Commanding My Body

[Commander]

WHAT THE HECK, WEIGHED 192 THIS MORNING.

I AM EATING ALMOST 6000 CALORIES ON SOME DAYS AND DROPPING WEIGHT, THIS SUCKS!!!!

Tuesday - 76 days

Morning

Regular dog walk

Lunch

Squat
250x8, 5 sets
220x12

Leg Extension
140x10, 3 sets

Suspended Bridge Leg Curl superset with Leg Extension
BWx8 with 106x8, 3 sets

Active Rest:
Tricep Pushdowns 40x8, lots of sets

Barbell Curl 55x8, a few sets

[Commander]

75 days to hit 205+

Why 205+? Because I want to be the BIGGEST I have ever been. This goal is getting harder since my body seems to think it should be lighter even when I am shoveling food in my mouth. I am at battle with my body right now to break through to a new me.

Wednesday

Morning

Dog Walk

Lunch

Flat Bench
210x5, 8 sets
190x8, 3 sets

superset with

Chinup (BW plus) - all held for 1 second at peak contraction
55x5, 3 sets
35x5, 3 sets
25x5, 3 sets
15x5, 3 sets

DB Press
70x10, 2 sets

OH Press
95x12, 2 sets

1 Arm OH Rope Press
10 reps, 2 sets

[Commander]

Wednesday Evening

Circuit for Delts/Arms: 5 sets - minimal rest
OH Press 110x6
Tricep Kickback 10x10
Crunches BWx15
DB Curl 15x10
Hammer Curl 15x10
Lateral Raise 15x5, 10x5, 5x5

From time to time, I threw in some bonus 1 arm overhead extension for my left arm.

Thursday

Deadlift
366x5, 7 sets

Shrug
281x10, 3 sets

Suspended Bridge Leg Curl superset with Leg Extension
BWx8 with 106x8, 3 supersets

Active Rest:
Tricep Pushdown
40x9

Stiff Arm Band Lat Pulldown
Band x 10-15

[superbilt]

[quote=Commander;920241]WHAT THE HECK, WEIGHED 192 THIS MORNING.

I AM EATING ALMOST 6000 CALORIES ON SOME DAYS AND DROPPING WEIGHT, THIS SUCKS!!!!

How can you possibly be eating 6k cals and losing weight? Are you secretly running marathons in the middle of the night?

I am sure many people wish they had your problem.

[Commander]

Originally Posted by superbilt

How can you possibly be eating 6k cals and losing weight? Are you secretly running marathons in the middle of the night?

I am sure many people wish they had your problem.

Shoot, you caught me, I'll put my next marathon on YouTube.

You are right, when I complain, my wife just looks at me like, "Really?" She doesn't want to hear it, because like most women, she struggles just to lose a few pounds. I THINK about not eating and my body starts dropping weight.

Shelby Starnes wrote an article at T-Nation about dieting for hardgainers. In the comment section, he responded to a post of mine and said I was probably one of the few the article was intended for.

http://www.t-nation.com/article-comm...the_hardgainer

[Commander]

73 days left to put on size

Friday

Morning

Worked a midnight, no time to workout, had to go straight to work.

Lunch

Flat Bench
232.5x3, 7 sets
232.5x10 - PR
200x6, 5 sets
185x10, 2 sets

Active Rest During Flat Bench:
a) Bicep Barbell Curl
55x8 - hold peak contraction

b) Lat Pulldown
110x10 - 1 second hold at peak contraction

OH Press - followed by 1 arm rope press
96x12, 2 sets

[superbilt]

Originally Posted by Commander

Shoot, you caught me, I'll put my next marathon on YouTube.

You are right, when I complain, my wife just looks at me like, "Really?" She doesn't want to hear it, because like most women, she struggles just to lose a few pounds. I THINK about not eating and my body starts dropping weight.

Shelby Starnes wrote an article at T-Nation about dieting for hardgainers. In the comment section, he responded to a post of mine and said I was probably one of the few the article was intended for.

http://www.t-nation.com/article-comm...the_hardgainer

How many days a week are you training now? If you want to gain more weight I would recommend to back off the volume a little bit and drink a gallon of whole milk a day. If you can't get bigger doing that than I really do not know what to tell you lol.
I used to be skinny when I first started lifting I was 150lbs after a month of learning how to eat more I got up to 165lbs. My secret weapon was a homemade weight gainer shaker with milk, peanut butter, protein powder, yogurt, ice cream and anything else around. Now, I am up to 212 many years later and have no problem gaining weight as long as I drop the cardio. However, you seem to have a much faster metabolism.

[Commander]

Originally Posted by superbilt

How many days a week are you training now? If you want to gain more weight I would recommend to back off the volume a little bit and drink a gallon of whole milk a day. If you can't get bigger doing that than I really do not know what to tell you lol.
I used to be skinny when I first started lifting I was 150lbs after a month of learning how to eat more I got up to 165lbs. My secret weapon was a homemade weight gainer shaker with milk, peanut butter, protein powder, yogurt, ice cream and anything else around. Now, I am up to 212 many years later and have no problem gaining weight as long as I drop the cardio. However, you seem to have a much faster metabolism.

5 to 6 days with a few double sessions. Although, due to the cold I had last week, I haven't gotten in many doubles.

I totally understand the recommendation to back off volume. However, I want to be become an absolute machine, both metabolically and in the gym. I think it will truly help the entire contest prep.

I'd rather eat more than train less if that makes sense. I've been trying to throw in some sweets here and there because that gives me an easy extra few calories (believe me, I have room for sweets, 99% of the 5700 calories I eat are clean). The sweets help push me closer to and over 6000.

After competing in April, I will back off the training and eating and adopt a more relaxed approach. Just trying to give it my all right now.

[JRB]

I AM EATING ALMOST 6000 CALORIES ON SOME DAYS AND DROPPING WEIGHT, THIS SUCKS!!!!

Sounds like a ton of work. I had trouble maintaining 5000 when I was racing bikes. Seemed like I was eating every time I turned around!

[Commander]

Yeah, I have to eat a lot. Usually, after bulking for this long I would take a break, but I am determined to push through for 70 more days or so because then my cut diet starts and it will get easier because I will be eating less.

Ha, ha, then I'll probably complain of hunger pains. Just kidding...maybe.