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[Aggression]

I'm going to keep this short and sweet, right to the point.

23yrs old
5'10"
~195lbs

Been training 4 years (last 1-2 years serious)

Started a trial-competition diet on 9.01.08 @ 214lbs
Ended my trial-competition diet on 10.24.08 @ 183lbs.
-- Diet was legit. Here was the thread: http://forum.animalpak.com/showthread.php?t=20725

-Purpose of diet: Experimental. To see how my body responded/looked after it was over.
-Result: Successful. Figured out weak areas, different foods, etc.

Time to BULK

-Targets:
Add overall muscle mass
Keep body-fat levels lower than previous
9 month bulk/3 month cut --- compete in fall 09'

I will be doing DC training for the following reasons:
- 2 months of DC training last spring --> loved it, gained good muscle
- High protein/moderate carbs suit my body best

I will post up my list of exercises/supps by the end of the day .....

EDIT: Competition History
1/26/2013
2013 RPS NJ/NA Championships
SQ: 405/445/500x
BP: 300/335/350
DL: 425/475/505
TOTAL: 1300 @ 242 Amateur Open Raw Modern

[J-Dawg]

In for the journey Aggression. Looking forward to seeing this unfold.

[Enforcer]

Uh oh it's showtime. Time to get this shit popping. Def will be stopping in from time to time to see how this goes.

[Factory]

Looks solid, I'm locked in, Never tried Doggcrapp so I wanna see how this works out for you.

[Aggression]

Little bit about myself for now:

Grew up tall and lanky, being among the taller dudes in elementary school. High school came, and I entered at 115lbs (at 5'9''). Looking in the mirror in shame, I hit the weights after school in our gym. No nutritional advice, no knowledge, no leadership, just me and a few buddies reppin' it out. High school came and went, college came and went, and I consistently hit the weights. From freshmen year HS at 115lbs, to senior year at college at 214lbs, I've grown both in size and knowledge. I'm not a nasty looking, hardcore-looking dude, but when it comes to the gym, its no nonsense. I'll take any night at the gym with the regulars instead of a night getting wasted at a bar (only to have woken up with a hangover at 1pm, having missed 2 meals already). Yeah I used to rock the blow-out hair style, with the armani sweaters and diesel shoes. FUCK THAT. I grew out of that in a hurry. Now my main winter jacket is my animal hoodie, and i've subbed my armani beanie for the animal skullie. Bodybuilding took over my life, and I'm glad it did. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Been to a few bodybuilding shows in the past year. The feeling is overpowering. You can literally feel it when you're sitting there, watching a friend compete. I'm steppin on stage next fall, and i'm gonna bring the house down. LETS GET THIS SHIT DONE. ITS TIME TO GET NASTY.

[naturalguy]

Who's this Aggression we speak of? Welcome brother. Here, in the FORVM, you will be held accountable for your words and actions.

Let's get it on!

[Aggression]

As far as diet goes, I'll be following the DC diet, which involves:
- Up to 2g protein/lb body-weight (just under 400 for now)
- Over a gallon of water per day
- Carb cutoff in the evening.

-- mainstays in diet will include red meat, eggs, chicken, fish, sweet potatoes, ww pasta, brown rice, vegetables, bagels and of course the growth-season cheat meals.
-- I will also be adding healthy fats into my diet this time around

Training split:
- My training days right now will be Wednesday, Friday, Sunday.
- I'll make changes in days as need or as I see fit.
- Cardio will be done 2x/week along with ab training

Training split and choice of exercises:

Chest:
Flat Dumbbell Press
Incline Barbell Press
Hammer Strength Machine Press

Back:
Rack Chins
Lat Pulldowns
HS Underhand Pulldowns

Shoulders:
Smith Front Press
Hammer Strength Shoulder Press
Barbell Press

Biceps:
Barbell Curl
Preacher Bench EZ Bar Curls
Dumbbell Curls

Triceps:
Smith Close Grip Bench Press
Skulls
Pushdowns

Quads:
Squats
Leg Press
Hack Squat

Hams:
Lying Leg Curl
Seated Leg Curl
One-Legged Curl

Calves:
Donkey Calf Raise
Seated Calf Raise
Leg Press Calf Raise

[Aggression]

I'm sure everyone is wondering about the goodies I'll be using while on this journey. My supplements will be:

- Breakfast: Animal Pak/Animal Omega
- Pre-workout: Shock Therapy
- During Workout: Intra-Aid w/Storm
- Post workout: Animal Nitro
- Post workout: Torrent (20min later)
- Prior to bed: Animal Flex
- Other Supplements: EAA Stack + Universal Milk & Egg Protein

[Aggression]

I hit the gym Wednesday for Chest/Tri's/Shoulders/Back

After taking over a week off from the gym after my diet, Wednesday will be a feel out day. I'll be feeling out the weights and reps for the logbook. The first of every workout will be feel outs, letting me assess my strength and get my numbers together.

