I haven’t actually been dropping any weight either, but I feel like my body is recomping a little bit. Only in week 2, so we will see.
Tied my bench PR again last night (week 8). I’m actually looking forward to the “Blitzkrieg” that is weeks 9-10. I’m definitely tired of the intervals, but they are a means to an end, so I’ll just be sucking it up and putting in the work for a few more weeks.
The hits just keep on coming - hit a deadlift PR today. It’s only a 5# increase, but it went up smooth and I’m 10# lighter than when I pulled my previous PR.
Started Blitzkrieg today. First workout was, truly, hellish. The cluster sets brought back memories of stutter reps… I hadn’t realised how difficult they would be, and wasn’t conservative when picking my weights.
On another note, I had taken a few days off and weighed myself in today… Total weight loss is about 20 lbs. I’m actually looking kinda lean right now, lol, mainly hoping to get rid of the lower ab and love handle areas.
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[quote]G87 wrote:
Started Blitzkrieg today. First workout was, truly, hellish. The cluster sets brought back memories of stutter reps… I hadn’t realised how difficult they would be, and wasn’t conservative when picking my weights.
On another note, I had taken a few days off and weighed myself in today… Total weight loss is about 20 lbs. I’m actually looking kinda lean right now, lol, mainly hoping to get rid of the lower ab and love handle areas.
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how much bodyfat do you think you lost?
[quote]G87 wrote:
Started Blitzkrieg today. First workout was, truly, hellish. The cluster sets brought back memories of stutter reps… I hadn’t realised how difficult they would be, and wasn’t conservative when picking my weights.
On another note, I had taken a few days off and weighed myself in today… Total weight loss is about 20 lbs. I’m actually looking kinda lean right now, lol, mainly hoping to get rid of the lower ab and love handle areas.
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yeah, I did the first session of Part III this morning and I am in the same boat as you. CT said 3-4RM was a good starting point for the cluster sets, so, naturally I went with my 3RM from the start - OUCH. For a short session, it sure was intense. I’m not too worried about the PM session, but tomorrow morning’s deads + squats will be brutal!
I’m only down about 12 pounds, total, but I think I have added a good deal of muscle over the past 4 weeks as I am way leaner than when I started part II. My wife has actually started to use the word “jacked” in describing the change in my body comp over the course of this program lol.
Oh yeah, I did the squat workout first, and chest/back for day two! And boy, am I glad… My legs are still very sore, so to pull through HIIT today took some focus. Can’t imagine doing legs and HIIT the next day.
pumped, I think that some of that “weight loss” was just due to fiber and me being dehydrated when weighing myself. All in all, maybe 13-15 lbs fat loss.
Between the 2 workouts a day and trying to get a decent amount of sleep, I am having trouble getting all my meals in. It’s not that I’m not hungry enough to eat them, its just that I am forced to decide between getting adequate sleep and staying up longer so I can get all my meals in. Any ideas?
I want to buy this and check it out but I don’t have a computer I use my school’s library comps. will this not work? Never bought an e-book before.
You should be able to buy it, download and print off a copy at the library. It’s just a PDF file.
Hey fellas.
Do any of you have any info about whether or not a woman could use this program. A good friend of mine, who is a chick wants to follow get jacked fast while i do. Shes not new to lifting. Ive worked out with her for about a year now and she has no problem with heavy deadlifts/squats etc. She puts up good numbers for a girl and is very diciplined(with diet and lifting).
I would ask CT himself, but i wouldnt know how to get ahold of him and i dont normally post on the site.
[quote]PentagraM wrote:
Hey fellas.
Do any of you have any info about whether or not a woman could use this program. A good friend of mine, who is a chick wants to follow get jacked fast while i do. Shes not new to lifting. Ive worked out with her for about a year now and she has no problem with heavy deadlifts/squats etc. She puts up good numbers for a girl and is very diciplined(with diet and lifting).
I would ask CT himself, but i wouldnt know how to get ahold of him and i dont normally post on the site.[/quote]
I don’t see any problem with a female using this program. In fact, I would hope the “under 150#” diet recommendations were targeted at females as no man using this program should weigh under 150 unless he’s 4’2" LOL
I train at home and have only a power rack, adjustable bench, ez bar. Would I be able to vary the excercises enough to make this program work or is it more suited to having access to better equipment?
[quote]jbmfsu wrote:
I train at home and have only a power rack, adjustable bench, ez bar. Would I be able to vary the excercises enough to make this program work or is it more suited to having access to better equipment?[/quote]
You need more equipment.
jstines, I kinda have the same issue. With two workouts a day, it would be too hard to eat all the perscribed meals. You’re supposed to undereat in this phase anyway though, so I just go by how I feel, basically. There’s two PWO shakes in the day, so I guess that partially makes up for it.
So whats the general consensus with this program? It seems some of you are happy with it while some of you aren’t seeing much results.
Hey
I wrote my questions on Thibs Q&A, but no answer.
So, I present again and hope for your some suggestions:
If I have understood well, in “Get Jacked” there isn’t a real carb-up day before many weeks (week 11)…just one cheat meal on sunday…
Right?
At my first reading I think it will be a problem to me to workout more than 4 days per week (I will not have time).
Can I decrease/pair or cut anything?
I have not to much body-fat to lose.
I’ll appreciate your points of view
Thank you
I believe that CT said the following about not having enough time before:
A) Don’t do the program.
B) Do the program, but split every week’s workouts over 9 days instead of 7.
Personally, I’d just not do the program! Why screw around with the formula if you can’t do it?
For anyone who’s done the program, or at least the first 10 weeks:
How were weeks 9-10 for you? I just finished Week 9 today, doesn’t really feel like hell yet. Feeling kinda tired, edgy, underfed, yes, but no extreme reaction as of yet like I was expecting. And how much strength, if any, did you lose by week 10?
G87,
I don’t think the 2 week blitz at the end will elicit the same response that Poliquin’s Super Accumulation Program will elicit.
SA requires you to perform 9 full body workouts a week for 2 weeks. The 2 Week Blitz is a split workout and most things are hit 1 or 2 times a week. It’s like comparing apples and cannons.
So, you may be cranky from a bit of extra training/lack of food, but I would imagine it won’t be anywhere near as bad as SA would be.
Fair enough. I’ve never done SA so I can’t judge, but didn’t it call for a lot of food? 2x your weight in lbs in protein, in fact! So I think it’d be a lot easier to over-reach while low-carbing. I’m not expecting to overtrain as hard, or get the kind of results talked about in SA in the week after, but just looking for a guiding point, basically.