This post is more or less intended as just a way to kick my ass into gear and ask a few questions I probably already know the answers to. Been lurking on the site for a while and I think it’s time to come out of the shadows. I’ll hopefully be checking back in on this post in 6 months or so to see how I’m going.
Used to play rugby and american football, unfortunately injured myself fairly severly and stopped playing at that point four years ago. Post that degenerated to a 147kg mound. Note : I never really did weights when I was playing but weighed in at 125kgs or so.
Got to a point where I looked at myself and just thought bugger this. Unfortunately went the misinformed path of eating a low calorie, low carb, low protein diet and just hitting the gym every week day doing circuit weights and cardio for a fair while. Haven’t been to gym on regular basis the last 6 months and I’d rather do it properly this time round/keep it up.
Stats as they currently stand.
5ft8
115kg
NFI on the bodyfat doubtful it’s anywhere near low but I currently don’t possess a double chin.
In terms of supplements I was going to use the following :
- Protein Powder
- Creatine
- ZMA
Biggest issue is definitely my sleeping
patterns. I’d say I?m an insomniac so I
hope this helps. - Fish Oil
- Chindrotin/Glucosamine
Joints have been issue since I?ve been
15 or so. - Alpha Male/HRX
Ok, not to sure which to go with here.
I’ve got a couple of friends that use
both and they’ve suggested I use the
Alpha Male and hit the HRX when I’ve
lost a bit more weight to kickstart my
metabolism. Any opinions?
Currently on the t-dawg 2.0 diet and eating clean. Finding it problematic to keep the carbs down to 70/100 as suggested. I’ve read some differing opinions on whether to count carbs from vegetables, I assume that a carb is indeed a carb? It’d probably be advisable to switch to porridge instead of having two slices of whole meal bread with breakfast as well? While I know it’s better to get protein from whole food sources I’ll also be using protein powder between breakfast/lunch and lunch/dinner to help boost up my protein count.
Did my first set of squats the other week and I can say I intimately got to know how many steps there were between my house and my gym over the next 3 days. I didn’t really think it was possible to feel like you’d pulled a muscle in your posterior. In retrospect 120 kgs for 3 x 12, ass to the grass was a little ambitious. Piss weak compared to a lot of the people on this site I know. Started doing HITT training as well for my cardio.
Overall aim the same as the rest of the masses just to lose fat and put on muscle.