Jake's Pre-Cycle Log

You have the gull to call me a “wild man”? Isn’t that a bit of an understatement? I ought to spit buffalo blood all over your face and rip an alien fart on your head. Hah

[quote]Achilles wrote:
Wow. This thread has been great. What a wild man you are Jake.
I can just picture you there in your kitchen, “squaring up” your meat with a cleaver, eating it raw, hands bloody. grabbing an egg or two, tossing it straight into the blender, shell and all. maybe pour in that extra bison blood, or just shoot it straight up. paul anderson, you know… walking your dogs, rip an alien fart. I bet the strongmen of the past had farts that could kill you. paul anderson, you know… going to the gym, bands and chains and negatives everywhere, speed sets, drop sets, reverse kettlebell woodchops on a balance ball. just keeping it simple.

if you’re going to do something, you’re going to do it right, so how about we set up a basic cycle, nothing too hardcore, around 1500mg total juice per week should be about right.
i didnt think it was salvageable, really. there are just some people out there who are thinking on different tracks. some of them not only survive, but achieve superhuman results. most are hit by cars. there is no explaination.

I’m glad others had more tenacity than I though, especially world and bushido. I’m amazed this thing has turned around and jake has fixed everything wrong with his training, diet, and cycle.
This whole thread seems unreal. Maybe TC wrote it all.
It’s funny how the bros who achieve the most success become psychologists and counselors to the strangest people and achieve better behavior modification than years of therapy will do for most normal people.

So many people have taken advice from these people and not used it. It’s amazing how jake refused it so adamantly, but once he respected a few people, he’d follow their advice so well.
With all that said, I guess it’s time to go hit the iron! Good luck to you all.

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Well let’s start you on that monday then, the 17th. That’ll give you a little over two weeks and at least a dozen more workouts pre-cycle.

Yeah, you perform rack pullups using a bar high on the squat rack, or power rack, and then position your feet in front of you on a bench. I remember you’ve made mention multiple times of a lifting partner of yours. Once you find yourself comfortable with this, have them position DBs on you. Here’s a link so you can see what I’m talking about: Jason Wojo Rack Chins - YouTube

You may be lighter now, but I still think your form would suffer if you just do regular pullups.

World

02/28/08 Diet

Meal 1:
4.5oz skinless chicken breast
4oz green beans
shake
1 cup egg beaters
1 orange
1 banana
cinnamon
cocoa powder

Meal 2 (PWO shake):
50g waxy maize
25g egg white protein powder
10g BCAA’s

Meal 3:
8oz skinless chicken breast
6oz green beans
30g EV olive oil

Meal 4:
8oz raw turkey breast
6oz green beens
30g macadamia but oil

Meal 5:
8oz raw buffalo
6oz green beans
10g EV olive oil
15x 1g fish oil caps

Meal 6:
40g egg white protein powder
20g natural peanut butter
10x 1g fish oil caps

1.5 gallons water all day

Diet notes:
haven’t posted what I have ate for a while now. I have received A LOT of PMs from you guys asking me to post this again, so here is is. I also put how much I drank too. This is what I had yesterday.

Is it buffalo or is it bison? Assuming you’re in America, I’m betting it’s bison… simply because you’d more than likely run into legal issues if it was buffalo.

And also, there is a significant difference in the nutrients available between the two, not to mention a significant taste between them-- one being of pure shit and the other of pure delight.

It’s somewhat anal of me to ask, but which are you eating?

World

Your right. I remember you telling me that. I just forget to type it. It’s bison.

[quote]World1187 wrote:
Is it buffalo or is it bison? Assuming you’re in America, I’m betting it’s bison… simply because you’d more than likely run into legal issues if it was buffalo.

And also, there is a significant difference in the nutrients available between the two, not to mention a significant taste between them-- one being of pure shit and the other of pure delight.

It’s somewhat anal of me to ask, but which are you eating?

World[/quote]

I don’t have a w/o partner anymore. He got pissed I kept switching the program on him. Anyways, I like training by myself. It makes me realize that I need to be held accountable to pushing myself to the max. Although it is nice to have a training partner at times, I have just always liked to train by myself.

