The struggle is real!

It's been four weeks since I started my journey into a new me. I have to say this is not easy in the slightest! 

Trying to keep up with 4000 calories a day and trying to keep working out every day without hurting myself or having to train around my injuries is exhausting! 

Last week I took a trip to the physio, i was violated but it was actually pretty good so im going back as I've had some long standing back problems that are getting worse. 

I've decided to stop dead lifting and instead concentrate on strengthening my lower back in isolation and also in simple core exercises which I think is much more beneficial for me and much more pain free. 

My elbow pain has actually subsided a bit so ive been  able to put up some big numbers 50kg bicep curls and 110kg bench as a standard routine not a one rep max, a simple pyramid of heavy weights and low reps. 

My legs are still not so used to being blasted like the rest of me so DOMS sets in pretty bad when I got them on my Thursday sessions but it gives me the whole weekend to rest up. I shall update soon with a new set of pictures and as always. Any questions email soheil_maleki@hotmail.co.uk PEACE! 

Update: 2 weeks...be betterer...

I think I need to be better but it's only week two! Unfortunately my back is giving me a lot of problems when it comes to dead lifting so I'm still working out the kinks to get back to peak performance throughout my training sessions.

So here are my updated photos for week 2 of my progress!

Little Hiccup

I had one minor hiccup this week. My leg decided to give up on me with a trapped nerve preventing me from training legs. Its okay though it's almost fully recovered and will be taken care of tomorrow.

I'm definitely seeing improvements but my pains and aches are also getting a bit worse. I've switched up my training to much lower reps with heavy weights and I'm pretty certain it's working as my Max weights are ramping up at a steady pace.

Generally I look a little "harder" all around and will do some new pictures for the beginning of next week.

Dieting is not as easy as I thought it would be. My mental state isn't quite as strong as it used to be when I knew I could train with only DOMS to worry about and not my football injuries.  But my injuries are haunting me with each session which is why i'm having to change things up on the fly in order to still keep working out without damaging myself (dead leg aside)

For example, my right elbow affects my ability to curl and pull up/down. So instead of heavy, palms up, bicep curls. I can isolate with dumbells and twist my grip so that it doesn't hurt. EVEN BETTER, I'm actually not too bothered about my biceps and can concentrate a bit more on my triceps as my biceps peak pretty well (have a few steps along them) so my triceps would really complete my arms all around.

Lets just hope in time (with lovely ibuprofen) I can try and overcome any/all of my injuries as the NHS sure as hell won't be doing anything for me any time soon.

PEACE!

soheil_maleki@hotmail.co.uk

This is tiring...

Let's put it this way. I did legs Thursday and it still hurts to tense them on Sunday! My elbow is still giving me s@#t but it can get me through most my workouts. I bought a support to use from this week and see how it goes.

 Mentally I didn't think id be struggling this much. I find dieting tedious as I always do but I'm just so tired all the time it seems! 

I think I've gained a kilo which isn't bad for a couple weeks work. Had a cheat day today and as it was the opening weekend of the NFL I prepared it very well.

I'm struggling with dead lifts so I shall hopefully have better luck this week lifting a little lighter. I've been reading a fair bit and most articles I've read advise on doing low reps so we shall see how that goes tomorrow. 

Otherwise I think I'm on track to reach my goals. And although progress is slow I shall be uploading more pictures this week!!

Week one....i hate myself...

So here it is, and in my eyes....well i'd like to shut them until the next few months training are complete but as promised I shall be posting up my progress from day 0.

Over the next few months I want to get rid of that little pouch of pudginess on my stomach as well as pretty much defining every muscle individually.

My legs are absolutely embarrassing but I have had success in training without injury so far, so I will strive to keep on that path and try to manage my aches and pains as best as I can. I'm just praying I can live up to my own schedule and diet and deliver on an actual transformation! 

Wish me luck and get liftin! 

PEACE!

 

Scams....and "The Beginning"

I haven’t been on twitter long, but something already gets to me so much that I thought it’s worth a post. 

SPECIAL REPORT: LEAN MUSCLE IN A BOTTLE?

The title reads…on almost every scam page that I come across that some actual reputable companies seem to re-tweet for some strange reason (makes me question their morality and association with these sites) 

The websites all have different names. But they mimic the Mens Health brand with their own Mens “life” and Health banner but it looks very similar and it’s obviously what they play on in order to get people to take them seriously and that what they’re saying is not a load of horse crap in order to scam you out of your money.

It seems to be the type of scam that many people are copying/replicating with different products on each one. But they all spew the same spiel about how it’s amazing and how many celebrities got their super hot bodies from. The most hilarious being Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. I find it very hard to believe anyone gets that big because of this product and it’s lies as he’s never come out and endorsed such a thing as have neither of any other celebrities on these scam sites. 

So I really don’t understand why bodybuilding.com sometimes retweets these idiots and I just had to get it off my chest. Please help me report all the accounts that do constantly tweet the pages even if it makes a tiny difference? I don’t know.

But in other news, my full training schedule begins from tomorrow. 9am wake up sharp, breakfast and gym! Therefore I shall be posting my first set of progress pictures in all my fatty glory. 

Take care and good night all..PEACE!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I joined the gym on Tuesday and I've even every day since. Needless to say I'm in a considerable amount of pain.

Sometimes (leg day) I'm thinking why do I do this...it's too difficult to become like what you see in the magazines and on TV and to an extent I'm not entirely sure how close I will get.

But I also know that I've done all of this once before and it worked out pretty well for me before so I'm going to have a great try at it for the next 3/4 months to see if I can get to where I want to be...

Most people start their summer bodies in like April. I hear it so often around that time and for some it is simple. Cut some weight tone up a little bit and they're done...I'm starting my summer body in August -__- seeing as our summer comes in July I may aswell start 11 months prior to it. 

My meals have been reduced to many many raw eggs per day and a lot of chicken/fish with veg or sweet potato. Thank god I love both chicken and raw eggs. 

On Monday I will start taking my progress photos and will hopefully have an update every two weeks along my journey to see how it goes. But it's time to get back in the gym now for day 6...Sunday is my day of rest hopefully :-)