ritch BULK Log

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Ok, some of you will not care about this, infact, maybe all of you - it's just a good place for me to keep my progress and make myself update it on my PC rather than just in my stupid little notebook I keep in the gym..

My waist when I started: 28.5 inches
My waist 3 weeks later: 28.5 inches

My current BULK macros are roughly (changes slightly each day due to food preferences):

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday:

2550 calories
150g protein
63g fat
350g carbs

Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday:

2107 calories (maintenance)
150g protein
63g fat
242g carbs

Anyway, I started maintaining 3 weeks ago, for 2 weeks, and now I've done 1 week bulking - so obviously not far into it, but I notice small changes already which is alright. There is a lot of pictures, so I apologise in advance, but as I said this is mainly for me and gives me a good place to update something regular.

First, here is two pictures of me at around 140 lbs (10 stone) at the end of my cut..


This one is fully relaxed, I don't try take flattering photos for my ego when doing progress photos :P



This one is front on just tensing as much as I can (it's hard holding a phone, give me a break ;-))




Ok, so three weeks has passed, I was around 140 lbs there when I took those photos but I had a fairly insane binge weekend just before I went to maintenance so my first weigh in after that weekend was 145 lbs, then I dropped back down to 142 lbs a few days later - I will post my complete weight log at the bottom.

My goal so far is to gain 0.5 lbs per week, I will be posting my calories, workouts, macros & anything else I need to just so people can see me either a) succeed or b) fail - haha. I've never attempted to bulk before, and whilst I know how to do it, applying it is a different story for the first time, just like fat loss, it takes a while to get into the groove and fully understand when its working correctly.

These are the pictures now, updated as I am about to start the 2nd week of my bulk (4 weeks since maintenance):

I weighed in at 144.5 lbs (10 stone 4 1/2) this morning:

Fully relaxed again:



Tensed up (don't laugh! :P):



My back (didn't have any befores):



Tricep+kinda bicep:



Side Tricep:



Bicep:



Traps/Front Tense:




Ok, so as for the weight log..

Monday (29/07/2013) - 10 stone 5 lbs ~ (145 lbs)
Tuesday (30/07/2013) - 10 stone 3 lbs & 1/2 ~ (143.5 lbs)
Wednesday (31/07/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/4 ~ (144.25 lbs)
Thursday (01/08/2013) - 10 stone 2 lbs & 1/4 ~ (142.25 lbs)
Friday (02/08/2013) - 10 stone 3 lbs & 1/2 ~ (143.5 lbs)
Saturday (03/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/4 ~ (144.25 lbs)
Sunday (04/08/2013) - 10 stone 3 lbs & 1/2 ~ (143.5 lbs)

Monday (05/08/2013) - 10 stone 3 lbs & 1/2 ~ (143.5 lbs)
Tuesday (06/08/2013) - 10 stone 3 lbs & 3/4 ~ (143.75 lbs)
Wednesday (07/08/2013) - 10 stone 3 lbs & 3/4 ~ (143.75 lbs)
Thursday (08/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/2 ~ (144.5 lbs)
Friday (09/08/2013) - 10 stone 6 lbs ~ (146 lbs)

-BULK START-

Monday (12/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/2 ~ (144.5 lbs)
Tuesday (13/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/4 ~ (144.25 lbs)
Wednesday (14/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/4 ~ (144.25 lbs)
Thursday (15/08/2013) - 10 stone 5 lbs ~ (145 lbs)
Friday (16/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 3/4 ~ (144.75 lbs)
Saturday (17/08/2013) - 10 stone 4 lbs & 1/2 ~ (144.5 lbs)

I will keep updating posts with my weight, usually every few days, as updating it everyday with a new post would be a bit weird, but I log my weight everyday because I WANT TO you don't have to, it's just something I like to do and I usually find clear patterns as my diet is fairly similar day to day.

Happy lifting & obviously if you're new to bulking or even experienced feel free to ask any questions

ritch