Motivational music!!!

Minus the crazy film clip, this one is PUMPIN on my playlist at the moment.

Behemoth legs training rules.

OK, so I know that a lot of trainers really do skip or neglect legs training.

 

I’m one of them.

 

Love to do em, hate the DOMS after and there are so many other muscle groups that are visually seen that legs often go by the way side.

 

Well, no longer.

 

My legs have now become my main enemy! The battle front has been forged and a new goal for legs training exists.

 

AND IT IS GOOD!!!

 

In fact I now build my other days of training around what I’m calling the Behemoth Training Rules!

 

Rule number 1. Hit upper legs HARD. Once legs have no DOMS left (1 day 2 days or 3 days later) It’s legs day AGAIN!

Rule number 2. Never and I mean NEVER break rule number 1!

Rule number 3. Always incorporate deadlifts into back day.

Rule number 4. Always dedicate a calf training day.

 

With this set of rules, I hope to catch my legs up to even things out proportion wise with my upper body.

 

Something to note after carrying out 3 legs sessions in only 1 and a half weeks are, after that initial legs day, the next two legs days have not been nearly so painful in DOMS.

 

Time will tell if this all pays off… legend has it, IT WILL!

Mr Hyde Supplement Review

Supplement review number two.

Another Pre-workout, Mr Hyde by ProSupps!

2^nd review for a pre workout supplement provided by my hook up.

Begin the Judging!

As I did with my C4 review I will compare similar traits and chuck some science junk in at the end for educational purposes!

Taste: Sample given was for watermelon, not sure if it really tasted like watermelon but bearable as far as taste went. No bad aftertaste and it seemed to mix fairly well, I don’t use a shaker, I just pour water in and keep swirling my cup till it’s all gone.

Effects Pre: This one really kicked in early with the tingles. The product said to take it 20-30 before… I would wait for more like 10. The itches and tingles came on within that 10 minutes of time.

Effects Post: No crash experienced, slept well and felt normal through the rest of the day.

Price: Average price of about $54.95 for 40 serves. So a dollar thirty a pop if one serve is enough, but compared to C4 only one serve was required in my tests compared to requiring two.

Effect on Workout: Again reading the ingredient list, I was pretty aware of what to expect. A flushing or tingle sensation at moments of peak muscle tension, some feel this as itchy. This is the key ingredient doing its thing, check the Sciency stuff a bit further in to find out what that’s all about!

Product Claims!!

Potent combination of high-powered thermogenic compounds* - sure there is a combination of thermogenic components (all completely here say till proven 100% in the science world) but with good eating, would the small amounts actually relate to a leaner body?

Efficacious dose of Creatine Hydrochloride in every serving – that big word at the start means “effective at” so I guess when you look at the science stuff the HCL version of Creatine in this supp would most likely be efficacious…

Infinergy energy blend for maximum receptor sensitivity* - Wow, Infinergy ™ sounds good, but really means “caffeine is in this supp” so stimulants all the way. Beware if you are stim sensitive! Did  I feel any more Infinergetic than normal, no, however I did not once yawn...

Infused with Agmatine Sulfate for muscle-swelling pumps and nutrient transport*- sounds like a tea when you say infused, but really I’m sure they just ad the ingredient like any other, surely they done let it sit there for a period of time infusing… never the less… it is great for them to mention it but muscle swelling… yeah I push pretty hard but I can get more pump without it, the Beta Alanine is pretty much blocking this. (not to say that pump means growth or anything but some people DO crave the pump (as Arnie says, “it’s like cumming”))

Science Stuff!!

CREATINE HYDROCHLORIDE– What is different to HCL Creatine than Monohydrate? Supposedly it is more potent than the monohydrate, this allegedly means smaller doses and less fluid retention. Does it translate to this in the field? Time and tests would tell… what it does mean for Pro Supps is that they can up the doses of other things and lower the creatine %. Read my previous review to see a little more about what creatine is actually doing in your body.

BETA ALANINE -  This is the primary ingredient to this Pre workout supplement. Surprise, surprise! For more info on Beta Alanine in supplements also see my previous blog or last review for C4. http://ff2f-kdawg.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/supp-review-beta.html

L-LEUCINE – Another BCAA (branch chain Amino Acid), this particular type of BCAA is in here to try and promote muscle protein synthesis however there is not a whole lot of evidence that this does translate into muscle mass and size.

L-CITRULLINE MALATE – this little addition is in the supp to prevent muscle fatigue. This form of Citrulline is synthetic and for those looking for similar in nature, eat that tatesless part of the watermelon, the closer to the rind you go the more citrulline you get.

AGMATINE SULFATE – designed to get your Nitric Oxide levels up. This is supposed to create a pump in the muscle due to vascularity and blood flow increase, but combined with the Beta, you will have to be dedicated to get the pump if you so desire it.

N-METHYL-TYRAMINE – loads of science stuff written about this compound. But cut through the crap and you will find that in the supplement world it is touted as a great fat burner. Not proven though so im sure its in here for the “why the hell not” factor.

2 FORMS OF CAFFEINE – Infinergy ™ which is just a caffeine substitute and caffeine citrate so as the caffeine would imply, it is another stimulant addition to the concoction.

PIKATROPIN PICAMILON – Russians designed it! Another vasodilator to ad to the Nitric Oxide effects.

OCTOPAMINE HCL – unconfirmed, but could cause fat cells to release their fat for energy use.

Turmoil

Goals are the things that drive us in the gym, home, work and in LIFE in general.

 

So what happens when a goal is reached?

 

There is that moment of achievement and adulation that you feel, but if you haven’t got another goal to start on with, you may find yourself in a little bit of turmoil.

 

I’m no fitness competitor or stage gracing body builder, but I have always heard about body issue and anguish that some fitness competitors have post competition. Some of this stems from the fact that they have been training to get their body to a peak level and then comes a turning point… Do you keep going on this highly restrictive eating and training routine? Is it possible to maintain such a level of fitness forever? Is it healthy? Are you going to be happy with your body if you let the routine that got you here slip or ease off a bit? Some of these questions can cause a fair amount of stress. Some of these questions can also be answered by having the next goal to move on to, for some that is another competition. 

 

I myself experienced a small amount of this in the week after a solid month or more of preparing for a photo shoot. As the days closed in, the body was at a shape and look that I had been striving hard to achieve, where to from there? Was I to keep going on a difficult path of staying lean and daily intense workouts?

 

I forced myself to take a week off. And in this week I tackled a demon. I'm not sure what I was fearing? Was it that I would get fat? Was it that as a general rule it goes lean, mass gain, lean, mass gain? I didn't want to go back into a mass gain, I intend on keeping the body fat at around 10% or so. 

The week passed and even when I had tried to go to the gym sooner, my body (perhaps by choice) decided to stick with the planned break. 

The Saturday came. Judgement day. Had I figured out my next goal? Not quite. I had refocused and decided to test myself and begin lifting heavy again and start a bit if a 3-4 day train, 1-2 day break. So legs day began and I was back!

Still not 100% sure of the next goal, but  physique and strength increase is on the agenda, and by tweaking and utilizing some of my newly tested training techniques from the Hercules shoot training I'll continue to put my body to the test!!!

If you happen to feel this turmoil, my tips would be; talk about it with your loves ones or with a fellow body builder/competitor, take the time to reassess your goals and see if you can modify the big goal in some way that will suit your gym lifestyle, stick with a healthy eating plan (don't go junk food crazy!) also ensure that you have a plan to come back STRONG and ready to tackle the next step with full force!