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Contrast training is a unique way to optimize results. Read this article by Lee Boyce about how to incorporate it into your training to pack on lean muscle mass.

By: Lee Boyce Added: March 25th, 2013
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    Eat Big, Get Strong! My Journal to become Bigger and Stronger!

    Well Ive Decide to Start a Journal. I started one in the past, and well i kinda stopped. This time im going to Lock down on this and report back every day. Right now im sort of doing a mini bulk, then cutting back down. i will get pictures up as soon as somoeone from my family gets back (they all went on a camping trip and im home alone cause of work). Lets start with todays Workout:
    Incline Bench:
    Warm Up:10x95, 10x115
    Strenght Sets: 8x135, 7x155, 5x 165
    DB Bench:8x60, 8x70, 4x80
    Dips: 10xBW, 10xBW+25
    Tricep Pushdowns: 10x130, 8x150
    SkullCrushers: 2 x 8 x 75
    ABS:
    Cable Crunches: 20 x 110, 20 x 120
    Hanging Leg Lifts: 2 x 20

    Diet:
    Was pretty ****ty as we have no food left in the hosue. Tomorrow is Grocery SHopping:
    1: Oatmeal
    2: Sandwich
    3: Protien Shake
    4: pizza

    Im going to start a diet similar to this but with less protien and more carbs tomorrow:
    1: 1 cup Oats with 1 scoop whey in oatmeal
    Cals: 390 P: 33gs C:54gs F: 6

    2: 6 Chicken and some sort of veggie, usually green beans
    Cals: 409 P: 33gs C: 14 F:24

    3: 2 Slices Wheat Bread with 5 slices Lunch Meat, Lettuce, Tomatos
    Cals: 200 P:15gs C: 28g F:2g

    4: 1 tins of tuna cut up on to a salad with tomatos
    Cals: 187 P: 40 C: 1 F: 0

    5: Same as 2
    Cals: 409 P: 33g C: 14g F: 24

    6: 1.5 Cups Cottage Cheese, Apple, 2 tbsp ANPB
    Cals: 479 P:43g C:37 F: 16g

    7: Opticen.
    Cals: 323 P: 52g C: 25g F: 2

    Total:
    Cals: 2397
    Protien: 248
    Carbs: 173
    Fat: 74

    Something Similar to that but im goign to find a way to drop protien down to about 200 and get carbs up to about 220. Any suggestions suggest away! Also one more thing. Im coming off of a 1800 cal cutting diet... thats why the cals are kinda low. Ill bump them up as i go....
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    yea i know the diet has been a little ****ty but my mom left for the commisary this morning and i asked for 5 bags of chicken. Should last me awhile. Without my chicken i have no idea what to do! Also im going to workout in 45 minutes. ill report back after work as im going to workout then im going to work!

    EDIT:
    Todays Workout:
    Dead Lifts: 8 x 135, 8 x 185, 8 x 225
    Lat Pull Downs: 2 x 10 x 190, 2 x 8 x 210
    Seated Row Machine thing (kinda like a seated cable row exect its a machine type thing idk hard to explain): 2 x 8 x 225, 1 x 4 x 275
    V-Bar Pull Downs: 2 x 8 x 200
    Barbell Curls: 1 x 12 x 45, 1 x 10 x 65, 2 x 8 x 75
    Alternating DB Curls: 2 x 10 x 40, 1 x 8 x 45

    meal 1: Oat meall
    Meal 2: Sandwich
    meal 3: 10 ounces Chicken salad
    Meal 4: Opticen.

    Again ****ty diet today. Groceries are in time to start waking up early and doing everything right. Tomorrow is shoulders.
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    6/23/04
    today i took off from workin out. Im giong to workout tomorrow though, shoulders. Diet was pretty much what was posted up above. Keepin it clean! Well later i will post more later. Also i notice a slight pain in my back on my right side near the top of my shoulder. Dont know what it is but its bothering me.
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    Alright Todays workout was a 2 in 1. My gym is going to be closed tomorrow and i didnt watn to miss my leg workout. So i did Legs + Shoulders today, and it was a great workout! Here it is
    Squats: 20x 135, 225 x 8, 255x 3, 185x 10*
    SLDL: 155 x 10, 175 x 8
    Lunges (DB): 35 x 40 foot walk, 40 x 40 feet*
    Leg Curl: 8 x 110, 4 x 140
    Leg Extension: 10 x 140, 8 x 160
    Shoulders:
    DB Shoulder press: 10 x 40, 8 x 50, 6 x 60
    Front Lat Raises (DB): 2 x 8 x 30, 1 x 6 x 35
    Side Lat Raises (DB): 2 x 8 x 20, 1 x 6 x 25
    Rear Delt (dont knwo what its called but i did it with DB): 2 x 30 x 8, 8 x 35
    Shrugs (DB): 10 x 80, 8 x 85, 6 x 85
    Upright Rows: 8 x 75, 6 x 95

    For squats i was really surprised i could do that much weight. Ive been battling a knee injuries for the past year which has kept me out of the squat rack. I probably shouldnt go so heavy but ill jus deal with it.
    For lunges i walked about halfway across the room which is about 40 feet.
    I Didnt like the idea of doing both of these workouts on the same day as i left out calves and abs again. I could barely walk after my leg workout (i did it after shoulders). So im going to do it later on today i think.

    Meals:
    1: 1 cup oats with 1 scoop Protien, some Raisins
    2: Post Workout Shake: 2 scoops whey, 10gs glut.
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    Nice workout :evillaugh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spartan936
    Nice workout :evillaugh
    my legs are killing me right now. I could barely walk after and when i went to work later on that day it was brutal. Now this morning i have to cut the grass and my ass hurts pretty damn bad.

