24 dayz...

Ok so 24 days into my challenge and I can see the body fat slowly dropping. Last week saw a stale mate in that department. This week marked the start of my PWO supp. And according to my scales I have drop down to the 19.1% and weighing in at 83.6kg. That is now 9.5 kg of weight loss and 16.1% body fat drop.

At Christmas I will be at my fittest I'm sure.

Get your juggs out! Supp review

Juggernaut HP

Well, after a fair bit of research and review reading, I decided to bite the bullet and choose a supplement to see if I could get myself over a plateau. For the last week I have been steadily sitting at 20% body fat according to my scales. And with carefully crafted small meals with minimal fat and no excessive carbs this % hasn’t dropped.

Solution? More cardio and more work and more intense workouts. But at the end of every workout so far I have had a massive drop in energy and keeping the intensity throughout has been hard. Don’t get me wrong I have given it all I’ve got, but all I’ve got isn’t enough. So I decided to get back onto the PWO supp train.

Welcome to the fray, Juggernaut!

I have had some experience with PWO’s before but this one was a different experience for me.

I got the goods Saturday and took 2 scoops (one was recommended but hey you gotta live a little) and I have to say, I’m not sure if it did anything. I pumped out a chest workout and I did do more than the usual and there were little breaks in-between which kept the intensity up. But I can’t say I had the weights being thrown around the room experience that some had reviewed about. So I was a little disappointed. However…this was only 2 scoops. So after a days rest, Monday came about and I decided to hit up 3 scoops and carry out the same chest routine.

Wow! I think I could have stayed at the gym an extra hour smashing my chest. I like to finish up with a ladder finish of dips and push ups. Saturday… 5 dips,3 pushups,4dips,2 pushups,2 dips, faceplant. Monday…7 dips, 7 pushups, 6 dips, 6 pushups, 5 dips, 5 pushups, 4 dips, 4 push ups, 3 dips, 3 push ups, 3 dips, 3 push ups…I had to stop because I ran out of time.

I still have plenty of energy, so no crash effect, which is something that most PWO’s are touting now.

Perhaps this PWO is going to live up to its claims. I shall keep taking it (no point in stopping, as I have the tub) and we shall see how it effects my growth and body fat %. For now I am slightly more impressed with it, and I am pumped to see how the rest of my workout week goes.

Break time is over! Make way for progress!

It's only been a week, but I have been satisfied with my results so far.

9 days and I have dropped 6.3 kg and dropped 14.5% body fat. So that's 93.1 kg at the return from my honeymoon to currently 86.6 kg and 34.2% BF to 20.7% BF. (as per my home scales reading. )

So far the hardest bit has been getting back into the jog! You get half way and then turn around, only to remember that you still have to get back home. Not like on a tread mill, where you know once you stop, you are right where you left off.

But I shall continue my shredding quest... Keep watching this space.

Albuterex!!

There is a bit of hype going around about this particular supplement. Touted as having clean thermo genic energy and the power to activate your hormone designed for fat loss. Many are using it as a preworkout supplement, others for that added weight loss kicker.

But before I go on any further, let me just say, if you are planning to utilise a supplement and you have never had it before…read the instructions, talk to a reputable supplement supplier before taking and always proceed with caution if you have symptoms that are abnormal or cause you discomfort.

Now I’m a sucker for trying new things and I have in the past taken a couple of different preworkout supplements in the past such as Mesomorph, Hemorage and even a fat blasting pill with similar claims as Albuterex. So when the opportunity came to test this supplement I was excited and ready to test it against the background knowledge of my own experience.

I got no tingles. I didn’t feel super energised from it and it didn’t make me sweat any more than normal. It did keep me awake till around bedtime, which recently has been a struggle whist relaxing at night watching shows (normally I start to doze off real easy). But it didn’t impede my sleep throughout the night or prevent me from falling to sleep. I guess you could say it kept me alert, but not bouncing off the walls. This was after dose 1.

