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Site Upgrades Possibly??

Musclez99 — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:04:30 +0000

I know its been a while since I have posted, but I have been extremely busy, I have a huge opportunity coming up this weekend and a chance to real pursue my dreams if everything goes good. I’m very excited, but getting prepared has taken me away from the site for a while.

My progress on my cellucor mass gain cycle is still going great, my weight is now officially up to 202.6. Although now its starting to get harder to increase the weight as well as eating enough calories. Partly bc its a lot of food to consume at each meal and also partly dude to my appetite being very poor right now. I believe I have hit my weight wall so to speak and the next 3 weeks will be critical to see if I can get past the 205 mark and make a push toward 215.

Now back to the possible upgrades to the site, I’m planning to add a members only section for a few bucks a month nothing outrageous, just enough to help me maintain my hosting for the site. I plan to add a live chat feature where a few times a week I will sit down and spend about an 1hr taking your questions and answering them, as well as providing my own advice, tips, and techniques. The other addition I plan to add is the ability for you to view live streaming footage of my actual workouts as I’m at the gym. Please let me know what you think of these additions and also what else you would really like to see in the new members area. I’m open to your suggestions!

Keep training hard and remember that Consistency is the key, you won’t get there over night, but if you stick with it you WILL get there.

Cellucor Log” Start of Week 6 and Day 29

Musclez99 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:09:39 +0000

Stats for the start of week 5 Weight 197.6. The progress I have seen on this stack Cellucor Muscle Growth System has been awesome. I’m now up around 8lbs in 4 weeks, basically an avg gain of 2lbs a week which is exactly what I was shooting for.

Day 29

Monday February 15th

Workout-Chest, Triceps and ABS

Chest

Flat Bp 125/15, 255/7, 255/7, 255/5

Decline BP 185/12, 205/10, 225/6, 225/7

Incline Push-ups 0/20, 0/20, 0/20, 0/20

Low Pulley Cable Crossovers 50/12, 60/12, 70/6, 30/30

Seated Machine BP 100/12, 120/7, 120/7

Triceps

1-arm over head triceps ext. 25/12, 30/10, 40/6

Reverse Grip Straight Bar Tricep Pulldowns 100/12, 120/10, 120/12

Skull Crushers 50/10, 50/10, 50/12

ABS

Weighted Rope Crunches 150/25, 150/25, 150/25, 150/25

Diet & Supplementation

(6am)Meal 1: 1 scoop Cellucor Nitro-sport protein

(8:30am)Meal2 1 medium grapefruit, 4oz spinach, 4oz chicken, 2 whole eggs, 1/2 cup egg beaters, 1 pack kashi oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 24 almonds

(11:00am)Meal3:8oz lean ground beef, 1/4 cup brown rice, 1 medium Apple

(12:45)Pre-Workout: 1 pack Cellucor M5 Extreme,3 tabs Cellucor P6 Extreme

(3:30pm)Post-Workout: 1 scoop Cellucor Nitro-Sport Protein, (Still out of Cellucors R3 need to get some more)

(5:00pm)Meal 4: 8oz baked potato, 6oz chicken

(7:30pm)Meal 5:6oz chicken, 4oz spinach, 1/4 cup tomato, 1/2 cup cucumbers

(9:30pm)Meal 6:4oz chicken 1 cup green beans

(11pm)Meal7:, 2 caps Cellucor p6, 2 scoops Casein Protein powder

Intro to the making of a gymrat section

Musclez99 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:41:34 +0000

I see a lot of people offering advice on how to get in shape or build big muscles, but the one thing that seems pretty constant is that its always them telling you what they are doing now. They give you the info based on what works for them present day even though its taken them a long time and many different diet and workout regimens to get there.

Do you think that what is working for them now is the exact same things that worked for them in the past when they were first starting? or when they were intermediate? No of course not they had to try many different things to find out what actually worked. So why would you expect that you can just start using their present day routine with little or no experience and expect to achieve similar results?

You need to see behind the scenes and find out what routines they did in the beginning, what diet changes they have made, and while were at it why not see some pictures of the actual progress they made along the way. If you expect to achieve results over night your going to be very disappointed. So seeing a realistic picture time line of the changes that took place over time(no matter how insignificant they may appear) will help keep you on the right track to making continued progress.

Well your wishes are about to be granted. I have found a bunch of my old training logs, diet logs, progress pictures, measurements/statistics, and even some old videos of me working out at home when I was much smaller. This info goes back to 99 when I first began and continues all the way to present time. So you will really be able to have a detailed look at the journey that got me to where I am TODAY. Hopefully this insight well help you reach your fitness goals and dreams as well. Now were talking about over 10yrs worth of info, so there is bound to be some gaps here and there. It may not be an absolute complete day by day journey for the past 1o years, but it should definitely provide a lot of information and display how my routines and training style has changed throughout the years.

There is a ton of info for me to post, so this will be an ongoing series on my blog and will last for a very very long time, so sit back and enjoy the journey as I show you how I actually went from a skinny no nothing very weak to a really proud and strong physique.

Please remember I’m here to help you out so PLEASE ask questions, leave comments, provide suggestions, basically INTERACT and lets make this a great experience for everyone that comes to the page.

Succeeding where others fail!

