Soldato
Ok I'll introduce myself as I've not been as active on here as I used to be. I'm 38 years old today and lifting weights has been a hobby since buying my first weight setup on my 14th birthday... yep exactly 24 years ago today! 
In that time I've had several injuries leading to some lengthy lay-offs, the latest shoulder injury kept me out of the gym 2 years. I made a return January 2012. So I've had 10 months now and made some solid progress, now it's time to push on. I was thinking about competing in a natural bodybuilding comp a few years ago and got into good shape but then life has a knack of getting in the way and put paid to all that. IF I can stay fit then who knows in a year or two I might have another shot.
As I already keep an online journal it's a simple copy & paste jobbie into here. If interested my progress this year starts from this page: Bison's Beef Building Blog - Page 190 Also I'm about to change my whole routine and possibly starting HST again which I know raises a lot of interest from fellow lifters.
Current Stats:
Age: 38
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 225lbs
Bodyfat: approx 15%
Goals: Be as big, strong and lean as I can naturally get!
Barriers: Long working hours = stress, several old injuries, drink far too much alcohol!
Current routine that I've really enjoyed is split as below:
SAT - Shoulders & Arms
SUN - Legs
WED - Chest & Back
As Sat is only shoulders and arms, it's not that hard on the body so I can still train flat out the next day. This allows my old bones 48 hours for recovery before what is virtually a full body workout on Weds and then another 48 hours recovery. Seems to work well.
Diet is similar to IF protocol but I'm not super strict with it. I eat between 12pm - 9pm on weekdays but weekends I'll eat when ever I feel like it, though I still tend to naturally eat the same way. Lots of carbs on training days, higher fats on rest days. Protein is around 200g daily and mostly from eggs, steak, fish, prawns and chicken. I do have 1x50g protein shake a day. Most of calories eaten around workouts, especially PWO.
In that time I've had several injuries leading to some lengthy lay-offs, the latest shoulder injury kept me out of the gym 2 years. I made a return January 2012. So I've had 10 months now and made some solid progress, now it's time to push on. I was thinking about competing in a natural bodybuilding comp a few years ago and got into good shape but then life has a knack of getting in the way and put paid to all that. IF I can stay fit then who knows in a year or two I might have another shot.As I already keep an online journal it's a simple copy & paste jobbie into here. If interested my progress this year starts from this page: Bison's Beef Building Blog - Page 190 Also I'm about to change my whole routine and possibly starting HST again which I know raises a lot of interest from fellow lifters.
Current Stats:
Age: 38
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 225lbs
Bodyfat: approx 15%
Goals: Be as big, strong and lean as I can naturally get!
Barriers: Long working hours = stress, several old injuries, drink far too much alcohol!
Current routine that I've really enjoyed is split as below:
SAT - Shoulders & Arms
SUN - Legs
WED - Chest & Back
As Sat is only shoulders and arms, it's not that hard on the body so I can still train flat out the next day. This allows my old bones 48 hours for recovery before what is virtually a full body workout on Weds and then another 48 hours recovery. Seems to work well.
Diet is similar to IF protocol but I'm not super strict with it. I eat between 12pm - 9pm on weekdays but weekends I'll eat when ever I feel like it, though I still tend to naturally eat the same way. Lots of carbs on training days, higher fats on rest days. Protein is around 200g daily and mostly from eggs, steak, fish, prawns and chicken. I do have 1x50g protein shake a day. Most of calories eaten around workouts, especially PWO.
