200 lbs. of Maverick

**maverick** · 05-Jul-05, 01:39 PM

STARTING POINT: 174 lbs., 6.5% body fat
GOAL: 200 lbs., ??% body fat

So as you may have guessed from the title of this thread, my new goal is to get to 200 lbs. Currently, coming off a weekend of irregular eating and massively upped carbs, so I am weighing in around 175, still about 6-7% body fat. We'll see how this levels off over the next week.

I will NOT be weight training until July 11th, but I will be doing cardio all this week while I up my calorie intake. This includes my 4th of july weekend binge-eating-detox today: 2 cardio sessions and about 2700 calories, that'll teach me. I was going to set a body fat limit for my bulk, but I think I'd rather just pace myself and hit my target before I worry about trimming down. Just for reference, 5.1% body fat was a great achievement, but I think I will realistically try to maintain something like 7-9% in the long run. plus my fiance was a little unhappy with my vascularity, "too veiny" as she put it.

I've spent a good bit of time at abcbodybuilding.com recently and I'm going to be trying their methods for at least the first 6 weeks of this bulk. That includes my workout being the 24 Workout Mass Blitz and supplementation in addition to my diet. I've ridden the Max-OT-style workouts long enough, its time for a system shock and this definitely seems like the workout to do it.

So, here's the diet that's going to get me started:

Meal 1 (9:00) : 2 whole eggs + 4 whites, 1.5 cup oatmeal [41/78/18/628]
Meal 2 (11:15): 6 egg whites, 1 cup oatmeal, 1 banana [32/82/5/512]
(WORKOUT)
Meal 3 (1:15) : 2 scoops whey, 80g dextrose/maltodextrin [40/88/4/560]
Meal 4 (2:45) : 6 oz. lean red meat, 3 oz. dry whole wheat pasta, 1/4 cup tomato sauce [60/51/8/550]
Meal 5 (4:45) : 4 oz. salmon, 1/3 cup dry brown rice, broccoli [33/48/13/448]
Meal 6 (7:00) : 6 oz. chicken breast, 6 oz. yams, 1 tbsp. flax/olive oil [41/62/18/540]
Meal 7 (9:45): 1 scoop whey, 1 cup cottage cheese, 4oz. yogurt, 2 tbsp. peanut butter [59/23/21/540]

[306/432/87/3778]
Percentage: [32/48/20] P/C/F/Calories

And here's the schedule for supplementation:

Meal 1: GNC Megamen Multivitamin
Meal 3: 5g creatine, 5g glutamine, chromium, 500mg vitamin C
Meal 7: 5g glutamine, 500mg Vitamin C
After Meal 7: ZMA

Basically, an all-out bodybuilding attack on my body. I'll be sure to keep you guys posted on any success, or lack thereof, I have with this style workout and nutrition. The end goal is to get very lean (6-8% BF) and be about 185 lbs. by my wedding day, May 28th 2006. From there on, its just maintenance. No one I know wants me any bigger, and I think that will be my ideal size.

BTW, I am making no strength goals for the time being. I'd like to focus fully on muscle blasting shock techniques and just work on size. Once I hit that magic 185, who knows, maybe I'll turn PL or take up boxing or something. Might as well do something that encourages a stable size!

I don't want to be a bodybuilder, but I love the work that goes into it. Well, I guess I get one more year before I'll need to hit the brakes. Let the games begin...

**maverick** · 05-Jul-05, 01:51 PM

First part of my penance completed:

45 minutes at 65% MHR on the elliptical machine.

Lift2Live · 05-Jul-05, 03:48 PM

Penance lmao!

I am sure you will be successfull man. You have a pretty good ratio of foods there but i'm going to venture to say that since you are already quite lean, could switch the carbs and proteins around. You'll put weight on much faster with say 400g carbs and 300g protein. That's just friendly input. Either way I know you got the dedication!

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**maverick** · 05-Jul-05, 04:05 PM

Thanks man, but I do have ~400 grams of carbs and ~300 grams of protein. Do you think I should have more protein and less carbs? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment. 300g of protein is already way above what I need.

gcs118 · 05-Jul-05, 04:15 PM

Looking forward to the second edition of your journal and the final outcome. Good luck Mav

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**threenorns** · 05-Jul-05, 04:44 PM

might need to zoom out your next pics, you get any bigger!

Lift2Live · 05-Jul-05, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maverick

Thanks man, but I do have ~400 grams of carbs and ~300 grams of protein. Do you think I should have more protein and less carbs? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment. 300g of protein is already way above what I need.

LOL Nevermind about the carbs. My brain switched them around when I was reading them. It looks good!

**maverick** · 05-Jul-05, 10:00 PM

And the second half of the penance is complete:

Another 45 minutes on the elliptical machine at 65% MHR.

Believe me Lift2live, I will NOT be stingy with the carbs. God did I miss them during my cut!

pseudonym · 05-Jul-05, 11:39 PM

sounds like you've got it all figured out bro.

good luck to ya, look forward to seeing the result

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gcs118 · 05-Jul-05, 11:45 PM

I wish I had all the motivation to do cardio like you...man if I did half of what you did I'd be in a lot better shape lol.

**threenorns** · 06-Jul-05, 07:22 AM

dunno how much of a pennance 65%MHR is for you in your condition - hardest part was probably staying awake, lol.

**maverick** · 06-Jul-05, 08:15 AM

I know, its hard accepting that 65% MHR is ideal for burning fat, especially after 3 months consisting solely of guerilla cardio. I worked up a hell of a sweat and my quads were tense as hell afterwards. As for staying awake, that's what iPod's are for! Loud, angry music and an hour and a half of cardio, what a combo.

**threenorns** · 06-Jul-05, 08:57 AM

um... <cough>... you know the "fat-burning zone" thing's been debunked, right?

when working out low-intensity, you burn a higher percentage of fat, that's true. *however* when working out high-intensity, you burn a lower percentage of fat as fuel during the workout, but you're burning more calories (which is what counts). in addition, the metabolic afterburn lasts a whole lot longer, so you end up burning even *more* fat.

but hey - low-intensity works for me, high-intensity doesn't, so who's to say.

**maverick** · 06-Jul-05, 09:15 AM

Yeah, I heard both sides of the high intensity/low intensity cardio thing. I figured I gave high intensity a chance, now its time to try the other. I'm only going to be doing cardio once every 5 days and its not going to be for burning lots of calories, just so I can maintain some endurance so I don't dread cardio when cut time shows up again.

**threenorns** · 06-Jul-05, 09:23 AM

good plan - i like doing the swimming, but i don't know if that's exactly "low intensity" since i come out of the water feeling like someone turned up the gravity dial to Max. but as for the bike, sod that - there better be scenery going by and pedestrians to aim at.