Heavy Lifting and Light Eating

People ask me all the time what workout I'm doing, or what am I eating. I tell people all the time that I am living heavy and eating light. It's not a big secret that lifting heavy will help add density to your muscles. But, wait, won't lifting heavy make me look like a body builder or something? No it won't. It will make you stronger, and yes you might put on some size in your lagging areas, but if you are not eating the calories to add size then you are not going to look like a body builder.


I have been following a full body heavy 3x3 protocol for about 2 months now. I have changed my diet to more of a Paleo (without being true Paleo) so I am eating lighter, but lifting heavy. In the past 2 months I have seen my strength go up, and my weight go down. I went from 183lbs to 174lbs and my bench and squats are at the 225lbs range. Somedays the squats are bit more but I am trying to keep everything going up at the same time. I don't know why I am doing this, but I feel like its a good gauge. If my squat goes up, then my bench better as well.


So here is what I am doing:
Chest 3x3
Quads 3x3
Back  3x3
Hammy's 3x3
Shoulders 3x3
Calf 3x3
Tri 3x3
Abs 3x3
Bi's 3x3


For each body part I do something different each time in the gym. So it might be incline bench one day, the next its flat dumbbell. Quads would be squats one day, split squats the next. The combinations are endless. As for supplements, I am using all Advocare products. I take my spark and catalyst in the morning before I hit the gym and that is really all I need. When I am done I will take some Arginine Extreme and Mass Impact with Rehydrate.


I plan on starting the 24 Day Challenge on Sept 15th and this is the same workout I will be using. My goal is to get to a ripped 170lbs while maintaining my strength. I will post pictures as I go.




If you are interested in the supplements I use, please leave a comment and I will get back with you.


See you at the gym!

Adam

Welcome to Kindle Your Spark fitness blog!

Welcome to Kindle Your Spark!


My name is Adam Manternach and this is my fitness blog. On here I will be talking about fitness, fitness products, workout programs and all things related to fitness. A little about me.....I have been into fitness since I was 13 years old. Back when I was a skinny little Jr. High kid people would bully me all the time and try to pick a fight with me because I was the small guy. I was an easy target for people. That summer I was tired of getting pushed around and decided to hit the weights. I had no idea what I was doing outside of watching the older guy do bench, military press, squats and arms....lots of arms. I started to do the same routine everyday(totally bad, I know) and started to see results. At the end of that summer I had added about 15 lbs of muscle. Suddenly, the bullying stopped. Magic! I still got into a few dust ups, but I found that if there was a fight, most people wanted me on there side...just to intimidate.


So that is really what got me started on my life long journey into fitness. I want to say that I am not certified in anyway shape or form, so the things that I will be talking about, are from my own experience, so if you are looking for someone to write you a program to help you get jacked or get ripped...the only thing I can do is offer guidance since I am not certified.


I am also a distributor of Advocare. I came across these products from a few people at work and I have really enjoyed what they have done for me. I have tried pretty much everything out on the market today from every pre-workout, protein (whey, casein, blends) post-workout, pills, drinks, bars and on and on. With Advocare I really found a product that I love and feel great knowing what is in them. With all the other stuff, sometimes I didn't know if it was legal or just harmful to me. I have found in Advocare a better way to fuel my workouts and my life. If you would like to checkout my site and order these radical (going old school with that one) products, please click on the link below.




www.AdvoCare.com/140728553




Thank you for checking out my site....I will be posting a lot more as I get this going.


Adam M.