Carnivore Muscle Experiment Goes...High Carb? Natural Bodybuilding

(Edith) #21

So, you are still keto more than likely, except on the weekends.

(Chris) #22

For the time being it is highly likely yes. Come this summer will be different!

(Little Miss Scare-All) #23

:metal:

(Windmill Tilter) #24

Holy shit. You look shredded in that front facing pic! Even assuming a post workout pump, the vascularity is pretty damn impressive.

Also, a bit of magnesium citrate should help with the constipation… :yum:

(Chris) #25

LOL! I am going to legit f#cking faint many times when I get on stage.

(Chris) #26

Yesterday after lifting I had some time to kill. Decided to drive up to the mall and just run around the outside of the parking lot. Amazingly, I felt great. Probably the best feeling I’ve had in a while. Didn’t stop to walk at all, no knee pain whatsoever. Great pace. Just me and the seagulls.

I hate hate hate running and this is why it’s a little special to me, the experience from yesterday at dawn.

Anyway. I’m on a thousand calories a day right now during the week and I think it’s time for a little break. I’m going to take a little bit of time today and re-plan a little bit of higher calories, perhaps maintenance, for a while.

(Chris) #27

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Is that the teenage mutant ninja turtles? Nope, just a tan that gets better with time! Last photo this morning on 400+ carbs a day.

(Chris) #28

This volume requires this amount of food. Not sustainable long-term. Once I start dieting again I’ll need to lower it.

Body by Bro Science :muscle: :rofl::rofl::rofl::sob:

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Feb 27, 2020 - Back & Biceps

Bent-Over T-Bar Row
Set1. 75 lb x 20 Reps
Set2. 100 lb x 20 Reps
Set3. 125 lb x 12 Reps
Set4. 125 lb x 12 Reps
Set5. 150 lb x 10 Reps
Set6. 150 lb x 10 Reps

Reverse Lat Pulldown
Set1. 130 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 145 lb x 12 Reps
Set3. 145 lb x 12 Reps
Set4. 145 lb x 12 Reps
Set5. 145 lb x 12 Reps
Set6. 145 lb x 12 Reps

Cable Row
Set1. 160 lb x 17 Reps
Set2. 175 lb x 10 Reps
Set3. 175 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 175 lb x 10 Reps

Machine Lat Pulldown
Set1. 145 lb x 10 Reps
Set2. 145 lb x 10 Reps
Set3. 145 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 145 lb x 12 Reps

Machine Row Group A
Set1. 146 lb x 12 Reps
Set2. 146 lb x 12 Reps
Set3. 146 lb x 12 Reps
Set4. 146 lb x 12 Reps
Set5. 146 lb x 15 Reps
Set6. 146 lb x 15 Reps

High Row Group A
Set1. 146 lb x 12 Reps
Set2. 146 lb x 12 Reps
Set3. 146 lb x 15 Reps
Set4. 146 lb x 15 Reps
Set5. 146 lb x 15 Reps
Set6. 146 lb x 15 Reps

Machine Shrug
Set1. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set2. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set3. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set4. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set5. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set6. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set7. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set8. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set9. 205 lb x 20 Reps
Set10. 205 lb x 25 Reps

Dumbbell Curl
Set1. 30 lb x 10 Reps
Set2. 30 lb x 10 Reps
Set3. 30 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 30 lb x 10 Reps
Set5. 30 lb x 10 Reps
Set6. 60 lb x 10 Reps

(Chris) #29

Posted this:

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Wife saw this:

I can’t live that down. But I’m also not sure I want to.

Feb 28, 2020 - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps

Incline Hammer Press
Set1. 162 lb x 10 Reps
Set2. 202 lb x 10 Reps
Set3. 202 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 182 lb x 10 Reps
Set5. 182 lb x 9 Reps
Set6. 182 lb x 7 Reps

Incline Dumbbell Bench Press
Set1. 50 lb x 12 Reps
Set2. 50 lb x 10 Reps
Set3. 50 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 50 lb x 10 Reps
Set5. 50 lb x 10 Reps
Set6. 50 lb x 10 Reps

Incline Dumbbell Fly Group A
Set1. 25 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 30 lb x 15 Reps
Set3. 35 lb x 15 Reps
Set4. 35 lb x 15 Reps
Set5. 35 lb x 15 Reps
Set6. 35 lb x 15 Reps

