Monday, June 18, 2018

Phase 1 is complete, here are the results!



Saturday was the last day of phase 1, the first six week cycle in my new program, and I am very happy with the results I achieved. My goals for this cycle were absolutely obliterated, and I exceeded even my best expectations -- all while not killing myself over diet. This isn't to say I let myself eat whatever I wanted, quite the opposite. But I did find a way that was manageable, allows for cheat days/meals and still produced great results without feeling like I was chained to a wall. As for the lifting part of the program, it was great as well. I'll post my overall workload volume so you can get an idea of just how much work went into this. But first, let me compare my initial measurements from May 7th, with this morning's measurements.


May 7th
June 18th
Weight
274.6
275.8
Shoulders
58.5
59.5
Chest
51.5
52.25
Waist
44   47.5
41.25    45.25
Glutes
46
45
Quads
27.5
27.5
Calves
18.5
18.75
Biceps
19
19.25
Forearms
14.75
15.25
Body Fat %
22.25%
17.5%
Lean Mass in pounds
213.5
227.53
Body Fat in pounds
61.1
48.27

From the numbers above you can see I dropped 12.83 total pounds of fat and added 14.03 pounds of lean mass. That’s quite a feat in six weeks! Moreover, you can see that my waist has dropped while major muscles have grown – I even produced results in my calves, which are my most stubborn muscle group.

Now, let’s compare work-loads to show the volume increase:

Week 1 volume in pounds
Week 6 volume in pounds
Workout 1A
20,145
49,591
Workout 2A
14,970
36,840
Workout 3A
31,053
62,363
Workout 1B
21,225
51,234
Workout 2B
17,536
37,220
Workout 3B
36,832
66,179
Total Volume
141,761
303,427

You can see that by week six I had more than doubled my total work load, which shows good development in terms of output.

The next six weeks are going to shift focus a bit, but I am excited to see what they bring!

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