Summer of Success - 2008
The summer of 2008 has held many titles in my mind - Summer of REAL gas prices, liver problems and economy troubles. Other than that, I have had a very successful summer in terms of my fitness goals. I started the summer around 192lbs with 17-18%bf and decided to do a cut. I started the diet Mid-May and began a 6-day a week training split looking like this:
Mon: 30 min Run. Chest/Back (Usually heavy from rest and carbs on Sunday) & Abs
Tues: 20 min HIIT. Arms/Calves
Wed: Shoulders/Thighs/Glutes/Abs
Thurs: 45 min Run. Chest/Back (Iso Work)
Fri: 20 min HIIT. Arms/Calves/Abs
Sat: Shoulders/Thighs/Glutes
Then I would usually rest on Sunday unless I endulged too much on Saturday or something, I would go on a 20 min jog to clear my head of bad food thoughts. My diet did not change a ton, but it did become more consistent without the awkward class schedules and wing nights/beer that accompanied time with peers.
Breakfast: 1 egg, 3 egg whites & oatmeal/Go Lean cereal.
Pre-WO: Orange & 25g Whey
Post-WO: 45g Whey & 1 cup Rice Krispies
Lunch: Whole-Wheat wrap w/ Turkey and carrots.
Mid-Afternoon: 1 packet Almonds (160kcal) and Casein
Supper: Chicken and Vegetables
Night: Cottage Cheese with 1/4 cup blueberries
Of course, some of this changed as I did carb cycling for the first few weeks. It worked wonders on the weight loss but I was battling bouts of severe fatigue on the low-low carb days so I had to go to less extremes. By mid-July I made it down to 173 and 11-12% bf. I put a halt to the diet at that point because my ALT liver enzyme was 4x normal for reasons now discovered to be unrelated, but I had to cease some of the program for a week. I am now back to the routine with a little more room for error (ice cream!) but I still want to shed another 1-2% before the end of the month. We’ll see how it goes.
For reference, current supps as follows:
ON Whey/Casein
1200mg Fish Oil (x3 day)
GNC Sport Multi (Was on Pak but had to cut for liver to recoop)
Animal Flex
Occasional White Flood to get me going for morning workouts
I am now on cycle with SizeOn from Gaspari and it is working incredible. I have been on for 2 1/2 weeks and I have gained 30lbs on my Deadlift in that time as well as other increases and noticeable aesthetics.
I will update once I am returned to school and no longer have access to barbells (!!!!). Thanks for reading and happy training.
