Fitness Log #1 [December 2011 Highlights]

My name is Yi-Jin Chun. I am 6'1 and currently 205lbs. I started weight training back in April of 2011, and continued to do so on a consistent basis until June when I was demotivated and stopped. I started weight training once again in November at the University of Toronto's Athletic Centre with two of my friends, Aaron Tran and Vincent Luong when I realized that once school ends, I won't be going to the gym at school no more because of the holiday. So come December when exams were done, I decided I was too impatient to start my New Years Resolution in January, so I began training in December when I bought a 28 day pass for $28 at Goodlife Fitness. That way I can go even late at night (talking about 3am) to go train if I was too busy to during the day.

The same month, I've decided to give supplements such as protein powder a try and also a cycle of Animal M-Stak. I've never used anything other than natural foods to supplement my workouts ever, so starting these supplements had a pretty strong and fast effect on my body. I've started noticing I can do more reps and sets as well as starting to see some toning on different parts of my body. I only take the supplements when I workout, I don't take them everyday like most bodybuilders do (because I am not a bodybuilder). I supplement the rest of my diet with food and LOTS OF IT (see my Bloopers video on how much I eat on a daily basis).

In addition, I had a goal in the beginning of December. Goals are good because it gives you a direction and keeps you focused on that path. My goal was to squat 3 plates and bench 200lbs+ by the end of the winter break, and I'm glad I was able to do it before New Years which was ahead of schedule, and I thank my good friend Prasana Devanand for agreeing to come to the gym with me as much as possible to reach that goal. I also attest everything that has had happened to me in the past as motivation in going to the gym as well as trying to succeed in life, I've always been good at reliving bad emotions and past experiences in my life and using it to fuel my workouts (which is why when people see me, I'm almost always in a good mood =D), and those memories has allowed me to become stronger mentally and physically. Also, this might seem weird to some but I also like to say that the MMA fighter Alistair Overeem had a huge influence for revamping my training regimen (thanks Jim Tran for the spelling :D). I stumbled upon him on YouTube a while back (April) when he wasn't in the UFC yet, but in Strikeforce and K-1. I've heard of him before but never cared to look him up until I watched one of his eating videos. I was like "Hey he eats SOOO MUCH! Yet he's so ripped!" I then began watching more videos and realized he was able to get his big frame from eating around 10x a day, doing compound exercises and sleeping. He could of taken steroids but to me, it looks like he built it through dedication, sweat and hard work. After that, I planned out my workout routines like the ones he did in the videos I saw and noticed some good gains in May and June before I stopped. Now that I've taken it up seriously once more, I've done the same exact routine and thanks to better supplementation and a better knowledge of rest, nutrition and exercises, I'm now beginning to see results quicker and better than in May/June.

Wow I haven't really thought that I was going to write so much, but um....yeah the reason why I decided to document this on video was to track my progress. I'm a person who likes to see results or I am not going to continue, so I thought the perfect way of staying motivated is to record videos of my training monthly, weekly or whatever to prove to myself that the time I'm investing in is doling out a return that I am satisfied with.

Anyways, to sum it all up, the exercises I'm currently doing are 90% barbell compound exercises for functional real world strength, protein supplementation after workouts, HUGE food intake and adequate amounts of rest.

My goal for the next video would be to increase in my box jumps, deadlifts, learn the barbell snatch and start being able to do weighted pullups/chinups. Thanks for watching! Hope this inspires you too to do what you've always wanted to do! Happy New Year!

Don't forget to watch in 720p HD!

Inspirations:
Alistair Overeem (K-1 Champ, Strikeforce & DREAM Heavyweight Champ, UFC Contender)
Gokhan Saki (K-1 Fighter)
Tyrone Spong (K-1 Fighter)
Alain Ngalani (Kickboxer)
Patrick Barry (UFC Fighter, Sanshou Kickboxer)
Jujimufu (Trickster)
Antoine Vaillant (Bodybuilder, Trickster)
Frank Yang (YouTube Fitness Guru)

Track:
Justice - Helix

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[JinJinnJinny]

specific muscles just so there's not an imbalance for example reverse flies for my rear delts, barbell compound movements, dumbbell compound movements to make sure both sides are even and finally some bodyweight exercises like pullups and chinups for functional real world strength. I try to make sure my workouts transfer to real world strength as well as being efficient and improves the activities I do such as kickboxing, track, volleyball, swimming and jiujitsu. That's basically it!

[JinJinnJinny]

I'm glad you're starting to get back to it, there's no better than feeling then a great workout after the gym. I haven't tried syntha 6 but for me m-stak didn't do much. The worst is paying 6months for a gym membership and not going at all! lol. But training program isn't like a standard program, meaning I'm not doing the 5x5 program or anything like that. My regimen consists of mainly the powerlifts, olympic lifts (slowly incorporating the snatch), one or two isolation exercises to target

[neebz101]

out of interest wht training progarm do you use?? best of luck and cheers

[neebz101]

very inspiring story bud.i agree it helps to set urself goals before you start as its so easy to

lose focus and lose sight of them.i used to go to the gym regularly but college and recent events have made me lose that motivation i used to have to keep in shape and stay fit. i have therefore realigned my goals, just invested in some quality supplements(bsn syntha 6 and m stak) and have paid 6 months advance gym memberships (so im forced to go lol) and promised to never lose sight of my goals.