[quote]World1187 wrote:
Well let’s start you on that monday then, the 17th. That’ll give you a little over two weeks and at least a dozen more workouts pre-cycle.

Yeah, you perform rack pullups using a bar high on the squat rack, or power rack, and then position your feet in front of you on a bench. I remember you’ve made mention multiple times of a lifting partner of yours. Once you find yourself comfortable with this, have them position DBs on you. Here’s a link so you can see what I’m talking about: Jason Wojo Rack Chins - YouTube

You may be lighter now, but I still think your form would suffer if you just do regular pullups.

World[/quote]

03/01/08 weight (lbs): 176.8

This seems kind of strange to me. Maybe it is my scale. I weighed myself twice (20 minutes apart), and it came out to the same thing. I feel like I am getting leaner, so I guess I am dropping fat and gaining muscle. Seems kind of strange to me why I would gain now considering I wasn’t gaining much when I was eating 7000+kcals/day with my old diet.

Well you were probably eating a bunch of shit. And your workouts were all over the place. And you definitely put on a ton of fat.

There’s some answers to question.

You don’t need to eat 7,000 calories a day. You just need to eat right and eat often.

You claim to have eaten +8k on a daily basis. I’m a lot bigger than you and rarely go over 4500-5500. Well one time I touched damn near ten, but that was the day of my first win onstage and I had like a $40 bll at McDonalds. And then went out for ice cream…

Like I said, good luck putting all those calories in ya and not getting fat.

World

03/02/08 weight (lbs): 178.8

I will post training for yesterday and today tonight.

I thought you were ditching that waxy maize shit weeks ago that you claimed you were only going to use until you run out?

Nice to see you making progress btw. However id feel you would still do better with a start date at the end of the month rather than mid month. I think world would likely agree.

Another few weeks and you will start to realize a bit more about nutrient breakdown and how many calories you actually need.

[quote]LillGuy001 wrote:
I thought you were ditching that waxy maize shit weeks ago that you claimed you were only going to use until you run out?

Nice to see you making progress btw. However id feel you would still do better with a start date at the end of the month rather than mid month. I think world would likely agree.

Another few weeks and you will start to realize a bit more about nutrient breakdown and how many calories you actually need.[/quote]

Yeah jake, LillGuy brings up a good point about the WMS. Any clue when that’s going to go? I’m not going to make you do anything because of the simple fact I can’t obviously, but there are better alternatives out there,dextrose being one of them, IMO only…

Progress is going very well as I can see from your lift numbers and the changes you had made thus far in your physique. I also agree with LG in waiting till April to start your cycle, but if you must the 17th could work since that gives you around a dozen more workouts to see what else can be accomplished.

And I promise you, there is no way in hell you’ll need 8,000 calories a day. Hell, I had a trainee of mine go from 140 to 230 in one year ending up with <15% body fat eating no more than 6k a day. It can be done, it just needs to be done right.

World

Well, since the waxy maize doesn’t bother be and the dextrose/malto does, I thought I was going to stick with it.

I would wait till April to start my cycle, but I will be leaving to go on a vacation, and it will interfere with the taper. Also, as I mentioned before, I am very excited to get started, so I can’t see myself waiting longer

I still feel like I am fat. Standing up straight sideways in the mirror, I still have a small gut when I breathe out. It isn’t big, but it is still a reminder I have high body fat. Although I know I am getting leaner (from visual observation), I still feel like I have a ways to go. I probably would need to drop some calories in my diet, but I would much rather up the cardio. Thing is, lately, I have been busy with school and haven’t had too much time.

In regards to the amount of calories I need to eat, I know I don’t need to eat as much as I thought. Strange thing is, when I eat a lot, I am constantly hungry. Right now, I am hungry, but it seems like I am not as hungry as I was when I was eating much more. I wouldn’t know why this is happening. Anyone know why without guessing??

When I start my cycle, I would still like to do carb cycling. Still staying away from F+C meals, but doing high carb/no fat/moderate protein (>300g) with low carb/high fat/high protein days (>400g) days. I would also like to start adding a few egg whites to each meal. That way, i will get the full array of amino acids.

