Well... I visited with the mighty Franz yesterday and we are about to switch things up in 2 weeks. Starting the 14th of August I will go into a 10 week pre-cut phase. This means my meals and calories will decrease, workouts will stay the same for now and I will get grouchy for food :-)

During this time what muscle I have put on will get polished, volumize and get semi cut. When I come off this phase (this is so cool) I get 3 freebie days to eat like the typical american... like a pig... anything and however much I want :-)

After that I will be back to my bulking routine until Jan. 16 in which at that time I will start the official cut phase and a lot changes up then for 15 solid weeks :-) Hanz for be chisled and built like a shit brickhouse!!!

This weekend I will get some measurments and take my 2nd set of pictures and post. I may even have a pratice posing vid to post at that time :-)

~Hanz out

284 days left until I stuff my face :-) (for an entire week)

Hit chest/Shoulders very hard today... Hit it Hanz style ;-)

I increased weight in all workouts today on all sets and even the super sets...

Incline Dumb Bell press I rocked... I have never lifted that much before.

15 reps of 65, 12 reps of 70, 10 reps of 75 & 8 reps of 80. That is without assist. With assist I would have gone up.

Maintaining 217.5 and the strength is coming on... Oh yeah

Bring on the bulk!!!!

I get to hit legs tomorrow... I am always excited about it the night before and right after the workout... During, I have to almost take myself away from it all... Like out of body almost :-)

I do enjoy hitting legs with RJ... I like seeing someone else want to puke and struggle other than myself... LOL

Switching things up a bit. Going to start hitting back on Fridays because I am FN sick of every either hitting back or doing legs on Wed and being in my FN way... Friday it is clear... I will hit shoulders again or switch arms up and do back Thursday... Not sure yet...

~Hanz out

287 days left

Well... I weighed in this morning at 217.5... Oh yeah... Did the best at measuring my own arms and it seems I have grown 1/2 an inch since the last time I measured them which is cool. But I may be off a little.

So the date is set. We will be heading to Franz and Fam on Labor day weekend. I am very excited to go see him and the fam. Hang, chill, boating, hit the gym and just be with some really cool people. Maybe I will even take Beepdog out driving so he can get practice in for his license :-)

It is exciting. I have actually gained and grew faster than I anticipated. Very excited to see where I finally end up at the end of my bulking phase in December.

So glad it is Friday... Week has gone by pretty fast but it has been so busy. I am so excited about just taking it easy, having a date night with my favorite gal, playing with Olivia, just good recovery and relaxation :-)

Need to finish up my creamy wheat, I am slacking this morning... End of the week really still affects me. It is getting better but I still get pretty worn down by the end of the week.

Until the next post...

~Hanz out

292 days left

I weighed in this morning at 216 lbs.... Rock on... I am making huge gains... I was watching myself in the mirror during my sets (Like I usually do) and I frickin rock... Size is starting to come on, strength is coming and just an over all transition.

I was able to go my heaviest ever on my last set of incline DB presses today... I got 75 lb DB's up without an assist from Rick... I love dropping the weights and hearing that THUD...

Olivia was so sweet. She wanted to sleep on her mini fold out couch on the floor next to my side of the bed to be closer to me. She then was up at 300am with me because she said "I need some alone one on one time with my daddy". She then hung with me until I left at 430. She stated she wished I could just stay home and hang/play with her today...

Until I write again.... :-)

~Hanz Out

Feeling much better this morning... Switched things up and having oatmeal in place of creamy wheat today... Wow is it filling. Back is sore from work out yesterday... No pain, no pleasure :-)

Olivia has been up with me since 3am. She said she loves me very much and just wanted some alone time with me... Now how do I make her go back to bed after she tells me that?!?! She has been chatting my leg off and now is staring at me while I eat and type. Funny little girl :-)

Started to hydrate again and am now weighing in at 214 this am. Just 1 lb off before this virus hit me.

Going to hit shoulders today and arms tomorrow. Rick had a conflict this morning and I really like doing arms with him.

Done with everything early this morning... Think I will go snuggle with Olivia for the rest of my time before I head out...

~Hanz out

wow... So yesterday starts off with a bang and ends with a whimper... Rick and I hit legs and it was my best leg day ever... I killed them... Then throughout the day I started feeling funny and it hit me... I am pretty sure I had a stomach/ GI virus. I weighed in at 215 lbs yesterday morning and when it was all said and done with what goes along with the virus I now weighed in this morning at 211.5 lbs. That really blows that I dehydrated that much in such a little amount of time!!!

I am still feeling kinda down and funny. Body just feels off track now. But I must mentally change that, eat my meal now and prep to really kill my back this morning.

I'm very excited that we have absolutely nothing going on this weekend for the first time in like 6 weeks. It will be nice to just hang with the family, go fishing with Christian and just chill out.

I confirmed that next week my bro and I start to discuss times to begin posing practice. I can't wait to get this down so I can practice daily on my own and really hone in on these skills!!!

Better get moving...

~Hanz out

299 more days

Had a great time today crushin it... Hit it with my Jules, Rick & Adrianne while the kids played in the daycare area of the gym.

I am feeling way stronger and the weight is coming on... I have put a lot on. I am now up to 215lbs as of this morning. Arms are measuring in at 16". Legs are starting to get a little size to them as well which FN rocks!!

Each week that goes by I can see a difference in all areas.

Tomorrow is leg day and I am super pumped about this... I am going to have killer legs at the competition! I think my boy Rick may join me in the morning which is super cool :-)

Gotta start getting meals and bag packed for tomorrow :-)

~Hanz out!

Turning out to be a great week. I had the best leg day ever yesterday with Franz and Rick. Up at a decent time this morn, eating and will head in to hit my Shoulders around 7-730.

I had the strangest dream last night. I walk into the gym and all my animals are working out. Louie was on the bench press with Smokey spotting (Louie is a pomeranian and Smokey a boarder collie) while Zuess, Bandit and Baby Kitty were all doing incline and flat bench press helping each other on the last few reps (Baby Kitty is a small grey scurvy cat, Zueuss a cream point haired Sphinx and Bandit is our Dark Bald Sphinx).

And to top this off. They spoke in meows and barks but I could understand them. They said they wanted to compete in the same qualifier next April. And they all said they would kick all our ass in it.

Wow... Wonder what was in that last protein shake I had...

~Hanz out