superwelter’s BodyBlog

It has now been two months and what has amounted to 15 workouts! I’m really stoked about the progress I am seeing in the mirror and on my scale! My current weight is 164lbs which is 6lbs up from the start date and my body fat has stayed about the same which hopefully means lean mass.

I’m still going at a slow pace with the once a week workouts but I feel good about my results. I may try to change it up with a two a week schedule like a majority of people on this site. I just hope that I don’t always feel weak and sore by going to a more frequent schedule… I don’t really like being sore all the time.

New goals
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Gain to 170lbs & maintain BF%
Add Lower Body Training Day

That’s exactly what an old coworker told me this afternoon. While this would make most people feel bad about themselves or even upset at the person saying it… I felt great about it! It means I’m actually making some progress and making a noticeable changes. I hope to add a little more weight over the next two months then start to cut some bodyfat…

Feel really good about hearing that…

The feeling of having a full fridge & pantry is probably one of my favorite things in the world. I got to go grocery shopping today and came back with enough for a few weeks thanks to sams. No junk food, just quality stuff…

I’d recommend everyone on this site get a membership to sams, it really is worth it!

Happy Father’s Day!

I finally finished my Designer Whey and I’m excited about the move to a new flavor and also a new brand. I drove down to my local GNC with the intention of picking up the Optimum Nutrition protein I read about but decided on something else after talking with the guy in the store.

I picked up GNC brand protein(surprising right?), it’s called "Wheybolic Extreme 60" which sounds a little gimmicky to me but the guy said that it’s what he’s using and he genuinely feels like it’s been better for him than ordinary protein. The label says three scoops make up a single serving of 60g of protein and recommends a single serving per day. It’s a pretty similar to the 3 servings I have per day of my current powder but has some stuff called Leucine which it says helps protein uptake.

So the label is really proud of its 7.7G of Leucine and makes a small mention of Glutamine also being in the mix. This seems to be the major selling point and I thought I’d take the GNC guys word for it and give it a shot. I’ll save myself the 15$ and make the switch back to a normal powder if it responds like a bunch of marketing.

I have about a months supply and hope to see some kind of difference from this switch. If nothing else, the stuff tastes pretty damn good…

Well, I’m back from my trip… it’s been a busy period at work and I’ve been having to travel back and forth from Atlanta over the past few months. It wouldn’t be a big deal if I could find a way to keep up with my supplements and workouts but it’s damn near impossible.

I worked out very lightly at the gym in the hotel during the week but they only had cable machines and they felt very odd. I wasn’t able to get a good feel for the weight and basically cut the workouts short, sorry, it just didn’t feel natural.

The positive thing from all this is that I had a genuine feeling of wanting to get a workout in. It felt strange not getting my usual sets in and I think that’s a step in the right direction. It’s becoming part of my routine which is something that’s very important to me.

I’m looking forward to my sets this week and hope I haven’t lost too much ground having been out an entire week.

I also switched protein brands and am looking forward to seeing any difference. I did not switch to the ON brand like I planned to but instead went with what my GNC guy recommended.

I’m pleased about being about 8 weeks in and still pushing.

I screwed up on my semi-diet yesterday by having pizza & beer. I’m pissed because I had been keeping up for a few weeks and had not eaten anything completely terrible until yesterday.
I ended up working a full day yesterday and we all decided to go out for a bite afterwards. A new pizza place opened up near by and everyone seemed to want to try it so I didn’t want to kill the groove….

How do most people recover from screwups? An extra day of cardio?

For dumbbell exercises, should i be listing total weight of the two combined or the individual dumbbell weight? Seems like it’s looking for the total but I’m not entirely sure… I’ve been using total but that seems incorrect to me for some reason.

I started off with the "starter" kit that I saw most recommended on the boards at this site. It is made up of the big three: Protein, Creatine and a multivitamin. I did some basic research and decided on what was the easiest and most effective starter supplements but never really looked into the quality of any of them.

I decided to choose supplement brands based on what I had previously seen advertised and also what was available locally. I bought Designer Whey, GNC Creatine Mono and a Centrum multivitamin.

After reading some of the supplement threads, my creatine choice seems to have been a no brainer as long as it was Creatine Monohydrate. The protein brand I picked was based on what I had seen advertised in the past but its nowhere to be found in the list of top protein powders. The top protein recommendation on the forum seems to be Optimum 100% Whey Protein.

I’m now a little concerned about what I’m taking because I’d like to make this as easy as possible by using the best supplementation I can get my hands on. Feeling somewhat disappointed at my choice, I will be switching to the "ON" brand.

I am, however, feeling very doubtful of the results people are posting in the forum. I don’t have much experience using different supplements but people report varying levels of strength and size gains from specific brands. Is it really possible that a change in brand of protein powder would cause a dramatic increase in either size or strength? It seems like a bit of a stretch to me…

I am skeptical about it but have a few dollars for experimentation… we’ll have to see how much of a difference the brand makes.

I started working out a few weeks ago and I’m now at the point where its part of my normal routine. I now get that odd feeling when I don’t get my usual workout in which makes this a big step for me. I was having a little trouble getting up in the morning but that has also now passed. I feel really good about it now and the workouts are getting much better.

I’m currently working out at 6:00AM before I leave for work but have found it challenging to fit in a meal before I leave for my gym. I hope to get some feedback through this blog on how to overcome this small hurdle. I currently work out in the small gym at my apartment complex. They have a large set of dumbbells and a bench that does flat, decline and incline which has been enough for me to get started.

This morning I felt really comfortable benching the 40lb dumbbells they have on the rack and should soon be at 45lbs which will put me at the highest weight I currently have available. It may be time to join a gym soon and re-adjust both my schedule and workout. This is going to be a challenge for me because I actually don’t like going to gyms and have never kept up a membership to one.

I dread having to dedicate 2hrs+ to the gym with my schedule and don’t feel comfortable working out alone in a large gym. I may try to convince a co-worker to join with me to help break the ice or sign up for a few sessions of personal training.

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