Musclez99 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:39:01 +0000

Bellow I have outlined for you the steps necessary for Succeeding at any weight loss goal

This Should be a helpful guide for anyone interested in learning how to use the stepping stones process for succeeding in your weight loss goals. If you follow and implement these stepping stones you will have no problem in reaching your goals. Now it is still going to take a lot of hard work and determination to be successful, but you will have a blueprint you can follow. If you came here just looking for a program to get you started, then you can skip to the bottom for a few of the best choices to chose from, but I strongly encourage you to read through all the stepping stones to success first, because I believe it is very valuable information towards achieving your desired goals.

First thing you must do is decide that you want to make some kind of change in your life. Such as losing a certain amount of weight , dropping a percentage of body fat, losing a dress or pants size, losing some inches, etc. You need to pick a very specific change to make and set your goals for reaching it. You will want to set small goals to lead you along the way to reaching your main goal. This will help you stay on the right track and make it easier to see progress towards the goal. For example if you want to lose 30lbs, some of your smaller goals could be lifestyle changes such as, stop drinking sodas, eliminate fast and junk food from your diet, going to the gym a few times a week, etc.

Ok now that you have decided you want to make a change you need to accept the challenge and realize the obstacles you will have to over come to reach your desired goal. Its not going to be easy, it will be a challenge, but by realizing the challenge you are going to be facing early on in the process you will be able to deal with it much easier. You will face the challenges of making lifestyle changes, you will have to deal with people doubting you and expecting you to fail. Your friends and family can provide valuable support, but a lot of the time they also provide the greatest temptations that you will have to over come. An example is eating different meals than everyone else in your family, after all your on the diet not them. This will be a challenge and if your not prepared for these types of occurrences they can lead you to failure very quickly.

Now that you have decided to make a change and realized the challenge that lies ahead of you. You must decide to face it and you must take action. You can talk about doing something all day and even plan for how you are going to make it happen, but until you start taking action there will be no progress towards your goals. To achieve a goal you must start working towards it as soon as possible, even if its just taking small steps. Take action quickly or you may lose the motivation and desire to make your dreams become a reality. This is one of the biggest steps in the process and believe it or not this is the one that causes most people to fail early on. They never step up and take action and before they know it they are just back to doing things the same way as before.

Once you have taken the leap and started working towards your goals you need to stick with it and maintain your focus. If you have set proper goals to help guide you along the way this will be much easier, as you will have one of the greatest tools of focus, a path to follow. The path you have created will ensure that when the challenges in your life arise(and the will) you will know how to maintain your focus and continue the journey towards success. Once you lose focus it is very hard to regain and can ultimately stop your progress dead in its tracks.

If you have come this far in the journey towards reaching your goals and have utilized all the steps above, congratulations your almost there. The only thing left for you to do in reaching your goal is conquer it. You must finish what you have started and reach the end of the journey. Your almost there, but work still needs to be done in order to conquer it. At this point in the process its very easy to just be satisfied with the results you have gotten so far and not continue with as much enthusiasm and desire are you once had. You have come along way from where you began, but don’t stop now. If you don’t maintain your focus and keep pushing to reach the big goal you set for your self in the beginning and conquer it you will miss out. What will you miss out on? The feeling of complete accomplishment and knowing that nothing can or ever will stop you from setting a goal in the future and conquering it.

You have reached the end and succeeded at achieving your goal, what’s next? Well it may not seem like an important factor, but it is. You must reward your self for the hard work and effort you have put in to this challenge. Now I’m not talking about going out and buying something expensive, although if that’s the way you want to reward your self do it!, you definitely deserve it. You should be proud of your accomplishment and the rewards it brings. These rewards will be things like compliments, self esteem , better health, a more positive self image and out look on life. You have a bright future ahead of your self and you now have the ability to do anything you set your mind to. It may have started out with just wanting to look better, but the end reward will prove to be much greater than you ever imagined it could be. Life will never be the same and neither will you!

Its all over, or is it?

Musclez99 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:37:57 +0000

With the Holidays already here I thought I would take the time to make a short post about not letting the Holidays ruin all your progress. Its ok to enjoy some time off and be more relaxed on your diet during the Holidays, but you don’t want it to ruin your fitness goals altogether.

I hear it all the time from people in the gym “I was doing so good and then I messed it all up during the Holidays” These people made a choice and decided to use the Holidays as an excuse to explain why they aren’t where they wanted to be. They have the mindset that if they messed up a little bit on their plan, then they might as well just start all over or quit. They are going to let one or two days off give them an excuse to take much more time off or worse yet stop their fitness plan altogether.Remember if your looking for an excuses not to stay in shape, you can always find one. So stop looking!

You can’t let little slip ups or a few planned days off for vacation ruin everything you have already done and accomplished. You need to except that you are going to make mistakes, but you can’t let those mistakes get you down and upset. If you allow one missed workout or bad day of eating to get you so upset that your going to quit on your fitness plan, you will never reach your fitness goals and will stay very frustrated.

So the best advice I can offer you is that if you experience a set back in your fitness plan , just put it behind you, learn from it, and continue on right where you left off. Don’t give your mistake or day off another thought and definitely don’t allow it to mess with your mental focus. The past is the past and your main focus should be on where you want to be in the future and your not going to get there any faster looking back to see all your mistakes and worrying about what you could have done differently.