Ryhatz8’s BodyBlog

Check frequently to see what muscle groups i’m doing and how i go about targeting them every day that i train. Feel free to comment or ask any questions that come up. The link to it is listed on my bodyspace homepage in my signature.

The title pretty much speaks for itself on this blog.  You need to know your body, know when to push yourself and more importantly know when you need to "swallow your pride" and head home. The last thing you want to do is over train.  A major key to getting bigger is thinking long term. If your over train, your working backwards.  You build up and get big out of the gym when your muscles are rebuilding so if your just tearing the fibers to pieces day after day, night after night your not working to your body’s favor.  Injuries and set backs due to over training i have no sympathy for whatsoever because its pure personal error and big headed syndrome (BHS) a term i made up ha.  Plain and simple, you get big if you can continue to work out efficiently for months and years to come and not have to take time off to nurse your sore spots due to not letting your body recover fully.  Good luck, and "train smarter, not harder."  Quote from Bob Cicherillo

Happy lifting,

R Hatz

From june 2005 - present my arms have went from 14.5 to 17.5.
3 inchs gained in 3.5 years.  LoL… Its a start!

Well i’ve been hit by the busy bug.  No time to lift due to finals in school, deer hunting, lots of work and of course a girlfriend.  With no time to hit the gym 5 times a week and the diet slipping as well i haven’t been the same me as of late.  I got 2 good workouts in this week so far, and ill probably get 2 more before its over.  The diet i just don’t have time to eat like i used to or prepare like i used to.  Once i graduate from college then i will get things under control once again.  Hoping to be my biggest ever next year.  After i get myself back under control i’ll be back more frequent and add some new photos.  I’m working on bringing back the insane vascularity in my arms, chest and back again and hopefully blow away all my old measurements asap.

Well what can i say, I’ve been gone quite a bit so i should have a lot.  First off i have an outstanding mass building diet configured that is sure to work…I just need to start following it.

On the supplement side of things I tried Cell Tech for the first time in probably 2 years and wow, that is some good stuff.  Ive tried many creatines but that one is instant results.  Sure a lot of its water weight but if you want to get bigger faster, that will do it for you.  Secondly N.O Xplode is quite honestly the closest thing to legal speed that i have seen.  Talk about a workout intensifier.

All i need to do now is put my diet in place, its all set ready to go, just takes a lot of commitment and determination to follow.  I have grown quite a bit, i dirty bulked for the past few months, not proud of it id rather do a clean one with good foods but its summer and its to hard for me to pass up the beer and chips lol.  Now im switching to my clean bulk tho tell January and then its pre comp cut time.  Id estimate my current body fat at about 11 percent and ill probably stay at that for the next few months then cut it in half for comps in 09.  Im tired of typing and need to get ready for work… Thanks for listening to me ramble ha..

R Hatz

Well i havent been to the gym in 2 weeks, nutrition has went to crap and ive been a lazy piece of mass LOL.   what can i say, i ran out of money for food and protein, lost my motivation and lost what i was working with to an extent.   once the stimulus tax check gets in my pocket i should be able to pay off my bills and what not and get back on track.  this is definitly a unwanted halt in progress but i jsut cant afford the food it takes right now and that is killing my motivation to lift.  anyways, ill get back at it sooner or later,  i always do.  then ill be heading on strong again, every road to the final destination is gonna have some detours.  this is one.  see ya soon

I started my bulking phase 2 days ago.  i will really utilize weight tracker and enter my weight (in morning on empty stomach, naked, same time) every monday and friday.  This should make a very detailed and pretty accurate graph on my progress.  i have a very demanding diet for the mass up attempt but we will see how it works.  if the weight goes up and i still stay pretty lean and the muscle grows go up.  ill let people kno on the diet aspect.  feel free to stay tuned to see how its working every mon and fri.

I got a new gym membership the other day and they had dumbells at 105,110,115 and 120  which are new to me.  The highest i could get was the 105s because you have to keep them so wide throughout the entire press because of how long they are! lol.  its something to work for and im motvated to get to using those 120 pound stones.  ill get there.  gimme a month or 2. 

June 1st 2008 i am going to start my mass building program and diet.  It wil consist of estimated:

4600 calories, 550 grams of carbs, 375 grams of protein and 90 grams of fat daily.

I am going to mass from June 2008 until the end of December 2008.  Then start cutting for Competitions that start in April 2009.  I will come in at the top of light heavy weight if all goes to plan.

PS: im also moving back in with my parents for the 7 months of bulking so i can actually afford the food its going to take.  LoL! true dedication and showing the sacrafices that need to be made.

This is only the beginning

since i have been blasting my legs, my weight has went up considerably (in a good way) however now i dont think im a middleweight anymore lol.  i think im going to scratch the compeition at middleweight this year, i have some important issues that came up but im going to hit a good clean bulk from now tell next february and try to come in at the top of light heavy weight for next year.