smallguyjoe’s BodyBlog

I finally did it!!! No spotter… good form, and the 10th rep wasn’t even that hard!!!! YES!!!!

Now I gotta put up 315 for reps, hahahahahaha In time

Anyone who read my post from the other day where I was complaining and all… I figured I’d let ya know that I found that I’m doin better than I had thought

I looked through my journal and saw that when I had hit 169 lbs in October I was just filled with water… I was actually more like 167 lbs! I was 167 like the day before I woke up 169, and when I started my cut I dropped back down in like 1-2 days - water retention! Anyway, after my 2 week cut I started trying to gain mass slower, and it seemed to be goin good since the scale was moving up still, but very slowly.

I had gotten discouraged b/c after cutting for 2 weeks my arms had gone back down to 15.25. I weighted a few weeks to measure them again in hopes that they’d be back up… they weren’t OR, SO I THOUGHT!!!!

I measured my arms (along with the rest of me) last night, and they are back up to 15.5!!!! I must’ve measured em wrong when I did it the other day! I even took a picture w/ the tape around my arm…

This picture’s also in my workout journal - it’s bigger there, so ya can see it better  

I also found that I’ve made some improvements over the past month or so… 

weight 168.2 lbs (morning of 11/30/2007)

measurements:

waist = 33
hips = 38.5 (+.5)
thigh = 23.5
chest = 44.25 (-.25)
shoulders = 50.5 (+.75)
arms = 15.5
calves = 14.5
forearms = 12.5 (+.25)
neck = 15.5 (-.5)

bf% = 8.3% (really like 10-11%)
abs 13 (+1)
chest 4
quad 12 (-1)

So, not so bad after all!!!!

Also, I’m super happy b/c I started creatine this past Tues (5 grams per day) and this morning (12/01/2007) my weight is up to 170.4 lbs!!!! 2.2 lbs in just a day! hahahahaha I know it’s water retention, but it feels really cool to look down in the morning and see 170 lbs for the 1st time ever!!!!

Progress after all!!!