Blog Entry
I fell asleep last night to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and now I fee all affirmed this morning. Audio books are an astounding idea; I am "reading" 2 books a week for months now, I wish these things were made for college text books, that would be amazing.
My work outs have been really strong lately, I am not progressing in weight however, the last few weeks I can only see a gain in reps and rest time needed between sets. Progress comes in many forms they say.
This is from yesterdays workout, doing a whole body thing; I am super-setting from an upper to a lower, for a more drastic metabolic effect. I do one exercise and then move to the next in the sequence and then rest 45 sec, go back to the first then the second again no rest; Along the lines of HIIT for weight training, my rest periods are 45 seconds and my ass is kicked by the end of the work out.
1A)Pull Ups ~ unassisted, no swing, overhand regulation grip (I currently weigh 137 lbs @ 5′6; feel much bigger when pulling)
1×5 1×4 1×3 1×3 1×2 I did these to failure each time, I haven’t worked on them in a while, so my numbers have gone down.
1B)Standing Alternating BB Lunge, long stride
55 lb. barbell on shoulders
1×10 per leg 1×12 per leg 1×12 per leg1×10 per leg 1×8 per leg
Rest 45 seconds
2A) T-Bar Row
90lbs x 6 90×6 90×6
2B) Glute Ham Raises on glute/ham apperatis
25lb plate at chest
1×10 1×10 1×10
Rest 45 seconds
3A) Hanging Bent Knee Raises to chest, no swing
1×10 1×8 1×8 1×8
3B) Decline Bench Twist-ups (obliques at decline) ~ slow and careful
1×10 1×10 1×10 1×5
45-min steady state (SS) cardio on StepMill; Level 6 ~ alternating various stepping patterns (backwards, lateral, skipping steps, crossovers)
HRR was 131-138 BPM according to Garmin.
Diet is good, as I said in yesterday’s post, I am down 14 lbs, and that’s fine with me. I am solid and happy as can be at 135, I am currently 137; and my goal for the Hydroxycut MAX! contest, and before I compete at Team Universe I want to start that prep in may weighing in at 130 and feeling healthy; odd number I know. and have gotten down to 124 on-stage twice, but when I am that light, I am soooo dry and so depleted, even with 2 days of pre show carb up, I am just freaky lean.
I love showing this picture to clients; my mom was shocked that muscle and fat were so different in size… she’s finally starting to get it 
