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[MartinBoy]

Thanks Brent,

Day 440
Breakfast, shreaded wheat with 50g wheat germ and 200ml semi skimmed milk
535 cals, 30g protein, 80g carbs, 9.7g fat

Apple 80 cals, 18g carbs

Wholemeal tuna sandwich
290 cals, 26g protein, 34g carbs, 4g fat

Wholemeal tuna sandwich
290 cals, 26g protein, 34g carbs, 4g fat

Chicken drumstick, x2
260 cals,
40g protein,14g fat - rough guess

Chicken drumstick, 130 cals, 18g protein, 5g fat, 100g cous cous, 170 cals, 7g protein, 35g carbs, 1g fat

Slice of wholemeal bread, 93 cals, 4.6g protein, 16g carbs, 1.5g fat

[MartinBoy]

Day 441
Breakfast, shreaded wheat with 50g wheat germ and 200ml semi skimmed milk
535 cals, 30g protein, 80g carbs, 9.7g fat

Wholemeal sandwich with peanut butter, chicken.
310 cals, 26g protein, 34g carbs, 7g fat

apple 80 cals, 17g carbs

Wholemeal sandwich with peanut butter, chicken.
310 cals, 26g protein, 34g carbs, 7g fat

Apple, 45 cals, 10g carbs

Choc biscuit 65 cals

40g oats, 50g wheat germ, 125ml semi skimmed milk
395 cals, 24g protein, 55g carbs, 11g fat

[MartinBoy]

Day 442
Breakfast, 3 wheatabix, 250ml semi skimmed milk and 50g wheat germ
497 cals, 30g protein, 60g carbs, 12g fat

Tuna sandwich with marmite
300 cals, 27g protein, 36g carbs, 3g fat

Apple, 40 cals, 10g carbs

Tuna sandwich with marmite
300 cals, 27g protein, 36g carbs, 3g fat

Chicken, can of red kidney beans
370 cals, 38g protein, 45g carbs, 7g fat

20mins skipping
jacket potato
cous cous, 50g chicken.

[MartinBoy]

Hey guys just to let you know I've started a 3x5 routine to go for mainly strength gains, of course i want to be bigger aswell, but in opinion there is no point in being big and not strong, this is sort of a deload phase but i hope i can get some mass gains from it too.

Day 443
Breakfast 3 wheatabix, 50g wheat germ and 200ml full fat milk
502 cals, 27.8g protein, 80g carbs, 14.8g fat

Workout: 3x5 A
Squat 60kg - 5,5,5
Pull Up 3x3 - 3,3,3 (Deload as kept stalling, next workout 3x4, 3x5, 3x6, and then back to 3x5 weighted pulls.
Incline DB Press 20kg x2 - 5,5,5
Lying Rear Delt row (5kx2) - 5,5,5

And added 10mins jump rope on after as workout took 20-25mins

Apple and protein shake after
172 cals, 22.5g protein, 10g carbs, 1.9g fat

100g Cous Cous, 25g peanuts, 2 egg whites
350 cals, 17g protein, 36g carbs, 14g fat

Can of baked beans in tomato sauce - 350 cals, 20.2g protein, 60g carbs, 4g fat

eaten over tdee today but been hungry that's the reason, don't see how as the workout was so short.

[MartinBoy]

Day 444
Breakfast 100g wheat germ 200ml semi skimmed milk
460 cals, 36.8g protein, 60.8g carbs, 13.4g fat

Slice of white bread 104 cals 4.4g protein, 17g carbs, 1.5g fat

100g brown rice, 25g peanuts, 100g chicken breast
630 cals, 37.5g protein, 78g carbs, 15g fat

Mars bar - 260 cals, 2.5g protein, 40g carbs/36g sugar, 10g fat
Gone in a few seconds and taste isn't exactly anything fantastic for me would rather have sweets, now i got to worry about tdee and all. Might do just a small amount of jump rope soon incase i have some sweets later (halloween).

Bowl of homemade stew - mixed vegetables, onions, pearl barley, diced turkey, new potatos, kidney beans, 1 dumplin, and gravy. Im guessing around 450 cals, that's the thing when i have own place id love to have these often as there inexepensive and really healthy but don't know the nutritional side.

[MartinBoy]

Day 445
Breakfast - 3 wheatabix, 50g wheat germ and 200ml semi skimmed milk
472 cals, 28g protein, 80g carbs, 11.4g fat

Apple 40 cals, 10g carbs

Glass of diet coke

Wholemeal chicken breast sandwich with marmite
240 cals, 23g protein, 30g carbs, 4g fat

Wholemeal chicken breast sandwich with marmite
240 cals, 23g protein, 30g carbs, 4g fat

Home from work, great big bowl of stew left from last night, everythings good apart from the gravy, so im guessing at around 650 cals, not sure how much near that could be way off, but it was mostly veg, it's just the gravy, but i doubt gravy is that much so actually im guessing probably 450-600 cals.

