jono1000’s BodyBlog

Just got back from spending 4 hours at the hospital after falling on my knee and being in severe pain.
Typical of me I slipped on a wet floor and fell straight to my knees, with my left leg going in a direction it should be able to go. So this afternoon I’ve spent several hours in A&E having x-rays and being seen by several doctors. Good news is nothing is broken (thank god) Bad news is I’ve torn a muscle and damage some ligaments.
I’m truly gutted, been training really hard over the past month and really started to see some difference, and I’m not going to be able to train for a while, well at least train my legs, still gonna hit the gym and train upper body so it’s not all bad.

I suppose these things are sent to try us but not going to let it stand in my way and not continue the transformation that I want to get to.
One thing I’ve learnt from seeing so many injuries today at the hospital is that there are a lot of people who are worse off than me through illness and injury, makes me want to train harder to make sure I’m stronger, fitter and healthier to combat what comes at us all.

Over the past few weeks it’s been pretty tough….work has been really busy and I’ve had to put a load of hours in which I made me stressed and down. Haven’t been able to train and   I’ve had added pressure from moving house and a distant relationship. I know as I write this there are people who are going through far worse and I have to keep reminding myself about that, but it doesn’t make it any easier.

This week has been a new start, I’ve settled into the new house, joined a new gym and been training really hard which has made me feel so much better it’s untrue.
It’s amazing once your in the gym and busting a gut, how you forget about what’s going on and you can put things into perspective, a kind of therapy i suppose.

I had a session with a new personal trainer and he was a great motivation. He was a breath of fresh air and has always been into clean bodybuilding, I’ve never tried roids and can understand people who do, but I really want to be able to look back and say I did it on my own! I know it will take a lot longer but I know I will get there eventually!
I can really see me getting the results I want and using all my frustration to work hard in the gym. Really feel like my head as been cleared and I can deal with life’s issues.

Giving myself 3 months to get to my goal….would love to hear from other people with the same motivation, reckon we could support and get a little comp going to encourage people to keep motivated.
Hit me back people with your thoughts.

Keep training hard
J

Just back from the gym and had another good session, chest and back tonight.
Really happy with the weights and sets…..

3 sets on chest:
Bench press 4 sets (personal best tonight added another 10lbs)
Incline press…4 sets upto 35kgs
Incline flyes 4 sets at 20kgs

3 sets on back:

Deadlifts 4 sets working up to 2sets of 6 at 360lbs
Lat pull downs 4 sets (personal best at 90kgs)
Pull ups 4 sets of 6 - not my strongest exercise, having arms as long as a gorillas doesn’t help, so I’m told lol

Really happy with the weight….but really frustrated with my weight, I’m just not gaining, even after a weekend of eating everything in sight, good and bad the scales just aren’t moving! Brought some weight gain protein today, 900 calories per drink, so seperated them out into 2 shakes and started taking today, 1 this aft and then 1 straight after I trained tonight, really hoping it starts to work! It’s started freeking me out a bit about the weight as I’m just not gaining! Does anybody else have this problem?? If so has anyone found a good plan to add muscle? Been eating 4 to 6 meals a day with all the usual chicken, veg, cottage cheese etc! Could really do with some advice on this if anyone could share!

I went away at the weekend and saw some people I haven’t seen for about 5 weeks, they said I lost weight which really pee’d me off, although I don’t understand as I took a shirt to wear on a night out and I could get it in….what’s that about??

Trying not to let it get me down still trying to focus hard on the training and trying to reach my goals.

Any advice on the above…please message me, could really do with all the knowledge I can get on this!
Right…food time, more chicken and veg! lol

Peace
Jono

Just back from the gym and had another good session, chest and back tonight.
Really happy with the weights and sets…..

3 sets on chest:
Bench press 4 sets (personal best tonight added another 10lbs)
Incline press…4 sets upto 35kgs
Incline flyes 4 sets at 20kgs

3 sets on back:

Deadlifts 4 sets working up to 2sets of 6 at 360lbs
Lat pull downs 4 sets (personal best at 90kgs)
Pull ups 4 sets of 6 - not my strongest exercise, having arms as long as a gorillas doesn’t help, so I’m told lol

Really happy with the weight….but really frustrated with my weight, I’m just not gaining, even after a weekend of eating everything in sight, good and bad the scales just aren’t moving! Brought some weight gain protein today, 900 calories per drink, so seperated them out into 2 shakes and started taking today, 1 this aft and then 1 straight after I trained tonight, really hoping it starts to work! It’s started freeking me out a bit about the weight as I’m just not gaining! Does anybody else have this problem?? If so has anyone found a good plan to add muscle? Been eating 4 to 6 meals a day with all the usual chicken, veg, cottage cheese etc! Could really do with some advice on this if anyone could share!

