pmartinez78's 1st BP run

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:40 pm

btw, here's my plan workout for Wednesday:

Wide Grip Bench Press 1x10 with 185
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 50

Close Grip Bench Press 1x10 with 185
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 50

Incline Bench Press 1x10 with 155
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 50

Decline Bench Press 1x10 with 185
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 50

Decline Close Grip Bench Press 1x10 with 135

Lying Tricep Extension 1x10 with 90

Cable Tricep Pressdown 2x10 with 85

Now, if I feel weak tomorrow, I might just have to bring it down a notch.

RobRegish · Post by **RobRegish** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:40 pm

There you go. Nice layout. Do take it slow. Famine hits hard on day 3...

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:11 am

Ok guys. Day 3 of my famine and I'm feeling alright so far. Yesterday wasn't so bad. The hardest part for me is staying hungry after dinner but I think I'm adjusting. Just wondering, would it be alright to drink a 140 calorie meal replacement drink with 15g protein and 15g of carbs after my dinner or before bed? I have a hard time sleeping when I'm hungry.

Now, let's see how my workout goes this afternoon.

btw, thanks for the support guys.

Muoio117 · Post by **Muoio117** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:05 pm

pmartinez78 wrote: Just wondering, would it be alright to drink a 140 calorie meal replacement drink with 15g protein and 15g of carbs after my dinner or before bed? I have a hard time sleeping when I'm hungry.

I don't think you should add that in. I mean, we're supposed to keep protein minimal. 15 g isn't a lot, but it's more than nothing. If you can't sleep when you're hungry than I would suggest saving most of your calories for dinner so you can have one big meal. That's what I do.

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:58 pm

That's actually what I've did yesterday, but this rabbit food isn't cutting it. lol. I'm used to eating a pb sandwich with glass of milk before going to bed. I mean I can do without but I was just wondering since I would still be hitting my calorie intake and that would be the only protein that I would be taking in. But you're right, I should just stick to the plan.

Muoio117 · Post by **Muoio117** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:57 pm

pmartinez78 wrote:That's actually what I've did yesterday, but this rabbit food isn't cutting it. lol. I'm used to eating a pb sandwich with glass of milk before going to bed. I mean I can do without but I was just wondering since I would still be hitting my calorie intake and that would be the only protein that I would be taking in. But you're right, I should just stick to the plan.

You can always ask Rob. I just figure if I'm going to suffer for 5 days then I might as well make the "best" of it and do everything right.

What I do is eat a serving or two of nuts pre-bed and that has helped me so far. It's not a lot, but it's fat with some protein, so it helps.

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:23 pm

Just got back from my workout and I got to say it felt pretty good even though I was weaker than I expected. Loved the intensity though. Here's what I was able to do:

Wide Grip Bench Press 1x10 with 175
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 40

Close Grip Bench Press 1x10 with 175
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 30

Incline Bench Press 1x10 with 135
Overhead DB Press 1x10 with 30

Decline Bench Press 1x10 with 135
Overhead DB Press 1x8 with 30

Decline Close Grip Bench Press 1x10 with 115

Lying Tricep Extension 1x10 with 70

Cable Tricep Pressdown 2x10 with 60

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:53 am

Ok, here's my plan of attack for workout 3 tomorrow. Let me know how it looks.

Famine phase workout 3:

Squat - 5 sets of 15 reps with 95 lbs
supersetted with
One Arm Row - 5 sets of 15 reps with 40 lbs

Seated Cable Row - 5 sets of 15 with 65
supersetted with
Lat Pulldown - 5 sets of 15 with 80

Barbell Bicep Curl - 1 set of 15 with 60 lbs

Incline Dumbbell Curl - 1 set of 15 with 20 lbs

Preacher Curl - 1 set of 15 with 40 lbs

Hammer Curl - 1 set of 15 with 20 lbs

Reverse Curl - 1 set of 15 with 30 lbs

Btw, my current weight is 157 (-4lb)

Muoio117 · Post by **Muoio117** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:06 am

It looks good to me. You're going to be using almost the exact same weight as me on everything, lol. I guess we're pretty equal on strength (or weakness,

).

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:46 am

Ya, that's half of what I had originally planned. But after considering the amount of strength I have on this diet and reading rob's comment on how he dropped down to pure barbell on his first run, I figured I might need to drop the weight some. lol..

I can't wait to start the feast workouts.

Muoio117 · Post by **Muoio117** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:05 pm

Same goes for me. Getting through the workouts is pretty difficult. They're hard to complete, but afterwards I always feel like I didn't do enough. I'm just used to doing more volume.

But yeah, I can't wait until feast either.

RobRegish · Post by **RobRegish** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:02 pm

It wasn't even pure barbell. I just did Hindu squats I was so beat.

I suppose I could have, but was completely overwhelmed/unprepared for the metabolic demand. Everyone that hasn't tried this take note: you will be humbled.

However, in a few short weeks people will be scratching their heads while they watch you bending bars. I had one BP customer telling his friends about starting BP over lunch one day. They all laughed at him and told him no way it would work. Watched him lose all kinds of weight/strength first week and laughed harder.

6 weeks later, he pulled a PR Deadlift 110lb higher than his prior best. His friends weren't laughing anymore, they just had a lot of questions for him

pmartinez78 · Post by **pmartinez78** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:39 pm

wow, sounds like tomorrow is going to be intense.

Muoio117 · Post by **Muoio117** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:06 pm

RobRegish wrote:They all laughed at him and told him no way it would work. Watched him lose all kinds of weight/strength first week and laughed harder.

This is my problem too. I can see my muscles shrinking, and so can everyone else... I can't wait until this dang feast starts. Two nights and one more day....