Weight: 83.6 I weighted in the evening, so it's not really comparable with the weight on the other days. Workout: Rest day Food: High calorie/cheating day 10:00 - 5 scrambled eggs, nuts, salad and marrows 15:30 - sea wolf fish, salad, apricots, ice cream 22:30 - steaks, nuts, apricots, bananas.
Month: June 2013
Day 6
Weight: 82.7 Apparently not fasting on Friday immediately made me gain kg in a day. I also increased my salt intake a bit, which might also have contributed to the weight with some water retention. Today was a rest day. I drove ~500km though and didn't sleep too much so probably won't help too much … Continue reading Day 6
Day 5
Weight: 81.7 The fasting isn't working obviously. Will try a new strategy -- Monday through Thursday: 15 hour fast every day with BCAA when I'm skipping meals; Friday through - Sunday: no fasting. Workout: Weightlifting It's my third day working on heavy weights and pretty much my whole body is very tired. It was supposed … Continue reading Day 5
Day 4
Weight: 81.4 I guess my attempts to gain weight are very efficient at loosing weight. Maybe I should prescribe it as an official weight-loss diet - eat as much as you can, even more and loose weight. I should become a millionaire very quickly. Anyways, I think my stomach was more empty than usual this … Continue reading Day 4
Day 3
Weight: 82.0kg I was pretty disappointed when I stepped on the scale this morning. I was definitely eating a lot more calories the last few days. Not sure why I didn't gain any weight. It might be the 15 hours fast I do every day. Will try to bump the calories a bit more and … Continue reading Day 3
Day 1
Weight: 82.0kg Workout Warm-up: stretching, bodyweight exercises, light weightlifting EMOTM 5x3 Snatch @ 50kg 5x3 Clean @ 70kg Warm-up: few lighter weight sets of each exercise Upper body hypertrophy 4x8 Close grip bench - 8, 8, 7, 6 @ 80kg 4x8 One-Arm Dumbbell Row - 10, 10, 10, 10 @ 27.5kg 4x8 Side Lateral Raise … Continue reading Day 1
9kg in 45 days muscle gain challenge
Got inspired by an article to try and see how much lean-ish weight and strength I can gain in 45 days. My current weight is around 81kg and my goal is to get to 90kg by the end of the 45th day. Basically my plan is to bump my calories quite a bit and combine … Continue reading 9kg in 45 days muscle gain challenge
Oly lifting rules them all
Very interesting study.TL;DR: Olympic Lifters have higher power outputs, peak forces, velocities, jump heights, and overall explosive performance than body builders, power lifters and sprinters. http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/listing.aspx?id=7394
