Food

I'm only three days into my mass gain expedition and I can honestly say that I feel as if I've gained some weight.  I don't have a scale, nor did I take any measurements at the beginning of the program, but I feel as if I'm walking around with a little bit more weight on me.  Moving isn't any more difficult than it was before (I may be the slowest walker in the world, currently) but my legs seem like their stretching out my pants a little bit more and that my shoulders are getting closer to where they were when I swam (Aside: I don't think that will ever happen.  No shirt ever fit me due to abnormally broad shoulders).  I've been getting more and more accustomed to the quantity of food and it's only day 3.  It's exciting to think about how much more I can pound into my face as I become more and more comfortable with it.

Wednesday 6/3

Clean and Jerk - 1@250#, 1@235#

Cln Pull - 3@275, 3@295

Rack Jerk - Heavy Single, failed at 315#

SnDL - 2x3@295

WOD

30 pushups

500m Row

30 pushups

2:48

Missed Opportunity

Today is the last chance video qualifier for the Crossfit Games.  The workouts are ones that I feel are up my alley, but I'm not going to do them.  My best shot came and went at Albany last weekend.  I'm ok with this.  I've come to grips with being not the best, and besides we all know that Josh Everett's going to win anyway.  I am excited to see who comes out of the video entrants.  It seems to me that it's a great way of including troops or the voluntary organizers of the regional qualifiers like James "OPT" Fitzgerald.  Besides, I'm focused on breaking the 250# barrier for the Snatch and I physically can't do both.

Diet Experiment:

Alternating weeks between T-Nation Mass Gain and Paleo Diet Mass Gain for the month of June I hope to put on about 5-10 pounds of muscle while not adding any body fat.  I'm still doing research for the paleo mass gain but the T-Nation diet consists of roughly 400g of protein daily with 150g of carbs and fat.  We're looking at 3,550 calories daily.  It'll be a good experiment.  Hopefully this adds on more than just weight but strength to go along with it.