has your weight varied at all?

Day 23 6/10

Current Weight- 192.5...my weight hasn't varied much but I don't think there is as much water weight anymore...i feel absolutely no bloat and I look pretty lean.

I missed my workout last night because of some family stuff I had to do so I did upper body today.

AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- cereal and oats, banana

Lunch- ham and cheese on roll, yogurt with granola, trail mix bar, granola bar

Preworkout- 3 Neovar, banana, trail mix bar, granola bar
3 RPM

Postworkout- 4 Neovar (10 min before i finished the workout)
shake- 2 scoops whey, beta alanine, oats, strawberries, milk

Dinner- t-bone steak, rice, spaghetti with pesto, salad

Workout
Bench Press with chains- max sets 3 reps
Chin Ups- max reps 2 sets
BB rows- 4x8
Band Pull Aparts (superset)- 4x8
DB Curls- 4x10
Ab Circuit

I felt a little bit weak today and I'm sure that had to do with taking 3 days off and spending the weekend at the beach. I didn't realize it but people were telling me I looked a lot leaner this weekend which is good. I think I have definitely dropped a little bit of bf and put on muscle. As usual, great pumps after the workout.

Day 24 6/11

AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- cereal

Lunch- turkey and cheese on roll, yogurt with granola, granola bar, banana

Preworkout- 3 Neovar, oatmeal

Postworkout- 3 Neovar
shake- 2 scoops whey, beta alanine, oats, strawberries, banana, milk

Dinner- 2 chicken salad sandwiches on whole wheat, shake with 1 scoop whey

Workout- Cardio
1/2 mile warm up jog
sprints- 10x100m (sprint and walk back)
walking lunges- 2x40m
1/4 mile cool down jog

It was hot today and I got tired pretty quick but my first few sprints felt great. Didn't have the RPM with me preworkout and I think that would have helped a bit.

What do you think of Beta Alanine?

Day 26 6/13

Worked all day yesterday and didn't have time to get my workout in. I didn't want to miss another leg day so I did that today and I'm going to try and make up the upper body workout sometime this weekend

AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- grilled chicken, baked potato

Preworkout- 3 Neovar, oatmeal
2 RPM

Postworkout- 3 Neovar
shake- 2 scoops whey, beta alanine, oats, strawberries, banana, fat free frozen yogurt, milk

Dinner- 1/2 lb cheeseburger, salad, steak fries

Workout-
Box Squats- max sets 3 reps
DB RDLs- 4x8
Backwards sled pulls- 3x30 yards
Sled bear crawls- 3x30 yards

My squat has improved a lot. I hit 305 for 3 on the box squats which is pretty terrible but it is the best I have done since my hip injury a year ago. My left leg still isn't close to the strength of my right but they have started to even out a bit. I'm hoping the progress stays as steady as it has been.

note: i think i have convinced my lifting buddy to pick up some Neovar

Day 27 6/14

I didn't have access to a gym today (i work out at my buddy's house and hes been at a concert all day) so i decided to do some cardio. Since I couldn't get my upper body day in I decided to throw some push ups in the mix.

AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- ham and cheese on a roll, banana, yogurt, some milano cookies, nature valley bars

Dinner/Preworkout- 3 Neovar, 2 chicken breasts, a lot of rice pilaf, some salad

Postworkout- 3 Neovar, nature valley bars
shake- 2 scoops whey, beta alanine

I'll eat again later

Workout- Cardio
1/2 mile warmup jog
50 pushups, 50 situps, 400m run (medium paced)
40 pushups, 40 situps, 300m run (fast paced), 100m walk
30 pushups, 30 situps, 200m run (near sprint), 200m walk
20 pushups, 20 situps, 100m run (sprint)
10 pushups (2 second pause at bottom), 10 situps
30m walking lunge (mostly a stretch)


ate too much too soon before the workout...enough said

that seems like a harsh cardio sesh good luck wit that

Day 29 6/16

Tough day of work today kinda killed my workout.

Current weight- 195 and feeling lean

AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- cereal, hardboiled egg

Lunch- ham and cheese on a roll, banana, yogurt, granola bar, 2 nature valley bars

Preworkout- 3 Neovar, 2 bananas, 2 nature valley bars
3 RPM

Postworkout- 3 Neovar
shake- 2 scoops whey, banana, strawberries, fat free frozen yogurt, some oats

Dinner- 1/2+ bacon cheddar burger, some teriyaki steak tips, corn bread

Workout-
BB Floor Press- Max Sets 3 reps
BB Pushups with chains- Max reps 2 sets
T Bar Rows- 4x8
Band Pull Aparts (superset)- 4x8
Incline DB hammer curls- 3x8+8
BB Shurgs (superset)- 3x8

Added a few pounds which I'm pleased with. Shoulder has started to bother me again and today's workout was only ok. I'm about to hit day 30 but I'll keep the log going until I finish the bottle (around 40 days). My goal is still to hit 300 lb bench by July 15 so I have a month. I haven't done much straight bench recently so I'm not positive where I'm at but if I were to guess I would say around 285...meaning I have some major work to do. I'll try a max out soon and I might consider switching up the workout routine to focus a little more on chest. My other lifts have all improved pretty dramatically.

With you're shoulder bothering you alittle make sure you have a spot before nailing flat bench! If it don't feel right don't go for max, work your way to up to only 3 reps. I never max out 1 rep.