    6/25/04
    No workout gym closed for some reason.

    meal1: Oatmeal and raisens with 1 scoop PP
    Last edited by Mademan118; 06-25-2004 at 11:12 AM.

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    What kind of gym closes so randomly? Those @#%!$!!! Did those squats really make your ass sore? lol. That's a goal of mine, to get a squatters butt.

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    lol yes it was those squats. Believe me it hurts to sit down and take a ****. I hate sleeping down stairs cause i have wlak UP the stairs which is painful. haha its the school gym. I dont have a gym membership cause its free to workout at school. but i dont mind. but yea i dont know this is the worst case of soreness ive ever had. I went super heavy when i havent done squats in MONTHS! im just glad i still have the strenght in my legs.

    oh yea;
    had tuna fish sandwich and opticen on the way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mademan118
    Believe me it hurts to sit down and take a ****.
    lol

    Nice squat weight!

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    haha yea next week im goin for 275 for 6. 255 for 3 was hard but i was jus limiting myself as its been awhile and i can think i can definitely go 275 for 6

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    yesterday and today 6/26 and 6/27. no workouts. rest time now. Jus eatting clean and healthy. Will report back monday after chest workout.

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    Monday 6/28
    Incline Bench: 135x10, 145x6, 155 x 3 (down from last week dont knwo why)
    DB Bench: 70x8, 80x6, 85x5
    Dips: 2 x BW x 10
    Skull Crushers: 2 x 10 x 65
    Tricep Cable Press Down: 2 x 8 x 150
    then some ab work.

    same diet.

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    Squats: 20 x 135, 8 x 225, 4 x 275*, 10 x 185
    SLDL: 10x 155, 8 x 185
    Lunges: 40lb DB 40 feet x 2 sets
    Leg Extensions: 10 x 140, 8 x 160
    Leg Curls: 10 x 130, 6 x 150

    Did some more ab work. Overall a really good workout. Happy with the 275 for squat.

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    Congrats on the squatting and the workout in general

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    thanks today is a late workout and im just going to do forearms calves and abs. tomorrow is shoulders.

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    didnt even workout today. Football coach wa sbein a dick and as soon as i got there he was drillin me on why i should play football and the potential i have. I told him to **** off and leave me alone and i left the gym. I honestly want to play football so bad, but not for a school like this. But im trying to get serious about working out, then having to worry about football and **** which here is a pointless sport for me to jus sit and ride the bench my senior year when i can go to any other school and start
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    *sobs* beatiful man. Nice.

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    im goin in the morning where its usually just me and this other kid that i work out with. We always challenge ourselves cause have a spot and its great. Plus there arent any coachs there ot pester us or anything.

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    *******NEW SECTION OF JOURNAL. ALL THIS INFO IS AFTER A SUMMER BERAK FROM EVERYTHING!******

    okay well im back guys. Summer time after that last post i stopped working ou and my diet went ot ****. I ended up getting kicked out of the gym the entire summer but now im back in my school gym. Ive been workin out for the past 2 months with some pretty good gains. Here is my new stats:
    Height: 5'9
    Weight 176-181 depends on water weight but between there
    BF: Im guessing around 12-14%. I can see 4 pack abs just relaxing and breathing no 6-pack
    Diet: Prety ****ty diet to be honest. Im cleaning it up though here is what i ate today:
    Meal 1: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup milk, pinch of cinnamon. 7 am
    Meal 2: Huge salad with tomatos boiled eggs, ham, and carrots. Little bit of ranch, 11:35
    Meal 3: Opticen Shake 3:30
    Meal 4: Spaghettie and 1 huge piece of bread 6:30
    Meal 5: in a little bit 1 cup cottage cheese 8:30-9
    Meal 6: I dont know yet.

    Like i said not the best. I am goign to throw a pbj sandwich between meals 1 and 2 but im in school and it is extremely hard to eat during the class periods and pass ways. But im working on it and today i had alot of carbs, tomorrow and for the future im sticking to chicken.

    Supplements: Right now just Opticen. Im to broke to even afford protien so i jus take opticen at the end of my school day. As soon as i get my debts takin care of i will be purchasing ON whey and CEE

    Todays Workout: Back n Biceps n Abs
    Deadlifts: 135x6, 185x6, 225x6, 315x6<-- PR right there.
    Lat Pulldown: 220x4, 200x6, 200x6
    Pull Ups: 3x6
    V-bar pulldowns: 180x8, 190x8
    BB Curls: 65x6, 75x6, 95x4
    Incline DB Curls: 30x6, 40x6
    Hanging Leg Lifts: 3x10
    Cable Crunches: 150x3x10
    Crunches: 3xfailure

    Thats all for todays workout. Pretty good. I usually have less lat pulldown in there but i broke the machine that i use for my rows last week. The handle snapped off while i was lifting so its pretty lame. But im goign to bent over rows soon.

    Like i said im back into and strogner then ever. Im goign to clean up my diet alot more and i cant decide if i want bulk, maintain, or cut. I hate gaining weight and having that chubby look, but i want to get bigger. I will think about this one. So please Comment and post some feedback to my thread!
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    Todays workout:
    Incline Bench Press: 135x6, 155x6, 165x6, 185x4
    DB Press: 70x6, 80x6, 85x5
    Dips: BWx6, BW+25x6
    SKullcrushers: 65x3x6 supersetted with Close grip press 3x6
    Tricep pulldowns: 150x6, 160x6

    Pretty good work, had a good pump in my chest. My lifts are going up just about everyweek so lets see where i am at next week. Also im starting to notice stretch marks in the middle of my chest, if they arent i dont know what it is then.

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