Dose 2, for the morning weights session, was taken in the same amount and at a similar time frame before workout. Once again, no tingles, no excessive sweating or irregular heartbeat or anything like that. I did notice that I didn’t yawn once. Normally I slip a couple of yawns in throughout a morning routine, but today this did not happen.

I also gave a sample to my training partner, and besides the fact that he took it with milk…weird, he didn’t have any side effects or notice a large boost in power.

So for now, I’m going to post my review as, a poor preworkout, energy boosting type supplement. It may however by an excellent long term fat burning supplement, which I will update the results of this through a fellow gym goer who is taking this supplement over a long period of time. There is also a female formula of this sup, as for the difference in potency…unsure. If anyone has experienced the effects of the femme version I would appreciate a comment on this page.

How do you break your fast!

Breakfast is the most important meals for the day. It starts off your energy levels for the day and begins a time base for the rest of the day.

But what do you have for breaky?

I enjoy on a regular basis about a half cup of oats and milk, with a scoop if protein and creatine.

If I'm exercising in the morning I make sure I do it before my breakfast. This is better for me for 2 reasons. 1. More fat burning. 2. No having to wait an hour after eating to exercise.

But some other options that I have had I the past are, egg white omelette., weet-bix, scrambled eggs or yogurt fruit and muesli.

For some out there alternatives to this are equally as good. But some options that you should avoid if you are serious about losing weight and starting your day right are.

Fast food breakfast wraps and sandwiches. Dripping with fat and preservative loaded goodness.

Pretty much every kids cereal on the market. Full of sugar which might work well for a parent on kids as they get energized for school then once at school they crash from the sugar high.

Too much toast. Simple, equals too much carbs and most of the time it is white bread. If you stick to one or two pieces you had better be having eggs with that or you'll find yourself hungry in an hour or two.

Bacon and sausages. Cure for a hangover but the fat content alone should be your warning for how bad these are for you as a breakfast meal.

So if you feel a bit lack luster for energy through the day, perhaps you should look at how it starts and begin adjusting your eating habits.

Power wall of inspiration and super motivation!

Here are a few icons that I look up to, aspire to and generally take inspiration from.
Bruce Lee - his dedication early in life and his general fitness principal.
The Hulk - I feel I channel my inner hulk every gym session. As I step through the gym doors you get me angry...
Akuma - a dark and broody Street Fighter character that possesses power and great strength. I even dressed up as him some years back for a New Years party.
Dwayne Johnson - among the very rare fit looking wrestlers, and I don't like wrestling.
And last but not least a young Arnold. - his dedication in his younger years lead him to the success he enjoys today.

Home gym 101.

This afternoon I whipped up the first piece of homemade gym equipment for my outside gym area.

I sacrificed my afternoon run to build a chin up/wide grip bar, incorporated with a boxing bag hanger.

Sooo, I must go for a run tomorrow... And carry out a boxing session combined with some chin ups and such.

I had the materials already all I needed to do was cut, weld and dig two giant deep holes to plant the sucker in.

Voila!

Bring on Saturday!

46 dayz!

There are 46 days till bright and early Christmas morning. By then I have a goal to lower my body fat percentage significantly.

I always seem to draw inspiration from a holiday. This time it was a holiday to Phuket. I remained as active as I could on the week away. Busting out 45 minutes sets on the small amount of equipment provided at the hotel. But it was the eating out every night, and lunch...and the buffet breakfasts that pull a number on the body. Ad to that I had started a bulking phase before my trip (those who read my blog might remember I was going to go into a cutting phase before my honeymoon, but due to some disruptions in plans and the addition of a new gym buddy, I stuck with the heavy lifting and bulking diet.)

So now it's time to get serious with some extra cardio, really thought out eating choices and a general amp up of each and every workout!

So I will start with the workout schedule.
Monday through to Friday I shall remain with my morning weights session. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday arvo jog. Sat and Sun, some backyard gym sessions which will include some boxing bag rounds and burpees and chin ups and junk like that.

So I guess I better pull my finger out and weld up my bag hanger and chin up bar...

BRING IT ON!!