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DanielLewis
03-02-12, 3:36 pm
Whatssup everybody, my name is Daniel Lewis and I'm 18 years old right now. I'm starting this journey mostly just to track my progress. I already have a log on bodybuilding.com, but I have always loved universal/animal and thought it was a sick company, so I figured I'd make one here as well!!

Anyway, I'm about 230-235 at 5'11 right now. I want to compete next summer (2013), and my goal is to eventually turn pro and make a name for myself in this industry. I eat 9 meals a day, 7 solids with 2 additional shakes, and I train like a fucking animal every day. I love this sport more than anything and I'll do whatever I can to make improvements and get somewhere.

Any support from you guys would be greatly appreciated, thanks!!!

DanielLewis
03-02-12, 6:49 pm
3/2/11: Triceps/Biceps

Tricep Pressdown:
-40 x 11
-60 x 10
-90 x 10
-115 x 10

Close Grip Bench:
-135 x 10
-185 x 8
-205 x 8
-225 x 9

Incline Dumbbell Extensions:
-25 x 10
-30 x 10
-35 x 10
-40 x 10

Rope Overhead Ext SS/ Rope Pressdown:
-30 x 10 / 10
-30 x 10 / 10
-30 x 10 / 10
-30 x 10 / 10

High Cable Curls:
-20 x 10
-25 x 10
-30 x 10
-35 x 10

Barbell Curls:
-65 x 10
-95 x 10
-115 x 10
-135 x 10

Dumbbell Curls:
-35 x 8
-40 x 8
-45 x 8
-50 x 7

Rope Hammer Curls SS/ Lying Cable Curls:
-40 x 10 / 10
-40 x 10 / 10
-40 x 10 / 10
-40 x 10 / 10

Behind The Back Wrist Curls:
-100 x 15
-100 x 15
-100 x 15
-100 x 15

Notes
-The dumbbell handles on the 50s were really thick, so that threw me off a bit. Besides that it was a great workout, high volume is the way to go. For me anyway, lol.

DanielLewis
10-09-12, 9:35 pm
Might start actually posting in here, after 7 months lol.

Anyways, I'm getting back to training this week after a bit of time off. I did chest yesterday, and while it was a great workout, I think I pushed myself too far for the first workout back. I was doing sets with 315 on bench, 245 on incline, everything to failure, etc, and I think it really took a toll on me. Back's up for tonight, so I'll see how that goes and will post my workout in here.

DanielLewis
10-09-12, 11:48 pm
Didn't have the best back workout today, I felt weak, like I had no energy, and didn't really want to train. I made the best of it and tried to push through though. I went sort of light, but tried to do more volume to get some blood back into my back. Here's how it went-

Chins
BW x 8
BW x 8
BW x 8
BW x 6 barely

Cable Rows
-worked up to 220x8

Machine Low Row
-3 plates x 8

Cable Pullover
-140 x 10

Machine BTN Pulldown
-4 sets of 10

Hypers
-4 sets of 10

Got a good pump, but that's it. This isn't typically how I train back though, I normally do a lot of deads, db rows, tbars, chins with different grips, etc. Next week I'll start going hard and re-introducing those again,

DanielLewis
10-12-12, 2:43 am
Shoulders:

Seated Military
-95 x 10
-135 x 10
-185 x 8
-205 x 7 or 8 (spotter put his hands on but I think I had it)
-185 x 8 strip to 135 x 8

Side Laterals
-40 x 9
-30 x 10
-30 x 10
-30 x 10

Bent Over Raises
-30 x 9
-30 x 8
-30 x 8
-30 x 8

Upright Rows
-95 x 10
-95 x 8
-95 x 9
-95 x 8 strip to 65 x 10-15 don't remember


-Again nothing too crazy, just getting my body used to training again. I usually do calves today also, but they were still sore from when I did them on monday with chest =/.

C.Coronato
10-12-12, 10:20 am
Welcome back bro. Hows the diet looking?

DanielLewis
10-12-12, 11:41 pm
10/12/12- Arms

BICEPS:

DB Preacher Curls
-20 x 10
-30 x 10
-40 x 8
-30 x 9

Hammer Curls
-30 x 10
-40 x 10
-50 x 8
-50 x 8

Barbell Curls
-55 x 12
-75 x 10
-95 x 8
-95 x 9


TRICEPS:

Overhead Dumbbell Extensions (1 arm)
-10 x 12
-20 x 12
-30 x 10
-40 x 8
-50 x 3 fuck lol
dropsetted to 30 x 7

Cable Pressdown
-100 x 12
-120 x 10
-140 x 10
-160 x 9

Close Grip Bench
-95 x 12
-145 x 10
-195 x 8
-145 x 11

Not bad. Biceps lost their pump almost immediately after I finished training them, but my tris were pumped for about 2-3 hours after. I'm thinking I might be doing too much volume for biceps so I'll try doing 6-8 sets for them next week.

