Well, I can't hold it in (no, not my belly)!
I'm about to start on 5s in my second cycle and progress, strength wise, has been going well. I've packed on a load of lbs too so, last night, I decided to measure my upper arms.
When I started my HST program back in Nov last year, I had hoped to attain 16" upper arms after about a year. At the time they measured just shy of 15" - after some press-ups and a set of light curls. I did the same again and remeasured. Blimey! My left arm was 16 3/8" and my right arm was 16 1/2" flexed. Then I measured my arms straight and the measurements dropped down to 14 1/2" and 14 5/8" respectively. So that's nearly a 2" difference between straight and flexed.
I was a bit worried that this increase was just down to lots of extra fat (my body weight has gone from around 175lb to just shy of 200lb) but I can still see my abs (although they are more blurry than before). I suppose some of it has to be fat but is a 2" differential OK?
I'm expecting things to slow down a bit as I have never had this kind of progress before in my life! My training partner is seeing similar gains too. At the end of this cycle I will take further measurements to see how the rest of me is doing.
I now have to set some new goals. So I'm going for 17" upper arms and being able to deadlift and squat with 400lbs.
A big "thank you" must go out to Bryan and all the other really helpful people on this forum!
I'm about to start on 5s in my second cycle and progress, strength wise, has been going well. I've packed on a load of lbs too so, last night, I decided to measure my upper arms.
When I started my HST program back in Nov last year, I had hoped to attain 16" upper arms after about a year. At the time they measured just shy of 15" - after some press-ups and a set of light curls. I did the same again and remeasured. Blimey! My left arm was 16 3/8" and my right arm was 16 1/2" flexed. Then I measured my arms straight and the measurements dropped down to 14 1/2" and 14 5/8" respectively. So that's nearly a 2" difference between straight and flexed.
I was a bit worried that this increase was just down to lots of extra fat (my body weight has gone from around 175lb to just shy of 200lb) but I can still see my abs (although they are more blurry than before). I suppose some of it has to be fat but is a 2" differential OK?
I'm expecting things to slow down a bit as I have never had this kind of progress before in my life! My training partner is seeing similar gains too. At the end of this cycle I will take further measurements to see how the rest of me is doing.
I now have to set some new goals. So I'm going for 17" upper arms and being able to deadlift and squat with 400lbs.
A big "thank you" must go out to Bryan and all the other really helpful people on this forum!
