Ben’s BodyBlog

So yesterday and today I’ve been walking funny.  Well moving funny overall.

This new workout has me very sore but the walking funny is the interesting part.  It’s not because I pulled anything….I think my body is just adjusting.

I rarely do legs.  Tuesday I ended up doing a full workout and did moves I had never done before.  It’s freaking awesome.  I don’t want to get my legs to big but I’m definitely keeping this up for at least six weeks while I figure out what my next routine will be.

Thank you Muscle & Fitness magazine.

Ben

is kicking my ASS!!!  It’s working though and only on day 2.  It’s a six week program for quick muscle gain I found in the April 2008 magazine of Muscle & Fitness.

I know that’s an older issue but I tend to keep the important and good stuff.  I’ll let you know how it works out.

So I started a new routine. I went through a couple of back issues of Muscle & Fitness and found a routine for growing huge quickly.

 So I’m giving it a shot.  Even though I’m trying to get lean, I’m sure the more and heavier I lift the more calories I burn.  I won’t get as big as I could because of cardio and the fat burners (Lipo 6X) that I’m currently on and doing but I know I’ll keep gaining.

Building muscle isn’t to difficult it’s dropping the fat and I’m determined to do my long term goal this time around.  I’m glad to be down to size 30 to 31 pants/jeans but I still have a belly and I want that to go as well.

So I’m goign to give this routine a couple of weeks before changing it up again.  I might try the new one that’s in the "Wolverine" issue of Muscle & Fitness.  The 100 rep set.  I’ve tried just to do 100 pushups and that’s tough.  Heck the 25 rep set I did today was rough.  I can only imagine the progress I can make with 1 set/100 reps rountine.

So that’s it for today.  I’m really tired and still lately always hungry.  Just trying my best to be smart about it.

I’ve also started a group, it’s open to all but the topic is for the "Short and Stacked" types like me.  Short but bigger than average for their height.

 Hopefully I can get some people to join.  It’s day one for the group, so it will take time to build.

So the last week and a half it seems I am constantly starving.  The good part is I am seeing a difference in my waistline as it is trimming down again.

I’ve significantly increased my cardio again and going heavy with weights again.  Now it’s like my body is on and in full drive or it’s off and I’m tired and ready to hit the sheets.  

The good part is I’m not hungry the couple of hours before bed but it’s between 10 am and 5 pm that is the worst.  I’m glad that there are no candy dishes around my cube.  Yesterday I had to have dinner at 5:30 because of how hungry I was but then I had to have a snack around 8, so a bowel of Special K berriy cereal was the snack.

It’s been a while since I’ve been hungry in this way.  It’s not my stomach talking but my body demanding food.  There’s a big difference between the two.

Currently I am not on any protein powder.  After the last time, I’m not sure if I want to.  I couldn’t sleep during my first attempt of taking protein powder.  It was two weeks of only 2 to 3 hours of sleep because I was constantly wired.

I am writing this because I’m wondering if this is normal and the right steps.  The goal right now is more to lean up still.  I’ll work on gaining more mass but leaning up and increasing strenghth is the goal for now.

I’m just trying to make sure I’m putting enough food into my body.

Anyone ever experienced this before?

Any info would be appreciated.
Ben