So here I am monday night, pre week 2 check in, weight has climed to 169, and bodyfat is currently at 10%, has remained stable from week 1 or so, I should note that the initial increase of 1" around the abdomen has dropped off so I am back at 35" now around the waist. I had dropped my cals this week to 4000ish and I am dealing much better at this number, I do struggle from time to time to eat that much but for the most part if spread out I can manage it. I will note that my strength does continue to climb. I have continually added between 5 to 10 lbs per exercise for a total of 9-10 reps. The one area I am finding lacking is my grip, it seems that it has not grown as much which is ok I can work on that. Measurement wise I have remained static except for my chest which has gained yet another 0.25". I am finding more vascularity in my forearms though, a new vein has shown in my upper forearm when working out that was not there before and it gets quite engorged when I am doing my drag curls.
This was workout number 4 and although I am not seeing the sudden burst in size that I did on week 1 I am still gaining strength and muscle mass. My lean mass according to my most recent bodyfat caliper measurements puts me around 153.8 lbs lean mass, the down side is that I do not really see the visual effect of that gain as much as I would like, there are more subtle differences than anything. I have no doubt that some of week 1 gains were water weight and I had factored that into my weigh in. On week 2 though much of that intial water weight gain should be offset by now. As time wears on into the program I am starting to believe that the claims are largely exaggerated of the huge increase in muscle mass that tim ferris made however the thing that I am taking away from this so far is that training to failure using multijoint movements does have a dramatic effect on the central nervous system and does indeed trigger rapid muscle growth, but to clarify here we need to define rapid. Rapid in my opinion to date means gaining around 2-3 lbs a month of true muscle, not water weight or imagined muscle. I am looking at this from purely a scientific point of view as I am following the program outlined in the book with military precision but how far you read ahead into the book tells you more. He outlined that he followed a simple supplement regimen which I copied almost enitrely to the letter. Diet wise I am following that almost to the letter. So given that I tend to add muscle fairly easily one would think that by now I should have added roughly 16 lbs of muscle according to his methodology. In truth I have gained closer to 7-8 pounds and much of this I believe is muscle memory from cutting back my cals and shedding the 42 lbs of fat that I had on my body.
Do not get me wrong, I am both happy and pleased that I have added the muscle to my frame but it is still a far cry from my desired outcome but as my knowledge base increases and my outlook on both the bodies ability to add fat and muscle become a little clearer as does my understanding of the processes involved in each I am finding that my goals are going to take some added time to achieve. Patience is a virtue they say and I am learning that as time wears on. I will not stop until I hit my desired look and my desired outcome, I am more determined than ever to make my body into the image I desire. I am forging ahead and completing the program as I am only 1/2 ways done it but I think my results are not going to be as dramatic as I had hoped for, which is ok
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