DanielLewis
10-13-12, 12:01 am
Welcome back bro. Hows the diet looking?

Thanks man. My diet includes a variety of foods, the only meal I repeat is my shake. I'll post the whole thing here, actually.

MEAL 1:
-5 whole eggs
-4 slices wheat toast with jelly
-glass of orange juice
-multivitamin
-1500mg glucosamine
-1000mg vitamin C
-400IU vitamin E

MEAL 2:
-1 cup liquid egg whites
-1 cup oats
-4 tbsp peanut butter
^made into a shake
-1500mg evening primrose oil
-2 fish oil caps

MEAL 3:
-8oz chicken
-1/2 cup rice (before cooking)
-2 tbsp olive oil

MEAL 4 (pre-workout):
-1 cup liquid egg whites
-1 cup oats
-4 tbsp peanut butter
^made into a shake

POST-WORKOUT:
-50g whey
-2 bananas

MEAL 5:
-8oz beef
-1 1/2 cup sweet potato (after it's cooked)
-1 cup broccoli
-1500mg glucosamine
-1000mg vitamin C
-400IU vitamin E

MEAL 6:
-1 1/2 cup cottage cheese
-1/2 cup almonds
-1500mg evening primrose oil
-2 fish oil caps

I have 2 cheat meals a week and when I have them, one of the eggwhite shakes is taken out and replaced with the cheat. Sometimes I'll have cookies, ice cream, fruit, and shit like that in between meals for extra calories too.

DanielLewis
10-15-12, 7:07 pm
Just had some good ol chicken like ronaldo colemens, and will be having my pre-workout shake in a couple hours. I'm hittin up chest today and starting with incline I think. I always alternate, one week I do flat first, and the next week I do incline first. But anyway I'm planning on going apeshit and hitting some good numbers in there, I'll report back after it's done.

C.Coronato
10-16-12, 10:03 am
Looks solid bro!

DanielLewis
01-28-13, 7:36 pm
01/28/13: CHEST

Flat Bench Press:
-95 x 12
-135 x 10
-185 x 10
-225 x 10
-275 x 6
-300 x 3 (had a ****ty spotter so I ****ED UUUUP)

Incline Bench Press:
-135 x 10
-185 x 8
-225 x 6
-225 x 6
^excuse these weak numbers here, I had to put an incline bench in the squat rack and had a ****ing HORRIBLE setup, plus the bar was ****)

Flat Dumbbell Flys:
-30 x 10
-45 x 9
-45 x 8
-40 x 10

Dips:
-BW x 11
-BW x 8
-BW x 10
-BW x 8

Cable Flys:
-20 x 15
-25 x 11
-30 x 10
-30 x 9

Notes:
-Wasn't feeling it today with my strength. I did get a great pump and trained pretty hard so I'm still happy with it. My diet's good too. Woke up at 10:00am, ate 6 eggs, a cup of oats and some orange juice. Went to the gym, came back and had 8oz beef with 10oz white potato, which was a couple hours ago. Just now finished 8oz chicken, a cup and a half of rice, and a tablespoon of oil. I feel great and can't wait to have a hardcore back sesh tomorrow!!!

DanielLewis
01-28-13, 7:40 pm
SOME PICS OF ME. These were taken at the end of November 2012. I'm not gonna take any now cause there's not too much difference between then and now. Anyhow, here they are:

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/154654_4935768603172_1498170972_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/487056_4935782923530_1826807403_n.jpg

DanielLewis
01-30-13, 2:09 am
01/29/13: BACK

Chins:
-BW x 8
-BW x 8
-BW x 8
-BW x 8

Deadlifts:
-135 x 5
-225 x 5
-315 x 5
-435 x 5
-510 x 6 PR

Pulldowns (fucking awful machine, cable is way too low, so you can't get a stretch. Awkward as hell):
-140 x 10
-200 x 10
-260 x 6
-260 x 6 bullshit

Seated Cable Rows:
-160 x 10
-210 x 10
-260 x 8
-260 x 7

Chest Supported DB Rows (on an incline bench, both arms at the same time):
-40 x 10
-60 x 10
-80 x 8
-80 x 8


Notes
-Stoked on that deadlift. The 510x6 is actually a record so I'm pretty happy about that. The rest of the workout wasn't anything special, but it's alright, next week will be different.