Hey everyone just wanted to start my own hst log to keep track of my progress and also receive opinions about my log and other aspects of exercise.
Just a brief history I have been doing weights for 3 and a half years and for the past 10 months I have done absolutely nothing. I am turning 21 in October so as a present to myself I am devoting my time back into my body. Surprisingly I haven’t lost much size or definition I believe this is to do with my age, work and diet. My main weaknesses in terms of muscle hypertrophy and strength are my back, legs and shoulders (I was doing split training prior to this and always neglected these body parts as I was naïve) I wanted to do this to prove to myself that I can make a big change with my life and I want to push myself in terms of training. I am 6ft and I am at the moment 77kg (170lb) my goal with this hst it to bulk and gain 3kg (6lb) by the end of my first cycle (I like to aim high as it gives me that extra motivation to push myself) I have taken the time to test my 15, 10 and 5RM and have been deconditioned for 7 days since and I cant wait any longer to start.
I will be doing M/W/F sessions and my first hst cycle is:
Sumo dead lift
Chinups
Military press
Weighted crunch
Upright row
BB tricep extension
BB bicep curl
DB chest press
Pushups
I have chosen these exercises as I believe it to be very compound based and all these exercise I have practiced time and time again so I will not sacrifice good form during my workouts.
I am taking multivitamins, fish oil and creatine. With creatine would it be more beneficial to have it before or after my workouts? I personally believe it shouldn’t matter as long as I take it daily. I have opted against protein powders as I have seen little results with me and also I have very easy access to protein throughout my meals. (I work in a chicken and seafood takeaway restaurant 6 days a week and only eat healthy) I am not calorie counting as I estimate how much I eat and also at this job I work a lot of hours about 65 per week and this requires a lot of movement throughout my day burning a big amount of calories
I train at home alone in my gym so for the last 2 weeks I will most likely do 2RM unless anyone else has a better idea, I am open to suggestions.
I will try to post my progress with HST weekly and add any changes to my log to make it really workable
Here it goes!!!
Just a brief history I have been doing weights for 3 and a half years and for the past 10 months I have done absolutely nothing. I am turning 21 in October so as a present to myself I am devoting my time back into my body. Surprisingly I haven’t lost much size or definition I believe this is to do with my age, work and diet. My main weaknesses in terms of muscle hypertrophy and strength are my back, legs and shoulders (I was doing split training prior to this and always neglected these body parts as I was naïve) I wanted to do this to prove to myself that I can make a big change with my life and I want to push myself in terms of training. I am 6ft and I am at the moment 77kg (170lb) my goal with this hst it to bulk and gain 3kg (6lb) by the end of my first cycle (I like to aim high as it gives me that extra motivation to push myself) I have taken the time to test my 15, 10 and 5RM and have been deconditioned for 7 days since and I cant wait any longer to start.
I will be doing M/W/F sessions and my first hst cycle is:
Sumo dead lift
Chinups
Military press
Weighted crunch
Upright row
BB tricep extension
BB bicep curl
DB chest press
Pushups
I have chosen these exercises as I believe it to be very compound based and all these exercise I have practiced time and time again so I will not sacrifice good form during my workouts.
I am taking multivitamins, fish oil and creatine. With creatine would it be more beneficial to have it before or after my workouts? I personally believe it shouldn’t matter as long as I take it daily. I have opted against protein powders as I have seen little results with me and also I have very easy access to protein throughout my meals. (I work in a chicken and seafood takeaway restaurant 6 days a week and only eat healthy) I am not calorie counting as I estimate how much I eat and also at this job I work a lot of hours about 65 per week and this requires a lot of movement throughout my day burning a big amount of calories
I train at home alone in my gym so for the last 2 weeks I will most likely do 2RM unless anyone else has a better idea, I am open to suggestions.
I will try to post my progress with HST weekly and add any changes to my log to make it really workable
Here it goes!!!
