As those of you in the Team Immortal Facebook group know, I begun my Body Beast journey this week, perhaps not surprisingly I’ve decided on ‘Huge Beast’ rather than ‘Lean Beast’. My first day of the programme was Monday 23rd July meaning, if I run to schedule, I will finish on 21st October.  My aim for this workout, as you might expect, is to add lean muscle mass.  The programme claims you can add 10lbs so that’s what I’m shooting for since his lines up with the key reason why I workout which is, as I get older, for as long as I possibly can, I want to get stronger.  Whether it be lifting heavier, cycling or running further or walking longer I want to challenge the ageing process.  My current age is 35. Some facts and figures: My starting weight is 12st 10lb (178lb) Body Fat Percentage (according to warrior callipers) is 8.6% Lean Body Mass = 162lb I’ll be keeping a keen eye on these figures as I progress.  I might even post some pictures at some point. The first phase or block of Body Beast is Build.  This is 3 weeks of 6 days on, 1 day off.  Before receiving the programme I’d run through some of the workouts via worksheets in order to understand the progressions and movements and I’m glad I did because during the workout you get very little time to think. So, by way of a quick catch up, here’s a quick synopsis of the two workouts I’ve done so far: Build-Chest/Tris This workout introduces what appears to be a recurring theme in the programme – Dynamic Set Training (trademarked by BeachBody)  This involves a progression of single [...]