My road to Becoming Huge and Ripped

I decided to post my journal here

Been the occasional lifter since I was 16 years old,  nothing serious.  I only started taking bodybuilding serious on 08/07, started at 148 pounds,  got all the way up to 168 pounds, injured my shoulder on 11/07, because i was trying to go way to heavy to fast, and my right shoulder just gave out on me,  lost about 13 pounds of muscle, couldnt workout for like 3 months,  restarted my journey on 01/01/08 at 155 pounds way out of shape.  When i say serious i mean lifting consistantly and eating correctly, counting all my calories and macros. 

started at 155 pounds on 1//01/08, at about 15 % bodyfat, I will asses at 180, whether to keep bulking or cutting. or might do i mini cut for 2 to 4 weeks then continue bulking again.

so been clean bulking.  since january.

My goals

• short term is to bulk to 180 pounds and keep my bodyfat % the same. 
• My long term goal is to eventually hit 200 pounds, with 10% bodyfat.
• keep my joints healthy.
• Biceps to measure 16inches
• chest to measure 44 inches
• Right now just focusing on light weights high reps, but eventually want to get my 1 rep max on squat to 400 pounds and my 1RM on deadlift to 400 also. Also want to get my bench up to 350 pounds for a 1 rep max
• Previous Personal Records for Strength are: benches 300×1, Deadlift 325×6,  Squated 330×6, 

The diet I am following is the Lean Mass diet by scivation.

Im eating Daily

• 262g protein,
• 350g carbs,
• 116.5g fat,
• 3.500 calories

My training

Is a typically bodybuilding split. hitting each body part 1 time per week.  3-4 excercises per body part, 3 sets per excercise, 6-12 rep range,  60-90second rest between sets. I will be focusing on a very slow negative and a full range of motion,  So i am going to be using very light weight to start out.

Basically I am doing this training routine because I have never done a routine like this.  Ive always went heavy, almost every routine I have ever done was always 8 reps or less, so i am going to give the typically bodybuilding split a try see how i works.  And my body seems pretty worn out from going heavy all the time.

Training Programs I have done in the past are

• Anthony Ellis’s mass gaining program (very first workout program)
• Max OT (most of my gains came from this one)
• HST
• P90X (did this one after my shoulder injury I was fat and out of shape)
• German Volume Training
• HIT 
• Upper/Lower Power/hypertrohy split (really liked this one, I will use it again soon)

My supplements

• Multivitamin, Orange Triad, for joint support also.
• Whey protein, Dymatize Elite,
• Pure Monohydrate Creatine
• Fish Oil
• Xtend
• Vasocharge
• Greens Plus for antioxidants and a veggie replacement
• and trying out M-Stak by Universal.

last month took Activate Xtreme, loved it my lifts went up like crazy.  and hit a PR on basically every lift.  So i will be trying that sup again soon.

Products that I will tryout are

• Animal Test
• Mass FX
• X factor
• then might start stacking Activate Xtreme/xfactor, or mass fx/hyperdrol
• white flood in replace of vasocharge

Starting measurements

• Weight 01/01/08 155,  today 170
• Waiste began 32inches, today 33.75
• Arms begant at 14inches, today at 15.2
• Chest began at 41inches, today 42.5
• shoulders began at 48in, today at 49.2
• Bodfat % on 1-1-08 15%, today at 16.3%
• LBM  on 1-1-08 132, today at 142
• Bodyfat on 1-1-08, 23, today at 27.7

Later today I will hitting back.

FINALLY DID IT HIT 300 POUNDS ON THE BENCH PRESS, more like a power lifting bench press but i did get it up with, also had a putting big arch in my back for the lift.

I CAN SQUAT 325X6, 1RM CALCULATES 378

I CAN DEADLIFT 320X6, 1RM CALCUATES 372

I NEVER 1 RM MAXED ON DEADS OR SQUATS.

SO MY POWER LIFTING NUMBERS ARE

DEADS 372

SQUAT 378

BENCH 300

TOTAL 1050 POWER LIFTING TOTAL

ONE OF MY GOALS WAS TO HIT 1000 POUNDS ON THESE TOTALS.  FEELS GREAT CANT WAIT TO HIT 1,100.  THAT IS MY NEXT GOAL.