Dumbbell Pullover (Targeting Chest) Group A
Set1. 45 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 50 lb x 15 Reps
Set3. 50 lb x 15 Reps
Set4. 50 lb x 15 Reps
Set5. 50 lb x 15 Reps
Set6. 50 lb x 15 Reps

Dumbbell Side Raise
Set1. 12.5 lb x 20 Reps
Set2. 15 lb x 20 Reps
Set3. 20 lb x 20 Reps
Set4. 25 lb x 15 Reps
Set5. 30 lb x 12 Reps
Set6. 30 lb x 13 Reps
Set7. 25 lb x 20 Reps
Set8. 25 lb x 15 Reps

Bent-Over Fly
Set1. 15 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 15 lb x 15 Reps
Set3. 15 lb x 15 Reps
Set4. 12.5 lb x 15 Reps
Set5. 12.5 lb x 15 Reps
Set6. 12.5 lb x 20 Reps

Overhead Hammer Press
Set1. 100 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 100 lb x 15 Reps
Set3. 100 lb x 12 Reps
Set4. 100 lb x 12 Reps

Cable Crossover (with Straight Angle)
Set1. 20 lb x 30 Reps
Set2. 20 lb x 30 Reps
Set3. 20 lb x 30 Reps

Dip
Set1. 162 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 162 lb x 12 Reps
Set3. 162 lb x 12 Reps
Set4. 162 lb x 12 Reps

Lying Barbell Skull Crusher
Set1. 40 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 40 lb x 15 Reps
Set3. 40 lb x 15 Reps
Set4. 40 lb x 15 Reps
Set5. 40 lb x 15 Reps
Set6. 40 lb x 15 Reps

Cable Front Raise Group B
Set1. 20 lb x 15 Reps
Set2. 20 lb x 12 Reps
Set3. 20 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 20 lb x 12 Reps

Cable Side Raise Group B
Set1. 20 lb x 12 Reps
Set2. 20 lb x 10 Reps
Set3. 20 lb x 10 Reps
Set4. 20 lb x 12 Reps

(mole person) #30

Looking really good Dread!

(Chris) #31

Thanks :blush:

(Chris) #32

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Back session today at planet fitness.

#33

DUDE! You’re lifting at a PF? You must be the strongest guy in there! I’ll tell you one thing that I (thought) I remembered but clearly didn’t. Last week or so even though my carbs are a little higher than most doing keto I keep them respectable and typically from respectable sources, but this past week has been a little high and holy shit the pumps! Was doing drag curls yesterday and couldn’t get the sleeve of my t-shirt more than half way down my bicep, whole shirt felt like spandex by the time I made it back to the locker room. (Back and Bi day). Damn it that’s addictive! I’ve also (sort of) had your mindset lately where I just want to get bigger more just to do it than anything else. Wife thinks I’m having a “mid-life” (I’m friggen 39!) crisis LOL!

(Chris) #34

Yeah the pumps with carbs are absolutely unreal compared to without, I don’t care how much salt you ate. My legs get so pumped up even just warming up that they feel like edema ankles in my quads!

(Chris) #35

And PF is my weekend gym, main one is better equipped and nearer my office :blush::blush:

(Chris) #36

Apocalypse home training is going okay so far. Lost my job. Fine with that. Also Google photos is doing a good job of documenting progress. Bearded photo was while I was initially losing the weight. Shorn photo is today.

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(Chris) #37

Lol look at the castaway with the teeny arms. I feel like I should paint a volleyball and donate it to my past emaciated self.

(Doug) #38

Impressive, Chris - I’ve really enjoyed your reports of your journey over the years (yes, years now).

Think back 4 years - who could have predicted? :slightly_smiling_face:

(Chris) #39

Hope everyone is staying safe and physically isolated. I’ll be uploading pics of my home gym in progress this afternoon as my power tower and bands should be delivered today! I’m just waiting on a bench. Rack, bench press apparatus, barbells and all that shit will have to wait unfortunately as we don’t have a lot of cash and I’m not working (waiting on that unemployment). So for now it’s gonna be bodyweight, dumbbell, Kettlebell, and band work. Can’t wait to set it up and get you guys some pics. Maybe you’ll get inspired. I know I’ve been depressed these last few weeks since the day after my gyms closed.

(Chris) #40

It’s not that I’m depressed that I can’t go to the gym, I accept that. It’s that my entire routine got completely blown away in a moment and I’m still reeling from the impact.