Week 16

April 25, 2009
Today I weighed in at 171 lbs. That is 31 lbs in 16 weeks with around 10-15 more to go. I have had some people ask me what my bodyfat percentage is and my answer is I do not know. I really do not get to interested in bodyfat percentage rather I just use the mirror to determine where I need to be. The mirror does not lie! Everything is going as planned as far as my diet, training, and cardio. I still have a lot of time to July 18 so I decided to enter another contest as a warm up for the Capital City. On June 20 I will compete in the NGA California Natural Championships. This will give a practice run for my main contest the Capital City Natural in July. This will help me fine tune my posing, tanning, diet (what to do the week leading up to the show) and any other areas I feel need to be focused on. I should be in good condition by June 20 which happens to be my birthday so hopefully I can achieve a good condition for my birthday. I will be turning 38 and I am happy to have the condition I have for that age. I won't be able to celebrate with any cake because I still have another show to do after that. I will celebrate on July19 with a lot of food and a big fat piece of chocolate cake! Anyways here are some pics from todays workout.

  


                     April 24, 2009 ( 171 lbs.)
 

Week 15

April 18, 2009

Its been two weeks since my last blog. I have been extremely busy with home projects and other things I have been doing. My training is going good. I am down to 172.5 lbs. I have come to the realization I can't train as heavy as I was. I now train with a little slower rep speed and I try to focus on muscular contractions. I still train hard but not with as heavy weight. My diet is also going really well. I eat an average of 180-195 grams protein, 280 grams carbs, and 20-25 grams fat per day. ...


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Week 13

April 4, 2009

Week 13 is in the books and I seem to be getting a little bit better. I am still 175 lbs. however I am a little leaner than last week. I will have to adjust either my calories or do more cardio or both to keep losing the weight. I had a rough week lifting weights. My joints are hurting me more now and my strength level has declined as well. I will have to back off on the really heavy weight this week. I already dropped my weight on my last couple of workouts but I did incorporate more forced ...


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Week 12

March 29, 2009
I hit the three month mark and I have made good progress so far. I have dropped a total of 27 pounds bringing me down to 175 lbs. At this weight I have never looked better. I am happy thus far and I will continue to train to be my best no matter if I win or lose. I think I have got a good diet plan going for now. This week I have been averaging 195 grams of protein per day give or take, my carbs have been around 280 - 315 give or take, while my fat is on the low side roughly 9-10% of my total...
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Week 11

March 22, 2009
Another week in the books. This was a tough week for me as far as my diet goes. I had low energy levels due to my lower carb intake. Although I did manage to lose another pound bringing my weight to 177lbs. My goal is still between 154-155 lbs. I decided after evaluating my diet and how my energy levels are I started cardio back up on Thursday evening. I also increased my carbs and dropped my protein back down. As I write this my energy levels are back to normal and my last workout went good....
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Week 10

March 14, 2009
I had another good week of contest prep. I am now down to 178 lbs. I was 177 yesterday but I felt really tired so I decided to raise my carbs yesterday to give me my energy back. I feel a lot better today and I gained a pound but I look and feel better.

Diet

My diet went well this week. I decided to drop my carbs slightly because I felt I was starting to get a little stagnant. I dropped them on Tuesday through Thursday. This seemed to work as I continue to lose the weight with no strength loss...
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Week 9

March 7, 2009

My union and memebership voted yes to worksharing, so there will be no lay offs. That is good news!! I have been busy this week working on this website and training hard. I hope everybody likes it. This week went really good. I am down to 179 lbs. I have dropped a total of 23 lbs so far. I am still aiming to get to 154-155 lbs. but I will see when I get closer to my goal. If I need to drop more weight at that time I will do it. My goal is to get as lean as possible! I want to take it to anoth...


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Week 8

February 28, 2009
Let me start off by saying my job is secure for now. Recently because of the economy my employer is in trouble due to the slow sales in vehicles. We have seen our production drop from 5 days per week with a lot of overtime to 4 days per week and a little over 7 hours per day. Next week they are dropping to 3 days per week for the month of March. They announced that if my Union and my membership did not agree to work sharing ( 4 days per week and compensation for the 5th day by the state ) tha...
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Week 7

February 22, 2009

I am baaaaccckkkk!!!!! I had a great week of training and my diet was good. I dropped my weight down to 182 lbs. It was  rough last week with a cold but now I am back in full throttle. I did make some changes to my diet and to my training.

* My first change I made was cutting my cardio completely out for now. I made this change because I was losing weight at a very fast pace and my energy levels were very poor. I work on an assembly line building cars and the line moves at a rapid pace. Every...


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Week 6

February 14, 2009
The day after my last blog which was Saturday, I started to feel reallly tired. By Sunday it seemed I was fighting off a cold. It turned out I came down with a cold. That really sucks because it puts a stop to my training. I did not do any weight training nor did I do any cardio work. I still went to work but when I got home I took it easy. I did stay on my diet and still managed to drop another pound bringing my weight to 185 lbs. Today I felt a lot better and I did a light leg workout. It w...
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Jeff Alberts Welcome to my 3DMuscleJourney! As many of you know I created this website back in January '09 to journal my training leading up to the '09 INBF Capital City Championships. Since then the site has seen some incredible changes, including the formation of Team 3DMJ. I'm very proud of all the great changes to the site and it couldn't have been remotely possible without the help from all my teammates, family and friends! My 2011 contest season was a huge success with a few division titles and a trip to the IFPA Yorton Cup World Championships where I proudly finished 7th in a very competitive middleweight lineup. I'm officially in my offseason and you are more than welcome to follow along! jeffalberts@3dmusclejouney.com
 
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