…moving on to building strength
After a somewhat naughty weekend (love the word "naughty", HA!), I have eaten clean the last 2 days and feel pretty good. Sure, I could use a bit more sleep, but who couldn’t?!
I’ve been looking at my abs in the mirror lately and I feel pretty good about how I look. I am the first to admit that I could get leaner - but I’m not exactly trying to get ready for a competition (yet?). I have a long road before something like that is even remotely feasible. Anyway, I’ll try to post some progress pics tomorrow morning.
So, what does that mean for my plans for the year? I’m thinking it means I move on to goal #2: strength building. That means a few changes are in order. First, I don’t mind if I gain a bit of mass while getting stronger, but that isn’t the goal. The goal is FUNCTIONAL muscle growth only. If I’m not noteably stronger, the bigger muscle doesn’t mean anything to me right now. I’ll finish the rest of the week off with a body-fat reducing diet and my standard workouts. Next week, I’ll spend some time trying to get an idea of my maxes for the major exercises. Over the next several days, I’ll be evaluating different strength training plans. Suggestions are, of course, welcome. YAY!!
March 28, 2007 at 7:42 am
What is your current workout Jay?
Check out the plyometrics exercise articles on the supersite…"becrazy" has convinced my to give these exercises a try…I would be interested to hear feedback from someone else who is willing to give this workout a try.
March 28, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Hey Kat,
Current w/o: 4 day split, heavy weights: typically 5 sets on major movers, 3-4 sets on isolation exercises with reps being 10,8,6,6,6 or 12,10,6,6.
I’ll look into the pliometrics stuff - I’m not so familiar with it.
March 28, 2007 at 5:23 pm
I am trying out some different workouts using a book called "The Encyclopedia of Muscle and Strength" by Jim Stoppani…he is a writer for Flex magazine. Anyway this book is basically a run through of all the classic approaches to working out with a special section on building strength. I am not sure where you are at in terms of your knowledge but it describes approaches like; "Failure Training", "Time Under Tension", "Diminishing Set Method"," 6×6 training", "5×10 training" and the "16 week drop". All of these methods are in the section on maximizing strength…maybe the supersite has articles on these methods as well. Good Luck Kat