Bryan Hildebrand's Strongman to Bodybuilding Training Log. June 28 Photo Update

[ToddinWC]

lifting in sandals, having outbursts at the gym, this log is great...also, I think you'll be surprised at how much your "gyno" is just fat and bloat..what's your target weight for the comp? You mentioned NEVER being lean before..I think you will feel amazing dropping all the fat and may want to stay lean after seeing yourself on stage...keep up the hard work buddy and enjoy the cheat!

[Bryan Hildebrand]

I am thinking 250 range. dave thought 240 until he got my pics. now he is thinking heavier...

we will see. abs in the morning. working on abs all day long!

[Steve56]

happy 4th everyone.

got up early to train and do cardio. taking the kids to a street fair and concert near the university. a little sun, packing my food and taking one of the dogs. should be a lot of fun.

arms:

close grip bench: 135x30, 30, 20, 185x20, 225x15, x14, 14, 15
skull crushers: 95x14, 12, 11
cable overhead ext: 140x 13, 11, 11, 12
rope pressdowns: 130x20, 21, 20, 19, failure

DB hammers: 25x20, 30x20, 40x19
machine preachers: 120x20, 130x14, 12, 11
incline curls: 30x18, 16, 13
concentration curls: 30x14, 14, 12

cardio: 30 ins, 3.0mph @ 5.0* incline

bodyweight is down to 297 from 304. feel pretty good. hunger is not bad.

I have never used clen. ever. dont like it. I am using a very mild dose of 30mcg and I dont like the way it makes me feel, but it does help bump my HR up during fasting cardio.

Thats how i felt when i started clen.. But after a 5 days to a week i felt fine and that uneasy feeling went away... But every time you up the dose it will come back for a few days until your body adjusts again... Keep kicking ass, look forward to the transformation!

[Bryan Hildebrand]

well, week 1 is in the bag.

started my journey on June 30 at an official 304lbs. weighed in this morning after week 1 at 292lbs. good start towards my goal of stepping on stage on Nov 9th. sent everything into dave and we will see if he makes any supplement or dietary changes. i expect to see more cardio soon. he has me doing 20 mins a day. I took 1 day off and ahve been doing 5 mins to warm up, 20 mins working and 5 mins to cool down. feels good. today, post cheat meal day I had TONS of energy to get cardio done this morning. to quote my good friend Ice Cube:

Today was a good Day!

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[Bryan Hildebrand]

Shoulders and douchebags last night. every tech student in the world was there last night. the tech gym closed early so they all came over to my place. fuckers. I have never seen so many skinny legged guys training chest in one place before.

I hit shoulders and hit it hard. good night. light calf work to top it off. good night

smith machine overhead presses: 135x20x2, 185x15x2, 225x12x2, 255x8, 275x6, 5
kai greene DB front raises: 35x15x3
rope cable front raises: 150x14, 16, 15
DB bentover raises: 45x15, 55x13, 65x12
machine side raises: stack x 30, +25lb plate x 17, 15, 14
rear delt machine: 180x20, 18, 17, 16

standing calf raises: 200 x 20x4

[Dadup]

Bryan, out of curiosity do you know a guy named Jake Thompson that trains over there at the Tech gym? Big guy, competed in the USAs last year

[Bryan Hildebrand]

don't think so, but maybe have crossed paths. when I train at tech, I don't talk to anyone. hate it over there but they have the equipment for me to train heavier than at my shitbox gym.

headed out to hit some back and bi's. switching this week because I dont want to train legs on thurs and sit in my truck for 10-11 hours friday driving to houston.

so, back today, legs tomorrow and chest thurs. will train arms fri night in houston, take sat off (except cardio) and train sunday night arms when i get back in town.

