Thanks! I only lost a pound this week, so that was a bummer...

Oh well, no matter, I'm pleased with the overall progress.

So I totally neglected this thing yesterday, so here it is:

Day 20:

Did 30 minutes of NEPA after work, then bought an iPad. I just waltzed into best buy, played with it, fell in love, bought one and haven't put it down since. I'm such a sucker.

Damn.

It's been a hot minute since I thought I was going to puke after a workout. A few more reps and I surely would've ralphed.

Week 3 V-burn : 14:58

I don't know how folks get in the 13's. I was moving as fast as possible and didn't take any breaks except to transition between a standing exercise and a floor exercise. I'm truely puzzled.

I'm going to get back on 5-3-1. I did it for 5 cycles (and some change) before doing the v-diet and it increased my 1rm's a shitload. Gonna modify it a bit for my PL goals though, since it really has you hitting rep maxes instead of 1RM's for weight. Its an excellent program. I'll use that to increase the weight on my 4 main lifts.

My accessory work is going to be geared towards hypertrophy (at the slight expense of assisting my 4 big lifts). I know I have some weak areas to work on (such as rear delts and upper back) to get better overall symmetry, and I want to be a little bigger all over as well.

Also gonna focus on correcting my anterior pelvic tilt, which it looks like has improved significantly since last year.

Eventually I'd like to give I-BB a go, but that probably won't be until at least the winter months. May transition to that then just to change the training up a bit and see what I can do with it.

oh and I've never tried Power Drive. I'm a Biotest supp whore too, but I've never seen a reason for Power Drive. I can vouch for pretty much anything else sold on this site though. Good shit.

So I've been neglecting this thing due to my heavy work schedule this past week. Not much going on...still on track. I'll probably just post my workout information, then my final pictures Saturday morning and call it good. Oh, and I'll post my v-burn time on Sunday as well. After that, I don't see myself maintaining this log through the transition and beyond.

I've really sucked at keeping this thing updated while doing this final exercise. Anyway, still here, still going strong and can't wait till Monday to start transitioning and eating solid food daily.

Ok, so I'm not the only one who hasn't been keeping this up to date. Although I did drop off for about a week and a half, I have never stopped the diet. Dude, you are killing me. Your weights are awesome. I'm feeling weak and tiny. I really feel that my shoulders and chest are shrinking at the same rate as my waist.

You have address one of the things I have been curious about... sparkling water. That's OK on the diet? I never saw it banned, but then I never saw it approved (unless I missed that).

I can't believe your V-Burn Challenge time. You really make me feel like a fat slob. I came in at 50 minutes last week. Even though you only lost one pound, you look more cut to me. More abs, etc. Do you flex your stomach for the photos?

Yeah, I've been good on the diet, but I just finished this end of course exercise, which really ate into my schedule and involved weird hours, so i haven't really bothered to take the time to get on here post day-to-day. I weighed in this morning and I've lost another 1.2 lbs, so I'm closing it out at 207.4. So it's been a total of 12.2 lbs. Unfortunately I didn't have time for photos today.

I don't flex for the photos...the only thing I'm really consciously thinking about is standing upright with good posture.

Thanks for the comments on the weights and v-burn time. As stated, this past week was a ball-buster, so the workouts were done as prescribed, but i didn't try increasing any weights from week 3. It probably would've been a disaster on a few of the lifts. Admittedly though, I was just going through the motions to get it done.

V-burn is tomorrow and I think it'll be a struggle just to get the same time as last week. Those folks posting sub-14 times for 6 round intermediate have me flummoxed.

Cant wait for monday to transition!!!!!

I went ahead and took pictures even though its not at the same time. So to caveat, these pictures were taken at 7PM, whereas all my other photos have been taken upon waking. I think they look about the same as last week, which I guess isn't bad considering I'm fully hydrated in these.

Showing some good muscle pop in those pics man. Abs are coming in too. Very good progress.

Now I am officially putting you on the shitlist for the next week until I get to eat once a day. Enjoy transition you lucky bastard! haha

I was just kidding about being on the shitlist...come back!!! we want to know how your transition is going, and look upon your HSM bragging with jealousy!

Nice going LW...congrats on making it to the end without breaking a sweat! Nate's right, your abs are starting to come out.

Good luck in your next program!