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Overall Goal: Losing fat, whilst trying to maintain (maybe even gain?!) muscle
Fit Status:
Mitotropin cycle begun yesterday, renewed my motivation to go hard!
Motivation Level: 10/10
Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Joe Beelogs
Sex:
Male
Age:
23
Location:
New Zealand
Occupation:
I.T Professional
Personal Website:
Primary Gym:
Bodyworks Thorndon 75 Thorndon Quay Thorndon, Wellington Wellington New Zealand
College:
High School:
When I Started:
Aug, 1998
How I Started:
Was born into powerlifting environment with my father competing in Australasian competitions in the late 80s/early 90s. Have been off and on throughout my teenage years and now that I'm into my 20's, I'm looking to pack on mainly muscle definition, but overall just more efficiency for Rugby.
Why I Love It:
Ingrained in my genes I guess! With my Dad being a former competitive powerlifter and then bodybuilder
Beginning of the diet. Visible fat almost everywhere, lot of work to do!
Beginning of Week 2 on the Mitotropin phase. 200g lighter than last week, but more importantly a 1.5mm drop in suprailiac fat measurement. I feel the veins are coming through nicely and the skin is a bit tighter, so progress is steady if not outstanding so far.
Losing fat, whilst trying to maintain (maybe even gain?!) muscle
Goal (Long):
I HAD a goal to drop from 102kg, to 95kg in time for summer/beaches - which should have me at a decent shape. This goal was to take place nice and gradually over 3 months. I achieved this goal 1.5months after beginning the changes.
I've done this with a restructure of my diet - plenty of good fats and protein as main sources of energy, carbs for the morning only and staying away from them where possible after noon - restructure of my workout routines and an increase in my cardio/cardio intensity (taken up boxing).
Combined, the weight has melted off quicker than I expected. So the goal has been to continue with what I'm doing until my initial goal date (early December) and see where I end up.
Weight Goal:
Bodyfat Goal:
10%
Upcoming Contest:
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2009 8:20pm
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What is the most dangerous weightlifting exercise? Why?
Anything where you are lifting a weight can be dangerous, but I've been a bit wary of old dodgy leg press machines when I'm stacking 300+ kg on them... I've heard horror stories of those collapsing...But the major compound ones I guess can be incredibly dangerous if not done properly. Bench can obviously be dropped on your neck = potential death. Deadlift you can very easily do serious damage to your lower back. And squats you could topple forward or backward if you're not careful, which again could cause a lot of damage to yourself and possibly others.Anything where you are lifting a weight can be dangerous, but I've been a bit wary of old dodgy leg press machines when I'm stacking 300+ kg on them... I've heard horror stories of those collapsing......more
Not so worried about this gain, as a) this weigh in is earlier in the week (when I'm typically heavier) than the last weigh in, and b) I had a terrible booze-filled weekend. Oops. To be only 400grams heavier is an achievment I think! And I'm fairly certain I'll be dropping under the 92kg mark later in the week.
Thanks for the message. Sorry a bit late but just got back from 2 weeks vacation and YUP back and knee held up great. Making some great progress. Andre
