BSN Challenge Week 1 ~ Art Of Six Pack

What’s up my readers

, today we‘ll talk about the week that has passed.

So as you may or may not know, I have been taking part in a challenge, made by BSN and Bodybuilding.com.

Anyway, this was the first week of the challenge.

It was a pretty good week, although my training intensity wasn’t so perfect, as I was a little bit sick from the previous week.

But that’s ok, I tried to do my best and I had good workouts.

I went 4 times to the gym and worked each muscle group twice.

As you may or may not know my training split is :

MON (Chest, triceps, shoulders)
TYE (Back,Legs,Biceps)
WEN Rest
THUR (Chest, triceps, shoulders)
FRI (Back,Legs,Biceps)
SAT Rest
SUN Rest

three exercises for each muscle group.

Now let’s move on nutrition !

Alright, my plan was to be in caloric surplus for the week, by 100 calories, 2400 calories.

My Workout days were 2550 calories and my Rest days 2200.

Workout Days :

Carbs : 260-270 gr.
Protein : 190-200 gr.
Fats : 60-70 gr.

Rest Days :

Carbs : 160-170 gr.
Protein : 190-200 gr.
Fat : 60-70 gr.

Saturday morning , I wake up, went to bathroom and then checked to see how we are going on the scale.

It said ….

151.2 pounds (68.6 kg)

Which is 0.2 pounds (0.1 kg) more.

This might be water, or glycogen or anything.

Anyway, I believe I am in the right direction, obviously it will be better if I had gained 0.2 pounds more, but let’s see what the next two weeks have to offer.

My nutrition plan is going to be the same for the upcoming week also.

I don’t want to rush anything, being patient is very important, i ‘ll check my weight in a week ,Saturday and see what it will say.

One more thing I want to mention, two years ago I didn’t want to bulk, cause I was fear that I will gain fat, I didn’t wanted that at all.

But now I learned that building muscle without being in caloric surplus and steroids-free person isn’t going to happen !

Maybe if you are newbie to weightlifting.

Anyway, so if you are also this type of guy don’t stop your gains just because you are afraid of being in caloric surplus.

If you decide to bulk up and see your self a week after not so vascular don’t panic and say that you gained fat.

Not at all ! Don’t panic people !

You just have more water due to the increase in carbohydrates,

You can’t be ripped year around, it’s not healthy and you aren’t going to build muscle.

It’s like constructions, if you don’t put the concrete you can’t build a building, the same rule applies on muscle development, fat is the concrete. You are going to gain a bit of fat, but not from the first week.

If you do it carefully and eating healthy and nutrient dense foods you aren’t going to gain much fat and when its time, you cut for a month or two and you reveal all the hard work you put on