But just a lifter to lifter suggestion, then again you may get underneath it and push it right up! Just have a spotter bro!

Carb intake is looking better postWO! Keep it up!

PreWO, I use a scoop of whey and 1 cup of quick oats and blend, chocolate whey and oats and alittle peanut butter is my "No Bake Cookie Shake". Just give yourself 45minutes before working out, but the energy you get is ridiculous.

Day 32 6/19

Had another miserable day at work yesterday. Started at 630 am and ended at 12 am so no time to workout. I'm getting a little frustrated with the random hours and an almost 18 hr day is absurd. Lots of stairs too...

Did upper body today. Felt weak as crap because I'm exhausted.

AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- cereal

Lunch- grilled chicken and cheese on a roll, banana, yogurt, 2 granola bars, PowerBar protein bar

Preworkout/Dinner- 3 Neovar, 1 banana
pulled pork on a rolll
Grilled chicken and cheese on a roll

Postworkout- 3 Neovar
shake- 2 scoops whey, oats


Workout-
DB Incline Press- 4x15
Chinups- 4x12
Face Pulls (superset)- 4x12
L Lateral Raises- 4x12
BB Curls with chains- 4x8
Pushups- 2x25 (clap every 5th)

thanks sean. you AN guys really go above and beyond. it's nice to have that type of representation in the forums...and even better you guys have some kick ass products to promote. i might be hitting you with a pm when i get back from australia in november. i want to get a new routine going then to get ready for spring rugby and i can always use some good advice.

Day 34 6/21 (running low)


AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- cereal

Lunch- ham and cheese, yogurt, granola bar, banana, hard boiled egg

Snack- PowerBar trail mix type bar ?? (picked some up from vitaminshoppe for 50 cents a piece...not sure of the exact name but the apple cinnamon are pretty damn good)


Preworkout/Dinner- 3 Neovar
meat lasagna (a lot of it), some italian bread

Postworkout- 3 Neovar
shake- 2 scoops whey, 2 bananas


Workout- Cardio
1/2 mile jog
50 pushups, 50 situps, 10+10 one legged squats
400 m run (1:10)
40 pushups, 40 situps, 10+10 one legged squats
400 m run (1:17)
30 pushups, 30 situps, 10+10 one legged squats
stadium runs 3 sets (very small bleachers...4 sections, 9 steps...sprinted down and back for one set)
40 yard walking lunge, 40 yard high knees
20 yard walking lunge, 20 yard high knees

felt goood today

Day 35 6/22


AM
2 Super Omega 3-6-9
1 Green Tea Extract

Breakfast- cereal, bacon, eggs

Lunch- 3 Neovar, 2 yogurts, 2 powerbar harvest bars

Dinner/postworkout- 3 Neovar, 2 grilled chicken breasts, meat lasagna
oj with beta alanine


Workout- played basketball for about two hours

yesterday was supposed to be an upper body day but i had sprained my thumb playing bball. i went to workout and just couldnt get a grip on the bar. i ended up just doing pushups, chinups and pullups for about half an hour. today i wanted to do legs but it was another miserable day at work (12+ hours) and tomorrow looks to be more of the same. not off to a good start this week.

im gonna end the log on thurs when i finish the bottle and give a final review. im getting my wisdom teeth out fri so that should be pretty good timing.

worked 46 hours in 4 days this week and i am exhausted. i thought i would put up my final review (just finished the bottle today)


goals-
strength- i didn't hit the 300 lb bench (although im still giving myself until july 15) but my bench improved. the lingering shoulder injury hasn't allowed me to max out in bench or power clean but if i were to venture a guess based on lower weight reps i would guess around 285 (started 275)for bench and 210 or 215 (started 205) for power clean. my squats went wayy up which was unexpected. squats have been terrible since the hip injury last year but now they are starting to come back. strength increases were slightly above average for a cycle of creatine for me i would say.
weight-
final weight is 194, which is a 6 lb increase and i don't think any of it is fat. i have been eating relatively clean and getting a lot of cardio from work and working out. i am extremely pleased with this result.

overall i would say the neovar recomped is a great product. i have used plain mono and micronized creatine, and also cellmass a couple years ago but i didn't see nearly the gains with these products as i did with the neovar. i saw results with the cellmass but for way more money, way fewer servings and way less convenience. only $28 for the 40 day supply of neovar is unbeatable. i would say recovery was a little above average while taking the neovar.

the only issues i had with the product are some GI stuff (nothing too intense) and terrible, earthy tasting heartburn if i didn't get carbs soon enough after dosing.

i would def recommend this product for anyone on a bulk, and for someone on a cut it could be a really good supp for maintaining some strength.
from the AN products i have tried (RPM, Drive, Lipo-PM, Neovar Recomped), i would have to say that Drive is the most effective product but the bottle is too small and you really need to pick up 2 bottles to get the full results (i just started to really notice some effects as i was finishing up the bottle). neovar is probably the best bang for your buck.


if im not broke after i get back from australia i might go with another AN stack plus some goodies. if i hit the lottery my ideal stack would be RPM, Drive (x2), Neovar Recomped, an amino product (i would like to try Poseidon or Purple Wraath), and maybe a nighttime product (no idea which one) plus the staples.

i hope the log helped out.

getting the wisdom teeth out tomorrow. wish me luck.