IanMcCants’s BodyBlog

Well, I’m officially one month into my workouts.  I must say that I am pleased with my progress.  I seem to see results with my shirt on.  My sleeves are hugging my arms a little tighter and my traps are starting to peek out.  But when my shirt comes off, all of the results seem to go away.  I wanted to finish this week out before posting another progress pic.  I’ve seen strength gains all around.  I haven’t kept up with my workout tracker the way that I wanted to, but I keep good notes of my workouts.  I’m extremely happy with my gains on the flat bench.  One week in, I could barely rep 205 six times.  Now, I can rep 225 ten times.  The only supplements that I am taking are H-drol, cycle support, and muscle milk.  I’m also taking a multi-vitamin that you can find at the local drugstore.  I know that I probably need something a little stronger.  Eventhough I am motivated, I know that I need to make a lot of adjustments.  I need to increase my protein intake for one.  I am eating cleaner, but I’m not tracking what I eat.  I figure that I will kick things into a higher gear as I finish my 30 day cycle of H-drol.  I’m going to use Novedex, Hypertest(for libido), Creatine Monohydrate, and Optimum Whey for 60 days.  I’ll probably toss in Lipo-6 for fat burn as I increase my cardio.  This is a wonderful site for ideas, routines, and motivation.

Well, my workouts have not gotten off to the start that I was hoping for.  My first week, I was excited and motivated to get started.  I can honestly say that I had 3 productive workouts.  The 2nd week was also good.  I had to workout 3 days in a row because I took my family to Disneyworld at the end of the week.  The 3rd week is when I began to have problems.  On my 2nd workout for the week(chest), I decided to push myself a little more just to see what I could do.  On my 6th rep of 225 on the bench, I found myself pinned under the bar.  This is the first time that this had ever happened to me.  My arm just gave out on me.  I also had the clips on, so I couldn’t just tilt the bar to dump off the weights.  I sat the weight down on my chest and tried to roll it.  At first it wasn’t so bad, but then it began to feel like a elephant had just sat on my chest.  I began to panic.  After about 3 minutes, I finally wiggled out from underneath.  I always believed that a bar would never come down on me.  I figured that some sort of survival instinct would kick in and I would get it up.  I guess that I learned my lesson.  That really shook my confidence.  But I realized that my strength hadn’t built up yet, and I reminded myself that you have to crawl before you can walk again.  On to week 4.  My first workout of the week, I was ready to do my squats.  I got up under 185.  I considered this to be a warm-up set.  I wanted to go as low as possible.  I thought that I had good form, and I had a belt on.  All of a sudden, I felt a wierd sensation in my back.  I knew that I hadn’t done serious damage, but something wasn’t right.  My back felt as if someone was placing all of their weight on one knee in the small of my back.  So, now I’m taking the rest of the week off to heal before I start back next week.  I’m trying not to get discouraged, but I finally am starting to feel older.  I don’t feel invincible anymore.  It is ironic that when I finally am convinced that I am ready to maintain a total fitness and nutrition program, my body is refusing to cooperate.  I’m going to fight it guys.  I have a goal to reach.  But this is so much harder than it used to be.

Ian