patrick93’s BodyBlog

the title is a bit misleading, but gets the point across.

when bulking…..you have to get into the mindset of a powerlifter trying pile as much weight on the bar and food into your body as possible.  (within reason).  if you’re scared about little bull**** fat gains…..you’ll probably end up eating at maintenance.  FAIL.

when cutting…..you can’t be too worried about losing muscle or you’ll probably eat too many carbs / FOOD IN GENERAL.

seperate the two mentalities.  compartmentalize dat shiz.

i’m only realizing now the difference a day or poor sleep/diet/supplementation can have.

i just finished a workout which went okay but not great.  compare this to my last workout (see last entry) which went ****ing AWESOME.

what were the differences?

1) last workout i had no school, i.e. no stress and no walking around all day.
2) because of no school i could sleep in every day and get ample rest.  10+ hours daily.  awesome for growing and recovery.
3) last week i was taking creatine mono but stopped the other day because it was giving me headaches (not enough water drinking i think)
4) because i was home, i eat perfectly every two hours in huge quantities.

compare that to this week………

1) school…..walking around up and down stairs all day.
2) 6-7 hours of sleep
3) no creatine
4) poor school diet…..didn’t eat enough and had supressed appetite.  didn’t pack enough lunch.

the result? felt tired as **** (not even coffee perked me up), struggled with weights, poor intensity, felt worn out and sweaty and dirty from exercising before i even began…..just overall YUCK.

but you live an learn.  getting back on the creatine + gallon of h20 a day.  going to bed earlier to get ample sleep.  

still put up a pr for squat (83kg x 5) though.  

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progress pic from today (bad lighting but there it is)

still looking RELATIVELY lean at the front (i.e. no belly while wearing a tee…..but still VERY KEEN to cut in october)

just finished my workout and everything was LIGHT WEIGHT.

just squatted 80 kilos for the first time ever.  ATG without major struggling.

bench - smooth and controlled.

dead - 86 like it was nothing.  

(L) rippetoes, would recommend to anyone.

had my weekend double rest day for rippetoes and came back today fresh.

those two days of rest make a MASSIVE difference.  

everything just feels…….lighter…..

e.g. usually the i can feel the bar just crushing down on me when i unrack it for squats, but today it just kindof sat weightlessly on my traps ready to be thrown around.

bench was smooth and controlled - personal record too.

deads which usually feel so heavy i’m thinking ‘this is an injury in the making’ were like and controlled - again….another PR.

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i put this down to two days of solid sleep (waking naturally without an alarm/bitch parent)
PLUS
my nutrition of the past week has been AWESOME.  incredibly good.  eating healthy and in huge quantities.

feeling super confident for making my powerlifting PRs and for the october-december cut.

so i’m put putting along with rippetoes by put putting i actually mean RAPING.  hard out.

i’ve set myself some powerlifting goals to achieve by the 30th of september (end of my bulk) to spur me on to eat big well, lift hard and sleep long.

this are what i’m hoping to put up on the 30th:
100kg SQUAT
115kg DEADLIFT
80kg BENCH

barring any injury/****ups, this is reachable.  

the past week i have been eating PERFECTLY, lifting hard….****…everything has been great.
my only problem with rippetoes since starting is i’ve LOST BODY FAT ahahaha.  ****ing great program.

my only worries right now are knee injuries from squatting - my left knee gives me twinges every now and again and i get **** scared and ice it.
the other thing i need to focus on is SMASHING the good food.  just force feeding myself nutrient rich food constantly.

so yeah, definitely on task for the 2009 transformation.  keep watching the blog for updates - on christmas day i will post a picture of the finished product of a year of hard work.  i will have some good size and will be ripped to ****.  and tan.  

keep lifting brahs