Mike_Semanoff’s BodyBlog

Overall: Really kicked in the nutz.  I got sick Saturday of week 5 and i was worthless for almost all of week 6.  Right before I got sick I weighed in at 208 and by the end of week 6 i was down to 202.  Well i’m back at it for week 7.

Overall: A-  Great all around week. great training and nutrition.  My weight is up and I feel lean.

Bad news: By the end of the week I started to feel sick and saturday night I was in bed with a bad feaver.  I couldnt really eat much for the next 5 or 6 days.

I’ve been a vegetarian for a month now and I and a lot to learn, I Really had no idea it was going to be this hard to pack on the muscle going vegetarian.  In one month I’m up a solid 7lbs of lean mass.  I was hoping to be up 10lbs but then again i learned a ton.  I may have to supplement some leucine but we’ll see what Shane can do on the meal plan side of things.
Training for the month
I train heavy with high intensity for one week followed by one week of high volume training. I’ve been doing a lot of work with a focused eccentric contraction and an explosive concentric contraction and I love it.  I like to preload the muscle with a short contraction followed by a controlled eccentric contraction followed by an explosive full rep.   I feel like I could roast marshmellows over the burn.  Next month I’m going to focus more on the stretched range of my rep and work in some of my preloaded reps on my first one or two sets.
My weekly split isn’t anything special, but here are the basics. Chest and Triceps, Back and Biceps, Legs, Shoulders, day off. I’ll give more info when the story gets published.

Overall: B+  Overall i had a really good week.  Didn’t miss any training sessions and even added some cardio into the program. I have made progress in my nutrition plan although I don’t feel like I’m getting all the nutrition I need to really grow. I’m working with shane to get some suppliments that may fill in the gaps for me.

Nutrition: B   My meal timing while I’m at work is still out of ballance. My calorie ballance is ok but I feel like my ratios of protein, carbs, and fats could be dialed in.  I found its really hard to get a full amino acid profile without having really high carb meals.  I’m probably going to play with Alphalupoic Acid to help deal with the carbs.

Training: A   because I had an amazing training week but I still have room to increase intensity. I get to quit being a pussy in the gym and really bring the pain. <em />