 What is going on everybody? Welcome back. Welcome back to Making Gains, series 2. Stop me, I'm all the way- I did not know if this day would come or not. You know, I put a lot of effort into Making Gains series 1. And if you guys have come here through that, I want to say welcome. If you're new to the channel, I want to say hit subscribe before you do anything. Or at least give me a like. These YouTube algorithms these days, they're fucking hard to get your stuff out there. I'm a small channel in a big fish. I'm a small fish in a big pond. Is that what I meant to say? I don't know. Anyways guys, we're sitting here. The date is Thursday the 1st of February. It's 10.38 in the morning. And I've decided to embark once again on a Making Gains series. Now some of you guys will be excited, some of you guys will be like, Oh, fucking hell, here we go again. But what I want to say first off is that, you know, I pumped out the videos in the last series. I did a one-year series of Making Gains that followed me on my journey, my fitness journey, bulking from around about 89 kgs all the way up to 105 where I got a Dexascan. I actually went to the Arnold Classic down in Melbourne in March of last year, which was 2017. I got a Dexascan. I was sitting at about 17% body fat at 105 kgs. And I was feeling big. I was feeling strong. I was feeling fucking good. From that point, I decided to start cutting down. I was going on a holiday to Thailand. I cut down about 5 kgs in about three weeks, down to 100. So fast forward to now. It's, you know, it's nearly a year later. Not really. It's probably about nine months later. And I'm sitting at about 95.5 kgs. So, you know, 10 kgs, nearly 10 kgs less than my all-time high, but probably about 6 kgs higher than my all-time low. So, we're in a bit of a, you know, wishy-washy sort of space right now. I'm at that point where, you know, my head is going either which way on a daily basis. You know, I'm telling myself I want to be lean, but then I'm also telling myself, well, if I try and get lean now without putting on that muscle beforehand, then I'm just going to look skinnier than ever. You know what I mean? So, I know what I need to do. I need to bulk. But the fact is, is that without, it's very hard. You know, you get two weeks, three weeks into bulking, which is where I am now. And eating becomes a chore. You know, you have to start tracking everything. Truth be told, I've started tracking my fitness power. My bulking diet, I've started tracking for the last three days. So, today is Thursday. And Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I've tracked. Thank God. For me, it takes probably a good week of tracking, and then I'm into it. I'm done. You know, whether that's with cutting or bulking, I really need to track my diet. I need to know that I've eaten enough calories. I need to know that I've eaten enough protein. And then that puts my mind at ease. You know, if I'm doing guesswork, and I'm really trying to, you know, get results, it's not, it's not good enough. It really isn't. And it shouldn't be good enough. If these results are really important to you, you either want to put on muscle, or you want to lose fat, the most efficient way possible, then you've got to track. So anyways, going forward, I think my macros I want to, well, calories I want to hit at least three and a half thousand per day. Macros, I want protein to be at least 200 to 220. I want fats to be 120 or under, and I want carbs to make up the rest. So if you guys don't know, my approach to bulking usually is a dirty bulk. I'm not going to lie. You know, I like a dirty bulk. I like being able to eat sugars. I like being able to eat fats. I like being able to eat muffins, donuts, pies, fucking pizzas, things like that. It's not my entire diet, but what I will say is that when I am bulking, there's no way I can stick to 100% clean foods. There's just no way. If you can do that, then you know, good on you. That's some real discipline, but I can't do that. So let's say I have, you know, four or five meals in a day. I'd say two of them will be clean, and probably two or three would be, you know, relatively dirty or takeaway sort of stuff. Probably not takeaways, but takeaway sort of food. So I'll go to the supermarket and buy it, you know, but it won't be really, really clean. So anyways, with that said, that was a bit of an intro. We're sitting at the moment about 96 kg. I'm going to go to the gym. I'm going to train some chest, shoulders and triceps, and then I'm going to have a weigh-in. So today's episode is day one. It's an introduction. It's a weigh-in and it's a chest workout. I don't know if I'm going to film the chest workout, but you know, if I do, you'll see that. So a little bit of a backstory with chest especially. I've