Another thing I will change with my diet will be my vegetable intake. I will still be consuming the same amount (if not more), but I plan to add much more variety in. In the past, I have gone to the grocery store and bought as many fresh vegetables and herbs as I can. This includes spinach, sprouts, carrots, celery, bell peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, parsley, cucumbers, and a bunch of other shit. I take all of this, and I throw it in my food processor which makes a nice paste. This shit is stronger than hell in terms of taste, but I am sure it is loaded with a bunch of good stuff for you. After I eat this for a few days, it makes me feel amazing physically (to say the least). I would like to do this everyday on cycle, but it can get expensive. It’s about 30-40$/week for me to do it, but I definitely think it would be worth it.

I would also like to make sure I drink a lot of water before bed. That way, I can wake up in the middle of the night to have a protein shake and some fat, such as almond or peanut butter.

03/01/08 training

20 minutes cardio

Day 1 (45 second rest between exercises, 5 minute rest between cycles)

Foam rolling and dynamic effort stretches

Squats (done with safety squat bar)
20
(30 second rest, increase weight)
12
wt used: 195/235, 195/235, 195/235 (3 cycles)

Stationary lunges (done with safety squat bar)
15 on each leg
wt used: 115, 115, 105

Single leg leg Extensions
12
wt used: 115, 115, 115

Seated Calf Raises (6 second negative)
20
wt used: 45+25, 45+25, 45+25

(rest 15 seconds, increase weight)
10
Elliptical
4.5 minutes @ 145-160 heart rate (done mostly at 155)
REPEAT CYCLE 3 TIMES

03/02/08 training

20 minutes cardio

Day 2 (30 second rest between exercises, 3 minute rest between cycles)
10 minute warm-up on treadmill
Bicep curls
12
wt used: 80, 85, 85, 85
Skull Crushers
12
wt used: 80, 85, 80, 80
Side Lateral Raise
12
wt used: 20, 20, 20, 20
Treadmill
5.5 minutes @ 7.5 mph at 1.0 incline
REPEAT CYCLE 4 TIMES

03/03/08 training

Day 3 (45 second rest between exercises, 4 minute rest between cycles)
10 minute warm-up on bike
Dumbbell bench press
15
wt. used: 75, 75, 70, 70, 70
Lat pull down
12
wt. used: 165, 165, 165, 165, 165
Flat DB flies
15
wt used: 45, 40, 40, 40, 40
Deadlift
10
335, 335, 315, 315, 315
Hanging leg raises
15
All done with body weight slowly as possible
5 minutes on bike
REPEAT CYCLE 5 TIMES

03/04/08 training

Day 4 (20 second rest between sets, 90 seconds between exercises)
Squats
12
(45 second rest, increase weight)
10
wt used: 225/265, 210/265, 210/265

Single leg Leg Extensions
12
wt used: 135, 135, 120

Leg Curls
12
wt used: 165, 150, 150

Bench Press
15
12
wt used: 165/175, 165/175, 165/175

Lat Pull down
15
12
wt used: 150/150, 150/150, 150/150

Bicep curls
15
wt used: 85, 85, 85

Lying Triceps Extension
15
wt used: 80, 80, 75

Seated DB Shoulder Press
12
(20 second rest)
10
wt used: 65/60, 65/60, 60/55

Seated Calf Raise (6 second negative)
25
(20 second rest, increase weight)
12
wt used: 45+25, 45+25, 45+25

Incline situps
25
(30 second rest)
20
wt used: 45lb plate above head/20lb DB on chest repeated 3 times

Treadmill
4 minutes @ 7.0mph at 2.5 incline
REPEAT CYCLE 3 TIMES

03/05/08 training

none besides cardio

It seems as though your fasted am cardio is either no existant or about half as long as what was planned out for. For this reason your cycle should be delayed a couple more weeks.

Sounds logical doesnt it?

Keep it up Jake, you will get there.

No, I have been doing cardio. Just forgot to type it in. I weighted myself this morning at 175.2 with sweats, shirt, and socks. I will get a more accurate read for you guys tomorrow.

Training and cardio have been the usual. As I said before, I have had a lot of stuff to take care of before next week Monday. By then I hope to be posting regularly again every day. I will start up a new thread once I begin (on the 17th).