Get ready .......

[firsthorseman97]

I'm subbed for this one. Looks like you have everything in order from diet to supps. Good luck!

What are your 3 lifts for back thickness? I didn't see them listed.

[Aggression]

I'm subbed for this one. Looks like you have everything in order from diet to supps. Good luck!

What are your 3 lifts for back thickness? I didn't see them listed.

Your absolutely right, I forgot to list those.

Back Thickness:
Rack Deadlifts
T-Bar Machine Row
One Arm Dumbbell Row

- Thanks for pointing that out

[Enforcer]

I'm sure everyone is wondering about the goodies I'll be using while on this journey. My supplements will be:

- Breakfast: Animal Pak/Animal Omega
- Pre-workout: Shock Therapy
- During Workout: Intra-Aid w/Storm
- Post workout: Animal Nitro
- Post workout: Torrent (20min later)
- Prior to bed: Animal Flex
- Other Supplements: EAA Stack + Universal Milk & Egg Protein

Look solid bro, all the basics are covered. Looks alot like my stack, love where your heads at bro

[Roland]

Seems like you know what you are doing brother.....let's do it.

[Aggression]

Got my supplements yesterday, I'm stocked and ready to get this thing moving. I've never had a stock of supps this big before, and I'm pumped to see the effect they're going to have.

This will be the first time using the following:
Nitro
Omega
Storm
Intra-Aid
EAA stack
Flex
Milk and Egg Protein

- Gotta give props to Enforcer. I molded my stack from some of his recommendations/posts.

I'll be throwing down a serving of Storm/EAA stack in the morning on non-training days. So today I sipped on that lil' concoction while I cooked my breakfast. Got myself a decent little meal going on, yet it was tough getting down. Woke up today and just wasn't hungry (you know how those days go). The motivation i got was thinking about tomorrow night, when I step back into the gym after a 12 day layoff.

Breakfast was a large bagel with 2 eggs, 2 slices of swiss, 1 cup of cottage cheese and 2tsp of natural peanut butter, black coffee and the Pak. I gotta find an alternative to eating 5-6 whole eggs a day, so today i tried the cottage cheese option.

I won't be posting up every meal, everyday, but from time to time ill post them up. My choices of food are always changing to keep it fresh.

Todays meals following breakfast will be:

Meal 2: 2.5 scoops real gains + 1 scoop of Ultra IsoWhey w/ a handfull of almonds (along with my animal omega - ran outta time this morning.)

Meal 3: lean ground beef (~8oz) + barilla whole grain pasta (about a cup). This stuffs got about 11g protein per serving .... nasty

Meal 4: turkey london broil (~8oz) ... this shit is mighty good + Barilla WG pasta

Meal 5: I'll slam another shake w/ some EAA stack on the ride home from work.

Meal 6: Another serving of protein (undecided right now) w/ some vegetables
-- carb cutoff

Meal 7: depending on how i'm feeling, ill either slam a milk and egg or have another protein meal w/ vegs, and of course take my Flex.


Yo Roland, I see your a DC disciple, how's this diet look for DC style?

[Aggression]

Tonight while I lay in bed, I'll be watching the DC Training DVD. I've done DC before, but it's gonna be a nice to sit back and get amped up about doing it again. Seeing Jason Wojo and Franco push some nasty weight in the video is straight motivation. I'll be like a little kid on christmas eve, lying wide awake at 4am, too excited to sleep, for what lies ahead the next day will be pure happiness.

34 hrs from now, I'll make my return to the weights, and it's gonna be one helluva welcome-home party. The anticipation is building ......

[SizeMatters]

damn, im deff subbed for this journey.

[Aggression]

I'm going to dust off my old logbook from the last session of DC training back in the spring. I'll use those weights as starting points in this journey, and test out the waters with the first of every workout using those numbers. Later on tonight, or tomorrow, I'll post up some numbers from my old DC logbook to give you all a heads up as to where i'm at in terms of numbers and strength. But in all reality, those numbers don't stand a chance. I'll smash through them in the first workout.

[J-Dawg]

Looking like you're all set to get this underway. Can't wait to see hot the DC training goes for you this time around.

[Aggression]

Looking like you're all set to get this underway. Can't wait to see hot the DC training goes for you this time around.

ah it's gonna be wild

[Universal Rep]

Subbed.