Entry 7 - Wednesday 27th September
MY SUPPLEMENTS HAVE ARRIVED! I looked out my window and saw this guy jumping
out of a van with a package, forgetting that i had ordered some supplements
i stumbled to the door (bearing in mind i had done a cardio session in the
morning for about 3 hours) and got the package, opened it up and there they
were. Brilliant! For those who are a bit sceptic about ordering online don't
hesitate to order from Bodybuilding.com's online store. - it has everything
you need!
Anyway back to the actual training.
Today as i've already said i spent 3 hours at the gym - forgot my watch and
thought it was only one hour (time goes fast when you're having fun - HA!)
Tonight i'm so so so sore and have absolutely no energy left whatsoever! I'm
sitting here now struggling to type this i'm so stuffed!
But that's a good thing and i can't wait to begin my loading period with the
creatine i received today. Hopefully it'll leave me feeling like i can take
on the world!! For those of you not knowing what the loading period is it's
exactly what the name suggest, loading your body or saturating your muscles
with Creatine (which naturally occurs in your muscles) i will be taking 5gms
of creatine 4 times per day for 5 days (morning, before lunch, before
workout, before bed). I will be mixing it up after my workout with one of
the two MRP's i received today, Muscletech Mesotech or Dymatize Total
Nutrition System.
Today I also did i light Chest/Shoulder/Tricep workout and for some reason i
managed to make a vein pop out in my wrist (i'm sure there's a name for this
but i'm not exactly a doctor) - very painful though.
Going to bed - very tired, Ben
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Entry 8 - 28th September, 2000
Today was another killer in the gym, working Back and Biceps. My favorite
exercise out of every exercise for all body parts would have to be Preacher
Curls (for Biceps). Nothing is better than the pump you get from them on
every rep. The Preacher Curl bench or whatever you would call it faces the
mirror at my gym and it's great to see your muscles grow rep after rep :P
I've never been sorer, I keep getting sorer and sorer every single day (I
wonder if a day will come when one body part does not ache?!)
Today (after receiving my supplements yesterday) I began to use my
supplements - Creatine, MuscleTech Mesotech and Dymatize Total Nutrition
System - yes I know I mention them in every entry :)
I've started my loading period for Creatine and whether it's mind over
matter or not it seems like i'm already feeling the improvements.
As more Muscletech Mesotech, it's one of the better MRP's in my opinion
(judging by what I've read not by what I've used) but the taste is
absolutely horrible! I had the chocolate one and it was not nice but I
managed to slam it down my throat....... just! I didn't get to have it until
about 45 minutes after my workout because I left it sitting in the fridge
when I left home and had to walk back home so unfortunately I didn't get to
use it when it can be utilized the best (straight after your workout)
If you've used any supplements and they've given you great results please
email me at benny@toughguy.net or post on the Teen Bodybuilding section of
the message boards so others can benefit too!
Any questions for me please post on the message boards or email me.
Enjoy your gains,
Ben
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Entry 9 - Monday October 2nd
Well, as always I've been training very hardly and intensely!
today I did biceps/back - but I'm still trying to workout a good split - it
seems to change by the hour.
Anyhow todays training was good but I didn't manage to fatigue my biceps to
the extent that I want to! I'm going to try adding some different exercises
in and maybe even try them with a different bodypart (probably triceps) or
maybe even on their own!
My leg workout the other day had to rate in my top 5 workouts I've ever
done! my hamstrings are still unbeleivably sore and I'm starting to get back
a great definition in my legs - definately my best asset! I've always had
big strong legs.
Today I was lucky to get a bundle of anti-oxidants and some other
multi-vitamins and minerals etc. These should be very very very helpful to
me - especially to keep me feeling really good and to stop me from stressing
out and fatiguing over the next 10 weeks which are always the hardest weeks
of the year!
Currently I've been reading article after article and site after site and
book after book and magazine after magazine and trying (as I always do) to
greater my knowledge. Bodybuilding is an ongoing education which has a very
useful point (unlike school :P) - sorry teachers :)
I've been spending about 4 hours each day on the net and have been reading
lots. Tonight I came across a few good sites - one was Skip Lacour
(skiplacour.com) who has to be one of the best natural bodybuilders in the
world - his training journal is absolutely inspirational! Any serious
bodybuilder should check it out!
I am having trouble getting a good diet going as this is not my strongest
point. I'm keeping up with my cardio though (training every morning for an
hour)
It's great to see that the Teen Bodybuilding section of the message boards
is really going strong! If you ahve a question please post it there and I'll
answer it within a few hours (unless I'm sleeping)
Bonne Chance et Au revoir :P
Ben
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Entry 10 - Monday October 15th
Geez, a whole two weeks since I last wrote for this journal. Sorry about
that but I've been very busy with school, work and of course going to the
gym.
Anyway enough of the excuses...
It's been going really really well in the gym lately! My weights have
increased in almost every exercise and I feel like I'm getting bigger and
bigger by the minute!
The only problem is that that's not my aim, I'm trying to cut up at the
moment. Unfortunately I haven't been to strict with my diet and it has lead
to increases in mass :P
I have set it as my primary goal to stick to my diet which I made up with
the help of Big Red. Because I had
troubles with keeping to my @#$%@# diet I decided to email him and he was a
great help! Thanks Big Red!
Because of my strict and busy schedule I've had no choice but to change my
workout schedule from:
Monday: Chest/Calves
Tuesday: Back
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Arms
Friday: Shoulders/Traps
Sat/Sun: Cardio
to... :
Monday: Chest/Triceps/Shoulders
Tuesday: Morning Cardio
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Morning Cardio
Friday: Back/Biceps
Sat/Sun: Cardio
Once again I do like both workouts, the second has been the one I've tended
to follow but in the past few weeks I got the best gains by far from using
the first one. So unfortunately I've had to sacrifice muscle mass (which is
not what I'm trying for at the moment anyway) because of my busy lifestyle.
Sure some of you may be saying hey but you've said before that you can
always reschedule yourself to fit in a workout - the thing is that I've
tried and this last week was impossible to get some decent workouts in and I
missed my legs and back workouts and had to make them up over the weekend,
something I don't like doing.
Anyway I'm going to have to cut my journal short there,
I've got work to do.
Cyaz all later.
As usual keep emailing me at benny@toughguy.net and I'll get back to you
ASAP.
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