Hi,
My name is Alex and I have been lifting on and off (mostly off) since I was 15. I got back into the iron game after a few years. I always gave up after a few months because of lack of progress. I attribute this to 1) my diet, or lack thereof, and 2) plain laziness.
I joined a gym nearby and got a personal trainer who I have been working with for the past 4 months. My man goal was to put on 25 to 30 pounds as well as drop my bf. Looking back I shouldn’t have done this. I found this site a couple of months ago and been lurking since. It was then that I learned my PT was pretty much an idiot for pushing me to gain size and lean out at the same time and doing allot of work on machines-especially those stupid hip abductor leg machines. Also, his meal plan he made for me had me drinking 3 protein shakes a day and shying away from carbs-a far cry from ideal.
Anyway, I’m glad those 4 months are over so I can stake out on my own. Currently I’m 25 years old, 5’4’', at 163 lbs at around 17% bf. Four months ago I was at 143 at 18% bf. I gained the most weight during the past two months when I stopped listening to my pt about diet and started following info I found here. I also got into a few arguments with him as to why we should stop doing the leg machines (extensions, curls, hip abductors, leg press) and do some damn squats. I think we squatted 4 times in 4 months and not a single deadlift.
Anyway, my current goal is to increase size and strength. I�??ve gotten over being concerned about my bf and focused more on gaining size-however while keeping fat in check. It would be nice to get to 180 and then cut down some bf for summer. I’m not sure if this is too lofty or not with the time allotted.
My current diet is as follows: (Meals are place 2 to 3 hours apart)
Breakfast
10 eggs (discard 5 yolks)
1 cup dry oatmeal
Piece of fruit-usually a banana or orange
*multi vitamin, fish oil, Vitamin C, E, Calcium, Glucosimine
Whole wheat bagel w/ cream cheese
1 can tuna
Tomato
Steak
1 to 1 1/2 cup broccoli raw
1 to 1/12 cup spinach raw
1 cup strawberries raw
1 cup oatmeal w/ 1 cup blueberries
2 eggs (discard 1 yolk)
apple
Steak
baked potato w/cheese
1 cup broccoli steamed
Fish oil and glucosomine
Usually a protein shake with 1 cup milk and fax oil
w/ some berries and a banana
If it�??s a work out day I’ll take a protein shake when i get back from the gym. I work out in the afternoon or early evening. Also, I drink nothing but water and consume about a gallon and a half a day. I’m also taking creatine and glutamine daily as well as bcaa’s and NO2 before my work out.
I am 2 weeks into Waterbury’s 3-day-per-week, full-body workout plan and love it so far. It feels good to be doing large compound movements after the isolation upper lower split my trainer had me one.
The only injuries I have are bursitus and tendonitis in my left shoulder from a motorcycle accident a couple years ago.
Any thoughts on where am going or how I can improve? Is my diet too much or anything I should add or subtract or substitute? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
On a side note-I really want to get some serious results so I can stick it to my former personal trainer. He got all pissy when I wouldn’t sign up with him again and started questioning my dedication and drive to better myself and said I was wasting my potential.