Stats (Before & After)
Height: 5'9
Scale Weight before: 155lbs
Quad size before: 22.5"
Bicep size before: 15"
Calf size before: 14"
Scale Weight after: 207lbs
Quad size after: 26"
Bicep size after: 17.5"
Calf size after: 15.5"
Total weight gained: 52lbs
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Before:
150lbs |
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After:
190lbs |
Why I Decided To Change My Body!
Having made minimal gains my first year of training seriously, I was a little disappointed and began looking into dieting a lot more. Researching over a couple months I designed myself a good bulking program.
Soon I noticed the scale beginning to climb. Being a computer nerd, I had always spent long hours on my computer without eating, and so the sudden surge in calories in my diet sent me exploding in size.
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I must have gained 5lbs in the first 3 weeks (155lbs). From that point on I've been viewing my whole body as a piece of art, painting it out each day with my one and only tool, raw iron.
What Got Me Started
I'd always been fairly lean and muscular throughout my teens, and always had the veins bursting out of my biceps with the nice baseball shape. However, I never had the mass that everyone else had.
This is what began the drive for me to become massive. My first gym membership started when I was 15 or so.
When I Started
& How Long It Took
I started training seriously about 2.5 years ago when I was 19. For the first year or so I neglected my diet and didn't acquire much mass. With a new strict diet in place, I was up to 180lbs in about six months.
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Progress has been steady since. Most people wouldn't go on such a long bulking regimen like me, but I had only one goal in mind… mass. I didn't care if I packed on a bit of fat, or grew myself a nice belly.
How I Did It
I gave my diet a serious overhaul. Any cash I earned was spent on food. I stuffed cup after cup of oatmeal down my throat, gobbled pound after pound of chicken and beef. As Jay Cutler does, I eat for function, not for taste.
I made sure to prepare meals for my days at school. My diet was pretty much always on my mind. I was always eyeing the clock, counting down until my next meal and worrying about getting enough carbs and protein. When your gains depend so much on your diet, you really take care to make sure it's perfect.
My Training
I do about 3-4 sets for each exercise, and usually pyramid the reps from 10,8,6,4. I always lift heavy and until failure, so it's nice to have a workout partner.
My Diet
Typical Day's Diet
I typically used the same diet everyday. Each meal had about 2-3 hours in between. So here it is:
Meal 1
2 Cups Oats
8 Egg Whites, 2 yolks
1.5 Cups 1% Milk
20g Whey Protein
-Workout-
Meal 2 (Post-Workout)
100g Carbs from Gatorade Mix
60g Whey Protein
Meal 3
2 cups 1% Milk
4 Slices Whole-Grain Bread
2 Chicken Breasts or 2 Lean Ground Beef Hamburgers
Meal 4
2 cups 1% Milk
Canned Pasta such as Chef Boyardee (Mmm delicious!)
Peanut Butter Sandwich (2 Slices Whole-Grain Bread)
Meal 5
1.5 Cups Oats
10 Egg Whites
2 Cups 1% Milk
Meal 6
40g Whey Protein in 2 cups 1% Milk
Supplement Routine
I never had much money to spend on food so that always left me with little to spend on supplements. Here's a typical dosage of supplements I would take each day:
5g Creatine Pre/Post-workout
1 Multi-vitamin in the morning
10g Glutamine Post-workout
And of course Whey Protein several times a day
Thanks To...
I have my girlfriend to thank for all the tubs of whey she has bought me, for all the supplements she hooked me up with, for the countless times she took me
to eat out.
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If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be anywhere near I am today. I am thankful for what she has done for me; this progress isn't from just my
work alone. She has helped tremendously.
If you train hard, eat like pregnant woman, and push yourself beyond your limits, you will achieve your bodybuilding goals.
