Raiden's Journal

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Hello everybody, I've viewed this forum for a few years actually and I've occasionally posted when I had anything relevant to say. Now I think I'm looking to be a bit more involved, by first starting my own journal.

I'm starting this journal to keep track of my progress, as some of you may know I'm a martial artist looking to compete and I'm trying to get serious about it for a tournament I hope to attend this November (If I can get health insurance by then.) I can't guarantee posts everyday, but I will do what I can and I'll be training in one form or another every day. Weather it's weights, stretching or practicing my techniques.

I'm going to post a few stats just for my own benefit to remind myself how far (or perhaps not so far) I've come when I look back on this in November.

Height: 5'9"
Weight: 136.4
Age:19
Sex: Yes please! (Male)

Goal: Weigh 150lbs by November
Calorie intake goal: 2650 per day (goal edited 7-28-08)
Start date:7-18-08
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First entry:

Today I've eaten 2858 calories which is more than I'd planned, the first two days it was all I could do to meet my goal and not throw up. Perhaps my stomach is expanding? I'm expecting to quickly gain to 140-145 as I've done before and probably platoue after that for a little while. I suspect it's a lot of water weight and perhaps just the extra food I've eaten making it's way through my digestive system. No exercise today, I'm still forming my plan. Should be done by this Wednesday. For now I'm just eating, eating, and eating. Tomorrow is my best friends birthday, so I'll try to just meet my calorie goal and have some fun...and maybe some cake!
 
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So this will be my second post on the old journal. Things have been coming along and I'm meeting my calorie goals. I didn't count for a couple days because I met a new girl I like and we ate out a few times. So sue me. I'm still pretty confident that I came to or (most likely) over my calorie goal.

this will be my 9th day and I've weighed myself about every other morning before I eat anything and the scale doesn't lie. I'm loosing weight at only 2400 calories. I started at 136.4 and I'm now 135.4 so I've lost a exactly 1 pound. So I'm going to be tacking on 250 more calories.

As for work outs, I haven't started anything yet. Though I have done some stretching to keep my flexibility. I'm hoping to start today on my weight training which is a good reason to make a post. Since I only have 50lbs in barbell weights I'm going to use the max for most things. I also have 10, 15, and 25 lb dumbbells

I'm going to do

2 sets curls x20 - 30 lbs
2 sets barbell shrugs x 30 - 50lbs
1 barbell rear delt rolls x15 - 50lbs
2 sets x15 of my own exercise. No name, but it combines curls, triceps extentions, and something called a "cuban press".

Then I'll see if I've got it in me to throw some punches with the 15lb dumbbells. That's my plan anyways.
 
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So it's 5am and I haven't been to sleep yet. I've failed to meet my goal for today, my goal is 2650 calories on intake but according to my calculations I only made 2140. I'm a little disappointed. But I'm glad I've finally started my workouts yesterday. I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do. Hopefully I'll be able to work out tomorrow some time after work. I'll be doing

sit ups 4 sets of 25
Push ups 4 sets of 25
2 sets squats x20 - 50lbs (all the weight that I have at home)
Calf exersizes, not sure what to call them. Basically hold a weight stand on one foot and lift yourself. I'll do that x40 - 50 lbs

and weighted "back ups" not sure it has a name, but you put a weight on your back and do an inverted sit-up. 2 sets x25 - 10 pounds.

Those "back ups" are a great and inexpensive way to work out the back. (i think so anyway) after 50 of those you'll definitely feel the burn.
 
Hello everybody it's me again. Just posting that after I devour the rest of my meal I will have met my calorie goals for today. I'm altering my workout because I've been invited to spar with my sparring buddies tomorrow and I'm going to be majorly wiped out after that, so I figure it would be better for me to not be tired to begin with. I also think I pulled my right bicep last workout. It's hard to fully extend it but it still works. I guess I hadn't worked out for longer than I thought I did. so my plan for tonight is

2 set push-ups x25
2 sets crunches x25 (once I've digested my meal a bit, I have to eat so much I'm close to throwing up as it is.)
skipping squats and "back-ups"

then the day after tomorrow I'll do todays workout in full.

Tomorrow sparring usually goes stretching first. Then we train by punching each other in the stomach and chest to prepare the body for impact. I'm going to do some hand-hardening exercises with one of my friends while I'm there as well. Those includes palming trees(the ones with jagged bark are the best for getting palm calluses), hitting metal posts and knuckle push-ups on pointy gravel (Or concrete if no gravel is available) then we fight for a few hours. There's a lot of us so, it takes a while to get every team member a match with every other team member.
 
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Well good news, I'm up to 136.0 so I've gained .6lbs! That's a relatively small gain for almost two weeks of weight watching. But I'm happy to know where the breaking point is for me.

Hopefully if I keep it up, my goal of 150 by November won't be out of the question. I could be shooting a little high, but at least I have something to shoot for. Oh and thanks for the good luck SmithMachine, much appreciated!
 
Just try to make your bulk as clean as possible so you won't have as much cutting to do when you're done.
 
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