[Bryan Hildebrand]

back and bi's were HUGE! loved the trainign tonight. i was completely gassed and pushed myself further saying "this is how Big Sexy grows!"

back:

BB bentover rows: 135x30x3, 225x20x2, 315x12, 405x9,8,8,7
seated cable rows: 290x20, 16, 14
wide single cable pulldowns: stack x 17, 15, 14
standing straight arm pulldowns: 180x18, 16, 15
rope to face cable pulldowns: 140x19, 15, 14, 12
wide Bb shrugs: 225x20, 315x40x2

bi's:

DB curls to warm up: 25x20, 35x15, 45x12
machine preachers: 120x20, then 2 sec squeeze at top: 110x17, 14, 13, 13, 11, 10
DB concentration curls: sets of 7, non stop x 12 sets non stop.
single handed preacher: 30x13, 12, 10

home and food!

weighed in at 289.5 this morning. much bigger and fuller than i was at 287 last fall. definately ahead of the game size wise. I decided to not post pics until after the 4th week. dave is happy. didnt change a thing. hope to be around 275lbs by the time I cover Sarasota on labor day weekend. thats the goal.

food is fine. have periods of hunger, but never really stuffed between meals. dave has me at 325g of protein a day, so my no carb days, like today, only have 2 shakes. so I get 4 heavy protein and fat meals. seems to keep me happy for the most part.

legs tonight. zerchers and hacks oh my!

[Dadup]

back and bi's were HUGE! loved the trainign tonight. i was completely gassed and pushed myself further saying "this is how Big Sexy grows!"

back:

BB bentover rows: 135x30x3, 225x20x2, 315x12, 405x9,8,8,7
seated cable rows: 290x20, 16, 14
wide single cable pulldowns: stack x 17, 15, 14
standing straight arm pulldowns: 180x18, 16, 15
rope to face cable pulldowns: 140x19, 15, 14, 12
wide Bb shrugs: 225x20, 315x40x2

bi's:

DB curls to warm up: 25x20, 35x15, 45x12
machine preachers: 120x20, then 2 sec squeeze at top: 110x17, 14, 13, 13, 11, 10
DB concentration curls: sets of 7, non stop x 12 sets non stop.
single handed preacher: 30x13, 12, 10

home and food!

weighed in at 289.5 this morning. much bigger and fuller than i was at 287 last fall. definately ahead of the game size wise. I decided to not post pics until after the 4th week. dave is happy. didnt change a thing. hope to be around 275lbs by the time I cover Sarasota on labor day weekend. thats the goal.

food is fine. have periods of hunger, but never really stuffed between meals. dave has me at 325g of protein a day, so my no carb days, like today, only have 2 shakes. so I get 4 heavy protein and fat meals. seems to keep me happy for the most part.

legs tonight. zerchers and hacks oh my!

[Bryan Hildebrand]

if the rest of me were as developed as my back, I would be golden... however, its not the case!

tonight was legs. loving legs lately. muscle soreness of course, but joint pain has been pretty absent. they are growing, but they have a ways to go...

Zercher squats: bar x 30, 135x30, 225x20, 315x8, 365x7, 405x4, 425x 1 and then oops... crash!
hack squats: 2 plates x 20, 4 x 12, 6 x 12, 8x10, 10x9
leg extensions: 180x 20 x 5. ouch
Adducter machine: stack x 15 x 5
Seated leg curls: 120x 15, 12, 11

came home, protein, 2 more meals and bed time!

have lots of packing to do tomorrow. food and otherwise. sally and I are heading to Houston to cover Clash of the Titans and the Branch Warren. 10 hour drive with stops. cardio at about 4:30 in the morning and out the door by 6:30. have to be a the athletes meeting by 7:00pm.

[AVBG]

Just caught up on your log...awesome start Bryan. Keep at it mate - you're well on your way! it's all about stringing together enough "good days"

[Bryan Hildebrand]

in short... not enough days in the hour. awesome chest training day, TONS of errands, met with a new client, cooked, measured and packed all of our food for the weekend in Houston covering the Branch Warren and Hardcore Powerlifting events... cheat meal I am HOPING we get to cheesecake factory!

will update again on monday!

thansk for the follows guys!

[The Prodigy]

Keep up the great work Bry!!! So proud of all of your hard work as you journey to the stage! I know with the all traveling you do, this will be challenging, but you have a great positive mindset, a ton of support and a great coach..so I know you will rock this! I will be checking in to see how you are doing! Keep pushin!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Powerlifter519]

Love reading your progress keep it up bro

[RichDC2]

Definetly following along! I love watching transformations, with the amount of muscle and strength you have this is going to be good. I'm extremely impressed on how you keep your diet with your traveling schedule and appetite , I can relate! Good luck Bryan keep kicking ass!