Day 183: Looking back on 6 months

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Day 183 – front

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Exercise	Start*	March 1	Change
Kettlebell swing	32 x 20 lbs.	56/19 x 40 lbs.	+100.0 percent
Myotatic crunch	6.5 x 2.5 lbs.	15.0 x 12.5 lbs.	+400.0 percent
Single-arm kettlebell swing	25 x 15 lbs.	25/12 x 30 lbs.	+100.0 percent
Isolateral dumbbell incline bench press	2.4/3.0 x 30 lbs.	5.0/5.0 x 30 lbs.	0 percent
Yates row	7.0 x 55 lbs.	3.3 x 135 lbs.	+145.5 percent
Reverse drag curls	6.0 x 25 lbs.	3.2 x 45 lbs.	+80.0 percent

*I started these exercises on different dates.

Things I can do now that I couldn’t when I started Project Bulk 6 months ago …

Swing a 40-pound kettlebell 65 times in a row (shooting for 75).
Perform a Yates row with a 135-pound barbell.
Perform 12 reps on each arm in three sets for the iso-lateral dumbbell incline bench press at 30 pounds (shooting for 15).
Sit and stand with good posture (no slouching).
Perform 27 reps of “cat vomit” (shooting for 50).
See the change in my upper body (in the photos below and in my special video).
Work out with weights (I had no clue starting out).

In the first 181 days …

I ate 24.4 kg (53.8 lbs.) of protein. That’s almost 40 percent of my body weight in meat, fish, peanut butter, milk and protein powder, at about 134.9 g per day.
I ate 393,605 calories, or about 2,175 per day. That’s enough for a car to travel at 350 miles at 60 mph. For the past 2.5 months, I’ve averaged 2,326 per day (aiming for 2,300 minimum).
I’ve worked out 18 hours, 8 minutes and 51 seconds, or about 42 minutes and 7 seconds per week. My workout time for February ballooned to 4 hours and 34 minutes, thanks to the time-consuming “cat vomit” exercise.
I spent $176.62, or about 98 cents per day or $22.08 per pound of muscle gained.

Not bad for a skinny lad with no real expectations or experience.

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