Loads O Fire's journal

Time to start again, this time lifting heavier, eating more, less cardio, more gains. I'm doing this to keep me on track, and confident. I would also like to be able to look back on this as a reference when I need to change things up.

Since it's winter I have a lot more time to spend inside lifting, and a lot less time outside burning calories. No, I am not bulking during the winter, than cutting in the summer, I'm doing a year round bulk, when I feel I'm gaining fat, I lower my calories. Cardio is cut out of this routine for a few months, than I will throw it in for health reasons, I don't want to weaken my heart...

Stats
Age: 16
Weight: 145 lbs
Height: 5'10

Goals
Monthly: At least 2 pounds a month.
End weight: 170lbs

I have a pretty solid routine, though I want to make a few touch ups, because I'm adding some new equipment over the next few months, so I'm going to leave my routine out of here for now.

Plan:
I made a big mistake with planning the time in which I would work out last time I started bulking. I LOVE to work out alone, with NO distractions at all. My family tends to bother me while I'm working out, and when I ask them to leave me alone untill I'm done, they get extremely offended, and bother me even more. So... I need to leave it to a time where I'm pretty much alone. My mom rarely works, so I've planned to work out at 5:30 am. Hell... I've always liked waking up early, I get some alone time before I have to work my ass off working out, and than at school.

I am doing an upper / lower body split.

Mon: upper + abs
Tues: Lower
Wed: Rest
Thurs: Upper
Fri: Lower + abs

this is what I have been most successful with, so I'm not changing up the days I work out. Nor will I change from my upper / lower split, I love it.

Calorie intake will depend on fat gain, or weight loss, I will start off with 2500, and than raise to after 2 weeks.

I will post my weight each week, and try and post each day.
 
If I instantly go 3000+ calories, it will shock my body, making it gain unwanted fat faster. When you go up in portions your body can get used to, which tends to be about 500 each week, you use them more efficient. This is just what I've read, might not be true, but so far I've found it to be true.

And I am going higher than 2500, thats only for the first 2 weeks, than I'm going 3000. 3000 is a good amount since I am doing 0% cardio.
 
Journal one:

Man I just had the best workout of my life, I changed things up a bit, because I was getting extremely bad headaches when working out in the morning. I still get up at around 5-6am, so that I have more time to get a good meal in, shower, and get ready for school. I changed my workout period to about 4-5pm.

I seriously couldn't believe how good of a workout it was, and all I did was speed things up a bit. Normally I take about a 2 min break between each set, this time, I only left aout 30 seconds, just enough time for me to catch my breath. My hold upper body was pulsing, and my arms had an insane pump that I have never seen before.

So far, so good. Confidence is great, spirit is great, and motivation is perfect.

Current weight: 147 lbs
 
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