OK so my first post was
drafted and ready to post 6 weeks ago but as I have been super busy recently I
have only just got this up on here so I now have to fill you in on 6 weeks work
to get you up to date so here we go...
DIET
Ok so have cut all the
crap from my diet (crisps, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, fizzy drinks
etc) and moved on to a healthier eating structure with a high amount of the
food I am eating being proteins. I am now having around 5 meals a day
normally consisting of:
Breakfast – 2x wholemeal
bread with peanut butter + protein shake
Morning snack 11:00am –
banana + 2x rice crackers
Lunch – lean chicken
breast or fish with salad (celery, Chinese leaf, peppers etc)
Pre work out meal – lean
chicken breast or fish, wholemeal pasta) small amount) some salad (celery,
Chinese leaf, peppers etc)
Dinner – steak, fish or
chicken, vegetables (peas, sweet corn, small amount of carrots etc)
GYM/WORK OUT
I joined up to the gym and
now have a training schedule (consisting of 4 days a week) and focuses on the
main muscle groups – Chest, Legs, Shoulders and Back, biceps and triceps – 1
per day and cardio and core thrown in on every day for good measure.
For the 1st 2 weeks I went at this alone. It was hard… really tough ff going. Then
I found myself a training partner. More by accident than actually looking for
him. One of my close friends had noticed that I was going down the gym and we
got talking about it and he said that he would like to get involved and start
to get in shape. This was perfect as we are both a very similar size and have a
very similar goal in mind.
I have found that it really helps to have
someone there to keep you motivated (when you need it) and to spur you on when
your struggling as well as the safety aspect to spot you when your lifting etc.
SUPPLEMENTS
After the 4th
week of my training I had a very long chat with a friend that used to be
involved in the bodybuilding world on a semi professional basis and asked for
some advice on supplements. I had already done some research online but it
seemed like the Internet was filled with advice and info and I didn’t really
know what was right and what was wrong. I thought it would be best to speak to
someone who has been there and done it and got results and find out what worked
for him before them going on and fine tuning that to make it work for me. He
recommended that to start on I should make sure I’m getting my vitamins on
board as well as get a protein (an all in one if possible) as this would help
with growing and repairing muscles. I started by rocking down to Holland and
Barrett and scooping up some vitamins off the shelf. I went with ‘super one a
day’s’ as they seemed like the best choice and I would only have to take one a
day. After a couple of week and discussing this with some other, what I would
call serious gym users I opted to go for animal pac’s.
They are quite expensive
for what they are but after reading up on them they contained every vitamin,
mineral, acid, enzyme etc my body would ever need all packaged in a handy
little baggy with 11 tablets inside.
For my protein I decided to
go for Cyclone Maximuscle. I went for this as I had done some reading online
and it had some great reviews and was readily available from almost all health
food shops including Tesco and I had heard of the brand before and I felt like I
already knew what they were about.
And that about brings you up to date… now I can start with some fun posts and not the 2 essays I have just added. I feel
much better in myself and I feel like I’m making good progress. I have learnt a
lot already but to be honest I feel like I have only scratched the surface….
Tomorrows a Gym Day!!
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