I'm down to 178 now if that makes you feel better :)

Most of my mass is in my legs, no question.

Thunder thighs ;)

Lol

Soccer player gonna soccer

I guess he is 3-3.5" taller than me and at about 5lb per inch that is about right. I see him on the soccer fields and he still does not look like 180+. More like 170-175.

Heh. I know exactly how it is. I'm also a soccer player. People are always shocked when I tell them how much I weigh.

;) If I did not ref so much I could probably get to the 175-180 range. Too much running now to maintain it.

Well, that's where I will be with 5% bodyfat. I guess you just can't see the extra fat under the jersey lol

I know the feeling. I could probably get to 200 with about 5% bf if I stopped playing every day.

:thumb:

You would be a freak with an extra 20lbs of muscle on that body. Absolute shredded freak.

**** SOCCER!

Meh. I don't really want to be bigger. I'd like to get stronger still, though, which won't happen until I get bigger. I have bumped up against the same upper limit on benching for 2 straight years now. Annoying.

OK Gang: A little ADD on my part, I'm going back to the Intermediate Madcow listed above instead of Wendler's 5/3/1. Tomorrow (or today) starts the bulk. I want to put on 10-15 lbs is my goal. The side effect should be great strength gains. I will be keeping you updated on my journey.

Any particular reason?

Well I'm pretty young. I've been lifting consistently for over 2 years, so I feel I'm transitioning into an intermediate level and have had good results with Madcow before on my bench but my squat went into the shitter.

I think the reason my squat suffered was overtraining my lower back from deadlifts and squatting 3x/week. I won't be doing deadlifts this go around and see how this treats me. I may also switch one of the barbell row days to DB row as well. I believe in the program and will just tweak it over time to what works best for me.

I think the 5/3/1 is a little more advanced and slower progression. I'm very light (160ish) and have been wanting to gain weight for awhile and this is a good program to do that (3 day full body routine). I think 5/3/1 is a good program but I don't feel like I'm quite ready for it and can make weekly progression with some weight gain on Madcow.

Texas Method is even slower (I prefer it).

Still, 5/3/1 gives you a lot more recovery between squats and deads.

Day 28:

I must not have done something correctly on the carb load yesterday, as I bloated up a bit. Not sure why. No big deal, but it's annoying.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...84A81822DA.jpg
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Workout:

None.

Nutrition:

Grilled chicken breast
Rice cakes
Sweet potatoes
Fat free Sugar Free Jello
Ground turkey

Totals: 1,302 cals, 169g carbs, 14g fat, 147g protein