Jimus’ Get Results Blog

Supplements - check!

Attitude - check!

…….well actually not quite

I gotta question my motives and perceptions. I need to give myself an overall check-up and pay attention to the detail

We all have an image of how we want to look when we’re starting out……. I always had an image in my mind - I wanted to have that manly, muscular and lean look.

I’ve made good gains in strength and size but I’ve been slack in the diet department. I’ve lacked discipline, ate crap too often and drank alcohol too often, Such errors have accumulated slowly over time so that my BF now covers all my hard earned gains. Definition is lost, veins are few. Overall I feel depressed to the point that I HAVE TO CHANGE. Not just improve - but TRANSFORM.

I’m tired of having a chubby face, no abs to see and poor vascularity. I’ll make no excuses about my motives - sure I wanna be healthy but more so I just wanna look good and be strong.

I see ripped people all over this site and I admire them. Sometimes I feel inadequate and somehow excluded from the BB game and for so long that I’ve almost grown to accept that’s who I am. BUT THIS IS BS!

I’ve never seen my gains for real, with low BF and skin tightly wrapped around the muscles. Truth is I’ve always been scared to loose too much muscle, never gone ahead with a true cut cycle

So WHAT NOW?

I’m not gonna just whine on - here are my goals I’ve some ideas about how I can improve

Breakfast - I’m gonna ALWAYS have breakfast with lots of protein - eggs most likely

More cardio - I’m gonna do 20 min after EVERY lifting session and 1-2 x 1 hr dedicated cardio sessions per weekBoxing - I’m gonna get back in the boxing gym 1 x per week

Continue lifting hard - This is where I have been doing really well. Always room for improvement I guess but I’m happy with muscle gains so far

Be Consistent - This is a key part. I need to do this ALWAYS and not relapse

If you’ve read this please, post up some comments on how you think I could do better. I resect this online community and will be gratefull of anything that could help

I’ve entered a new state of mind where I AM going to transform

Laters

Jim

Managed 2 workouts while on holiday using a hilarious ‘all in one’ Turkish multi gym thing. Very squeaky rusty old piece of crap - just did 6 sets of everything then cooled off in the pool *drifts off into a daze*…..ah man I miss being on holiday…….

Really pleased that upon return I have lost zero strength, HA! How did this happen? It’s not like I was careful - I drank and ate what I wanted, this resulted in some bf% increase I know that much, but the good news is it was unlikely I would have been catabolic for much of the time I was there thanks to all the protein available at the hotel buffet. It’s been said before that a break does you good. Usually I shrink during that break but not this time, I guess I’m figuring out more and more as I go

Determined to build upon my gains, I’ve just started Gaspari Size-On and BSN Axis HT - 3 days in and I can feel the Size-On, just the one workout so far using this but man what a good workout.

Managed 75Kg for reps on the decline bench on Saturday, for me a personal best. The short term goal is to bench my own bodyweight for reps - (around 80Kg will do it), nearly there!!!! Long term goal I wanna make that bar bend baby!

Reason I’ve not been posting up much is that the music work is getting busier, making it difficult to fit in workouts plus a full time job - but don’t let that fool you…by hook or by crook I fit my workouts in, even at crazy times! That leaves little time to post

For my buddies though, it’s always good to hear from you so stick around. I’m gonna upload some ‘bulky’ pics this week so you can see the progress

Laters Alligators!

Jim

Pumped my legs pretty hard. Pressed 150Kg on lying leg press x 10

Curled 17.5Kg each arm and skull-crushed 25kg with EZ bar x 10, will go for 30Kg next time and see if my elbows snap off!

Got 70Kg x 7 on tricep (cable) extension

Really worked the arms beyond the pain barrier.

This boxing thing is increasing my strength. Sweeeeeet.

Laters

Jim

My friend has introduced me to a boxing gym that holds a group class called ‘Fit Club’. Bit like fight club… (well not really but sounds cool!)

Here’s the script - Imagine a room with about 18 bags each with punch combinations written on them. You go for 1.5 minutes per bag. Basically go round all the bags, sweat yourself to death then nail abs boxing style, also pressups, pikes, jumping knees ups, snakes, squats etc for a further 25 mins. OUCH! The trainer is an ex boxer who is tough but generally a nice guy. He won’t take any shit from anyone!

