Hams, Glutes, Calves: Genetically blessed. Stick with high reps and stretch often.

That’s how I see myself and what I need to know. I’ll post some embarrassingly out of shape pictures pretty soon.  Thanks for reading!