[MartinBoy]

Day 446
Breakfast, 100g cottage cheese, 200ml orange juice, 3 wheatabix with 300ml semi skimmed milk
582 cals, 27g protein, 78g carbs, 9g fat

Wholemeal chicken breast sandwich with marmite
240 cals, 23g protein, 30g carbs, 4g fat

150g Cous cous
255 cals, 7.5g protein, 54g carbs, 2g fat

Wholemeal chicken breast sandwich with marmite
240 cals, 23g protein, 30g carbs, 4g fat

Ginger Biscuit 45 cals.

200g mash, 100g cottage cheese, grapefruit and a slice of wholemeal bread.
459 cals, 19g protein, 60g carbs, 9g fat

100g wheat germ, 150ml semi skimmed milk, tbls crunchy peanut butter
535 cals, 38.6g protein, 60g carbs, 20g fat

[MartinBoy]

Day 447
Breakfast, shreaded wheat with 50g wheat germ and 200ml semi skimmed milk
535 cals, 30g protein, 80g carbs, 9.7g fat

Apple 80 cals, 17g carbs

Wholemeal chicken breast sandwich with peanut butter x2
588 cals, 46g protein, 60g carbs, 11g fat

Can of red kidney beans and a can of chopped tomatoes
305 cals, 19g protein, 58g carbs, 2g fat

Still hungry, protein shake with 200ml semi skimmed milk, slice of wholemeal bread.
316 cals, 33g protein, 25g carbs, 6.8g fat

[MartinBoy]

Day 448
Breakfast, shreaded wheat with 50g wheat germ and 300ml semi skimmed milk
585 cals, 33.4g protein, 85g carbs, 11.4g fat

[Martin-Boy2]

Hey guys it's me, sorry i haven't been around, I forgot the password to main account, and i tried to get it resent but the page will never load up for me, so i just found out the password to this account, im back, haha.

Forgot what day im on now, but just had a bad workout, (Suprise, suprise).

As some of you may know im currently doing a 3x5 routine, A,B Split, lift, rest, lift, rest.
A
Squat
Pull Up 3x5 (weighted)
Incline DB Press
BB Rear Delt Row

B
Deadlifts
Bench Press
Barbell Row
Arnold Press

It has been going well, however i have a few issues, i got up to about 66kg barbell squat, with barbell prob around 71, 72kg, so bodyweight, which i am very pleased at, however i have sort of been going parallel, as if i go deep on the squats, knees have really bad discomfort, i don't know why, i can't even do 20 bodyweight squats by going deep, and even when i go to do cycling as cardio, knees really hurt so i have to use a light gear. A video of squats, about a month old though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGf4PqIj6sk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

deadlifts are alright i feel, going to upload a video when i hit 60kg so another couple workout sessions, i have been subing squats for deadlifts as of late, the main reason, that i keep being told that it's better go to deeper, i feel squat depth was alright but it's not just the depth, the bar is real uncomfortable on back at a heavier weight, im really trying to work on flexibility on the side too, so any advice there would be appreciated as i don't know where to start, hamstrings i really need to work on.

Other things ive been up to, I've had an x-ray the other day on spine, hopefully nothing major, it's just at times when i sit down for a while, i get real uncomfortable pain in around pelvis area, the area that feels like two balls either side of the lower back, they become really raised and feel like golf balls, so i had it checked out and got to weight for the results in 3 weeks. Deadlifts i feel have been helping it though. I don't want to neglect squats though as i know how much they'll benefit legs, so i'll have to see, I've been thinking of buying a squat rack (BodyMax CF415) as it's in the sale at £119.99, still a high price for me, but i was convinced it was worth it and was about to buy but then i thought if im not even doing squats at the moment i have to workout if it's worth it.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... 29,r:1,s:0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That's a picture of it, it has spotter catchers which will help me if i get in trouble, and dip bars which will be great. I'm hoping i can use it for bench press too as they will let me go for max's a little more, it's very sturdy and i've only heard good things from it, and can hold up to 270kg.
On another note which is good news, we are building a shed which im going to use as a home gym, approx 16x8, which is a great size, and where it's going to be only used as a gym, it will be good for me and save me working out in the cold mud. Also i was thinking of getting a self spotting rig, which i'll have to make in shed, maybe coming off of the joyce, sort of the same as in this video which i hope is possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO_8HrOUBTA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I feel i've hardly done anything now due to that poor performance, and hardly a workout, and cardio is limited, i want to do burpees but get discomfort from knees, same as squats and cycling, starting to get me down, and i need to work on flexibility, other than that, everythings the same, good to hear from you guys.