All the guys there were seriously ripped and I can see why. Some of the dudes there were incredible, like machines. I was in awe and me being me I want to get there too.

I have never experienced training like this and all I can say is I LIKE I LIKE!!!

I love this so much, even after just one session I feel addicted. I am incredibly sore today. Back, chest shoulders and abs are all creaking! Honestly I’ve not felt like this since I first started lifting - this can only be good!

I’ve always stuggled with myself when it comes to cardio. I wanna be ripped but I just hate boring cardio and I am addicted to the lifts. This boxing training covers strength, endurance and burns more cals than I ever would dare to do alone in the gym (being told that to quit  = 10 more pressups for the groups works wonders)

So I’m gonna include Fit Club into my routine, probably getting 2 sessions in per week and lifting the other days (also 1-2 rest days per week)

I have a chance to test the strenght I’ve gained in the gym and put it to use. I can only get stonger from here….

Laters

Jim

Every day I read the papers I get more and more sick of the things I see, the stories I hear

In the UK, kids getting shot, stabbed kicked to death. Gangs going mental, killing innocent victims as part of ‘initiation’. So called ‘honour killings’ carried out on people’s own family, their own blood.

Today reported groups in South Africa going on a murder spree setting people on fire supposedly because refugees are taking the best jobs and houses.

What trigger goes off in these people’’s minds to think it acceptable to take a human life?

Since when did material posessions and money have more importance over life itself?

Are we all just f*cking wild animals?

Is it just me or have we all become somewhat de-sensitised to all this?

Alriiiiiiiight!

Jim

A very tired workout

My God I was tired yesterday. Not enough sleep the night before meant I was below par in the gym. I am often surprised just what a difference lack of sleep has on my performance. Plus, no spotter so rubbish benching.

(KG x rep)

Incline Bench Barbell Press 50×12 50×9

Flat Bench Dumbbell Press 60×3 55×8 55×6 dropped to 25’s got 4 more

Assist chins 58×12 58×8

Deadlifts 80×10 80×10

T-bar 40×12 50×8

Shoulder Press machine (facing backwards) 50×10 50×9 dropped to 30 got another 5 out

Machine Side Lateral 45×4 40×8 40×6 dropped to 30 then 25 got a few more out

Shrugs on independent bench machine 95×12 95×9

Rear delts (machine) 42×12 42×10

No abs, no cardio. Felt somewhat dead after this.

What I lacked in weight I tried to compensate by adding in a drop-set here and there. Every set was to failure, literally couldn’t move anything more which is frustrating looking at the numbers from previous workouts where I lifted more. I will not accept I am getting weaker, just putting this down to an off day with not enough sleep

Freaky shrugs though.

Laters

Jim

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Short update on my workouts

Big lifts this weekend

A really solid weekend of training had. Here is Saturday’s stats

(Kg x Rep)

Decline Barbell Press 70x 10 70x 6

Incline Dumbbell or Smith Press 50x 10 50x 9

Flyes(DB) 30x 15 30x 12

Close-grip Pulldown 63x 14 63x 9

Bent Barbell Row 60x 9 60x 7

Deadlifts 80x 10 80x 10

Dumbbell Shoulder Press (front) 40x 10 40x 9

Dumbbell Upright Row 35x 9 35x 8

Dumbbell Bent-over Lateral 30x 14 30x 12

Barbell Shrug  - missed

Lying Leg Raise - missed

Floor Crunch - missed

Please note that these sets were done with little to no rest in between. You can see the fatigue in the 2nd sets

Shoulder playing up meant I missed out shrugs, no abs as I ran out of time and was pretty dead

Made up for that on Sunday with 1hr cardio and serious ab abuse!

My Thoughts

I still have minor issues with an old shoulder injury that basically killed my bench

Bench still my weak point, but is steadily climbing, so I remain positive

Soon I’ll bench my bodyweight for reps comfortably, and build from there

Deads are increasing, I’ll get to 100K in no time I just know it.

I’m getting back to my former beastly self

Laters homies

Jim

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