The results are in...

Firstly, apologies that I have been tardy with my blog posting.  I have been very busy over the past few days, eating a lot, testing out my strength levels, eating meeting with new and existing clients, eating.

So first up the 5 days off felt like bliss, I managed to eat every two hours, by the end of it I was up to 92.6kg and my body fat had stayed at 9%.

The program was designed for functional hypertrophy and it certainly worked in that regard, I think it goes to show what proper diet and supplement protocols can do for you.

Strength wise there have been some impressive results, I managed 3 reps at 60kg on the dips, where as before this was my 1RM, I then proceeded to hit a new 1 RM of 70kg.  One of the biggest was my performance in the leg curls, which I can now rack the entire machine for 10 reps, controlled 4010 tempo.  My back squat went up by 2.5kg to 137.5 (still woefully weak). Incline press I started the week using 38kg, I can now use 42kg dumbbells for 8 reps.  IN almost every exercise it’s a similar story.  Except for one….Deadlift.  And there is good reason for this, I screwed up the test.  I was working my way up through my progressions towards my 1 RM, the problem was it all felt so easy, so I got cocky and continued to jump 10kg at a time between lifts, 170, 10kg below my old PB felt so easy I thought I d just shoot straight for 180 (if a client or friend had said they’d done this would have called them an idiot). 180 didn’t budge, for whatever reason it would not move. And instantly, mentally I had nothing.

Would I do it all again?  Hell yeah.  I am ridiculously busy at the moment, once I have more time I will probably start to workout twice a day, but in such a way that I avoid over-training.  If I do this I will explain how on this blog but for now I am struggling getting in 4 workouts a week, let alone 2 a day. 

Things I have learnt –

1.     The right supplementation protocol can massively help you reach your goal, I would have broken down had I not optimized what little recover I had without the shakes and pills, plain and simple.  I am not a massive advocate of supplements; the majority of people I speak to need to fix their diets first.  But once the basics are sorted, used properly the pills and powders can help.  The quality of the supplement is a huge factor, hence why I went with the Poliquin range, as it is very high quality.

2.     Follow plans to the letter – the only time I deviated from what Poliquin had planned was on the tests and that’s when it went wrong – next time I ll follow the plan to the letter.

3.     Overtraining will have a huge impact on you, mentally and physically.  A high number of people have read the blog and turned around and said to me that they think that they are over doing it. They are not training twice a day, but they have the symptoms of overtraining.

4.     Respect for pro athletes, especially luge and bobsleigh athletes who live this type of program, when they do it, they do it for three months, I did it for three weeks.

Well that’s all for now, I will try and blog again regularly, however with it being so busy right now I cannot promise anything.  Any suggestions on what to blog about let me know.