Let me first start out that I am very, very excited to begin The Blueprint. I purchased The Blueprint after reading logs and seeing the great results that people were getting. Also, I was confident that Rob would be right here with me along the way providing help and assistance: something that lacks in most workout programs. I began reading some of the logs on the forum as well so I am finally able to start my Famine Phase on Monday, June 21st. I have been taking the past couple days off and my last day of hard training was Tuesday, so I will have almost a full week off before famine.
A little background information: 19 years old, attending James Madison University, majoring in Integrated Science and Technology. Ive been lifting seriously since October 2009, and lifted a good amount in high school since maybe 11th grade, but nothing consistent or nothing in which I had major gains. In my first year of college, I went from weighing around 125 to around 140 now, and my bench from 205 August, 245 November, to 275 while weighing 137. in May. I like to consider myself strong for my size and look bigger than 140, but the Blueprint is something that I hope will help me add around 10 pounds and get some strength.
So where does that put us, the inition of the Famine Phase.
Goals: Gain roughly 10-12 pounds to put be around 150-155 with still a low bf. Visible abs will be wanted for sure. I think I am fairly proportioned as well but want to get bigger and stay cut. I would like to get my legs up as well.
Vitals
Height: 5'7''
Weight: will take sunday (probably around 139-140)
Waking Heartbeat: Took it twice when I woke up, first was 58 and second time as 55. So I am guessing somewhere around 57 to be my average waking heartbeat. A HR meter will be a great help and will be purchased shortly.
Supplements I will be using during this week of Famine:
TwinLab DualTabs Multivitamin
TwinLab C-1000 vitamin C
Green Tea Extract Pills
Greensformula GreenMagma Dr. Hagiwara
ON Stress B complex pills
Organic Nature Spectrum Fishoil
Based on the reccomendations, I will not be taking E-bol, cbol creatine, Intrabolic, MP Recon, Any Protein, and I will not be taking any preworkout or BIOFORGE PRO MAX.
Diet
My diet will consist of lots vegetables, fruits, and carbs. I will drink V8 juice and make fruit blends and smoothies. I will cut out meat for the most part except for dinner and maybe something for lunch. Now generally I have been consuming around 3500-4000 calories a day but will cut down to roughly 1120-1200 calories per day. Salads will be a large part and I have plenty of nuts in stores. Also, I will be sure to party responisbly this week to add stress to my body.
Workout:
My typical workout went from a 5 day split hitting each bodypart once, to a new 6 day split hitting nearly all bodyparts twice per week (Chest and Tri. Back and Bis. Legs. Shoulders and Tri. Bis and Back. Legs). In my opinion, I felt fine doing this and felt I was able to recover quite well. Two things to note: its been a while since I have deadlifted but I am more than able to. Also, for the past few months, I have been front squatting instead of doing regular squats. My best is 225 for 8 reps as a final set, but my question is: "Should I continue doing front squats, or should I do regular squats for the blueprint?"
Now, I will admit that not working out will in fact be a bit different and difficult for me, but I just need to trust the blueprint that I am making the right choice. Afterall, I probably am young and niave but have had steady results going 5-6 days per week.
Monday:
Front or Regular Squats: 3 sets 4-6 reps
Seated Cable Rows right after the squats, 3 sets 4-6 reps
Basically it will be squat 4-6 reps, right into rows 4-6 reps, then two minute rest and repeat two more times.
Next: Standing BB Curls: 4-6 reps
2 min rest
Incline DB Curls: 4-6 reps
2 min rest
Preacher: 4-6 reps and Finish
Well I know this is pretty much directly from the book but it should work out well. My question is squat or front squat???
So this will start Monday, then I will have my wednesday and Friday workout that I will type up. Then on Saturday, Feast starts, and on Sunday I leave for the beach and will continue my feast but luckily at the beach I will be able to lift at a golds gym, otherwise my blueprint would have been delayed by a whole two weeks and that would not work with me!
To sum up, this upcoming week of the Monday the 21st will be famine. Then starting on Saturday is Feast, and the first week of feast will be on vacation. Rob, do you see any problems with that? I am pretty confident everything should be good with it!
Cannot wait to get started and hope to bulk up before college starts up again. Im sure I will have lots of questions along the way but in the end I will become knowledgable and get to help others out
Note: I will post up before pictures Sunday night, I am on my laptop right now that doesnt have any good pics.