I went away at the weekend and saw some people I haven’t seen for about 5 weeks, they said I lost weight which really pee’d me off, although I don’t understand as I took a shirt to wear on a night out and I could get it in….what’s that about??

Trying not to let it get me down still trying to focus hard on the training and trying to reach my goals.

Any advice on the above…please message me, could really do with all the knowledge I can get on this!
Right…food time, more chicken and veg! lol

Peace
Jono

Hey Guys

I just wanted to add another blog…I’m not the greatest at writing these so bare with me.

For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been training really hard….a lot harder than I ever have, the biggest problem that I have is the food intake. I’m looking at gaining size…being a 6.2ft long armed guy it hard to look like I’ve added size and get to the goal that I want.
Had a great session at the gym tonight, chest and back…..I got 2 personal bests so I was really happy and motivated! Trouble is when I stepped on the scales I have lost 2lbs, it really annoyed me as I’m eating shed loads at the moment, all good foods, lean meats, eggs…potatoes but I’m not adding size.

I’ve been offered steroids, and got told they could add half a stone onto my weight - NOW I WOULD NEVER TAKE THEM…but for the 1st time I could see the attraction and temptation of taking them…and I’m really annoyed at myself for even thinking that.

Could really do with some help……does anybody know any good food plans that could help me with adding size. My mates have always taken steroids and it’s 1 thing thats never really interested me, I really want to do it the natural way….i know it may take longer I just have to keep telling myself it’s not going to happen over night, I suppose.
Any body else feel the frustration? or am I just running away with myself?

Feel really pleased with my progress but feel really down at the same time?!
Suppose a good nights sleep with but everything into context!

Any advice or same frustrations please get in touch
Until next time…..Train Hard and focus on your goal.

Jono

Today is the start of really training.

Personally I always see the fitness magazines and think ‘god I wish I looked like that’ but to be honest I’ve never really trained hard enough to get to the size and look that I wanted. I think sometimes we all live in a world when we think going to the gym will just make it happen….I know I have. In the past 6-months I’ve trained hard and pushed myself to the limit at times….being sick in the gym isn’t the best look I’ve had….but reading through people’s blogs and profiles I have learnt it just doesn’t happen over night.

I’ve changed my body shape and weight from 76 kgs to 85/86 kgs and really happy with the result, started to change shape as well, but I think I’ve got the bug, I’ve started to feel the same as I did six months ago, unhappy with my body-shape and size.

I suppose I’ve always struggled with the way i look. Being 6.2 and having no size (lanky streak of pee) has always been a bug bare of mine. I’m happy with the last 6-months transformation but hit a wall and haven’t changed much in the past month…..it can be really crap to go through, people tell you, you have changed but if you can’t see if yourself it can start to get you down.

I bought a new supplement yesterday, USN 19 - Anabol Testo…..anybody tried it?

Started taking these along side regular protein and 6 small meals a day. The food is the 1 thing I really struggle with. The gym I find great now, I know what exercise’s I need to do when training body-parts but when it comes to food it just goes over my head. You read all about portion sizes and how many lbs of protein you should have pounds of body mass but I’ve never been able to get the balance right. If anybody has any tips of this please share!

So today is the start of a new focus. Looking through bodybuilding.com and getting great messages of support from people has really been the kick up the arse I needed to really start to get serious with training and getting bigger with more muscle definition, I know it won’t happen overnight and it’s going to be a lot of bloody, sweat and tears to get to the goal I really want but my mindset has changed and I now have the focus and determination to succeed.

This is my 1st body blog so apologizes if it doesn’t make any sense! lol but I wanted to write down how I feel as I final commitment to myself and others to really get to my goals.
Any feedback is great! Wanna say thanks for the support and in the next coming weeks "I will" see some results.

Take it easy
J

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