It has been more than a year since I updated this blog. But the good news is, I am not as irregular with my gym though. Having moved to India early last year, I had a lot of catching up to do, not to mention all the re-learning that I had to do since it has been almost 9 years in the US.
Anyway back to the topic of weight training, I have switched to a new program and this time it is called the Scrawny to Brawny program. Another program for the skinny folks and another attempt to become huge in no time. Meh, it does not work that way. Boring stuff aside, I did really like the organization of the book and the exercise program as well.
Basically you start off with a form and body posture correction in Phase I, then move on to some heavy lifting to build up some of those primary muscles in Phase II, and concentrate on lifting very heavy with high intensity low reps in Phase III and finally in Phase IV an attempt to get rid of the huge amount of fat you might have gained in the previous two phases.
Ideally by the end of the four phases (which should last 4 months, but lasted 6 months for me), you should have gained a lot of muscle. But like with all programs, I just made the usual amount of progress. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. However, I loved this program the best, because it concentrates on all muscles (small and big). For example there is a lot of incline bench press exercises than flat bench. It means your auxiliary chest muscles develop well to support the heavy flat bench that you do in Phase III.
As I said, the progress has been pretty ordinary, and so here are the results
Anyway back to the topic of weight training, I have switched to a new program and this time it is called the Scrawny to Brawny program. Another program for the skinny folks and another attempt to become huge in no time. Meh, it does not work that way. Boring stuff aside, I did really like the organization of the book and the exercise program as well.
Basically you start off with a form and body posture correction in Phase I, then move on to some heavy lifting to build up some of those primary muscles in Phase II, and concentrate on lifting very heavy with high intensity low reps in Phase III and finally in Phase IV an attempt to get rid of the huge amount of fat you might have gained in the previous two phases.
Ideally by the end of the four phases (which should last 4 months, but lasted 6 months for me), you should have gained a lot of muscle. But like with all programs, I just made the usual amount of progress. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. However, I loved this program the best, because it concentrates on all muscles (small and big). For example there is a lot of incline bench press exercises than flat bench. It means your auxiliary chest muscles develop well to support the heavy flat bench that you do in Phase III.
As I said, the progress has been pretty ordinary, and so here are the results
Weight
Fat%
Muscle
The last recorded weight is 138.6 lbs. So making slow progress, but getting there. I am aiming for 154 lbs. So lets see how that goes. The fat is a bit out of control for now, but hope to work on it after reaching the weight goal.
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