[Martin-Boy2]

Thanks guys, thanks for the info Les, i'll definitively take a note of that one and give it a try, that boat pose, if i tried that im sure id fall back lol.

And brent, i aim to drive up from heels on both lifts, ends up im not sure where i end up driving from, i just do what's natural, i try scrunching toes forward so i curl them up forward and there bent, but i dunno it doesn't always feel like a leg exercise when i do deads, they feel alright though, and squats i just push up, it's been a while since Ive done them so i can't really tell, sometimes i have odd balance with them and it feels like im going to fall back on butt, which i think may be due to flexibility and im working on it.

[Martin-Boy2]

Hmm perhaps i could try that, with keeping the toes up, your saying crunching them forward, is not the way to go, i just read somewhere that if you did this it automatically put the weight on your heels, so you lift with it.

And getting a bit personal here, im kind of worried about the future, im currently still doing electrical, level 3 final year then ive got to do some 20 week courses or so if i pass that, thing is i really don't enjoy it AT all. I don't know why i even started, straight from school i jumped into a media course because at the time i was on the pc alot and that was the kind of thing i was into, but i realised about a month into the course it wasn't for me, loads of photography and other stuff i wasn't into.

3 of school mates were on an electrical course, i didn't know much about it, but i thought, "i don't want to light up a light bulb", of course i was so wrong it is nothing like that, anyway i did about half a year of the basic level 1 course, then encouraged by parents, "just do the next year", did that, and now the same, only one more year, but i actually don't enjoy it at all and none of it, litreally none, interests me, when im doing some of the pratical work and i know what im doing, it's alright, other than that i really don't think it's for me, so ive been doing a lot, and i mean alot of thinking lately, looking into things, younger brother is really good at pe, and apparently, one of his P.E teachers say that they earn £50,000 a year, that's with 12 weeks holiday - 3 months, so 9 months work really, sounds good right. Because they said one of the teachers there is actually a coach, and is on half that amount, so he is going to university to qualify as a pe teacher to rank double.

I was thinking, PE teacher actually may not be a bad job at all, im into health and fitness after all, and it is like that, it's sports and all, and i was thinking maybe this is what i need to do, however i may need to go uni and borrow loans and all, it all sounds bad before you even start, but i planned out, if i did qualify, was on £50,000 a year, the 3 months off, if i stuck out the boring hated electrical course, if i wanted i could do a bit of work on the school weeks off and earn some more money, probably just dreaming here haha.

But yeah sorry to go personal, just feel i needed to express it to someone who would listen, it's ok if you guys ignore this post, really i understand.

By the way, what happened to Cassie, i miss her.

[fit-fanatic-2025]

I don't know if 50,000 pounds is similar to $50,000 but I know $50,000 dollars starting out for PE is quite a bit here. Teachers here start out lower unless maybe they are teaching at a university level. I thought about doing PE a long time ago when i was in school. I kind of wished i would of. It does sound like a fun job. That might be a nice choice for you..

Its a tough choice figuring out what you want to do. I've always envied the people where their careers just kind of happen for them and of course they love it and it doesn't seem like work, make good money, etc. But I don't think that happens often. Maybe take some tests at your local career center or even online might help give you some ideas too. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do too. Good Luck Martin!

[Martin-Boy2]

£50,000 in us dollars is around $79,000, so quite a good amount, however im almost certain that's not the starting wage, it would probably have to be built up, i think it may be a good choice, but id have to go to uni and all sorts to get there, and even now i don't know if it's the definite path i want to take, but im not too keen on electrical and building work, went to work with dad just doing some general laboring, bit of painting to earn some money, i slipped with a thick, wide sharp blade, and sliced into little finger, had to have it stitched 3 times and now i have no feeling in it, building is alright but i don't think it's for me.

By the way, with hamstring flexibility, is current routine ok, doing this 2 times daily.
Dynamic Hamstring stretch 2 sets (per leg), 30 secs long.
Bend over hamstring stretch (touch toes), 3 sets, 30 secs.
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Hamstrings/Seated.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 3 sets 30 secs
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Hamstring ... leLeg.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 3 sets 30 secs.

Also, im really debating whether to get this squat rack, BodyMax CF415.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... 29,r:1,s:0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It is currently in the sale, still expensive for me, but has dip bars and other stuff which i may find useful, of course the main reason was to buy it for squats, however where i haven't done them for a while im worried about buying and it ending up a waste. It can hold up to 270kg, and I've only heard good things about it, so im really considering it as it has to be ordered this week if i want to buy it.

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