2016-06-25 [209.5 @ 35.5] Cycle 9

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start/End Bulk	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25 / 212.5	209.5	-.75	-3.0
Waist	34.375 / 35.75	35.5	-.25	-.25
Arm	16.375 / 17.0	16.875	-.125	-.125
Thigh	23.25 / 23.875	24.0	-.125	--
Calf	15.25 / 15.375	15.375	--	--

Overview
Early in the week did well.  Had a beer mid-week, which sent me back a bit.
Then Saturday was the BeerFest.
And I did not train at all on Friday or Saturday.
So, yeah.  Not so much with the progress.

Plans for next week

• Lift, stay on diet, etc.

2016-06-19 [210.25 @ 35.5] Cycle 8

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start/End Bulk	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25 / 212.5	210.25	-2.25	-2.25
Waist	34.375 / 35.75	35.75	-.25	-.25
Arm	16.375 / 17.0	17.0	--	--
Thigh	23.25 / 23.875	24.0	+.125	+.125
Calf	15.25 / 15.375	15.375	--	--

Overview
Went to a 6-day PPL split
Not too bad

Plans for next week

• continue

2016-06-12 [212.5 @ 35.75] Cycle 7

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	212.5	+2.0	+16.25
Waist	34.375	35.75	+0.175	+1.375
Arm	16.375	17.0	--	+0.625
Thigh	23.25	23.875	--	+0.625
Calf	15.25	15.375	--	--

Overview
Went to a 6-day PPL split

Plans for next week

• Try the whole "stay on target" concept.  
• Maybe do some cardio

Issues

• Diet was meh

2016-06-05 [210.5 @ 35.625] Cycle 6 - skipped week due to ND

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	210.5	+1.5	+13.25
Waist	34.375	35.625	+0.375	+1.25
Arm	16.375	17.0	+0.125	+0.625
Thigh	23.25	23.875	+-0.125	+0.625
Calf	15.25	15.375	--	--

Overview
Was in ND for a week, and the week of the return there was no diet and lacking workouts.  Generally:  sucked

Plans for next week

• Due to unacceptable waist vs mass gain, I will be tracking macros more accurately, and lowering intake a bit.

Issues

• Everything

2016-05-22 [209.0 @ 35.25] Cycle 4

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	209.0	+1.75	+12.75
Waist	34.375	35.25	+0.25	+0.875
Arm	16.375	16.875	+0.125	+0.5
Thigh	23.25	24.0	+0.25	+0.75
Calf	15.25	15.375	--	+0.125

Overview
Diet sucked, due to visitors and lack of pre-cooked food.  Training went ok, although I did not go as hard as I should have.  No cardio.

Plans for next week

• Attempt to stay on point with macros.
• Thursday - Tuesday will be in ND, so diet & training will be wonky

Issues

• Diet sucked

2016-05-15 [207.25 @ 35.0] - Cycle 3

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	207.25	+5.75	+11.0
Waist	34.375	35.0	+0.375	+0.625
Arm	16.375	16.75	+0.125	+0.375
Thigh	23.25	23.75	+0.375	+0.5
Calf	15.25	15.375	+0.25	+0.125

Overview
Training sucked.  Every session was a struggle, and I did not finish everything.
Pretty crashed out most of the week as well.
No idea how I gained 5.75# in one week.  However, the waist gain is consistent with a 15# per inch ratio.  Total gain is actually over 17#/inch.  So that is not bad..

Plans for next week

• Change training.  Same template, new exercises.
• Slightly lower calories.  Three types of days, rather than two [Low = cardio, Mid = Back & shoulders, High = chest & legs]
• Low (Sun, Wed, Sat):  300/100/125 (-5f)
• Mid (Tue, Thu): 275/400/60 (-25p/-100c/-15f)
• High (Mon, Fri): 275/500/75 (-25p)
• Total change:  -100p/-200c/-45f = -1605kCal

Issues

• Did not finish my lifting sessions
• Did not do cardio/abs
• Constantly fragged

2016-05-08 [201.5 @ 34.625] Cycle 2

Cycle:  500mg/week (28.0u/day)

Meas.	Start	Week	Week Change	Total Change
Mass	196.25	201.5	+1.5	+5.25
Waist	34.375	34.625	--	+0.25
Arm	16.375	16.625	+0.125	+0.25
Thigh	23.25	23.375	--	--
Calf	15.25	15.125	-0.125	-0.125

Overview
Not bad this week. Was hungry a bit, so I am going to slightly increase my food.  Yes, yes, I know, a 1.5# gain is just about perfect.  But damn it, I don't want to be hungry until I start cutting again!

Training went well, got more volume and/or weight on each day compared to previous week.  Part of that is likely due to splitting my workouts in half.

Food-wise, I mostly stayed on track this week.  Saturday I had Romas for my last meal, and I also had a few brownie bites throughout the week.  But I was about 95% in compliance with macro counts.

Plans for next week

• Slightly increase food (add 100g Carbs on lifting days)
• Try to increase weight for training.  Possibly add a drop set for first session & Costas set for second session lifts

Issues

• Missed 1 Ab-Burn session (Wednesday)