just been getting back into my chest training because I had a gynecomastia removal surgery in, well, at the end of November. So November 29th, I had the surgery. Today is February the set, the first. So we're just over two months post-surgery. And if you've come to my channel through those videos, I've had a little bit of a vlog series following my recovery from that over the last two months. So feel free to check those out. But, you know, right now I'm sort of in that spot where my chest is feeling good. I've been training well for about two or three weeks. I've been tracking my diet for three days now, which doesn't seem like much, but, you know, three days is three days. And so, here I am. I'm at this point where I want to bulk. I want to bulk. I want to bulk for the next three, four, five months before cutting down to try and compete at the end of the year. And so I'm using this video series to help me do that. So I urge you guys, once again, to subscribe, like the video, come along for the ride, because, you know, this is the end of this series, guys. It's going to be me jumping on stage in New Zealand for the NZ IFBB Natural Championships. I am a natural lifter, 100% lifetime natural. I've made a few videos in the past on my stance, my opinions on steroids. They're not negative. I feel steroids have a place. I feel one day maybe I will delve into the dark side of bodybuilding. But I have one specific goal in mind that I'm going to achieve when I say I'm going to do something I'm fucking going to do it. And that is to jump on stage in October in New Zealand for the NZ IFBB All Natural Championships. Once I do that, who knows what I'm going to do. But that is the goal. So, I'm going to stop talking. What I do want to say is that in my previous Making Gains series I made, I think, about 150 videos over the space of about a year. So, honestly I think it was content overload. I feel like people probably got sick of me. You know, some videos weren't doing too well. So I don't want to do that this time. I want to just probably, you know, on a day off from work I might bring the camera out. I'll show you guys what I'm having for breakfast. I'll do a weigh-in. I'll talk about how my diet's been tracking. I'll talk about how my training's going, etc. You know, I'll give you guys examples. I'll give you guys workouts, meal, full day of eating videos. A 10,000 calorie challenge video is definitely coming out. And, etc. So, yeah. Welcome back to Making Gains, series two, day one. And I'll see you guys at the gym for a weigh-in. Peace. Alright, everyone. It's about three hours later. I've just finished the chest workout and a little bit of triceps. I'm going to try and attempt to give you guys somewhat of a physique update. Because I really think I should, being that it's day one. And following that, the last clip you guys will see will be a weigh-in, just as I leave the gym. So, I'm expecting it to be around about 96kg. I've had two meals today. Not much water. But, I mean, you guys know how much your body weight can fluctuate on a daily basis. So, we'll see what it's at today. And call that, you know, day one. The marker of day one. And we're just going to go out from there, hopefully. So, I'll just try and put my camera down and give you guys a quick physique update. Like I said, I'm currently recovering from a gyno surgery. I had it about two months ago. This is what's left. I've come a long way. The chest is relatively pumped. And one supplement I bought today was this, because I ran out of it. Stars and pipes. It's got no caffeine. It's not a stimulant. But it does give you a really good pump. So, I'd recommend it. Anyways, guys. So, this is me pumped after a chest session. So, chest, tricep, most muscular. Ah, what else? Latspring. That's pretty much it, guys. I'm going to put my t-shirt back on. Get outside. I'll give you guys a wham. That's going to be the weight that we use as day one. I'm going to track it on my fitness pal. And hopefully, we'll get to 100 kgs pretty soon. That's the plan anyway. So, without further ado, guys, I'm going to get my shit packed up and I will see you at the scales. This is going to be the scale that I use going forward all the time. So, it's going to be accurate. It's going to be consistent. And hopefully, we'll get to 100 kgs very soon. Probably in about a month, I'd say. Because I do have a little bit of muscle memory that's got to come back. I was up at 105 kilos at one point. So, all of that muscle that I had at that point should come back on relatively quickly. If I stay consistent, keep my diet on point and train hard. So, that's what this series is going to be all about. Once again, I urge you to subscribe so you can follow along. But if not, who knows? I might see you in the next one. Peace.